GRMFBS CH104

Zhan Yan: …Hey! Wait a minute!

[The ghost Shan Yankai has already floated out of the residential complex.]

At this moment, the uncles and aunts practicing the “Laughter Fitness Method” had just finished a round. They laughed for two minutes and then stopped to rest. It had to be said, continuous laughter was quite tiring.

Bai Linghui turned her head and spotted Zhan Yan:

“Yo! Xiao Yan is here. Come on, come on! Let’s exercise together!”

Zhan Yan: “…What kind of exercise is this?”

A group of uncles and aunts surrounded him and began to educate him:

“Hey, you young people just don’t understand, do you? This is called the Laughter Fitness Method. It has many benefits! Haven’t you heard that a smile makes you ten years younger?”

“Don’t think this is just fooling around. There’s a scientific basis for this! Laughter has many kinds of benefits!” an uncle said to him, counting on the fingers of his wool-gloved hand. “First, laughter can promote the production of endorphins, helping you relax; second, laughter can also exercise your lung capacity; third, when you laugh, your abdominal muscles also move, which can…”

Zhan Yan: “Thank you, thank you, no thank you…”

Zhan Yan quickly slipped away, keeping his gossip system open.

It had to be said, the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau’ response was fast. Ten minutes later, someone arrived in the residential complex.

[Because the ghost Shan Yankai was too terrified to lead the way, Miao Ruoyu had to come and search for traces of the anomaly herself.]

[Miao Ruoyu found the place where the square-dancing group was doing their Laughter Fitness. After using her instrument to confirm there were no traces of an anomaly, she went up to chat with the group.]

[Miao Ruoyu learned about the “Laughter Fitness Method.” After clearing up the misunderstanding, she prepared to leave.]

[The square-dancing group was very disappointed that they couldn’t get you to join them in the Laughter Fitness. It was rare to see another young person interested in the “Laughter Fitness Method,” so they enthusiastically pulled Miao Ruoyu over and invited her to try it together.]

[Miao Ruoyu was forced to laugh for ten minutes.]

Zhan Yan: …Pfft.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day for the Tianshi to appear before the tribunal.

Zhan Yan nervously watched the live text broadcast of the scene through his gossip system.

The tribunal, the name alone didn’t sound like a good place! The thought of his mom having to go to such a place made Zhan Yan unhappy!

Seriously, the Tianshi was clearly cleaning up the mess for those unreliable guys. Why did she have to go to the tribunal?!

He didn’t know how his mother would use the information he provided. With this information, his mother shouldn’t be at a disadvantage.

What if someone wanted to harm his mother… The gossip system’s multi-screen function was on! Monitoring all suspicious characters in real-time! If any clues were found, he would be notified immediately!

Social death! Exposure! All arranged!

Let’s see who dares to harm my mom!

Zhan Yan’s protective instincts flared, his eyes wide as he stared at the system interface.

The gossip system slowly refreshed a new entry:

[Before the Tianshi entered the tribunal, Ning Xi repeatedly warned and urged her not to resort to violence on the spot.]

Ji Yueming casually played with her mask, “I know, I know.”

“I’m not a very irritable person.”

Ning Xi thought to himself, ‘I wish you’d give me a reason to believe you.’

Upon entering the tribunal, Ji Yueming put on her mask.

Two inspectors stood on either side of the door and followed her in closely.

Logically, these two should have stood on either side of her to prevent the person on trial from suddenly lashing out and injuring people. But as Ji Yueming’s eyes swept over them from under her mask, the two of them couldn’t help but take a step back, falling behind her.

The tribunal was built in a very interesting way. From the entrance to the center, there was a flight of stairs leading down to a circular open space in the middle.

In the “center stage” of the open space was a chair with a guardrail. From this position, everyone else’s seats, whether in front, behind, left, or right, were all higher than one’s own.

A simple and effective psychological pressure tactic.

The seats around the tribunal were not full. Not everyone was qualified to watch the trial of the Tianshi, and the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau was extremely busy right now. Capable people had basically all been deployed to handle the aftermath of the recent incident.

Moreover, even the 24-person council, which should have been fully present, was missing six people. One of the council members had been confirmed to be genuinely contaminated during Da Wule’s suburban sacrifice and was now under strict confinement. There were only three alternate council members in total, and they couldn’t be filled in time.

Ji Yueming walked to the center with her hands behind her back, opened the guardrail herself, flicked her long robe, and sat down gracefully.

She placed her hands on the armrests, and the eyes under her mask swept across the room. With this aura, she managed to turn the interrogation chair into a true center stage. The two inspectors on her left and right looked like her personal guardians.

Several people with guilty consciences felt their hearts skip a beat when her gaze fell on them, inexplicably feeling as if they had been lowered by several levels.

One of them, a man with half-white hair slicked back into a greasy pompadour, was the first to speak sharply, “Tianshi, you are still wearing a mask. Are you showing contempt for the court?!”

Ji Yueming raised her eyes coldly, “I don’t mind taking it off. I’m just afraid that without the seal, I won’t be able to control myself and might strike you dead.”

Ning Xi: …

Zhan Yan, watching the live broadcast remotely: Hahahahaha!

Da Wule, who had come for the fun of it: “…Pfft!”

