Chapter 10: Revealing the Extraordinary, a Charlatan?
Yongcheng Street.
Downstairs from the apartment building.
The car stopped by the roadside. Before getting out, Bai Yu glanced at Zhang Youpeng squatting under the ornamental tree.
Bai Yu had always been a punctual person, and seeing this made him feel a little embarrassed.
At the same time, he couldn’t help but value such a friend a little more.
He thought that he could share some content about the Spiritual Qi Awakening.
As for why he didn’t find his relatives?
That’s too complicated.
Simply put, his family in this life had severe mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts, and his maternal grandparents passed away early.
The original host’s parents died in a car accident when he was in high school.
At 16, he already had strong independent abilities, plus a large compensation from the car accident, so life was not a problem.
Of course, it wasn’t that all the relatives around him seemed malicious; some were quite caring on a normal basis.
However, lacking the mediation of his parents, he had little contact with relatives and no deep feelings for them.
With a lack of family emotional connection, the original host naturally placed more importance on cultivating friendships with classmates and was well-liked by those around him.
As for love, the original host also yearned for it greatly, perhaps wanting to make up for a family.
This was Bai Yu’s analysis of the original host’s humanity.
Now, he was the inheritor of all those relationships.
He opened the car door.
He waved at Zhang Youpeng.
‘I will take good care of your brothers.’
Zhang Youpeng immediately stood up and jogged over.
He excitedly patted Bai Yu and asked curiously, “Why did you go to the antique street?”
“It’s a long story. I’ll put my things back first, and then I’ll chat with you when I come down.”
Zhang Youpeng looked at the pile of Secret Manuals and other books Bai Yu had bought, feeling a bit confused.
After a while, Bai Yu came down.
“Come, let’s talk as we walk.”
Zhang Youpeng grumbled when he heard that, “Damn! I’ve been baking in the sun for half an hour, and you still want me to walk? I thought you’d take care of me, maybe get a taxi or something, *yingyingying*~”
“I can punch one *yingying* monster with one punch.”
As he spoke, Bai Yu looked around.
The sun was strong, and there was almost no one on the road.
Seeing this, Bai Yu pulled Zhang Youpeng and headed towards the main campus, saying in a low voice, “I have something important to tell you.”
Zhang Youpeng was a bit clueless but still followed obediently.
After walking for a while.
Bai Yu cleared his thoughts, relaxed a bit, and asked, “In all your years, have you ever seen anything strange?”
“Strange? What kind are you talking about?”
“Like supernatural stuff.”
Zhang Youpeng looked at him with a strange expression.
He scratched his head and said seriously, “Yes!”
Bai Yu was a little surprised, “Tell me about it.”
“My mom told me that when I was just born in the countryside, a white tiger came to my doorstep and kowtowed nine times. The fortune teller said this was the fate of an emperor! In ancient times, I would have been at least an imperial decree.”
“When I was one year old, a flock of birds flew into the sky, exactly one hundred of them. It was called the ‘Hundred Phoenixes Singing’!”
“When I was two years old, a giant turtle came to my door and passed by three times without entering.”
After hearing the first one, Bai Yu wondered if this kid really had such a destiny.
The people around me seem to be from the river!
But the rest seemed a bit off.
Thinking about it carefully, you’re already 21 years old!!! The Spiritual Qi Awakening hadn’t even begun when you were born!
Bai Yu slapped the guy on the forehead with a force that made him exclaim.
“Damn it, are you trying to fool me?”
“Hey~! You were the one who tried to fool me first.”
“How did I try to fool you?”
“You asked me about supernatural oddities with a serious face, weren’t you trying to fool me? I’ve played this trick a million times. You act all proper and fool people, then laugh at them.”
“Keep your voice down.”
“No, you have to let me hit you, or I won’t be able to sleep tonight.”
“Go ahead.”
Zhang Youpeng, this sturdy young man, only lightly patted him, and Bai Yu couldn’t help but laugh, like a child.
After thinking about it, he adjusted his expression and said seriously, “I’m telling you the truth, there really are supernatural phenomena.”
Zhang Youpeng froze, stared intently into Bai Yu’s eyes, and touched his forehead.
“It’s a bit hot, are you burning up?”
“The sun is shining.”
“You’re not having an episode?”
“No.”
“Then tell me, what exactly did you experience to say such crazy things?”
