GRMFBS CH178

Seeing the “squirrel” stiffen and bristle with alarm, Zhan Suiru’s mood inexplicably improved.

She felt this person’s reaction was a bit like her little brother’s.

When Zhan Yan secretly did bad things and got caught red-handed as a child, this was exactly his reaction.

Hmm… but Yan Yan didn’t do many bad things when he was young, at most going to tease his older brother.

Later, as he became more and more lively, he wanted to drag all three of them along for whatever he did. Zhan Suiru actually quite missed the days of being dragged by her little brother to climb over walls when they were young. Even though they were later caught by their dad and brought back by the scruff of their necks, it was very happy!

Speaking of which, she had been too busy lately and hadn’t eaten melons with Yan Yan for a long time. Yan Yan wasn’t playing games anymore either, so they couldn’t play together. Hmm… she would go find Yan Yan to eat melons together when she got back.

Zhan Suiru’s thoughts drifted, but she hadn’t forgotten to tease the kid. With great oppressiveness, she continued with an “Hmm?”

Zhan Yan: “…Sorry I just touched it if you don’t like it I won’t do it next time goodbye.”

Zhan Yan grasped the neural network and slid away with a whoosh.

Zhan Suiru: …Crap, she teased too far.

The teaching instructor she had her eyes on was gone, what should she do?

Zhan Suiru slowly shifted her gaze to the two people from the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau.

The two network-types on shift: (￣︶￣)???

Trying to express the best smile using data. Big shot, since we’re so fated to meet, and we’ve always been very well-behaved, could you teach us how you made that barrier?

Zhan Suiru: …

“Do you know that network-type from just now?”

The two shook their heads one after another: “Don’t know.”

Zhan Suiru: “Tell me the next time you see him.”

The two nodded one after another: “Oh, oh, okay.”

Zhan Suiru left.

The two Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau network-types left behind looked at each other in dismay, slowly recovering from the state of being intimidated by the big shot.

“When did Red Crystal get here? Did you notice?”

Red Crystal was a temporary codename given by the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau, so straightforward that it was a bit rustic.

“No. When did that network-type approach? Did you notice?”

“I didn’t notice either.”

Alright, they were all big shots.

For that unfamiliar network-type to be able to withstand the pressure of the barrier and reach out to touch it directly, he was either so foolish that he lacked a string of vigilance, or he was another big shot. In their Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau, only the Network Ghost dared to directly touch it without fearing the pressure, but the Bureau didn’t allow it, afraid of danger.

Looking at the process of this unfamiliar network-type coming and going freely, one would know the other party was definitely another big shot.

“What’s the situation recently? Has our network-types’ luck erupted?”

“One big shot appearing after another.”

“I beg of you, let some luck fall on my head too.”

“Do we have to write a report again?”

…

On the other end, Zhan Yan slowly let out a sigh of relief only after hiding within a concealable piece of information.

Sigh, to think this mysterious network big shot was actually quite hard to approach, and so oppressive too! Fortunately, he ran fast.

Since the big shot didn’t like it, he couldn’t go research it in the future, otherwise making an enemy later would be bad.

But it was rare for him to intuitively feel something was so important to him… Zhan Yan felt it was a pity. Somewhat unwilling to resign, he opened the Gossip System and started searching for the mysterious network big shot’s gossip threads—the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau had given the big shot a codename: Red Crystal.

Very rustic, but very straightforward. Now the term in the gossip threads had also changed to this noun.

[Red Crystal discovered you stealthily approaching the game world.]

[Red Crystal had been observing your various actions and found you very interesting.]

[Red Crystal deliberately put on a scary appearance to tease you.]

Zhan Yan: …?

What kind of big shot with a terrible personality is this?!

Forget it, forget it. Liking to tease people is better than being unwilling to interact. As long as he could figure out what was going on with his intuition, he didn’t mind playing the scary game with Red Crystal.

But let’s forget it for today. After tossing around for so long, it was getting late; it was time to have a goodnight phone call with classmate Xiao Gu.

Classmate Xiao Gu answered the phone a tiny bit later than usual. Zhan Yan originally didn’t notice, but after connecting and not speaking many sentences, he found that classmate Xiao Gu’s tone today was still a bit weird compared to usual.

Zhan Yan pondered it over and remembered; could Gu Jiancheng still be feeling awkward about that phone call from last night?

Gu Jiancheng was indeed still feeling awkward about that phone call.

Today a classmate got heatstroke; he went to help, and that classmate instantly recovered after smelling the scent of the blended incense beads on his wrist. It was only then that Gu Jiancheng remembered he originally planned to coax some words related to his sister out of Yan Yan’s mouth.

But every time they called, they would unknowingly chat until the call ended…

Now with the matter of his sister wearing a persona on top of this, it would become very awkward if he wanted to chat with Yan Yan about his sister again.

It was all Infinite and the Monster Doctor’s fault! If his energy hadn’t been drained causing his head to spin these past few days, he definitely wouldn’t have made a mess of things like this!

Gu Jiancheng probed tentatively: “Yan Yan, your sister…”

Zhan Yan: “It’s already very late today, we should go to sleep. Goodnight!”

Gu Jiancheng: …

Tomorrow he would definitely dig out the Monster Doctor and beat him up severely!

Zhan Yan hung up the phone, still a bit annoyed.

Hmph, bringing up the pot that doesn’t boil!

He was going to ignore him, time to sleep!

Zhan Yan fell asleep quickly, and unknowingly had another dream.

He dreamed he was attached to that “Suisui-jie”‘s perspective again, and saw the Artisan, Yang Ran.

It was still that place from the last dream, but the overgrown weeds had been cleared away, the dilapidated buildings had been restored anew, the new buildings were well-proportioned and neatly planned, crowds shuttled between streets and houses, and although the people’s faces held tension and exhaustion, there was no lack of smiles either.

