Upon seeing this message, Yu Xiangnan couldn't help but frown slightly.
Why is Ji Fu looking for her at this time?
She decided to hold off on returning for now and wait and see.
On the other side, seemingly seeing that she didn't reply, Ji Fu quickly added another sentence.
[Ji Fu]: This is something very important... Sorry for contacting you suddenly. Are you free now? Shall we chat in your field?
[Yu Xiangnan]: What is something very important?
She would never easily summon someone to her "domain" without knowing their purpose.
Once you invite someone in, you not only have to keep a close eye on their every move, but you also have to move all the decorative items in the living room to the storage room and put them back in their places after they leave, which is very troublesome.
Yu Xiangnan stared intently at the chat window, where the message "The other party is typing..." remained displayed at the top.
About three minutes later, the new message finally arrived, albeit belatedly.
[Ji Fu]: It's about the captain of our special operations team.
Special operations team leader? Isn't that Ying Xiao?
What are you trying to achieve by beating around the bush like this?
However, it was rather strange that Ji Fu came to see her because of Ying Xiao's matter.
After thinking for a moment, Yu Xiangnan agreed.
The night was as dark as ink, and Ji Fu's figure quickly appeared at the entrance of the villa. He went inside, looking somewhat uneasy.
Just like last time, Yu Xiangnan led him to sit down in the living room and then brewed two cups of tea.
The rising steam couldn't warm the somewhat heavy atmosphere. Ji Fu gripped his teacup tightly, hesitated for a long time, and finally spoke with difficulty: "I think my aunt is acting a little strange..."
Yu Xiangnan was sipping his tea when he heard this. He narrowed his eyes slightly but didn't immediately respond. Instead, he calmly asked, "Something's not right? What do you think is wrong with her?"
“At first, I thought I was just overthinking it. I hadn’t seen her for a long time before the game invaded, and I heard that her family was having some problems.” Ji Fu frowned. “But I spent a lot of time with her when I was in elementary school. How could a person’s personality change so drastically in just a few years?”
Yu Xiangnan put down his teacup.
She asked Ji Fu, "Then why did you choose to tell me this? I'm not a member of your special operations team, just a short-term partner."
Ji Fu's face was full of solemnity, and his voice unconsciously lowered: "I also thought about it for a long time before making this decision. Although you are not a member of the special operations team, you are number one on multiple leaderboards on Blue Star and also number one on multiple leaderboards on Blue Moon Server. Therefore, the first thing I thought of was to come and talk to you about this matter."
"By the way, have you noticed anything strange about my aunt? Or has there been any change in her?"
Yu Xiangnan was taken aback and said in confusion, "I've only met your aunt twice, less often than I've met you. Besides, your aunt isn't my aunt, how would I know if she's changed?"
Ji Fu: "......"
For a moment, I didn't know how to respond.
Yu Xiangnan sighed and asked him, "So the purpose of your visit was just to tell me that your aunt seems like a different person?"
Ji Fu's expression was complicated. He first slowly shook his head, then nodded, his movements full of struggle and hesitation.
"No, not entirely. Since the game has already invaded, we can't think about all this with the original worldview... What if she's no longer the original aunt? This is a very chilling thought."
Ji Fu stared intently at Yu Xiangnan and said, word by word, "This game is far beyond our imagination. There might be some props or skills that can replicate a person's appearance, memories, or even personality, but the inner self is a completely different 'thing'. What we see may just be the appearance it wants us to see."
Upon hearing Ji Fu's words, Yu Xiangnan's heart skipped a beat, but she quickly regained her composure.
In fact, she had long felt that something was off about Ying Xiao, perhaps starting with the fragments of the Dragon Mu totem, or perhaps even earlier. Ying Xiao's subtle expressions and occasional words always stirred up an indescribable unease in her heart, but every time she tried to grasp that strangeness, she couldn't find a way to do so.
Now, even Ji Fu has the same feeling; this is truly too strange.
However, Ji Fu and Ying Xiao were both in the same special operations team and were also relatives in the real world. The two had a close relationship, so it was hard for her not to suspect that this was a trap they had set for her.
She couldn't trust him until things were completely clear.
Yu Xiangnan lowered his eyes, his eyelashes trembling slightly, as he quickly thought of a solution, but his face remained expressionless.
The wisest course of action at this moment is to maintain a facade. Even if the truth is 100% confirmed one day, one must never easily reveal one's original thoughts, nor disclose too much information.
She looked up, her expression calm, a perfectly measured smile of doubt playing on her lips, and said to Ji Fu, "Now that you mention it, I think I have a feeling about it too, but this is too strange, we need to think about it carefully."
After speaking, Yu Xiangnan stood up and paced back and forth in the room. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Whether it is true or not, we need to find out the situation first. Tell me about the specific changes in your aunt, the more detailed the better."
"That's right, the anomaly was already apparent before the game was hacked."
She added another sentence.
Ji Fu nodded, trying hard to recall: "She used to be very cheerful, the kind of person who was known for her kindness in the neighborhood. During holidays, she would always drag me to deliver things to elderly people living alone. But after that, around the time before the game invaded, she became cold and aloof, ignoring everyone, with a frightening sense of alienation in her eyes."
"Moreover, her way of speaking has changed, and she uses very strange words, many of which I have never heard before."
Yu Xiangnan frowned slightly. "This is indeed very suspicious. Are there any other unusual occurrences? Such as her behavioral habits, or her recent whereabouts?"
Ji Fu tried hard to recall: "I don't know much else. I didn't have much contact with her in real life; it was mostly in the game afterwards..."
"By the way, she now has two fragments of the Dragon Mu Totem."
A look of surprise flashed across Yu Xiangnan's eyes.
"Speaking of this prop, I also have a question. This is what you initially asked me to find, and I've been searching for a long time without success. Can this prop really allow someone to return to the real world? Also, if what you say is true, and your aunt was impersonated by someone else, then what is this person's purpose in going to such lengths to collect the prop fragments?"
Ji Fu shook his head helplessly and replied frankly, "I don't quite understand either. I've been secretly investigating this matter for the past few days..."
"To be honest, a few days ago I got some clues from players on other servers. It is said that this item was originally a special item held by a certain character in the Eight Reversed Cards, but it was later destroyed and broke into many fragments."
"I haven't found out the specific uses for it yet."
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