GRMFBS CH159

In order to achieve his boyfriend’s wish of meeting the parents sooner, Zhan Yan worked hard at scrolling through gossip threads every day.

On this day, the “Did You Eat Melons Today?” group broke a huge piece of news to him.

Book of Secrets: [How is your investigation on Monster Doctor going?]

Love Eating Pineapple Buns: [Haven’t found anything.]

Love Eating Pineapple Buns: [Only some old news obtained from Infinite players, which you guys probably all know.]

Gnawing Big Melons: [Me too, this guy’s pollution is too heavy, he’s practically a walking black nest.]

Too Lazy to Name: [What’s the situation with this guy? I haven’t made any progress either, I don’t even dare to investigate deeply.]

Happy Guessing: [Plus one.]

Waltz: [Plus one.]

Gnawing Big Melons: [@Approaching Science Ke Ke is also investigating him, right? Any progress?]

During the process of investigating Monster Doctor, they realized that this guy had a very deep connection with Infinite. His pollution was as heavy as a swamp, and they didn’t dare let loose when investigating him.

This was completely different from previously treating Approaching Science’s information barrier as a daily task to grind. Approaching Science had no pollution; if they failed, the worst that could happen was him tracing them back. But Monster Doctor’s information pollution was extremely heavy, forcing them to be cautious.

Approaching Science: [None.]

Approaching Science: [[Decadent Kitten]]

Pure White Puzzle: [Hehe [Hands on hips]]

Happy Guessing: [Bai Bai, you found something?]

Gnawing Big Melons: [Big shot, teach me!]

Waltz: [Big shot, teach me!]

Approaching Science: [Big shot, teach me!]

Pure White Puzzle: [Ao Ao and I found it together.]

Pure White Puzzle: [His traces have appeared on the internet, and we are continuing to track him.]

Happy Guessing: [Then you’ll need to find a network-type, right?]

Pure White Puzzle: [Network-types are hard to find.]

Pure White Puzzle: [[Sigh]]

When information-types investigated news, they faced information pollution; when network-types directly searched the internet for related anomalies, they had to face the opponent’s counterattacks much more directly than them.

Zhan Yan suddenly remembered an anomaly he discovered when he first entered the forum—Youth’s Grudge.

This was a growth-type anomaly. He had tried to investigate the source of this anomaly back then, but because the time the Gossip System could turn back was limited, he couldn’t find anything.

Now that his Gossip System had been upgraded several times, he might be able to find something.

Book of Secrets: [Many hidden growth-type anomalies have appeared on the internet. @Approaching Science, I suspect they come from the same place as Youth’s Grudge.]

Although he said “suspect,” Tu Yue was actually already able to confirm it. Youth’s Grudge was currently in the hands of the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau. They compared it with the anomalies recently caught on the internet and confirmed that their transformation from ordinary anomalies into growth-type anomalies all underwent similar modifications.

Zhan Yan used the Gossip System to search.

When he first discovered Youth’s Grudge, he hadn’t had the Gossip System for long and didn’t have corresponding keywords to match the search, only being able to turn back a little less than a year at most.

The upgraded Gossip System was very easy to use. Turning all the way back to five years ago, Zhan Yan found the reason why Youth’s Grudge became a growth-type anomaly.

[In an experiment, World Record transformed the anomaly “Youth’s Grudge” into a growth-type anomaly. “Youth’s Grudge” kicked World Record, who was not a youth, off the internet.]

Zhan Yan: This villain is a bit funny.

He started searching for “World Record”. This was a word he had never scrolled across before. He first dragged this word into the favorites bar, where it was automatically categorized into the “Spirit” sub-column.

It wasn’t an alias of Monster Doctor. Monster Doctor was categorized in the “Anomaly” sub-column, while this “World Record” still belonged to normal living beings.

Zhan Yan tried using “World Record” as a keyword to search. The retrieved content was a bit better than Monster Doctor’s, but there was still a large amount of [Loading…] gossip threads.

In the gossip threads that could be loaded recently, World Record had constantly been conducting research related to anomalies.

Zhan Yan then tried using both “World Record” and “Monster Doctor” together as keywords to search.

The system loaded for a while and popped out a piece of gossip:

[When Monster Doctor and World Record were coaxing newcomers to join them, they painted a grand illusion of Infinite’s revival for the newcomers together, but then got into a fight due to uneven distribution of the pie.]

[Monster Doctor and World Record had a falling out.]

Zhan Yan: …Pfft.

There were quite a few gossip threads on World Record. He first opened a private chat on the forum to poke Deep Shadow and ask, while slowly scrolling down the gossip threads.

Approaching Science: “Is there a player named ‘World Record’ among you players?”

Deep Shadow happened to be online.

I Just Saved the World!: “No impression.”

I Just Saved the World!: “I’ll go ask others.”

Zhan Yan guessed that this World Record might not be a player. Someone who could collaborate with Monster Doctor and then have a falling out with him couldn’t possibly be a nobody among the players. Since Deep Shadow had no impression, someone with this kind of codename could only be a player, someone from the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau, or someone from the black market.

Gu Jiancheng started contacting the Retirees’ Alliance leader, Zhuo Xun.

Zhuo Xun: “World Record? There is such a player.”

Deep Shadow: “And then?”

Zhuo Xun: “Big shot, you don’t know him?”

Deep Shadow: “I never remember nobodies.”

Zhuo Xun: …

“World Record’s highest rank on the leaderboard was twenty-first!”

