GRMFBS CH113

Happy Guessing Game: “Hahahaha oh my god!”
“Approaching Science‘s sarcasm is on another level!”

Because the submitter chose to make it public, everyone could see the accepter and the submission content.

The water-cooler section quickly became lively again.

89L:
Hahahahahaha the person who posted the mission must be fuming mad after seeing this, right?

90L:
Dying of laughter, he didn’t even bother to investigate, nor is he afraid of being investigated.

92L:
Awesome! I just love to see this kind of development!

93L:
Did Approaching Science not investigate, or was he unable to?

94L:
Who cares if he can investigate or not, do you see the person who posted the mission daring to show their face?

96L:
Floor 93, you’re not the one who posted the mission, are you?

The account from floor 93 never appeared again.

98L:
The mission has been canceled.

99L:
Hahahahaha today’s happiness was brought to you by Approaching Science.

Ji Yueming had been looking at the golden quotes from Approaching Science defending her against haters, and only now saw this thread.

The more she read, the happier she became.

At her level, she had long been indifferent to the storms outside, but seeing someone work so hard to defend her still brought a feeling of warmth.

Aiya, how can this Approaching Science kid be so cute!

And he has a temper too.

That’s good, having a temper means you won’t be taken advantage of.

However, as for recruiting him, it might not necessarily work out. The one being argued about on the forum at the same time as her was the Chongming Demon King. The cleanup of the posts slandering the Chongming Demon King and Approaching Science speaking up for her happened almost simultaneously.

This matter had been going on for a while, and for it to be handled suddenly at the same time, it was likely that Approaching Science discovered it first and then notified Luo Wang to handle it together.

Approaching Science was also very concerned about the Chongming Demon King. The Chongming Demon King had a personality that was very protective of his juniors. He must have taken good care of Approaching Science as well. With him around, it would be difficult for Approaching Science to lean towards the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau.

So when Ning Xi sent another message asking if she could recruit him, Ji Yueming refused.

Ning Xi didn’t press her either, directly changing the subject: “That’s not urgent. How are you doing with your assessment forms?”

Ji Yueming: …

Tianshi: “I think you’re still not busy enough.”

Still has the energy to browse the forum, and after browsing the forum, can still keep an eye on her assessment forms.

Ning Xi: “It’s alright.”
“I’ve pulled Tu Yue and Ling Zhou in to help.”

The poor great musician Lingzhou Wendi, who just went to watch the show once, hasn’t been able to rest since.

Tu Yue was the information-type superpowered individual of the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau, known as the “Librarian.” His identity was of the highest security level within the Bureau, so much so that few people even within the Bureau knew of his existence.

His abilities were quite comprehensive among the information types, while Nie Yu specialized in network-related aspects. The two of them jointly guarded the internal information security of the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau.

However, besides his official position within the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau, Tu Yue also had a sock puppet account on the forum: Arcane Book.

This wasn’t the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau exploiting its labor force; Tu Yue himself liked to open sock puppet accounts everywhere. Arcane Book was just one of his more famous ones. Because he also had work to do within the Bureau and had a busy life, the persona of Arcane Book was the type who spoke little and was serious and cold.

At this moment, he was lurking in the small group chat of the information-type masters, watching the group lively digging up dirt on Approaching Science and eating melon.

Happy Guessing Game: “Hey, why do you guys think he doesn’t join any circles?”
“His personality would be a lot of fun if he joined.”

Pure White Puzzle: “I remember Approaching Science didn’t have this style in the beginning.”

Waltz: “Too reserved when he first came to the forum?”

Chewing Big Melons: “I remember he was very reserved when he first came to the forum.”
“Back then, when someone slandered him, he dug up that the other party was a fugitive, posted the information, and didn’t say another word.”

Too Lazy to Pick a Screen Name: “Look at him now, tsk tsk tsk.”
“His rebuttals are so sharp!”

Pure White Puzzle: “It started from the time he spoke up for the Chongming Demon King, right? His style changed then.”

Happy Guessing Game: “Checked it. That was the first time he rebutted someone on the forum.”
“But his style wasn’t as wild back then as it is now.”
“I feel like his current sarcastic tone is a bit familiar.”

Chewing Big Melons: “…Like the wildest and most sarcastic person on our forum.”

