Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 162 The Backstab of the Internet

The old man from Juanshan looked puzzled. "Isn't the Master using this illusion to temper his mind? Then what are you doing...?"

"No." You should have said so earlier, Qiu Ci could only say, "This thing isn't mine, it was put here by the Repair and Management Bureau."

"The Repair and Management Bureau," Juanshan suddenly said with an angry expression, "As expected, those people have ill intentions. They actually used such evil objects to test the Dao heart of the Venerable One. Do I need to deal with them?"

"No, that's not what I meant!" Qiu Ci quickly grabbed the person. "This thing is actually a cell phone. The images on it are not illusions, but rather someone is broadcasting live, something like telepathy. It has nothing to do with the Repair and Management Bureau."

She quickly explained the concept of a mobile phone to Juanshan, and also explained what live streaming was, before finally picking up the phone and speaking seriously.

"I just stumbled upon this by accident, I definitely didn't intentionally look for this kind of thing. Who would have thought that the internet here is full of this kind of nonsense? I'll show you if you don't believe me."

As she spoke, she scrolled down, and the screen instantly switched to the next one, but this time the voice coming from it was very serious.

Do you want to establish your foundation? Do you want to obtain an intermediate cultivator's certificate? Remember these five points, and your success rate in establishing your foundation will increase by ten percent.

"No." Why did this one suddenly become so serious? She immediately scrolled to the next one.

—The junior cultivator's class is in session. Today we'll discuss some of the most difficult aspects of identifying spiritual plants in alchemy. First, remember these few spiritual plants so you don't mistake them.

"..." How could this be? She swiped again.

—The sudden declaration of a citywide curfew in Yizhong City has been over by the Repair and Management Bureau, which recently issued a statement saying that the crisis has been resolved and citizens can rest assured.

"..." She refused to believe it and swiped again!
—Breaking news! The number one internet celebrity, Hu, was rushed to the First Hospital, suspected of suffering a backlash due to problems in his cultivation practice.

"..." This is impossible, keep refreshing!
—The admissions selection for this year's five major advanced master academies in the Federation is about to begin, and dark horses from various universities are emerging one after another.

"..." How could it be gone? *Whoosh!*

—Hey! You got a new phone? Where's your old one?
"..." Wait, the ads are already out, what about all those live streams that were exposed before? They were all on the leaderboard just now, why are there not even any that were close to the truth now?

"Oh right, the rankings." She quickly opened the rankings, saying, "I only noticed this because I clicked on the rankings... wait, where's the number one player?"

Upon closer inspection, it became clear that 'Xiao Hu is not a fox,' which had previously been ranked number one, had somehow disappeared, and was replaced by a live stream of a pill-refining cultivator.

The lonely autumn poem that proves this: "..."

Juanshan, his eyes growing increasingly suspicious: "..."

A moment of silence fell over the room...

I feel like I've been betrayed online!

After a long while, the old man from Juanshan patted her shoulder and said with an understanding expression, "Ahem, Venerable Master, I understand!"

"..." No, you don't understand!

She's not innocent anymore, and the kind of inexplicable situation.

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"Ahem..." Old Man Juanshan kindly changed the subject, "Let's put the mind training aside for now and talk about the base. Does the Venerable Master have any thoughts on this?"

Qiu Ci flung her phone away as if it were burning her hand, took a few deep breaths to calm herself down, and said, “I went to the library earlier.” She recounted what she had found there.

“There are very few clues so far, and I’m not sure if there’s a base on the Divine Radiance Continent.” Qiu Ci thought for a moment and said, “But this place is so similar to Blue Star, so Blue Star must have stayed here for a long time back then.” Juan Shan nodded and said, “Those cultivators who invited me here seem to really want me to join them, so I can take this opportunity to find out some information.”

"They want you to join the Repair Bureau?" Qiu Ci asked, somewhat surprised.

“Yes,” Juanshan nodded. “Their strength doesn’t seem that great. I heard that the strongest of them are at the Mahayana stage, and there are only three of them. But it’s unknown whether there are any hidden experts.”

"They know you're at the Celestial Realm?"

“No,” Juanshan shook his head and said, “They couldn’t tell my cultivation level, so I simply suppressed it to the Mahayana stage, and they also thought I was just a Mahayana cultivator.”

Qiu Ci nodded. Judging from the fact that the Cultivation Management Bureau had to seek help from other places after the martial law was declared, there weren't many cultivators in the Integration stage on this continent, let alone those in the Mahayana stage. It was normal for the Cultivation Management Bureau to attach so much importance to him.

The Bureau of Repair and Management happens to oversee all cultivators in the Federation. If the civilization here truly originated from Earth, then what Earth left behind is very likely in the hands of the higher-ups. Since Juanshan was able to infiltrate the area, he might be able to obtain more information.

After discussing some details and exchanging some information with Juanshan, Juanshan returned to her top-floor room. After all, she was still being watched by many people, and if she left for too long, she would inevitably be noticed.

Thinking about the technological means of this world, Qiu Ci poked the small light ball of the system again, causing it to split off a subroutine to bind to the old man of Juanshan, so that it could promptly remind and detect the surrounding surveillance and the like.

Of course, Qiu Ci wasn't idle either. She decided to go and check out the coordinates she had obtained from the Insect System. She hadn't forgotten that there was a superior system here.

The system itself is a product of Earth. If we find that superior system, we might be able to trace the base's location.

When the bug system self-destructed, the coordinates obtained by the dog system not only pinpointed the continent, but also the specific location.

Coincidentally, that location was actually within Yizhong City, and not far from here.

Although the Repair Bureau arranged for her to stay in this hotel, it did not restrict her movements. So after staying in the hotel for two days and making a show of it, she swaggered out.

As expected, no one stopped her.

She first pretended to be curious and wandered around the city before going to the location set by the system. Surprisingly, it turned out to be a park.

The park was bustling with activity, with many people coming and going. It was surrounded by shady trees and had a small artificial lake in the middle, making it look peaceful and beautiful.

She walked around the entire park but didn't find anything unusual.

"Damn system, are you sure this is the place?" Qiu Ci asked.

Yes, Master! The coordinates of the pirate system are here.

But this is clearly a park; anyone could come here. Where is she supposed to find that higher-level system? Could it be that the location only shows that the other party is sending the insect system to Zhongzhou?
"Dog system, scan the surroundings and find the location of that system."

"Master..." The little ball of light immediately wilted. "I've already scanned it many times, but I haven't found any targets."

"What does that mean?" Please explain.

This means... either there really isn't another system nearby, or... the other party's blocking program version is superior to mine, so it can't be detected.

"So, you're not as high-level as the other person?"

[Sobbing...]

The little light group started losing followers like crazy, which is why it wanted to upgrade.