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Chapter 115 The Turmoil After the Death of the God (4K)

The Lord of the Stars is probably dead.

In contrast to Gu Yu's silent death, Pei Minghong's death became a trending topic on Starry World the very next day.

Although the Pei family declined due to the Qizhou incident, even a weakened camel is bigger than a horse. With its vast wealth, the Pei family still firmly occupies a position at the bottom of the first-class capital.

Pei Minghong, as the leading figure of the new generation of this family, died inexplicably in his own manor, which naturally aroused heated discussions among people.

The next day, Pei Zheng, the head of the Pei family, arrived at the Pei family manor in Yuezhou City.

At this moment, the chandelier on the ground and Pei Minghong's body had been cleared away, but the bloodstains on the carpet that had not yet been cleaned up proved that an accident had occurred here yesterday.

"Master, neither the Nineteenth Young Master's guiding robot nor the surveillance cameras throughout the manor show any signs of anyone entering."

A man dressed like a butler appeared behind Pei Zheng.

It is not entirely human, but a slave robot created by Pei Zheng using the brain of a former rival.

Pei Zheng didn't speak, but just stood by the table, tapping his fingers on the surface repeatedly.

"Father! Do you really think my nineteenth brother died in an accident?! His cards are scattered all over the floor, and the card of the Lord of the Stars is missing. These are clearly signs of a duel before his death!"

The speaker was a young man who looked similar to Pei Minghong. His name was Pei Mingyi, and he was Pei Minghong's tenth brother.

"The conclusion given by the enforcement agency is that he died in an accident," Pei Zheng said slowly. "The enforcement agency doesn't lie."

"But!" Pei Mingyi hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

"But dying in an accident doesn't mean there's no culprit!" Pei Zheng slammed his fist on the table. "He was in a duel before he died, and it was with a duelist of a lower rank than him."

After saying that, he looked at his servant: "Compare Pei Minghong's final fortune and score data with the previously automatically stored data."

The butler robot truthfully reported: "Young Master Nineteen's final fortune is 0, and his points are 125 million. Compared to the previously automatically stored data, his fortune has decreased by 641, and his points have decreased by 500 million."

"The percentage of points reduced?" Pei Zheng asked casually.

"80%."

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Pei Ming suddenly opened his eyes.

"It's an overstepping of the proper boundaries," he concluded definitively. "The ratio—the duelist he fought only had 1."

class."

"A Level 1 Duelist? Why would Nineteenth Brother want to duel him?" Pei Mingyi's eyes widened, revealing an incredulous expression.

It's important to know that dueling with lower-ranked duelists outside of professional competitions registered with the enforcement authorities carries penalties for fighting beyond one's rank, and the greater the rank difference, the heavier the penalty.

Any duelist with common sense would not easily engage in such a high-level duel, even against their own friends and family.

Pei Mingyi did not believe that her younger brother would lack even this basic common sense.

This is the most outstanding duelist of his generation, a clever man who can wield the Pei family's God Cards.

"You should know—this world is not short of ways to force a duel," Pei Zheng said quietly.

He looked at Pei Mingyi and said, "If I remember correctly, there shouldn't be many families in Yuezhou that possess the God Card, right?"

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"It seems only the Ji family and the Gu family remain. Gu Yu of the Gu family has disappeared, and their God Card has also vanished. The only one still active is Thirteen Princesses, but Thirteen Princesses are Level 6 Duelists —"

"That makes sense now," Pei Zheng said. "It seems someone in Yuezhou is collecting God Cards. I didn't expect that even in this day and age, there would still be people with such intentions."

"No matter what, we must find the whereabouts of the Lord of the Stars." Pei Zheng said coldly, pondering. "Investigate which level 1 duelists are strong in Yuezhou. Even if they have other God Cards, duelists who can defeat the Nineteenth Elder are not simple."

"That's easy." Pei Mingyi nodded, then turned and prepared to leave to investigate.

This matter involves the core interests of the Pei family, and even their life and death; he dares not entrust it to outsiders.

"And—" Pei Zheng spoke again, "Take out everything in stock, including all the Soul Card Hearts."

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"But Father, these are—"

"I know," Pei Zheng said decisively. "If the other families find out that the Lord of the Stars is missing, they will pounce on us like hungry wolves. We need to be prepared. At worst—"

"We'll all die together then!" Pei Zheng sneered.

