GRMFBS CH154

Zhan Yan: …

For some reason, he felt that his older brother’s pattern was a bit familiar.

Zhan Yan couldn’t recall offhand why it felt familiar. But his older brother was quite a chatterbox; could it be that he had held it in for too long normally?

Although his older brother and Xingxing didn’t seem to get along, his older brother was very talkative when facing Xingxing; Xingxing was also the most active when with his older brother, and it had even expressed willingness to hunt to feed his older brother in the future.

These past two days had been quite tiring with all the traveling and filming. Zhan Yan yawned, turned off the light, and mumbled, “I’m relieved that your relationship with my brother is so good. Get along well when I’m not home.”

Xingxing suddenly scrambled up, its cat eyes wide and round.

Good relationship? How did you figure that?!

Who has a good relationship with him?!!

Zhan Yan stretched out his arm and pressed it back down. “Stop making a fuss, go to sleep.”

The next day was Saturday, so Zhan Yan could still stay home for two days. The raw footage they shot yesterday came out, as did the behind-the-scenes clips. The project manager thought the results were pretty good, and since it would be a waste not to use their own little boss, they called him to the company again.

When Zhan Yan arrived at the company, the manager coaxed him into conveniently doing some motion capture.

Zhan Yan: “What’s motion capture?”

The manager explained for a bit: motion capture was exactly what it sounded like. In short, they needed him to wear a specially-made suit and perform actions according to their requests so his movements could appear on the character models.

Zhan Yan’s attempts to refuse were fruitless. The manager believed that their little boss’s behind-the-scenes clip from yesterday was excellent, and since he had heard that Zhan Yan worked out long-term, doing the actions shouldn’t be a problem either. Thus, he forcibly dragged their little boss into it.

After Zhan Yan tried a few times, the manager had to admit that the money for hiring a motion capture actor couldn’t be saved after all.

Zhan Yan breathed a sigh of relief after taking off the hot and tight motion capture suit. He wasn’t familiar with this area of the company, and seeing that everyone was quite busy, he didn’t look for someone to guide him and just wandered around blindly on his own.

Halfway through his wandering, a scream suddenly echoed from a room door in the corridor.

Zhan Yan shuddered in fright.

The employees passing by nearby were also jolted and all turned their heads to look.

The room’s door handle was shaking frantically, as if something inside wanted to come out, and a hoarse cry for help came from within.

Zhan Yan attempted to open the room door.

Regardless of what was inside, saving the person came first. He had his mom’s Lightning Talisman on him, so he wasn’t afraid even if it was an anomaly or something similar.

Zhan Yan twisted the handle for a long time but couldn’t open it. He asked the gathering employees, “Who has the key? Quickly get them over here.”

The manager had already heard the commotion and ran over. Upon seeing the room, he said, panting, “This room is always locked, Luo Luoluo has the key.”

“Quickly tell her to bring the key here. What is this room used for?” Zhan Yan asked again toward the inside of the room, “Hey, how are you doing?”

The manager had someone go call her, and while waiting for the call to connect, he explained rapidly, “This room is always locked, and others aren’t allowed in. I don’t know what it’s used for either.”

This description sounded very reassuring! Zhan Yan had already noticed the unnatural complexions of the nearby employees; they had probably connected it to classic horror themes like “large company secretly conducting illegal experiments.”

Zhan Yan knew his mom’s company definitely wouldn’t have such issues, but he was worried that what was inside was related to his mom’s Tianshi alias.

He also didn’t know how the person inside got in or what they encountered.

The person was crying and screaming, making a fuss for a long time, and even attempted to smash the door.

Zhan Yan finally managed to soothe the person. Hearing the voices of many people outside, the person recovered a bit and choked out, “I-I’m okay. You all, don’t leave. I-I’m begging you.”

“We won’t leave.” Zhan Yan continued asking, “Who are you? How did you get in?”

The person inside spoke vaguely and couldn’t explain clearly.

Zhan Yan had already opened the Gossip System and started searching.

[Commercial spy Lu Xiong heard that Shoude Company had a secret room that others weren’t allowed to enter. He firmly believed that it must hide Shoude Company’s unspeakable secrets, so he decided to sneak in secretly and dig up leverage against Shoude Company.]

Ho! It was actually an enemy thief!

Zhan Yan instantly lost all desire to comfort the other party and prepared to call security.

Luo Luoluo arrived with the key at the same time as security.

Zhan Yan asked softly, “Sister Luoluo, what’s inside here?”

He hadn’t had time to find it on the Gossip System yet.

Luo Luoluo hesitated for a moment. “It’s nothing, really. Just some things the boss bought.”

Hearing her vague manner, Zhan Yan couldn’t help but start worrying.

Could the things inside really be related to his mom’s alias?

“Stop crowding around, go back to your posts.” Luo Luoluo dispersed the onlookers and used the key to open the door.

It didn’t open.

Luo Luoluo: “Huh? This is the right key.”

She tried several times but still couldn’t open it.

The person inside said weakly, “M-maybe the lock is broken.”

Then there was nothing they could do; they had to call a locksmith.

Luo Luoluo made the call and had someone check the security cameras.

