Chapter 47 Bright's Guess

Mingmei couldn't help but chuckle with exasperation at Lu Xiaoyao.

She suddenly understood the scenes from her childhood of her mother laughing while chasing her and her sister with a stick.

Turns out, being so angry that you laugh is a real thing!

There were quite a few soldiers eating in the cafeteria in the afternoon. After all, not everyone finished their work at the same time. Instead of Lu Xiaoyao, Mingmei was greeted by another familiar face.

Julian's classmate, Charlie.

"Hmm? Your food stall has a different vibe from the others," Charlie said.

Charlie passed by rows of ready-to-eat meals and nutrient solutions before finally spotting Mingmei's stall in the corner with its exquisite wooden lunch boxes. Just looking at them made the food seem delicious.

"Indeed. Want to try some?"

Mingmei plastered on a professional fake smile.

She didn't think her smile was too scary.

"Umm…"

Suddenly, the boy in front of her fell silent, and Mingmei's heart tightened. She wondered, could this guy be another "idiot" like Lu Xiaoyao?

"Alright, can I get it to go?"

Charlie hesitated for a moment before agreeing, and his drawn-out response startled Mingmei.

The moment Charlie agreed, the system notification that he had discovered a mysterious merchant popped up, and Charlie's eyes widened.

"Whoa?! You, you, you…"

Charlie was just saying, why did this lunch box look so familiar? Why was there a voice in his head telling him to buy it, buy it now!

How could he not buy it?

"Sir, which lunch box would you like to buy?"

Mingmei was clearly amused by his reaction.

That's right, a mysterious merchant like her should make players' eyes light up!

Not chasing after Lu Xiaoyao like the netizens said!

"Let me see."

Charlie didn't say he wanted everything right away. He wanted to see which lunch boxes the mysterious merchant was selling. Mingmei didn't rush him. In the end, Charlie muttered, "Give me one of each."

In the end, Charlie bought both. After handing over the lunch boxes, Mingmei noticed something from Charlie's hurried departure.

[Guigui, switch me over to Charlie's stream.]

Meanwhile, Charlie, who had received Mingmei's lunch boxes, didn't drop his superficial smile until he returned to his logistics office.

Then, as if remembering his stream, he added, "So busy, just took a break to get some food."

As he spoke, he placed the crawfish lunch box aside and began eating the Yu Xiang Rou Si (pork with garlic sauce) lunch box.

[Huh? Why isn't he eating the crawfish?]

Someone in the comments noticed something strange about Charlie buying the lunch boxes.

[Maybe he's disgusted by crawfish?]

[Then why did he buy it?]

[You still have to eat it when you have no other choice, right?]

Charlie's stream wasn't very popular, not even as popular as Mandison, who was lying in a medical pod like a vegetable.

Due to the role he had drawn, Charlie was constantly busy in logistics, with barely any time to communicate.

The viewers who patiently watched Charlie were the detail-oriented types who split their screens into multiple sections, not missing any stream.

[But he hasn't opened it since he bought the lunch box.]

Mingmei also saw the comment. She had been camping out in his stream for a while after handing him the lunch box.

Indeed, because of Lu Xiaoyao's previous reaction, Mingmei had covered the lunch boxes to prevent scaring away later players. Mingmei was certain that he hadn't opened the lunch box from the time he traded with her to the time he left.

As for whether Mingmei missed anything in between, no one else in the stream had seen it either.

Mingmei was confused by Julian's behavior. Meanwhile, on the other side, Mandison, who previously had few viewers, was experiencing another surge in popularity due to Mei Qiu's appearance. Guigui also reminded Mingmei that Mandison's stream was worth paying attention to.

Mingmei quietly marked Charlie as a priority and went directly to Mandison's stream, the player who had received the identity card of someone injured in the previous battle against the Zerg.

"Lieutenant Colonel Xia He, are you saying you suspect that the base was attacked because of an inside agent?"

Mei Qiu stood in front of the medical pod. Only Xia He and Mei Qiu were in the room.

"Yes…"

After getting this role, Mandison was shocked by the guesses in the character's memories while sorting through them.

The Zerg had infiltrated the military base. How terrifying was that?

Sure enough, just like Mandison had been frightened, the stream was also in chaos.

[Whoa! Don't scare me!]

[A military base, and a border fortress at that, how could there be a Zerg mole?]

[Aren't there machines to check? How is that possible?]

[Wait, isn't this player saying he suspects it? He can't find any solid evidence, but he feels like information from inside the base is being leaked!]

[Remember the lunch box?! The crawfish lunch box, doesn't that prove that there really is a Zerg in the base?!]

[Oh!!! Right, right, right! That lunch box! Damn! Is this game so blatantly hinting that the Sigma Fortress was suddenly destroyed because of a Zerg mole?]

[Evidence?! Isn't the game company afraid of getting sued?]

[Xia He! I remember! He was a mecha genius from our Third Military Academy back then! Whoa! So he's here too!]

[Ah! Our teachers mentioned Senior Xia He when we were in school, but later they just said he had sacrificed himself… So he's here…]

[Wait, am I the only one who thinks this company is messing around by doing this?! The character cards that several players have received… all have prototypes, people that can be searched for! What is the game company doing by using these characters for role-playing? Did they get permission from these people's families?!]

[Um… what are you so worked up about?]

[Yeah, what are you getting so excited about? We're talking about the possibility of Zerg infiltration, why are you bringing up all that stuff?]

[Exactly, whether they agree or not, the company will worry about the lawsuit later, why are you going crazy?]

Mingmei watched the comments erupt into chaos. Someone in the middle seemed to want to divert attention and muddy the waters, but they were immediately brought back by another wave. Mingmei couldn't help but twitch her lips and muttered, "Is this what Uncle was talking about when he said 'fishing'?"

Mingmei now had a faint, unbelievable guess in her mind. Did her brother always know the truth about the destruction of the Sigma Military Fortress, but couldn't say it back then?

And now, had the truth reached the point where it could be revealed?

At this thought, Mingmei's breath hitched.

[Guigui, help me monitor the hot topic discussions about this game on StarNet, as well as information about the Sigma Military Base explosion and Mei Qiu's personal discussion topics. Consolidate it all for me later.]

[Host, weren't you going to have me pay attention to that player Charlie?] Guigui replied with a hint of resentment.

[Can't you do both? Guigui, you have to know that a working AI is the most glorious. Keep it up, you have to believe in yourself, you're the best!]

Guigui: […]

Did it look like a sucker who wouldn't take a single credit?