Chapter 94
Having caught up on sleep during the day, Yu Zhi only slept for a short three or four hours.
The moment he turned over, the other person in the bed instantly opened his eyes and looked over.
Fu Suxi had clearly woken up abruptly. The red veins in his eyes were obvious, his pupils slightly unfocused, carrying a trace of irritation from poor sleep.
Yu Zhi: “Morning, bad.”
“……”
Fu Suxi got up expressionlessly and walked straight into the bathroom.
Yu Zhi lazed in bed a while longer, watching the rapidly scrolling bullet comments, answering a few tipped questions in a sluggish tone.
“What exactly did Meteorite Biotech discover? I’m curious too. Go ask around in other livestreams and remember to tell me.”
“How does it feel to share a bed with Fu Suxi? Feels like… a win-win, I guess. Although I got plenty of sleep, Fu Suxi got insomnia.”
By the time Fu Suxi came out, Yu Zhi finally got up slowly to wash.
While brushing his teeth and washing his face, he even pretended to flush the toilet.
As soon as he approached the toilet, the system automatically popped up a prompt asking whether to close the livestream. The audience had no idea whether he had actually used the bathroom. His poop-and-pee–related ability still hadn’t been exposed.
When Yu Zhi walked out of the bathroom, he caught a faint smell of smoke in the air.
Fu Suxi stood by the wall, a cigarette flickering between his fingers. His sharply defined features were half-hidden in smoke, but his cold, piercing gaze cut through it and fell into the void.
[User “Yellow Girl” is curious about your emotional changes and tipped 50 universal coins.]
[User “God of Fire” asks about the reason for your mental value decline and tipped 100 universal coins.]
[User “Clear-Minded Mortal” presses you on whether you have a guilty conscience and tipped 50 universal coins.]
[User “God of Fire” wonders whether your change is closely related to your temporary lover and tipped 50 universal coins.]
Fu Suxi slowly exhaled a ring of smoke. Deep in his mind, a stabbing pain throbbed again and again, as if a needle were constantly piercing him.
He had used his mental ability for too long yesterday.
Psychic abilities affected him greatly—whether he was using them or being affected by them.
The worse he rested, the worse the headaches became, and the irritability and violence surging from the depths of his heart grew more intense.
“Knock, knock, knock—”
A knock sounded on the door. From outside came Zuo Feiyang’s cautious voice: “Minister Yu?”
The next second, the door opened.
Zuo Feiyang said, “Team Leader He from headquarters and his group have arrived.”
“Old Shang asked me to check—are you going to the Wall Gate today? Or staying in the bureau?”
Fu Suxi walked straight out. “I’ll see He Hanhai first.”
After two steps, he turned back to look at Yu Zhi. Seeing Yu Zhi silently follow, he withdrew his gaze.
Walking beside Fu Suxi, Yu Zhi discreetly sized up Zuo Feiyang.
Zuo Feiyang pushed up his glasses, his expression serious as he reported on some matters Fu Suxi had ordered Shang Yu to rectify at four in the morning.
Instructions given at four a.m.—progress by eight.
Zuo Feiyang and Shang Yu were both action-oriented and extremely efficient.
After thinking for a moment, Yu Zhi dismissed the idea of asking Zuo Feiyang about Huo Hong’s ability. Zuo Feiyang and Shang Yu were now firmly aligned with Fu Suxi—if he asked, Fu Suxi would probably know the next second.
Passing by the cafeteria, the white coats inside were especially conspicuous. It was breakfast time, and many researchers were there.
Yu Zhi paused slightly, glanced at Fu Suxi. Seeing him smoking as if using cigarettes for breakfast, saying nothing, Yu Zhi walked straight into the cafeteria.
Only then did Fu Suxi notice he had gone in and stopped.
Yu Zhi picked up a tray, loaded it leisurely with breakfast, and slowly approached a few researchers chatting while getting food.
They seemed to have stayed up all night; their faces were full of exhaustion and haggardness. No one even noticed Yu Zhi approaching.
“Luckily the data is still normal. The experiment wasn’t affected.”
“Did the Combat Department say what exactly happened?”
“They did. The pollution source in the industrial park—apparently it was an experimental product from some company. That company even planted quite a few people in the bureau.”
“They actually produced a pollution source? Truly, the demon grows taller with every inch the Dao rises…”
“Good thing Huo Hong isn’t in our group. He’s been in the bureau for years—how could he be an insider?”
Hearing Huo Hong’s name, Yu Zhi casually cut in, “I heard it’s because his ability is rather special.”
The next second, several researchers looked over at once.
They glanced at Yu Zhi’s regular clothes, then at his face.
Yu Zhi looked young and outstanding, with clean, attractive features and an extremely approachable appearance. He was chatting gossip-style. The researchers didn’t think much of it and continued along his line of thought.