While the locksmith was working on the lock, Zhan Yan finally scrolled to the gossip thread about this room.

Inside were sculptures made by his sister, Zhan Suiru. When his sister had just opened her studio, their parents were shocked by her artwork and became extremely worried that with all her enthusiasm, the child wouldn’t be able to support herself, so they pretended to be clients and secretly bought her statues.

The purchased statues couldn’t be hidden at home, as they would be easily discovered. So Ji Yueming left a separate room at the company specifically to store Zhan Suiru’s statues.

Because these statues were too ugly and an eyesore, Ji Yueming had Luo Luoluo lock this room up.

The commercial spy, Lu Xiong, picked the lock and sneaked in. Afraid of being discovered, he didn’t dare turn on the light and used his phone for illumination. At first glance, he saw a monster with twisted limbs that, because of the shifting light and shadows, seemed as if it were moving. He was so terrified he collapsed onto the floor on the spot.

While scrambling up, he accidentally bumped into a nearby sculpture. Turning his head, he came face-to-face with a sculpture covered in many eyeballs, screaming in terror.

While screaming, Lu Xiong crawled toward the door. During the process, his collar was snagged by a sculpture, making him think a monster was dragging him, almost scaring him senseless.

Luo Luoluo’s security camera investigation also yielded results, fully proving that Lu Xiong had secretly picked the lock to sneak in. She attempted to interrogate Lu Xiong about who sent him.

Lu Xiong was terrified out of his wits and spoke incoherently. Although he tried hard to hide his identity, he still accidentally let slip his status as a commercial spy.

As the locksmith fiddled with the lock, he couldn’t resist gossiping with Zhan Yan: “Is this a corporate war? How did you manage to set a trap in advance and catch him?”

Zhan Yan: “…We didn’t set a trap.”

Who could have thought that his sister’s sculptures would have this effect?

The locksmith didn’t quite believe it and asked again: “What did you set up in the room? To scare someone like this.”

Zhan Yan: “I have no idea how he managed to scare himself like that, haha…”

Lu Xiong would cry for a bit, then beg the locksmith to hurry up, and after begging for a bit and seeing the door still wasn’t open, he would start crying again.

The locksmith got annoyed by his rushing. After fiddling for two hours, he still couldn’t get it open. “This lock is too badly broken, the structure is completely twisted. You guys should find a firefighter.”

Having no other choice, Luo Luoluo called the firefighters.

The locksmith didn’t leave, saying, “Let me see if they can do it.”

After a while, the firefighters and the police arrived together.

Luo Luoluo was puzzled. “I didn’t call the police.”

Taking advantage of these two hours, she had almost interrogated Lu Xiong to the point of finding out about him wetting the bed as a kid.

From behind the door, Lu Xiong sobbed, “C-Comrade Police, I-I was the one who called the police.”

Luo Luoluo: “…You’re a commercial spy and you called the police to arrest yourself?”

Lu Xiong: “Wuwuwu I’m begging you, quickly get me out of here. Arresting me is fine too. It’s too terrifying in here.”

The firefighters examined it and found the door lock was deformed from the inside. It couldn’t be dismantled, only forcefully broken down.

The police stayed to the side to inquire about what happened. After watching the surveillance footage and listening to the recording, they confirmed this was a case caused by a thief accidentally locking himself in a room.

The police comrades were also very curious: “What exactly did you put in this room? How did it scare someone to this extent?”

Luo Luoluo spoke vaguely, “Just some artworks collected by our boss.”

Even though Luo Luoluo tried her best to protect her boss’s reputation and everyone’s eyes, the police comrades still had to dutifully perform their responsibilities. After the sobbing Lu Xiong was rescued, they went into the room to investigate.

This investigation silenced everyone.

Zhan Yan also took a peek. His sister’s early artwork style was quite different from her current one. The sculptures he and Director Ji Lele had seen before were a bit stream-of-consciousness, but the sculptures in this room were relatively realistic—more like they brought various terrifying fantasy monsters to life.

He didn’t know what material his sister used, but the texture of the monsters’ skin, flesh, and bones was extremely realistic. A portion of the eyeballs were transparent, making it seem like they were looking at you from every angle, and when the lighting changed, it even looked like the eyeballs were turning.

Lu Xiong clung to the police officer, refusing to let go. “Wuwuwuwu don’t leave, don’t go in, I’m begging you.”

Police comrade: “The taste of rich people nowadays is quite unique, huh.”

Zhan Yan: In the end, his mom’s and his sister’s reputations still couldn’t be saved.

The company had to get busy dealing with the commercial spy incident, and simultaneously comfort the employees to prevent some weird rumors from spreading in a few days.

Zhan Yan returned home by himself. His brother and sister weren’t around; only the lively Xingxing treated him as a cat climbing frame and crawled all over him.

Zhan Yan pulled out his phone and shared today’s joy of “commercial spy secretly sneaking into a locked room thinking there was a secret, only to be scared to tears by sculptures” with Gu Jiancheng.

Gu Jiancheng was in a very good mood upon receiving the message. After laughing together, he asked Zhan Yan which day he was returning.

