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Yun Yi sighed and glanced at the batch of boxes. "Texas, could you please open all the boxes for me? I can fit everyone in at once."
"Hmm." Texas responded. This time, her movements were extremely fast. Yun Yi only felt a blur before Texas's afterimage, trailing a white shadow, flashed past in front of the boxes, and all the boxes opened at the same time.
Texas landed in front of Yun Yi in the blink of an eye. She raised her hand to brush away the non-existent dust on her shoulder, and the tip of her tail swayed gently under the hem of her clothes.
Yun Yi stared at her fluffy wolf tail, which trembled slightly as she stopped moving, and subconsciously compared Lappland's speed with hers.
Texas seems to be a bit faster, or perhaps Lappland wasn't really going all out when she fought her, just to have fun...
"Please." Texas's voice pulled Yun Yi back to reality.
She was calmly gazing at Yun Yi, her amber eyes still gleaming with a metallic coldness under the warm light of the row of boxes, subtly leaning towards a dazzling gold, making her appear particularly serene and beautiful.
"Ah? Oh." Yun Yi finally came to her senses, and she couldn't help but sigh as she looked into the other person's beautiful eyes.
—While Texas's eyes may not be as striking as Swire's or Lappland's, they are still very beautiful.
Volume Two: Fireworks at Dragon Gate: Chapter 119 Yun Yi: Oops! I forgot to build relationships—so how do you build relationships?
After a moment of reflection, Yun Yi placed his palm over the collar, his thoughts connecting with the 64 victims in the Nirvana's cockpit who wanted to leave.
She raised her other hand and aimed it at the open boxes in front of her. A faint blue light flashed across her palm, and then everyone silently lay down inside the boxes.
18 boxes for 3 people, 5 boxes for 2 people.
After Texas counted and confirmed that everyone was there, she quickly walked away and closed all the boxes.
With a slight magnetic click, the 23 boxes closed perfectly.
Texas put one hand on her hip and flashed back to her original spot, pulling out a Pocky stick from somewhere and putting it in her mouth. Then she picked up a terminal from her coat pocket. "Next, we need to enter everyone's target and address into this terminal."
"Huh? I thought providing paper information would be enough." Yun Yi waved his hand and placed the corresponding paper information for each person in front of the box, scratching his head. "Turns out they need electronic versions."
Texas's brow remained unmoved as her slender fingers deftly slipped the terminal back into her pocket. Her voice was calm as she said, "Rest assured, Penguin Logistics is more than professional."
As she spoke, she took out a folder with the Penguin Logistics logo from inside her coat, tapped the cover lightly with her fingertips, and said, "The paper information is fine too."
"Wait a moment, I'll register right away." Before Texas could finish speaking, her hand deftly opened the folder, pulled out the pen tucked inside, and lightly pressed the end of the pen.
The black, oily pen tip clicked open, her gaze sweeping over the 64 documents stacked on the floor. Her slender, pale fingers deftly turned to the blank registration form.
Yun Yi frowned slightly as he stared at the pile of documents on the floor. He stepped forward and said, "So much information... Let me help."
Texas flicked her wolf ears, then immediately shook her head slightly to stop him, pen in hand: "No need for that, it's my duty."
She looked up at Yun Yi, her words concise yet resolute, "As a client, Miss, you can go back to the bar to rest now. Penguin Logistics will ensure that your request is handled flawlessly."
Yun Yi glanced at the densely written information on the ground, then looked at Texas, who had finished speaking, squatted down, picked up a document, and started flipping through it. He then wisely turned and left.
—There must be some secret involved, making it inconvenient for an outsider like her to help.
Recalling what Swire had said about Texas being very protective of its company's information, Yun Yi felt that his guess was reasonable, so he no longer hesitated and summoned the teleportation map of the pocket anchor point.
As she tapped the map with her thoughts, Yun Yi flashed and appeared next to the pocket anchor point in the bar warehouse.
The dimly lit warehouse remained the same as before, with shelves full of goods, no one around, and the doors tightly shut.
Yun Yi was stunned for a moment before she remembered that the warehouse was sealed off, and she had previously traveled directly through it using the Nirvana Ship.
"I should have just walked back." Yun Yi, who just wanted to be lazy, touched the collar, closed his eyes, and re-entered the Nirvana.
Inside the driver's compartment.
The prison dissipated, and the people were sent to 001. Only a small house remained in the center of the space, where Zalak and Rupert, the two who could give some of the people behind the scenes a surprise, were imprisoned. They were "sleeping" soundly inside.
After returning to the space and confirming that the two were still "sleeping," Yun Yi subconsciously yawned before looking up at the outside world in front of him.
She slowly controlled the Nirvana, coated it with special mist, and the mecha emitted a faint hum. It passed directly through the wall, concealed itself, and silently glided through the corridor like a ghost, flying all the way back to the bar lobby.
Inside the lobby, the scattered bottles and wildly spinning colored lights that had previously littered the floor had vanished. The clean and tidy floor reflected the warm golden chandelier on the ceiling, while light and pleasant jazz music played.