This place had already become a very nice base.

Yang Ran was sitting by the window; this was the tallest building in the base, overlooking the entire base.

He looked out the window, and when he turned his face, his expression was utterly contented.

“They found a player, and I fixed it. Suisui-jie, let’s watch together.”

Everything in the base was operating normally, and the nearby areas had also been cleared. Today was a rare rest day, and they deserved to give themselves a little reward.

“Suisui-jie,” Zhan Yan thought. The person who built the base together with the Artisan must be Lord Rong Sui, right?

He saw that player; two little dog ears had been molded onto the metal casing of the monitor.

He heard himself laughing, still that deep female voice: “So flashy.”

Yang Ran emphasized: “This is a sense of beauty! A sense of beauty is very important! A tool without a sense of beauty is just a tool; only a tool with a sense of beauty possesses a soul.”

Mysteriously, he dug out a stack of anime discs, looking like he was waiting for praise: “Look! I also found these!”

“Where did you find them?” Rong Sui asked, “These are hard to find.”

The Artisan raised his eyebrows proudly: “My little exploration robot found them.”

Actually, he had found them before, but most of them had scratches and couldn’t be watched. This stack of discs were all ones he carefully selected, and they were all anime Suisui-jie liked watching in the past.

“Which one do you want to watch?” Rong Sui reached out to flip through those discs.

Zhan Yan noticed she had a key ring hanging on her body; on the key ring hung a small chibi puppet swaying back and forth, looking very much like the Artisan.

The Artisan said nonchalantly: “How about we start with the first one.”

The tips of his ears were a bit red.

This was also one he had carefully selected and deliberately placed on the very top.

He remembered seeing this anime at Suisui-jie’s house in the past, and Suisui-jie really liked it. There was a very powerful butler character inside, elegant and handsome!

What Suisui-jie liked was his goal!

Rong Sui’s fingers had originally pinched a lighthearted, slice-of-life anime disc, but switched back to the first one: “Then this one it is.”

The Artisan eagerly put in the disc and turned on the player.

Indescribable sounds came from inside, and it began to play scenes that would be censored.

The Artisan’s eyes went wide, then his face turned beet red. Like a rabbit chased by a dog, he jumped up and shut off the player.

“I-I-I-I didn’t know, I didn’t know it was like this inside. S-s-s-sorry, I thought, I thought it was… was… ah, that…”

Why would an otaku disguise that kind of disc as an anime, and disguise it so convincingly!!!

“Ahem,” Rong Sui suppressed a smile, “It’s fine.”

“I, um, I really didn’t know.” The Artisan didn’t even dare to lift his head anymore. “Next time, next time, I’ll change to another one, no, I-I-I’ll wait until I confirm, no…”

He wanted to say he would invite Suisui-jie to watch anime next time, and that he would confirm the contents of the disc before coming. But he also felt that saying this would make it seem like he could watch these uncensored discs, and for a moment he didn’t know how to express it.

Ahhhh, would Suisui-jie still be willing to watch anime with him next time?

He was too nervous to notice that Rong Sui had a faint smile the entire time, watching his frustrated and flustered appearance.

She patiently waited for him to finish speaking.

“Um, can I still… next time…”

He didn’t manage to finish. The chibi puppet on Rong Sui’s waist suddenly issued a warning. The pollution level was rapidly increasing.

“Leave here.” Rong Sui swiftly stood up and pushed the Artisan out of the room.

This tall tower was specially built for Rong Sui by the Artisan; it could help amplify Rong Sui’s psychic power. However, when Rong Sui used her psychic power, the formidable psychic power would flood the entire room. Aside from Rong Sui, no living being could stay in this room. Their minds would be subjected to shock, trauma, and even completely crushed.

The Artisan stood outside the door, and the room door closed in front of him.

White psychic power gathered and released at the top of the tower, washing over his body like a tide and spreading throughout the entire base.

Domineering, irrefutable, yet gentle.

…

The chirping birdsong outside the window fell into Zhan Yan’s ears and turned into a series of fragmented little phrases.

“It’s so warm today.” “I like the sunshine.” “Let’s go take a bath in that little puddle over there.”

Zhan Yan lay in bed thinking about his dream. As expected, his intuition was correct; that barrier would bring him some information. But why? What was the relationship between Red Crystal and the apocalypse?

And the Artisan. To think he had even done things like molding little dog ears onto a monitor.

He liked Rong Sui so much it was almost overflowing. For him to become like this now, was it because Rong Sui was no longer around?

Rong Sui’s psychic power was white, just like what he saw in his last dream.

Pollution covered the entire world, and Rong Sui’s psychic power broke out from it like a sharp sword; he felt a sense of finality from the erupting psychic power.

Perhaps… it was around that time that Rong Sui was no longer around, right?

But why did the Artisan say he destroyed his own world? What happened afterward? And what relationship did Red Crystal have with them?

Zhan Yan wanted to scratch his head over this pile of messy matters.

He opened the Gossip System and did a daily flip through the gossip threads in his special focus list.

Dad was about to start his rotational shift with Da Wule, and because he was dissatisfied with the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau’s detailed arrangements for the shift, he was currently arguing with their Foreign Affairs Department.

Mom heard that Ghost King Lin Yuan and Deep Shadow had discovered several Black Nests over there and her hands were very itchy; she was being held down by her team members, not allowed to make a move.

Brother ordered the five little ghosts to go find a fish demon or fish demon ghost cultivator willing to play the fishing game with Wan Yan, and he would pay them a salary.

Sister was sharing gossip threads with him.

Sigh, sister is still the most worry-free, sister is so good!