Pure White Puzzle: “I Just Saved the World!“

Pineapple Bun Lover: “I Just Saved the World!“

Too Lazy to Pick a Screen Name: “I Just Saved the World!“
…

Happy Guessing Game: “[SuddenRealization]”
“No wonder I thought it was familiar!”
“That guy once sought me out for a mission collaboration, his arrogance had style.”
“He came up and sent me that three-way wanted order for Deep Shadow, asking if I could investigate.”
“As if I could just catch Deep Shadow if I found him.”

Pure White Puzzle: “He sent me Deep Shadow‘s wanted order too.”

Waltz: “Me too.”

Too Lazy to Pick a Screen Name: “Me too.”
…

Chewing Big Melons: “So everyone’s been mocked by him…”
“Then I have another piece of melon.”
“It might explain why Approaching Science‘s style is becoming more and more like ‘I Just Saved the World!‘”

Happy Guessing Game: “Go on.”

Pure White Puzzle: “Waiting for the melon.”

Chewing Big Melons: “I suspect the two of them have a long-term collaboration.”
“It’s hard to say how many times specifically, but there was at least one collaboration that ‘I Just Saved the World!‘ was very satisfied with.”
“One time, Approaching Science jumped from off the points leaderboard right onto it, surpassing several people.”
“‘I Just Saved the World!‘s’ ranking on the points leaderboard dropped by one spot during the same period.”
“I estimate that ‘I Just Saved the World!‘ transferred a large amount of points to him.”

Chewing Big Melons: “[Image][Image]”
“These are the screenshots from that time.”

Happy Guessing Game: “…”
“Ah…”
“For a moment, I really don’t know what to say.”
“Should I marvel at how Approaching Science managed to handle that chuunibyou ‘I Just Saved the World!‘?”
“Or should I lament that our reserve group member has been led astray by that chuunibyou ‘I Just Saved the World!‘?”

Pure White Puzzle: “I’m very curious about Approaching Science‘s ability.”
“What kind of strength must he have to satisfy ‘I Just Saved the World!‘?”
“Did Approaching Science really find information on Deep Shadow?”

Waltz: “Judging from his mission records, his ability direction is quite comprehensive.”
“Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to get by without joining a single circle until now.”

Happy Guessing Game: “@Arcane Book Ao Ao, do you have any deeper information?”
“What’s the relationship between Approaching Science and ‘I Just Saved the World!‘?”
“Did he find Deep Shadow?”
“After he found out, did ‘I Just Saved the World!‘ go to catch Deep Shadow?”
“Did he fight with Deep Shadow?”
“Did Deep Shadow give ‘I Just Saved the World!‘ a good beating?”

Tu Yue ignored him.

He just couldn’t stand the way these people dawdled.

Ning Xi was the same, making such a fuss just to pull someone into the Bureau.

What was the need? As long as Approaching Science felt that the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau was a good organization and was willing to do work for the Bureau, wasn’t that enough? Wasn’t joining just a title?

He was the same way now, wasn’t he? Working as a librarian in the Bureau on one hand, and taking missions outside with his Arcane Book account on the other. To maintain the wide range of information intake for the “Arcane Book” account, he always acted impartially with this identity, even taking missions from the Wan Yao Alliance.

Wasn’t this similar to Approaching Science‘s situation? The only difference was that Approaching Science only took mission rewards, while he had a salary, bonuses, and various insurances. Using Approaching Science even saved money.

If they were afraid that Approaching Science wouldn’t be reliable enough without joining the Bureau, then just become friends with him. The Bureau’s identity had Tianshi, so couldn’t he just use his outside identity to make a friend? The Arcane Book identity was perfect.

Anyway, after observing for this period, plus Tianshi‘s intuition, there was at least no problem with Approaching Science‘s character.

Tu Yue was a man of action. He directly used his Arcane Book identity to contact Approaching Science and ask him if he wanted to join the group.

Zhan Yan was a little confused when he received the message from Arcane Book.

He knew Arcane Book was a famous information-type master on the forum, but the two had never had any interaction before.

Arcane Book was inviting him to join a chat group? What chat group?

Arcane Book then explained it to him.

Arcane Book: “You should have received similar invitations before.”
“You never joined. Do you have any concerns?”

If you have concerns, just say so. After talking about them and resolving them, we can all become friends. How great is that?

Zhan Yan was confused for a moment, then started to go through his private message inbox… his private message inbox had been cleared.

