“And what about An Chen?”
Yuan Lihuan suddenly changed the subject.
Hearing Yuan Lihuan ask this question, Zhang Wei finally felt a sense of relief.
Yuan Lihuan was indeed very concerned about this young man; he hadn’t gambled wrong.
Moreover, he only asked about An Chen, not even mentioning Su Xiaojiu, who should have been more important.
“He’s doing well. His Realm has already advanced to Qi Refining Fifth Level. We’ve also determined he’s a Disciple of the Qingfeng Sect. This kid is very sly; he never reveals his information to me. But the last time he underwent Transmigration, he asked us to help him resolve his identity issues, and that’s how we found out.”
“Anything else?”
“He’s doing business with a small merchant, cautiously selling things he brought back from Jiuzhou. He’s very careful and never sells things himself. Even that small merchant doesn’t know his identity.”
“He’s a very meticulous person,” Yuan Lihuan commented, and Zhang Wei could hear admiration in his tone.
“Yes.”
Zhang Wei echoed.
And it was indeed true.
Zhang Wei truly felt that An Chen was overly cautious at times, even guarding against the Kunpeng people and him to the death. He didn’t know what he had done wrong.
“Zhang Youcai was also someone he helped us communicate with. Now Zhang Youcai has agreed to cooperate with us. We hardly paid any price to have him relay a message to his master, Jubao Daoren.”
“You did well on this matter.”
“Boss, there’s one more thing. Our organization is still short of people, isn’t it? I tried to recruit him yesterday, but he refused. I feel he doesn’t trust our organization much, and even shows a bit of hostility…”
This time, Yuan Lihuan didn’t immediately respond. After a few seconds, he slowly spoke.
“There’s no hurry with this. We can’t force it. Although he’s a good prospect, it’s not essential to pull him into the organization. For now, maintaining a good, healthy relationship is enough.”
Hearing this, Zhang Wei was a little puzzled.
“Boss, didn’t the document you issued before state that we should actively recruit new members, and if we find good prospects among the populace, we can extend an olive branch after investigation?”
“Special people need special treatment. Everyone is different. This An Chen is exceptionally unique. He also has the capital and confidence to refuse us, so let it be. You continue to maintain the relationship with him. I’ll observe his situation while I’m in Nancheng this time.”
“Understood.”
“I’ll go first if there’s nothing else…”
“Boss, look at your phone!”
A message suddenly swept across the entire internet late at night.
“Chaos greets everyone.”
This message had only seven characters, but for some unknown reason, it was inexplicably pushed to almost everyone by many applications.
Even the homepages of several mainstream social applications were replaced with this single sentence in black text on a white background.
Although it was the middle of the night, this sentence remained displayed for more than ten minutes. There were many night owls among modern people, and countless people saw this message.
And when they screenshotted these images and reposted them, almost everyone in the country saw them.
What was surprising was not just the message, but also the more than ten minutes it stayed up.
This was clearly not the work of the software companies, but rather a hacker who had breached the firewalls of these applications and tampered with their backends.
However, simultaneously breaching the firewalls of so many well-known applications was in itself incredibly hard to believe.
Currently, the network security departments of these large companies have entire teams, with many people on duty even at night. It’s not that easy to breach, and furthermore, they couldn’t regain control for a full ten minutes afterward.
For a time, the internet was abuzz with discussion. Some people were discussing what Chaos was, while others were discussing where Chaos learned computer skills.
“So cool! ‘Chaos greets everyone.’ Just hearing that gives me goosebumps.”
Su Xiaojiu put down her phone, then pinched her throat and said in a squeaky voice:
“Chaos greets everyone!”
But she was clearly not suited to say such an overbearing statement, neither in appearance nor in voice.
Su Xiaojiu looked at An Chen, who was half-reclining on the sofa, quietly looking at his phone, and felt a little puzzled.
“Aren’t you moved at all?”
An Chen chuckled softly.
“Moved by what? What’s so moving about being cool? I just think the person who did such a thing is very foolish. If it’s for fame, that’s only for a period of time. His actions could even get him arrested and locked up.”
An Chen slowly scrolled through the news feed, selecting the information he wanted.
He was looking for news related to the explosion last night. Even ten kilometers away in the demolition zone, he had heard that loud bang.
An Chen had been woken up by the huge sound in the middle of the night.
However, Su Xiaojiu had been sleeping soundly at the time. An Chen could even hear her slight snores when he tried to wake her.
But now, there was very little news about it online, only a few rumors.
These rumors were quite wild, saying that the developer had directly blown up a house with explosives to drive out a holdout tenant.
But this was clearly impossible. An Chen estimated that this matter was probably related to Transcendents and Cultivators.
Because he had felt intense spiritual energy fluctuations, and Hong Shan had also sent them a message late at night, telling them to be careful.
An Chen even suspected that yesterday’s explosion and the message that swept the internet last night were somehow connected, but he had no evidence.
Today was Sunday, and the third year of high school was also on break, so An Chen didn’t go to school.
Early in the morning, An Chen went out again to buy some clothes and other daily necessities for Su Xiaojiu, and also brought back breakfast for her.
However, this one breakfast was enough for three people.
After Su Xiaojiu woke up, she ate it all by herself.
“In Jiuzhou, is there a force called Chaos, or someone with that title?”
Su Xiaojiu thought carefully.
“There’s definitely no person with that name. I can’t think of a Sect right away. Jiuzhou is so big, with hundreds of thousands of Sects. There should always be some Sects using such a name, right?”
Anyway, there’s no trademark registration in Jiuzhou, and it’s even possible that several Sects use the same name.
Naming themselves after the Four Vicious Beasts is quite imposing; the founders of a Sect would probably like it.
“When you go back this time, can you help me check?”
“If I remember, I’ll help you check.”
Su Xiaojiu’s eyes darted, and she suddenly said:
“Why don’t you just call that guy who bothers us every day? Isn’t he an official? He should know, right?”
An Chen shook his head, refusing.
“Forget it.”
“Then I’ll ask Hong Shan.”
Hong Shan might have investigated with his Divine Sense and knows something.
