Quadruple split.

Chapter 2749 Interlude: Random Speculation
Game time: 15:12 PM
[Secret Realm Code: Gate of the Abyss], Outer Outpost, First Outpost
"gone?"

Silently appearing behind the cat-people who had already discovered her movements, Jin Beibei, the treasurer of the [Burning Flame] guild, the apple of the eye of the largest shareholder of [Golden Baby Studio], and the rebellious runaway girl, sighed and asked a question indifferently.

"Well, let's go."

With a deep gaze, the typing warrior, who was observing the two female thief players not far away, nodded without turning his head and said softly, "After slapping me more than twenty times, he left cleanly and without leaving a trace."

Jin Beibei rolled her eyes, strolled over to the typing warrior who was a few centimeters shorter than her even in high heels, and stood in front of him with a serious expression. She blocked his gaze, which was fixed on those absolute areas, and snorted, "Serves you right."

"You didn't even ask her why she hit me, and you just said I deserved it?"

The typist pursed his lips, looked up slightly at Jin Beibei who had a rather displeased expression, and laughed, "What, missing that girl?"

"I wouldn't say I want to, since we've only known each other for a few days."

Jin Beibei shook her head slightly and shrugged, saying, "But you have to admit, YOYO is indeed quite cute, isn't she?"

"Pretty much. After all, she's just a little kid, and there really aren't many adjectives to describe her other than 'cute'."

The typist casually remarked, then said with a troubled expression, "Although we've only known each other for a few days, the trouble she's caused me is already more than Ah Po has in all these years combined."

Jin Beibei chuckled and said, "That's because Apo basically never causes you any trouble. Even when he gets angry, he'll only smash his own computer, gaming pod, headphones, mouse, and helmet, right? Even when he gets into conflicts with other professional players, he's usually the one who gets provoked."

"how?"

The typing warrior snorted and asked irritably, "So you mean that if it weren't for our [Burning Flame] brand, Ah Po wouldn't be constantly being harassed? And he could even have become a top-tier professional gamer?"

"I didn't say that. Everyone knows Ah Po's personality; he's destined not to be the kind of person who can get along with normal people."

Jin Beibei waved her hand, then frowned slightly: "Wait, don't change the subject. Aren't we talking about YOYO?"

"I didn't change the subject. You can talk if you want."

The typist blinked innocently, then scratched his head: "By the way, that kid with the diamond watch came to me a couple of days ago, asking me to ask you if you can go home to spend Christmas with your grandfather next month. I agreed on your behalf."

Jin Beibei immediately became agitated, stomping her foot and saying, "How could you agree for me! Didn't I say I didn't want to see my dad during this time? Besides, Christmas is a Western holiday, my dad never celebrates Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter... Wait, are you lying to me?"

"No no."

The typist immediately shook his head vigorously, saying righteously, "I didn't lie to you, I just remembered wrong. Brother Drill was talking about New Year's Day, right, right, New Year's Day. New Year's Day isn't some foreign holiday. Was I wrong to agree for you?"

Jin Beibei looked at the typing warrior with a suspicious expression: "You...you really agreed to the diamond watch for me? You're not lying?"

"Hey, what are you saying? Don't you know me well enough?" (Jin Beibei's suspicion deepened immediately.)

The typist, looking hurt, said this, then said helplessly, "Really, I'm not lying to you. How about this, you check with the diamond watch yourself. If it's not true, I'll donate 20,000 gold coins to the guild, okay?"

"Uh……"

Given that she had been lured into [Burning Flame] by this person from the very beginning, Jin Beibei, having caught the loophole in the other's words, had no intention of trusting the Typing Warrior at all. However, considering that this guy was unbelievably stingy and only had five thousand gold coins of pocket money per month in [Innocent Realm], yet he promised to donate money to the guild, Jin Beibei finally wavered.

Meanwhile, the typist was fanning the flames, saying in a serious tone, "You know, even Boss Jin isn't that controlling. He's a doting father to his daughter. Aside from making some ill-gotten gains, he doesn't have any bad habits. It's one thing for you to run away from home when you have nothing better to do, but why don't you ever go back to reunite with your family during holidays?"

