GRMFBS CH58

Gu Jiancheng was very clear on what was important and what was not.

The entity that created the Garbled Anomaly No. 2 wanted to obtain fragments of the Infinite world. If he held back when acting on such matters, was he just giving the enemy time to grow?

That day, when he destroyed the clone of the Corpse Flower Konjac, Gu Jiancheng left the large one for the personnel from the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau at the scene, and swallowed a few small ones with his shadow before leaving.

Since the Corpse Flower Konjac’s clone lacked sentience and couldn’t speak, he would let its corpse do the talking.

Gu Jiancheng studied this small Corpse Flower Konjac for a few days and dug out traces of the Mind-Link Thread from inside it.

The traces weren’t heavy. On one hand, this was only a clone of the Corpse Flower Konjac demon; on the other hand, the person who modified it didn’t use a whole Mind-Link Thread. They likely used other auxiliary methods to reduce the required dosage to achieve the effect. Although this reduced the effectiveness of the “Mind-Link Thread,” a single one could be used several more times.

The Infinite had been destroyed, meaning there was no longer any source to replenish the Mind-Link Thread. Judging by this method of use, it was highly unlikely that the person behind the scenes hadn’t collected Mind-Link Threads through various channels.

After waiting for three seconds without the Broker opening the door, Gu Jiancheng raised his leg, ready to kick.

“Wait! Coming, coming! Don’t kick my super-alloy enchanted chain-array door!” The Broker jumped up and opened the door. “It’s very expensive!”

After opening the door, the Broker stood at the entrance and laughed awkwardly. “Why did you come in person? Couldn’t we just communicate through the communicator for this kind of thing? Let me state upfront that I haven’t touched any Mind-Link Threads! And I have no idea if anyone in the black market has traded them either!”

Gu Jiancheng stepped inside. “Then go find out.”

He stood still, turned around, and stared at the Broker. “Don’t fool with me.”

No one who survived the Infinite world was a simple character. The fact that the Broker could establish a black market under the tacit approval of the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau after coming out meant his abilities were not weak at all.

Back in Infinite, the Broker was able to carve out a trading market entirely under his control right under Infinite’s surveillance. There was no reason he couldn’t do the same here.

“OK, OK, but you at least need to tell me why you’re looking for the Mind-Link Thread. Using my abilities to this extent is very taxing for me. I can’t just finish the job without even knowing what I’m busy with.” The Broker nodded readily and started to bargain.

Since Deep Shadow had shown up at his door in person, this wasn’t something he could refuse.

Gu Jiancheng tossed the small clone of the Corpse Flower Konjac to him.

The Broker caught the pitch-black thing with gloved hands, took a look, and felt somewhat speechless.

This thing was sealed by Deep Shadow’s shadow; what was he supposed to glean from it?

Just as the Broker was about to look up, Gu Jiancheng suddenly said, “Someone is digging up fragments of the Infinite.”

The Broker’s heart jolted in alarm. He felt himself being intensely stared at by Deep Shadow’s bottomless eyes, and cold sweat instantly broke out all over his body.

The Broker understood very well what “Someone is digging up fragments of the Infinite” meant. Perhaps someone coveted the power of the Infinite and wanted to study it, which could very well lead to the revival of the Infinite, or perhaps someone was actively trying to resurrect it.

The Infinite was a terrifying world that deeply understood human nature; it was fully capable of using tactics like coercion, bribery, or setting people against each other. Therefore, even among those who had survived the Infinite, it wasn’t guaranteed they wouldn’t be tempted by the benefits it promised and turn around to help it revive.

And right now, Deep Shadow was evaluating whether he had been tempted.

The Broker couldn’t help but curse himself inwardly. This was what he got for running his mouth! Did he really have to ask?

He absolutely did not want the Infinite to revive, but he didn’t know how to make Deep Shadow believe him!

“I absolutely do not want it to revive!” The Broker swore to the heavens, the eyes behind his mask trying hard to widen to convey sincerity. “It is very good at burning bridges and playing word games! I know for a fact I can never outsmart it! Even when I take risks in business, I have my limits! I would never do something with a risk so high that I could lose absolutely everything!”