“You might be right.”
“What’s Huo Hong’s ability again?”
“I remember it’s lie detection. Not very useful in research, but now that I think about it, that ability would be pretty useful for being a spy…”
Yu Zhi raised an eyebrow. After confirming last night that Fu Suxi had taken Huo Hong’s ability, he had already guessed as much. He wasn’t surprised at all.
A few sharp-eyed viewers noticed his words and started spamming the comments.
[User “momo” is curious about your plan and tipped 20 universal coins.]
[User “Cyber Bodhisattva” thinks you’re up to something and hopes you’ll be honest.]
Yu Zhi ignored the comments. Having obtained the information he wanted, he carried his full tray to sit down.
Pretending not to see Fu Suxi outside, he ate slowly.
After more than half an hour—after even two rounds of people had rotated through the tables—Fu Suxi finally completely lost patience.
He stubbed out his cigarette and walked straight up to Yu Zhi, looking down at him darkly.
Yu Zhi blinked, putting on a puzzled expression. “What’s wrong?”
“You go see He Hanhai. I’ll eat. By the time you’re done, I’ll be done too.”
Fu Suxi glanced at the empty plates by his hand. “Don’t forget. There’s still a mole in the bureau.”
Yu Zhi said, “Wouldn’t that be more reason to let me act alone? You could even use me to draw the mole out.”
Fu Suxi stared at his face, his black eyes growing sharper. “Are you helping me lure someone out—or taking the opportunity to meet with Meteorite Biotech?”
Yu Zhi estimated he was about to use lie detection on him. Slowing his speech, he said calmly, “I want… to drink two cups of soy milk.”
[Detection: Statement is true.]
“I ate three tea eggs. A little dry.”
[Detection: Statement is true.]
Fu Suxi’s gaze grew darker and colder; the temperature around them seemed to drop several degrees.
A few researchers who had just entered recognized him and fled as if avoiding a plague.
Zuo Feiyang wiped sweat from his forehead and grabbed two cups of soy milk at top speed, handing them to Yu Zhi.
Trying to ease the tension, he said stiffly to Fu Suxi, “Minister Fu, I believe Brother Yu definitely knows what’s important. There’s no way he’d collude with Meteorite Biotech…”
Yu Zhi didn’t intend to make things difficult for Zuo Feiyang, nor did he want Fu Suxi going crazy in the cafeteria and wasting food.
He gulped down one cup of soy milk in a few swallows, stood up, and left the cafeteria. “Let’s go.”
“Since you can’t leave Brother, Brother will reluctantly keep you company.”
Zuo Feiyang immediately changed the subject. “Team Leader He is in the research building, not far ahead.”
“Old Shang cleared an office for them on the first floor.”
The office truly wasn’t far. Crossing the first-floor lobby, it was on the side near the Combat Department, quite secluded.
Seeing no one else on the way and that they were about to arrive, Yu Zhi suddenly said to Fu Suxi, “Speaking of which, Meteorite Biotech did give me something.”
At the word “Meteor,” Fu Suxi used lie detection on him. Confirming it was true, his motion of lighting a cigarette paused, and he slowly narrowed his eyes.
Zuo Feiyang quickly asked, “What?”
Yu Zhi looked at Fu Suxi and said slowly, “In the instance, Jiang Shengnan didn’t resist at all. They…”
“Gave me the instance reward for free.”
[Detection: Statement is true.]
Zuo Feiyang: “???”
Aren’t you just messing with people?!
The next second, he suddenly realized something and cautiously glanced at the other person being messed with.
The other victim, Fu Suxi, expressionlessly lit his cigarette. His already irritable mood grew even more unstable; hostility churned in his eyes. “Yu You, what are you going crazy for?”
Yu Zhi said with a smile, “Weren’t you suspecting I accepted something from Meteorite Biotech?”
“I told you, and now you’re unhappy.”
Zuo Feiyang watched the two confront each other again, barely maintaining his composure. In one stride he rushed to the office door and pulled it open. “Team Leader He! Minister Yu is here.”
Holding the door wide open, he hurriedly said to Fu Suxi, “Old Shang said there’s another important matter for me to handle. I’ll go first. You two take your time.”
After speaking, he fled in panic, muttering internally that no wonder the task was assigned to him—so he wouldn’t have to get caught between Brother Yu and Minister Fu!
Inside the office, He Hanhai, who had been waiting for a long time, looked at the open door in confusion.
When he noticed Yu Zhi behind Fu Suxi, his eyes widened. “You—you’re Yu—Yu One-Zero!”
Fu Suxi: “……”
Yu Zhi looked at He Hanhai’s face for a moment, matching name to person.
