Chapter 961: Weekend (First addition for monthly votes)

Dechuang Garden, Room 2303.

Jenna accompanied "Luo Fu" watching TV in the living room, occasionally scrolling through her phone. The two of them spoke very little.

Suddenly, she noticed "Luo Fu" turn her body, her eyes bright as she said:

"I'm back again!"

Jenna didn't respond immediately because "Luo Fu" and Franca had very similar personalities.

Franca immediately picked up her phone and said to Jenna:

"Quick, quick, quick, send me another copy of the 'Information Shredder'."

Hearing "Information Shredder," Jenna finally confirmed that it was the real Franca who had returned.

At this moment, Franca unlocked the screen and found that WeChat had been downloaded back by "Luo Fu," and she had re-added Jenna, Luo Shan, and several employees from the Administration Department, but not "Idiot," "Anred," and "Li Lu."

After taking a look, Franca hurriedly clicked into her WeChat wallet.

Her expression suddenly froze:

"Money, my money... it's gone!"

Jenna's pupils dilated, and she hurriedly leaned over, discovering that Franca's WeChat wallet balance was "0.00 yuan."

"It didn't just delete all the information on the phone, did it even delete the money in my online wallet?" Franca hurriedly re-downloaded a bank app. It took quite a while to complete the login, and she checked the balance.

She let out a long sigh of relief, patted her chest, and said:

"Thank goodness, thank goodness, the bulk is still there. You scared me to death."

After sighing, she explained to Jenna:

"The money in the bank card is still there!"

Jenna glanced at her bank card balance and asked thoughtfully:

"How much money did you originally have in your WeChat wallet?"

"138 yuan," Franca answered fluently, "There's still over 300 yuan in Alipay."

The Alipay app had long been downloaded back by "Luo Fu." She clicked in and saw that there was still over 100 yuan left.

"Uh..." Franca flipped through the bill and finally confirmed that this 100-plus was transferred from the bank card by "Luo Fu" later, and part of it was spent on takeout. The previous 300-plus had indeed disappeared into thin air.

Jenna held her chest, amused:

"You only lost about 500 yuan, yet you acted like you lost all 120,000. You scared me to death."

The 60,000 earned from selling items was currently with Jenna, and she had transferred half of it to Lu Mian and Anthony.

"Don't say unlucky things. 500 yuan is a lot; it's enough for us to buy so many things at the wholesale market!" Franca thought for a moment and said, "I have to transfer a portion to Lu Mian and Anthony. Everyone should keep some separately to avoid it all being blown out at once. I've discovered that this is like a game; being kicked out of the dream might cause you to drop equipment and money, and you might not be able to pick it back up. Yeah, don't put all your eggs in one basket."

"The money in the bank card is there, but the one on the phone is gone?" Jenna pondered, "Because you only cleared the phone information with one click at the time, not the bank card information? Losing money should be a problem with the 'Information Shredder'."

Franca nodded slowly:

"This mini-program is really strong. I suspect it even deleted the corresponding information and backup information on the server. Only then can it deal with mystical photos and not let our chat records be checked..."

Speaking of this, Franca frowned slightly:

"I asked Lady 'Magician' and Lady 'Judgment.' They know every high-level official of the Church of Steam, but none of them is named Stiano."

"Anthony's feeling at the time must have been right. Stiano should have a close connection with the Church of Steam." Jenna also showed a puzzled expression.

"They seem to have suspects and said they would tell us through the Star Dream Grocery Store after confirming." Franca suddenly looked around, pointed to the ceiling, and lowered her voice, "Could it be Him? Only the mini-program made by Him could be so strong, and He can enter with His real consciousness."

"Perhaps..." Jenna's voice also became low.

As a native of Trier, she had received religious education since she was a child and was quite in awe of the gods.

She was now wondering if she would run into the "Eternal Blazing Sun" she once believed in within this dream city one day.

And if the "Eternal Blazing Sun" entered, what would His corresponding dream image look like?

In the brief silence, Franca re-added Lu Mian and the others and completed the distribution of assets—she and Jenna kept 90,000, and Lu Mian and Anthony took 90,000.

Then, she and Jenna exchanged feelings about being kicked out of the dream and the details discovered after returning to reality.

She didn't edit all of this into messages to send to Lu Mian, planning to find an opportunity to meet tomorrow and talk in person.

This was out of fear that sensitive information would cause abnormalities just after being sent, before there was time to delete it with the "Information Shredder."

Lady "Judgment" had said to let her be low-key and careful these few days!

Chatting until nearly 1 AM, Franca stretched:

"It's a good thing 'Luo Fu' didn't spend money lavishly, otherwise I'd be heartbroken."

"Alright, let's wash up and sleep. We have to get up early for work tomorrow. Yeah, you can see if the Hall Film Company is hiring recently and apply. It's a professional match!"

Jenna's mouth curled up, revealing a smile:

"Did you forget that tomorrow is Sunday?"