The others started to glare at him.

Da Wule: “Don’t look at me, I just thought of a joke.”

The tribunal began its questioning, but there was no further mention of asking the Tianshi to remove her mask.

The tribunal questioned the Tianshi about colluding with the Wan Yao Alliance.

Ji Yueming: “Don’t you all have friends? I asked a few friends for help and it’s called collusion?”

The tribunal questioned the Tianshi about destroying the Infinity Research Institute.

Ji Yueming: “The ‘Apocalypse Fragment’ contamination leaked, and the researchers were contaminated. I cleaned up the contamination according to the emergency plan. The report has been submitted. Are you illiterate?”

The tribunal questioned the Tianshi about forming cliques and pursuing private interests within the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau.

Da Wule: “Don’t drag me into this! What clique did I form with the Tianshi, what private interests did we pursue? The reason we were short-staffed for the suburban sacrificial ritual was because you were transferring the infinite fragments, wasn’t it? You were the ones who confirmed the list of replacements, weren’t you? They were contaminated and it was exposed during the ritual. Could I let them go? Didn’t you cause all of this yourselves?”

Ji Yueming: “That’s right.”

Zhan Yan was amazed watching the text broadcast. Mom’s roasting skills are getting better and better!

The council members above were furious. “Why do you have private dealings with the demons of the Wan Yao Alliance? Isn’t this colluding with other races? Were there no other ways to clean up the contamination leak? Why did you have to destroy all the infinite fragments? Did you do this to collaborate with the enemy?”

Ji Yueming sneered, “Why do I have private dealings with them? Because we fought together twenty-six years ago! You tell me what colluding with other races and collaborating with the enemy means. Ask yourself how you survived! Why don’t you tell me another way to clean up the contamination leak!

“Have you ever been to Infinity? Have you ever seen what the world of Infinity is like? Do you even know what Infinity is?

“The benefits it promised you tempted you? More powerful strength, higher authority, an immortal lifespan? Is this the reason you agreed to help it revive?”

“You’re slandering me!”

A flash of electricity crackled in the air. The figure in the interrogation chair was gone.

Tianshi stood opposite the enraged Third Council Member, pressing him onto the table with one hand. “You saw those players who escaped from Infinity, knew they were ordinary people before entering Infinity, but now they have all gained power. You were tempted, weren’t you?

“You thought you were offering help in a time of need, thought you could control it, that you could gain the power Infinity gives you without suffering what the players did, didn’t you?”

Ji Yueming’s voice grew heavier with each word, her voice like rumbling thunder. A heavy pressure filled the air, as if a corner of the sky was about to collapse.

“What do you know?” The suppressed Third Council Member’s eyes burst with red veins. “You, you deathless monster…”

“Isn’t this the immortality you seek? Do you want me to give you a hand?” Lightning flickered at Ji Yueming’s fingertips.

Few people knew that the Tianshi of the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau could no longer be considered “human”.

Twenty-six years ago, she had forcibly wielded a power that no living being could control. Thunder destroyed every inch of her flesh and bone, and with her will as its guide, it struck at the core of Infinity.

She should have completely disappeared. That should have been the final, life-risking blow.

But she had not yet seen the end. Under her terrifying will, the thunder became her bones, her flesh, and in her veins, it rushed ceaselessly like blood.

She had become thunder with its own will.

Neither living nor dead, yet she could dissipate at any moment.

That was why those who were close to her were unwilling to let her use her full power. They were all afraid that Ji Yueming would dissipate into lightning.

“Tianshi!” “Ji Yueming!”

Everyone stood up nervously.

Ning Xi and Da Wule pushed forward against the pressure.

The Third Council Member’s face was filled with terror. Besides this abnormal person, the Tianshi, who could survive after their body and soul turned into lightning? This was murder!

Ji Yueming’s left hand, wrapped in lightning, pressed towards his forehead. The Third Council Member was already screaming for help.

Just as the terrifying lightning was about to touch him, the lightning on Ji Yueming’s hand suddenly dissipated. She flipped her hand and caught a seal from her sleeve, smashing it onto the Third Council Member’s forehead.

The Third Council Member let out a miserable scream. Contamination suddenly erupted from his body, only to be dissipated by the lightning energy.

Ji Yueming let go and threw the man to the ground. She turned to look at the few people who had rushed to her side, “What are you looking at me for? I’m fine.”

Ning Xi carefully looked her over from head to toe before finally breathing a sigh of relief. “You go rest. I’ll take it from here.”

Da Wule: “…Just play around, won’t you!”

She just had to put on a show to scare people!

Ji Yueming straightened her sleeves. “Don’t be anxious. Infinity is rooted in desire. Conventional detection methods can’t detect the contamination born from one’s own desires. This is an Evil-Breaking Seal I had a craftsman develop. I just tested it, it’s quite effective. Take it and study it.”

“Will those who have been cleared of contamination by it faint?” Da Wule crouched beside the unconscious Third Council Member, studying him and poking the seal mark bulging on his forehead. Was the swelling this severe also a side effect of forcibly clearing the contamination?

“No, I knocked him out,” Ji Yueming placed the seal she was holding on the table.

The seal landing on the table made a loud bang, and several people flinched.

Da Wule gave her a thumbs-up. “Well done!”