—She and Texas had only been gone for less than ten minutes, yet the place had already returned to normal?
"Wow, that's really efficient." Yun Yi sincerely gave a thumbs up to the bar staff who were no longer present, then muttered somewhat blankly, "I'm back, but what's next?"
The system, which had remained silent while she was communicating with someone, immediately chimed in: [Find the person!]
"Huh? You're still here?" Yun Yi raised her eyebrows in surprise. The system hadn't spoken since she started taking action, and she thought it had gone silent again.
[I'm always here] The system's tone is proud: [This system will stand guard for the main body 24 hours a day, extremely dedicated!]
"Listen to what you're saying, System. You're actually telling me you're super dedicated?" Yun Yi was speechless. She pinched the system panel that automatically popped up whenever the system spoke, revealing a dangerous smile. "Why don't you count how many times you've disconnected?"
That unreliable guy really has the nerve to say that!
"[That's all due to force majeure!]" the system shouted defiantly. "Besides, I only went offline to resolve issues with the main system, didn't I?"
"Heh, why don't you explain why we need to solve this problem? Alright, stop bothering me, I'm thinking." Yun Yi released the panel, too lazy to argue with it about the facts.
The system, feeling guilty, shut up on its own. Yun Yi lowered his head, racking his brains to recall what Swire had said before leaving, "Victim... residence... signal tower and Texas, ugh!"
Yun Yi gasped. She remembered that she needed to maintain a good relationship with Texas!
Did I manage to build a good relationship with the other party just now?
Yun Yi quickly went through the memories in his mind, and after a long while, he couldn't help but rub his forehead and smile bitterly—they were handing over the task in a businesslike manner the whole time, without even exchanging a word of pleasantries.
"How about we go back and chat with them now?" Yun Yi immediately rejected the idea. "No way, disturbing their work would be a terrible mistake."
She closed her eyes, wearing a mask of pain, and thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure out how to get along with someone as bland as Texas. So she gave up. "Forget it, let's deal with another matter first. The signal tower is more important."
Unable to contain its curiosity, the system couldn't help but ask, "[A cell tower?]"
"One of 002's great inventions is the ability to transmit and receive high-tech signals that can be transmitted throughout Terra."
After giving a brief explanation, Yun Yi asked, "I need to find a safe and spacious place for it nearby. Where do you think would be suitable?"
Yun Yi's earnest questioning greatly invigorated the system's spirits, which had been waning.
After acquiring her information with astonishing efficiency, He rapidly calculated and ultimately provided the answer: [Based on your current strength, two locations are suitable.]
[Firstly, there's a strategically important and easily defensible canyon in the wilderness outside Lungmen; secondly, there's the Lungmen slums—I recommend the slums!]
“I can understand the wilderness, but what’s with the slums?” Yun Yi raised an eyebrow, feeling deeply uneasy. “Isn’t that the territory of that dangerous Rat King?”
[Hehehe, while I was compiling the list, I discovered that the Rat King's daughter is also in Longmen, and judging from her strength, she's no match for you, the main character.]
After emitting a series of mesmerizing electronic laughs, the system cheekily announced its "brilliant method": "[You bind her to a forced contract, then pretend to the outside world that you kidnapped her. Won't the Rat King obediently hand over his territory to you?]"
Volume Two: Fireworks at Longmen: Chapter 120 Shi Huaiya: ...Huh?!
"........."
Yun Yi remained silent, his fingertips rapidly sliding and clicking on the system panel, his brows furrowing more and more deeply.
The system was smugly waiting for her to adopt the plan, but Yun Yi didn't respond for a long time.
He grew impatient and couldn't help but probe, "[Main Body? Why aren't you speaking?]"
"Shut up." Yun Yi didn't even look up, staring at the panel he had already flipped through, his tone irritated. "Where are the system's volume settings? Why isn't there a function to shut you up?"
[???] The system panicked instantly, and the panel shook violently. [Eh? Eh! -- Why did you ban me?!]
Yun Yi snorted and rolled his eyes at the panel. "What do you think? You give advice without thinking. I'm afraid I'll catch your bad habit and die for nothing."
Her own style of doing things was already quite simple and crude, but the system's suggestion was even more ruthless—to fake the kidnapping of the other party's daughter to threaten them!
What's the difference between this and kidnapping someone and then threatening them?
Both require confronting the other party head-on.
Moreover, if she fights the opponent directly, the opponent might stop short of defeat, since she also has Swire on her side who has some power.
Kidnapping their daughter? Even if the daughter is not favored, the other party would have to take real action to maintain their position, and might even want to make an example of them, using the most ruthless methods against them.
In short, it's no different from asking for trouble.
The system had no way of knowing what Yun Yi was analyzing, but it could hear the disdain in Yun Yi's words.
The system suddenly felt a pang of self-doubt, and its first instinctive response was a defensive excuse: "I don't have a brain, so of course my advice won't be thought through."
"Tsk, are you a child?" Yun Yi was certain that the system could understand what she meant. Saying this was purely sophistry, simply to force her to retract her previous statement.
