"What's wrong with him?"
Inside a room in the inner city of Wuming City.
Lin Yu looked at Lin Chongshan, who was lying on the bed as if he had fainted, and asked the person beside him.
"When we brought Lin Chongshan here, he got a bit agitated on the way and fainted while struggling."
They hadn't knocked Lin Chongshan out; he had fainted on his own.
"Alright, you can all leave."
Dismissing the others in the room, Lin Yu found a chair and sat down.
"He really did faint on his own."
The Director, who had jumped onto the bed, wagged its tail and swept it across Lin Chongshan's face. It had captured the inner thoughts of those people just now and was now reporting truthfully to Lin Yu.
"Hmm, perhaps he was overly shocked. His nerves have been tense, and then being grabbed by my people must have caused blood to rush to his head."
Lin Yu glanced at the items scattered around the room.
These were all brought from Longcheng, from Lin Chongshan's room.
He hadn't expected Lin Chongshan to have collected so many things in the past; they filled half the room.
Lin Yu walked over to the packages, opening some to look inside. The items were diverse, ranging from crystals to various daily necessities, with cigarettes and alcohol making up a significant portion.
"Lin Yu, look at this. Doesn't it look familiar to you?"
As Lin Yu was still sifting through Lin Chongshan's belongings, the Director, standing on the bed, called out to him.
"What?"
Lin Yu turned and walked towards the window.
The Director was rummaging through a package that Lin Chongshan carried with him with its claws.
"So annoying, it's troublesome not having hands, meow."
After rummaging for a while, the item remained in place, its claws proving almost useless.
"This sphere."
Lin Yu leaned down towards where the Director's claws were pointing, and immediately, his projection sphere, which had been missing for days, appeared before him.
This item was too unique. Lin Yu was certain this was the alien projector Lu Heng had given him.
So his father had stolen it.
But this thing couldn't be used. A normal person wouldn't find it useful, so why would Lin Chongshan steal it?
Lin Yu picked up the projector and sat back down, turning it over and over. There was no change on the projector. It was likely that humans couldn't alter these special metals, which was why there were no signs of damage.
"He's waking up."
As Lin Yu was deep in thought, the Director jumped onto him and reminded him.
Lin Yu then looked at Lin Chongshan. Lin Chongshan's eyelids twitched a few times, and then he opened his eyes, which were filled with confusion.
His eyes stared blankly at a certain spot for over ten seconds, his pupils then darting around before he finally focused on Lin Yu sitting beside him.
"You, why are you in my room?"
Lin Chongshan hadn't quite recovered, thinking he was still in his room in Longcheng.
He instinctively reached out to pull the quilt beside him, but after fumbling for a few moments, the quilt that should have been wrapped around him didn't appear.
He sat up in alarm and looked at the bed he was lying on.
Only then did he realize this was not his original bed.
"Where, where am I?"
"In your new home."
"New home?"
"You are not suitable for going out anymore. I've had people move you to Wuming City. You will live in this room from now on, and I will arrange for people to deliver the daily necessities you need."
"You want to imprison me?"
"It's for your own good. You've been in frequent contact with those people, plotting something. Don't think we don't know. When the time comes that I can no longer protect you, don't come begging me for mercy."
"I, I was just talking with them. I don't understand what you mean by plotting."
Lin Chongshan looked a bit guilty. He didn't dare to look at Lin Yu, but his mind was racing with thoughts, all of which the Director captured.
In fact, Lin Yu was just trying to bluff Lin Chongshan. He didn't actually know what they were plotting in the room.
However, Lin Yu had never taken those people seriously; they were just clowns who couldn't cause much trouble.
"This, you stole this from me, didn't you? I'll take it back for now. It's no use to you."
"Give it back to me. This is my thing."
"Yours? How can you prove it?"
Not to mention that this thing didn't belong to this world at all, Lin Chongshan probably didn't even know what it was.
"It's mine, why should I tell you? Give it back to me quickly."
"You don't actually know what this thing is, do you?"
"Who says? But I can't tell you. This thing is very important to me, give it back to me..."
With that, Lin Chongshan was about to get out of bed and snatch it from Lin Yu.
A transparent ice wall suddenly appeared in the room, instantly separating Lin Chongshan from Lin Yu.
Lin Chongshan, unable to stop himself, crashed into the ice wall.
But the ice created by Lin Yu was not only thin but also incredibly hard.
Lin Chongshan rubbed his forehead, retreated a step, and sat back down on the bed.
"Give that back to me."
"I can tell you, this doesn't belong to you, and you don't need to covet it. Even I can't open it."
Lin Yu put the metal sphere into his storage ring and then turned his attention back to the pile of items in the room.
"If you don't behave, I'll have someone clear out everything in this room."
"You, this is unfilial..."
"Alright, don't try to pressure me with that. You know it won't work."
After a pause, Lin Yu removed the ice wall and looked at Lin Chongshan, who had sat back down.
"What did you go out to do with Brother Lu today?"
"What are you talking about? I don't understand."
Lin Chongshan didn't know that the person who saved him was Lu Heng, and he started to play dumb.
"Heh, then let me rephrase. What did you go out to do today?"
"Can't I go out to find some supplies? You don't provide me with crystals, so I have to find them myself."
"Did you get these crystals yourself?"
Lin Yu was still skeptical of Lin Chongshan's abilities. As far as he knew, although Lin Chongshan was a fifth-tier ability user, he had always worked in an administrative position in Longcheng and never participated in missions to kill zombies.
"Yes, did you send them to me?"
"Why did you go near Luocheng?"
"There are so many zombies near Luocheng, why would I go there..."
"How do you know there are many zombies near Luocheng?" Hearing Lin Chongshan slip up, Lin Yu questioned him.
"Aren't there many zombies near densely populated towns? What's so strange about that?"
Lin Chongshan explained haltingly.
However, Luocheng was different from other places; the number of zombies gathered there was extremely dense, and even the surrounding areas attracted many zombies.
"Heh, since you're so unwilling to say, I won't bother talking to you anymore. Just live here peacefully."
Lin Yu got up and left with the Director. As they were leaving, the Director cast a glance at Lin Chongshan.
Lin Chongshan inexplicably met the Director's gaze and suddenly felt as if he had been seen through.