First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?!
Chapter 163: Hidden strength? I’ll count it as you hiding three realms—so what?

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Lu Ding didn’t ask Yan Feifan why he happened to be on the phone with Bai Hemen.

He continued along the thread of Yan Feifan’s words.

“Yes, based on the above, the Yu family did care about him when he first had problems.”

“So at the start, they didn’t give up on him.”

“As for why they later stopped caring, the turning point was in the third month after Yu Chen’s incident.”

“In the second month, the Yu family had basically exhausted most of the available options they could find.”

“So behind the scenes, they probably lost hope of restoring Yu Chen’s original talent in that second month.”

“But even then, the Yu family still hadn’t given up on him.”

“Until the third month, when Yu Chen went out and got involved with Qu Ningyan from the Qu family in Yunmeng—who is currently ranked first on Yunmeng’s Prodigy Ranking—that’s when their attitude toward Yu Chen changed.”

“That’s also when Yu Chen started shifting, from a gifted, steady, mature-for-his-age type, into a careless playboy.”

“Then after that, he quieted down, rarely going out—it looked like some kind of learning and transition process.”

Yan Feifan added in:

【A lot of things don’t happen overnight. Habits also don’t change that quickly. The difference before and after is so huge—there’s something fishy going on in the middle. Brother Lu, I’ve got a pretty wild theory.】

“I’ve got one too.”

That line came from Bai Hemen.

In that moment, it felt like the whole world went quiet.

Lu Ding’s level of surprise was like Liu Bei hearing a plan from Zhang Fei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

And it was pretty much the same line.

Me too!

It came with an inexplicable touch of humor.

Lu Ding: “You go first.”

Bai Hemen looked thoughtful, his expression serious as he said, “What if Yu Chen isn’t the same person anymore?”

“Possession.”

A gentle breeze passed by.

No one replied, so Bai Hemen, a bit embarrassed, added, “Alright, fine, you guys talk.”

“Pahahahahahahahahahaha……”

Lu Ding and Yan Feifan both burst into laughter at the same time.

Leaving Bai Hemen totally confused: “What? What are you laughing at? I know it sounds ridiculous.”

“But didn’t Feifan just say he had a wild theory too? Mine’s wild, right? Isn’t it wild?”

The naive ones often accidentally hit the nail right on the head.

At that moment, Bai Hemen had said something that went straight to the heart of the issue.

“Not only is it not wild, it might actually be very likely!!”

Lu Ding said, then explained further: “Of course, it doesn’t have to be possession—it might be a situation like Tong Yong’s.”

“For him to make such a massive change in such a short time, there must’ve been some outside influence.”

Yan Feifan’s voice came from the phone to add:

【But what that external influence was, we don’t know. The Yu family definitely investigated, definitely suspected something. Yu Chen must’ve slipped up somewhere—but they couldn’t find it.】

【There’s no way a big Qi cultivator family like the Yu clan is full of idiots.】

【So if they couldn’t find anything, there are only two possibilities. One: Yu Chen is fine.】

【Two: Yu Chen has a problem, but it’s something even their methods can’t detect.】

【If you know there might be an issue and still can’t uncover it, then that thing must be both unknown and dangerous.】

【But since he’s part of the Yu family, they can’t just toss him aside—that would chill the hearts of other family members. So their best move is to quietly sideline him.】

【That way, if something truly unexpected happens, they can immediately cut ties with Yu Chen and say, ‘We wrote him off ages ago.’】

【And the starting point for this—his internal injury—that’s the perfect excuse and justification.】

Lu Ding nodded to affirm Yan Feifan’s reasoning.

“The current head of the Yu family may be Yu Chen’s father, but he also carries the whole family on his shoulders. And Yu Chen isn’t his only descendant.”

“So marginalizing him is the best and safest choice.”

【Brother Lu, maybe Yu Chen’s got some old geezer living in him, or maybe he really was possessed, or had his mind influenced by something—we can’t rule anything out.】

Bai Hemen had listened to their whole analysis.

He said, “Then should we go ask Qu Ningyan about it?”

Lu Ding gave him a side glance with a smile: “Xiaobai, you really love taking roundabout detours and wasting time on useless crap, huh?”

Bai Hemen blinked, confused: “Huh?”

“And even if it really was that easy to check, the Yu family would’ve already figured it out. It’s not our place to be guessing.”

“Whatever we can think of, others have already thought of. There’s no shortage of fools in this world, but there are even more smart people—never underestimate anyone.”

“I can tell you right now—even if we went, it’d be a waste of time.”

“So what should we do?” Bai Hemen was a bit lost.

His brain cells really weren’t equipped to think this hard. If he was the type to figure all this out...

Back then, he wouldn’t have been so stupid—killing a teammate without even bothering to make up an excuse.

“I approved two months of reform-through-study for him. When the time comes, we’ll use that as the excuse to go bring him in.”

Yan Feifan hadn’t talked this much with Lu Ding in a long time. He was feeling fired up today and kept adding on.

【Exactly—what’s the point of digging for evidence? Just go bring him in. Either way, if you find something, he’s getting arrested.】

【If you find something, you arrest him. If you don’t find something, you still arrest him. So just grab him first and figure it out later. Then... then...】

“Then bring him straight to Yunhai’s main bureau. Worst case, send him to the advanced training facility—if we can’t figure it out, someone else can. That’ll verify if he’s real or fake.”

Lu Ding said, a smile forming on his face.

The whole idea was to play it completely out of left field.

Investigate the cause? Investigate the logic? Dig here, dig there?

What’s the end result? Arrest.

If it’s not serious—fine, two months of reform and study.

If it is a possession or identity swap, then drag out whatever’s inside him and kill it.

With the 749 Bureau at their backs, why wouldn’t they use that power?

There are so many powerhouses in 749—Lu Ding didn’t believe they couldn’t handle it.

If you were that powerful, you’d be soaring into the heavens already—why keep hiding?

Bai Hemen’s mind cleared again, his thought process leveling up instantly.

He used to be level 1. After hanging with Lu Ding for a while, he was level 10. But now, after hearing this plan from Lu Ding—

A golden flash—level 100.

And he said, “So 749 can be used like that?”

“Of course. Don’t just charge in solo on everything—learn to use all the resources around you.”

Now that the spark of conflict between Lu Ding and Yu Chen was lit—

Lu Ding was going to snuff it out himself.

If Yu Chen really was still the same person—fine, whatever he does won’t work anyway, even if he seems to be in the Zhaoxuan Realm. Lu Ding would count it as him hiding two realms.

Above Linghai is Divine Palace. So what if he’s in Divine Palace?

Lu Ding could still slap him down with one hand.

Forget two realms—make it three. Count it as him hiding three realms.

Even if what he’s hiding is the Si Ming Realm—

So what?

Bottom line—he’s not flipping the sky. Lu Ding just killed a Si Ming today.