"First of all, I go home for Chinese New Year every year! Secondly, my dad has never made any ill-gotten gains! I only moved out to live alone because he was too much of a nuisance."

Jin Beibei glared fiercely at the typing warrior, then took a deep breath, opened her friend list, searched for "Diamond Watch," and sent a friend request.

Incidentally, because she didn't want to be bothered, Jin Beibei didn't add any of the executives or staff members associated with [Jinbaobei Studio] as friends. However, according to her, she herself had several inside contacts in the studio, including Jin's driver and secretary, who would often tip her off and report on Jin's recent health condition.

Then--

"Typing Warrior!"

Jin Beibei clenched her fists, then grabbed the typist by the collar and pulled him in front of her, gritting her teeth as she said, "You lied to me again!"

The typing warrior looked at Jin Beibei with a blank expression and asked in bewilderment, "What did I lie to you about?"

"You didn't tell Diamond Watch that I was going home for New Year's Day at all!"

Jin Beibei stepped on the instep of the typing warrior, then gritted her teeth and corrected him, "No, it's because the diamond watch didn't tell you anything about Christmas or New Year's!"

"No way!"

The typist was shocked and asked in confusion, "He must have told me, didn't you confirm with him?"

"nonsense."

Jin Beibei stomped on the typist's foot again and said angrily, "I just added him as a friend and asked him, how could I be wrong! Do you think he has any reason to lie to me?"

"Uh, okay then."

The typist sighed, then took out two Gold Coin Merchant Certificates worth 10,000 gold coins each from his bag and obediently handed them to Jin Beibei: "Then consider it my problem. Here's the 20,000 gold coins we agreed on earlier."

"Eh?"

Jin Beibei took the two receipts from the typist with some confusion. She looked at them for a long time before finally confirming that they were 100% genuine. Then she put them away and looked at the typist with a face full of question marks: "You... what's going on?"

"What's going on?"

"Yeah, this is 20,000 gold coins... and you just gave it to me like that?"

"There's no other way. I'm known for keeping my word. If I said I'd give you 20,000, I'd give you 20,000."

"You...you didn't find the [Realm of Innocence] too fun, so you went to the [Green Apple Merchant Guild] or something to exchange money for gold coins, did you?"

"No, what are you thinking? I just made a little money and I'm doing alright. Of course, even if I weren't doing alright, I wouldn't lie to you."

"You gave me this money because you lied to me..."

Don't worry about the details.

"Okay, so where did you get that 'small change' from?"

"Just earned it, from the diamond watch."

"I remember he almost hated you to death, didn't he?"

"Hey, there's no such thing as love or hate. We're all just working people. If he doesn't like me, it's probably just because of his position. After all, you're really sticking around with us at [Burning Fire]. Putting that aside, he might actually admire me a lot."

"Can't we have some shame?" "Just telling the truth."

"So, how exactly did you make money off diamond watches?"

"Oh, I told him I could get you to add him as a friend, but he didn't believe me. I said if I could do that, he would give me 50,000 gold coins, and he agreed."

"..."

"What's wrong?"

"Typing Warrior!"

"Ugh!!!!"

……

Five minutes later, when Jin Beibei finally stopped her attack, the Typing Warrior had already lost a full 20% of his health from the girl's fists.

"Alright, alright, now you've hit me and yelled at me. If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

The typing soldier, who had gotten up from the ground, shook his neck, brushed the dust off his clothes, and said, "I am the head of a guild, one of the core figures of the Women's Safety Alliance. I have a lot to do."

Is it possible that the organization we've joined is called the "Occupational Safety and Health Federation"?

Jin Beibei glared at the typing warrior, grabbed him by the back of his collar, and said calmly, "That's enough of the interruptions. Explain yourself clearly, what exactly is going on with YOYO?"

"Ugh……"

Seeing Jin Beibei's determined gaze, the typing warrior, knowing he could no longer give her an excuse, sighed and said helplessly, "I don't know either."

"You don't know either?"

