Chapter 12 A Partial Truth: "We've ventured into the realm of an evil god!..."
"The missions have all been sent out? Why haven't we even found a single clue yet?"
"Well, as you know, Young Master Bian, nobody wants to go to that kind of place except for people from the lower city. And those lazybones in the lower city are quick to collect money, but when it comes to actually doing something, they make excuses and delays..."
The man on the other end of the communication line bowed and scraped, his smile obsequious. Bian Shaoyan irritably loosened his tie with one hand. "I'll give you a month. If you still can't find someone after a month, the position of director of the mission center might as well be given to someone more useful."
"You can rest assured that I can handle things. In a month, no, no, it won't even take a month. I will definitely be able to help you recover the treasures that your company lost!"
Sweat dripped from the man's forehead. He offered a few words of careful flattery, then, noticing the dark circles under Bian Shaoyan's eyes, he asked with concern, "Young Master Bian, are you not getting enough rest? I recently acquired some..."
Oh no! Seeing the other party becoming even more impatient, the man thought to himself, "This is bad. My flattery seems to have backfired." Just as he was about to carefully apologize, he heard Bian Shaoyan's voice, which was barely containing his anger:
"I suspect the dream protection device we set up earlier has malfunctioned. Bring some people to take a look later."
"Huh?" The man's eyes widened in shock. This time, his emotions were entirely genuine. Only a handful of things could truly intrude upon his dreams. He lowered his voice, "Young Master Bian, won't the doctor be coming later...?"
"I'm fine, I'm just checking to see if there are any safety hazards."
Bian Shaoyan's face darkened. He had his family doctor examine him after he woke up, and there were indeed no signs of strange corrosion... But why would he have such a bizarre dream where he was beaten to death dozens of times by a crazy woman for no reason?
"drop."
A message came through the internal communication system. Bian Shaoyan's face darkened even more after reading it. He hung up the communication without saying a word and almost crushed the personal terminal on his wrist.
Two B-level ability users can't even keep an eye on a piece of trash! Du Huamao is going to be smug again!
Bian Shaoyan was furious, feeling that everything had been going wrong lately.
The servant opened the door in front of him, and Bian Shaoyan suppressed the anger in his eyes, straightened his collar and walked in. Fortunately, the most important thing did not go wrong.
"Brother Yan..."
The girl on the bed seemed to have just woken up; her black hair was disheveled, her cheeks were slightly pink, and her eyes were still moist. When she looked up at me, she resembled an innocent deer.
Bian Shaoyan's heart softened, his tightly furrowed brows unconsciously relaxed, and he said in a low voice, "Did I wake you up?"
"It's okay, it's almost time to get up anyway..."
"No, you're not feeling well. You should listen to the doctor and get more rest."
Bian Shaoyan suppressed Gu Tu's urge to get up, ordered the maid to help her sit up, and then sat down on the edge of the bed, personally taking the warming soup and handing it to Gu Tu.
After the maid finished her work, she tactfully left. Gu Tu, holding her cup, lowered her head, pursed her lips, and said softly, "Brother Yan, I can do these things myself..."
"Isn't taking care of your girlfriend your basic duty?"
Bian Shaoyan pinched Gu Tu's nose, interrupting her: "Has the rate of increase in mental strength slowed down? What did the doctor say?"
"Dr. Huang said I'm recovering very well. I didn't expect the experiment to be so successful."
The girl tilted her head and thought for a moment, then added uncertainly, "But he said that this has never been successful before, and my situation is special and it may not be possible to replicate it. It would be safer to wait a month before using the ability."
"Oh, right."
Gu Tu seemed to suddenly remember something, her eyes lighting up with excitement, and she grabbed Bian Shaoyan's sleeve:
"I owe my recovery to Miss Du. She donated such precious things to me, and I really don't know how to repay her... Brother Yan, when can I thank Miss Du in person..."
"This is what she owes you."