“It was last night.”
“Last night? The car accident!?”
“Yeah. I tracked that car with a drone the whole time. The murderer abandoned the car and jumped into the river.”
“I know, the news reported it.”
“But before he entered the river, he revealed his Fishman form.”
Zhang Youpeng’s eyes widened, staring at Bai Yu, trying to see if the guy was playing a trick on him.
“!!! Really? Did you bring the footage?”
“It was confiscated by the officials.”
“Don’t you know that your answer sounds like a con artist? You have a whole spiel, but no evidence.”
But Bai Yu took out his phone.
Zhang Youpeng raised an eyebrow, thinking Bai Yu was bold enough to keep a backup.
To his surprise, he saw a group chat.
It was the group the investigator had asked Bai Yu to join.
Why would Bai Yu so brazenly violate the investigator’s rules?
Heh~ In times like these, those who stick to the rules are the ones who don’t know how to adapt.
The officials’ lenient management clearly considered that those in the know might leak information to those around them.
The news of the Spiritual Qi Awakening spreading slowly in this manner was a good thing.
It was like a heavy bomb slowly releasing its power, so when it truly exploded, it wouldn’t be as destructive.
At least eighty percent of the informed people in this group would leak the information!
After all, in the face of such a great crisis, finding reliable people to band together was the only way to have a semblance of security.
Foolishly adhering to the rules meant always being one step behind.
Zhang Youpeng scrolled through the chat records and saw various pieces of information.
The key was that there were pictures!
But he still couldn’t help but say, “Who did you hire as actors? So professional! The plot is flawless.”
“Heh heh~ Fine, then we won’t look. If you ask me later, I won’t know anything either.”
“Hey, hey, hey, I was wrong, Yu Ge, I was wrong~!”
After that, Zhang Youpeng naturally bombarded Bai Yu with questions.
Bai Yu also told him a lot of information he knew, excluding his Golden Finger.
Of course, he also mixed in some of his own thoughts.
“The world is so dangerous now, what should we do?”
“You ask me, how would I know? I’ve only just encountered this new world.”
“Do you think I should tell my parents?”
“We young people have strong acceptance and are more resilient. But it’s different for the elderly. However, this is something you have to consider yourself.”
“Sigh, it would be good to have a direction to strive for.”
“Who says there’s no direction? Follow me, and you’ll soar.”
“You haven’t awakened any god-tier talents.”
“But we have brains. Let’s take it step by step. Telling you is just having an extra brain, more ideas, and strength in numbers.”
As they chatted, they approached the school.
Zhang Youpeng thought of their other roommates.
“By the way, Li Hua’s family is so rich, could he have known already?”
“Hard to say, he might have known for a while.”
“That brat, he’s going to get it when he comes back from vacation! And Wang Haobin, well, this pretty boy only knows how to date, he probably doesn’t know. As for Liang Yunfei, the internet addict, he definitely doesn’t know anything, otherwise, how could he be playing games so peacefully. Oh, right, Sun Yi!”
“Sun Yi? Who is that?”
“Damn! There are six of us in our dorm, you forgot? He was still at school in his first year. But he wasn’t seen in his second and third years. Now it seems, this guy is very suspicious.”
Bai Yu really didn’t have much impression of this person. Hearing this, he vaguely remembered.
“It’s possible. He was quite diligent in his studies in his first year, it’s unlikely he would suddenly abandon them, and more importantly, the school hasn’t taken any action.”
Although they chatted for a long time and didn’t figure out their future path.
For Bai Yu, not having to keep it bottled up and being able to find a familiar person to discuss these things with was incredibly comfortable!
Moreover, Bai Yu had something to rely on; the Wordless Heavenly Book was already in his possession.
During the football game in the afternoon, Zhang Youpeng looked worried, fearing that the students around him would suddenly turn into monsters and attack.
Bai Yu had witnessed what he looked like on the first morning after receiving the news.
After the game, when taking a taxi back, Zhang Youpeng asked Bai Yu to carefully check if the driver was a monster in disguise.
The scared look on the sturdy young man’s face was quite amusing.
At six in the evening, while it was still bright, Bai Yu returned downstairs to the apartment building, bought an iron basin, and quickly went back.
He took out the bag containing the books and looked at the six books with blank covers, taking a deep breath.
“Let’s burn!”
