Chapter 611

Abnormal.

Absolutely abnormal.

Yang Yichen always feels something's off; his brother is certainly not the kind to be so considerate!

...... Don't you have anything to say?

Scolding him is fine, even throwing a punch would do; after becoming a player his physical condition has been enhanced in every way, so even if Yang Yixie hits him it wouldn't hurt or itch, but at least it would vent his anger.

"What are you saying? We're brothers; helping each other out is normal, isn't it?"

Yang Yixie replied offhandedly, glancing at the time: 20:13.

It's unclear how long Yang Yichen's prior preparations will keep him busy, but he should arrive before 12 o'clock.

"You haven't caused any trouble again, have you?" Yang Yichen asked sincerely.

Usually when Yang Yixie brings up brotherly bonds, it's because he's gotten into trouble that needs Yang Yichen to clean up or take the blame.

"Can saving the world be called causing trouble?" Yang Yixie retorted directly.

Then that's causing trouble.

Yang Yichen helplessly pressed his forehead, regardless of whatever label Yang Yixie puts on his own misdeeds, that's causing trouble.

After all, they're both adults, and with their experience, the mess their own brother makes can only be cleaned up by him.

Putting aside whatever trouble Yang Yixie caused in City C, Yang Yichen only hopes he won't cause any incident in the Shoudu; although Yang Yichen could help clean up the mess, the Special Investigation Bureau has already marked Yang Yixie as a primary observation target.

When a crisis strikes, people can unite against the outside, but as the situation gradually stabilizes, some long‑standing internal conflicts inevitably become unavoidable.

"In short, just focus on school for now; during the day I'll stay home with Mom, and at night it'll be your turn."

Within the Special Investigation Bureau, opinions on how to handle Yang Yixie differ; some think Ying Duo's talent in Rune and Aberrant Arts is such that his counterpart Yang Yixie wouldn't be weak either.

Others believe the current situation is still under control, and there's no need to drag a lucky player who escaped unselected back into danger.

Yang Yichen rambled on, basically telling Yang Yixie not to linger anywhere outside of class; even though this is the Shoudu, he shouldn't come home too late...

Like an old mother.

"...... Someone's after us?"

After listening to Yang Yichen ramble for a long time, Yang Yixie arrived at this conclusion.

He immediately considered several possibilities: perhaps Yang Yichen made enemies while on official duty, or perhaps they're old foes of their father...

If it's directed at Yang Yixie, that's fine; the fear is that they might go after our mother.

"No, it's not because of that......"

Yang Yichen thought for a moment, then decided to tell the truth.

His lying skill has indeed improved recently, but in front of Yang Yixie, who could be called his 'deception master', it's still insufficient.

Moreover, Yang Yixie would never accept missing crucial information; it's better for him to explain proactively than let Yang Yixie discover it about the Special Investigation Bureau himself.

"Xiao Xie, you know the connection between the game world and us, right? The game world is essentially a parallel world, and if we have a counterpart there, we could become a player."

"But there's one exception."

"If a counterpart's body has already been twisted by Mutation, becoming an Aberrant Species, then even with a counterpart present, they won't become a player."

"Your counterpart... uh, is quite famous in the game world, as that kind of villainous monster."

No need to say more; those who understand will get it.

"The Special Investigation Bureau might send someone to test you; the radical faction could even deliberately expose you to Mutation, trying to awaken your Aberrant Arts."

"One question."

Yang Yixie wasn't surprised by Yang Yichen's words; he had originally tried to buy a house near his home for Bai Mu Yun to live in, but the seller refused, and raising the price would draw attention, so for the past two months Bai Mu Yun could only stay in his room with the air conditioner on.

As soon as he steps outside, those gazes follow like shadows, so Yang Yixie rarely goes out except to buy groceries; luckily it coincided with the hottest two months.

"Am I the only one who experiences this?"

Bai Mu Yun is also a high‑level wanted criminal in the game; if this world has a Bai Mu Yun as well, that would be fun.

"No," Yang Yichen shook his head, "as far as I know, there's also a high‑risk wanted criminal in the game, a young, promising academic professor; after the game's wanted notice was exposed, they were stripped of rank and placed under observation."

"At least so far, I haven't received any news that that person might return to the research group."

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"Quick! Over there!"

The group sprinted down the brightly lit corridor; a dark silhouette flashed ahead a short distance and quickly turned the corner.

The squad members followed the silhouette closely, and as planned, drove it to the designated spot.

"Whoa—"

Under an electric net, the monster was directly covered.

"Finally caught this monster."

Seeing that the Aberrant Species had a bizarre form, part bat, part Western legend's ghoul, the group finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After eliminating all the walking corpses inside the airport, the Special Investigation Division immediately sealed off the area, investigated the Mutation Source that caused those Aberrant Species to appear, and finally found it on this particular Aberrant Species.

Those walking corpses turned to ash after death; after hearing about the situation here, during the chase they suddenly received an order from their superior demanding the Aberrant Species be captured alive.

If not for this, they wouldn't have had to struggle so much with their Rune‑armed weapons.

"Tsk, this thing looks a bit like my childhood shadow."

A squad member looked at the monster trapped in the electric net, curled his lip, unsure whether it had eaten too many people or, conversely, had devoured elite humans; after several regressions, the monster actually became somewhat humanoid.

"What childhood shadow?"

"'Chinese Kid', have you seen it? The one that assimilates people into monsters."

"You can still see a childhood shadow in this thing?"

The two sang back and forth, the squad leader merely rubbed his forehead in helplessness; though the members occasionally tossed out lines, they were still diligent, so they went along.

"Report: mission accomplished, target successfully captured. Where should we deliver this monster......"

Locked into a specially made rune cage, directly airlifted to Shoudu.

The voice over the earpiece trailed off, and the squad leader's eyes widened.

Their small city indeed has no particularly top‑tier lab, but is this Aberrant Species really worth being sent all the way to Shoudu?

"Um, has this gotten approval from above?"

He asked tentatively.

"Approval...... fine, I'll get them to approve one for you later."

"After all, I've been away from the Core topic for so long; I think this compensation should still be fine."