Chapter 105: Harvest Often Falls Short of Expectations

Keywords: Golden Ancient Bridge, Boundary Gate District, Otherworld.

Enter search.

Many webpages popped up.

However, even if some of those webpages contained useful information, it wasn't completely useless.

There is news about the incident, reporting that Golden Ancient Bridge attacked the top floor of a business building in the Otherworld, causing dozens of deaths, seven of whom couldn't even recover their souls, and the aftermath is still under investigation.

Most content in the Otherworld gets throttled, in order to as much as possible separate the surface and inner parts of the Boundary Gate District, so that news doesn't get mixed together, giving people a strong sense of dissonance.

But if you really go search for it, you can still find it.

One can feel the two art styles that exist in the same space but in different dimensions.

Right now, what Aomo sees has nothing to do with painting style.

He only saw some kind of blockade.

Apart from those unrelated webpages that merely touch on a single element, the news truly reporting this incident are almost uniform in tone—all saying—still under investigation.

These dates are from the week before last; it's been over ten days and they're still investigating—how can such a big thing take this long to investigate?

Aomo chose to swap the order of three words; after changing the search priority, the page content still didn't differ much.

All webpages that genuinely mention the incident are from that day's reports, as if the matter just passed like that, Golden Ancient Bridge vanished from the human world, except for a few obvious special-effects fans who left comments on those third-rate news sites exclaiming Golden Ancient Bridge, there is no further follow-up.

No one inquired.

Even the streamer who had given his name and stream ID, when searched, shows the account has been cancelled—compared to being banned, this more often means they've given up.

Mercenaries who have agreements with the streaming platform mostly also write vital-sign synchronization into the clauses.

Both the energy source and technology fields have achievements in this regard—namely, synchronizing vital states to an object, forming the physical meaning of 'a person's death is like a light going out'.

Accounts will also be cancelled, to avoid causing unexplained chaos.

If Golden Ancient Bridge truly wanted to escape, it probably wouldn't be difficult; as a mechanical weapon built by extraterrestrials, it must have a master controlling it behind the scenes, and if that master has considerable authority, status, or wealth.

Sending it away is also quite simple.

After all, some transport companies have ultra-large storage and transport solutions capable of holding a starship-sized object; stuffing a Golden Ancient Bridge that can also disassemble itself is no problem.

As for how to avoid inspection and monitoring, those trivial details, that's the other party's problem to consider.

Although Aomo hopes Golden Ancient Bridge is still around, feeling that no news for over ten days is enough for the other party to have fled.

Although one can sense the aura of a big problem, saying it's related to some sort of mare monster incident really isn't apparent.

Better to start from the building's condition.

Readjust to pull out the name of the business building from previous news reports, copy and input for search.

First to pop up is the wiki data; after skipping the name, city district, institution type, and property address, Aomo's gaze fell on the legal representative column, and he paused.

speedsymboli

Speed Symbol, this name doesn't resemble a person's name, because it's the name of a horse girl.

The patriarch of the Symbol family, the maternal grandmother of Ludaofu Xiangzheng, is Speed Symbol.

She once campaigned at the Tianmen City Racecourse, being hailed as the veteran who opened the gates to interstellar horse racing.

The business building under her name… that is, the Symbol family's industry……

The industry of the top horse-girl clan in the Otherworld, as for the second-place Mejiro family, whether… not… rather than diverge on this point, it's better to return to the origin and reassess.

Aomo fell silent for a moment, closed the page, and turned to look at Ailisuzhi beside him, whose expression had turned grim.

«Perhaps it's just a coincidence; the Symbol family is involved in many industries. »

Upon hearing those words, Ailisuzhi's face showed a subtle smile.

«Of course I'm clear; I don't even know what you intend to investigate. »

She turned her body, walked a few steps, then turned back.

«Rather, insisting on this point is suspicious, Guinea Pig-kun; you seem to have already determined that this name isn't a coincidence. »

«This is my old habit. » Aomo said, turning his head to start fiddling with the light screen, drawing up Kailifu's chat box.

«Whether it's a coincidence or not, I'll first assume it isn't; but if the Symbol family really has some connection with that Golden Ancient Bridge, that also counts as being an enemy rather than a friend—just this route—» «Bring me and that mechanical guinea pig along, wouldn't that be fine? We signed the contract the day before yesterday and still haven't visited the student council; we can't keep them waiting anxiously, right? »

The president of the student council, Ludaofu Xiangzheng, is the future head of the Symbol family.

«»

In the silence, his brown eyes met the seriousness in the scarlet, they locked gazes for several seconds, Aomo's gaze also became subtle, then he shook his head and calmly said:

«Not in a hurry; there's still one side's intel that hasn't arrived, we might as well wait a moment before deciding. »

Originally, the two things having some connection was merely a one-sided wish on my part, and then when trying to prove the relationship, I got stuck at the current situation.

