I'm speechless! You want me to drive a baby stroller on the highway to survive?

Chapter 436 Jin Yan Voluntarily Exposes Herself

[Lu Youyou: Thank you for taking such a big risk to tell me about the Monster Circle, but Yu Qian, won't Wei Tianning monitor our chat? Although he's not the universally acknowledged leader, he's still the acting leader.]

[Yu Qian: Don't worry, as long as Robot Number One survives, everything in everyone's watches will be kept secret. It was personally developed by the Master; you can trust his abilities.]

[Yu Qian: But you need to know that Robot Number One is on Wei Tianning's side. It's not a real person and doesn't understand human intrigue. If you fail in the instance, Robot Number One probably won't survive either.]

[Yu Qian: Once Wei Tianning obtains the chip from Robot One, everyone's secrets will no longer be secrets. Your weapons, your control panels, your supplies will all be exposed. Wei Tianning has a thousand ways to make the humans chosen by the adults kill each other.]

Lu Youyou: ...

[Yu Qian: What, after all I've said, you still don't believe me?]

[Lu Youyou: I believe it. I'm deeply shocked, and there are still many things I can't understand.]

[Yu Qian: Once you meet the adults and successfully become their successor, you will naturally learn the whole truth.]

[Lu Youyou: I will try my best.]

Just as Lu Youyou thought the chat was over and was about to go to Wang Qiao and the others to discuss it, Yu Qian sent another message.

[Yu Qian: I escaped from Black Pool, but I don't know where to go. Can I take refuge at your base?]

This move really stumped Lu Youyou.

Call Yu Qian over; she's a fake.

If we don't call her over, wouldn't that reveal that we already knew her identity?

After thinking it over, Lu Youyou decided to call her over.

Anyway, she's a monster, so she can't join human gangs, and there aren't any extra rooms for her.

This is a good excuse to let Yu Qian share a room with her, so that if something happens, it won't hurt anyone else.

[Lu Youyou: The base rooms are generated based on the number of gang members. You're not a gang member, so you don't have your own room. You'll have to share a room with me, right?]

[Yu Qian: Okay, I'll teleport there right away. Remember to open the gate for me.]

[Lu Youyou: Mm-hmm.]

Turning off her watch, Lu Youyou sighed. Being a double agent is really hard.

She got dressed and went outside, just in time to run into Wang Qiao, who was heading back inside.

"Youyou, where are you going?"

Lu Youyou briefly recounted what had just happened to Wang Qiao, and then went to open the door.

As expected, the fake Yu Qian was already waiting there.

"Youyou, you're so slow! I've been waiting for two minutes."

She complained in a coquettish manner.

Lu Youyou hooked her arm around hers: "I'm sorry, Yu Qian, you know I'm used to sleeping naked, and it takes me time to get dressed."

"Yes, I know."

Shifting her gaze to Wang Qiao's indifferent face, Yu Qian teased, "Why is this young lady giving me such a cold shoulder? Are you afraid I'll steal your best friend?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I've been spending too much time with those monsters, so I can be a bit harsh when I joke with humans. Please don't take it to heart."

Wang Qiao gave a dry laugh: "It's nothing."

"That's good, Youyou, shall we go back inside?"

Lu Youyou waved to Wang Qiao: "We're going back to our room first, you get some rest."

Once inside, Lu Youyou locked the door from the inside.

Just as he was about to get some information out of Yu Qian, there was a knock on the door.

The continuous and rapid sounds made Lu Youyou feel flustered.

She ignored Yu Qian and opened the door: "What's wrong? Did something happen outside?"

Wang Qiao took out a bowl of ice jelly from behind her back and presented it with both hands like a treasure.

"Ta-da~ Uncle Zhang made this ice jelly. I forgot to give it to you during the day. It'll be perfect for the three of us to eat tonight. Yu Qian, you don't mind, do you?"

Yu Qian said meaningfully, "How could I dare to have any objections?"

The two were on the verge of exchanging blows. Lu Youyou appeared calm on the surface, but in reality, she was extremely conflicted.

She knew Wang Qiao was worried about her, but Jia Yuqian wasn't stupid either.

Delivering ice jelly in the middle of the night, and having three people squeeze into a small room to eat it together—it's no wonder they're so curious.

"Wang Qiao, why don't you go back first? We can have the ice jelly tomorrow."

Lu Youyou winked at Wang Qiao.

"No need, I've figured it out. You all realized a long time ago that I'm not the real Yu Qian."

Having said that, Jin Yan stopped pretending.

She ripped off her hood and mask, revealing a face completely different from Yu Qian's.

Yu Qian suffered hardships in her childhood and learned to protect herself with a cold mask, being icy to outsiders but smiling to her own people.

Jin Yan has a baby face, naturally smiling eyes, and slightly upturned lips. She looks at everyone with a smile, but the coldness in her eyes cannot be ignored.

"Let's get to know each other again. My name is Jin Yan, and I used to be Yu Qian's good friend."

"You...are Xiaoqian's good friend?"

Jin Yan smiled when she heard Lu Youyou address Qian by her full name, unlike when she addressed herself.

"So you already knew I wasn't Yu Qian all along; you've been calling me Yu Qian from the very beginning."

Lu Youyou countered, "And what about you? What was your purpose in impersonating Xiaoqian?"

Jin Yan let out a heavy sigh, her tone both sorrowful and relieved.

"At first it was because of the boss's orders, that is, Wei Tianning's orders, but later... it was a personal vendetta! He killed my brother!"

At this point, she suddenly burst into laughter.

Under the dim light of a night lamp, it was both desolate and frenzied.

“He killed my twin brother right in front of me! From the moment my mother became pregnant with us, we were inseparable. We were human together, we were monsters together. Wei Tianning had no idea how deep our bond was!”

"He said if it weren't for you, Lu Youyou, I wouldn't have failed the mission, and my brother wouldn't have died because of me. Bullshit! He's just trying to manipulate me! I'm not one of those monsters who are born monsters; I have human thoughts!"

"Wei Tianning hates you, so I'll help you. Wei Tianning wants to control me, so I'll betray him. Wei Tianning wants to become a real leader, so I'll help you rise to power!"

Her sadness was genuine.

When I learned of Yu Qian's death on Earth, I felt exactly the same way she did.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend; this saying applies everywhere.

But there's one thing Lu Youyou wants to clarify.

"Jin Yan, can an NPC whose brainwaves have been hacked still survive?"

Jin Yan took a few deep breaths to calm herself down.

"You want to ask about Yu Qian, right? Don't worry, she's safe for now."

"What do you mean?" Lu Youyou pressed.

Jin Yan smiled and said, "I've said it before, I used to be Yu Qian's best friend. How could I not help a friend who is in trouble?"

"I was in charge of the Black Pool's invasion of brainwaves. I also made arrangements with those NPCs. They were responsible for telling my brother and me all their memories, and then we used their memories to communicate with humans."

"Of course, there are times when I can't remember things, but that's when humanity is doomed. It's better for a few people to die than for my friends to die, don't you think?"

Lu Youyou asked again, "What about the honey badger warrior? I saw him die right in front of me."