Deep Shadow’s emotionless eyes remained fixed on him.

The Broker felt like his sweat was about to soak right through his clothes before the guy finally looked away.

“The Mind-Link Thread…”

“I’ll investigate! I’ll look into it right now! It’s my top priority! If you need anything else, don’t hesitate to ask.”

Gu Jiancheng nodded.

He had never hesitated to ask, anyway.

After nodding, Gu Jiancheng left. His trip here today was just to scare the Broker a bit.

He had already entrusted Wan Shitong to look for healing-type items. He didn’t trust the Broker in this regard. Furthermore, given the Broker’s personality, the moment he heard he was looking for healing items, he would inevitably start guessing why he needed them, whether he was injured, and whether there was an opportunity to exploit it… It was too annoying.

Seeing him leave, the Broker heaved a deep sigh of relief.

This lunatic Deep Shadow was finally gone!

Move, he must move! This place had already been discovered by Deep Shadow! It was no longer safe!

Sob sob, his safe house that cost him a fortune to build… The Broker spun around in circles on the spot, his heart aching, but then he realized that even if he changed locations, Deep Shadow could probably still find him.

Moving would be a waste of effort, which made his heart ache even more…

Then he wouldn’t move! He’d just consider the moving expenses saved. Thinking about it this way, he suddenly felt like he had made a profit!

…

With two days of classes left before leaving school, Zhan Yan hurried to practice his animal affinity, even specially making cat and dog food for the occasion.

As a result, they ate the food but still hid from him, and there were even some who would rather not eat just to stay away from him.

With no classes on Friday afternoon, Zhan Yan took the train home, carrying the rejected cat food.

Thinking back to the days when he could get little animals to cuddle with him without using food to lure them, it was truly too tragic!

While entering the neighborhood, Zhan Yan happened to run into his neighbor, Auntie Bai Linghui, walking Da Mao. Zhan Yan remembered the cat food in his backpack and tried to entice the familiar old dog.

Da Mao fearfully circled to the other side of Bai Linghui, tucking its tail and shrinking its legs tight, and even barked at him:

“The Egg-Snatching Demon King! Stay away from me!”

Zhan Yan: …

Bai Linghui: “Hahaha, Da Mao really isn’t affectionate with you anymore, huh? Is the power of a neutering surgery really that great?”

Zhan Yan: Sadness.

Bai Linghui comforted him, “It’s fine. If Da Mao won’t eat the food you make, Auntie Bai will make you some snacks!”

“Then I hit the jackpot!”

Zhan Yan was just about to pack up the cat food when he suddenly felt something rub against his leg.

Looking down, a long-haired white cat was squatting by his feet. Seeing him look down, it rubbed its head against him again. Its golden eyes stared at the cat food in his hands, its tail curled around its front paws, looking very reserved and polite.

This was the second small animal, aside from that Husky “Pao Pao,” that wasn’t afraid of him!

“Do you want to eat?” Zhan Yan asked.

The little white cat nodded.

Zhan Yan set the cat food down. The little white cat rubbed against him once more, then lowered its head and began to eat.

What a polite little kitty!

“It’s so smart,” Bai Linghui also marveled. “Is it a little male or female cat?”

“Let me see.” Zhan Yan prepared to circle around behind the cat. “If it hasn’t been neutered, we can get one done…”

The little white cat immediately sat down, pressing its butt firmly against the ground, and turned to look at him warily.

[The little white cat thinks you are a pervert.]

Zhan Yan: …

After finishing the cat food, the very polite little white cat walked away without any hesitation.

He had only his occupational hazard to blame.

Upon returning home, only his older sister Zhan Suiru was there.

Zhan Suiru secretly scanned Zhan Yan with a device. After confirming her brother was fine, she quietly breathed a sigh of relief and shooed him off to take a shower.

After freshening up, Zhan Yan collapsed on the sofa and ate his sister’s snacks. “I met a little white cat in our neighborhood. It was so smart, and it wasn’t afraid of me.”

