Early the next morning, Yun You, with big dark circles under her eyes, poked her head out of the warm quilt.

On and off, she had slept for more than ten hours, surpassing the sleep quality and duration of 99% of the residents of Nest City.

But this amount of rest is still too little compared to those three sleepless days of Star Guide training.

She originally planned to lounge around for another half day, but a sudden message startled Yun You awake from her dreams, leaving her sleepless.

It was a message from the Virtual World, delivered to Yun You's phone via Ethernet's app.

And the sender was none other than Old Jin.

Yun You rubbed her phone, her blurry eyes scanning the screen.

Old Jin had added her as a friend on his own accord. His online name was "Peace is Blessing," and his avatar was a very common landscape scenery, looking just like an old man, with a strong outdated vibe.

But thinking carefully, purely calculating by age, Old Jin might not actually be young...

"At least fifty or sixty, right?"

With this in mind, Yun You opened the chat box.

[Peace is Blessing: How's it going, girl? Did you find a suitable Body Refining Manual in these three days, and if so, how are you progressing? Have you grasped the basics? How's your progress?]

The barrage of questions gave Yun You a headache.

For a moment, she even felt Old Jin wasn't Old Jin, but her dad...

"Sigh, Old Jin is indeed getting on in years."

Yun You murmured her complaint, then casually replied.

[Wu Ming: Uh... alright, I guess…]

As soon as she sent that, Old Jin suddenly went silent.

About half a minute later, he responded.

[Peace is Blessing: Girl, is there something on your mind you want to talk to me about?]

[Have you encountered some kind of difficulty recently, or is there something you can't tell anyone?]

[Or is it... you're short on pocket money?]

[Ding~]

[System Message: Peace is Blessing has sent an Ethernet Red Packet (10,000 yuan), please check]

"..."

"What the hell?!"

Staring at the shimmering red packet, the little girl's eyes widened...

She hadn't said anything, yet Old Jin had already guessed what she wanted to express... it was too incredible.

Yun You had previously sent a message to Shiqi, asking her to contact Old Jin, but that message, for some reason, kept showing "not received by the other party," so Yun You had to let it go eventually.

Therefore, Old Jin asked this question without any prior knowledge.

The intuition of this Apprentice Death God was truly outrageous, completely seeing through Yun You's thoughts like an old father watching his daughter grow up.

Although he got a few details wrong, it wasn't a big deal.

Yun You initially wanted to complain a couple of times, but ultimately, she deleted all the words in the chat box.

[System Prompt: You have claimed the red packet]

[Wu Ming: Thank you, Master~]

[I am a bit short on money, but that's not the main thing worrying me now… it's another matter]

The little girl scratched her head and typed a long message into the chat box, mainly describing the issue with the "Great Monk."

Being investigated by hackers for identity in Nest City isn't a small trouble.

This is often a precursor to "assassination" and "kidnapping."

Yun You didn't dare to be careless, so she thoroughly recounted everything, not even missing the Great Monk's appearance details.

However, just as she finished typing her essay of several hundred words and pressed the send button…

All the text in her chat box disappeared without a trace.

That's right, it just disappeared, leaving no trace behind.

No "failed to send" prompt, no "violation of terms" warning, it just inexplicably vanished, as if swallowed by the Ethernet app.

"A bug appeared?"

Yun You was slightly stunned and subconsciously typed a few more lines to send.

But the result was the same: they disappeared.

Then she tried several more times continuously, but the results were the same.

At this point, Yun You realized there was a problem.

She couldn't type the words "Great Monk" and "Stalking" in the conversation.

As long as these words were in the chat box, she couldn't send anything at all.

Even using letters or images to suggest didn't work.

The Ethernet app seemed to have an "auto-block" function and would forcibly delete dialogue content if it detected such words or patterns.

"What's going on here?"

Yun You furrowed her brows slightly.

She was aware of the blocking feature of the Ethernet chat app.

This network system, developed who knows how many years ago, often experienced word swallowing and blocking, and dialogue review in real apps was very strict. A little negligence, posting some violent or inappropriate content, would get blocked.

But Yun You couldn't understand where the violation in the words "Great Monk" and "Stalking" was, so severe that even investigation and suggestion didn't work.

She tried for a long time and in the end could only send a string of helpless ellipses.

[Wu Ming: ...]

[Peace is Blessing: ...]

As a result, Old Jin also replied with a string of dots.

However... he didn't seem to be finished.

[Peace is Blessing: Kiddo...]

[I roughly guessed what's going on on your side.]

[You're being watched, aren't you?]

[You don't have to reply to anything, I know you can't send words out... if it's true, just send an emoji to confirm]

Upon hearing this, Yun You's heart skipped a beat, a hint of joy appearing on her face.

"Old Jin, you're our Superman!"

She rubbed her hands and immediately tapped the screen.

[Wu Ming: 0.0]

[Peace is Blessing: Got it.]

[Okay, girl, find a time to come to Ethernet, I'll take a look at it for you in person...]

[By the way, you haven't told me the training progress with the Body Refining Manual yet. How's your physical condition matching up with the standard I gave you?]

[Wu Ming: Yes, it has!]

[Peace is Blessing: Very good, then why don't you come now. I have some time and can guide you through the "Apprentice Death God Assessment" process]

[Wu Ming: Mm!]

Yun You replied, then put down her phone and pulled out her virtual glasses from the nearby cabinet.

But before entering the Ethernet, she routinely set up her security gear.

To prevent any more hackers, this time, she placed purely mechanical and chemical trip mines and alarm devices, without any electronic products.

In this era, electronic often equates to intelligence, while pure mechanical and chemical power symbolizes backwardness, yet in some extreme situations, cold mechanics lacking intelligence can bring more reassurance.

Though this hotel located on neutral gang territory was quite safe, it's never a mistake to be cautious.

"Click..."

Yun You locked the door to the room again, then lay on the bed, put on the glasses, and her consciousness gradually entered the Ethereum Network.

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