GRMFBS CH211

A small watermelon icon with a melon vine appeared in the search bar and started spinning continuously.

What did this mean?

Zhan Yan poked the little watermelon several times in a row, but the little watermelon remained unmoved, continuing to spin at its own frequency.

Was this the loading icon for searching?

Zhan Yan waited for a moment, and the little watermelon stopped.

[Hello, the known conditions for your searched content are insufficient. Please search again.]

Zhan Yan: …

How do you have the nerve to say this function has absolutely nothing to do with puzzles? Aren’t you just directly copying the Pure White Puzzle’s ability?!

Zhan Yan decided to search from a different angle.

“Please explain the Infinite curse on Yang Ran in detail.”

This time, the little watermelon spun while refreshing content below. The Gossip System, having just eaten many anomaly entries, had a new reserve and was finally able to analyze some of Infinite’s power.

Zhan Yan carefully studied the content refreshed by the Gossip System. Yang Ran’s situation was mainly complicated in two areas.

First, this curse had an automatic counterattack setting. It was fine when left alone, but once someone tried to forcefully remove it, the curse would counterattack, and Yang Ran’s soul might be destroyed. This was easy to solve; the secret room developed by the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau that completely isolated Infinite’s influence could create an absolutely safe environment.

Second, the curse’s power was already too deeply intertwined with Yang Ran’s soul. Even if forcefully peeled off in a safe environment, it would inevitably injure his soul.

This was exactly why his sister didn’t dare to use her spiritual power to forcefully peel off Infinite’s power.

He understood now. Answering “How to resolve the Infinite curse on Yang Ran?” had insufficient known conditions. Since he already had the analysis of the “Infinite curse”, the inability to solve it meant he didn’t have enough understanding of Yang Ran, or rather, the condition of Yang Ran’s soul. Alright, tomorrow he would start specifically grinding Yang Ran’s gossip threads!

He would go to sleep for tonight.

Zhan Yan was tired of lying on his back and wanted to roll over. As soon as he moved, he realized half of his arm was in Gu Jiancheng’s embrace; he couldn’t roll over.

No matter, he’d just roll in the other direction.

Zhan Yan rolled over towards Gu Jiancheng’s direction.

Student Xiao Gu had his eyes closed, his breathing deep and long. Listening to his breathing, Zhan Yan fell asleep within seconds.

After a while, an arm quietly draped over his waist.

In the Dawn World, Zhan Suiru moved to a quiet place, closed her eyes, and began searching through her memories.

She came here not only to check the integration progress but also to investigate Gu Jiancheng.

The more Zhan Suiru thought about it, the more she felt she must have met Gu Jiancheng before. But having carefully recalled all her memories in this world, she simply couldn’t remember such a person.

Since Gu Jiancheng was someone who could leave a “sudden jolt in the heart” impression on her, yet she couldn’t remember him, there was only one possibility left—Gu Jiancheng was someone she met before coming to this world.

That meant he could only be a player. Moreover, he was still using her essential oils and Hexiang beads, which perfectly matched the situation of a player suffering from aftereffects!

Ah… her little brother really didn’t give her peace of mind.

Those players were all cunning foxes with deep thoughts; not a single person who made it out of Infinite alive was simple! With Yan Yan’s little bit of cleverness, how could he outplay them?

She didn’t know what Yan Yan told Gu Jiancheng about the origin of the essential oils and Hexiang beads. If Yan Yan said she gave them to him, Gu Jiancheng would definitely guess that she was also from the supernatural world.

This also had its benefits: Gu Jiancheng would have some scruples and definitely wouldn’t dare hurt Yan Yan.

She just didn’t know what his ulterior motive for being with Yan Yan was…

Zhan Suiru came to the Dawn World precisely because using spiritual power here didn’t require a relay, allowing her to better recall that messy pile of past memories and dig out Gu Jiancheng’s identity!

If he dared to deceive Yan Yan…

Zhan Suiru narrowed her eyes, murderous intent overflowing.

The memories of the past were too long and complicated. Zhan Suiru sorted through them for a while but couldn’t find a clue. She figured if she relied purely on recalling to investigate, if she was unlucky, she might not find out even in seventeen or eighteen years.

