Chapter 310

One Hundred and Nineteenth Page – Invasion

AJ looked as if she had lost her soul, with a white, ethereal mist floating out of her mouth, but Cherry Sauce pulled it back in.

“Don’t panic. If you’re pregnant, then so be it! This is the result of your love, nothing to worry about!”

AJ shook her head at my comfort. “I wanted Tāo妹 to carry my child, not me… Will childbirth hurt? Will my belly look terrible afterward? Can I still be a model?”

Clearly, she was in some negative emotions.

Could this be prenatal anxiety?

“Take it easy. Everything will work out eventually.”

Líng Shàojié’s comfort seemed indifferent, focused on other matters.

“After all this talk, shouldn’t we go find that Mǐ Hóngqū?”

Although AJ’s pregnancy was surprising, our main goal today wasn’t to address that.

“Now that everyone is here, let’s prepare…”

Before I could finish, Tāo姐 and Yǐjī姐 raised their hands simultaneously. They hadn’t coordinated beforehand, so they were surprised by each other’s intuition.

“Whose turn is it?” I asked.

“We should be talking about the same thing. AJ doesn’t need to join this operation, right?” Tāo姐 replied, while Yǐjī姐 nodded.

Xiǎo Hǎi Táng shrugged. “Come on, she’s only two days post-targeting, the fertilized egg hasn’t even reached the uterus yet. She’s not ready for care yet. But it’s fine if she doesn’t join… Are you sure your previous injuries are healed?”

I answered for Tāo姐, addressing Xiǎo Hǎi Táng. “Male and female bodies are independent. And her male body… no longer exists.”

There would be no more Dragon Strategy (male).

“That’s convenient. So any fatal injury can be cured by transformation?”

“Heaven’s Path has rules. One cannot save those on the brink of death, but minor defects can be addressed.”

“Really? Your rules are contradictory. Can early-stage terminal illnesses be treated?”

Xiǎo Hǎi Táng’s question made me pause, but I answered, “I’m not sure, but I won’t take the risk.”

“So, Heaven’s Path drew a blurry line but demands absolute adherence? Quite strict, Chairman.”

I shrugged helplessly.

“I’ve complained about Heaven’s Path many times, but I can’t do anything. After all, I’m the only one who hasn’t been fired.”

Lǐn Huā pondered, saying, “We can’t reveal that ‘Dragon Palace Yǐjī is not Dragon Strategy.’ Considering we’ll confront the Glorious Family directly, either Yǐjī姐 or Tāo姐 must go.”

Běi Qiáojué asked, “Actually, none of them need to go. We can handle the fighting.”

Lǐn Huā disagreed. “No, ‘Dragon Palace Yǐjī’ is our leader, our flag. She’s the best person to show our identity to the Glorious Family. One of you must go with us.”

“Then it must be…”

Tāo姐 pressed down Yǐjī姐’s raised hand.

She said, “Let me go. If I get beaten, I’ll want revenge.”

—

[18:50]

[Inside the Spatial Jewel]

Looking up at the changing scene outside the glass dome, Lǐn Huā asked, “It’s almost seven. Cherry Sauce, how much longer until we arrive?”

This was intercity law enforcement, and Cherry Sauce could only sense the general direction, so they moved multiple times. The night sky above kept flickering, causing considerable tremors inside the jewel.

“The direction and distance are clear. I think we’ll reach Mǐ Hóngqū’s handbag in four or five moves.”

Sister Qiàn asked, “Just the handbag? What if she left it at home? Wouldn’t that be a waste of time?”

“If we know where her house is, why worry about her escaping?”

Běi Qiáojué couldn’t sit still, looking around the jewel. Notably, the messy items had disappeared, seemingly taken by Old Lady for the witches in the institute to study.

— “Pity, I wanted to try that soul adhesive…” —

Was she planning to use something with side effects to merge?

— “If it works, any cost is worth it. I thought I was just a tool, but seeing Grandma, I realized I don’t want to disappear. I want to live. That’s why I’ve stayed fused with you, Xiaokai.” —

I covered my heart, feeling the satisfaction from Cherry Sauce. I wanted to mix my consciousness with hers but couldn’t.

Years apart had made us different, like oil and water, even mixed, they settle separately.