Bian Shaoyan quickly interrupted Gu Tu, but his tone softened again, "Have you forgotten how she bullied you before? If it weren't for her traits being a perfect match, I wouldn't want you to have anything to do with such a vicious woman."
Seeing that Gu Tu was pursing her lips and seemed about to say something, Bian Shaoyan's eyes flashed with impatience, but he quickly replied softly, "This is a K-level classified project. That woman, Du Yu, is currently in a highly secretive base. I'll take you to see her once you've recovered, okay?"
Hearing that she could see Du Yu, Gu Tu finally let go of Bian Shaoyan's clothes. Her pale cheeks suddenly flushed red, and her lower lip was bitten until it turned white. "Brother Yan... I heard from my mother that you, you and Miss Du had a marriage agreement before..."
Gu Tu's voice grew softer and softer until, in the end, she seemed to want to bury her head under the bed. Bian Shaoyan, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, reached out and pulled the person in front of him into his arms.
"How come I never realized you were so jealous? That engagement was arranged when I was one year old, but I canceled it after I met you. Are you satisfied with this resolution, my little bunny?"
"Brother Yan, please don't call me that..."
Gu Tu buried her head in the man's chest, her ears peeking out from her black hair turning red at a visible speed. All she could hear was the man's triumphant laughter and his reliable, strong heartbeat.
She couldn't help but look up. From this angle, the man's features were still impeccable. The dark circles under his eyes did not diminish his charm but instead added a touch of melancholy.
Gu Tu gazed at him intently for a moment, then gently placed her left hand on the man's face. "Brother Yan, haven't you been getting enough rest lately?"
The man frowned in annoyance, then casually relaxed his brow. "It's nothing serious. The company just recently lost an important sample, and we've already sent people to look for it."
If it's not something serious, why would the capable Brother Yan be so agitated?
Gu Tu made up her mind and sat up from Bian Shaoyan's arms. "Brother Yan, I'm a superhuman now. I can help!"
“This…you’ve only just recovered, the doctor advised…” Bian Shaoyan’s eyes showed hesitation, but he quickly gave in to Gu Tu’s rebuttal:
"How come I never realized you were so eloquent... Alright, Dr. Huang will bring you the detailed information when he comes to examine you this afternoon. Your brother Yan will have to rely on Gu Rabbit's help this time."
"Don't worry, Brother Yan, I know my own body..."
Seeing Bian Shaoyan frequently checking the time, Gu Tu suddenly realized and said, "Brother Yan, have I kept you too long? You should go to the company! My mother-in-law is here to take care of me, so don't worry!"
"You just came home, I should spend more time with you..."
"It's okay, career is the most important thing, I understand."
Gu Tu's understanding smile lasted until Bian Shaoyan left quickly, filled with remorse. The maid respectfully but distantly closed the door, and the automatic curtains were drawn tightly shut after the guests left. In the impenetrable darkness, only a solitary figure could be vaguely seen.
After a long while, she awkwardly tapped the latest model of the personal terminal on her wrist. The message from her half-sister, who shared the same mother but different fathers, was still quietly displayed on the screen:
"Dear sister, tomorrow is my engagement party with your boyfriend. Hehe, you'll give us your blessings, right?^^"
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"Hmm..."
As Du Yuzheng manipulated "Xiao Ran" to swim, he watched the five people, including Cat Beard, attack the mutated monster. A strange feeling flashed through his mental space.
It felt like someone had touched something that belonged to him. Du Yu scanned the space with his spiritual energy but found nothing amiss. He tugged at 166's chest feathers and wondered, "Did the female lead in the novel use the original body's traits?"
It's not impossible that even if a special trait is stripped away, the original owner may still have a connection with it.
166 tilted its head as if listening to something, and after a few seconds replied, "Gulp, it seems so. But after grafting traits, you have to wait at least a month before you can use it, otherwise the rejection will intensify and your body won't be able to handle it."
