Chapter 212: Teenage Rebellion
Chapter 212: Teenage Rebellion
Gu Yi gave Xiao Xue a stern look and used psychological suggestions on her. She immediately stopped talking.
"No matter what, I’m in the same generation as your father. You should call me uncle, got it?"
"Hmph."
Xiao Xue lowered her head and let out a soft grunt.
"Even if you are my uncle... why did you tie me up? Who does that?"
"It's to keep you from running away."
"That's kidnapping."
"You'll understand everything tomorrow," Gu Yi calmly replied. "Tomorrow, you'll see whether your dad and I were lying to you. Just go to sleep; being knocked out all the time isn't comfortable, right?"
"Hmph."
Xiao Xue closed her eyes and turned to face the wall.Gu Yi left the room, exchanging a look with Er Gou.
They both shook their heads in unison, muttering, "Teenagers..."
They shared a knowing, wry smile.
"Er Gou, there's something I need your help with."
"No need to be so polite. What is it?"
Gu Yi shrugged. "I've written a story, and I want your help to publish it."
"You need to be at least a second-level citizen to publish a novel."
"Does rank matter to you?"
Er Gou paused, "Not really... but why do you want to publish a book?"
"To find a way to defeat him. Haven't you heard the saying?"
"What saying?"
"Words have power."
Er Gou was silent for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully.
"By the way, what were you going to tell me earlier?"
"Nothing." Er Gou waved his hand. "Give me a day to prepare the publishing. Come find me tomorrow night."
"Alright."
Er Gou turned and left the casino.
Gu Yi returned to his room, tied his feet as he did the previous day, and sat at his desk writing until he gradually fell asleep.
...
In the real world.
In just one day, the world's situation had drastically changed.
Three countries had formally declared war on Dragon Country.
The leader exercised restraint, engaging only in basic defensive actions and avoiding offensive moves. Meanwhile, a small portion of Dragon Country's population had gradually been corrupted by a weird force, becoming increasingly extreme in their beliefs.
Incidents of rioting, looting, and arson were becoming more frequent, stretching the police force thin.
The Dragon Country's strategy team had temporarily halted their research on dungeons and were instead focusing on helping the police maintain basic social order.
"Hey, everyone, don't rush! One at a time!"
Xi Wang stood on a platform, distributing wartime supplies to the affected residents.
Two days ago, the capital had suffered an air raid, with a large number of civilians losing their lives and homes.
Once war breaks out, humanity loses its sanity.
To the enemy, there's no distinction between civilians and soldiers—only between the living and the dead. They bombed residential areas, destroying what was once the most prosperous city.
Qu Kangping led another team in the capital to establish defenses against weird powers, preventing the enemy from completely losing their sanity and deploying extremely dangerous weird power weapons.
After the previous lessons learned, the capital's prison was now heavily guarded.
Should the flames of war reach there and the dangerous prisoners be released, nothing short of a nuclear bomb could stop these lunatics.
"Hoo..."
Xi Wang leaned back in her chair, wiping sweat from her forehead.
In the surveillance monitor, Gu Yi was still asleep at his desk, while Xi Wang and others had not slept for two days and nights.
"Sorry, Gu Yi," Xi Wang said helplessly. "I'll bet fifty cents that if you don't solve the dungeon in the next twenty days, our planet is done for."
She pulled a fifty-cent coin from her pocket and placed it in front of the monitor.
"Hopefully, this time, you'll win the bet."
...
The next morning.
A commotion woke Gu Yi. He looked up and glanced out the window.
The sky outside was just beginning to brighten.
A group of men holding clubs stood in front of the casino's entrance, all dressed in matching suits, clearly there with ill intent.
"Open up!"
"Let the person out!"
Gu Yi snapped awake and quickly closed his eyes.
(Deduction Begins!)
(You stand up from the chair.)
(You trip and fall.)
(You remember that you haven't untied the rope around your legs.)
(You untie the rope, run out the door, and stand behind the group of thugs.)
(You: What are you here for?)
(Thug: We found out you kidnapped one of our young ladies. We're here to take her back.)
(You glare at everyone and use your psychological suggestion ability.)
(The thugs display expressions of fear, instinctively dropping their clubs.)
(A tall, middle-aged man steps out from the group, ordering all the thugs to pick up their weapons again.)
(Man: Pick them up!)
(You: Get out.)
(Hearing your command, the thugs scatter and back away.)
(The man curses loudly.)
(Three or four service robots fly over, surrounding the thugs.)
(Man: You dare disobey me? Do you want to become fertilizer?)
(You observe the man.)
(His mental strength is much stronger than that of the thugs, making your psychological suggestion less effective.)
(His clothes appear more expensive, and he can use service robots, indicating that he's at least a second-level citizen. He might even be the owner of the nightclub.)
(You: Leave this place; this is our territory.)
(Man: Who do you think you are? Bring Er Gou out.)
(You: I don't know where he is.)
(You shake your head.)
(Man: You're not worth talking to. Xiao Xue, Xiao Xue, where are you? I'm here to take you home!)
(Creak, creak—)
(You hear a noise from Xiao Xue's room.)
(To your shock, Xiao Xue forces open the window and calls for help.)
(Xiao Xue: I'm here! Help me!)
(You clench your teeth in anger, almost biting your lip.)
(You: Stop!)
(You block the man’s way.)
(You and the man start wrestling.)
(The service robots fly over and begin electrocuting you with high voltage.)
(Robot: You have violated Rule A-009. You will be sentenced to 100 years in prison...)
(You recall Rule A-009, which prohibits the use of violence against high-level citizens.)
(Your body becomes paralyzed.)
(The man continues to punch and kick you, while the service robots issue a warning.)
(Robot: You have violated Rule B-009. You will be sentenced to 10 years in prison.)
(You recall Rule B-009, which prohibits violence against low-level citizens.)
(The same act of violence results in a 100-year sentence for you and only a negligible 10-year sentence for him.)
(Man: I'll give you a hundred years. Let me finish beating this guy up first.)
(Wearing thick-soled shoes, the man kicks your head hard.)
(You see stars.)
(You lose consciousness.)
(You terminate the deduction!).