"Oh, right," Franca froze for a moment, "Going back and forth between the dream and reality has made me confused. 'Luo Fu' was supposed to rest today, but because the group had VIPs and important matters, she worked an extra day... Yeah, tomorrow I have to send Ludwig to the cram school again."

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Xinhong Residential Area, inside the rented house.

Lu Mian didn't supervise Ludwig's studies. After receiving Franca's gift and deleting the transfer information, he continued to search for keywords like "Intis Group" and "VIP" on his phone.

"What are you checking? Do you need help?" Anthony, who was on the side of the table, asked.

"Not for now," Lu Mian answered without raising his head, "I'm collecting information related to Zarathustra, but I can't check it directly using this name."

Without waiting for Anthony to ask again, he added on his own:

"I want to know which hotel Zarathustra is staying at and what his recent itinerary is."

"Are you planning to..." Anthony keenly grasped Lu Mian's idea.

Lu Mian raised his head, revealing a brilliant smile:

"Right, kill him."

"There's no reason for the Celestial Worthy's subordinates to always make the moves while we passively respond and dismantle them. We can also be more proactive—infiltrate, assassinate, eliminate, and let the hidden dangers disappear before they happen."

"Now everyone is Sequence 7, it's not like there's no chance of winning. And from the battle with the resurrected female corpse, we know that as long as we don't let the enemy escape, aren't monitored and recorded, and have no witnesses, the Celestial Worthy can't lock onto us."

Anthony nodded, indicating that Lu Mian's line of thinking was not a problem.

He only reminded:

"Even if suppressed to Sequence 7, that person's essence is still an angel. He must have some mysterious, special, and weird abilities, and he is also good at using substitutes. He is not that easy to kill. Moreover, there might be other subordinates of the Celestial Worthy around him."

"I know," Lu Mian nodded with a smile, "Even if Zarathustra's extraordinary abilities only have the strength of Sequence 7, they will still be very weird and terrifying. We have to take that into account before acting."

After collecting intelligence on Zarathustra for a while, Lu Mian used the "Information Shredder" to delete the search history and began to organize it with pen, paper, and his brain.

After repeatedly looking at the organized information for a long time, he planned to find an opportunity to scout the location tomorrow after accompanying Ludwig to the cram school.

For the rest of the time, he took out the newly acquired ice board and examined the information of each dream character on it for the umpteenth time, along with the preliminary gains of their team observing and contacting these characters.

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The next day, Dream Cram School.

Lu Mian sent the slowly moving Ludwig to the entrance of the Enlightenment English class.

Anderson glanced at him and greeted him:

"Do you want to receive enlightenment together?"

"No need, I'd rather learn to paint," Lu Mian replied simply and pushed Ludwig toward Anderson.

Anderson didn't talk to him anymore either, pulled Ludwig, and walked back into the classroom.

Lu Mian sat opposite and waited patiently as he did last time.

Not long after, he saw Zhou Mingrui again.

Zhou Mingrui was wearing a white T-shirt with a pattern, looking much more youthful and sunny than when he was at work.

Zhou Mingrui wasn't surprised at all by his appearance here, having been mentally prepared, and nodded gently, which counted as a greeting.

Lu Mian didn't go to make small talk, just responded politely.

More contact, less closeness, to lower the target's vigilance!

Moreover, Franca's probe the night before yesterday had a very good effect, successfully making Zhou Mingrui wary of the follow-up of the "Assassin" drink. Now, he had to give him some time to digest such heavy news.

Viewed from this angle, Franca being kicked out of the dream this time was very worth it.

Watching Zhou Mingrui turn into the classroom, Lu Mian withdrew his gaze and played with his phone.

At this moment, he suddenly had a premonition, raised his head, and looked toward the front desk of the cram school.

He saw the principal, Aina Na, and saw her wearing a white dress, accompanying an old man inside.

Behind the two of them were several employees of the Dream Cram School and unfamiliar faces Lu Mian hadn't seen before.

Lu Mian's gaze was cast toward the old man, and he found that he was wearing a black formal suit, his hair was already completely white, he had a long and dense white beard on his face, and his blue eyes were deep to the point of being almost lightless.

Lu Mian's eyes narrowed slightly. He had seen a portrait of this old man:

Zarathustra!

He came to the Dream Cram School again? Lu Mian stood up quietly, retreated like other parents, to avoid this crowd.

Aina Na took Zarathustra and stopped at the door of the Business English class, introducing the corresponding situation.

Zarathustra's gaze followed and cast toward those students.

At this time, Lu Mian had retreated to the depths of the corridor, stopped next to the fire alarm, and looked up at the surveillance camera that could capture this area.

He watched Zarathustra with his peripheral vision. Once the other party had any unusual movements or wanted to talk to Zhou Mingrui, he would first shoot down the surveillance camera from the blind spot, then punch the fire alarm to make the scene chaotic and make everyone rush out of the Dream Cram School.

During this process, he would play the role of a panicked parent, taking Ludwig to constantly block Zarathustra's various actions.

PS: Third update, first addition for August monthly votes, requesting guaranteed monthly votes~

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