CHAPTER 369: CHAPTER 300: HAPPINESS COMES TOO SUDDENLY (EXTRA UPDATE 3/3 FOR JADE PENDANT XI)

"Recognized it?"

Wen Nan revealed a satisfied smile, seemingly pleased to have saved himself a lot of explaining.

Yin Zhi’en instantly understood what Wen Nan intended to do. He struggled to move backward,

"You want to give me this Fragment, forcing me to accept its temporary ownership?"

As he said this, he shook his head desperately, "I won’t accept it! Once accepted, the Heart-boring Gu inside will bind with the Fragment and burrow into my skin, into my heart, and I’ll never be able to escape. I absolutely cannot agree to such a thing!"

Wen Nan displayed a hint of mocking in his eyes, "You are quite knowledgeable."

Saying so, he shook his head, "But, who asked if you agree or not? Who said they were giving the temporary ownership of this Fragment to you?"

Yin Zhi’en, hearing this, regained some composure, "Without transferring ownership to me, how could the Heart-boring Gu embedded in the Fragment affect me?"

Wen Nan did not care to explain further, clenching his hand into a fist, a golden glow flashed from his palm.

In an instant, a beam of golden light descended, and a familiar figure appeared beside Wen Nan, "Master."

Wen Nan was originally "playfully interacting" with Yin Xiaobai, but at this moment he turned his head back and was taken aback at seeing Yu Shujun’s appearance, the slightly mischievous smile on his lips froze,

"Even officiating as the proxy queen requires dressing so formally? It’s like you’re the beauty pageant winner or something?"

Yu Shujun thought he was criticizing her outfit, and bashfully explained, "The required attire for the crowning ceremony, but if you don’t like it, I can change back."

"No—"

Wen Nan was about to interrupt, but Yu Shujun, being quick to act, had already changed back to her previous athletic attire with a wave of her hand, using a "one-click wardrobe change".

Wen Nan pursed his lips as if wanting to say more, but the humming noise from Yin Zhi’en behind him brought his thoughts back, turning back to look at the boy sitting on the ground again.

Yin Zhi’en looked incredulously at Wen Nan and then at Yu Shujun behind him, unable to comprehend how the two could be chatting so casually at a time like this, but upon thinking about his parents, it suddenly seemed reasonable.

Wen Nan, naturally, had no idea what was going on in Yin Zhi’en’s head. He raised the Matthew Fragment in his hand and glanced at Yu Shujun, "I accept, do you transfer?"

Yin Zhi’en: ?

For a moment, Yin Zhi’en didn’t understand what they were talking about, but quickly he grasped the situation—they planned to accept the temporary ownership of the Matthew Fragment, and at the instant the Heart-boring Gu pierced the other’s skin, it would be transferred using the transfer Fragment to plant the Heart-boring Gu into Yin Zhi’en’s body.

They actually have a transfer Fragment?!

Is it really Jun Wuming?!

His words came true!

Is the rumor true? The number one under the nine great legends, Golden Peak’s Jun Wuming, was actually controlled by a new player using a golden control rune!

Upon seeing Yu Shujun nod, Yin Zhi’en took out a small medicine bottle from his equipment reserve and drank it down in one gulp without hesitation.

"Hey!"

Wen Nan watched the other’s mad scramble to take medicine, for a moment doubting whether this kid had lost his mind and was about to poison himself, but quickly realized he was overthinking it—

Yin Zhi’en wasn’t taking poison; it was a special potion that could temporarily surge his agility.

Once the potion was ingested, he immediately sprang up from the ground, moving like the wind, sweeping through every corner of the round metal cage.

By the time everyone regained their composure, aside from Wen Nan and Yu Shujun, the remaining five people in the metal cage had all transformed into the same appearance as Yin Zhi’en.

Five identical-looking people simultaneously showed expressions of bewilderment and confusion, making it impossible to tell who was who.

Wen Nan raised a subtle eyebrow, as this scene was not at all unexpected.

This explains why he was willing to miss the homage ceremony and had to play along, following Yin Zhi’en into this cage—

Yin Zhi’en, unlike Wei Zhe, was clearly a new member with not much rank or experience, yet to be entrusted by President Carl meant he must be very adaptable, winning the president’s admiration.

Sure enough, this kid didn’t disappoint Wen Nan, like a slippery eel, hard to catch, even managing to pull off an enhanced version of "true and false Monkey King" play.

And precisely for this reason, Wen Nan needed Yin Zhi’en’s own metal cage to trap him.

"Nine!"

"Boss!"

"Chairman!"

"Chairman."

"Chair... Chairman."

All five identical people looked at Wen Nan, using Yin Zhi’en’s clear voice to call out, seemingly all eager to prove their identity.

Wen Nan’s gaze swept across the three who called him "Chairman".

Now, within this cage, aside from Yin Zhi’en and the controlled NPC Zhou Shijie, everyone was Wen Nan’s people, so identifying Yin Zhi’en was easy.

It was merely a matter of time.

Clearly, Yin Zhi’en wasn’t stupid; he knew this wasn’t the way to escape. This was nothing more than a ploy to buy time.

With this thought in mind, one of the Yin Zhi’en slowly retreated after calling "Chairman", his back against the metal cage wall, feeling for a switch on the metal bar, trying to open the cage.

This cage, built for sturdiness, was troublesome to assemble and slow to fully open.