She had to change her approach and use a two-pronged strategy.

First, search for Gu Jiancheng’s information on the network; there might be some flaws.

Additionally, she could find an information-type superpowered individual to look into him. But this was a bit troublesome. She couldn’t just directly give the name “Gu Jiancheng” to the other party to investigate; after all, Gu Jiancheng didn’t seem to have a bad track record for the time being, and her little brother seemed to like him quite a bit… Hmm, she’d wait until she thought of a more roundabout way.

Using the Dawn World, Zhan Suiru transferred to the network world and began investigating information related to Gu Jiancheng.

She didn’t find any flaws. The fake identity Wan Shitong created for his boss was absolutely perfect.

In this fake identity, Gu Jiancheng was an excellent student who was academically and morally outstanding from childhood to adulthood, loved life, and developed comprehensively in morals, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor. It was just that his family wasn’t very happy, and he no longer had any relatives, but he inherited a large sum of inheritance—this was definitely a fake identity!

Wan Shitong, after fishing out Dragon Head, excitedly sent a message to Gu Jiancheng.

Boss, boss! Do you know I’m super badass right now? I’m no longer a network-type who can only spin around on the web. Now, I am a spiritual…

Hey, why wouldn’t the message send?

Didn’t he and Play Games With Me have the authorization to send messages directly outside?

Wan Shitong studied it for ages before finally realizing that the Dawn World also engaged in information shielding! This was a design they implemented back then when cross-referencing with the regular game to find bugs; he never expected it would be used on himself now.

Fine, shielded it is. He’d chat with his boss after he exited the Dawn World!

Wan Shitong logged out of the Dawn World, skillfully opened the contact interface with Gu Jiancheng, and then he froze.

Wan Shitong: What was I going to look for the boss for again?

Instant amnesia.

Wan Shitong thought for a long time but couldn’t remember. What urgent matter did he have to find his boss for?

While pondering, he skillfully checked Gu Jiancheng’s fake identity again… Hmm? Someone was investigating him!

Oh no! The boss’s identity was being targeted!

The next morning, Gu Jiancheng saw the message Wan Shitong sent him the moment he woke up.

Someone was investigating his fake identity.

Without even needing to guess, he knew it was definitely Yan Yan’s sister.

Gu Jiancheng let out a breath.

He wanted to be with Yan Yan; this layer of persona would probably fall off sooner or later. He just didn’t know what Yan Yan’s sister’s supernatural identity was. Hopefully, it wasn’t someone he had offended…

Never mind, the first hurdle of meeting the parents was the hardest; the others would be simple.

Gu Jiancheng sorted out the situation. He needed to find out Yan Yan’s sister’s identity as quickly as possible; that way, he would know how to respond.

He opened the forum and found Approaching Science to help investigate the person.

Approaching Science didn’t reply for the time being. Gu Jiancheng also knew that finding someone with just these few conditions was rather difficult, so he prepared another direction as well.

Gu Jiancheng started sending messages to the Magician.

The Magician’s abilities were all weird and wonderful; perhaps she could give him a pleasant surprise.

Zhan Yan temporarily didn’t see the big shot Deep Shadow’s message asking him to investigate someone. He got up early, washed up, exercised, ate breakfast, coaxed Xingxing, coaxed his boyfriend, and then went to work.

They didn’t have to work a full week this week; the internship ended on Wednesday. After that, they could go back to school or go straight home.

As soon as he arrived at the veterinary station, Zhan Yan received a message from his sister.

Zhan Suiru: “Yan Yan, does your boyfriend have an insomnia problem? Did he need the Hexiang beads because the essential oils don’t work?”

The efficacy of her essential oils was already strong enough. If even the essential oils weren’t taking effect…

Zhan Yan’s spirits jolted upon seeing the message. His sister was starting to probe about his Xiao Gu!

Student Xiao Gu was handsome, had a great figure, excellent academic performance, and fantastic character. Aside from being slightly chuunibyou, he had no flaws whatsoever.

Zhan Yan wasn’t intimidated in the slightest! …Wait, no.

