Chapter 81 Knock on Your Ancestor's Tablet
"I know, I know, I finally know!"
Li Xiaogou rushed into the room at lightning speed, his hair was blown up and scattered all over his head. At first glance, his head was full of stupid hair.
Jiang Mu was stunned and looked up at Li Xiaogou blankly.
Li Xiaogou's eyes were frighteningly bright, gleaming fiercely, his fangs bared in excitement, and he walked towards Jiang Mu with a smile: "I finally know!"
Wang Bo was taking a nap on a recliner with a book covering his face. Li Xiaogou's earth-shattering roars made him fall off the chair and land heavily on his butt.
"It hurts so much! It hurts so much! Li Xiaogou, what are you doing crazy again?"
"Hush." Li Xiaogou raised his index finger. "I won't allow you to disobey me at a time like this."
Wang Bo: "...It's over, it's over, I'm completely crazy."
Jiang Mu raised his hand weakly: "Um... is there a possibility that my live broadcast is still on?"
Li Xiaogou: ...
Wang Bo: ...
The two of them stood still, turned around and marched in unison.
Jiang Mu held back his laughter and turned the camera around, faithfully recording the tacit understanding that the two of them had never had before.
[Aa ...
"Okay, I'll pass it on. You really enjoyed watching those two idiots interact."
[I'm not saying they are idiots, I'm saying their interactions are idiotic!]
【Hahahaha, the above person is making things worse.】
[I discovered that Mu Mu, who appears gentle on the surface, has a dark side. Those two combined probably can't beat Mu Mu alone, right?]
[Please don't give our Mu Mu some weird character designs! ]
Jiang Mu didn't know if what he did was considered as being sinister, but he did take advantage of the small period of time when the barrage of comments took off to take a break.
"Okay, today everyone enjoyed a bit of idiotic interaction. I feel deeply guilty for the chain reaction of lowered IQs that has been caused to everyone. For this reason, I've decided to face the wall and reflect on my mistakes for a day. I'll be ending the stream for today. See you tomorrow!"
The barrage only realized Jiang Mu's evil plan belatedly, but it was too late and it was too late to stop him.
Jiang Mu ignored the wailing in the comments and quickly turned off the computer. His curiosity was piqued and he wanted to fly to Li Xiaogou immediately to find out what was going on.
Fortunately, the entire base was not very big, so he went straight to Baili Meng's residence and found Li Xiaogou there.
There were already four people in the small bedroom, just waiting for Jiang Mu to arrive. Li Xiaogou's face was full of expression: "Come in quickly, I can't hold back anymore and want to talk a lot."
Jiang Mu walked in consciously and closed the door: "Hurry up and tell me."
"I understand the importance of that information."
"We've been misled, treating Yan Jiang as a real human being. But in reality, Yan Jiang isn't a human. He's just a string of data."
"Data string..." Wang Bo's eyes lit up and he snapped his fingers. "I understand now! Data strings definitely can't be included in the family tree! He finally got included, and I'm afraid you guys will cause him to be removed from the family tree again."
"How is that possible? If that were the case, he would definitely set an ambush on our way there, not on our way back."
Baili Meng: "...Excellent analysis. From now on, both of you shut up and listen to Xiao Gou!"
Wang Bo and Jiang Yao kept their mouths shut. Li Xiaogou continued, "I'm not particularly proficient in data and information, but everyone has used computers and phones, and we should have experienced this. No matter how much memory you buy, the software will also grow in size, and the phone's memory will eventually not be enough. We have to clear out some redundant data from time to time, such as deleting useless videos and photos on phones and computers."
"Since Yan Jiang is now a data string, his soul is strictly speaking installed in the system. However, the development of technology has not yet made a breakthrough in obstacle avoidance, and the system also has its limits."
"You mean, Yan Jiang, as data, also has redundancy, and this redundancy can be seen as part of his soul. He stores this redundancy in his hometown?"
"I guessed even bigger." Li Xiaogou couldn't suppress his excitement. "Redundancy is certainly important as a part of Yan Jiang's soul carrier, but it's not necessary to make such a big scene. You know, even if these more than one hundred psychics are Yan Jiang's private soldiers, it would be a huge risk to take action when the superiors are watching them most closely. If they are not careful, Yan Jiang might be ruined and imprisoned."
