Chapter 121
Fu Suxi wore black sunglasses, a cigarette still between his lips. Blue-white smoke curled around his face, blurring his sharply defined features.
Yu Zhi couldn’t see his expression clearly—only feel that Fu Suxi was scrutinizing him.
He didn’t believe Fu Suxi truly intended to ignore the mole.
After spending this time together, it was obvious: crazy as Fu Suxi was, everything he did followed a certain logic.
He simply didn’t like explaining himself.
And preferred charging in alone.
If he wasn’t clearing out the mole now, there had to be another purpose.
In other words—
Keeping the mole alive was beneficial to him.
Yu Zhi blinked.
So that was it.
Fu Suxi wanted to use them.
After a moment, Fu Suxi asked unhurriedly, “Why do you want to handle it?”
Yu Zhi countered, “Why don’t you?”
Fu Suxi didn’t answer. His gaze flicked to the blood covering Yu Zhi.
“You’re worried about what Red Heart Q said. The next one to have an ‘accident’?”
The question felt strange.
Of course he would be worried.
More precisely—
He didn’t want to see them die.
He wasn’t some blood-obsessed lunatic. Other people’s deaths held no appeal for him.
Sensing Fu Suxi’s probing stare, Yu Zhi’s lashes shifted slightly.
He suddenly realized—
In Fu Suxi’s eyes, he wasn’t just suspicious.
He probably looked like someone indifferent to life and death. Cold. Numb.
Well.
He had tricked Meteorite Biotech. And the system. And Fu Suxi.
Fine. Many times.
But tricking the right people wasn’t wrong.
A thought resurfaced.
—This mad dog wouldn’t seriously think he was connected to the system, would he?!
Yu Zhi thought it.
Then asked it outright.
“You suspect I’m connected to the system. And the livestream.”
Fu Suxi’s smoking hand paused.
The air around him sharpened instantly.
He crushed the cigarette out and asked, word by word:
“Are you not?”
The livestream panel flickered.
[User “One Life One Love” acknowledged your poly relationship and tipped 30 Universal Coins.]
[User “Scarecrow’s Straw” believes the other party overestimates you and viciously insulted you.]
[User “Strongest King” reluctantly acknowledges a subordinate relationship with you and tipped 10 Universal Coins.]
[User “CyberBodhisattva” recognizes your believer relationship and tipped 30 Universal Coins.]
“……”
Yu Zhi knew that even if he denied it, Fu Suxi wouldn’t believe him.
So he reused the same nonsense he once used on Lu Liming.
“Of course there is a relationship. Not just me—you too. We’re all deeply connected to them.”
“We share one grand goal—protecting Earth.”
[Detected: Statement is true.]
Fu Suxi: “……”
Yu Zhi continued calmly, “Besides, my relationship with them is like father and son. Every one of them is famously filial.”
[Detected: Statement is true.]
Fu Suxi: “…………”
He let out a cold laugh. “Filial? They were forcibly taken by you.”
Yu Zhi forced a smile. “Near vermilion one turns red, near ink one turns black. Thanks for contaminating me so well.”
The Universal Coin balance stopped rising for a brief moment.
Yu Zhi couldn’t help glancing at the barrage.
[User “Pure Love Warrior” wants to join your multi-person romance and tipped 30 Universal Coins.]
[User “Ascetic” praises your debauchery and tipped 20 Universal Coins.]
[User “momo” thinks you see the big picture and hopes you’ll explain, tipping 20 Universal Coins.]
[User “World’s Cutest Girl” is curious why the other party suspects you of cheating and tipped 50 Universal Coins.]
“…?”
Cheating your mother.
Yu Zhi’s mouth twitched.
Still—
Why exactly did Fu Suxi suspect him?
Suspecting him of ties with Meteorite Biotech made sense. He had interacted with them.
But the system?
Even if he’d heard rumors. Even if he dared to toy with both Meteor and the system.
That wasn’t enough to leap to “You’re connected to the system.”
Even Lu Liming, king of overthinking, had never imagined that.
Fu Suxi’s imagination had ascended to imperial level.
Before he could dwell further, a loud rumble interrupted his thoughts.
The demolition was beginning.
Amid the noise, Shang Yu’s commanding voice rang clear.
“All units prepare—”
“Countdown. Three. Two. One.”
“Boom—!”
A deafening explosion.
Flames swallowed the temporary resettlement zone. Firelight illuminated half the sky. The air filled with the stench of burning contaminants and scorched debris.
Clearing a contamination zone wasn’t just about blowing up buildings.
The polluted remains had to be cleaned afterward.
Soon, multiple squads re-entered the smoking ruins.
Yu Zhi glanced sideways at Fu Suxi.
