The intelligence bureau of the United States was top of the world. As long as you had the money, there was nothing they couldn’t find for you. However, their defenses had suddenly been breached, and countless information was leaked out.

Even those technicians in the bureau were unable to fix the holes that had appeared in their system, and news of this got out.

In just a moment, the entire supernatural world was thrown into a panic.

***

“I’ve hacked into America’s Intelligence Bureau, Beauty Qiao.” Jiji sat on the stone bench, both its hands on the laptop. As an artificial intelligence, Jiji could break through the firewalls with just a single thought. However, it chose to do it like a human, both hands typing away on the keyboard, its fingers dancing on the keyboard without stopping.

Numerous data and numbers continued to flash on the screen, and Shi Tou didn’t understand any of it. But he knew that this was some high level stuff, and he was surprised. “Jiji, you’re awesome!”

If Jiji’s face could show expressions, there would be a proud look on its face right now. “It’s just a small thing.”

Having said that, it turned to Gu Xiqiao and made a serious suggestion. “Beauty, next time give me a face that can express what I’m feeling. This mechanical face doesn’t match my temperament at all!”

“Most people don’t have this thing called temperament.” Gu Xiqiao flipped through the documents leisurely.

Jiji was not letting go of this just like that. “Am I most people?”

Gu Xiqiao turned another page, calmly replying, “Are you human?”

Jiji: “…”

Shi Tou looked at Jiji in sympathy. “Don’t be sad about it.” Then thinking of something, he continued, “Papa loves you.”

Jiji. “…” Thanks, papa.

***

The next day, Gu Xiqiao didn’t show up, and Yi Tong paced in front of the courtyard for a long time, not daring to enter.

Jiu Tong and Cecily had gone up the mountain to check out the scenery, and when they came back, it was to Yi Tong still pacing outside. “Yi Tong, you really missed out on it. Let me tell you, this place is really fun! Really, I don’t know how the designers came up with such a great money-making method!”

Yi Tong raised his head, and found that Ying Xu was also with them. “Young Master Ying, you also went with them?”

“Yeah.” Ying Xu nodded, a smile appearing on his rough face. “It really isn’t bad, this place.”

“Not bad at all. Why don’t I see a lot of people there?” Yi Tong asked, looking at the minimal crowd, feeling slightly confused.

“That’s the best part!” Jiu Tong said, shifting his attention away from his phone in hand. “The tickets are limited every day, and the manager told me that they’re fully reserved all the way into next month.”

Yi Tong was shocked. “It’s that popular?”

“And I heard that everything here was designed and planned by Miss Gu, I really don’t know how her mind works!” When Jiu Tong thought about her, he couldn’t help the whistle from his mouth. “Hey, let’s not talk about that. The guide just now told me that the best part of tonight is the Blazing Light Feast. We have to hurry and take a look!”

Blazing Light Feast?

What the heck was that?

They just hadn’t seen each other for a day, and Yi Tong already felt like there was a generation gap between Jiu Tong and the others.

Cecily looked at Jiu Tong, her blue eyes sparkling with mirth. She shook her head as she laughed. “Jiu Tong, you believe that?”

Cecily felt like everyone here was talking and singing praises about Gu Xiqiao to the point that she was a myth, anyone who mentioned her were sure to get excited. Although she hadn’t learnt anything about this, she was aware that designing a tourist spot was not that simple. Especially such a big tourist base like this, it at least needed an entire workshop, right?

However, thinking of the technique that Gu Xiqiao had displayed in the evening, she had the urge to spar with the girl.

“Miss Cecily, I don’t think there is anyone else other than her who would be able to think of such a silly but perfect thing,” Jiu Tong said, a wide grin on his face.

His tone clearly indicated the amount of trust he had in the girl.

This simply didn’t fit the proud and arrogant attitude of Jiang Shuxuan’s subordinates, and Cecily looked thoughtful as Jiu Tong left the area.

She turned around to ask Yi Tong. “Do you know Miss Gu from before this?”

Yi Tong paused, and answered, “Miss Gu is acquainted with Young Master Baili.”

Once she heard the name, she didn’t bother asking anymore.

“Mr. Ying, are you going?” She asked Ying Xu, who was standing beside her.