Outside the veterinary station, the big yellow dog that had been neutered came to curse again, deeply mourning its lost love.

“How long do you think that dog is going to curse… Hey, Zhan Yan, what are you thinking about?” Bao Qingshan poked him.

Zhan Yan snapped back to his senses, wearing a worried expression: “I bumped into my sister while watching a movie yesterday.”

Bao Qingshan understood in seconds: “You didn’t tell your family you were dating Gu Jiancheng?”

Zhan Yan nodded: “My sister guessed it, and now she’s probing me in a roundabout way.”

Bao Qingshan instantly imagined a whole series of wealthy family dramas and property disputes.

Bao Qingshan asked cautiously: “Will it affect you inheriting shares?”

Zhan Yan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “What are you talking about? Nothing of the sort. My family is very open-minded.”

When his sister was a Lord, Xi Man, the rank-two spiritual-type ability user in the Hope Base, was homosexual. His dad and his brother didn’t have the human concepts of homosexuality or heterosexuality. His mom even watched BL dramas with his sister.

When one’s vision could pierce through reincarnation and experience the space between life and death, what was important and what was not were already completely different.

Bao Qingshan: “Then are you afraid they won’t approve of Gu Jiancheng? That shouldn’t be the case, Gu Jiancheng is already very outstanding, just a bit fierce sometimes.”

Zhan Yan sighed. This was exactly what he was worrying about!

He always felt Gu Jiancheng had secrets in the past, and was very happy to dig into them. This was partly why Zhan Yan was attracted to Gu Jiancheng in the very beginning.

But he didn’t know since when he stopped paying attention to Student Xiao Gu’s secrets—it was definitely because he was so overwhelmed by his family members’ personas that he didn’t even have time to think about it!

Zhan Yan knew Gu Jiancheng didn’t have any other family members, and he had guessed that the occasional sense of danger emanating from Gu Jiancheng was related to this.

But why Student Xiao Gu had an intimidating aura wasn’t important; what was important was whether he could hide it from his family.

Dad, Mom, Brother, Sister—out of the four big shots, not a single one had bad eyesight.

Student Xiao Gu was great in every other aspect; it was just this one point that made Zhan Yan truly unsure if he could pass.

Worried.

“Do you think bringing Gu Jiancheng to meet my parents will go smoothly?” Zhan Yan looked at Bao Qingshan with anticipation, starting to turn to metaphysics for help.

Bao Qingshan: “Ah, this… my cultivation isn’t up to par…”

He tried hard to sense it, but still felt nothing.

Zhan Yan sighed. If he hadn’t happened to be spotted by his sister, he really wouldn’t want to proceed with meeting the parents right now. He still hadn’t even sorted out the pile of personas in his family yet.

He replied to his sister: “No, the essential oils work very well. He needed the Hexiang beads because the internship place doesn’t allow liquids.”

Seeing how truly worried he was, Bao Qingshan stated he could specifically help Zhan Yan sense it during his cultivation tomorrow morning.

This was also a path of their Kushong Ravine cultivation—it wasn’t that they could only rely entirely on naturally occurring spiritual inspiration for everything. Sometimes, when encountering an issue, they could intentionally sense it. However, doing so ultimately lost the natural flow; it shouldn’t be used often, and it was best not used on oneself. Using it on a roommate, however, was perfectly fine!

Zhan Yan: “Thank you! When I come back from break, I’ll bring you good food again!”

Zhan Suiru saw her little brother’s reply.

Hmm… Yan Yan had no reason to lie to her about this. The internship information she checked online confirmed that Gu Jiancheng’s internship location indeed did not allow liquids inside.

But that pig farm was separated from Yan Yan’s internship location by several cities! Coming all the way from so far away to see Yan Yan, he harbored ulterior motives!

No, investigating purely on her own like this was too slow; she needed outside help!

…

Zhan Yan didn’t log onto the chaofan forum until night. As soon as he logged in, he saw private messages from the two big shots.

I Just Saved the World!: [Help me find someone. I’ve come into contact with them before; they possess extremely powerful pollution-healing abilities, and they know a very strong network-type.]

