"What do you do if both partners in a couple are unlucky in gacha games?"

"Answer: If all else fails, use money to solve the problem."

"And what if money can't save them from their bad luck?"

"Answer: Bury them."

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Mingmei secretly glanced at the insulated lunch box in Mu Chen's hand, then lowered her head to look at what she was holding. For a moment, she couldn't tell which was better.

Mingmei stared at the two skewers of grilled octopus legs inside. Protected by an insulated container after being exchanged, they always looked freshly made.

The charcoal-grilled aroma of seafood protein wafted from the steaming container, combined with the evenly spread, tantalizing secret sauce and a mix of cumin and chili powder. Mingmei's mouth watered just looking at it.

It looked and smelled delicious!

But it wasn't suitable as a gift.

"Um, isn't that 'Octopus Spirit' behind O'Lai?"

Mingmei felt that this box of barbecue wasn't a good sign. What if the person behind O'Lai was an octopus hybrid? Mingmei couldn't imagine whether their actions would lead to death or more death.

"But isn't the insect core of an insect general in your hand a provocation to O'Lai? Even if he's an insectoid hybrid, I know his relationship with the insect race isn't that great, but that doesn't mean he can accept others pointing fingers at them, does it?"

Mu Chen felt that the item Mingmei exchanged wasn't any better.

The things they drew weren't bad, but as gifts to build relationships, both items were truly unsuitable!

Therefore, the couple stared at the items they drew, momentarily losing their ability to speak.

"How about... drawing again?" After a long silence, Mingmei proposed a better and more feasible solution.

When they didn't know who was behind O'Lai, and they knew that the items in their hands might cause trouble, why not exchange them?

"That's the only way." Mu Chen sighed. Although he and Mingmei had enough game coins, they adhered to the principle of not wasting them. They bought four boxed lunches, two for dealing with interpersonal relationships and two for exchanging rare resources.

Given the current situation with rare resource exchanges, Mingmei and Mu Chen kept silently praying that they wouldn't draw anything that would mess with their minds.

But Murphy's Law is unreasonable.

Mingmei looked at the familiar lunch box in her hand and then at the glittering insect core in her boyfriend's hand. They exchanged glances and fell silent again.

It wasn't a repeat, but was there really a difference?

…

Lu Xiaoyao and Hu Yue were doing well playing bounty hunters. The jobs they received were much simpler than the ones Mu Chen had initially received, and their main area of operation was above ground.

This way, they didn't have to be constrained in the underground city, and they didn't have to worry about being approached by the security office. Aside from occasionally getting beaten up due to their lack of skill, there weren't any other problems.

Fortunately, the two of them hadn't made any serious mistakes when working together.

Plus, with Dong Lei, Sun Yunzhong, and Mingmei providing them with accurate information, they would be laughed to death if they couldn't do their jobs and complete their missions!

"Today's mission—Mingmei got it for you from the dark web, so it's a good thing."

Facing Sun Yunzhong's smiling announcement, Lu Xiaoyao and Hu Yue, their faces still covered in blood, buried themselves in their food.

Having just come back from a fight, the two of them were so hungry that they didn't have time to pay attention to Dong Lei and Sun Yunzhong. While chasing a target on the surface today, it suddenly hailed. If she and Lu Xiaoyao hadn't dodged in time, they would have had holes in their heads and would have been forced out of the game!

They almost lost their target because of it, and then they spent a lot of effort running around all day to take him down.

Now they could finally catch their breath. They couldn't listen to such things while eating.

It would ruin their appetite.

"This time, the target isn't murder."

Sun Yunzhong saw that the two of them were trying to avoid the topic. After all, they had taken on a lot of missions lately to improve their reputation.

Sun Yunzhong continued to speak, constantly watching their expressions out of the corner of his eye.

Sure enough, when she heard that it wasn't murder, Lu Xiaoyao's eating slowed down.

"What is it then?"

As expected, Lu Xiaoyao's reaction was very telling.

Targets listed on the Outer Star Sea internal network for assassination were usually very skilled. Every time they did such a mission, Lu Xiaoyao was basically beaten up. But before she was beaten to death, she and Hu Yue would kill the target first.

But not being dead didn't mean it didn't hurt!

"It's investigating the trading information of information brokers in the underground city."

"Huh?" Lu Xiaoyao blinked slowly, pointing at herself uncertainly. "Me and Hu Yue?"

Shouldn't Mingmei do this herself?

If not, then it should be Sun Yunzhong and Dong Lei, right?

How could it be their turn?

"Yes, but Comrade Mingmei is quite busy these days, with other things on her hands. And Dong Lei and I have been asking around for information, so we're either known or at least familiar faces. Investigating would likely alert the enemy."

"Wait, is this a dark web mission?" Hu Yue noticed something. "Who would investigate these information brokers who provide information for no reason?"

"I don't know. Mingmei said she was also surprised when the mission was posted."

"What specific information do you have about these information brokers?" Lu Xiaoyao reached out and took the information from Sun Yunzhong's hand, flipping through it. Sure enough, there were detailed notes on several information brokers to investigate.

Including their faces, and among them were two familiar ones: the two who had stolen the Third Legion's defense information and sold it to the insect race, and who had already been executed.

No wonder!

No wonder Mingmei said this mission was a good thing.

Lu Xiaoyao suddenly understood, looked up to meet Sun Yunzhong's gaze, and everything was understood without words.

"There are also a few who don't appear on this list. I don't know if the sudden appearance of these two is related to the Third Legion's incident, so we'll have to trouble you two to investigate these two. Dong Lei and I will have to try our luck and see if we can find any information on the others."

"But—the person who posted the mission already knows the specific information about these people: their appearance, address, everything that can be known. And they still want us to investigate their trading information. So, has someone already realized what these people have done?"

Lu Xiaoyao was unusually perceptive this time, and she pointed out all the unusual things about this situation.

"That's right. If someone has the ability to lock down who exactly is involved, why go to the trouble of having others investigate them? Wouldn't it be faster to just arrest them and interrogate them? Also, in the game, they've already noticed something is wrong, so what about in reality?"

Hu Yue's question was also what Mingmei was wondering.

…

After Mingmei, who had passed the mission from Chang Jiang to Lu Xiaoyao in the morning, and Mu Chen went to O'Lai's house together, Mingmei re-examined the morning's mission while walking on the road.

A mission related to information brokers, and related to the information brokers who caused the Third Legion to fall into a difficult battle and the destruction of Haiyuan Star.

Mingmei realized the blind spot at this time: what did the person who posted this mission realize? And how much did they know? Has someone in reality also discovered it earlier?

Preoccupied with these thoughts, Mingmei didn't even realize when she and Mu Chen arrived at O'Lai's residence. From the outside, it was no different from other houses in the underground city, but the area was much larger than ordinary residences, and it could be called a large villa.

However, the windows of this villa were covered with thick curtains, so you couldn't see the physical situation inside. O'Lai was already standing outside the courtyard gate, waiting for the two of them to arrive.

Mingmei wasn't very focused because of the mission, and she didn't hear O'Lai's warning to enter the house. As a result, she was almost blinded and brought to tears when she went inside.

Mingmei: QAQ