Chapter 140
Yu Zhi wasn’t surprised that “Speak Without Thinking” had worked successfully. By now, he had more or less figured out how the ability functioned.
It couldn’t change major matters like life, death, or large-scale pollution events—but when it came to small things, it was extremely flexible and effective.
For example, temporarily stopping pain.
For example, making Pidan say his real name.
For example… temporarily giving Fu Suxi a fluorescent dick.
The livestream barrage exploded, scrolling like a pot boiling over. His credit balance kept climbing, while the number of online viewers kept dropping.
Most users tipped and immediately exited the stream.
No need to guess—they’d definitely gone to Fu Suxi’s stream.
[User “Big Yellow Girl” loudly praises your ability, tips 80 credits, and immediately exits the stream.]
[User “World’s #1 Cute Girl” showers your ability with compliments, tips 100 credits, and quickly exits.]
[User “momo” is astonished by your ability and tips 40 credits.]
[User “Evil Fleece” slams the table in admiration and excitedly leaves the stream.]
[User “Electronic Wooden Fish” looks forward to you being harshly punished by the fluorescent one and starts chanting.]
[User “Smime Lou” hopes you continue using your ability and remove the other party’s pants.]
Yu Zhi glanced at the barrage, imagined Fu Suxi standing there with a glowing crotch while being mocked by the comments, and happily opened a boxed meal.
The sound of plastic crinkling snapped the other person in the room out of his stupor.
Zuo Feiyang slowly turned his stiff neck toward Yu Zhi. “B-Brother Yu… what did you just say?”
Yu Zhi bit into a chicken drumstick without even looking up. “I said Yu Yi has a fluorescent one today.”
Zuo Feiyang froze even harder.
He hadn’t misheard.
It really was fluorescent?!
Wait.
The sentence before that—
“Because I have an ability. I can’t control life and death, but I can control small things.”
So that meant… Brother Yu had used his ability to turn Minister Yu’s dick fluorescent?
Huh?
What???
Zuo Feiyang’s mouth dropped wide enough to swallow an egg. His brain completely crashed.
In a daze, he wondered—was this some kind of new-age bedroom kink?
Yu Zhi finished one boxed meal. Zuo Feiyang was still standing there in shock.
Without explaining further, Yu Zhi calmly opened the second one.
Halfway through, the door suddenly burst open and a white figure rushed to the table.
“Brother Yu!” Lu Liming shouted.
His clothes were wrinkled and loose, his half-long hair tied messily behind his head—completely unlike his usual meticulous style.
Yu Zhi paused slightly and glanced behind him. No one else.
“I thought I was being detained. You can just come see me like this?”
Lu Liming hurried to explain, “Master Qi brought me. He talked to the ability user guarding outside.”
Then he rushed forward, face full of anxiety, firing off questions in rapid succession:
“Brother Yu, what’s going on? I just took a nap in the therapy room. First it was Qu Xiaonan’s video, then she got arrested? Then she came out to clarify and I thought it was fine. And now I hear everything was directed by you? And you’re being held for interrogation…”
Lu Liming looked at Yu Zhi, then at the still-dazed Zuo Feiyang.
Even in his dreams, things weren’t this complicated.
Yu Zhi calmly peeled Lu Liming’s hand off his sleeve and swallowed his food.
“Qu Xiaonan’s matter was probably planned by Meteorite long ago.”
Lu Liming blinked at him eagerly.
Zuo Feiyang heard the name Qu Xiaonan and finally rebooted.
Yu Zhi continued eating as he explained:
“She received a letter detailing our meeting at the wall gate.”
“Meteorite probably targeted Yu Yi before that, planning to use him against the Operations Bureau.”
“They used the temporary resettlement instance as a warning shot. Then they used the pollution incident to stir up the residents’ emotions.”
“If Yu Yi hadn’t fired his gun at the vehicle that night, today’s public release would’ve been footage of him shooting at the wall gate.”
Lu Liming thought it over. “So Meteorite orchestrated this—not you.”
Yu Zhi nodded.
Zuo Feiyang frowned. “Then why admit the letter and props were from you?”
Before Yu Zhi could answer, Lu Liming slapped Zuo Feiyang’s shoulder.
“Do you even need to ask?”
“Brother Yu definitely has a brilliant plan!”
Yu Zhi blinked and smoothly followed that line.
“Qu Xiaonan is dead. The letter and props are destroyed. There’s no evidence left. Whether I admit it or not, the Bureau would investigate me anyway.”
That part was true.
He paused—then seamlessly began lying:
“If I take responsibility proactively, it improves the Bureau’s efficiency. Instead of investigating whether I did it, they can focus on finding the mole. On top of that, it might throw the mole into panic.”
Zuo Feiyang understood immediately.
He had sacrificed his reputation for the Bureau and all the safe zone residents!
His eyes filled with admiration.