His previous rank hadn’t even reached twenty-first. It only ever reached twenty-second.

Gu Jiancheng felt he had no problem at all.

Deep Shadow: “So what if he’s twenty-first?”

“Wuxia novels write about the number one blade in the world; have you ever seen a novel write about the twenty-first blade in the world?”

Zhuo Xun: …Suddenly, he felt the big shot made a lot of sense.

Someone like him, whose highest rank only barely pushed him into the top twenty-two, was probably just a random extra who didn’t even deserve a name, right?

Sorrow welled up within Zhuo Xun as he ordered Zong Xiaoping to go organize the information on the twenty-first ranked nobody, World Record, for him.

Zong Xiaoping: “Zhuo-ge, think about it from another angle! The big shot Deep Shadow doesn’t even have an impression of the twenty-first ranked World Record, but he remembered you!

“Although your rank is only twenty-second, based on this point alone, you are much better than World Record!

“How about it, Zhuo-ge? Do you feel very honored?”

Zhuo Xun: …

I thank you, you secret Deep Shadow fan!

…

On this end, after Zhan Yan finished asking Deep Shadow, he closed the Gossip System. He planned to rest for a bit before continuing his investigation, as he was going to eat with Gu Jiancheng later.

Just after the last class of the morning ended, Gu Jiancheng said a new window had opened in the second cafeteria, which supposedly tasted good, and messaged to ask if he wanted him to bring food.

Zhan Yan ordered his meal and waited for him in the major classroom.

His classmates in the major classroom were playing games, a group of them yelling and shouting. After playing for a while, the girlfriend of a classmate from the next class came to find him to eat together, so the gaming squad lost a member, and the remaining ones couldn’t form a full team.

These single dogs were deeply grieved: “Women will only affect the speed at which you draw your sword!”

Seeing Zhan Yan, the single dogs started pulling him over: “Zhan Yan, do you play Throne of Glory?”

This game was the one Qi Ye had played with him before.

Zhan Yan: “I do, but I suck at games.”

“No problem, no problem, come play together! Watch your brothers carry you to victory!”

Unable to refuse, Zhan Yan logged into his account and formed a team with them.

After this group saw his account level…

“You’re already playing high-tier matches.”

“The big shot hid his strength well!”

“And you call this sucking?”

Zhan Yan: “I was carried by a big shot. I really do suck.”

They didn’t believe it. Even if he was carried by a big shot, anyone who could be carried to this level couldn’t suck that much.

After playing a round, they became incredulous.

“Which big shot carried you here?”

“They must be a professional player, right?”

“I now believe that you really do suck.”

“Go away, go away! What do you mean suck or not? Ah Yan, for the sake of our brotherhood, introduce the big shot who carries you to us!” The sports committee member was just about to throw an arm over his shoulder when he suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

Turning around, he saw Gu Jiancheng looking at him unfathomably, holding two takeout meals in his hands.

“What sucks?”

Gu Jiancheng held Zhan Yan’s phone and studied it. He had never played this game before.

Zhan Yan explained the game rules and skills to him. The few of them queued up for another round.

“Holy crap! Gu-ge, is this really your first time playing?”

“You’re lying, right?”

“Your initial unskillfulness couldn’t have been an act, could it?”

“Big shot, big shot, let’s play another round!”

Gu Jiancheng: “Not playing, it’s time to eat.”

He had specifically gone to buy food for Yan Yan; if they didn’t eat soon, it would get cold.

“…Men will only affect the speed at which you draw your sword!”

Gu Jiancheng paid no attention to the wailing of these single dogs. He was feeling a strong sense of crisis recently. They all say that a short separation is better than being newlyweds. After Yan Yan went home once, why did it feel like he came back even busier? Gu Jiancheng was puzzled and filled with a sense of crisis, always feeling that his attractiveness to Yan Yan was declining! Who was attracting Yan Yan’s attention more than him? Setting aside those far away, who was the one playing games with Yan Yan?!

“Do you like playing games? I’ll carry you from now on,” Gu Jiancheng chatted, seemingly casually.

“It’s okay, I haven’t played in a long time.” Zhan Yan wasn’t very interested in games. Previously, he had his sister engaging in noob pecking with him, as well as Qi Ye, the little white wolf Bai Ji, and the mysterious big shot carrying him. Now his sister’s studio was busy, Qi Ye was busy with games, the little white wolf was busy with coursework at the Demon Race University, and the mysterious big shot “Sledgehammer Eighty” hadn’t been online in a long time. Zhan Yan himself was also very busy recently.

Gu Jiancheng: “Why did you stop playing? Where is the person who used to carry you?”

Zhan Yan raised his head to look at him, raising an eyebrow.

Oh~ He’s getting jealous!

Gu Jiancheng felt his ears turn red under his gaze, and his lips pursed involuntarily.

“That was an employee at my sister’s studio, she’s busy with work now.” Zhan Yan smiled and bumped his shoulder against him. “Do you want to play this game? I’m almost about to quit, I’ll lend you my account.”

Gu Jiancheng refused. Since Yan Yan wasn’t playing, what was the point of him playing by himself?

However, the account was still forcibly shoved into his hands.

“Be good, play by yourself.” After teasing his boyfriend, Zhan Yan satisfiedly opened the Gossip System and started working!

He wondered if Deep Shadow had finished asking about World Record. It didn’t matter if he hadn’t; he still wanted to chat with Deep Shadow about Monster Doctor.

The abandoned Gu Jiancheng: …

So who was attracting Yan Yan’s attention now?!