It was just that the kitten didn’t meow once from start to finish, so he didn’t know what it was trying to say.

Zhan Suiru: “Do you like it? You can kidnap it and bring it home for us to raise.”

Zhan Yan: “…Never mind. I said at the time I’d check if it was neutered, and that we could get it done if it wasn’t. It seemed to understand, and now it probably doesn’t like me.”

Zhan Suiru: “Hahahahahaha!”

Zhan Yan: “…Jie!”

After she finished laughing, Zhan Suiru began to coax him very perfunctorily. “Don’t be mad, your big sister will take you to eat some gossip melons.”

Zhan Yan: Heh!

Do I even need you to take me to eat gossip melons now?

With the Gossip System in hand, I am the biggest badger king in the melon field!

Zhan Suiru tapped open her WeChat Moments to show him. “A lot of people are posting this on their feed. The owner of the amusement park next door has insomnia.”

“Insomnia?” Zhan Yan honestly craned his neck to look. “How does insomnia become a trending topic?”

Zhan Suiru sent him a screenshot of the content: “He’s not exactly unable to sleep, it’s just that he dreams as soon as he falls asleep at night. One moment it’s sleep paralysis caused by a ghost, the next he’s being grabbed by a ghost, and then he wakes up in terror. When he’s too exhausted and falls asleep again, it’s another nightmare.”

Zhan Yan looked at the screenshot his sister sent over.

After waking up in terror, the boss would write down his nightmares, and now they had accumulated into a series of horror stories. Not gonna lie, they were actually pretty good reads. Some were thrillers, while others were terrifying upon closer thought.

The amusement park boss had gone viral outside his usual circle by relying on the content of his nightmares.

Mentioning the amusement park reminded Zhan Yan of the last time he went there to hang out with Gu Jiancheng, where they ran into a ghost working part-time in the haunted house to earn money to buy offerings for himself.

He wondered how that ghost was doing now.

[Amusement park boss Qiao Wenjian refused to grant time off. The forced shift changes caused the ghost Yu Zhen to miss the food-offering ritual at Mingtai Temple. Furious, the ghost initiated a cycle of “sleep paralysis for two days, rest for one day” on Qiao Wenjian. —”Is there a problem with shifting the eight hours of sleep per day to the third day and making it all up at once? You adjust shifts, I adjust sleep!”]

Whoa! No wonder this insomnia was so unique!

What a highly creative method of revenge!

“When is Mom coming back?” Zhan Yan asked.

“I’m not sure; it seems something came up suddenly and she had to work overtime,” Zhan Suiru said.

Zhan Yan continued eating his gossip melons.

The Garbled Anomaly No. 2 had been caught for a while now; he wondered how the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau was progressing.

[Wan Yan Ghost King located the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau and asked: “I heard you saw Lin Yuan?”]

Oh, oh! The fact that Lin Yuan Ghost King helped catch the Garbled Anomaly No. 2 was found out by the Wan Yan Ghost King. He was showing up at their door now!

[The receptionist told Wan Yan Ghost King that Lin Yuan Ghost King was not at the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau, and called over Fang Zhen, who had been present at the scene.]

[Fang Zhen explained to Wan Yan Ghost King that their encounter with Lin Yuan Ghost King was a pure coincidence, and they hadn’t exchanged a single word from start to finish.]

[The Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau rejected Wan Yan Ghost King’s unreasonable demand to search the bureau for Lin Yuan Ghost King.]

[Enraged, the Wan Yan Ghost King shattered the reception room with a claw strike; the scene was filled with dense Yin energy and flying curses.]

[The Wan Yan Ghost King unleashed curses such as “Pregnancy at a Glance,” “No Toilet Paper While Pooping,” “Going Bald from Hair Loss”… and not a single person at the scene dared to approach.]

Tsk, tsk, tsk, if it were him, he wouldn’t dare approach either.

[With curse power unable to touch her, Tianshi suppressed the throwing-a-tantrum Wan Yan Ghost King.]

The big boss Tianshi is awesome!

As a fan of Tianshi, he praised her in his heart without any surprise.