Chapter 1 The Observation

After regaining his ability to move, the first thing Brother Jue did was... naturally, to observe his surroundings.

At that moment, the space he was in was a hexagonal prism. Beneath his feet was a smooth, solid floor; and around him, on all six sides, were bookshelves... to be precise, six bookshelves, each about 2.5 meters wide and 7.5 meters high, their edges fitted tightly together, leaving almost no gaps.

The bookshelves had books on both sides, separated by partitions in the middle. Even if you pulled a book out, you couldn't see the space next door, only the partition.

The tops of the bookshelves were some distance from the ceiling. If Feng Bujue climbed onto the top of a bookshelf, he would see... that surrounding this hexagonal area were six identical hexagonal areas closely connected, and outside these six hexagons was another ring, a total of twelve hexagonal areas...

And so on, these hexagons continued to expand and proliferate... forming a boundless, honeycomb-like, vast space.

"Um... no way..." Feng Bujue muttered to himself, "The Deduction Club?"

"That's right, this is the Deduction Club." Not far away, a voice suddenly rang out, replying to Brother Jue.

"Who?" Feng Bujue was startled when he heard this and turned around to look.

He saw... that in the place that had been empty just now, stood a giant armored puppet, two and a half meters tall and weighing nearly a ton.

The puppet's body was made of an unknown deep blue metal. Its torso was V-shaped, its arms were as thick as thighs, and its legs were also as thick as thighs... On its neck was a square head like a mahjong tile, and its entire face was a display screen, constantly showing emoticons.

Speaking of which... you've probably remembered, this is Puppet Billy's younger brother—Bill.

"Who?" Bill's face displayed an expression like (￣(工)￣). "You barge into someone else's place and ask them who they are?"

"Oh~ I get it." Feng Bujue relaxed. "Zhuan Jiezun, right? Heh heh..." He smiled as he took two steps forward, raised his hand, and patted the other's arm. "You're quite the prankster... last time you turned into a ball, a bird, an old man, and this time you've turned into a mechanical freak."

"Mr. Feng..." Suddenly, another voice rang out, "Even if we put aside the fact that you've mistaken me for someone else..."

Feng Bujue turned his head sharply when he heard the voice and saw a mouth (a human mouth) suspended in mid-air.

"Even if you haven't mistaken me..." The mouth said, "This is only the second time we've met... Where did you get that familiar attitude from?"

"Uh..." Feng Bujue froze on the spot, looking at the mouth and saying, "Zhuan Jiezun?"

Chila la la—

A strange noise came, and the big mouth in mid-air twisted and transformed into a leprechaun (wearing green clothes, green pants, a green hat, and green boots, guarding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow), before replying, "Yes, it's me."

The next second, Feng Bujue awkwardly looked up, gave Bill, who was making a (￣口￣) face, a dry laugh, and took his hand away.

Zhuan Jiezun then said, "You can already see the 'Sequence of Truth (data stream)', and you still mistake people..."

"Nonsense... I didn't have this ability the last time I saw you." Feng Bujue said, "How would I know what your data form looks like..."

"Oh... right." Zhuan Jiezun said, "I almost forgot, you inferior intelligent beings need at least two contacts to establish a 'recognition' mechanism..."

"Hey... who is he?" Bill interjected at this time, "Should I crush him and throw him out?"

"No!" Zhuan Jiezun suddenly shouted as if he was having a fit, "Don't just crush things and throw them away!"

"Okay~ okay~" Bill put on a ╮(﹀_﹀)╭ face and said, "Calm down, Lord Zun."

"Heh heh... Lord Zun... Is that the kind of nickname you so-called top intelligent beings usually use?" Feng Bujue said in a mocking tone, "Lord Zun, are you from Mong Kok or Causeway Bay?"

