Chapter 23: Oh No, Found It!

No one understands Huo Junze better than Mo Mishu; a single glance or a furrow of his brow is enough to guess what he is thinking.

"Boss, have you taken a fancy to the value of this shop?"

Huo Junze's gaze was deep and inscrutable; he looked somewhat serious.

How rare.

A small shop could actually make the boss show such a serious expression!

"It might exceed your imagination."

The veins on the back of his hand pulsed as his fingertips tapped against the tabletop.

In the quiet office, his low voice sounded somewhat urgent.

"Trace the address where this shop is registered, lock onto the Light Brain, and contact the user." He then looked at him earnestly, "You handle this personally."

"Understood, President."

After giving the order, he stood up and walked out, and Mo Mishu hurriedly followed.

"Boss, the meeting later..."

Huo Junze in front did not look back, "Postpone it, you preside in my stead, I am going there myself."

When Mo Mishu heard him say this, he knew that within three minutes, he had to get this address for him.

"Understood, President."

Just as Huo Junze entered his spaceship, he received the location sent by Mo Mishu on his Light Brain.

His efficiency truly did not disappoint him.

But when he looked at the coordinates, he still frowned.

How could it be at the Wasteland Garbage Dump?

Aside from mountains of trash and a severely polluted environment, that place could be described as completely desolate.

No one would associate the Wasteland Garbage Dump with plants.

Sometimes, the most dangerous place is the safest place.

He became increasingly curious about the person behind this.

(Ruan Mian: Bro, you're overthinking it.)

The spaceship traveled at a very high speed, jumping across two Space Folds, and the scene that appeared before him was a cluster of desolate planets.

It was pitch black; no light could be seen on the planets.

It did not look like a place with high technology, so, filled with doubt, he locked onto the signal emitted by the Light Brain and flew toward the planet at full speed.

Even Lu Yi had not expected that he would attract the attention of the higher-ups so quickly.

Otherwise, once the Signal Jammer was turned on, how could he have possibly found his way here?

Even now, after Huo Junze had landed, he still could not find any sign of people.

The three Defense-type Simulation Humans he brought with him had all been sent out to scout, but no information had been sent back.

Could it be that the address Mo Mishu gave was wrong?

Or was it that the person behind this used some other technology to shield their signal? Or perhaps, they used a fake account?

Using a fake account was absolutely forbidden; once discovered, one would be arrested immediately—it was a crime.

One person could only bind one account.

It was equivalent to a person's ID card; under what circumstances could one use someone else's account?

That's right, it must be linked to criminal acts like murder.

Huo Junze could not help but knit his brows.

He suddenly felt a trace of doubt about his decision to come here.

Suddenly, his Light Brain captured a signal: it was a spaceship, flying toward this location at high speed.

Could it be that shopkeeper?

The Light Brain had already listed all the information for that spaceship.

A small, private, ordinary spaceship with zero attack power, and it was even registered.

It posed no threat.

The spaceship landed straight down not far from Huo Junze.

A young girl stepped out from it.

She was smiling and talking to her Light Brain as she walked over.

When she saw him, she was visibly stunned for a moment.

Her eyes revealed an expression he was incredibly familiar with—the kind of appreciation for his appearance.

Well, obviously; such a top-tier handsome man was hard to see even in daily life, let alone in such a godforsaken wasteland.

"Hello."

He didn't know the situation yet, nor did he know the identity of the girl in front of him, so Huo Junze chose to hold his position and figure things out first.

Not expecting such a handsome man to take the initiative to greet her, Ji Jialin was also stunned, feeling a little flutter of excitement inside.

"Are you here to look for Ruan?"

Halfway through her sentence, she contradicted herself; she had been here several times and had never seen this handsome man, it had always been just Ruan alone.

Moreover, looking at the man's attire, it looked very expensive, clearly out of place here.

He didn't seem like a friend of Ruan.

"No, no, you don't look like one either..."

If he were a friend Ruan knew, then why would she still be living in this place alone?

It was both remote and desolate.

"I get it, you must be here to look for something just like me!"

Otherwise, who would come running to a place like this with such eager eyes?

Hearing her say this, Huo Junze had no intention of exposing anything, and this reason was also reasonable.

He was very interested in the Ruan mentioned by her.

"Mm, pretty much!"

How could looking for a person not count as looking for something?

"Then you can go take a look at Planet Three; that's where all the recent trash is piled up, you shouldn't be able to find anything here."

After saying this, she didn't care about anything else and strode forward.

A handsome man is certainly important, but only food is real!

No one can affect the speed at which she eats.

Huo Junze still wanted to pry something out of her mouth, but he saw that she simply ignored him entirely.

He watched as this girl walked not far away and pulled a bell out of a small, upright iron box.

It rang with a clinking sound.

With a creak, like the sound of a door opening, a door suddenly opened in the empty space in front of him.

It was enough for people outside to see a different scene.

So she had used a Signal Jammer!

No wonder he couldn't find it.

It's just that this Signal Jammer was a bit too advanced; even his detector hadn't been able to find it.

"Ruan! I'm here! What good food is there today???"

As soon as Ruan Mian opened the door, she saw Ji Jialin's excited face, and she guessed that besides her, no one else would come at this time.

"Didn't you just pack two meals to take back yesterday? You finished them already?"

When mentioning this, a somewhat embarrassed expression appeared on her face.

"I originally wanted to save them for today, but I really couldn't help myself when I got back, and I accidentally ate them all..."

I just took a bite here and a bite there, and for some reason, I couldn't stop, and then they were gone.

However, Ruan Mian didn't mind; she came to deliver money to her, and who would complain about having too little money?

"Then should I eat a little less today?" Ji Jialin was afraid that she would think she ate too much and was a bother, and wouldn't make food for her anymore, so she asked while cautiously watching her expression.

Ruan Mian smiled helplessly, "Don't worry, even if you eat to your heart's content, you won't eat me into bankruptcy!"

"Really? That's great! Ruan, I love you to death!"

A big hug almost choked her neck.

Just as the two were laughing and playing, Ruan Mian's gaze suddenly met the man not far away.

Suddenly, her body stiffened, her heart rate accelerated, and her breathing even stalled for a moment...