When dealing with enemies, you should eradicate them completely.
But now that the Terminal has intervened, killing one person would result in one random family mber of the victim being erased.
If Bai Yan were truly killed, it would an the entire Xiao Jinsheng family would be eradicated.
Revenge is fine, but mutual destruction is unnecessary.
"The Terminal appeared just now—would it have noticed Chen Yunji?" Xiao Jinsheng asked nervously.
Normally, the Terminal doesn’t pay special attention to any specific person on the Mist Continent.
Moreover, Xuan Jiu is still providing cover for Chen Yunji at the Cloud Island Snow Peak, so there’s no fear of being discovered by the Terminal.
But today, the Terminal was focused enough on her actions to make her want to curse it.
Chen Yunji is right beside her, with a high Superpower Level, making it hard not to attract the Terminal’s attention.
"Don’t worry, I’ve cloaked Chen Yunji," Caicai boasted, lifting its chin. "The Insect Brain loves fabricating stories, doesn’t it? When it attempts to scan Chen Yunji’s mory, it’ll see nothing but a story I created."
"That’s impressive, Caicai," Xiao Jinsheng praised, "You’re the true system here."
As for the Insect Brain, a counterfeit system is nothing more than a counterfeit system.
Caicai humbly accepted the complint, feeling a little sheepish.
At the sa ti, it blocked the ssage sent by Lou Yan Zhi.
Lou Yan Zhi: What did you just do? You spent 130,000 points.
Caicai: Consider it borrowed from you—an IOU has already been issued.
Lou Yan Zhi: I’m not demanding the points back; I’m curious. Did you get duped by so scam artist?
Lou Yan Zhi: Just a few days, and you’ve already borrowed almost 500,000 points from .
Caicai: You’re the one getting duped!
Caicai: I spent it willingly—you wouldn’t understand.
Caicai: Signal’s bad—not going to chat anymore.
Lou Yan Zhi: ???
Lou Yan Zhi sat aboard the warship, lowering his gaze in contemplation.
He was pondering: Who’s the real host of this system—himself or Xiao Jinsheng?
Ever since Caicai connected with Xiao Jinsheng, it had adopted a hands-off approach with him, the supposed host.
[Detected: Insect Clan in Zone D is retreating]
The warship’s bound Intelligent Brain issued a notification.
Lou Yan Zhi looked out and indeed saw tens of thousands of Insect Clan that had been invading the small planet divert their course and retreat, seemingly following so kind of command.
Lou Yan Zhi frowned.
Retreating halfway into the attack—what nasty ploy are they brewing now?
Anxious to investigate the Insect Clan’s retreat, Lou Yan Zhi decided to set aside his conversation with Caicai for now.
anwhile, on the Mist Continent, Xiao Jinsheng had just returned to her little villa only to notice Bai Yan next door moving out.
When Bai Yan saw Xiao Jinsheng, she could no longer maintain her usual smile, glaring venomously at her.
Xiao Jinsheng unsheathed a long blade, flashing its sharp, icy edge toward Bai Yan.
Even with the new rules protecting Bai Yan via the Terminal, she still hadn’t forgotten how severely Xiao Jinsheng’s mory had been altered—an already ntally unstable case.
Ignoring the fate of her own family to cut her down would be the kind of mad act Xiao Jinsheng was capable of.
So now Bai Yan wouldn’t dare approach Xiao Jinsheng at all.
"They’re moving out?" Yu Yunxiao exclaid.
It was common knowledge that on the Mist Continent, once a house was allocated to a married female by the Terminal, its location was fixed.
Exceptions existed only if the dwelling area had been overrun by Mutant Beasts or Zombies.
Of course, such situations hadn’t occurred for decades.
Under normal circumstances, it was exceedingly difficult for females allocated a ho to change residences.
But Xiao Jinsheng glanced at the Star Map’s resident information.
The villa next door, which used to bear Bai Yan’s na, now appeared vacant without a listed occupant.
"Quite good at hiding," Xiao Jinsheng sneered.
"Damnable Terminal!
Just wait until I co for you!"
Xiao Jinsheng didn’t waste her ti being angry over such matters.
Returning ho, the group entered Li’s Domain once again, with Caicai activating its system shielding feature.
This ti, the Cannibal Flower joined them.