It's similar to a child dragging an adult around and throwing a tantrum, demanding a toy or else saying "I won't listen."
[No way!] the system immediately retorted. [I'm already a mature version 2.0, not a child!]
"Say whatever you want, just don't bother me." Yun Yi searched for a long time on the panel but couldn't find the mute button. She wasn't disappointed and directly told the system to shut up on its own.
Honestly, it's better for her to figure it out herself than to discuss it with the system. That way, she won't be led astray. She almost actually considered the success rate of kidnapping someone's daughter just now.
After all, she herself actually prefers this kind of straightforward plan that involves just getting things done.
Fortunately, she still had some sense and didn't impulsively ask Swire how the plan could be successfully implemented.
If I actually ask, I'm afraid I'll get another long-winded lecture from Swire.
The system repeatedly confirmed that it hadn't misheard. Yun Yi had openly and earnestly told it to shut up, and immediately [ooh T^T] let out a sound and really shut up.
The system couldn't disobey Yun Yi as the main body. Even if it wanted to say something, once it understood Yun Yi's meaning, it couldn't say it.
When Yun Yi was researching the system, he was in a hurry to take action and only glanced at the bolded core content of the system's dense usage terms.
Therefore, she only knew that the system could not disobey her will, but she did not notice that even if she spoke casually, as long as it contained a command, the system could not disobey her either.
At this moment, the system remained silent. Yun Yi subconsciously thought that it had broken down and become withdrawn. After all, it was a child, and it was normal for it to be emotional. Moreover, the other party had a history of such behavior.
Yun Yi calmly reorganized his thoughts and began to consider which of the two places the system had mentioned earlier was more suitable.
If she could, she would like to build a signal tower in the coffee shop, the place she originally intended to call "home," which would be both close and meaningful—it would be Terra's first piece of land that belonged to her.
Unfortunately, it is not suitable in terms of either the area occupied or the current situation where Wei Yanwu is watching the coffee shop.
The newly renovated signal towers, or rather, transmitting devices, are so large that even a single one occupies the size of a coffee shop lobby, and a cluster of dozens or hundreds would occupy the area of at least a large factory.
She had only glanced at the map of Longmen before, and it seemed that there wasn't such a large empty space; it was basically filled with various buildings.
Without considering slums, it seems that the only option left is to look at unclaimed wilderness.
However, she had already set her last anchor point; the wilderness was so far away that traveling back and forth would be too inconvenient.
Perhaps she could buy new pocket anchors and other items that can be teleported?
Swire's suggestion to prioritize improving strength is spot on—in a world where individual bravery can sway the situation, strength is the only true measure of success.
One force can overcome all methods.
Yun Yi nervously wrapped his fingers around a strand of hair several times, his thoughts suddenly returning to the slums.
The slums are crammed with low-rise shacks, and the streets and alleys are filthy and unmanaged. It is clearly a no-man's-land with cheap land prices.
More importantly, it's close to several of her anchor points, and with the Nirvana ship for transportation, the round trip is just a blink of an eye if she drives fast.
It's certainly suitable, but the Rat King... Hmm, is there any way to deal with him—kidnap him and trap him? No, no, she's definitely been led astray by the system.
Yun Yi shook her head, trying to shake off this extremely tempting idea that would solve everything once and for all.
But the more she shook it, the more her heart fluttered.
Yun Yi thought to herself, if she could get 5,000 points tonight, just using them to upgrade the Nirvana would be enough to greatly increase her strength.
Facing the Rat King might actually allow them to capture people easily, saving time and effort.
Once the thought took hold, it instantly took root and grew wildly in Yun Yi's mind, making her itchy and eager to take action immediately to earn five thousand Rat Kings.
Impulsive emotions surged into his mind like a tide. Yun Yi gritted his teeth, and reason finally regained a slight advantage, but only a slight one.
She took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, knowing that the idea was too abrupt, yet unable to ignore its astonishing feasibility.
Yun Yi could only close her eyes and silently recite "Shi Huaiya" to see if the clever other person could give her an analysis that could convince her.
A bluish-green doll-like light burst forth from her wrist as she silently recited the mantra.
Like a serpent, it pierced through the lobby walls, swept past the rows of buildings, and sped along, instantly wrapping itself around Swire's wrist in the distance.
"Swire, Swire! Do you think it's feasible to build a signal tower in the slums by kidnapping the Rat King? I mean, even if I get another five thousand points."
When Yun Yi's outrageous and absurd words rang in Shi Huaiya's ears, she was drinking tea. Upon hearing them, she almost spat it out, barely managing to stop herself, and then, unsurprisingly, choked.
"Cough cough cough!" Swire turned her head and covered her mouth to suppress several coughs, her face turning red from coughing.
The woman sitting opposite her immediately stood up with concern, as if wanting to pat her back to ease her condition, "Miss Shih Huai-ya, are you alright?"
"Cough cough... It's nothing." Swire quickly waved her hand, swallowed hard to suppress the itch in her throat, and also suppressed the strong urge to complain about Yun Yi's apparent intention to cause trouble again.