Speaking of the intrigue and deception, Jiang Yao and Baili Meng, the most adult people present, also understood the danger involved and their expressions became serious.
"If it's not redundancy, then what is it?"
"Some core data." Li Xiaogou said with a confident smile, "Similarly, just like some things in a phone are built into the system and cannot be deleted, this string of data from Yan Jiang must be only a part of his core code."
"Yan Jiang believes he is immortal because his core code is not deleted, allowing him to regenerate continuously. His past is little known, and it's hard for anyone to imagine it."
Jiang Mu: "But Yan Jiang should really hate his hometown. Until the end, he never received love and respect from his family. It was his status that got him included in the family tree. If my family treated me like this, I would never consider that place as my hometown."
When Jiang Yao heard this, the index finger holding the tea trembled.
Wang Bo stroked his chin: "You are thinking like a normal person, but who is Yan Jiang? He is a complete pervert. You have to consider the problem from a pervert's perspective."
"Life there was the most humiliating period in Yan Jiang's life. Perhaps he thought that this way he could trample that humiliation under his feet, just like you all looked down on me back then, and now you're all dead, but I'm still alive, making you feel out of reach!"
The room fell silent, and everyone looked at Wang Bo thoughtfully.
Wang Bo opened his eyes wide: "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Li Xiaogou: "I think you have great potential to be a pervert."
"Go away."
"Xiao Gou's speculation is reasonable, but it's just speculation after all. How can we verify it with data cores or something like that?"
Li Xiaogou thought for a moment and asked, "Whether it's core data or redundancy, it can't be stored in the air. It still needs a carrier. And considering Yan Jiang's strength, even if it's just core data, the storage capacity must be huge. Did you see any weird places like a lot of hard drives there?"
Jiang Yao and Baili Meng looked at each other and shook their heads.
"Now that you ask, I believe your story even more." Jiang Yao recalled, "It's just a small town. We walked around and didn't see the strange place you mentioned, but after you reminded me, I found an even stranger place."
"We didn't see a single computer repair shop there."
Some small towns don't have direct computer sales outlets, but they still don't even have repair shops. It's really too weird.
"Besides, the town is quite well developed. There are all kinds of foreign fast food brands, and there are also hundreds of shopping malls."
"The smell of trying to cover up something is even stronger."
Several people were discussing heatedly where Yan Jiang would store the data in the town. Jiang Yao and Baili Meng searched every corner of the town for memories, and then eliminated them one by one.
Amidst the bustling background noise, Li Xiaogou, who had been the most talkative just now, was the most silent. He asked the system, "You are a pervert. Now, from a pervert's perspective, please give the five most likely places where you store your core data. Rank them in order of likelihood."
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"Don't treat me like that low-level AI!"
"You can't let down the low-level AI when it comes to answering questions."
The system ignored Li Xiaogou's increasingly sophisticated reverse PUA methods and began to think seriously.
After a while, it replied: "Your question should be revised to where the solid-state drive is most likely stored."
"Okay, please ask the advanced system to modify the question and give me the answer."
"I don't have enough information. Based on your conversation just now, I can only give one answer."
"Ancestral hall." Li Xiaogou and the system said in unison.
The reason why Li Xiaogou asked the system was that he wanted to hear whether there were any strange perspectives on the data that he had overlooked. Now that he heard the system's answer, most of the doubts in his heart immediately dissipated.
He immediately told the rest of the people his idea.
"That's too perverted..." Wang Bo exclaimed in amazement. "Where can those hard drives be placed in the ancestral hall? They can't be stuffed in the urns, right?"
Jiang Mu's expression kept changing, but Li Xiaogou could tell from his expression that he also thought this idea was exaggerated.
Baili Meng said tactfully, "There are no urns in the ancestral hall, only memorial tablets. We walked around the hall and found no cabinets or other places to store things."
"This can be considered a lucky coincidence. We went there looking for treasure, so we knocked over every brick on the wall and floor. I can guarantee there are absolutely no hidden compartments in the ancestral hall."
As if to comfort Li Xiaogou, he added: "But we can think more about it from this perspective, it can open up our minds."
Li Xiaogou smiled and said, "It doesn't have to be placed inside. What if it is built into the wall?"
Jiang Yao and Baili Meng first slowly frowned, and then they both fell into memories at the same time, with a slightly empty look on their faces. When they woke up from their memories, they both smiled faintly.
