Chapter 596: Lost Contact

He really is being wronged.

Yang Yixie looked at the message from Hua Jian Lei and began to consider how many of the messes on his hands were his own doing and how many were thrown at him by others.

First, he didn't blow up Tianmian City; he only made a hole in the Dome… It can't be that Fang Zhiyan has become his subordinate, can it?

Yang Yixie could only patiently read through the content, and only then did he find the mastermind.

It really was "him".

It may be because the newly fused energy couldn't be fully controlled, or perhaps his consciousness temporarily lost its way under the onslaught; even if he took the remaining power of the deity, Yang Yixie's condition is still not great.

The entire Eternal Silent Abyss was suffused with a strange green mist, the fog emitting a faint green glow and containing highly active mutation factors.

At the same time, another wave of mutation uprisings broke out across the game world.

This time the outbreak seemed even larger in scale; the Aberrant Species grew stronger and more pervasive, the Church immediately made resisting the Aberrant Species its top priority, and even the Dome—rebels had to first compromise with the corporation to obtain weapon support for the Dome.

In other words, the game world is now a complete mess.

And the player, unable to use Yang Yixie's Game Backpack to illegally transfer his in‑game body again, can only wait for the game to auto‑reset and then wake up in the hospital.

Yang Yixie replied to Hua Jian Lei, basically telling them to keep a closer eye on Fang Zhiyan's movements.

Although, given the current situation, Fang Zhiyan probably won't cause any major trouble, such a person must still be guarded against.

Who knows if, at some critical moment, he'll push out something terrible; in any case, Yang Yixie doesn't believe Fang Zhiyan would die there easily.

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Morning light slanted in through the window; Yang Yixie stood at the stove, a spatula in his hand, oil sizzling in the pan, the edges of the fried egg already crisped to a golden brown.

He flipped the egg over, and after a while he lifted it from the pan onto a white porcelain plate that had been prepared nearby.

He drizzled a ring of soy sauce over it, fetched a cup of warm milk, carried the plate out of the kitchen into the bedroom, and set the breakfast on the table.

Bai Mu Yun was still seated at his computer desk; the Aberrant Species can indeed go days without rest, and out of curiosity about this world, Bai Mu Yun, after seeking Yang Yixie's permission, basically stayed in front of the computer all night.

Yang Yixie, however, after replying, went to bed early; his nerves in the game had been tense for a long time and desperately needed rest.

After dealing with a newly‑addicted online youth, Yang Yixie returned to the living room, set out two sets of bowls and chopsticks on the table, and then slipped back into the kitchen.

His mother Zhiruo emerged from the bedroom with her hair down, the ends a little lifted, probably from being pressed by the pillow all night.

As soon as she stepped out, she saw Yang Yixie by the dining table.

Two bowls of egg custard, sprinkled with scallions and soy sauce, sat on the table, looking especially appetizing.

Her gaze shifted from the tabletop to Yang Yixie's face; he turned his head just in time and saw her subconsciously flash a smile.

"Mom, breakfast is ready."

Zhiruo stared at his smile, froze for a moment, then walked to the dining table and sat down.

Apparently the problem that had troubled Yang Yixie for so long yesterday seemed to have been resolved; though the method is unknown, Yang Yixie visibly relaxed a great deal.

Mother and son, rarely having leisure, sat together and enjoyed breakfast.

"Are the college‑entrance exam results being released today?"

Zhiruo set down her chopsticks; the morning light streamed from behind her, tinting her hair a hazy gold.

Yang Yixie, seated opposite her, paused his movements upon hearing that.

Having spent this period dealing with people in the game, he almost forgot that the exam results were about to be released.

"Hmm," Yang Yixie nodded, "They're out today."

But Yang Yixie wasn't really worried about it; his grades have always been good, and even with a poor performance, getting into a public university locally would be no problem.

"Is that so......"

Zhiruo smiled and nodded; she also had a sense of her child's grades.

"Don't be nervous; you already did your best then. Whatever the outcome, as long as you don't regret it, that's enough."

"By the way, could you try calling your brother for me? I woke up this morning feeling suffocated, but I couldn't get through..."

Yang Yixie felt a sudden jolt; Zhiruo had been a little unsettled when she got up this morning, and given Yang Yixie's strange behavior yesterday, she immediately assumed something had happened to him.

When she came in, she saw Yang Yixie as always having prepared breakfast, everything normal.

Since Yang Yixie was fine, she couldn't help worrying about Yang Yichen's situation.

After all, these days the world is truly far from peaceful.

"Alright, I'll try."

Yang Yixie nodded, and in front of Zhiruo dialed Yang Yichen's number.

"Doo—do—"

"Hello, the user you called is currently unavailable, please try again later......"

No answer.

Yang Yixie, under his mother's gaze, switched to WeChat and sent a video call; after a long wait, still no one answered.

Zhiruo pressed her lips together, forcing a faint smile.

"It's fine; didn't he say his company has been busy lately? Maybe he slept too deeply and missed it; we'll call later......"

But Yang Yichen always set a special ringtone for her and Yang Yixie's calls, almost never missing them, especially his mother's.

Yang Yixie nodded in agreement, and a faint streak of Ying Guang Lu Data Stream flashed in his hand.

In this world, he can still convert his own energy into a Data Stream for hacking, but 【Teleportation】 now consumes more blue energy, perhaps because his body is a tangible flesh form rather than an energy body like Ying Duo.

On Zhiruo's phone, Yang Yichen replied with a message, presumably explaining he's still in a meeting, can't take the call, and will call back later.

Immediately after, Yang Yixie received the identical message.

"Looks like he's really busy."

Yang Yixie blinked innocently, and Zhiruo furrowed her brows slightly, but still relaxed a lot.

"Why is he already working so early? He can't have gone the whole night without rest, can he?"

"Maybe, after all, with those monsters appearing, many companies seem to have run into trouble."

Yang Yixie could only be vague, ultimately letting his mother rest properly; when Yang Yichen finishes his work, he will naturally give her a call, and then Zhiruo can relax a little.

Yang Yixie returned to his own room, tucked the plate that Bai Mu Yun had finished into his Game Backpack, and then pushed him aside.

Yang Yichen, after all, is in Heavenly Dome City; even if the Aberrant Species uprisings are frequent, they shouldn't be enough to claim his life......