The Helplessness of Bronya Kidnapping Bronie

"I refuse to accept this! Again! How could I lose to you? Give me yours!"

Inside the room, Silver Wolf shouted at Bai Sheng as she handed him her controller and snatched his from him.

"If you're bad, practice more. If you can't handle losing, don't play."

Bai Sheng immediately unleashed max-level taunting.

Then they started another match.

It had been three months since Bai Sheng came to the Stellaron Hunters. There was nothing much to do during that time; he just played around and went wherever he wanted.

Bai Sheng had thought they would have to flee all over the place. If the ship ran out of power, they would swipe one from the company. If they ran out of money, Silver Wolf would hack some up. After all, she was a top-tier hacker. It could be said that these three months had been more comfortable than the previous twenty-odd years of Bai Sheng's life.

The only problem was that Silver Wolf had arranged the following perfectly reasonable explanation for his disappearance:

"Stellaron Hunter White Ghost kidnaps the Prince of Kasantiya."

How should he put it... Bai Sheng only felt the same helplessness as Lu Xun kidnapping Zhou Shuren.

He seriously suspected Silver Wolf was taking revenge on him!

Previously, Bai Sheng had been unable to use his gaming account. When Silver Wolf found out, she had confidently promised to get it back for him. So, for most of the past three months, Bai Sheng had been playing games with Silver Wolf.

At first, Silver Wolf had completely crushed Bai Sheng. But later on, Bai Sheng's gaming skills improved, while Silver Wolf fell behind instead and got thoroughly "punished" by Bai Sheng.

This was exactly what Real Name Online meant by, "Teach the apprentice, starve the master."

"No, no! You've only beaten me four hundred and seventy-six times! We're not even yet!"

Silver Wolf said. She was deeply puzzled now. Could this guy actually be a genius? How could he possibly beat her?

Bai Sheng shot back without mercy:

"Yeah, yeah, sure. Since we started playing this game, we've played a total of one thousand five hundred and forty matches. Excluding equipment advantages and level advantages, you only beat me once—and that was because Kafka came looking for me to be her clothes rack."

"Forget it, I'm done playing. Go find Firefly. She's very interested in Gram's affairs. I'll study some new strategies and crush you next time!"

After saying that, Silver Wolf directly opened a pixelated Teleportation Gate in front of her chair and tossed Bai Sheng outside Firefly's room.

"Ow! Just say it if you can't beat me! Isn't this just rage-quitting?"

Rubbing his butt, Bai Sheng knocked on Firefly's door.

"Come in."

When he pushed the door open, Firefly was sitting in a chair, still wearing that suit of armor.

That was right. She was Sam.

"I think I've already told you everything recorded about the Gram Iron Cavalry, Firefly. Though it's cruel, I'm sorry, but that really was the last Gram person."

Firefly's eyes, which had been glowing within the armor, dimmed considerably. Still, she smiled and said:

"I know. Thank you, Bai Sheng."

"How is your Entropy Syndrome?"

Bai Sheng asked. That thing was disgusting. In this regard, Bai Sheng deeply detested illnesses that imposed restrictions at the genetic level.

"I'm fine for now. Acheron said I don't need to worry about my condition. At least, I can live as 'Firefly' now. I'll need your help when the time comes."

Although her face was hidden behind the visor, Bai Sheng seemed to see the forced smile on Firefly's face.

"Alright. I'll find a way. Don't worry."

Bai Sheng was not making empty promises. He had previously read some genetic knowledge in Kasantiya's library, though it had been incomplete—merely a fragmentary manuscript. If Bai Sheng wanted to completely cure Firefly's Entropy Syndrome, there was only one person he could seek out.

Madam Ruan Mei of the Genius Society.

She was a true genius. Surely she would have a solution for something like a genetic lock. If not, Bai Sheng could write down all the genetic knowledge from those manuscript fragments and give them to Ruan Mei.

The genetic knowledge in that fragment was enough to manually create an entirely new food chain. Bai Sheng truly had no idea how Kasantiya's royal palace had found so many books.

But the key issue now was that they could not find her.

