Love, death, and false man

Chapter 34. The Ultimate Rumored Boyfriend

9/26—14:31
The big job was coming soon. Fang Yan knew it was a very dangerous mission, possibly involving coordinated operations. It was impossible not to feel a little uneasy, especially since it concerned more than just his own life.

Although Xia Bing offered to let him stay at her house, Fang Yan only took the spare key just in case and rejected the proposal. He needed to complete the preparations this week and eliminate any potential dangers around him.

There are two ways.

The first option is to remain hidden and wait for any eventuality. This is because we are very conspicuous, but we have just dealt with one of the monitors, and the temporary server data has been overwritten, so we are temporarily safe.

Fang Yan was one step closer to fully understanding the rules of the game. Soldiers, collaborators, charlatans—frankly, they were all expendable resources, like data on a temporary server, capable of being deleted at any time. Only the things on the main server—the historical timeline, the coordinated combat plans—were truly important.

In this situation, Fang Yan didn't know who to trust. As for Lieutenant Sylvia, he could only obey her orders. As for Xia Bing, although they had kissed, they were still not very familiar with each other, but she was currently the most trustworthy person.

Due to the existence of the Bastion Protocol, organizations such as military camps, police stations, and enterprises adopt a no-contact principle in order to protect other confidential personnel within the organization.

Indeed, those who have infiltrated are as difficult to eradicate as a bone-deep infection; even if you kill one, you don't know how many will remain.

But it is precisely because of the existence of the [Fortress Protocol] that...

On the Soul Master's side, a unique internal self-screening mechanism was also developed, along with a monitoring system independent of the satellite server and a special response department composed of pseudo-humans.

The algorithm on the satellite server may be normal, but under the unique screening mechanism of the special response department, it is highly suspicious.

In coastal universities, this mechanism manifests as a kind of "college fake person test," an urban legend.

Within this response department, I might be quite conspicuous, but I'm unaware of it. Continuing to pretend might still leave me undetected, but I'll only be in a passive position.

Then there is a second method.

This game is far too cruel and absurd, taking into account gambling-like elements and psychological pressure similar to Texas Hold'em.

[The Ultimate War]
[Ultimate Battle Royale]
On the surface, the universities in the coastal area are full of students studying, but there is a very hidden "battle for strongholds".

If I were to go on a rampage, slaughtering the charlatans and swindlers in the Sixth Middle School, the rest of the Salvation Army would likely do the same, until they were completely wiped out.

This created psychological pressure, and the Sixth Middle School had completely become the Salvation Army's territory, impregnable. Sending people here one by one would only be a futile sacrifice. The only option was to mobilize manpower and resources to organize a large-scale purge, with extensive and high-intensity surveillance and a large-scale elimination of dissidents.

However, this depends on how much resources one has. If the purge fails, resulting in deaths, wasted resources, and no strategic gains, then one might not even be able to maintain their position within the school, lose their dominant position, and be replaced by enemies lurking within the school. Gradually, all the universities in Binhai will be dominated by one of these three forces.

This kind of drama is playing out not only in universities, but also in every military barracks, hospital, large enterprise, and other institutions, all in an effort to resist the Soul-Sucking Lord who currently dictates the entire history of the universe.

Fang Yan pondered this. As far as the public security organs were concerned, the Salvation Army might possess immense power, and it was not the domain of the Soul-Sucking Lord. Otherwise, someone like him, who could be killed on the spot for his crimes, would not have been released so easily.

He wants to choose the second method.

In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong during the big operation, and to prevent any obstacles from arising, we need to find some people from our school to "peel" as many as possible beforehand, and make sure to put psychological pressure on this special response department.

[Soulfire Strength: 751 Joules.]

Peak intensity: 1345 joules.

【Soulfire Trait: ㏒■㏑∑■AWT∏H∪∩】

The characteristics are still garbled and unreadable, but that doesn't matter, Bloodhounds and Sinister Gear can be generated at any time.

