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After recovering, she put on an impeccable polite smile and said courteously, "I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Madam Wenyue."
Volume Two: Fireworks at Longmen: Chapter 121 Wen Yue: Hmm, Swire is surprisingly clumsy~
The woman, addressed as Madam Wenyue, gracefully returned to her seat and gently comforted her, saying, "Don't worry about it. Everyone makes mistakes. If you don't mind, you can tell me about your troubles. Perhaps I can help you resolve your confusion."
Wen Yue is a female dragon with a single red horn on her head. Although she is a dragon head like Wei Yanwu, her dragon snout is shorter and more delicate, and her red eyes are not as sharp and deep, but rather appear gentle and weak.
Her slightly ornate kimono, exquisite hair accessories, and makeup imbued with oriental charm stripped away the fragility in her eyes, revealing an undeniable determination.
This made Wen Yue exude a noble and mysterious aura when she sat opposite Swire. Even though her tone was soft, she still appeared dignified, composed, and reliable.
After thanking Wen Yue for her comfort, Shi Huaiya fell into a brief period of distress.
Lady Wenyue is Wei Yanwu's wife. Judging from the fact that she had to sit here to talk to him, she is not a pampered wife at home. On the contrary, Lady Wenyue has remarkable skills and strength.
For example, at this moment, Wen Yue clearly knows what Swire wants, but she will not say it out loud. Instead, she will calmly cast out the bait little by little, like a fisherman sitting on a fishing platform, waiting for Swire to take the bait.
Swire wasn't afraid of such tactics; what bothered her was that Lady Moon was quite different from typical politicians.
Lady Fumie is a rare chess player with "human touch," and she has genuine care and affection for Swire, Chen, Hoshiguma, and others.
Although Swire felt that she was being loved because of her, the feelings were real!
You can't resort to harsh methods when facing an elder who genuinely cares about you, can you?
Without resorting to ruthless tactics, the opponent's skill level is too high; there's simply no way to beat them.
Swire was deeply troubled by this, and his fingertips unconsciously reached for the teacup again.
Wen Yuehao lightly raised her wrist, and the closed folding fan slightly blocked Shi Huaiya's fingertips.
She quickly unfolded her folding fan, the bamboo-patterned ink shadows partially obscuring her red lips, which complemented the crimson in her eyes. "Don't rush, my days are mundane and dull. I'll leave half a cup of tea for you to enjoy your leisurely and troubled thoughts—it's alright."
That's exactly the kind of thing she can't handle!
If it weren't for the inappropriate setting, she would have really wanted to yell at Old Chen next door, who was still struggling to get rid of Wei Yanwu: Stop dawdling there and come save the day!
But no.
Swire sighed inwardly; she really couldn't handle these kinds of older female relatives...
Just as she was feeling troubled, Yun Yi, not having received a response from her, directly connected to the puppet.
The adorable doll sitting on Swire's shoulder immediately stood up conspicuously.
It wriggled its small body from side to side, and its golden-red beady eyes immediately looked expectantly at Swire, who had turned to look at it. "Why haven't you come back for so long? Is the plan not working?"
Swire's eye twitched slightly. Not daring to look at Wen Yue's reaction, she replied fiercely over the fiber optic communicator, "Whether your outrageous plan works or not, you go back first! I have people here!!"
"Is someone there?" The doll's voice was childish and puzzled. It slowly moved its head to look around and soon saw the beautiful mature woman opposite it.
Although this woman possessed an elegant and mature demeanor, she felt completely unfamiliar to Yun Yi.
So unfamiliar was she that before leaving, Yi Shi Huai Ya Yan couldn't help but ask the system, "Who is this?"
[Finally, I can speak!]
The system cheered and immediately informed Yun Yi of the information: [This is Wei Yanwu's wife, Wen Yue—don't worry about the main body, the soul puppet is only visible to the linked parties!]
[Wait, a soul puppet?? Why would you, the main character, have a soul puppet?!]
The system's voice began to tremble. It hurriedly opened the system store's backend and, sure enough, saw the notification that "[Customized items are now available]". It instantly felt like the sky had fallen. [Waaaaah—my doll, my fragrant doll—the only customized item I could buy, is gone, all gone T^T]
The system's intense, piercing wail exploded like an electric current, sending a shiver down Swire's spine and causing her tiger ears to tuck tightly back against her scalp.
But she couldn't care less about her discomfort and quickly looked up to carefully observe Wen Yue's reaction.
The other person was looking at her intently with a smile in their eyes, their gaze never wavering—the other person truly couldn't see the doll.
On the contrary, her sudden reaction just now probably fell into the other party's eyes, revealing some vague information.
Swire lowered her eyes to avoid Wen Yue's increasingly penetrating gaze, and quickly contacted Yun Yi, who was hesitant about whether he should leave, through the light band. "The other party can't see the doll, but I can see and feel it, and I will subconsciously make some small movements."