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"Isn't he awake?"

The next day, Shen Yi went to the hospital with Jiu Shi Ji.

Looking at He Kan, who was still unconscious on the hospital bed, Shen Yi frowned.

Chihiro knelt beside He Kan's bed, pursing her lips as she looked at the unconscious He Kan, her eyes filled with worry.

Kujuhime shook her head and said, "I've already consulted the AI ​​doctor, and they said his consciousness is completely in a deep sleep and cannot be awakened at all. Right now, we can only continue to maintain his vital signs and then try to find a way to bring his consciousness back."

"Does that mean his consciousness is still elsewhere?" Shen Yi pondered.

He originally thought that defeating Pei Minghong and tearing up the card of the Lord of Stars in the early hours of this morning would be enough to save He Kan's consciousness, but judging from the current situation, things don't seem to be as simple as he imagined.

Now that Pei Minghong has been killed by the chandelier, all the clues in his possession have been completely cut off.

If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have impulsively gone to block the door.

But if he didn't do that, Shen Yi felt uneasy.

Fortunately, He Kan's consciousness is still trapped, but as long as a solution is found, it can be resolved.

Then there's Ilovena's mother, who, based on previous clues, is also related to the Pei family. However, Vera didn't find any relevant clues in Pei Minghong's equipment yesterday, suggesting that this matter wasn't directly handled by Pei Minghong.

However, Vera found an encrypted file in Pei Minghong's guiding robot. Judging from the location of the file, it should be a core document related to the Pei family.

Perhaps the clues Shen Yi wants to know are in here, whether it's the whereabouts of He Kan's consciousness or the location of Ilovena's mother.

The problem is that Vera only has full access to guide the robot; she's not a skilled hacker and has no way to deal with this kind of encrypted file.

Just as Shen Yi was discussing with Jiu Shi Ji, Shi San Ji appeared at the door of the ward.

He Kan is a student at the college, and as the president of the student union, I would definitely come to visit him after his accident.

After comforting Qianxun and promising that the student council would cover all the expenses for He Kan's treatment, Thirteen Princess gestured for Shen Yi to go out with her.

Kujiki, who pays close attention to her sister's every word and action, immediately noticed the eye contact between Shisanhime and Shen Yi.

Sister—when did you become so close to Shen Yi?

A question flashed through Jiji's mind.

"Pei Minghong is dead. Did you do it?" Thirteen Princess asked bluntly.

Although it was a question, the tone basically confirmed that it was Shen Yi.

Shen Yi didn't deny it, and immediately countered with, "Are you aware of the things the Pei family does behind the scenes?"

Seeing Shen Yi's question, Thirteen Princess understood immediately and her opinion of Shen Yi rose even higher.

She knew that Shen Yi had shattered Kashu and might have gained Kashu's power, so she felt that it was perfectly fine for Shen Yi to force Pei Minghong into a duel.

Pei Minghong died in an accident, as announced by the enforcement agency.

However, dying in an accident because one's luck is reset to zero due to a severe punishment is a completely different concept from dying purely in an accident.

Since Shen Yi was able to deal with the Lord of the Stars, he could naturally deal with the God Card in his own possession as well.

The only problem now is getting over my own inner hurdle.

If it's so that his younger sister can no longer be controlled by the gods—

While thinking, Thirteen Princess said, "The Dream Dance Troupe is also part of the Pei family's assets, so I didn't think of it before."

As the benchmark of the Starry World Idol series of followers, the Dream Dance Troupe can be considered a very high-quality asset.

Logically speaking, any family would strive to protect such assets, so Thirteen Princess never associated this matter with the Pei family.

But once the connection was made, many previously unclear clues suddenly came together.

"The Pei family has indeed been making a lot of small moves lately," Thirteen Princess said. "Just now, they seemed to have transferred a large amount of supplies from other places into Yuezhou City."

"What supplies?"

"I don't know. Their operation this time is kept very secret." Thirteen Princess shook her head.

After a brief pause, she looked at Shen Yi and said, "You'd better be careful lately too. It seems the Pei family is collecting a list of the stronger Level 1 duelists in Yuezhou City."

Shen Yi was taken aback: "Why are they investigating this?"

"I guess she guessed that Pei Minghong's accident was related to a duel between opponents of higher levels," Thirteen Princess said calmly.