An S-rank ability user truly devoted to the nation and its people!
He hesitated, then asked, “What happens next? A lot of people in the Bureau really believe you did it. And Minister Yu’s video—everyone in the safe zone saw it…”
Yu Zhi cleaned his meal box spotless, opened a cola, and lied with a straight face:
“Later, after Yu Yi finishes investigating Meteorite, we’ll make him pretend to be Meteorite’s mole inside the Bureau. Then we push everything onto Meteorite to calm the residents’ anger.”
“As for me, I’ll just be someone deceived by Yu Yi—a victim too.”
“After it’s over, we go back to B City. The branch office handles the aftermath. You just say the mole was cleared. Everything ends perfectly.”
Zuo Feiyang had a sudden epiphany.
Even more admiration.
Lu Liming glanced around cautiously and lowered his voice.
“Brother Yu… is it okay to tell me this? Master Qi just warned me there are cameras.”
Yu Zhi opened the third boxed meal.
“It’s fine. You’re one of us.”
“This is the Combat Department. The video leak came from the Command side.”
“And even if the mole hears and reports it to Meteorite—I can still push the blame back onto them.”
He looked at Zuo Feiyang.
“Xiao Zuo.”
Zuo Feiyang straightened instantly. “Brother Yu, what do you need?”
Yu Zhi blinked. “Could you step out? I want to talk to Xiao Ming alone.”
Zuo Feiyang: “……”
He gave Lu Liming a meaningful look and left.
Click.
The door shut.
Lu Liming immediately leaned closer. “Brother Yu, what did you want to talk about?”
“Nothing much,” Yu Zhi said after a pause, looking directly into his eyes. “After this is over, I’m going to B City. Are you coming?”
“Of course! If you go, I go!”
“You said before your parents might not be in B City.”
Lu Liming shrugged. “Doesn’t matter. If they’re not in B City, they’re alive somewhere else.”
“If I go wandering around alone looking for them, then they’ll truly lose their only handsome son.”
Yu Zhi thought that made sense.
Better to return home than leave him alone in S City.
After finishing the meal, Yu Zhi asked the system internally:
[Xiao Liu, can the blind boxes from instance rewards be traded?]
H0516 immediately replied:
[Blind box items earned from Earth resident missions cannot be traded for now.]
Yu Zhi frowned.
[If blind boxes can’t be traded, why can Bureau items be lent out?]
The system hesitated.
[Because those belong to the Special Operations Bureau. It’s similar to the credits they issue you.]
Yu Zhi narrowed his eyes.
So organizations received preferential treatment.
Like how the system handled certain matters for the Bureau and Meteorite.
There must be an organizational storage pool.
After thinking, he tested:
[If I pay you a handling fee, can you help me trade a blind box?]
H0516 was shocked.
Yu Zhi offering money voluntarily?!
The sun must’ve risen in the west.
It grew suspicious.
[You’re not trying to report the system again, are you?]
Yu Zhi answered honestly:
[I just want to use an item to find the mole.]
[You know my luck is terrible. If it were tradable, I’d let Xiao Ming open it for me.]
H0516 knew he’d bet 150,000 credits—basically his entire fortune.
Desperation was understandable.
After checking, it sighed.
[No. I can’t operate that.]
[Just wait. Maybe tomorrow. Or the day after.]
[Maybe tomorrow I’ll be dead,] Yu Zhi replied.
Silence.
He couldn’t wait.
The key part of his plan relied on an item.
He moved his chair closer to Lu Liming, absorbing some of this lucky guy’s aura.
Staring at the blind box panel, he whispered:
“Next minute my luck will be amazing.”
[Item ‘Speak Without Thinking’ failed.]
“Next thirty seconds my luck will be amazing.”
[Failed.]
Yu Zhi: “?”
Thirty seconds too much?
“Next ten seconds my luck will be great.”
[Failed.]
Yu Zhi: “???”
Was he really this unlucky?
Fu Suxi’s glowing dick hadn’t failed three times!
Lu Liming couldn’t hear clearly. “Brother Yu, what are you saying?”
“Nothing.”
Yu Zhi closed his eyes, inhaled deeply, and gritted his teeth.
“Next two seconds my luck improves a little.”
[Item ‘Speak Without Thinking’ successful.]
The moment he saw “successful,” he didn’t even blink.
[Open blind box!]
One second.
The lid popped open. A card shot out.
[Item: ** Earth ** Earth Loudspeaker Item (Tool Type)]
[Function: Each broadcast costs 10,000 credits.]
[Description: What I’m about to tell you may shatter your worldview. Please listen carefully. Although saying this now may affect many people’s interests, I don’t regret revealing the truth. Before I begin, let me share a story—this story completely changed Road Person A’s fate. It’s a bit long. You might want to like and bookmark it in case it gets taken down. Ninety-nine percent of what follows is something you’ve never been told honestly. A reminder: watch till the end…]