“This might still expose us. You should go back first. As for the Rat King matter… I’ll talk to you about it in a bit.”
"Alright, I'll be going now." Before the puppet Yun Yi could finish speaking, it paused and sat back down on Shi Huaiya's shoulder.
The voice that entered Swire's mind transformed from a childish, babyish tone into Yun Yi's clear, crisp voice, "I'm waiting for you, hurry up~"
The slightly coquettish, drawn-out tone made Swire's ears burn and tremble. She suppressed the urge to cough, took a deep breath, and looked up to face Wen Yue directly.
Wen Yue quickly concealed the faint look of inquiry in her eyes, revealing a gentle smile. She rolled up her sleeves and gently placed the freshly brewed hot tea in front of Shi Huaiya, who was sitting upright. "Please, this is newly arrived Biluochun tea. Perhaps you may have a taste?"
"Thank you for your trouble." Swire glanced down at the rising steam from the tea, mentally organizing her thoughts—Yun Yi's matter still needed to be resolved, and she couldn't remain passive any longer.
The aroma of tea wafted through the air, while undercurrents surged. Meanwhile, Yun Yi, clutching the system panel, revealed something unexpected to her.
"The Soul Doll is a product you created, unique?" Yun Yi pointed suspiciously at the cracked panel. "I remember you also created the Offspring Collector, right? How is the doll unique?"
[That was created automatically by the system program based on existing products and your specific needs; it has nothing to do with me.]
The system looked listless and dispirited. [Only the Soul Doll... was something I painstakingly created on my own.]
The system's sadness flowed like a river, and Yun Yi could sense its boundless grief even from its tone alone.
[I put my only self-created item into it so that the doll could unconditionally receive your soul, but I accidentally put it on the shelves... Sigh, it's on the shelves now, I can't buy it anymore...]
Yun Yi's fingers, which were gripping the panel, suddenly paused. It turned out that the reason the Soul Doll could still bear her soul was because the system was paying a price behind the scenes.
This fact made it impossible for Yun Yi to ignore the immense sorrow of the system.
She scratched her face helplessly and softened her voice to comfort her, "Don't be sad. When I meet a contractor who isn't interested in dolls, I'll definitely buy one for you, okay?"
[Really?!] The system instantly revived, cheering loudly, [You're so good to me, main body! I love you! Like a mouse loves rice~...]
Love, love?!
Yun Yi's face flushed instantly, but the blush was quickly dispelled by His awful singing.
She turned her head to stop the system's extremely noisy celebration, "Stop, shut up right now! Since you have no objections, that's fine."
Volume Two: Fireworks at Longmen: Chapter 122 Yun Yi: People of Longmen, you're wasting resources! This land should be given to me.
The system was forced to shut up.
Yunyi successfully rescued himself from the deafening noise.
She breathed a sigh of relief. It was so good that she didn't have to listen to that awful singing voice anymore!
After feeling relieved, Yunyi's career-oriented mindset regained its footing, and she touched the light strip on her wrist.
The green light band remained connected, but as Swire had said, no information was being transmitted from her side.
Seeing that it was unlikely that the other party would reply to him in the short term, Yun Yi began to think about what he should do next.
"We need to find a way to talk to Texas and identify suitable locations in the wilderness as backup sites for cell towers..."
Muttering to himself about the tasks he had summarized, Yun Yi pondered for a moment and decisively chose the latter over interpersonal relationships and site selection.
Building relationships can wait, dealing with people is such a hassle—Swire is an exception.
Having set his goal, Yun Yi thought for a moment and then swiftly returned to the driver's compartment.
This time, she appeared not at the center of the space, but in a dimly lit, white room.
The room was small and enclosed on all four sides without doors or windows. The light came from fake candles with flickering red flames on the walls, emitting almost no orange glow. One could barely make out the gray cage in the center of the room, with its hard outline and vaguely rough design.
Although he couldn't see inside the cage, Yun Yi clearly sensed that the two enemies, Zalak and Ruper, were inside.
She immediately shouted at the cage, "Come be my son!" Two dazed, limp growls came from inside the cage, and her mental strength surged dramatically.
—The child collector was activated, and both were ultimately judged to be in a state of rage.
Yun Yi clicked his tongue, "What a pity, the judgment didn't randomly select the child to be recognized, so the number of children didn't increase."
The brief feeling of regret did not linger in her heart for long. Yun Yi turned around and flashed to the center of the space, sat in the driver's seat, raised his finger to the front of him, and his eyes flashed slightly, "Star Track Imprint".
Azure lines emerged from the void, swirling and intertwining to form a three-dimensional map of Lungmen encompassing a portion of the wilderness. Crimson enemy markers then appeared, so numerous that they stained a small part of the map.
Yun Yi's mental strength had not yet reached its limit. She had the Star Track Imprint project a wider map, and then stared blankly at the existing map, "How can there be so many enemies?"