Ying Xu had a tall and imposing figure, his facial features were defined and sharp. Even though he was fully clothed, you could practically feel the muscles through it. He was like a male model in a magazine, and it was also the type that Cecily appreciated. His family should also be a powerful one in China, it was a pity that he wasn’t from the ancient martial arts world, which made him too weak for her.

A hint of regret flashed across his face.

“No, my wrist is injured.” Ying Xu frowned, then he turned around to leave.

Cecily wasn’t bothered about his coldness and indifference, and she flipped her hair back. She continued to talk to Yi Tong after the other man had left. “What have you found today, Yi Tong?”

“Nothing. I don’t dare to go in.” Looking at the yard silently, Yi Tong shook his head. He didn’t dare to take a single step into the place.

“I’ll help you open the door then!” Cecily was a short tempered person, but she tried her best to control it while she was in China, for fear that she would be driven away by Jiang Shuxuan. However, the said man was nowhere near this god forsaken place, and she couldn’t hold it back anymore, moving as though she wanted to break the entrance door.

“Hey, be more careful about it, MIss Cecily!” Yi Tong said in shock. If it were any other place he wouldn’t care, but this was Miss Gu’s residence!

Even if Gu Xiqiao didn’t turn him into a meatloaf, Jiang Shuxuan definitely would do it once he heard about it. Yi Tong shivered when he thought about it, and put in more effort to stop Cecily.

As a capable officer under Jiang Shuxuan, as well as the head of the Tong group, his strength was greater than he looked. He easily caught Cecily’s hand and held it in place.

“Yi Tong, your strength has increased a lot.” Cecily glanced at the door, then waved her hand uninterestedly. “Forget it, but I hope that you hurry up and settle this matter. I want to go back.”

Yi Tong nodded his head. “I’ll try my best, Miss Cecily.”

Watching as Cecily finally walked off, Yi Tong wiped the sweat off his brow. He then turned to search for Gu Xiqiao, intending to talk to her himself.

As soon as he made two turns, he saw the person he had been looking for, as well as Ying Xu who was standing beside her. Their backs twere to him, and he couldn’t see their expressions, but the gossipy busybody inside him was flaring up, and he took his phone out to sneakily snap a picture. Grinning, he sent it out.

Just as he sent it out, he raised his head to look for Gu Xiqiao, only to find that she had gone. Only Ying Xu… oh, and that robot beside him.

***

Ying Xu watched as Gu Xiqiao left the area, and he said to Jiji in a solemn voice, “Jiji, thank you for the medicine.” He rubbed his wrist lightly.

“It’s strange that you’re actually talking to a robot.” Jiji glanced at Ying Xu. “Are you sick or something?”

The indifferent expression on Ying Xu’s face looked like it was about to break for the first time.

Jiji reached out to pat Ying Xu on the shoulder with its mechanical hand, but it was too short. Don’t say his shoulder, Jiji couldn’t even reach his thighs. In the end, it settled on patting his calf. “When you were all caught in the nine layered formation that day, you wanted to slit your wrist and sacrifice yourself to the heavens. You’re a good person, and you’ve only got yourself to thank for your life.”

Jiji concluded the matter like this.

If Ying Xu had insisted on sacrificing someone else that time, Gu Xiqiao would never have saved him.

“No.” Ying Xu shook his head after hearing these words, smiling faintly. “I’m a soldier.”

Being a soldier meant sacrifice was something they would naturally do. From the moment he put on his uniform, the sense of responsibility as a soldier was like a shadow to him, and he always remembered that he was a soldier, no matter where he was.

“Yeah, you’re all good people.” Jiji nodded its head seriously, then it lowered its head to open the lid on its chest. It pulled out a tattered book and handed it to Ying Xu. “I think you have a unique foundation, and there is talent to be harvested within you. Third Master Ying, I’ll be waiting for you in the ancient martial arts world!”

It once again thought about patting him on the shoulder, but it looked Ying Xu’s height and… well, forget it.

When Jiji went back, it definitely needed Gu Xiqiao to build it a new body again. This shape was so short, it was really annoying!

Ying Xu lowered his gaze to the tattered book in his hand, his eyes wide with surprise.

“Young Master Yin, you can give it to me if you don’t want it.” Yi Tong suddenly appeared in front of him, looking at the book in his hands with an envious gaze.