No need to rush; Mann hasn't yet sent the specific details of the commission.

And he also needs to share information regarding this matter.

So he typed in Kailifu's chat box: «It's definitely Golden Ancient Bridge, but how did you get this Super Dream? »

Attempting to explore from the information source.

At the same time also trying to approach from the other side—namely, pulling up Mann's contact information, on one side importing the Super Dream file, on the other quickly typing to suggest they confirm the connection between the two.

Let them also try to think about it; this side is just one person, while that side is a team.

Not to mention that a team must necessarily have someone clever; even if they're not very smart, Dongyan still has the saying that three clumsy craftsmen can match a Zhuge Liang.

【Honestly, I've been using Yeguoyuedu to read novels and keep up with updates, switching sources, multiple read-aloud tones,. yeguoyuedu works on both Android and iOS.】

If it could be confirmed unrelated, that would be fine; worst case, just treat it as finding a side quest for oneself, a personal matter, he still cares about Golden Ancient Bridge.

But if there is a relation, then it directly concerns the job everyone took on this time; they will certainly be more urgent than me.

Considering the mercenaries' channel efficiency is also higher than mine, I hope there really is a result.

Mann: «Still this matter? Let me chat with my side. »

Mann's reply came quickly; Kailifu's side still had no movement, while Aomo turned his head back to look at Ailisuzhi again, yet he hadn't forgotten the previous subtlety.

The other also lifted their eyes to meet the gaze, and twitched their ears somewhat doubtfully.

Then, following a remark by Aomo, they bent backward forcefully—this usually indicates anger or alertness.

"You're still quite concerned about this."

It wasn't even a sigh—just a bland remark—and it led to this outcome.

The horse-racing spirit endowed their bodies with strength, yet also left them with an overly obvious trait that clearly reflects their emotions.

"Are you interested in the symbolism—" Aomo said offhandedly, gazing into Suzi's eyes, seeing that the red light grid before showed no fluctuation, then chuckled, "The possibility isn't great, is it?"

Not waiting for Suzi to catch her breath, he suddenly said, "So... you still care quite a bit about monster research, don't you?"

After saying that, without even looking at her reaction, Aomo simply got up and walked toward the window covered by curtains, parting the seam to glance at the relatively quiet campus.

He then turned back and stretched to loosen up his body.

"Focus on the research at hand for now."

"If you're truly interested in monsters as well, I can recommend a senior researcher."

"The age difference isn't big; as long as you let them confirm your interest in monsters, you might find plenty of common ground."

Upon hearing this, Ailisuzhi immediately became suspicious: "Could this be another trick to deceive someone into friendship?"

"Why would you say that?" Aomo turned back to look at her, "What logic is this based on?"

The other just happened to be looking at him leisurely.

"Is that little guinea pig so interested in the mechanical guinea pig because of what you said? And that persistence in talking with me and Chazuo is also quite strange."

"Yuzhao Shizi hates it when people call her small, and she's careful with her words lest she invite disaster," Aomo said helplessly, "Her concern stems from almost bumping into Bopang—that's a transformation of guilt; her persistence is a genuine desire to befriend you and Chazuo's classmates."

"This young lady had an unlucky start; the public environment isn't very friendly, and she also bears family financial pressure."

Mentioning this, Aomo fell into thought and then burst out laughing helplessly.

"People's hearts also become more delicate and sensitive."

"You care a lot about her?"

"I care about all of you," Aomo pointed to the badge on his chest, "It's only natural for trainers to look after the mental health of the horse girls; otherwise, when payday comes, they'd feel guilty accepting their wages."

"Usually students have their own social circles, and the horse girl school is no different. But you and Miss Chazuo are especially unique, and Bopang is wholly focused on training."

"Heh~ Have you already taken it upon yourself to be everyone's trainer?"

"Only as a trainer can you lend a hand?" Aomo asked her; seeing her silently glance away, he added, "However, Bopang's problem is the most serious; compared to that, you're actually quite low-maintenance."

"In the meantime, Aomo glanced at the suddenly lit screen, then turned back to look at her: "Getting back to the point, Kailifu might not necessarily become your friend, but at least in research, they can indeed help you."

"By the way, you should still go visit the student council this afternoon."

"?"

"Just go for a visit, don't overthink it."

The lit screen:

【I've been following the Monster Super Dream website all along—it's hard to find new works in this lifeless place, so I'm sending you a screenshot of the uploader.】

That's the name of the backer; it seems if the mission fails, they'll cut losses by taking the route.

The sales performance isn't great.

It's a meaningless clue.