Zhan Yan: “Heading back tomorrow afternoon.”

Gu Jiancheng: “I’ll go pick you up.”

Zhan Yan: “Okay.”

Gu Jiancheng, who would get to see his boyfriend tomorrow, was very happy. After the communication ended, he was even more motivated to clear anomalies.

Zhan Yan kept the Gossip System open while petting the cat with his eyes closed. The big shot Deep Shadow really didn’t let people rest; he sent him a new address to investigate for anomalies again.

Because the big shot was generous with points, aside from investigating the anomalies, Zhan Yan also thoughtfully calculated the optimal route of action for him, ensuring he could complete all the tasks in one trip using the shortest time and distance.

The big shot Deep Shadow worked happily, sending tasks even more frequently.

Zhan Yan simply camped out on the forum; when Deep Shadow sent tasks, he did them, and when there were no tasks, he scrolled through the forum’s general discussion section.

Related threads had already appeared in the forum:

{What is going on with @I Just Saved the World!? He cleared out the anomaly tasks in several consecutive regions!}

3L: Original Poster must be new, right? Get used to it early. This big shot occasionally acts up. His method of doing anomaly tasks is different from ordinary people; he sweeps an entire region at once. It started many years ago.

OP: No, haven’t you looked at the task section? I know he has this habit. But previously, he only swept one region at a time. Last time, he also stopped after sweeping Beiling City. This time he’s swept several places consecutively!

7L: Seeing this thread, I thought I posted it. I’m over here in Yidong. I recently wanted to grind some anomalies to save up some points to use. I just accepted a task when I found it had already been completed. Realizing it was I Just Saved the World! doing tasks, I switched regions and took a task in neighboring Nandi. Less than half an hour after taking it, just as I was investigating where the target was, the task was completed again. When I checked, it was completed by I Just Saved the World! once again.

8L: Then I ran over to Yuanping Port to take a task. Just as I drove there, before I could even do the task, the task was completed! It was I Just Saved the World! again!!!

9L: Upstairs, this is a bit tragic, haha. Wasn’t he doing tasks in Nandi Circuit? Why did he run to Yuanping Port before finishing sweeping Nandi?

10L: He finished sweeping! I checked the task log on the spot. He swept all the tasks in Nandi Circuit while I was driving from Nandi Circuit to Yuanping Port, can you believe it?

11L: Really? How is that possible?

12L: Go check the logs in the task section yourselves. He sweeps one region every hour and a half on average. I ran around for half the day for nothing and couldn’t even catch a single task.

Zhan Yan felt a faint sense of embarrassment.

Ah, as long as he kept looking nearby, he probably wouldn’t be able to catch the upcoming tasks either.

Deep Shadow sent another message. Just as Zhan Yan was about to start investigating, he noticed that the content this time wasn’t a task location.

I Just Saved the World!: “Take a break.”

Approaching Science: “Okay, boss.”

Approaching Science: “Boss, how is your condition?”

Could it be that Deep Shadow couldn’t handle sweeping so many tasks?

Was his healing-type big shot lover around? Hopefully he hadn’t triggered any aftereffects.

I Just Saved the World!: “I am very well.”

Afraid that this big shot was just acting tough, Zhan Yan casually ran a search.

[Deep Shadow was worried that Approaching Science wouldn’t be able to handle facing a massive amount of anomaly information pollution in a short time, so he decided to pause clearing anomalies and take a break.]

Ah, it was rare for the big shot Deep Shadow to be considerate. Zhan Yan was slightly moved and readily went along with the decision to rest.

While resting, he continued scrolling through the thread from just now.

14L: Holy crap! It’s true!

15L: Is I Just Saved the World! this fierce?

16L: The timing doesn’t add up no matter how you calculate it. There were 24 anomaly tasks in Nandi Circuit, all in different areas. Even if the big shot averaged 3 minutes per anomaly, including travel and resolution, that would still take 72 minutes. Looking at the completion times in the log, he had less than fifteen minutes left to travel from Nandi Circuit to Yuanping Port.

17L: Less than fifteen minutes shouldn’t be an issue, right? Driving is definitely slow, but with abilities, this speed is completely achievable. At most, this proves that I Just Saved the World! has a rapid long-distance movement ability.

18L: No, I wasn’t finished typing.

19L: Resolving the anomalies and traveling were both compressed as much as possible based on the big shot’s super strong strength, but what about the time he spent investigating the anomalies? Our tasks don’t come with navigation; many only provide suspected traces of an anomaly. Anyone who has done these types of tasks knows that many deeply hidden anomalies require several days just to investigate.

20L: Is I Just Saved the World!’s investigative ability also this strong?

21L: Holy moly, he must be a hexagonal warrior, right? Super fierce combat power, fast speed, and strong investigative abilities. What kind of all-rounder is this?

22L: No! I don’t believe it! If the big shot is fully omnipotent, then what am I? A hardcore little piece of trash?

23L: Upstairs, that pierces the heart.

24L: It’s too heartbreaking. I’m going to check the big shot’s past task logs.

25L I Just Saved the World!: I have a collaborator. He is very impressive.