"Neither of us are experts in finding objects, so when we went, we specifically selected a few people with relevant abilities. One of them was particularly good at distinguishing sounds. He was the one who was certain there weren't any hidden compartments in the ancestral hall. But when you said it was built into the wall, I immediately remembered that he mentioned that when you knocked on the bricks in the ancestral hall wall, there was a strange echo."
Baili Meng took over Jiang Yao's words and continued, "We were pressed for time and hurried to look elsewhere. After confirming there was no secret compartment there, we left and didn't delve into the issue of the brick. I'm sorry."
"This has nothing to do with you. You're already risking your life, so who has the time to care what the bricks are made of? If it were me, the result would be the same."
If the idea was originally proposed with only a 50% probability of success, now the probability has risen to 80%.
"What should we do next?" Wang Bo asked.
"Since we have discovered the problem, we must check it again." Li Xiaogou said.
"Okay, I'll call them right away and get ready. We can set off in three days." Jiang Yao stood up immediately but was held down by Li Xiaogou.
Jiang Yao frowned: "What do you mean? Do you think we are not capable?"
Li Xiaogou sighed, "Uncle Jiang, although you're usually loud, you wouldn't get angry at a single action of mine. The way you're acting right now just proves that your condition is worse than you let on. If I'm not mistaken, it'll probably take another month for your injuries to fully recover, right?"
Jiang Yao sat back silently, without saying a word, but turned on his cigarette and smoked one after another.
Normally, Baili Meng would have slapped him in the face when this happened, but today she just lowered her eyes and said nothing.
Because she understands that this kind of helpless anxiety sometimes needs to be vented in such an unhealthy way.
"Leave it to us this time." Jiang Mu said, "And we must set off immediately."
"No!" Jiang Yao refused without a second thought. "I admit you have talent. In time you will definitely surpass us, but right now you are just little bastards with barely grown hair. If you run into those 100 people, not a scrap of you will be left."
"What? Who says such unlucky words before setting off?" Wang Bo muttered, but seeing Jiang Yao's expression, he didn't dare to refute loudly because he was thick-skinned enough.
Jiang Mu was not afraid, and even felt like he was going to compete with Jiang Yao.
"It is because you have already dealt with those one hundred people that I suggest setting off immediately tonight."
"If I say no, it means no!" Jiang Yao used his parents' unique trick - if I say no, it means no.
"I think it's feasible." Li Xiaogou, who had been silent the whole time, stood beside Jiang Mu. "If you just escaped from a hundred people but kept avoiding fighting, I wouldn't think this method would work. But with a hundred superpowers, you and I both know that Yan Jiang can only use this level of power once in a short period of time."
"Yan Jiang knows my strength very well. He knows that I will fight to the death. These people can't kill me. Next time, he will definitely find more people to ensure that he can kill me."
"Perhaps he didn't intend to kill you from the beginning? Yan Jiang just wanted to make you lose your fighting ability, and he has already done it. He can use the time when you are injured and recovering to accumulate strength. If we continue to give him enough time, we will never be able to truly find his weakness."
"Yan Jiang certainly couldn't have predicted that we would figure out so quickly that he hid his core data in the ancestral hall. If we go there now, we can catch him off guard."
Wang Bo nodded meaningfully: "Xiao Gou is right, and we are different from you. We just need to ensure the safety of the journey."
Baili Meng was puzzled: "What do you mean?"
Wang Bo: "When we come back, we already have the data. If Yan Jiang dares to attack us again, we can perform a show of destruction on the spot."
Li Xiaogou nodded and praised: "Not bad, you all know the phrase 'burn the jade and the stone together'."
Wang Bo gritted his teeth: "I got first place in the exam, Li Xiaogou!"
"You two, stop fighting!" Jiang Yao interrupted the two elementary school students as they cast a spell. "It's already this hour, and you're still fighting and making noise. How can this be considered normal?"
The two of them stood still. Jiang Yao was silent for two seconds before he sighed deeply. "Forget it. This world is yours after all. It's time for you to go out and explore it."
"Since we want to take them by surprise, let's set off immediately."
"Wait, should we discuss how to do the live broadcasts for the next few days?"
Li Xiaogou was pushed out the door with his back, and he felt more and more that Jiang Yao and Jiang Mu were two extreme people. Jiang Yao was simply a man of his word. He had just disagreed with them taking the risk, but now he wished they could grow wings and fly away immediately.