Ruan Mei's whereabouts were not something they could know. The uncertainty was simply too great, and even Acheron had said that directly seeking Ruan Mei would not work.

They could only wait!

"I'll head back first, Firefly."

"Alright. Goodbye."

Back in his room, Bai Sheng boredly scrolled through his phone. Kafka had gone out to buy coats again. Blade had heard that overtime was the best way to die from overwork, so he was still in the ship's main control room trying to analyze Pandora's data.

Apparently, he had once been a craftsman on the Xianzhou, making him the perfect person to study Pandora.

And Pandora's complexity was no joke. If Blade really managed to figure it out, perhaps Bai Sheng would not need to go searching for souls later.

Whenever he thought about having to kill people, Bai Sheng felt annoyed. Killing bugs was one thing, but the troublesome part was Pandora's absurdly high requirements for souls.

They had to be Pathstriders, had to meet certain special conditions, and in the end, the souls could not resist.

What a nightmare! What an absolute nightmare! Who could possibly deal with this thing? Bai Sheng truly had no idea how Kasantiya's first emperor had obtained so many souls that met the requirements.

Forget it. He would stop thinking about it. Bai Sheng picked up his phone, opened the new social media account Silver Wolf had registered for him, and the first thing he did was add that "General" of his.

Bai Yan Zhuo Hua Sheng: Is the General around?

Real Name Online: Who are you?

Bai Yan Zhuo Hua Sheng: Take a guess. It's been so many years—if you get it wrong, that means we were never meant to be. (cat shrug.jpg)

Real Name Online: You're... that brat Bai Sheng!!!

Bai Yan Zhuo Hua Sheng: That's right!

Real Name Online: How have you been? I heard you were kidnapped by the Stellaron Hunters. How are you now? Do you need me to send the Cloud Knights to rescue you?

Bai Yan Zhuo Hua Sheng: Hahaha, you really think you're an Xianzhou general now. I'm fine, but how did you know I was taken by the Stellaron Hunters? (confused cat?.jpg)

Real Name Online: It's on the Interastral Peace Website. It said that you were kidnapped by White Ghost, one of the Stellaron Hunters, while you were on vacation. You didn't escape on your own, did you? I'm coming to save you—stay where you are!

That gave Bai Sheng quite a scare. His scatterbrained friend had better not actually report this to the Interastral Peace Corporation, so he hurriedly typed:

Bai Yan Zhuo Hua Sheng: Don't. I'm doing pretty well right now. The Stellaron Hunters only held me hostage. They were probably trying to extort that dog emperor, but didn't get anything, so they dumped me on some planet.

Real Name Online: Then how are you getting by? Do you need to borrow some money?

Bai Yan Zhuo Hua Sheng: No need. I feel great right now. I've made a few friends, and money isn't much of a problem. Once I save up a bit, I'll come to the Luofu to see you.

Real Name Online: What about Kasantiya? They've even issued a wanted notice.

Bai Yan Zhuo Hua Sheng: It's fine. I just need a new name and identity. A friend here has already helped me sort it out.

Real Name Online: All right. You don't know the place or the people there, so be extra careful. Don't use Pandora unless you have to. Its value has reached five billion in the missing-item requests on the Interastral Peace Website. You can't let your guard down around others!

Bai Yan Zhuo Hua Sheng: I know, I know. I haven't spent all these years fooling around for nothing. All right, I need to get to work. I'm only twenty and already a working stiff. Bye-bye. (cat peace sign.jpg)

Real Name Online: Mm. I'll wait for the day you come to the Luofu.

After putting away his phone, Bai Sheng darted into Silver Wolf's room and began "working."

"Ahhh, how did I lose again?! One more round!"

"Hey, hey, hey! Why are you turning on cheats just because you can't win?! Turn off that flying cheat! Bullying me because I don't have rear-hit detection, huh?!"

Divine General's Mansion, Xianzhou Luofu

The white-haired man looked at the documents in his hand with a headache brewing. Thinking of that brat, he could not help but sneer and mutter:

"What a clever escape. When he comes to the Xianzhou, I'll have to play a game of chess with him."

With that, he headed out of the Divine General's Mansion. Work? Sorry, he was having tea. Do not disturb...