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Chapter 390: After modification - 359 Computing Power

Chapter 390: After modification: Chapter 359 Computing Power

Wearing sunglasses and styled to look like they were cosplaying as Yan Shuangying, the two people were indeed the father and daughter of the fourth branch of the Tu Family, Tu Wangmo, and Tu Wangjuan.

They swiftly subdued the crazed Tu Qiaohua, tied his limbs with ropes, and then took out a small porcelain bottle, pouring some foul-smelling brown liquid into his mouth, which made him gradually calm down.

The entire process flowed smoothly as if it had been rehearsed countless times.

"Huff, huff..."

The young master of the Tu Family’s third branch, who had been rescued in the nick of time, was unable to recover from the tumultuous emotions of having narrowly escaped death. He stared blankly at the unconscious Xu Qiaohua on the ground,

Suddenly realizing something, his expression changed dramatically. He glared at Tu Wangmo and his daughter with trembling lips and a face contorted with suppressed rage before flinging his sleeves and leaving.

Tu Wangmo and his daughter did not bother to explain. They had the servants place the second master Tu on a stretcher to be carried back to his room to recover. Then they turned to the guests and said, "Sorry for the disturbance. My elder brother has been tormented by illness for a long time. His mind is not what it used to be. We beg your understanding."

The various members of the worldly society, aware of the Tu Family’s circumstances, expressed their condolences, lamenting over the second master’s misfortune.

Gray Rain was gnawing on a chicken bone when he noticed Li Cheng looking thoughtful and whispered, "What’s up?"

"Their timing is a bit too perfect."

Li Cheng said, "If we treat this script task as a role-playing or text adventure game, then these three waves of the Tu Family members represent the second, third, and fourth branches. We can gather different intelligence clues from each group, or unlock different plot branches."

There are also the primary and fifth branches of the Tu Family unaccounted for, along with the matriarch at the center of the storm.

Theoretically, the quickest way to figure out what has happened and what will happen on this island is to kidnap the matriarch and torture her for information.

However, Li Cheng would not do that. For one, it was obvious that the matriarch lived deep in the estate, surrounded by skilled guards.

On the other hand, he wasn’t the type to beat an old woman just to complete a mission—he preferred to use methods like administering scopolamine, thiopental, and pentobarbital truth serums, followed by Absorb Brain Entropy, Skill Mobile USB, and a second dose of Absorb Brain Entropy.

Thinking of this, he said to Gray Rain, "Don’t eat too much. We have a mission tonight."

Gray Rain’s expression turned serious as he nodded, dipped his fingertip into some wine, and wrote in his palm: "Operation code name: [Cold War]."

? Are you making a movie here or what?

Li Cheng’s eye twitched as he silently shoveled a couple of pretend bites of food into his mouth.

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After dinner, the butler reappeared to assign rooms to the guests.

For the sake of convenience, Li Cheng chose a two-story pavilion at the far west side. By late night, most people were already asleep. The Tu estate was left with only a few servants preparing ingredients for the feast and a few who were still drinking and socializing.

Lying on the bed feigning sleep, Li Cheng suddenly opened his eyes, slipped silently down from the bed, and with a flip of his hand, he took out an industrial endoscope camera,

sliding the tube under the door to check the hallway.

After confirming the hallway was empty, he took out a button-sized fisheye surveillance camera, and with a flick of his finger,

he attached the double-sided tape at the back of the surveillance device to the corridor ceiling.

This device was pre-programmed to send an alert to Li Cheng if it detected any movement in the corridor, especially towards his door.

Having set it up, Li Cheng retrieved the endoscope, moved back to the bed, and whispered, "Time to get up." He lifted Gray Rain’s quilt.

As the quilt was pulled back, the light from Gray Rain’s phone illuminated the ceiling. She was engrossed in playing Glory of Kings with headphones on—a special offline version featuring nine bots.

"Leave a clone here, then come with me to gather intelligence."

"Got it."

Just as the blue team managed by Gray Rain was about to lose their crystal to the opposing bots, she immediately shifted gears, liquefied part of her body, and squeezed out a mini Gray Rain.

"Hand over the phone."

The mini Gray Rain, no taller than a table, took the phone with a stern expression. With swift three-finger movements akin to an esports player, she effortlessly piloted Luna around their high ground, quickly annihilating the enemy team of five.

Both Gray Rain and Li Cheng were stunned, their eyes wide. "Holy crap, your gameplay is insane."

"First, as a part of you, my brain has undergone an upgrade, and since we’re connected, my computing power also improved."

The mini Gray Rain pointed at the CPU and signal reception antenna used as her hairpin and said calmly, "Secondly, I disabled several unnecessary functions, saving a lot of computing power.

These functions include but are not limited to [Internet Surfing], [Bad Joke Association], [CCB, SM Stick Brother, Instant Eye-Top, Freeverse Creation], [Anime Series Review], [Troll Trash-talking Provocation]...

"You’ve got a mouth full of teeth, all you do is blabber nonsense."

Gray Rain hastily covered the mini clone’s mouth. Ever since her brain was connected to a network card, her internet addiction had increased to the point where being offline for an hour felt like she was covered in ants.

"The kid is just talking nonsense," Gray Rain awkwardly scratched her head, like a kid caught forging a parent’s signature, and clumsily changed the topic, "Who are we going to kill?"

"... Let’s gather information first."

Li Cheng smacked his lips, opened the window, and launched a drone.

The drone ascended to five hundred meters and hovered, activating its night vision to monitor the entire estate.

The Tu estate was rectangular, with a large man-made garden to the north, the family cemetery to the northwest, the matriarch’s residence, ancestral hall, and main branch to the northeast.

The southwest housed the guest quarters, the rest of the second, third, fourth, and fifth branches lived in the central area, while private schools, warehouses, and kitchens were in the east.

"Let’s check out the eastern warehouses for clues first..."

Li Cheng mumbled as he donned his night attire, put on a mask, and agilely climbed onto the roof.

As for Gray Rain, even though she reduced her weight by creating a clone, she was still heavy enough to break tiles. Thus, she transformed into a hollow hydrogen balloon, filling with hydrogen and slowly floating at low altitude.

Tap, tap, tap.

The figure in black silently dashed across the roofs, leaping from building to building, avoiding all eyes.

The high-altitude drone was like an all-seeing eye, providing an unobstructed view of the entire estate, including the wild couples sneaking behind rockery, let alone the unsuspecting Tu Family servants and worldly society members.

"Five heads, six-six-six, seven pairs, eight horses..."

Drinking and playing games all night, many martial artists were already passed out. No one noticed a figure in the corner, pretending to be drunk, withdraw silently from the banquet and slip into the night.

Tonight, it wasn’t just Li Cheng taking action.

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