Pushing the person to the door, Jiang Yao couldn't help but sigh, "We still need to discuss the live broadcast? Why not just find a few people to look like you? Those people are just monitoring us through the Internet. Can they even reach out from the camera and poke us in the face?"
"But you can't use our special abilities...it's easy to be exposed during a live broadcast."
Baili Meng couldn't stand it anymore and gave them a look that said "Are you stupid?"
"Are you stupid? Can't we find someone to help us?"
Li Xiaogou was stunned for a second, then he even laughed at himself when he realized what was happening.
They have never used a babysitter, but have completely forgotten about finding a babysitter. When they really need a babysitter, they can't remember this method at all.
He praised sincerely: "Ginger, it turns out that old ginger is still spicy."
"Go away." Jiang Yao kicked each of them and sent them on their way.
The three were forced to pack their luggage and leave the base in less than half an hour.
It was a dark and windy night. The three men tacitly changed into black clothes and carried black backpacks, looking like three wandering souls who had just finished the college entrance examination.
When passing by a grave in the field, I ran into two drunks who were relieving themselves on the roadside. They were so scared that they ran away in an instant without even pulling up their pants.
Li Xiaogou snorted coldly: "I have achieved my goal today by doing one good deed a day."
They blended perfectly into the night, but when the sky gradually brightened, this look seemed a bit eye-catching, so the three of them changed their faces at the same time on the ridge of the field where the sun had just risen.
They decided to carry on with their college entrance exam persona, and as soon as they left the town, they found a local tour guide, transferred a large sum of money to the tour guide, and, under the pretext of being pure tourists wanting to ride a camel, successfully stepped into the desert.
After crossing the desert, several people changed to motorcycles and rode all the way, which was actually faster than riding in a car.
I don’t know whether this battle really consumed most of Yan Jiang’s strength, or the disguise of the three of them was too successful, but they didn’t encounter any decent surveillance along the way.
Occasionally, there were a few people with strange behavior, but they were all avoided by them nimbly.
In this way, they successfully arrived at Yan Jiang's hometown in less than ten days.
Jiang Yao and Baili Meng are indeed professionals. Their description of the town is extremely accurate, with such detail that even the paint peeling off the words on the stone tablet at the entrance of the town is described without any mistake.
"Let's stay here first." Li Xiaogou said.
Wang Bo lowered his voice and said, "Aren't we going straight to the ancestral hall?"
Li Xiaogou glanced at him and said, "You're going to run over there and do what? In broad daylight, are you going to hit someone's ancestral hall with a hammer?"
Wang Bo was speechless and could only whisper to himself that Li Xiaogou was a very mean person.
"Thank you." Li Xiaogou answered even more harshly.
"I heard Captain Baili mention that the town has a long history. Although it cannot make a living from tourism, it is also well-known in the surrounding areas. I wonder if there will be tourists coming here." Jiang Mu said.
"Well, the places where ancestral hall culture appears are usually places with history. Otherwise, if the family can't pass on the tradition for three generations, there really is no need to establish an ancestral hall."
"Is it necessary to have more than three generations? I don't know anyone in the Wang family except old man Wang Zheng. After I die, my tablet will be placed with these people. I might as well put it with yours. At least we can still argue when we have nothing to do, and I won't be too lonely. It's boring to be with those strangers."
Seeing that the topic of their conversation was getting more and more off-topic, Jiang Mu coughed twice to stop the conversation and continued, "So, if we want to be less conspicuous, I think we can sign up for a local tour group."
"That's a good idea, but the ancestral hall isn't open to the public. How about this: we change our identities from down-and-out college entrance exam candidates to freshman students. We'll study ancient culture. We're here to complete our project. Tomorrow, we'll find a dedicated tour guide to take us around the various ancestral halls."
"Try to go later and see if there's anyone guarding the ancestral hall at night. We'll discuss what to do next based on the situation."
"Wouldn't it be too obvious with three people?"
"Indeed." Li Xiaogou hesitated for a second. "Then the two of us will go, and Wang Bo will ask around on the streets."
"Why am I asking about the situation?"
"Because you are the most popular among us by strangers."
Wang Bo was tamed in a second and agreed obediently.
After making a plan, they went to bed one after another, waiting to knock on Yan Jiang's ancestral tablet tomorrow.
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