He Hanhai—the eyepatch man from J City who had brought a bunch of tranquilizer guns to forcibly take Fu Suxi away, only to be counter-killed.
Yu Zhi nodded at him and said with a smile, “Just call me Yu You.”
He Hanhai sucked in a breath. “You’re Yu You?”
The man who was rumored to be in some chaotic incestuous brotherly relationship with Team Leader Fu in S City—and the one who had once severely humiliated Team Leader Fu?
He looked at Fu Suxi in disbelief, then at Yu Zhi.
Although Fu Suxi was an S-rank ability user from headquarters, he was notoriously temperamental and violent. Yu One-Zero had once humiliated him, yet he looked clean and pretty, approachable, with no aggressiveness whatsoever.
In just dozens of seconds, the scale in He Hanhai’s heart tilted toward Yu Zhi.
It seemed Team Leader Fu wasn’t just moody—he might even be the kind of pervert who enjoyed playing kinky games in front of others!
He Hanhai was so shocked he failed to control his facial expressions; his face cycled through green, white, and red.
Seeing through his thoughts, Fu Suxi walked in and kicked the door shut.
“Bang.”
He Hanhai immediately snapped back to his senses.
Frightened, he quickly restrained his emotions and reported, “Minister Ji said I’m to stay in S City temporarily to assist you. The new mental-value detection instruments have already been delivered.”
“Minister Ji also said—”
Fu Suxi interrupted coldly, “No need to relay his nonsense.”
“What has headquarters been doing these past few days?”
He Hanhai secretly sighed in relief and answered honestly, “The pollution sources and pollutants near B City Safe Zone have all been cleared.”
“Several teams have been dispatched to handle scattered pollutants and Meteorite Biotech…”
“Since residents from nearby cities are gradually arriving at the safe zone, the population inside is increasing…”
Yu Zhi sat on the sofa, listening with interest to what was happening in B City.
Perhaps fearful of Fu Suxi, He Hanhai recounted every detail of the past few days in B City, not daring to omit anything.
Yu Zhi basically understood the situation there.
Because headquarters was in B City, when the system appeared, headquarters took control immediately. The casualty rate in B City was far lower than elsewhere. Subsequent frontline missions were guided in an orderly manner, and the city had largely regained its normal appearance.
So far, B City Safe Zone was even safer than S City.
Yu Zhi slowly exhaled, lowering his lashes.
It was good that B City was safe.
He was being watched by both the Special Operations Bureau and Meteorite Biotech. If he rashly sought out A Zheng, A Zheng might be targeted too.
Whether A Zheng had awakened an ability or not, he should be fine.
Thinking of A Zheng, Yu Zhi drifted off.
If he himself was fine, then A Zheng definitely wouldn’t have gotten into trouble. Maybe he was even thriving in the safe zone by now.
“Click—”
The sound of a door closing suddenly rang out.
Yu Zhi’s lashes trembled. He came back to his senses and happened to catch the faint red in Fu Suxi’s eyes.
They were sitting at opposite ends of the sofa. Fu Suxi sat by the window, sunlight slanting across his sharply contoured face, making the change in the color of his originally black pupils especially obvious.
Yu Zhi’s gaze paused, slightly surprised.
Was Fu Suxi going to use lie detection on He Hanhai?
The next second, Fu Suxi lifted his eyelids and said bluntly, “You contacted Ji Yangqiu.”
Ji Yangqiu? So that was Ji Yin’s real name.
Yu Zhi pretended not to notice that it wasn’t a question but a statement. Curling his lips into a smile, he said, “I didn’t.”
[Detection: Statement is false.]
Fu Suxi’s voice turned cold. “If not to contact Ji Yangqiu, why did you go to the command center?”
Yu Zhi’s expression didn’t change. “To broaden my horizons.”
[Detection: Statement is false.]
The excuse was perfunctory to the extreme. Fu Suxi’s face darkened; the hostility and irritation between his brows were almost tangible. “You’re lying.”
Yu Zhi said casually, “No.”
[Detection: Statement is false.]
Fu Suxi: “You are.”
“He Hanhai already told me.”
Yu Zhi blinked. Since He Hanhai had already told him…
With righteous confidence, he said, “Fine then. I was lying just now.”
“……”
Seeing Yu Zhi’s expression of “I lied, what can you do about it?”, Fu Suxi’s face grew darker and darker, veins bulging on the back of his hand.
Lie detection couldn’t make Yu Zhi say what he wanted.
It could only help eliminate wrong answers. If Yu Zhi dodged the question or refused to answer, he had no way at all.
Instead, it constantly consumed his mental value—hardly worth it.
Yu Zhi lazily leaned back and said ambiguously to Fu Suxi, “Be careful. Don’t go crazy.”
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