Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 717 Resume

Lin Yilin picked up her morning coffee, took a sip, and opened the email requesting her assistance.

Aside from the seemingly prank-like email subject line, the email contained only a file named "Resume." Lin Yilin cautiously examined the file using other methods but found nothing additional. In the end, she opened the file anyway.

Just like the name of the document, it really only contains one blank page of resume.

"Playing hard to get?" Lin Yilin raised an eyebrow, scrolling the mouse wheel up and down to try and find something suspicious.

"What's wrong?" Noticing that Lin Yilin suddenly stopped talking and started staring intently at the computer, Zheng Fan came up behind her and curiously peeked out.

"A strange request: a resume file was sent while the game was starting," Lin Yilin said succinctly, then added, "The page numbering doesn't start from one, but from two."

“It’s a very obvious hint,” Zheng Fan said.

"There's a hidden resume. And although there's only one page of it now, there will probably be some changes and new resumes added later," Lin Yilin speculated.

Zheng asked, "Why is the first page of the resume hidden?"

"If one page of a resume corresponds to one person, then the first page of the resume is probably no longer blank. If we could see that page, the situation would become clear immediately."

Zheng Fan raised an eyebrow: "I don't like these kinds of pretentious riddle challenges."

"I don't like it either." Lin Yilin isn't the kind of detective who has a penchant for deduction and puzzle-solving and insists on taking on any challenge that comes her way.

Zheng Fan directly read the information from this resume file.

crunch...

Suddenly, he heard a sound like trees growing, and then Zheng's computer stopped reading the resume file.

Zheng Fan: ?
This is the first time I've encountered a situation where I'm completely interrupted and unable to read.

It's not blocking, nor is it deceiving the public; it's directly prohibiting Zheng Fan from reading.

Where did this authority come from? What in this world has authority higher than Zheng Fan in his hallucination state? Perhaps only Zheng Fan in his physical state.

"How about it?"

"I can't read it."

Lin Yilin was taken aback, her expression turning serious: "Methods from the underworld?"

"Most likely," Zheng Fan nodded.

Without hesitation or further confirmation, Zheng Fan's feelings were beyond question. Lin Yilin immediately picked up her contact information, which she had barely used since that day, and sent out the message "The Dark World is Coming."

Suddenly, the "Background" section of the first resume appeared.

[Jiyun District]

Lin Yilin and Zheng Fan exchanged a glance, and Lin Yilin said, "The task I just gave Shang Xia is in Jiyun District."

"Are they targeting Shangxia?" Zheng Fan frowned slightly.

The young girl had only recently experienced ordinary life and couldn't handle too much stimulation; otherwise, with her axe in hand, she wouldn't even be able to defeat Zheng Fan.

With this in mind, Zheng Fan disappeared from the spot.

Lin Yilin put down her coffee cup, stood up, put on her coat, and hurriedly went out the door. The three little ones followed her, wanting to see who dared to bully little sister Shang Xia!

At the same time, Lin Yilin also called Shang Xia.

"Hello? Is there anything else you need, Yilin? Did I forget something again?!" Shang Xia answered the phone, her first thought being that she had forgotten something as soon as she left the house. Turning her head, she saw Zheng Fan teleporting in front of her.

Zheng Fan teleported over instantly, and Shang Xia was terrified. Had she done something really bad as soon as she stepped out the door? Was she really incapable of doing anything right by herself?

"Who bullied you?" Zheng Fan's fists hardened the moment he saw Shang Xia's tearful face. He used a full-range information scan to encompass the surrounding area, making the sky inexplicably gloomy throughout Jiyun City.

"Xia Xia! Is there anything unusual on your end?" Lin Yilin asked seriously from the other end.

Shang Xia was at a loss: "No! I just took the subway to Jiyun District! Nothing seems wrong and I wasn't bullied!"

Zheng Fan immediately loosened his fist: "Then why are you making such a crying face like you've been bullied?"

That's true. If Shang Xia were really bullied, the emotional turmoil would definitely reach Zheng Fan immediately. He was just being overly concerned.

"I thought I had done something wrong again," Shang Xia said, looking down with a wronged expression.

“You are the daughter of Dadu, you can do whatever you want,” Zheng Fan grinned and said in a joking tone.

Lin Yilin breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that you're alright. You can continue your case with Mr. Illusion. Anyway, Mr. Illusion is right next to you, so nothing will happen."

"Ok."

After hanging up the phone, Shang Xia still seemed unhappy.

My child's first independent errand-running mission to buy things has failed.

Seeing her like this, Zheng Fan pointed to the side and said, "Would it be better if I went somewhere you couldn't see me?"

Shang Xia burst out laughing: "No need, it's just my own little quirk."

Now that Zheng Fan had passed away, Lin Yilin wasn't in a hurry. She started sharing the matter with her network of contacts, explaining the messages she had sent, and also mentioning the possibility of a conspiracy brewing in the underworld that she had previously discussed with Zheng Fan.

Strangely, when she tried sending her resume to other people, they all said they hadn't received it.

Lu Chongming: [The monitoring station says there are no anomalies around the White World. And indeed, the fluctuations at the boundary have become increasingly shallow and less frequent recently, with instances of no fluctuations at the White World boundary occurring for up to twelve hours.]

This means that for a full twelve hours, not a single hallucination approached the vast white world. In the past, the fluctuations at the boundary would have occurred at intervals of no more than half a minute, and many hallucinations would have even come in groups…

Lu Chongming's report sparked a flurry of questions in the discussion group.

Since there are no problems, where did this resume come from...?
Niu Qianliu: [The intelligence from our network of agents operating in cyberspace has also been relayed back. The emails you mentioned, Lin Yilin, and even the resume you tried to send us, do not exist online.]

Lin Yilin: [Only Mr. Illusion and I can see this? Has everyone confirmed?]

The discussion group was full of acquaintances, and they all responded. Even Luo Ye, who was usually active, said he couldn't see it, and Shang Xia, who had close ties with Zheng Fan, couldn't either.

If Zheng Fan hadn't been there to confirm what she saw, this situation could only be explained as her hallucination.

The further question now is, why is it that only she and Mr. Illusion can see this resume?

If Mr. Illusion is an exception that is difficult to control, and preventing Mr. Illusion from seeing the secret of the resume is already the limit and no further restrictions can be imposed, then the main target behind this is her?
However, the name of Jiyun City happens to correspond to the location of Shangxia at this time, and such a coincidence is equally unsettling.

Finally, she could only send a message: [Everyone, be aware of any unusual changes around you. The method to bypass Mr. Illusion and destroy the capital isn't actually that difficult... for example, by destroying those of us closely connected to him first.]

After sending the message, she put down her phone and looked up at the sky.

In today's mostly cloudy skies, there are no other incongruous colors to be seen yet.

(End of this chapter)