Chapter 359: The Key to Cracking the System?

"Creak—"

The door hinge of the interrogation room emitted a piercing scraping sound, cutting off Feng Mu's train of thought.

He decisively rejected the system's proposal, yet a trace of regret rose in his heart. Encountering a system bug should have been a heaven-sent opportunity, but failing to profit from it immediately felt like watching a hundred million slip through his fingers.

The system seemed afraid he would change his mind, hastily withdrawing the option window and instead popping up a standard prompt box:

【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art Third Stage (74/10000)】

【Remaining General Skill Proficiency 58730】

【Feedback Failure Reason】

【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art breakthrough to Third Stage requires meeting the following prerequisite conditions (choose two of three):

1, Four Gates Fourth Grade Martial Arts Perfection (not achieved)

2, Physique Breakthrough 10 Points (not achieved)

3, Easy Tendon (not achieved)】

Feng Mu didn't even look at it, directly closing the prompt box.

It wasn't that he was unfeeling and unrighteous; it was just that when a more alluring choice lay before him, he made the mistake all men under heaven would make.

"As long as the Jade Finger Bone is truly in this room"

His gaze swept over the gaps in the floor tiles,

"I will sooner or later have a chance to take it. Then, as long as I find a way to remove its side effects"

In Feng Mu's mind, several plans were already laid out in a flash.

Men, after all, are like this—the more alluring the thing, the more they desire to possess it.

As for danger? Just find a way to conquer it.

Moreover, even if the Jade Finger Bone wasn't as miraculous as in his memory, just its ability to interfere with the system and trigger bugs was enough to make Feng Mu spare no cost to obtain it.

This wasn't about a Jade Finger Bone; this was clearly the key to cracking the system's backdoor!

Very obviously, although reality was doubtful and not yet verified, Feng Mu's heart had already leaned toward believing that the Jade Finger Bone must exist.

As for why the Jade Finger Bone could interfere with the "omniscient and omnipotent" system, this doubt was temporarily ignored by him; once he truly obtained the Jade Finger Bone, there would still be time to think about it.

Feng Mu exhaled a mouthful of stale air accumulated over a hundred years, raised his eyes to look at the person entering the room, and upon seeing that familiar face, a fleeting look of bewilderment appeared in his eyes.

There was no helping it; this face had accompanied his lonely self in memory for too long, and he remembered this face should be hanging from the ceiling.

Feng Ju walked into the interrogation room, meeting Feng Mu's gaze, and in an instant felt a strange and eerie chill, with goosebumps rising on the back of his neck.

"This rebellious son, seeing me, why does his gaze keep glancing at my head—is there something dirty on my head?" Feng Ju inexplicably felt a chill in his heart.

Feng Ju suppressed the strange emotion in his heart, squeezed out a smile, and said in a deep voice:

"Feng Mu, your performance today brings great comfort to your father; it seems you have grown a great deal these past days."

Feng Mu slowly lowered his gaze, focusing back on Feng Ju's face; in the original body's memories, he had never seen Feng Ju show such concern.

He politely replied: "It's all thanks to Father's blessings!"

Feng Mu's words were not false; if not for Feng Ju's blessings, how would the original body have despaired and committed suicide? If the original body hadn't committed suicide, how would Feng Mu have the chance to seize the corpse and return to life, coming to this Human Paradise?

Analyzing from this angle, Feng Ju had truly shown him the grace of recreation; this grace he could not fail to repay in some measure.

Feng Ju could tell his rebellious son was speaking with sarcasm; he gritted his teeth and forced a smile:

"Previously, Father placed too many expectations on your sister and lacked care for you; it was Father's mistake. Father sincerely apologizes to you. From now on, our whole family will..."

Feng Mu was too lazy to watch Feng Ju's performance, and he did not accept Feng Ju's apology.

Because he had no such qualification; the person qualified to accept Feng Ju's apology had already died three years ago in that narrow, cramped room.

Feng Mu coldly ignored him, yet wore a calm smile on his face:

"My dear Father, you were watching from next door just now, weren't you?"

One sentence, and all the words in Feng Ju's throat were choked back; his face instantly turned gloomy.

Feng Mu's reaction was vastly different from Feng Ju's expectations.

Isn't it said online that there are no overnight grudges between father and son? As long as parents apologize a little, the child would be grateful to tears—what's going on, that this rebellious son Feng Mu is so heartless?!

Feng Ju took a deep breath, not directly responding to Feng Mu's question, but instead trying to use another emotional card to move him:

"You can rest assured; Captain Li has extraordinary talent in helping people clear their names. With him there, Father can also avoid suspicion.

In short, you should be able to leave soon; then remember to call your mother—she is always worried and thinking of you."

Feng Mu narrowed his eyes, looking at Feng Ju's noisy face; he still preferred the father from a hundred years of solitude who rarely spoke and silently accompanied him.

Perhaps he really should consider that suggestion Wang Cong proposed last night.

Seeing Feng Mu remain silent, Feng Ju secretly gloated in his heart:

"It seems this rebellious son is still not ruthless enough; in the end, he was still moved by my words.

Well, since this rebellious son now has some ability, and I cannot beat or kill him, I should change my attitude and use family ties to bind him, so he can continue to bring glory to the family."

Feng Ju, a thoroughgoing utilitarian, had flexible positions and thoughts, everything starting from profit; this was the survival principle he had once consistently followed.

Without waiting for Feng Mu to speak and refuse, Feng Ju let out a long sigh and said in a gentle tone:

"This weekend, I will have Yu Huai come home for a meal; you come back too."

Feng Mu looked deeply at Feng Ju; a flash of unfathomable coldness crossed his eyes. This time, he did not refuse outright as before, but softly, squeezing it out from between his teeth, uttered a single word:

"Good."

Inside the observation room next door.

Li Shang coldly watched the scene before him, his complexion changing unpredictably.

"Feng Ju didn't lie to me; Feng Mu is truly his son. It's just that these two seem to have a grudge; Feng Ju is trying to make amends, while Feng Mu seems somewhat shaken." Li Shang speculated in his heart.

Originally, he had planned to establish a private relationship with Feng Mu after helping him clear his name.

After all, Feng Mu was someone Hou Mi had specifically instructed him to protect, and Hou Mi had also casually mentioned that this order came directly from Councilor Wang.

What impressed him even more was Hou Mi's smile while explaining — it was a suggestive smile that set the imagination running wild.

But now, those thoughts in Li Shang's mind vanished in an instant.

"I'm not going. You go release them later."

Li Shang spoke coldly, expressionless, issuing the order to Chang Erbing beside him.

Seeing Li Shang's grim expression, Chang Erbing asked no more questions, nodded, and immediately went to carry it out.

At the same time.

On the road outside the Patrol Bureau gate, a row of prison transport cars was neatly parked, and over twenty men in black suits stood in a straight line like a blade's edge before the cars....

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