Life Game In Other World
Chapter 1291: Coincidence (Long - , Request for Monthly Pass)

Chapter 1291: Chapter 1291: Coincidence (Long Chapter, Request for Monthly Pass)

"Is the inventory check finished?"

In the glowing underground warehouse, a woman in a white lab coat holding a record sheet lifted her head and asked the young man beside her quickly.

"Almost done,"

The young man replied calmly. He glanced at the woman and said softly, "The inventory check for Zone F, Zone E, and Zone D are all completed, now only Zone C is left."

He looked at the woman beside him and said, "Zone C is the most dangerous, it consumes the most time."

"Today’s inventory check is a bit overtime."

The woman looked at the record sheet in front of her, her brow slightly furrowed.

At that moment, the screen in front of them lit up, and another young man in a thick lab coat appeared on the screen. He looked at the two outside the screen and quickly said,

"Inventory check for Zone C is finished, the Curse Key shows slight fluctuations, inspection of the surrounding environment found no damage to the sealed environment, currently assumed to be in a no-danger status."

"Okay," the woman holding the record sheet nodded slightly, she drew a triangle symbol behind the ’Curse Key’ on her record sheet,

"Now, according to regulations, the Curse Key will be placed under strict surveillance. As per sealing requirements, two researchers of E-level and above will form a team to monitor it 24 hours a day on shifts. The first round of monitoring lasts three days. If there are still abnormalities after three days, monitoring will continue and the incident will be reported to Beidu."

She looked at the staff on the screen and the staff beside her, "Any objections?"

"No objections."

Both of them shook their heads simultaneously.

"Good," the woman nodded and closed the record sheet in her hand, "According to regulations, you will temporarily monitor it. I will report this information to the boss, the roster will be out by noon, please take care. The extraordinary items in Zone C are very dangerous, please be careful."

"Okay."

Both of them said at the same time.

The woman took a deep breath, turned, and walked towards the small metal door on the other side.

——

First-floor office

"Minister He."

As He Ao pushed the door open, he saw Ye Ying standing behind the door with a smile on her face.

Ye Ying looked at the empty corridor outside, then glanced at Ye Yun beside He Ao, and smiled softly, "My brother is shy, and was too embarrassed to let me go out and meet people. Last night he brought me in when it was late and no one was around, only allowing me to stay in the office and not come out to see you."

"Alright, alright, let’s go inside first."

Ye Yun moved forward as he spoke, walking into the office with He Ao, while giving his sister a glare out of He Ao’s field of view, "Go make tea for Dean He."

"Tsk, feudal patriarch."

Ye Ying stuck her tongue out in response but still ran cheerfully to the water dispenser, picking up a paper cup.

The sibling’s actions were not lost on He Ao, although he didn’t point it out.

The reason Ye Yun didn’t want Ye Ying to come out was quite simple.

Firstly, he cherished his feathers, afraid of colleagues gossiping; secondly, to protect Ye Ying. With many people in the Nandu Research Institute branch, it’s inevitable that someone might notice Ye Ying.

Ye Yun himself had actually just been transferred here recently, and according to the materials He Ao had seen, Ye Yun’s management style was rather rough. Coupled with him being a genius, he was proud to the bone, not truly respected by the entire Nandu branch.

The tallest tree catches the wind; being too high-profile easily attracts envy, and if others can’t harm him, they might target those he cares about.

Ye Yun understood this truth, so he purposely sought Liu Zhengyun to hide Ye Ying’s information, and not many people in the research institute knew that Ye Ying was his sister.

All these factors added up, resulting in this genius being extremely cautious.

After Ye Yun ’handled’ his sister, he immediately turned his gaze to He Ao, raising his hand, "Dean He, come with me."

"No worries, I can find my way on my own."

He Ao laughed, his gaze sweeping over the office.

This office wasn’t big. The overall decor was very simple: a straightforward table, a solid wood bench, a somewhat old tea table, a classic gray-bodied, red-capped old water dispenser, and a large bookcase covering an entire wall made of pressed wood panels.

For the head of a branch in a bustling metropolis, this office could indeed be called ’rudimentary.’

"Minister He, would you like some tea?"

By now, Ye Ying had already reached out, opened the compartment beneath the water dispenser, and retrieved an old tea canister, "I’m telling you, my brother has hidden a lot of good tea, you really must try it."

