Chapter 00247: A Great Change
# A Great Change
Chapter 247
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 247: A Great Change
Yang Yiyi's greatest strength was her obedience.
Especially when it came to Li Chengxi's ringside advice during a fight, Yang Yiyi's body would move before her brain even processed it.
But Yang Yiyi's personality was the extremely stubborn type.
Once she set her mind on something, she wouldn't turn back even if she bashed her head until it bled.
She practiced martial arts to become a great hero, and as a great hero, she had to act chivalrously and righteously.
A very simple and unpretentious idea.
So she wouldn't stand by and watch someone die.
As long as it was within her ability, she would always step up to help without asking for anything in return.
The problem was, Yang Yiyi had no accurate concept of her own abilities.
At first, she was extremely timid, unable to even defeat a monkey, because she had no confidence in herself.
But her recent series of victories had made her overconfident.
In short, Yang Yiyi was the type of person who didn't really know her own limits.
This time, she had really made Li Chengxi nervous.
This was mainly because in the Wuxia Script, Li Chengxi had no means of direct intervention.
If this were in Viola's world, he would have stepped in directly long ago.
Why would he need to resort to this Wang Yuyan-like operation?
Li Chengxi turned his nervousness into a lecture, nagging Yang Yiyi for a good half hour before stopping.
Anyway, she should focus on recovering first.
After her injuries healed, they could figure out how to get back to the surface.
"Brother Li, are you playing games again?"
Just as he put down the microphone, the sensor doorbell chimed, and Li Chengxi saw Lei Lei walk in.
Lei Lei had secretly placed a Detection Talisman on the supermarket shelf to eavesdrop on the sounds in the store.
However, Audel would burn the talisman to ashes every time she came.
Lei Lei had only just heard Li Chengxi sounding like he was excitedly telling someone off as she came in, making it seem like he was flaming someone in an online game.
"Something like that. My teammate's stupid moves are pissing me off."
You play games to relax, but nowadays, many games just make your blood pressure soar.
It's become the norm.
Lei Lei didn't doubt him at all.
She took a few steps closer and asked:
"Do you have any sliced lamb in the store? It's getting cold, and I want to have hot pot."
"We don't have sliced lamb yet. It'll be delivered after the first frost."
Li Chengxi's store sold popsicles in the summer and sliced lamb in the winter.
Doing it this way avoided wasting electricity for the freezer.
"Alright, then I'll just buy some hot pot base and dipping sauce. I'll order the sliced lamb online."
"It's on the shelf against the wall. I don't have many brands, but they're all very tasty hot pot bases."
Li Chengxi never sold anything he hadn't tried himself.
The variety wasn't huge, but he was confident in all of them.
Lei Lei picked a clear soup base and also grabbed two packs of dipping sauce on her way back.
"You don't like spicy food?"
"I'm afraid eating spicy food will give me pimples."
A cultivator is actually worried about this?
Just as he was thinking about how down-to-earth cultivators could be, Lei Lei turned her head to look at the door, confirming no one was coming in for the moment, and said in a low voice:
"Brother Li, is there any new information from Section Nine?"
Li Chengxi knew she was asking about the Golden Bull Mountain matter and responded in a similarly low voice:
"Qian Sen didn't reveal much, only that Teacher Lin and Xue Wenshu are fine."
"I received a message from my family today, saying that the Section Nine Head Office has been making some big moves lately. They told me to be careful and not get involved."
"Big moves? What are they going to do?"
"It's not clear. It's all just hearsay circulating among us, but it feels like Section Nine is preparing for war."
Holy shit, it can't be that big of a deal, can it?
"Is the Golden Bull Mountain incident that serious?"
"I'm not sure if it's related to the Golden Bull Mountain incident either. Rather than an investigation, it seems more like Section Nine is mobilizing to deal with a crisis."
Could there really be some earth-shattering event about to happen?
Are they going to have a supernatural war with a foreign country?
Li Chengxi felt a slight urge to call Qian Sen, but if it really was a major event, he probably wouldn't say anything anyway.
"It's not really our business, right? We should just be spectators."
"This isn't a question of whether it's a big deal or not."
Lei Lei's expression was a bit strange, as if she was hesitating whether to speak.
"If you have something to say, just say it. You holding it in like this is making me anxious too."
"Alright, but don't tell Qian Sen."
No matter how down-to-earth Section Nine appeared, it was still an official organization.
Some matters of the martial world were not suitable for them to know.
Li Chengxi saw Lei Lei form a hand seal with her fingers, seemingly setting up a small soundproof barrier, before she finally said:
"My master told me that she recently observed the celestial phenomena at night and discovered that someone close to me will experience a major change soon."
"She figured that out? She can even figure out that someone close to you will have a change?"
"Stargazing is different from fortune-telling. The results aren't as specific; it's more like seeing the direction the future is heading."
"That's too vague..."
"That's how divination arts are. You can only see the general picture."