Zhan Yan: ?

You’ve come into contact with them and you’re asking me to find them? Doesn’t the person fitting the first two conditions just mean your mysterious healing-type big shot lover? The third condition might fit as well; healing-type big shots definitely had wide networks, so knowing a few strong network-types was totally normal.

Zhan Yan could only think of this one person at the moment, but he couldn’t find out the other party’s identity either.

He entered the three preconditions Deep Shadow provided into the newly developed Mini-Encyclopedia search function.

The Mini-Encyclopedia’s watermelon icon spun a few times and refreshed with a line of text:

[Please do not tease the Mini-Encyclopedia Search.]

Zhan Yan: See, I knew it couldn’t be found.

But this was the first time the big shot Deep Shadow asked him to investigate someone after giving him all the Candle Dragon power for free and transferring a large sum of points to him; he had to put in more effort.

Approaching Science: [Big shot, these conditions are too vague and not very easy to look into. Wait for me; I might have to filter for a few days.]

The big shot Deep Shadow replied instantly.

I Just Saved the World!: [No rush, you look into it first. If I get new clues, I’ll supplement them for you.]

Gu Jiancheng anticipated that it would be a bit troublesome on Approaching Science’s end. Just now, the Magician sent him a message, telling him there was a result.

The Magician’s divination was very miraculous; when clues were incomplete like this, she often delivered some pleasant surprises. Last time, she deciphered from cabbage leaves that Infinite’s target in researching the Drunken Soul Incense was Ghost King Lin Yuan.

He figured that even if she couldn’t decipher Yan Yan’s sister’s supernatural identity this time, she would still be able to find some more clues. It would be best if it was something a bit more specific, so he could pass the clues to Approaching Science to investigate. If Approaching Science uncovered any more clues, he could pass them back to the Magician for help with divination. Digging back and forth in this cycle, he would dig it out sooner or later.

“What’s the result?” Gu Jiancheng asked.

The Magician started a video call with Gu Jiancheng to make it easier to explain the divination results.

With heavy velvet curtains as a backdrop, a mysterious and complex magic circle was drawn on the floor using a mixed powder of crystals and herbs. A few herbal candles were lit within the magic circle.

The Magician was wearing a coral fleece pajama set, and a large parrot with magnificent feathers perched on her shoulder. The human and the bird were cracking sunflower seeds together.

The magic circle was full of sunflower seed shells.

The Magician adjusted the camera, aiming it at the sunflower seed shells on the ground, and explained to Gu Jiancheng:

“Look, this is your divination result. See this hidden line? It represents that the person you’re looking for has a deep connection with you. You have both left a profound impression on each other in the past, and you once deeply influenced their fate, though not in a bad direction.”

Gu Jiancheng got a headache just looking at that messy floor of sunflower seed shells: “You don’t need to explain the pattern to me, just tell me the result.”

“Alright,” the Magician said, “The person you asked me to find, according to the results the two of us deciphered, she is your future sister-in-law.”

Gu Jiancheng: …

“Is there anything else?”

The Magician: “Nope. To decipher this answer for you, Gaga and I cracked nearly ten jin of sunflower seeds together. We can’t crack anymore.”

Her eyes shone with the light of gossip: “Hey, are you and your little boyfriend still doing well?”

Gu Jiancheng: “Gossiping about me now?”

The Magician: “Just tell me if my calculation was accurate or not!”

It was accurate, it just wasn’t very useful.

Gu Jiancheng felt a bit worried. No clues. He had spent an unknown number of years in Infinite, and there were way too many people whose fates had been influenced by him. How was he supposed to investigate Yan Yan’s sister’s identity?

It wasn’t that he absolutely had to strip her persona, but primarily because when their eyes met back then, Yan Yan’s sister was definitely suspicious of him. Gu Jiancheng felt his identity as Deep Shadow was very presentable, but the problem was that he had offended a bit too many people…

Gaga voluntarily joined the conversation: “Sister-in-law! Sister-in-law! Destined sister-in-law!”

The Magician: “Oh, right. If I deciphered it accurately, that means you and your partner are going to make it!”

Gu Jiancheng beamed with joy.