Chapter 302: Physical Defenses Can't Stop the Data Stream

Preserve the soul! Borrow a corpse to revive!

What does this mean for Yang Yixie?

His soul cannot for now enter the game world, but this treasure can also be used on other people; if the player side knows a Space-type Special Ability Practitioner, they might even manage to bring it into the real world.

Even if his soul entered the game and this body named "Ying Duo" is destroyed, as long as the soul can be preserved by this treasure, he will have a chance to start over.

The value of this treasure, for Yang Yixie, far exceeds any offensive weapon or ordinary resource.

【Ying Duo: Where is it?】

Tianmian City, Dream Illusion Bar.

After Fang Zhiyan arrived here, he almost immediately turned the underground small training base into a laboratory.

He now stands before a row of specially made transparent containment pods, each holding several Aberrant Species of varying forms.

Fang Zhiyan, one hand holding a data tablet, quickly records something while using a tentacle to press the button on the containment pod, watching the Aberrant Species inside emit painful moans.

Receiving Ying Duo's message, his hand's movement paused slightly, and a dark red glint flashed in his eyes, as expected.

Sure enough, this thing can pique the interest of the Puppet Master behind the Little Undead.

A treasure that can reach the soul realm.......

If obtained successfully, perhaps that Puppet Master would act more boldly, and could also gain more observational data.

【Fang Zhiyan: This treasure is called the 'Soul‑Dwelling Lamp', said to be forged from the master's Core soul rune and an extremely rare 'Condensed Soul Crystal'. According to Chen Family rules, the item is kept by successive heads of the family and can only be used with unanimous consent of all elders.】

【Fang Zhiyan: The current custodian of the treasure should be Chen Xiao Shuang.】

He paused briefly, then continued his analysis.

【Fang Zhiyan: However, the situation is special now; Chen Xiao Shuang was attacked, fell into a coma, her fate unknown. Most of the elders who might oppose using the treasure are likely already in the Supervision Bureau's cells, and this 'Soul‑Dwelling Lamp' should now have been transferred into Chen Mo Zhi's hands.】

Meng Kexin cleared the internal traitors, solidified Chen Mo Zhi's position, and objectively also.......

She cleared some obstacles for Ying Duo's possible actions, creating a sliver of possibility.

This game has, from the start, more than one player moving the pieces.

Cause and effect intertwine at this moment.

However, a new question also surfaced in Yang Yixie's mind.

If this list came from Fang Zhiyan, where did the original list come from?

Thinking further, if he does not inform Meng Kexin of this list in reality ahead of time, Meng Kexin would be unable to purge the Chen Family within such a short period, and the game's storyline might diverge because of that.

The thought gave Yang Yixie a surge of excitement, though of course it is still too early to ponder this.

The top priority is that lamp.

【Ying Duo: Do you have the list of cleared personnel? The detailed one.】

This time, Fang Zhiyan's reply interval was a bit longer, as if surprised.

【Fang Zhiyan: List? What do you need it for? Those people's assets and influence are being swiftly taken over by the Chen Family head.】

【Ying Duo: Go see if there's any inheritance to loot.】

Fang Zhiyan: "........"

In the underground laboratory, Fang Zhiyan stared at the reply, almost losing his grip on the data tablet; several tentacles behind him, still adjusting instruments, paused mid‑air.

That excuse is rather perfunctory........

However, those people have just fallen, and the Chen Family's internal power transition and purge are underway; many related private residences and secret warehouses may not yet have been thoroughly inspected or sealed.

Going to 'pick up leftovers' now, though risky, is theoretically....... indeed possible to find some 'good stuff' that was hurriedly hidden or forgotten.

But whether Ying Duo wants this list for some ulterior motive, or simply because it hasn't kept up with Ying Duo's train of thought, is another matter.

Fang Zhiyan could only retrieve the list and send it to Ying Duo.

【Fang Zhiyan: Some places may already be under the control of the Supervision Bureau or the Chen Family themselves; be careful.】

Ying Duo immediately copied the list's contents, skimmed it quickly, and tossed it aside.

His gaze returned to the brightly lit courtyard before him; the small courtyard where he is currently hiding is relatively remote, but that also means there won't be any high‑value things here.

The guards in the opposite area are stringent, but for Ying Duo, physical guards have never been an insurmountable barrier.

Ying Duo's body began to emit that familiar Data Stream aura; this time, he did not choose the conventional 'point‑to‑point' teleport, but transformed his very existence toward a more complete digitization.

Although the Chen family's buildings appear outwardly as classical gardens, their interiors are engraved with extensive rune arrays unique to this world, used for lighting, defense, communication, energy regulation, and so on.

For Ying Duo, who can turn himself into a Data Stream, these rune networks are no different from an all‑connecting highway.

Ying Duo's figure swiftly transformed into a ribbon of light composed of countless flowing Ying Guang Lu code strands, coursing along the hidden rune circuits in the floor and walls, racing toward the deeper core of the Chen residence.

Doing so, Ying Duo's movement speed became astonishingly fast; even if patrolling guards or hurried servants passed by, they only thought they caught a fleeting flash of green light at the corner of their eyes.

They rubbed their eyes in confusion, found nothing unusual, and blamed it on eye strain from sustained high tension, since the daytime Ying Guang Lu they had seen was overly polluted.

Ying Duo moved like an invisible phantom, swiftly traversing and scouting the Chen estate, especially in areas where guards were densely stationed.

In just a few real minutes, Yang Yixie locked onto a target.

It was a courtyard behind the main residence, surrounded by a solitary high wall; the gate was shut tight, with four solemn, well‑equipped family guards stationed on each side of the entrance.

Above the courtyard wall, faint golden energy ripples flowed, indicating a certain barrier had been activated.

The guard rank here far exceeds that of other places, and a barrier specifically covers it; either an important person resides inside, or something valuable is hidden there.

"This is it," Yang Yixie felt his spirit surge.

He guided Ying Duo to bypass the faint golden energy membrane hovering over the courtyard wall, instead infiltrating through the rune at the junction of the wall and ground.

The Data Stream silently passed through the layers of protection, finally re‑materializing somewhere inside the target annex, coalescing into Ying Duo's physical form.