Li Chengxi claiming he could do divination was pure bluffing, but when Lei Lei said her master could do it, it was very likely true.
"I don't know many people here. Besides you, Brother Li, I'm only really familiar with Xiaoyan."
"Can she tell if it's good fortune or a disaster?"
"Master didn't see an ominous sign, but she didn't see an auspicious one either. She just said there would be a major change."
"Is this related to Section Nine's big moves?"
"Maybe, but it's not certain."
"Then there has to be a time limit, right? Roughly when."
"About half a year or so?"
Alright, that was so vague, it was basically useless information.
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At the same time, Qian Sen, who rarely sat in the office doing paperwork, answered the phone.
"The results are in? I'll read the detailed report later, just tell me the result first. Oh, so there's no problem either, right?"
He picked up a piece of paper with two rows of headshots printed on it and casually took a pen to draw an X over Wang Degui's picture, indicating that the person's suspicion had been cleared.
Among the ten most suspicious individuals, the suspicions against the two teachers, Lin Qiaoya and Wang Degui, had been cleared.
The prime suspect, Xue Wenshu, had also been cleared with Li Chengxi's help.
Now there were seven left, all of them students.
This was also a very troublesome part.
To verify, Section Nine needed to get blood samples.
But what student would go to the hospital for no reason?
Qian Sen had considered contacting the school and organizing a physical examination for the third-year high school students in the school's name.
The excuse would be to detect any problems early for treatment to avoid affecting the college entrance exams.
But that would create too much of a stir and would likely alert the target.
Until he could find a better way, he could only continue to have them monitored.
Just as he was about to hang up the receiver, Qian Sen shot up from his seat.
"What? The Head Office is taking over again?"
The Golden Bull Mountain case was a joint investigation between his city's Section Nine and the neighboring city's.
Although it was tricky, it shouldn't have been enough to alert the Head Office.
For them to suddenly say they were taking over, it felt like they might have stumbled into some big trouble.
"But we've been on this case for a long time. If the Head Office is suddenly taking over, they should at least give me an explanation, right?"
The person on the other end of the line sighed and said:
"Go ask the people from the Head Office. I'm just in charge of lab tests."
"How would I dare to ask!"
As the saying goes, a higher rank crushes you.
The investigators from the Head Office were like imperial envoys; a local like Qian Sen simply couldn't afford to offend them.
But to have the case snatched away just like that, Qian Sen felt a bit unwilling.
"Old Captain, can't you bend the rules for me a little? We've put a lot of effort into this case. You can't just let them snatch it away, can you?"
"There's nothing I can do. The order came directly from the top."
Now Qian Sen didn't dare to ask any more questions.
A direct order from above meant this matter was no small thing.
He had to accept it whether he wanted to or not.
"So I guess I don't need the blood sample reports anymore?"
"The people from the Head Office took them all, but I kept one report back because this report is unrelated to the Golden Bull Mountain incident."
"Which one?"
"It's the blood sample from a person named Li Chengxi."
Li Chengxi had tricked Xue Wenshu into donating blood, and he himself had 200cc drawn as well.
Qian Sen, believing it was better to be safe than sorry, had also sent Li Chengxi's blood sample to the headquarters.
"His blood has a high-density energy reaction, but the comparison doesn't match the sample you provided. Seeing as he's someone in your jurisdiction, I held this matter back."
Qian Sen was also a bit puzzled upon hearing this.
Li Chengxi shouldn't have any supernatural abilities.
"Could it be related to the potions? A transmigrator often visits his place and always leaves behind some magic potions."
"It's possible, but highly unlikely. The energy density in his blood is just too high. Although it hasn't reached the level of an energy lifeform, it's definitely not a standard a human can achieve. According to the data comparison on my end, it's very close to a cultivator's blood sample, but the energy density is much higher. It burned out several of my lenses."
As soon as he heard it was similar to a cultivator's, Qian Sen immediately understood.
Lei Lei was close to Li Chengxi.
Maybe she had taught him how to refine Qi and cultivate.
"It's not a big deal, but it's good for you to be aware and pay more attention."
"Alright, thank you, Old Captain."
"Don't be so formal. You'd better pay close attention to that matter for my captain."
He was referring to the matter of buying the Potion of Remove Disease.
"What a coincidence, the seller I found is this Li Chengxi. Just give me a call whenever someone is coming."
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Qian Sen slumped weakly onto his desk.
The case was snatched away by the Head Office.
All the time and effort Qian Sen had put in was for nothing.
He instantly lost all motivation.
At this moment, the computer in front of him made a chiming sound.
It was a notification from his work software.
Qian Sen thought it was an instruction from the Head Office asking for his cooperation.
He clicked it open, and the first thing that caught his eye was a red-headed document.
The beginning read: 'In order to deal with a potential large-scale supernatural event, all Section Nine branches nationwide are to enter a state of full combat readiness mobilization.'
"Ho... ly shit!"
Qian Sen knew things had gotten serious.