"The course of events... was pretty much like that."

A breeze swept through.

The curtains fluttered gently.

The window, left ajar, rattled softly, the chill of autumn seeping into the room. It was already dusk, and the room was dark and somewhat oppressive without the lights on.

Hu Danian silently observed the scene.

It was hard to believe that a terrifying explosion had just occurred here. According to Gu Shen's description, the explosive yield at the time was enough to blow away half of Lipu Street... Yet so much explosive had failed to shatter even a single piece of paper in this room.

The room was clean and tidy, warm enough to lull one to sleep.

Gu Shen sat in his chair, saying softly, "In any case, the matter is resolved. Don't ask too much about the details... You can report to Cui Zhongcheng that I used my ability to suppress the explosion."

Hu Danian gave a meaningful look to the young man sitting upright behind the desk, his face radiating gentleness and sincerity. His first impression of Gu Shen had completely changed... Originally, he had only thought of him as a clever newcomer who had been fortunate enough to gain the attention of young Master Cui.

Now he felt that everything was not accidental at all. This was definitely a monster-level transcendent being secretly cultivated.

How powerful must a transcendent being be to suppress such an explosive yield?

He certainly couldn't do it!

"Don't worry, little monster. I'm not interested in your information... I'm only responsible for completing Master Cui's mission."

Hu Danian clicked his tongue and sighed, "The Jiangtan Killer incident has kept me from getting a good night's sleep for days. Today, I can finally have some peace."

He had brought a bronze safe that looked quite old. The safe was not large, an adult could easily wrap their arms around it, enough to hold the miniature stone sculpture. Upon closer inspection after opening it, one would find that the inside of the bronze safe was coated with a red, crystal-like layer.

He put on black gloves, the surface of which also had a thin layer of red plating.

"What is this?" Gu Shen asked with a frown.

"This plating material is called 'red silver,' a strong logic material," Hu Danian answered concisely. At the same time, he carefully picked up the stone sculpture and placed it in the safe. The whole process was extremely slow and incredibly cautious. Only after closing the safe did he breathe a sigh of relief. He patiently explained in detail, "Different sealed items need to be stored in different ways. Sealed items like the 'Su Mu Stone Sculpture,' which autonomously emit malice and cannot be tamed, need to be completely isolated. Generally speaking, sealed items below Grade A can have their transcendent characteristics suppressed using red silver material."

In fact, the moment he heard the words "strong logic material"... Gu Shen had roughly understood the principle.

Transcendence is the disordered power that destroys logic.

And strong logic materials... are probably special substances that inhibit transcendent characteristics.

"What about Grade A and above?" Gu Shen asked again.

"There would be more special materials. Actually, red silver is quite useful. It can be synthesized artificially, and the effect is not bad, so it is widely used to store sealed items... I heard that many of the special materials used to store high-sequence sealed items cannot be synthesized." Hu Danian shrugged. "With my level, I probably won't encounter that kind of sealed item in my lifetime, will I?"

Saying this, he glared at Gu Shen. "You kid... why do you have so many questions?"

"You know... I'm a newbie." Gu Shen scratched his head and smiled, quickly changing the subject. "Once the Su Mu Stone Sculpture is taken away, does that mean the task is complete?"

"Yes."

Hu Danian responded softly, glanced at his watch, "Next is to recover the sealed item, report to Master Cui, and the task will be completed. By the way... what about the two next door...?"

He pointed to the side through the wall.

Sister Xin and Qu Shui... were still deep in their dreams.

"They'll probably wake up in about half an hour. They didn't know about this, and they were also victims," Gu Shen said calmly. "Those who have their dreams taken by the Su Mu Stone Sculpture, even if they recover, will feel very tired in the near future. Sleeping more is good for their health."

Since they were unaware, there was no need for special handling.

Hu Danian nodded and picked up the bronze cabinet. "Alright, I'll be going then."

"Wait a moment..."

Gu Shen stopped him, slowly looked up, and said seriously, "I want to meet with Cui Zhongcheng."

