Because the upscale apartment complex was thoroughly investigated, there were no more "cybervirus" infected individuals this time.
For the rest of the afternoon, Yin Zhu accompanied Mary to her studies. When Mary's father returned home in the evening, he was greeted by a hug from his beloved daughter: "Daddy!"
Little Mary enthusiastically recounted the events of the day, her youthful exuberance revealing her fearlessness, but Mary's father could sense the chill running down his spine.
After hearing the whole story, he couldn't help but smile and bowed to Yin Zhu: "Thank you so much for taking good care of Mary."
"Oh, not at all. I take people's money and do their bidding."
Yin Zhu waved her hand a little embarrassedly.
“We actually knew a little about it before, but we didn’t pay much attention to it. We never expected something like this to happen.” Mary’s father was still shaken.
Because of her parents' work situation, Mary only told her mother by phone.
Later, because she was too busy with the investigation, Mary's mother didn't have time to tell her husband, so the man didn't find out until that evening that such a shocking thing had happened in the house.
Yin Zhu carefully observed the man's expression and guessed what choice he would make.
What if I didn't have myself?
Will Mary survive?
The answer is, of course, not necessarily.
Of the twenty-five parallel world instances, only the chosen ones in three instances did not become tutors, and the information they heard was always "eleven dead and five injured" and "one of the children was brutally murdered while alone at home."
In addition, four of the chosen ones who went to be tutors did not survive and, along with Mary, became part of "Aunt Cai".
Of the eighteen remaining Chosen Ones, two pushed Mary out of danger to prolong their own lives and survived. However, this angered Mary's family, and they became wanted criminals accused of "colluding with the infected."
From this point on, these worlds began to show significant differences for the first time.
So far, there haven't been any major changes in any of the instances where Mary survived. However, the instances where Mary died have seen a significant increase in surveillance.
This directly led to two more Chosen Ones doing other jobs crashing their planes, one dying and the other escaping.
The world line began its first branching.
...
“Mary is indeed an important indigenous person.”
Looking at the report submitted by his subordinates, An Zhi felt a little emotional and carefully compared the differences between the two worlds.
Han Jiuying was a little worried: "As the dungeon progresses, I'm afraid these differences between the worlds will become more and more significant, and in the later stages, they will probably have no reference value at all."
“There’s no need to worry about that. Yin Zhu will be entering the inner city soon.” Su Jinyun tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. “Mary’s mother didn’t approve of going into the city to begin with, but now that such a big thing has happened, her father should agree with his wife’s point of view.”
“That’s right. Judging from his facial expression, he was very regretful after finding out,” Zhang Mingyu agreed.
"So, Yin Zhu is about to lose her job?" Zhang Baye chuckled, only to be glared at by An Zhi. He touched his nose and lowered his head in embarrassment.
“Yin Zhu has obtained enough clues from here. The next thing to consider is how to get into the inner city.” Di Jia switched the screen to a live stream from another country. “So far, it seems that only this person has gotten in.”
The chosen one on the screen is huddled in a very small area.
He was covered in dust and dirt, and had many wounds on his body. The wounds were covered with a thin layer of dust, and blood was seeping out faintly; it looked very painful.
You can hear voices coming from outside on the screen: "Damn it, where did he go?"
"Those bastards, they actually let someone in."
"The alchemy room is so small, it's obviously empty. Let's look over there."
"Once I catch that despicable bastard, I'll kill him! How dare someone blaspheme against the gods! His crime is unforgivable!"
Then came the sound of footsteps fading away.
Once he was sure there was no sound from the outside, Chen Junyu on the screen began to groan softly. Due to the pain, his lower lip was bitten so hard that dark purple teeth marks appeared.
He carefully climbed out of the alchemy furnace and patted the dust off his body.
Entering the inner city wasn't difficult, but his talent required him to constantly break the rules, which had been causing him great pain these past few days.
At first, he could hide it, but as his body became more and more greedy, it seemed as if a glutton was growing inside him. The wounds appeared in less and less time, urging him to break even more serious rules.
The inner city is full of high-class citizens, and even the Black Talent couldn't possibly cause chaos among them all.
Finally, Chen Junyu ran into a brick wall.
A god discovered his violation of the rules, and, completely unaffected by his talents, ordered his arrest.
This was the first time Chen Junyu had ever been so disheveled.
"Currently, only the chosen ones from the Star Kingdom have entered the inner city, but we have already obtained the rules of the inner city, and we can tell them when they meet next time."
"But the inner city is really..."
The think tank felt a little uncomfortable thinking about what happened in the Xingjiaguo live stream.
The mythology of the Unique Star overlaps with that of the Dragon Kingdom. After the name was changed, the people of the Dragon Kingdom identified themselves with it, which caused a sense of unease, a feeling that their national beliefs had been distorted.
I'll probably have to tell Yin Zhu about this subtle feeling next time I give her a hint.
As night fell, the people of Vina drew their curtains to avoid seeing anything they shouldn't. One by one, lights illuminated the boundless darkness, neon lights adding a splash of color to Vina. The deserted streets appeared brightly lit, yet utterly silent.
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