Delta: Who are you saying has suffered a loss of strength?

Chapter 332 Reluctant to Part

"So you think she is Mai Xiaowen?" Han Che raised his gaze from his teacup and landed on Qi Yuzhe's face.

Qi Yuzhe leaned back on the sofa, arms crossed over his chest, and retorted, "Otherwise what? Isn't it obvious?"

"Why are those two people's names different?" Han Che asked, puzzled. A clue he had never seen before appeared before him, making him take the matter more seriously.

Qi Yuzhe shook his head. "I haven't figured it out either. If the features weren't so similar, I wouldn't be sure. But now it's almost obvious. I don't really believe that it's just a coincidence."

Han Che paused, his fingers unconsciously tapping lightly on his knees. He remained silent for a while before speaking.

"Do you think the world will develop like in the game? Mai Xiaowen, no, Mai Xiaobai, will she become one of those GTI people later on?"

Qi Yuzhe gave him a deep look. "Don't you think that joint training plan they talked about in the meeting sounds a lot like this GTI?"

"Global Emergency Response Organization, just a different name, but the content is almost the same, and even the pace of causing trouble matches up."

"I feel like this is just the same system with a different name. It's like Mai Xiaowen has been replaced by Mai Xiaobai; the tactics are exactly the same."

Han Che frowned. "Tsk, really... So what do we do? Should we try to sabotage them? Wasn't the GTI created in the game specifically to counter Hafk and Asara?"

"If they really come up with a joint training program, it will definitely be aimed at us in the end."

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuzhe's lips suddenly curled into a mischievous grin. "Destroy? How will you destroy it?"

He softened his tone, "Why don't you just shoot that Mai Xiaobai? Wouldn't that be more direct?"

"Huh?" Han Che was stunned, his mouth slightly agape, as if he hadn't reacted at first. "Is this... appropriate? GTI isn't just about her; killing her wouldn't solve the problem..."

Qi Yuzhe tilted his head and looked at Han Che, then suddenly lowered his voice and imitated Han Che's tone in a disgusting way: "Ah~ killing her would only be a temporary solution~"

After he finished learning, he deliberately dragged out the last syllable and rolled his eyes dramatically. "Damn it, if you can't bear to part with it, just say so. What are you pretending for?"

"Reluctant to part with it? What do I have to be reluctant to part with?" He suddenly sat up straight, his speech noticeably faster, as if he was racing to finish his sentence before the other person interrupted him.

"She's not on my side, so why would I be reluctant to part with her?"

"She's still useful now, and I still need to make money. Where do you think the money for my resurrection came from, and also the money for your resurrection?"

"I went through all that trouble to run out and come back, and you think I was just bored and indulging in some kind of escort thrill? I did it to make money!"

"My biggest sugar daddy is her, you understand?"

Han Che spoke very quickly, giving himself almost no time to catch his breath.

The words came out like a machine gun, and the reasons piled up one after another.

He gave a thousand reasons why he didn't want to kill Xiaobai, just to prove that there wasn't a single absurd reason like "not being able to bear it".

After Han Che finished speaking, he realized that his voice was a bit loud. Before the echo in the office had completely subsided, he saw Qi Yuzhe looking at him with a strange expression.

Qi Yuzhe looked at Han Che, whose face was red and neck thick with anger, and sighed, "I was wrong, I was wrong, okay! Don't get agitated!"

He raised both hands to his chest in a reassuring gesture, "Like you said, we still need resources from the player world, so there's no need to take too much risk for now."

As he spoke, he sat up slightly, his tone becoming more serious. "Moreover, since this plan starts with the 78 Club, and we're part of it, the progress and risks are still manageable."

"There's no need to get too aggressive over a threat that hasn't even materialized yet. It might backfire and make things that weren't that complicated to begin with."

Hearing him say that, Han Che slowly leaned back into the sofa.

He could feel that the heat on his face hadn't completely subsided. He picked up the now-warm teacup and took a sip, using this action to buy himself a few seconds to restore his expression to normal.

"That's true," he said. "Then let's observe for now."

The heated atmosphere in the office seemed to have become somewhat awkward after what had just happened, and the sound abruptly stopped between the two of them.

Qi Yuzhe coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and changed the subject, "That badge,"

He reached inside his shirt and felt around, then clutched his two badges tightly in his hand again. "Besides serving as identification for the system in the player world, what other use do they have?"

Han Che was staring absently at the tea leaves floating in his teacup when he heard this and looked up.

"Badge?" He thought for a moment, then instead of answering directly, he threw out a question, "Have you leveled up?"

"upgrade?"

"It's that feeling of clearly becoming stronger."

Qi Yuzhe recalled for a moment, a thoughtful expression on his face: "Yes. After you resurrected me the first time, I felt stronger in every aspect."

"My reactions are faster, my strength is greater, and even whistling has a mind-altering effect."

Han Che listened to his words and nodded thoughtfully. This situation was almost exactly the same as his own experience.

"And then? Was there a second time?"

Qi Yuzhe thought about it seriously for a while, and then slowly shook his head: "It seems like it's gone. So far, it has remained at that level and hasn't gone up any further."

Han Che nodded: "Me too. Apart from the boost after the first resurrection, there haven't been any significant changes since."

"There's something else, I don't know if you've noticed. After that upgrade, the system became less active. Before, it would pop up from time to time to say something, reminding you of this or that, but later it almost stopped talking."

Qi Yuzhe was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, as if he were comparing it with his own memories.

"Now that you mention it... it does seem to make sense. But I haven't paid much attention to it because the system itself doesn't seem to be very useful. It doesn't provide the information it should, but it says a bunch of useless things that it shouldn't. The help it provides is really limited."

Han Che's lips twitched. "That's not wrong, but let's get back to those two badges. What's the difference between them?"

Qi Yuzhe stroked his chin thoughtfully, "The difference?"

"Two badges, one is called 'I am the Raven,' and the other is called 'I am Qi Yuzhe.'"