Chapter 2900 - 1375: Unknown (VIII)_2

Ji Wutong awkwardly scratched his face, suddenly finding himself amidst the group that had unknowingly gathered, and made a face at Yao Qianhan: "Class monitor, we’ve all graduated so many years ago, whether we’re late or not..."

"Mr. Pang mentioned you just the other day, should I give him your current phone number?"

Yao Qianhan narrowed her eyes dangerously, forcing a smile that didn’t reach her eyes. She had to admit, with the ’class monitor’ persona, she seemed more intimidating than her ’board director’ identity in the real world.

"Ha... haha... just let me go like a fart, will you?"

Ji Wutong shivered, then looked around at his old friends, all staring somewhat unfriendly at him, cleared his throat and said solemnly, "So, everyone is already aware of the details, right?"

The man who used to appear in a suit at gatherings, now dressed in hip-hop fashion with tattoos on his wrist, Kanglan’s father nodded vigorously: "Got it, got it, Brother Ji, you tagged us over twenty times in the group; any living person would know by now."

"The dead know too."

White Miemi, who was floating behind Ji Wutong like a spirit, added expressionlessly.

"Seriously though..."

The only person present (besides the absent Gu Xiaole) who’s completely unchanged from real life, a silver-haired Zhengtai resembling a middle schooler (or even a primary schooler), sighed: "Can you not always act first and inform us later? When my sister and I first got the news, we were really shocked."

"Exactly, exactly! It’s always rushed like hell!"

The red-haired woman behind him nodded forcefully, then knocked on the boy’s head vigorously: "How many times have I told you, I’m your wife! Stop calling me sister! Stop calling me sister!"

The Cui youth, resembling a problem child just back from a Hawaiian vacation, physique quite opposite to his son’s, chuckled awkwardly, "No matter when, your couple interactions are always quite explosive. By the way, so this is what the Realm of Innocence looks like, huh? Quite novel~"

Yi Nan glanced at him, "What’s novel about it?"

"My Symbolic Power ’Eight Books of Heaven’ can’t open the Chapters on foresight, warning, and calculation at all."

Cui Xiaoyu’s father shook the Playboy magazine in his hand seriously, "Do you know what this means?"

"That means you idiot forgot this is just a temporarily opened mount space, not the Realm of Innocence itself."

A fat man who seemed like a programmer rolled his eyes, saying crankily, "If your Eight Books of Heaven can see anything, then there’d be ghosts."

Cui Fan: "..."

"Alright, enough of the comedy show."

Ji Wutong ignored the deeply hurt old friend, speaking in a low voice, "Now, let’s get to the main topic. First, I owe you all an apology, as this test is indeed a bit hurried, but you all should know, anything involving ’karma’ must be handled with the utmost caution. If anything goes wrong, the situation might slip out of control."

A girl in a delivery company uniform, with beautiful blue eyes, sighed: "Wasn’t I supposed to step down? Why don’t I feel any leisure at all?"

"The reason is simple."

Ji Wutong shrugged and laughed in a light-hearted tone, "Extras and crowds are crucial parts of most works, and the roles we’re playing now are exactly these kinds of roles."

Yi Nan glared at him coldly, "Stop beating around the bush, get to the point."

"Uh... alright, simply put, it’s a stress test."

Ji Wutong chuckled awkwardly, spreading his hands, "As I mentioned when tagging you in the group, Du Boss and I decided to set up a competition in the Realm of Innocence, similar to a world martial arts tournament, to expand the game’s influence, and also..."

"Try to expose ’that presence’, right?"

White Miemi suddenly interjected, then directly asked, "But will it really go smoothly? If that person were easy to find, we wouldn’t have been troubled until now, would we?"

Ji Wutong squinted his eyes, softly saying, "That’s true, but whether it’s easy to find is one thing, whether to search is another. Everything else is negotiable, but when facing Sin... we... no, there’s no room for compromise in the world."

"Indeed."

Wanyang’s mother, the red-haired Yang Rui, sighed, "After all, the last person who tried to control Sin already... um!"

"Sister."

The silver-haired Zhengtai suddenly covered his wife’s mouth, glanced in a direction, and shook his head slightly.

"Sorry, I wasn’t thinking..."

Yang Rui was initially stunned, then mumbled an apology begrudgingly, then lifted her husband, who only reached her mouth with a makeshift ice sculpture underfoot, into her arms and began to rub vigorously, "How many times have I told you, stop calling me sister!"

"Uh, well..."

Seemingly trying to ease the sudden awkward atmosphere, Kanglan’s father coughed lightly and curiously asked, "Brother Ji, are you really sure about using this method to lure them out? I feel the opponent has been very cautious all along; it might not be easy to bait them."

Ji Wutong yawned and nodded, "Yes, that’s why we need to carefully plan the prize."

"What about the venue?"

Yi Nan frowned, speaking seriously, "The system is out of control now, although Old Zhu still has certain authority, organizing such an event should be quite challenging, right?"

The fat man called Old Zhu rubbed his nose irritably and said, "Ji Wutong’s idea is to temporarily connect the space we’re in with the public space, not on the Innocent Continent itself, so the control lies with me, not the system."

"That’s a way, but..."

Cui Fan stroked his chin, pondering, "You’ve been following that ’Personal Combat Power Rankings’, right? Although we can’t see those chaotic evil characters blocked by the system, from the second position onward, the players’ strengths have basically been compiled. It seems the competition won’t hold much suspense, right?"

"If I remember correctly, the second-ranked Cordova is your son, right?"

White 真 gave Cui Fan a wry smile, somewhat helplessly saying, "Not just that, Nangong Sword Emperor’s daughter is also in the top ten, by the way, her cousin’s child is particularly close to Chenchen and also on the rankings."

Ji Wutong was slightly taken aback, "Mu sister’s cousin? Also an outsider?"

"No, their family are all common people, and seemingly don’t have much contact with Sword Emperor’s family, just meeting during holidays and family gatherings."

White 真 shook his head, smiling, "But her cousin’s child gets along particularly well with my daughter, I only discovered this connection later on."

"Xiao Le is also on the list."

Yi Nan rubbed his temples, speaking wearily, "Her Onmyoji talents have always been strong, if there’s going to be a competition, it should be soon, or I fear she might summon an Orochi."

Cui Fan lightly coughed, concluding, "Not to mention all these side issues, generally speaking, if we do host such a competition, there’s a high chance the final rankings will align with the rankings, won’t it be a bit... uh..."

"A bit what?"

"A bit too scripted?"

Chapter 1375: End