CHAPTER 34: 034 MOUNTAIN FLOWER, CAN YOU SEE THE FUTURE?_1

"Ji Mo, the Yunxia civilization, and whatever other world secrets—what do they have to do with you?"

Zero Egg was also greatly shocked. "Could it be that we inadvertently triggered some hidden mission?"

Its reaction also showed that before arriving, it hadn’t even known such a mission existed within the System.

Wen Jiang eyed the three missions, squinting.

Apart from the first mission, the other two surprisingly targeted her precisely.

For Zero Egg, an ordinary host certainly wouldn’t possess such an ability. However, Wen Jiang’s soul originated from another world and held mastery over the civilization of that other world.

If her power returned, she would attempt her Tribulation again, and then uncovering the secrets of this world wouldn’t be difficult for her.

This System... Interesting, Wen Jiang thought.

"Possible," Wen Jiang sat down, her tone indifferent. "It seems we can look into the Jimo Family now."

"Eh?" Zero Egg was puzzled. "What relationship could the Jimo Family have with you?"

"If there were no connection, this hidden mission wouldn’t have appeared for me. Seeing as you’re acting completely clueless, I don’t even want to ask you what a Divine Card Set is. I suspect you have no idea."

Zero Egg remained silent.

Damn it, it really didn’t know, it fumed internally.

Small Systems like it were just mass-produced. Each System gained different amounts of Points for completing missions, so their promotions proceeded at varying paces. Some core modules were even beyond their own understanding.

Could this hidden mission be embedded in a core module, activating only when the host meets specific conditions? Zero Egg wondered. Its not-so-sharp data senses told it that this didn’t seem quite right either.

"A Divine Card Set must be the strongest Card Set, considering such tough conditions for drawing it," Zero Egg explained sulkily, not wanting to appear completely ignorant before Wen Jiang. It was supposed to be a product of a higher civilization, yet it was utterly dominated by a host from a lesser one.

Wen Jiang had already taken out her phone and started looking up information about the Jimo Family.

Simultaneously, she began to speculate aloud, "I guess this mission is tailor-made for me; otherwise, it wouldn’t specifically instruct me to retrieve a Heritage Card from the Jimo Family. My current path seems completely unrelated to the Jimo Family, so there must be only one connection."

Information about the Jimo Family popped up on the internet.

They were a noble family with illustrious military achievements but were now in decline, with few descendants.

The news of General Jimo Xiao’s fall now filled entire websites, turning webpages black and white. This was the nation’s profound mourning for a meritorious figure’s passing.

The Jimo Family, after all, belonged to the Nobility, and some information wouldn’t be known to outsiders. Beyond the publicly available data, there was only one lead.

Wen Jiang pointed to a line on the screen. "General Jimo Xiao’s daughter disappeared nineteen years ago, and I just turned nineteen this year."

Zero Egg was stunned. Fuck?! it thought. That actually makes a lot of sense!

But it couldn’t help exclaiming, "Isn’t that a bit too melodramatic? If you’re the missing daughter of the Jimo Family, why was there no mention of this in the data before I arrived?"

Wen Jiang pinched her chin. "That just proves that in my original story, there was indeed no trace of the Jimo Family. General Jimo Xiao’s death in battle must have been predestined. Even if I had later discovered the mystery of my origins, there would probably have been no one left to provide proof."

That made sense, Zero Egg conceded. It then asked, "Do you remember anything from your childhood?"

The Wen Jiang of the past might not, but the current Wen Jiang did.

After entering this body, she had received the original Wen Jiang’s memories. While she couldn’t access deep memories from early childhood, the moments with Song Yingchen stood out. The original owner couldn’t recall how she met Song Yingchen, only that when she was little, he had found food for her, allowing her to survive. In those early days, Song Yingchen and the original owner had truly relied on each other for survival.

Upon hearing this, Zero Egg couldn’t help but remark, "I didn’t expect that ’eldest grandson’ to have been so kind in the past. How did things deteriorate to this point?"

It seemed the romantic storyline had completely gone off the rails, Zero Egg mused. It could only hope Wen Jiang would make a name for herself in her career.

"By the way," Zero Egg said hesitantly, "if our speculation is correct, and you heard that your father—or possible father—General Jimo Xiao, died in battle, aren’t you sad at all?"

Wen Jiang seemed far too calm. Her gaze shifted over the documents, apparently analyzing the intelligence with cool detachment, as if General Jimo Xiao’s death had nothing to do with her.

"Why should I be sad?" Wen Jiang raised her head to look out the window. "I don’t even know him."

Even if there might be a blood relation, that’s a distant matter, she thought. Besides, I’m not the original Wen Jiang, so why would I feel sad? Moreover, I’ve cultivated for nearly a thousand years. I was once an ordinary girl, but in the end, I had to watch helplessly as my relatives’ lifespans expired and they departed one by one. I’ve lived for so long and have such a terrible temper that I’ve long forgotten what familial affection even feels like. How could I possibly empathize with someone from an entirely different world?

"Alright then." Zero Egg didn’t really understand human emotions. "So, let’s think about how we can connect with the Jimo Family. Now that he has passed away, there will definitely be a funeral. Should we find a way to sneak in?"

"The funeral will attract too much attention, and obtaining a Heritage Card won’t be that easy," Wen Jiang said, pointing to the properties listed under the Jimo Family’s name. "It seems we can only start here."

The Jimo Family was, after all, an old noble family with many investments. The one most deeply associated with them was precisely the Mount Flower Association.

With their backers gradually declining, the Mount Flower Association’s recent dwindling was not unrelated to the Jimo Family. Ultimately, it seemed Wen Jiang really had to go to the Mount Flower Association. At least the leadership of the Card Association should be very knowledgeable about the Jimo Family’s affairs.

As for information about the Heritage Card, there were actually no clues. The Mount Flower Association had several signature SSR Cards, but none belonged to the Jimo Family. The SSR Cards used by General Jimo Xiao himself were common among military figures. So, which one was the Heritage Card? Or perhaps it hasn’t even appeared yet, Wen Jiang wondered.

Compared to Wen Jiang’s calmness at midnight, other parts of the Yunxia Empire were genuinely rocked by the news of General Jimo Xiao’s death. The Mount Flower Association was especially hard-hit.

The Jimo Family was the supporter behind the Mount Flower Association, and they even held ten percent of the Jimo Family’s core industries. These represented substantial profits. Now that no one from the Jimo Family was left, if the state didn’t intervene, other noble families would undoubtedly target the Mount Flower Association.

"Hongying still hasn’t agreed to renew her contract, General Jimo Xiao is gone, and the Jimo Family has truly perished..."

Tang Qian, an A-Level coach, was jolted awake in the middle of the night by messages flooding in from all directions. Standing before her bedroom window, she gazed at the bright moon and murmured to herself, "Could it be that we at Mount Flower really have no future?"

As someone who had worked for the Mount Flower Association for over twenty years, she didn’t want to see the association truly fall into ruin. After all, it had its moments of glory too, she thought wistfully.