— “Oil and water can mix with an emulsifier.” —

So, the soul adhesive is the emulsifier?

— “Who knows? It might be something else, but we have to try.” —

The Spatial Jewel trembled again. This time, instead of the night sky, they entered a building.

“We’re here. Get ready, I’ll scout first.”

Some black matter was drawn out by Cherry Sauce.

Shàojié took out a pin with a built-in miniature camera and pinned it to her chest, then opened the camera lens.

Lǐn Huā looked up at the surroundings outside the jewel.

“This aluminum ceiling… This is an office building?”

Miāomiāo shrugged.

“Live streaming unions are part of companies, aren’t they usually in office buildings?”

“No, this is a ‘prison.'”

Cherry Sauce quickly found the results. “This is likely the Glorious Family’s live streaming room. Each room is small, and there are dozens on this floor alone.”

No wonder they called it a prison.

Tāo姐 frowned. “Mǐ Hóngqū is here? She’s being held by the Glorious Family? What about the other streamers?”

“No one’s here. Only her handbag is here, everything else is gone. The other streamers probably left with the union’s dissolution.”

Tāo姐 looked up. “She said she’d return to resign and select some promising streamers for AJ, but she hasn’t contacted us in two days. Maybe she’s been retaliated against.”

Lǐn Huā asked, “Leaving aside AJ, do you trust Mǐ Hóngqū?”

Tāo姐 lowered her head in thought. “I believe… she truly cares for the small streamers. She wants to give them a future, not treat them as tools. Otherwise, AJ’s words wouldn’t have moved her.”

“Why stay in the Glorious Family then?”

Before I finished, Cherry Sauce answered, “Because there’s no better choice. Even though the treatment isn’t great, it’s still a support. Small streamers struggling to make ends meet find it livable here.”

Working alone doesn’t work, and the top streaming unions don’t value them, so they survive in the Glorious Family… Now, we’ve ruined their livelihood.

From Mǐ Hóngqū’s perspective, we are enemies.

But they started the conflict.

“Let us out?”

“No, every room has surveillance.”

Tāo姐 frowned. “Surveillance? Cameras in the streamers’ rooms?”

“Yes, people monitor them from another angle during live streams. No wonder none became famous… Wait, I found someone. But the situation is unusual.”

Cherry Sauce discovered something new, followed by shaking, and light flooded in.

“Someone here? What’s going on?”

“I don’t know how to explain… Wait, let me show you.”

The image rotated, revealing the room’s condition, but gravity remained unchanged.

This was a standard multi-person office, large, with several desks partitioned into workspaces. A few small turtles were in terrariums by the walls.

“…What’s happening? Is this a cult ritual?”

In the center of the office, several adults lay awkwardly, clearly not sleeping.

Sister Qiàn was nervous. “Xiao Ying, are these people alive?”

“They’re breathing, looks like someone knocked them all down… Wait, there’s someone inside.”

Cherry Sauce turned the jewel towards an open door. Inside was a document room.

“Found the target.”

Mǐ Hóngqū, bound and gagged, was thrown at the end of the room, blindfolded, clearly mistreated, but conscious and struggling occasionally.

Xiǎo Hǎi Táng said, “Looks like she didn’t attack those outside.”

I commented, “Normal women can’t knock down so many men alone.”

“Someone bound her? Or was it the attackers or those outside?”

If they bound her, why didn’t the attackers release her?

Did they not know someone was in the document room?

Cherry Sauce added, “The outer door isn’t locked, the attacker left recently.”

“Check the surveillance.”

Shàojié suggested, “There’s surveillance in the hallway, one exit, surely captured… But there’s no surveillance in the document room, we can escape from here.”

“Alright.”

Xiǎo Hǎi Táng began assigning tasks.

“Cherry Sauce found the surveillance room? The company’s invasion of privacy is outrageous. Surveillance isn’t at the front desk, there’s a dedicated monitoring room.”

“It’s found.”

With Cherry Sauce’s confirmation, Xiǎo Hǎi Táng continued, “Qiáojué, you and Shàojié go to the surveillance room, investigate the attacker, and cut the feed to aid our operations.”

“No problem!”

Běi Qiáojué gave a thumbs-up.