When it spotted the Insect Brain enclosed in an electrically-sealed isolation jar, it let out excited cries.
"What’s it saying?" Su Ye asked curiously.
Huaiqing translated, "It’s saying that its master has killed many of these insects before. These kinds of bugs are dangerous—their bodies shouldn’t be touched directly."
Upon hearing Huaiqing’s translation, the Cannibal Flower extended a green leaf and gave him a leafy thumbs-up.
"Relax, I’m here. I have plenty of experience dealing with bugs like this." Caicai smirked darkly, clutching the isolation jar and shaking it furiously.
As it shook, Caicai cursed, "So it was you, you little filthy pest! Modifying her mory and leaving to clean up the ss!"
"You repugnant bug, you dead bug—now that you’ve fallen into my hands!"
"Watch as I destroy you!"
The Insect Brain, trapped in the jar, had nowhere to escape. Having barely recovered from the effects of a tranquilizing agent, it now lost consciousness again from being slamd against the jar’s walls.
"In the Interstellar World, the Insect Brain’s primary function is manipulating human minds," Caicai explained. "They’re the intellectual force of the Insect Clan, so their self-defense power is relatively weak."
"Your mory was altered by the Insect Brain. Once it’s dead, your mory will return," Caicai said before asking, "Should I kill it now?"
"Can you extract its mory?" Xiao Jinsheng asked.
Earlier that day, the Insect Brain had promised Bai Yan the coordinates of a Star Stone Mine.
If she hadn’t overheard that, she wouldn’t care.
But having heard it, there was no way she’d let the Star Stones remain abandoned in the wild.
"I can," Caicai replied. "I’ll extract its mory first; then you can kill it, and your mory should be restored."
"Let’s begin," Xiao Jinsheng urged.
When dealing with enemies, there’s no room for rcy.
Her attempt to kill Bai Yan had failed—simply because Bai Yan had persistently clung to life long enough for the Terminal to intervene and implent new rules.
"Agreed." Caicai, enthusiastic about avenging the Insect Clan, got straight to work.
It took an hour to extract all the Insect Brain’s mories, shifting aside montarily to sort through them.
anwhile, Xiao Jinsheng collected the highest-grade insecticide, generously sponsored by the Cannibal Flower.
Through injection, she poured the insecticide entirely into the isolation jar.
The blue liquid enveloped the Insect Brain.
The Insect Brain thrashed painfully, crashing into the jar walls, its soft, limp body dissolving under the corrosive effects of the insecticide.
Hissing sounds erged intermittently from the jar.
The noise resembled that of deep-fried bugs.
As the Insect Brain’s form grew fainter under the blue liquid’s corrosive power, Xiao Jinsheng attempted to sense any returning mories.
But even as the Insect Brain completely disintegrated under the insecticide, Xiao Jinsheng’s mind remained blank of any restored mories.
She turned to Caicai and asked, "Is the Insect Brain dead? Why haven’t my mories returned?"
"That’s impossible," Caicai replied, puzzled. "Your mory was altered by this Insect Brain. Once it dies, your mory should return."
It carefully examined the isolation jar’s contents, now reduced to blue liquid remnants.
Caicai spoke with certainty, "I’ve analyzed the data from the insecticide—it would only produce these results if the Insect Brain had died inside the liquid."
"So, its death should have restored your mories," it concluded. "If your mories haven’t returned, the only explanation is that the Insect Brain stored them separately from the start."
However, the Insect Brain typically keeps altered human mories for its own use, making it unlikely for them to be stored elsewhere.
And the Insect Brain is arrogant about its intellectual capacity, believing itself capable of rembering myriad details.
"If they’ve really been stored separately, and you’re reviewing its mories, can you help locate where it hid mine?" Xiao Jinsheng asked.
"I’m sorting them now—it won’t be long," Caicai replied.
It had just reached the Insect Brain’s most recent activities, spanning the past two days.
When Caicai noticed a transmission sent to the Interstellar World by the Insect Brain, it instantly beca alard.
Reading the sequence 1361.9.6.33.4.0024.10.31.10.1.1x3, Caicai rushed frantically toward Xiao Jinsheng.
"It’s bad—Mist Continent is dood!"
"From the Insect Brain’s mory, I saw it transmitted the cosmic coordinates of Mist Continent to the Insect Clan."
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