To be considered an enemy, the minimum standard is that someone must have harbored malice or even hostility towards that person.
Are Wei Yanwu's men all this loyal? They become hostile towards the target the moment they receive an order to arrest someone?
Moreover, a city's governance personnel would only number in the tens of thousands at most, but these red dots look like they have hundreds of thousands.
That's outrageous. How come Wei Yanwu and his allies have so many men? Or are there other people involved as well?
Yun Yi was a bit overwhelmed. The densely packed enemies were spread throughout the mobile city, even clustered in the power bays below, making her scalp tingle. "Tsk, is it really necessary?"
To be honest, Yun Yi still doesn't understand why she was targeted by the other party, which led them to mobilize so many people to find her.
Yun Yi pondered for a long time, but couldn't figure out what he had revealed that would make the other party go to such lengths.
At this moment, the 3D map hummed, the blue lines stopped spreading, and rotated to form a sci-fi-style blue light ring, which slowly descended.
Ultimately, it floats up and down below the map, rotating clockwise at a constant speed, as if being lifted up.
The 3D map itself has become more detailed and expansive, featuring mountains and rivers, plains and hills, dragon gates and ruins.
Yun Yi instantly cast aside his doubts about the enemy and fixed his gaze on the wilderness surrounding Longmen.
Upon closer inspection, she raised an eyebrow, her expression subtle. "This wilderness... it seems quite prosperous?"
That's right, it's wealthy. The area around Longmen has mountains, rivers, and valleys, and many of them are places that are obviously rich in natural gifts.
The plains and hills, in particular, made Yun Yi's hands itch to farm. "They seem quite suitable for farming?"
She stepped forward and studied the plains on the map intently.
The area has abundant water resources, and several places have flat and open terrain with thick soil layers.
Unfortunately, the blue color of the map prevented her from determining the soil type.
But other than that, it's qualified to be cultivated.
"Why is this area completely undeveloped? It's such a waste not to cultivate it and grow anything," Yun Yi muttered to himself.
Even if Lungmen moves, leaving some equipment and manpower for occasional farming would be a decent extra income!
Yun Yi couldn't understand what the people of Longmen were thinking, but that didn't stop her from being madly in love with this plain.
Lots of land! And it's free!
Yun Yi circled the map, gazing longingly at the plains area several times before reluctantly turning his attention to the more defensible mountainous region.
There's no way around it; just listening to Swire's analysis, you can tell that the terminal they're about to release will definitely attract a lot of hostility and covetousness.
Building a cluster of signal towers on a plain is difficult to guarantee foolproof defense, unless time and resources are spent to set up some obstacles that others cannot overcome.
Furthermore, perhaps the reason why Lungmen hasn't developed its plains is because there are some insurmountable problems there.
Wait a minute, what a difficult problem! A plain might not be a bad option; maybe we can use local materials to create obstacles?
Yun Yi's eyes lit up, but he immediately returned to normal. No, the troubles of the plains themselves are likely to be obstacles to development, but not to those who are hostile and covetous.
For example, infectious insects, miasma, and climate.
Yun Yi shook her head, refocusing her attention on the mountainous area. She remembered that the system had mentioned a suitable canyon, and she should be able to find it if she looked around.
Ask the system? Yun Yi didn't want to hear that guy's voice anytime soon; she was afraid it would remind her of that "Mice Love Rice" segment—it was too terrifying!
Yun Yi shivered, quickly shaking off the involuntary voice in his mind and forcing himself to look at the map.
On the map, the mobile city of Longmen is now surrounded by dense mountainous areas.
Some mountainous areas bear distinct cultural traces, with strange artifacts installed on the mountains, defensive facilities resembling fortresses and bunkers built, and high walls and defensive lines resembling watchtowers and ramparts standing tall.
There is a tunnel and outpost in the mountains that are clearly man-made.
In the mountains, Yunyi could vaguely see more than a dozen roads of varying sizes with roadblocks and transit stations, as well as several independent areas resembling military camps, presumably storing a considerable number of guns and cannons.
There are no red dots representing the enemy here, so it seems that the defenders of Lungmen... are probably the military, and Wei Yanwu did not call them to participate in the operation to arrest her.
Holding this good news, Yun Yi bent down to take a closer look at the comprehensive transformation of the mountainous area. He couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Longmen is neglecting to develop the plains because they've put all their effort into the mountains?
Volume Two: Fireworks at Longmen: Chapter 123 System: Let me out! Yun Yi: Longmen definitely has some problems.
Given the extent of development on the mountainous area, Yun Yi strongly suspects that the entire mountainous region has been transformed into Longmen's backyard.
They may have even laid out minefields, traps, and alarm systems, so anyone who dares to step into the mountains without cause will face sanctions from a group suspected to be part of the Longmen military.