Another cigarette.
Another unreadable stare toward the ruins.
A phone rang.
Fu Suxi looked over. It was He Hanhai’s phone.
He Hanhai saw the caller ID, froze briefly, then hurried over and handed it to Fu Suxi.
Fu Suxi walked to a quiet corner and answered.
This time, there was no noisy voice.
Only heavy breathing.
“Speak.”
Rustling.
Then Ji Yangqiu’s hoarse voice.
“Shang Yu told me. From the disturbance to the contamination instance appearing—five minutes.”
“Mm.”
Ji Yangqiu exhaled heavily.
“A pollution source forms in five minutes. Your fastest record clearing one is over ten.”
“What are we using to fight Meteorite Biotech? If they want, they can contaminate humanity in a single day.”
“I thought Asia’s instance record was ahead of the other continents. Turns out we just have fewer incidents. Song Guanqi voted for purification back then—when he sees this report tomorrow—”
Fu Suxi cut him off.
“No need to fight. They won’t touch the safe zone for now.”
“How long is ‘for now’? Even if they don’t touch the safe zone, they’ll act outside it!”
“They’ve mastered manufacturing pollution sources. And the system is helping them. Wait—wait—”
Ji Yangqiu’s tone flipped instantly.
“Dad. My dear dad. You forced them to act early. Does that mean you’ve already planned the next step?”
“You—you’re not—”
From the other end suddenly came loud, clear shouting:
“I need to poop!”
“I need to poop!”
“……”
Ji Yangqiu: “Shut off the livestream before you poop!”
Fu Suxi: “I’m in a contamination zone.”
“Then just poop wherever! Learn from Yu You—your brother-slash-boyfriend!”
At the fake name, Fu Suxi’s brow twitched.
“It’s Yu Zhi.”
Ji Yangqiu froze. “Yu Zhi? How do you know? You sure?”
Fu Suxi ignored the question.
“Check the H-City university students sponsored by Meteorite Biotech. Especially those who may have lived in Meteor Apartments.”
“See what you find.”
Ji Yangqiu frowned. “Didn’t you say earlier I wouldn’t find anything? Why check again? What happened in the instance?”
Fu Suxi replied casually, “Meteor knows him. His data is in their database.”
Ji Yangqiu: “?”
“Wait. My brain’s messy.”
“He’s really connected to Meteor? Why would they expose someone like that?”
Fu Suxi looked at Yu Zhi in the distance.
Yu Zhi sat on the ground, head slightly lowered.
His clothes were still soaked in blood. A smear stained his pale face.
He looked like he’d been dragged from a pool of blood.
Yet his eyes were calm.
Detached.
As if the blood wasn’t his.
The system panel flickered before Fu Suxi’s vision.
[Attempting to view personal information… Unable to access.]
[Unable to access.]
[Unable to access.]
Ji Yangqiu urged, “Say something!”
Fu Suxi exhaled smoke slowly.
“He’s not Meteor’s ability user.”
“He should be one of Meteor’s experimental targets.”
Meteorite Biotech had run charity programs for years. Screening potential test subjects. Recruiting elites.
Yu Zhi had once been a potential victim.
Now—
He was a “guest.”
Ji Yangqiu sped up. “As long as he’s not theirs. That’s enough.”
“Most important—the instance. You were first inside. What happened?”
“Not sure. Meteor left no traces.”
Ji Yangqiu caught the wording.
Not sure.
Which meant—
He knew something.
“Then how are you certain?!”
Fu Suxi glanced at the call timer.
Expression neutral.
“Ji Yangqiu.”
“This contamination instance.”
“It was their punishment task.”
—
“This contamination instance might have been a punishment task.”
Lu Liming blinked.
“Punishment task? What?”
“Because I reported their invitation letter,” Yu Zhi said calmly. “Pidant said this instance wasn’t originally in Meteor’s plan. They acted because I reported it.”
“Pidant and Xiao Hei can’t interfere with pollution directly. Creating the instance limited them…”
Lu Liming struggled to follow. “So what does that mean?”
Yu Zhi pressed his lips together.
“If the system truly exists to help humanity defend Earth…”
“Then it knows the correct path.”
“Should we eliminate all pollution sources completely?”
“Or coexist with them?”
The system aided the Bureau in clearing pollution.
It also aided Meteor in creating it.
It knew the answer.
So it walked both paths simultaneously.
Lu Liming stared blankly.
“Then… what do we do?”
Yu Zhi sighed.
“Be braver.”
“Be calmer.”
Lu Liming hesitated. “Create a third path?”
Yu Zhi: “……No.”
“Be brave. Worst case, we die.”
“Be calm. If we die, that’s that.”
Lu Liming: “……”
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