"Sigh..." Zhuan Jiezun sighed helplessly, "Let me introduce..." He pointed to Bill, "Feng Bujue, this is Bill, Puppet Billy's younger brother, currently working as a security guard here..." He rolled his eyes, "By the way... if being petite is fashionable, then Bill's brain is probably the trendiest thing here."

"What does that mean?" Bill asked with a @_@ look on his face.

"I understand..." Brother Jue looked at Zhuan Jiezun with a sympathetic gaze, "He can't pronounce two of the three characters in your name, can he..."

"Sigh..." Zhuan Jiezun responded to the question with another sigh, then pointed at Brother Jue and looked at Bill, "Bill, this is the famous Feng Bujue."

"Oh, so it's you." Bill took a slight step back, lowered his head, and looked Brother Jue up and down. "You are indeed weird... different from other people."

"Other people?" Feng Bujue keenly caught something, he immediately looked at Bill and asked, "Do you know where the five people who came with me are?"

"They are..." Bill was about to answer, but Zhuan Jiezun interrupted, "They are... where they should be."

He successfully prevented Feng Bujue from obtaining information with a sentence of nonsense.

"Alright, Bill, this is none of your business, go to the 'Military and Science Education Area' and pick out a few books you can understand and flip through..." Zhuan Jiezun then waved his hand, signaling Bill to leave.

As soon as he finished speaking, Bill made a (￣.￣) expression and turned around and left without saying a word. The moment he took a step, his entire body became transparent and ethereal, as if he had never existed in this space.

"Let me guess..." After Bill disappeared, Feng Bujue turned back and stared at Zhuan Jiezun with a displeased expression. "Their bodies are still somewhere in this 'Deduction Club', and their consciousness... is already in your 'brain'."

"Humph..." Zhuan Jiezun snorted coldly, "Originally... you were already in my 'brain', I did something to allow you to stay here."

"Speak... what do you want from me?" Feng Bujue asked directly, "Or... what is the content of the transaction?"

These were both smart people, people who understood things...

Seeing that the other party was so straightforward, Zhuan Jiezun replied without hesitation, "You should have noticed... my body is much smaller than the last time you saw me."

"Your size can be adjusted freely, can't it..." Feng Bujue replied.

"It could be originally, but now... I can only adjust it within a range of less than one cubic meter." Zhuan Jiezun replied, "Because..." He pointed to his temple, "Something strange has mixed in..." He had a grave expression on his face. "I don't know what 'it' really is... I only know... that if it is not dealt with as soon as possible, the consequences will be very serious."

"Ha!" Feng Bujue gave a dry laugh, "You want me to take 'it' out?"

"Yes..." Zhuan Jiezun replied.

"Why not let your 'security guard' take it out?" Feng Bujue asked with a smile.

"Letting Bill enter my mind and giving him 'activity permissions'... ha... I might as well give myself a prefrontal lobotomy." Zhuan Jiezun said with a wry smile.

"I see..." A sit-down-and-name-your-price expression quickly appeared on Brother Jue's face. "It's not impossible for me to go, but..." He glanced sideways at Zhuan Jiezun, gave him a cheap look, and raised the three fingers of his right hand, rubbing them together, "... aren't there any conditions?"

"Don't worry, wealth and glory... a lot." Zhuan Jiezun replied with a blank expression.

"Heh heh... let's be more specific..." Feng Bujue straightened his expression, "... are you going to give me the gold at the end of the rainbow?" Although his expression had returned to normal, what he said was still mocking.

"I will assist you in clearing scripts within my capabilities." Zhuan Jiezun said.

"That's not much of a benefit at all." Feng Bujue replied.

"I will also guide you... to obtain many precious items and skills." Zhuan Jiezun added.

"Um... that's not bad." Feng Bujue said, "But... it seems... this... that..." He was still testing the other party's bottom line.

"Sigh..." Zhuan Jiezun sighed again, "How about this... if you get 'it' out, I'll tell you... the effect of 【Nan Zhi Ru Yin】."