The long-distance running training these past few days has been somewhat helpful, but the improvement hasn't been very significant. Perhaps I haven't found the right training method yet. This isn't something that can be achieved overnight; it's a slow process that I have to take slowly.

get out of class was almost over, and Fang Yan had already asked Wang Ying to arrange a meeting with the senior high school administrator at the Earth Defense Base in the fire escape. [Hunter Channel] is here. If you're not a fake, I'll spare your life, but your memories will be altered. If you are, I'll take you down at school today.

Weng Qing had been harassing Fang Yan for a whole day, bombarding him with WeChat messages, asking him what his relationship with Xia Bing was. Weng Qing felt like she had been NTR'd by Fang Yan, and she couldn't describe the feeling.

What's most infuriating is that this guy keeps eyeing the strong contender for the title of No. 6 Middle School's most beautiful girl, that vixen named Su Ci. How can this person be so cunning?

[What are you doing?! Don't look at Su Ci! Don't you dare betray Xia Bing! I'll stab you with scissors! Was that guitar case you brought this morning Xia Bing's?]

Fang Yan had told Weng Qing that he and Xia Bing were friends, but Weng Qing never expected them to be this kind of friend.

Fortunately, the soda revolution didn't break out of its niche; it only had influence within a small circle and its popularity was limited. Fang Yan, the rumored boyfriend, didn't make it to the trending topics; he only occupied some spotlight in the gossip section.

Furthermore, the number of times he was suspected on the university's fake person test website increased significantly, reaching over a hundred times. The comments were overwhelmingly offensive. Judging from the words, most of the men were jealous, the women were simply going crazy, and only a few people expressed admiration, asking Fang Yan to create a course and release hypnosis software.

He could be considered a "prominent figure".

Faced with Weng Qing's WeChat harassment, Fang Yan was speechless. He glanced at her sitting next to him, made a fierce expression, and gestured as if he were slitting his throat.

I talked with Xia Bing for a long time last night and even managed to get her to tell me what happened to me on the Chengyun.

She stated that her profession was more dangerous. In addition to satellite algorithms, the Soul Master also had a unique search mechanism for freelancers, which was more complex than the countermeasures of the [Fortress Protocol] and could very likely implicate Fang Yan. Therefore, Fang Yan did not need to worry about her at all.

This is a psychological barrier that cooperative soldiers must overcome.

Whether it's a die-hard fan sacrificing himself or a rumored boyfriend, Fang Yan doesn't care.

All he could think was, this woman... is fucking cool.

Ignoring Weng Qing, who was acting crazy all day, he kept a close watch on Su Ci and Xiao Long in the class, as these two might be involved in something.

[It's okay to scam a little money from those perverts, but the birthday present is so beautiful! Ahhh, baby, you're such a baby, you're a soft and fluffy honey cream cake. Everyone else except me wants to eat you up. Stay away from them.]

Fang Yan was speechless, not really understanding girls' high schools.

[(Suddenly stiffening as if her tail had been stepped on, her fingertips twisting and wrinkling her skirt, her ear tips turning bright red as if about to bleed) Ahhhhhhh! Why show such super-cheap delusions to three-dimensional beings?!]

"How...how eerie."

Fang Yan was greatly shocked, as he didn't understand anime and manga very well.

Anyway, get out of class is almost over. This time I've made thorough preparations. I'll go to the fire escape and kill the Earth Defense Base administrator, provided he's a fake human. But... [Ultimate Serial Killer], that's highly suspicious.

Even though I am now also suspicious.

[The Ultimate Rumored Boyfriend]
The urban legend website commented that Fang Yan himself thought it was a good thing, better than being a murderer.

14:39
14:40
The bell rings.

Fang Yan carried a satchel today, pressed down on the outline of the MP5 submachine gun inside, and said, "Now I'll go have a smoke."

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(End of this chapter)