From her practiced actions, she seemed to have been there more than once.

Ye Yun looked at his sister, who had fetched his treasured tea without his consent, and chuckled helplessly. He turned his head to He Ao, "This tea is really good. I got it from a secluded old tea farmer in undeveloped mountains when I was dealing with a weird event over by East Mountain. You must try it, Dean He."

"Just call me He Ao."

He Ao smiled and said.

This wasn’t the first time he’d said that.

Ye Yun paused slightly, sensing that He Ao didn’t like being addressed this way. Without changing his expression, he chuckled softly, "Then I’ll follow my sister’s lead and call you Minister He."

"Alright."

He Ao nodded slightly, smiling.

By this time, Ye Ying casually tossed the tea leaves into a paper cup, brewed it, and brought it over.

"Normally, this tea should be brewed in a complex manner to fully unleash its fragrance,"

Ye Yun glanced at the tea leaves floating in the paper cup, smiling, "But I’m in a very rudimentary state here, so please forgive me, Minister He."

"It’s fine, I don’t really know how to appreciate tea," He Ao smiled, "My grandfather used to buy tea from street vendors for two bucks a big pack, and I would just toss the leaves into a big kettle, fill it with boiling water and done, one handful of tea leaves could be steeped seven or eight times."

"Hahaha, I was the same when I was little," Ye Yun laughed and raised his cup of tea, "Glad you don’t mind."

"Well, let me try this fine tea."

He Ao smiled and shook his head.

He reached out, grabbed the cup, and brought it to his mouth.

Before his lips could touch the rim, a cool stream of aroma wafted up into his nostrils.

In that instant, he paused slightly.

This mix of warm and cool scents, the moment it entered his nostrils, surged naturally, like energy, into his lungs, and then flowed with the energy into his energy circuit.

"What’s wrong?"

Ye Yun noticed He Ao’s pause, puzzled, and asked.

"Nothing."

He Ao gently took a sip of the hot tea, feeling the alternating warmth and coolness pass through his throat and esophagus, then permeate his body’s flesh and channel, streaming through the flowing energy circuit, reaching every corner of his body.

The aroma contained no energy, yet it had a subtle ’rhythm’ that could calm the agitated energy circuit, making it more stable.

This aroma no longer had much effect on He Ao now, but for Martial Artists who were either beginners or just broke through, it could help stabilize not yet fully settled energy circuits, reinforcing their ’foundation.’

Even for Transcendent talents who had never been exposed to Martial Arts, this aroma could partially soothe the inherent ’distortion’ tendency of the energy circuits created by Talent Sequences, temporarily granting Transcendents a sense of ’relaxation.’

It was like a tranquilizer, making the suffering a bit less painful.

"Every time I drink this tea, for some unknown reason," said Ye Yun, having already taken a sip of the tea soup, chuckling softly, "I always feel much more relaxed, sometimes I even suspect there’s something added to the tea, but analyses and tests always come out normal."

"There are too many secrets in this world, not every event can we understand,"

He Ao glanced at the tea in his hand, took another gentle sip, "This is indeed good tea."

The effect of the second sip wasn’t as good as the first; this thing has a certain tolerance effect.

He shifted his gaze to Ye Yun, then glanced at Ye Ying beside him, and suddenly asked with a smile, "Was Ye Ying also there when you went to handle that weird event in East Mountain?"

This question left Ye Yun momentarily stunned, and then he glanced at Ye Ying with some suspicion.

Ye Ying shook her head, wearing a look that said, ’It wasn’t me who told.’

Ye Yun returned his gaze to He Ao and said softly, "At the time, our whole family was climbing East Mountain, we happened to encounter the weird event, and since I was closest, I went to handle it, as you mention it,"

He paused, looking again at Ye Ying, "It seems like Ying was leading the team that time."

"Although it was a last-minute decision,"

Ye Ying looked at Ye Yun, speaking softly as he looked at her again, "But we did have plans to climb quite early, just hadn’t decided which mountain, wasn’t it just those days we had a holiday?"

"It’s nothing,"

He Ao smiled, "I just suddenly thought of it and asked."

Ye Ying’s ’natural affinity’ might not be only negative.

"Minister He,"

Ye Yun shifted his gaze towards He Ao.

He knew very well that He Ao wouldn’t randomly bring up this question; even though he couldn’t figure out how this tea was related to his sister, he understood that He Ao, who could ask such a question, most likely really knew the problem with Ye Ying.

