Chapter 660: Counterattack the First Army

Without that pile of pixel‑block interference, the one appearing before him was still the familiar younger brother, even still wearing the same clothes he had on when he ate breakfast this morning, only his hair had been changed to a non‑mainstream style, and he was wearing colored contacts…

Exactly the same as on the wanted notice.

"You should've told me about this earlier; at the very least you should've filed an official record, yet you exposed your identity under these circumstances… Anyway, Xiao Xie, come back with me first to tend to the wound; I'll handle the officials—"

Yang Yichen's tone was somewhat complicated; at this point, he didn't even dare to guarantee how the officials would treat Yang Yixie.

Then he saw Yang Yixie lift his injured hand, bright and glaring, to his mouth and make a shushing gesture, and only then seemed to notice the wound on his hand, his face contorting for a moment, his complexion turning very pale, and with his left hand, which was a bit clumsy, he returned a call to the other side.

"Yo, the busybody still knows how to answer the phone."

The call was immediately connected, and Hua Jian Lei's sarcastically odd voice came from the other end.

After Hua Jian Lei and Bai Mu Yun found that his phone suddenly wouldn't connect, Hua Jian Lei bombarded him with a huge batch of Message Bombardment, whereas Bai Mu Yun had replied a short message a few minutes earlier.

【Bai Mu Yun: You can let Entropy Increase deal directly with the officials.】

Obviously, Bai Mu Yun's side was probably already being approached by the officials.

Now that things have come to this, don't even think about rescuing anyone.

There was a two‑second silence on the other end, then Hua Jian Lei's voice came again.

"Do you know how many people have tried to get intel from me? The strategy team, you really are something, staging a fireworks show right in the Shoudu city center?"

Yang Yixie clamped the phone between his shoulder and ear, then lowered his head to glance at the still‑bleeding wound on his right hand.

Such a minor injury could be healed quickly by taking some medicine, but the pain is truly painful; still, since he's already wounded, letting it heal too early would feel like a waste of all that blood.

Blood dripped down his fingertips, and a few dark‑red specks appeared near the Blood Crystal at his feet.

"…something unexpected happened," Yang Yixie said, hearing Hua Jian Lei's clearly unfriendly tone, his voice a little weak and shaky, "a lunatic who escaped from a mental hospital rushed out to block the road."

"I know it's Chi Jinan," Hua Jian Lei gritted his teeth, "now the Shoudu forum is buzzing; someone captured you two dueling in the sky for almost twenty minutes, the video has gone viral, the bans can't even catch up!"

Yang Yixie's gaze flickered for a moment, catching Chi Jinan still fighting a few people over there, but clearly losing ground; surrounded by a handful of attackers, the scene increasingly resembled a chicken‑slaughter.

Pfft.

Couldn't hold back.

That's the treatment a non‑cooperative mental patient deserves.

Yang Yixie thought rather grimly, Hua Jian Lei's voice on the other end still dripping sarcasm, clearly being heavily harassed.

Moreover, Hua Jian Lei knew this was just the beginning of a whole lot of trouble.

So Yang Yixie simply took the scolding in stride, waiting for Hua Jian Lei's anger to subside before speaking again.

"…what are you laughing at?" Hua Jian Lei's voice came out cold from the handset.

"Sorry, I let my guard slip a bit." Yang Yixie had gradually withdrawn all his abilities; his once self‑illuminating Ying Guang Lu hair faded back to normal black, as did his eyes.

Without the Ying Duo's mask‑like facial boost, Yang Yixie's schadenfreude was obvious.

"By the way, Bai Mu Yun should have been exposed too." Yang Yixie pulled his gaze back, raised the phone to his ear again.

"I recall there was a deal when we previously cooperated with the officials; you'll have to negotiate this."

When Hua Jian Lei previously reached a cooperation with the officials, an agreement was already made: the members of Entropy Increase wouldn't all be exposed under the officials' watch; they'd manage their own members internally, and of course, if anything went wrong they'd handle it according to official regulations.

It was a mutual step back, but at that time the officials only had Entropy Increase as a stable source of rune weapons.

There was about a three‑second silence on the other end, then Hua Jian Lei's voice came back, a half‑tone lower than before.

"…so not only did you get into a brawl with the crowd in the city center, you also dragged your 'sheep‑horn' friend into it?"

"He exposed himself," Yang Yixie said, "I'm not shirking the blame."

"But you brought the person back—!"

Beep—

A busy tone sounded from the phone, and Yang Yixie hung up immediately.

Although he escaped the crisis for now, that meant Hua Jian Lei wouldn't let him off easily.

After a two‑second silence, Yang Yixie decisively slapped his still‑bleeding right forearm, sent it, and added a note: "The blood I spilled accidentally hit the hang‑up button, my mistake."

It took a while before Hua Jian Lei replied with a single "."

Whether he believes it or not, his attitude has already failed here.

When he hung up, Yang Yichen furrowed his brows; Bai Mu Yun… wasn't that the Aberrant Species cultist from Co‑Absorption?

Back then the incident caused a huge stir in Heavenly Dome City, and Yang Yichen had a deep impression of it, meaning that Bai Mu Yun was also a player? This kid even harbored a criminal?!

How does he remember that the neighbor across his house also went by that name…?

How many things has Yang Yixie actually hidden from him?

Just as Yang Yichen was about to muster forces and accuse him, he saw Yang Yixie turn his head toward Yang Yichen and speak first.

"I've already filed an official record; mother also knows about my current actions, so brother, how do you plan to tell mother that you're working in the Special Division?"

First, the first army.

Yang Yichen heard that and his mind almost short‑circuited; how could mother also know about his actions? Are you kidding? Could mother already know Yang Yixie's other identity?

"W‑what?"

"On the official side, Hua Jian Lei will handle the negotiations; I might have to go back to school later, but the immediate priority is still to relocate mother to a safe place…"

Yang Yixie said that on purpose, causing Yang Yichen's brain to glitch, and while his brother was still processing, he headed toward the mall first.

"If you haven't figured out how to tell mother, then brother you'd better busy yourself with something else first…"

"Wait, wait, this is totally wrong!"

Yang Yichen immediately gave chase; Yang Yixie's skill at mixing up the seriousness of matters remained as ever, and in a blink, the man was about to make a run for it.

Luo Jinyou glanced left and right; over there, they were filming a mental patient escaping, a group barely restrained a Chi Jinan, while on the other side Yang Yichen seemed to be tightly grasped, completely spun around by Ying Duo.

"I suddenly understand why that kid is so brazen," Meng Kexin said, not joining the melee there, just watching the brothers' dispute from the side.