During their lakeside conversation, Gu Shen had a good impression of Cui Zhongcheng.

But this time... after entering the game, Gu Shen's view of Cui Zhongcheng had completely changed.

That gentle conversation by the lake was all fake. He had just arrived in Dadu and was immediately thrown out as bait. If he hadn't reacted quickly and responded accurately to the assassination, he would have been dead...

So cold and ruthless, no wonder even those big shots in the review board were wary of him.

Even if it was an investigation into the fire, was it necessary to use such extreme methods?

Gu Shen was now full of anger and wanted to confront Cui Zhongcheng face-to-face.

Hearing this, Hu Danian turned back helplessly.

"As far as I know, young Master Cui is very busy." He looked at Gu Shen strangely. "Didn't he give you his contact information?"

"..."

Gu Shen was suddenly silent.

He then realized that from their meeting by the lake to landing on the plane, Cui Zhongcheng had not given him his contact information.

"Then that means he doesn't want to see you." Hu Danian saw Gu Shen's reaction and grinned with amusement. "Young Master Cui is a very thorough person. He always does things flawlessly. If he didn't give you his contact information, then he definitely doesn't want to see you. But... for the sake of this mission, I'll mention it when I report the progress, but I'll say it upfront, there's a high probability he'll ignore it."

Gu Shen's expression was stiff, and he could only nod and swallow his anger.

Was his anger now also within Cui Zhongcheng's calculations?

After Hu Danian left.

The room returned to silence.

Gu Shen sighed deeply, laboriously raised his arm, feeling the soreness in his palm, which spread throughout his body.

From the afternoon to the evening, he had been sitting in his chair without moving, maintaining this position for several hours... not because he was lazy, but because activating the Ruler of Truth this time had still consumed a large amount of mental energy.

Energy in the material world is conserved.

To suppress such a yield of high explosives, the mental energy consumed by the Ruler of Truth... was extremely huge.

At that time, Gu Shen, who was holding the ruler and immersed in the state of dominance, had not felt anything. It was not until the power of the ruler dissipated and that fanatical Long-Standing Foundation believer was blasted into dust that he felt something was wrong.

Standing on the top of the mountain, the higher one stands, the more painful it is to fall from the clouds.

Three or four hours passed before the soreness slowly dissipated.

However, it must be said... that the practice of the Awakening of Insects Breathing Technique had greatly enhanced Gu Shen's mental strength. If it had been twenty days ago, if he had used the ruler in this way, he would have immediately fallen into a deep sleep after falling from the clouds.

Gu Shen slowly reached out and retrieved the white paper that had not been destroyed in the explosion.

He turned on the desk lamp, illuminating the space in front of him.

There were originally drawings on the white paper, a few strokes outlining an innocent girl holding a book.

Gu Shen looked at the stick figure he had drawn and couldn't help but laugh softly.

He slowly touched the girl on the paper with his finger and said very softly, "Ten days... I wonder how you're doing."

From the inside of his clothes, he took out a notebook, the same model as Cui Zhongcheng's.

In this era, many people have abandoned paper and pen, but Gu Shen had not. When working as a Meiyu Zhe, he would take time every day to organize his thoughts in this notebook.

"November 17th, sunny. The tenth day since Chu Ling disconnected. I hope she is doing well and is safe."

"A lot has happened today..."

"The Lipu Street mass insomnia case was solved, the Su Mu Stone Sculpture was recovered, and the out-of-control person was sanctioned."

"Cui Zhongcheng's guess was not wrong. It was the Long-Standing Foundation who wanted to kill me. They will not give up easily. If I don't catch the mastermind behind the scenes, there may be another wave, and another wave... I can't sit still and wait for death. I must take action..."

Writing this.

Gu Shen's thoughts were somewhat stagnant. Just then, someone knocked on the door.

It should be Sister Xin, or Qu Shui, who had woken up.

Gu Shen clenched his fists, the soreness was almost completely gone.

He put away his notebook, straightened his posture and said, "Come in."