"No—I know they'll suspect that," Shen Yi said speechlessly, "but why would they suspect a Level 1 duelist? Logically speaking, they shouldn't suspect a Level 1 duelist, right?"

Shen Yi originally thought he should hide it well.

After all, any normal person, even if they suspect that Pei Minghong died because of a duel, would not think that a level 7 duelist would lose to a level 1 duelist.

"For this kind of thing, we just need to look at the changes in Pei Minghong's assets before and after. Based on the percentage drop in assets, it's easy to deduce the level of the duel opponent."

Fortunately, the penalty for bypassing the level wasn't a normal points transfer but a direct points change; otherwise, tracing the flow of these points would have led back to Shen Yi.

"Tsk, I didn't know it could be like that." Shen Yi grinned, indicating that he had learned something new.

But he'll do it again next time.

The main reason is that the benefits of defeating Pei Minghong, who is of a higher level, are simply too great.

In addition to the more than 400 luck points, Shen Yi also gained a full 5 million points, which instantly boosted his assets and unlocked more forms of Vera.

"So you'd better be careful." Thirteen Princess looked at Shen Yi meaningfully and said, "The loss of the God Card is dangerous for any family. Once other families realize the changes in the Pei family, the trouble that the Gu family is facing now will be repeated on the Pei family. They will definitely try every means to find the Lord of the Stars."

"And at times like this, you can't expect a family on the verge of death to uphold any morals," Thirteen Princess reminded her.

Pei Minghong's death was different from Gu Yu's.

Gu Yu is missing, so many families know that the Gu family may not have retrieved the God Card.

Pei Minghong's death was determined by the enforcement agency to be a natural death. Theoretically, the Pei family has ample time to reclaim the Lord of the Stars. Therefore, the opposing families have not yet taken any action and are currently in a wait-and-see state.

But this period of observation shouldn't last too long.

According to the unspoken rules of these families, the Pei family should have already begun selecting the next Chosen One.

This period usually takes about a month.

During this month, the Pei family will definitely use every means to find the missing Lord of the Stars.

Shen Yi, of course, understood this principle as well.

He nodded: "I know, I'll be careful."

Thirteen Princess didn't say anything more.

She said so much to Shen Yi not only because he was able to completely break the "curse" on her sisters, but also because she recognized his strength in defeating a level 7 opponent at level 1.

"By the way," Shen Yi looked at Thirteen Princess and asked, "Do you know any hackers?"

"Hacker?" Thirteen Princess looked at Shen Yi with a puzzled expression.

In her view, the fact that Shen Yi was able to silently infiltrate the Pei family's manor, duel with Pei Minghong, and then leave unharmed, and afterwards delete all traces of himself so that the Pei family would not discover his existence, already showed that there must be a powerful hacker behind Shen Yi.

In this situation, if he still needs to find other hackers, it can only mean that he needs to find someone with even greater technical expertise than the people he knows.

Hackers of this caliber are rare.

"What are you going to do?" Thirteen Princess had no choice but to ask.

If Shen Yi's request is reasonable and legal, she can mobilize the Ji family's technical experts to help.

Shen Yi answered truthfully, "I obtained a confidential document from the Pei family from Pei Minghong that needs to be declassified."

This kind of thing is definitely something that can't be brought to light.

Thirteen Princess thought for a moment and said, "Then you can go and find the Knights of Hanno."

As an organization that has managed to survive and even cause trouble despite being besieged by all the major capital forces in the Starry World, the Hanno Knights' hacking capabilities are absolutely top-notch.

Shen Yi was somewhat surprised: "You know them?"

"There must have been contact. They definitely have informants in all sorts of unmanned factories, it's just that we don't know who they are."

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What you're saying is pointless.

I still don't know where to find the Knights of Hanoi.

"Didn't you also contact the Knights of Hanno?" Thirteen Princess glanced at Shen Yi. "Going through your channels will obviously make them trust you more."

Shen Yi was somewhat puzzled upon hearing what Thirteen Princess said.

When did I come into contact with them?

Immediately, Shen Yi understood what Thirteen Princess meant.

Nia has made it clear that she received help from the Knights of Hanno during her escape.

Furthermore, during the subsequent rebellion, the Knights of Hanno would often use the Gu family's unmanned legions to aid the resistance forces in the Golem World.

If we follow Nia's lead, we should be able to contact the Knights of Hanno.

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