Watching Xu Le's departing figure, Xu Xiang seemed to realize something, but he didn't say it aloud, keeping the thought deep in his heart.
Looking at Feng Baobao sitting casually on the sofa, Xu Xiang smiled, a pure and innocent smile on his face, as if time had turned back, and he was back in the village, meeting Feng Baobao in the fields...
After leaving the hospital, Xu Le did not go home or back to school. He walked slowly until he reached a secluded corner.
Xu Le said to the phone in his hand, "You can come out now. Aren't you tired of watching me for so long?"
However, Xu Le's question went unanswered, and the alley remained quiet.
"Don't think I'm bluffing you. Come out, Gao Yushan."
"How did you find me?" The phone screen lit up, and a synthesized electronic voice simulated by the phone came through.
Xu Le channeled the power of the sheep talisman into his eyes and saw a spirit next to his phone.
Oh no, it can't be considered a spirit. It's more like a life form composed of ionized electromagnetic waves, possessing consciousness. It's somewhat similar to quantum life, but not as powerful.
Her soul seemed to have transformed into radio waves; in a sense, as long as her body had enough energy or could survive independently, she had achieved immortality and lived within the network. Unfortunately, she couldn't achieve either, because she only had half a body left, placed in a laboratory and under the supervision of others.
Xu Le looked at this radio wave life form and wanted to capture it for further study. After all, such peculiar life forms are quite rare, and if he could uncover some secrets, it would greatly help his own soul's sublimation.
"You've been following me for so long, you must have seen quite a bit, how does it feel?"
Actually, Xu Le was just bluffing her. He just happened to remember there was such a character in the comics who was under the jurisdiction of the board of directors, so he gave it a try. He didn't expect that Gao Yushan was really monitoring him.
“I did see quite a lot. I was originally going to report it to my superiors, but now I’ve changed my mind.” Gao Yushan posted a smiley face on her phone, which then changed to a pleading emoji.
"I want you to help me recover my health. I'm willing to pay the price!"
"oh!"
Xu Le revealed a strange smile and asked, "Are you really willing to pay any price?"
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Chapter 74: The Deal
"Well... it's very simple for you, right?"
Xu Le stated his conditions and pressed the screen-off button, but there was no response. The phone was now completely under Gao Yushan's control.
"This condition is outrageous!" The synthesized voice from the phone became shrill, mixed with a buzzing sound of electricity, as if it were angry.
The radio wave lifeforms floating near Xu Le's phone resembling Gao Yushan before the accident, with an angry expression on their faces.
"You need to understand that you're the one begging me now. I don't care whether you report my information to the board of directors. After all, do you think the board would dare to turn against me? Besides, with my strength or certain abilities, I believe some people won't refuse me."
Xu Le calmly stated the facts, leaving Gao Yushan speechless.
Just as he said, Xu Le's abilities are not afraid of the board of directors, not to mention that his abilities can attract a large number of people to work for him.
"You must hate those people on the board, right? Don't you think the accident back then was a coincidence? Sometimes being too capable is a mistake, just like you. Your ability to manipulate radio waves caught the eye of the board, and they just used you as a tool."
"What nonsense are you talking about? I don't believe you! If they really did it, how could they have kept it from my surveillance?"
"Why shouldn't you believe it? Although your radio wave ability can monitor the network, as long as you find a closed room without any electronic devices to discuss the matter, a plan can be finalized. So it's not surprising that you can't find any evidence."
Gao Yushan floated nearby, her expression instantly changing. After all, the events of that year were too coincidental, and was he truly beyond saving after the accident? It was just that she hadn't found any evidence over the years, only harboring suspicions, and didn't want to speculate too maliciously.
Xu Le noticed this while reading the comics. Why did Gao Yushan have this accident and why was she placed in a laboratory? If you think about it with the utmost malice, it is very likely that this is a conspiracy by someone.
After all, a network life form that can control radio waves would have an incredibly powerful ability to monitor and control the network.
In this era of increasingly advanced internet and information technology, controlling the internet essentially means controlling 90% of information. Therefore, Gao Yushan was simply born in the wrong era, or perhaps her status wasn't high enough, and the protective umbrella behind her wasn't strong enough.
Of course, this is just Xu Le's speculation while reading the comic. As for the truth, Xu Le doesn't know either. Perhaps only the author himself knows the truth.
After weighing the pros and cons, Gao Yushan realized she had no way out and once again controlled her phone to emit a synthesized voice: "I agree to your conditions."
The emoticon on the phone disappeared, as if the person had already left.
Xu Le opened her phone, took a picture in one direction, and casually said, "Not bad looking! Before the accident, you probably dressed up like other girls, found a boyfriend you liked, and had a passionate romance. What a pity..."
An app on my phone was automatically deleted, and a message appeared on the screen: You are a terrifying person.
Xu Le didn't pay any attention, put his phone in his pocket, and walked home. After all, it was already noon, and he didn't have any classes in the afternoon, so Xu Le decided to go home early.
Xu Le did not use his abilities. He bought groceries like an ordinary person, took a taxi home, and arrived home at 1:30 pm.
When Xu Le took out the key to open the door, he sensed several wisps of corpse energy lingering nearby, and several strange figures wrapped in a lot of clothes and wearing hats and masks were wandering around.
"Zombie".
Xu Le could sense that these zombies still carried Liu Yanyan's Qi. Xu Le guessed that she had brought them out of her home but had nowhere to put them, so she could only place them nearby as bodyguards so that they could deal with any emergencies in time.
Xu Le spread his divine sense outwards to sense the strength of these zombies. He found that apart from being impervious to blades and bullets and immune to pain, they were no different from other zombies. They were fine for dealing with ordinary people and some weak supernatural beings, but they were not enough to deal with some masters of Qi.
Although he had prepared himself while reading the comics, Xu Le was still surprised to find that the zombies he actually saw were far weaker than he had imagined. Xu Le then began to plan how to strengthen them.
Otherwise, if these zombies explode as soon as they're hit in later plans, what's the point of playing? We might as well go back to playing house.
Whether it was due to Liu Yanyan's own lack of strength or the weakness of her corpse-driving technique, these zombies were simply unsightly.
Xu Le preferred the first option because the Xiangxi corpse-driving family had been able to survive for so many years, so they must have enough skills. You have to know that there are also Miao people in Xiangxi, plus all sorts of people from different walks of life. Those without skills would have been devoured long ago, leaving not even bones behind.
Xu Le pushed open the door and saw that Liu Yanyan in the living room had changed into a black women's shirt and a black short skirt, which instantly outlined her hot figure.
She leaned back on the sofa, her slender, long legs, clad in sheer black stockings, casually crossed, the faint rustling of the stockings rubbing together faintly audible. The black bodysuit stockings extended all the way up to her skirt, the black area concealed by the short skirt appearing even more alluring.
Hearing the door open, Liu Yanyan turned around and saw Xu Le. She smiled and said, "Xu Le, you're back!"