Du Yu's eyes flickered slightly. Although the novel was full of melodramatic clichés, the male and female protagonists were soulmates, as the author repeatedly emphasized. The male protagonist shouldn't let the female protagonist misuse her supernatural abilities and damage her body.
But is the content of a novel necessarily true? Or, to put it another way, is what the novel describes on the surface really the whole story?
The male protagonist claims that stripping the original body of its special abilities was for the female protagonist's illness. Although this part is not written in the novel, after the original body died, the female protagonist coughed up blood, was weak, suffered from insomnia and other illnesses, and her health was never good. It is really not like the body of a superhuman.
Du Yu had previously believed that this was a discrepancy between the novel and the real world, but what if the novel was not wrong?
The male protagonist did indeed strip the female protagonist of her original traits, but his starting point was never to cure her illness. On the contrary, in the novel, the female protagonist's health deteriorated after the original owner's death!
The male protagonist stripped the original body of its special traits in order to replace it with a more useful tool! Although the novel does not explicitly state this, it is subtly mentioned several times later on. With the female protagonist's "accidental" advice, the male protagonist achieved several amazing reversals as if divinely aided, which is why he calls the female protagonist "Little Lucky Star".
It seems that a question mark should be added after "Little Lucky Star".
Du Yu found it quite interesting. When she first read the novel, she didn't pay much attention to the interactions between the male and female protagonists, but now, looking back, she found some interesting things in them.
Given that the male lead has ulterior motives, what about the female lead, who is officially recognized by the author as his close friend? And what was the author's motivation in using subtle language to cloak this story in the guise of "true love"?
The original owner's memories were fragmented and chaotic. Was she really the vicious female supporting character in the book who did all sorts of evil?
"Interesting, very interesting. Fallen beings are just a little disgusting in appearance. If you want to be truly disgusting, you have to look at humans."
Du Yu's enthusiastic exclamations echoed in the mental space. 166 couldn't help but shake his leg, and the downy hair on the back of his neck stood on end, as if the player really needed some mental therapy.
"grumble!"
The five men, being experienced treasure hunters, quickly found the weakness of this strange monster. All its tentacles were broken, the flesh ball exploded in all directions, and the monster died after letting out a venomous cry.
Du Yu glanced at it, unsurprised. Let alone five people, any one of them could kill the monster one-on-one.
This girl, who sometimes looks old and sometimes young, is codenamed Cat Whiskers. Her real name is unknown. She is the leader of the Cat Whiskers Pirate Crew, a treasure hunter organization. Her special trait is Cat Whiskers, and her rank is A.
Cai Chunyu, a middle-aged woman with a buzz cut, nicknamed "Old Cai," is the leader of this temporary expedition team. Her traits are unknown, and her level is B.
The round-faced girl with glasses, Wenren Qiu, nicknamed Qiuqiu, is the team's mystery solver and has the special talent of a secret-hunting scholar; her level is unknown.
A quiet girl with boxer braids, Aliya Krenina, nicknamed Mighty, is a damage dealer with unknown traits and a rank of B+.
Even Shen Xijing, who doesn't seem very bright and is nicknamed "Quiet," has a B+ level of mental strength.
Neither the original novel nor the novel touched on the power distribution in the lower city, but Du Yu guessed that the Catbeard Pirate Gang, which sounded somewhat comical, was at least a top-tier force in the lower city, if not the strongest.
As Du Yu was processing the remaining information in "Xiao Ran's" mind, a figure in a white coat suddenly appeared out of thin air and ran towards the group:
"Oh no, how could you kill him! Do you know how precious this experimental subject was?!"
The round-faced girl gripped the temple of her glasses, stared for three seconds, then couldn't help but take a step back, her voice urgent: "Such a strong aura of corruption... We've trespassed into the domain of an evil god!"
A note from the author:
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Du·Evil God Original God·Yu: ?
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