So he opened the gossip system and started searching:

[Juumonji sent a private message inviting “Approaching Science” to join the Red Sea Secret Society, but received no response.]
…
[Iron Brush Book sent a private message inviting “Approaching Science” to join the Chain Brake, but received no response.]
…
[Uleheu sent a private message inviting “Approaching Science” to join the Three Gods Society, but received no response.]

Zhan Yan: …
Can you information-types give your chat groups normal names?!

Back then, as soon as he saw these names, he thought they were secret organizations of superpowered individuals, and believed that such wide-net casting secret organizations were up to no good, most likely trying to trick new people into becoming cannon fodder. Approaching Science‘s private messages were numerous, and he didn’t have the time to check them one by one. After seeing this kind of message, he would just delete it directly.

Fine. Now that he knew, joining would be pretty good.

The gossip system’s ability still had its limitations. His level wasn’t high enough, and for some entries, if he didn’t change the keyword combinations, the timeline he could scroll back was limited. There was also a lot of information that the gossip system could find, but if he didn’t know to check for it himself, he wouldn’t see it. He needed to broaden his information sources.

The information in the water-cooler section was all superficial, with no deep information. Arcane Book‘s… this “Did You Eat Melon Today?” group was a very good channel.

However, he still had a few questions, and before joining, he needed to understand this chat group a bit more to see if it was as Arcane Book described, to avoid being tricked.

Approaching Science: “I can just join directly? No assessment is needed?”

Arcane Book: “An introduction and guarantee from an old member is also acceptable.”
“I have the qualification to recommend.”

He was one of the founding members of the group. And the group members were generally in favor of Approaching Science joining.

Zhan Yan had already used the gossip system to search for the melon entries of the “Did You Eat Melon Today?” chat group.

He discovered that this group of information-type masters in the group were making a game out of “who can find information on ‘Approaching Science‘,” betting on it. On the surface, they were laughing and joking, but in reality, they had turned it into a competition to see who could find it first.

It was like doing a daily quest. Pure White Puzzle said on the surface that he was too lazy to check, but in reality, he would try for an hour every night before bed. Pineapple Bun Lover seemed indifferent, but in reality, whenever he had free time, he would use his superpower to scan the gray fog, making extremely high use of his fragmented time. Happy Guessing Game was the same, using his information gray fog as a training ground for his superpower. Each and every one of them was secretly competing!

Zhan Yan: ???
Are you guys crazy?
Are all these information-type masters this idle?

He still had to join the group.

However, their group didn’t go through the Supernatural Forum’s channel; it was a channel they made themselves. The information-type masters were not very comfortable entrusting their information security to others.

Zhan Yan didn’t care. After getting the address from Arcane Book, he connected directly through the gossip system. When registering his name, he wasn’t paying much attention and casually typed two numbers, “99“.

After entering the group, Zhan Yan found that new members could see the chat records from within the day. There was also an announcement and mission board in the group, and his prize pool was prominently displayed.

Seeing that large sum of points, Zhan Yan’s mouth watered.

He still had to save up points to exchange for thunder talismans for his boyfriend! If the Artisan agreed to his custom order, that would be another huge sum of points.

So, Zhan Yan replied to the bunch of questions that Happy Guessing Game had asked about him.

“99” replied to “Happy Guessing Game“:
“Does this count as digging up information on ‘Approaching Science‘? Can I get a share of the prize pool?”

Happy Guessing Game: “Oh, a new person.”
“It counts.”
“@Arcane Book Who did you pull in?”

Zhan Yan immediately began to reply to Happy Guessing Game‘s questions one by one.

99: “Their relationship is alright, they’ve collaborated a few times. ‘I Just Saved the World!‘ is very generous. His temper is quite bad, but he’s a good person.”
“‘Approaching Science‘ found a little bit of information on Deep Shadow, but not much.”
“‘I Just Saved the World!‘ didn’t go to catch Deep Shadow, and they didn’t fight.”

Happy Guessing Game: “Whoa!”
“The new guy is pretty impressive!”
“We’ll decide whether to give you the prize pool after we verify it.”

Although they couldn’t find this information themselves, after receiving it, they could use their superpowers to confirm its authenticity.

Arcane Book arrived late to the party:
“Give it to him.”
“He is ‘Approaching Science‘.”

The group instantly fell into a dead silence.

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