Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

Pei Du pretended not to see the white ball and said to Ling Yu, "Hello."

[Heh, he walked right into our trap. How ridiculous! Is he going to leave work early again? What a sickly fellow. Ling Yu, quick, mock him.]

Pei Du: "..."

A shrill sound kept emanating from the white ball. Unlike the timid, childlike voice of the clipper, the white ball's voice was harsh and weak. Listening to its voice, Pei Du automatically gave the white ball a rat-like face with a pointed snout and monkey cheeks.

Ling Yu stood in front of Pei Du, still adjusting his glasses, and said, "Senior brother, it's not even midnight yet, are you leaving again?"

[Yes! That's it! Hint at him, humiliate him, make him ashamed, and he won't dare stay here anymore!]

Pei Du: "..."

This world is truly insane.

How can this world be so insane?

Pei Du was speechless for a moment, then said to Ling Yu, "I start work at two o'clock this afternoon, so I'm going back to rest now."

[With such poor health, he shouldn't be working. Ling Yu, we got up at six in the morning, what was he doing then? Was he still fast asleep? That's not fair! That's not fair!]

Pei Du: "..."

Ling Yu spoke again after Bai Qiu finished speaking: "Senior brother, I heard you're not feeling well. You need to rest more. The workload in the lab is huge. If you really can't manage, you can take leave. After all, no matter how much work you do, your health is more important."

“I know.” Pei Du shifted his gaze, no longer looking at the silly protein ball in the air. “Actually, I’m much better now. I’ve been handling the projects I used to assign you myself. Thank you for your help before.”

Ling Yu's expression stiffened, and he said, "As long as Senior Brother is alright, that's all that matters. Those were things I should do."

[Damn it! Ling Yu, those projects should have been ours! How could you give them to him? He's just a minor character, a tool, we're not like him...]

Ling Yu was very composed. No matter how furious Bai Qiu was, his expression remained unchanged: "Senior brother, I have other things to do, I'll be leaving now."

“Okay.” Pei Du nodded. As Ling Yu passed by him, he suddenly slapped his hand into the air. “There’s a mosquito.”

The white ball was slapped so hard by Pei Du that it became dizzy and crashed into the wall next to it, causing the data on the white light to stop spinning.

Pei Du just wanted to test whether he could touch it, and it seems the effect is quite remarkable.

Ling Yu turned his head, and the white ball had already climbed up from beside the wall. It was bursting with high-intensity electricity, which subsided before it flew back to Ling Yu's side in a huff.

Ling Yu's gaze turned gloomy for a moment as he looked at Pei Du. He twitched his jaw muscles and turned to leave.

Pei Du continued walking forward until he reached a deserted corner in the corridor, at which point he took out the "Survival of the Fittest" from his pocket.

"How is it?" Pei Du asked it, "Did you figure anything out?"

The little ball, barely surviving, kept growing larger. It spun twice in the air and said, "It's a mind control system."

Pei Du: "?"

"It's about dismantling the system. By dismantling you, belittling you, making you doubt yourself, and thus causing your psychological defenses to collapse and you to submit to him," Gouqiechosheng said seriously.

“…Chop me? Chop?…P?” Pei Du realized what he meant. “You mean PUA?”

"Yeah, yeah," Gouqie Tousheng nodded in agreement. "This system increases its power by accumulating PUA points. Now that it's grown so big, it seems it's used PUA on quite a few people. Wasn't it just trying to PUA you?"

This white ball is very good at finding other people's weaknesses. After Pei Du fell ill, his physical condition deteriorated, so it guided Ling Yu to find fault with Pei Du in this aspect.

This was meant to imply to Pei Du that his health was not good and that he was not suitable to work in the laboratory, so that Pei Du would hand over all his work to Ling Yu.

Pei Du seemed to be deep in thought. He asked, "And what about you? How do you earn energy?"

"I'm earning rebirth points!" the coward said matter-of-factly. "If you can achieve a complete rebirth, I can earn a lot of points and grow to be as big as that white egg!"

Pei Du: "..."

It has barely survived until now without ever succeeding in a single mission, and it is only the size of Pei Du's palm.

As Pei Du walked along the road, he said, "If you put it that way, I have a general idea of ​​the situation."

This is a PUA system, and Ling Yu is someone who is skilled in PUA.

The "master" in the black book is also a PUA expert. Coincidentally, Ling Yu and the master share the same surname, "Ling".

With these two conditions combined, Pei Du was almost certain that Ling Yu was the master.

And his PUA target, Dog... Pei Du also has a confirmed target, who is most likely An Jia.

All that's needed now is to test it again.

Pei Du found An Jia's phone number and dialed it.

After a brief silence, the call was answered. An Jia's voice came through the phone, sounding somewhat tense.

“…Pei Du?”

“It’s me.” Pei Du leaned against the wall and said directly, “Do you have time recently? Let’s meet in person.”

An Jia was silent for a few seconds, then said distantly, "No, you can tell me anything online."

Pei Du didn't care about her tone. He said, "Did you receive the agreement? It's about dissolving the engagement. You and I can meet in person to discuss it, which will save a lot of trouble."

"Or are you saying you're unwilling?"

An Jia paused for a moment before replying, "No. It's up to you. I'm free next month, so we can meet."

Pei Du had no objections. He arranged a time and place to meet with An Jia, and then he was about to hang up the phone.

"Wait... Pei Du, have you seen Sheng Shixian recently?" An Jia hesitated for a few seconds before suddenly asking.

Pei Du turned the keychain on his hand; it had many keys, each corresponding to a different lock.

He said calmly, "No. I've never been aware of President Sheng's affairs. What happened to him?"

“I don’t know either, we just suddenly lost contact with him.” An Jia’s voice lowered, and after a moment of silence, she said, “…You have to be careful of him.”

Pei Du stopped turning the key and said, "Okay."

They didn't say anything more. An Jia clearly didn't want to have much contact with Pei Du, and hung up after saying a few words.

Pei Du turned off his phone. He returned to his car and looked up at the time, only to realize it was already 12:30, seemingly three hours overdue.

Pei Du withdrew his gaze and drove towards the villa. Only after arriving home did he retrieve the video recordings from the villa.

All the interfaces were completely black screens, so you couldn't see the people inside, let alone the existence of anything.

Pei Du frowned. He walked towards the gate and saw that all the windows in the villa were closed and the curtains were tightly drawn, blocking out the area that could be seen.

The man, barely clinging to life, leisurely held up a sign: "Have you bought the knife yet?"