Chapter 566: Overtime

Huo Po is very concerned about face!

If they don't behave, they'll definitely get scolded.

Su Rui followed Cheng Shuili away.

The first thing upon entering Lao Da's office, Su Rui opened a packet of potato chips. When that chip, coated in seasoning, entered her mouth, her whole body froze.

She didn't cry when she died, nor when she was alive; now savoring that little chip in her mouth, Su Rui's eyes filled with hot tears, and she choked for a while before saying: "Lao Da, I have my sense of taste back."

While following Cheng Shuili, she knew that such a day would eventually come.

As she was about to die, she still thought of Cheng Shuili's vehicle, and of tomorrow's holiday hot pot, thinking she'd die with regrets—who could have imagined Lao Da was so capable, able to fish her back even after death!

Truly, when mountains and rivers seem to block the way, willows darken and flowers brighten—another village appears.

Su Rui thought, stuffing chips into her mouth while crying.

"Lao Da, do you know? I thought I'd never get to eat this again..." she said, choking on sobs, "When I died, my last thought was… tomorrow is the holiday, do I really not have this blessing?"

Cheng Shuili leaned against the chair back, watching her state, the corners of her mouth slightly rising.

"Now you have it."

Su Rui nodded vigorously, tears falling even harder, but her mouth never stopped.

Guang Hui watched from the side, couldn't help laughing, laughing until his eyes turned red again; he looked at Cheng Shuili, suddenly stood up, knelt before her, and kowtowed loudly.

"Lao Da, I…" his voice hoarse, "I previously helped the War Wolf, though unintentionally, but I indeed did something sorry to Black Feather. When I died, I thought this would be it for this lifetime, that I could never repay what I owe you."

He lifted his head, his eye sockets red, with a noticeable red mark on his forehead.

"Now that you've fished me back, this life of mine is yours from now on."

Cheng Shuili looked at him, silent for a few seconds: "Your life is your own. What would I want your life for? But after you left, you indeed accumulated a lot of affairs. Chen Qing Shan now knows to work hard, so you can't be caught up, right?"

Guang Hui stared for a moment, then laughed, laughing until tears fell again.

"Lao Da is right." He nodded firmly, "I'll get to work now."

He stood up, wiped his face, turned and walked out, reaching the door, then glanced back once.

Cheng Shuili had already sat back in her chair, opening the panel to see what.

Su Rui was still there eating chips, stealing glances at Cheng Shuili while eating, her eyes bright.

Guang Hui withdrew his gaze, pushed the door open and left.

Outside, the sunlight was just right; he took a deep breath and headed toward the Qing Shan car shop.

In the office, Cheng Shuili looked at the unread messages on the panel.

Xinxue sent: "The bronze furnace and Huo Po have been settled; the two sisters live together, and Huo Po's smile hasn't stopped."

Ailin sent: "The Guard Team's training volume has doubled today, because they heard Guang Hui returned, all wanting to see what a resurrected person looks like—neglecting their duties, they should be punished."

Wan Yi sent: "Dinner is ready, today we have an extra dish, asking Lao Da what he'd like to eat."

Cheng Shuili only replied to Wan Yi: "Hot pot, the meal we spoke of for the holiday—we'll eat it today."

【Wan Yi】: No problem!

Cheng Shuili smiled, eyes crinkling, leaning back in her chair, listening to the "crack" of Su Rui eating chips, she began to think about how to obtain the remaining three fragments.

The knot in her heart untied; it was time to get down to business.

After this trip, Cheng Shuili's thoughts had also become much smoother.

Since the system's interior is similar to that of the beastmen… the Rat King holds a fragment in his hand; could the system also have one?

As soon as this idea popped up, Cheng Shuili found it extremely reasonable.

"The phrase 'suspended above the nine heavens'—isn't that referring to constellations? Beichen, Weaver Girl, Venus, Sirius—aren't those constellations?"

Cheng Shuili even thought the fragment might possibly be in Beichen's hand.

However, the fragment in the Rat King's hand is easy to get, the hint is very clear; as for the fragment in Beichen's hand and the last one, how should we obtain them?

Cheng Shuili was thinking, when her eyes suddenly lit up.

Since the system's interior and the beastmen's interior are about the same, isn't that easy to handle?

Those systems all love Game Coin so much, and Cheng Shuili happens to have plenty of Game Coin—couldn't that be just perfect?

The corner of Cheng Shuili's mouth rose slightly.

Problems that money can solve aren't problems.

She stood up.

Su Rui lifted her head, mouth still full of chips: "Lao Da? Where are you going?"

"Looking for someone." Cheng Shuili said, "Stay here."

Su Rui nodded, then lowered her head to continue eating.

……

Beichen felt lately very strange.

Not only did her domain encounter many problems, the other three major systems also more or less faced issues.

Moreover, these problems weren't caused by their negligence.

That feeling was as if a mysterious big hand was secretly stirring up the winds and clouds, constantly opposing them.

This feeling was too strange; since Beichen ascended the throne of the Total System, she had never felt it before.

She looked at the forwarded report saying "Everything normal," her brows furrowing deeper.

There must be something wrong, yet she just couldn't find where the problem lay.

Beichen's gaze swept over those reports, again and again.

Everything normal.

Each subsystem's submitted report consisted of these four characters.

But she knew, not normal, absolutely not normal.

On Zhinü's side, credibility had almost dropped to the lowest; no matter what she said, that group of players didn't trust her.

But this isn't her problem; most of the measures she announced require several departments to coordinate simultaneously, and lately either here or there there's a problem, so they simply cannot be implemented normally.

On Taibai's side, it's still fine; after making a mistake last time, he's become much more cautious, and recently there haven't been any problems.

Tianlang has always been idle, and now is no exception.

Beichen leaned back in the chair and closed their eyes.

Who exactly is it?

Who could pull these little tricks under her nose?

Moreover, these little moves seem chaotic, but upon closer thought they all share a common point: they're all covering up for some "loophole".

It's like someone dug a hole in her house and then set off smoke bombs everywhere, so she can't see where the hole is.

Beichen opened their eyes.

Outside the window was a void of space, with countless data streams flowing through it—that is the lifeline of the whole world, and also the source of disaster.

Two races, two generations of sacrifice, yet no one could control the spread of the disaster.

Now, a hope has finally appeared among humanity, and Beichen will absolutely not allow any problems to arise at this critical juncture.

When Cheng Shuili passed through the Light Gate, several light groups were working overtime.

Yes, overtime.

The Talkative Small Light Group complained while working: "It's all because of that black-haired person, giving us so much work… I don't even have time to rest…"

The light group beside it bumped it: "Stop talking, get to work!"