Ying Xu kept the book away immediately, and left.

Yi Tong: “…” Brave warrior, don’t leave! Let me at least have a small peek at it!

***

“Beauty Qiao, I want to change my body.” When Jiji went back, Gu XIqiao was half-lying on the chair, flipping through documents. Its face was depressed as it continued, “I want to be tall and mighty.”

Gu Xiqiao continued to flip through the papers in her hand, not bothered to raise her head as she said, “Hush, it’s better not to have such unrealistic ideas.”

“You weren’t like this before, you obviously loved me very much last time!” Jiji protested.

“You sure about that?” Gu Xiqiao raised her head, her gaze piercing.

Jiji: “…” No, I am not.

***

The main purpose Yi Tong came here was to investigate the origin of the malicious spirit. Now that he found the place, he certainly spared no effort to continue his investigation. When Gu Xiqiao heard that he wanted to enter her yard, she didn’t have a single word of refusal. “Don’t enter the house, other than that, feel free to do whatever.”

Having gotten her permission, Yi Tong was overjoyed, He immediately brought Jiu Tong and the others to conduct their investigation. For the next few days, they didn’t return to the comfortable resort, choosing to erect a tent in the yard of Gu Xiqiao’s house instead.

Gu Xiqiao guessed that they had probably found something, and so she took Jiji with her to have a look-see.

Just as she left the house, she received a call from Manager Liu. “Miss Gu, someone said that a foreigner had just asked about the location of your mother’s grave.”

“A foreigner?” Gu Xiqiao narrowed her eyes. “Alright.”

“It’s him?” The system had already found the face of the foreign man the moment Manager Liu had mentioned it. “Look, Beauty Qiao. It’s the person from the hospital last time.”

Gu Xiqiao squinted her eyes to look, and saw Emery’s face.

Jiji was cautious as it asked, “Do you want to have a look?” It was like this everything an issue regarding Yu Man cropped up.

“No need.” Gu Xiqiao shook her head. “He won’t be able to find her grave.” Even if he knew the road, he still wouldn’t be able to find it.

Jiji didn’t ask any further, changing the topic immediately. “Let’s go and play with Yi Tong and the others, Beauty Qiao!”

Gu XIqiao walked towards the yard without another word.

Yi Tong was holding a compass in hand, and there were also some special monitors in the yard as the group of people moved about. When Gu Xiqiao arrived, they were still combing through the things. There was a computer on the stone table, and a circle of light was displayed on the screen.

“The ancient martial arts world also uses technology?” Jiji was surprised as it saw all the equipment around them.

Yi Tong took some time out of his studying to reply, “Of course. As time progresses, the science and technology of the ancient martial arts world will naturally also improve.”

“What have you found?” Gu Xiqiao looked around as she asked. She hadn’t been here since the last time she left.

Yi Tong obviously wouldn’t hide anything from Gu Xiqiao, and explained everything that they had found in detail.

All of this made Cecily, who was busy analyzing data, look at Gu Xiqiao. She didn’t understand, what was it about her that made Yi Tong and his team completely defenseless against her?

“But the equipment we have here now is insufficient, and we can’t analyze the data underground.” Yi Tong sighed. “If we can analyze it, then it would be perfect.”

Analyze the data underground?

Gu Xiqiao looked up. “Do you have any discarded parts?”

There weren’t any, but those machines and equipment that they couldn’t use anymore, Yi Tong gave everything to her.

Gu Xiqiao took the equipment without a word, and immediately disassembled and reassembled a completely new item. She also took some parts from Jiji, and she completed two new machines by the time she was done.

An hour later, Yi Tong gaped as he looked at the machines in Gu Xiqiao’s hands. His expression looked like a cross of crying and admiration, as well as looking on the verge of collapsing.

“It should almost be done.” Gu Xiqiao connected the two machines to the computer. “The improved version should reflect all the conditions underground. I can simulate the state underground, do you think it’ll be okay for what you need?”

Both her hands were on the keyboard, and as soon as she finished speaking, the screen was already displaying the simulation of the underground, a chaotic black mist.

Yi Tong nodded his head rapidly, trying to contain the excitement that threatened to burst from inside him. This was not only okay, this was extremely okay!