Jin Beibei raised an eyebrow and brandished her little fist: "Haven't you had enough of being beaten?"

"Stop it, stop it."

The typing warrior gently pushed away the fist raised in front of his face and said with a wry smile, "I really don't know, Beibei. You should know very well that although there are quite a few things that can confuse me and leave me clueless... there aren't too many."

Jin Beibei then became serious and asked solemnly, "What do you mean?"

"Like I said, I don't know."

The typing warrior tapped his temple and said softly, "The only thing I can figure out is that YOYO's existence is very special. For example, she clearly has knowledge that is no less than that of normal players, but she is not a player like us. For example, she clearly has mystery and power that ordinary NPCs do not have, but she is not an NPC. Apart from that, I know nothing about her existence, her purpose, or her behavior patterns."

Jin Beibei paused slightly, then frowned and said, "Even if you've been in contact for so long?"

“That’s right. Even though we’ve been in contact for so long, my understanding of YOYO is still zero. Or rather, even though my knowledge is constantly increasing, the number of questions I have is far greater than that.”

The typist narrowed his eyes, a playful smile curving his lips: "Or rather, the only thing I can figure out is the fact that 'she must have some purpose,' which even sounds like a pointless statement."

Jin Beibei thought for a moment and hesitated before saying, "Could it be that you're overthinking it? After all, this is the [Realm of Innocence]. It wouldn't be surprising if something strange happened here. Perhaps your doubts are actually part of the game mechanics?"

"That's what I hope for too, but as far as I know, under normal circumstances, there is never anything 'redundant' or 'illogical' in the 'Boundary of Innocence'."

A sharp glint flashed in the Typing Warrior's vertical pupils as he said calmly, "In other words, if something 'redundant' or 'illogical' really happens in the [Innocent Realm], then it means that some special circumstances have arisen."

Jin Beibei sighed and shook her head, saying, "To be honest, I still think you're overthinking it. After all, it's just a game."

“A normal ‘game’ wouldn’t let Songzhi and his group ignore so many obviously wrong issues, and a normal ‘game company’ wouldn’t let so many clubs, studios, and even hacker groups run into obstacles one after another.”

The Typing Warrior licked his lips, and the cat ears on his head twitched slightly: "A normal game wouldn't have so many NPCs who are like monsters, with intelligence and emotions no different from normal people."

"That……"

Perhaps because of the other person's tone, the usually calm, collected, and fearless Miss Jin Beibei subconsciously pulled her hands into her sleeves and asked somewhat nervously, "What should we do?"

The typist thought for a moment: "Uh... let's just leave it at that?"

"..."

Jin Beibei, who had taken a break to practice her martial arts skills as a monk, silently raised her fist.

"Don't get excited! Don't get excited!"

The typist quickly took two steps back to create some distance and said with a forced smile, "I wasn't joking with you. I just felt that we couldn't and didn't need to get involved in this matter. As for those random speculations just now, frankly, they were just idle guesses. Whether they're true or false, they're not something ordinary people like us can get involved in."

Jin Beibei wrinkled her nose and said angrily, "Then why did you say so many scary things?"

"You were the one who asked me about YOYO, so I'm just letting you brainstorm together."

The typist grinned and said nonchalantly, "In short, stop thinking about that girl. Those things are too far removed from our lives."

"Is it?"

Jin Beibei crossed her arms and stared intently at the cat-person in front of her, whose face remained calm and composed: "In that case, why would she come to you?"

"I do not know."

"you!"

"Yo~"

Just as Jin Beibei was about to inflict more damage on the opponent, a loud shout suddenly rang out from behind. The two turned around and saw a highland man who used to be called Portos, but had now returned to his identity as 'Seventy-Six Clubs', striding towards them.

Behind him were two familiar faces whom the typing warriors hadn't seen in a long time.

"Yo!"

The cat-man immediately trotted over to greet them, cheerfully saying, "Long time no see, @#%, Wunian, Brother Shangzi, where have you been making your fortune all this time?"

"You're the one who's @#%!"

"Long time no see!"

"If you call me that weird name again, I'll kill you."

Chapter 2740: The End