Before, when Ye Ying told him, he had some doubts, but now he truly believed it.

He took a deep breath and continued, "What exactly is Ying’s problem?"

He Ao looked at him, "Stretch out your hand."

Ye Yun extended his right hand.

He Ao also slowly raised his hand and gently pinched his upper arm, "How does it feel?"

"Not much..."

Ye Yun slightly opened his mouth; He Ao’s grip was so light that Ye Yun didn’t really feel any pressure, he naturally opened and closed his hand and swung his arm, as if nothing had changed from before He Ao held him.

However, before he could finish his words, he suddenly paused, "My hand has no strength?"

"Your sister’s disease is this,"

He Ao withdrew his hand and calmly said, "She constantly has these ’points’ that I just pinched breaking every moment. Normally, only a dead person would have these points completely broken."

What He Ao just ’disguised’ was actually pinching the main energy circuit in Ye Yun’s arm. This slight ’force’ could only temporarily block the energy circuit’s operation, making Ye Yun feel the illusion of ’no strength in the arm.’ In fact, if Ye Yun forced himself to exert strength, the energy circuit could instantly recover.

But this was enough for Ye Yun to understand Ye Ying’s situation.

Hearing He Ao’s words, Ye Yun fell silent. At this moment, he completely believed He Ao’s words.

Strictly speaking, he also had to believe He Ao’s words because everyone else couldn’t even find the problem, while He Ao found a suitable cause.

"Minister He..."

He slightly opened his mouth, looking at He Ao.

"I’ve already said what needed to be said last night," He Ao interrupted him with a smile, "The rest of it was said this morning, now it’s up to you to make your own decision."

He Ao picked up the paper cup and took another sip of tea.

Beside him, Ye Ying slightly opened her mouth and then closed it slowly, turning her gaze to Ye Yun beside her.

Ye Yun looked at He Ao, took a deep breath after a brief pause, "Thank you, I have no..."

"No need to continue,"

He Ao glanced at Ye Yun and softly said, "As I said, I also act on mutual need, Ye Ying’s ’illness’ indeed has great value, helping her also helps me."

Hearing his words, Ye Yun was silent for a moment, "Minister He, from childhood to now, we’ve tried countless methods to find the root of Ying’s disease, and now there’s finally a bit of hope, I am deeply grateful to you; regardless of whether Ying’s illness can be cured, I owe you a favor."

His words were a bit stiff, clearly not used to saying such words of request.

But He Ao also heard the seriousness in his words, and He Ao knew, if he refused again this time, Ye Yun probably wouldn’t feel at ease.

For Ye Yun, He Ao’s said ’research value’ seemed somewhat abstract.

After a brief silence, He Ao calmly said, "Alright, but everything depends on when the dust finally settles."

"Thank you, thank you."

Ye Yun breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hmm?"

At that moment, He Ao’s eyebrows twitched.

Ye Yun looked at He Ao and slightly opened his mouth, just about to say something more, when he saw the young man in front of him suddenly tremble, disappearing from his sight.

The lights in the entire office flickered and then abruptly went out.

—One minute ago—

The young man with a ponytail sitting in front of the computer looked at the open, neatly arranged cards in front of him, his brows deeply furrowed.

He raised his head to look around; the last colleague in the office had just ’gone to the toilet.’

The entire office seemed exceptionally quiet.

He used to enjoy the silence of solitude very much, but now, he felt this silence was a bit terrifying.

Taking a deep breath, he looked at the cards in front of him, "Got to tell the boss about this."

"No, that’s not right, telling the boss might not help, the boss’s strength might not be enough."

"Right, Minister He is here."

"Today Minister He is here, he’s already B-level, he must have a way."

He suddenly stood up, the chair behind him sliding back, "Got to tell Minister He about this."

Next to him, the sturdy chair leg collided with the heater beside it; the heater toppled over, blocking the path of the young man stepping forward.

The young man didn’t notice the heater, stepping out, one foot kicked it aside, and then tripped over the heater’s cord; the old wiring was snapped by the forceful kick, and the flowing electricity fell onto the young man’s body.

The young man’s body trembled.

At that instant, some invisible sound echoed overhead.

Bang bang bang—

It was like a small spoon gently tapping against his skull.

From inside his head.

"This is..."

His eyes widened, and his field of view went completely dark.