When system cheat becomes rampant!

Such an extraordinarily talented Awakener thinking about food during a battle?

Could this be the brain circuit of a genius?

How should I proceed with my questions then?

He's telling the truth!

My SSR system couldn't possibly be wrong.
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Last time, when Mu Yiqing was in charge of investigating the withered forest incident, she attempted to use her astute speaking skills to coax the secret of Xiang Beifei, an N-level student capable of defeating SSR levels. However, every one of his responses perfectly blocked her questions.

And this time, Xiang Beifei's answers were even more irrational, completely throwing off her well-considered train of thought.

Why is it so difficult to talk with this guy?

—Can't you at least follow a normal train of thought when answering, instead of always being a conversation stopper? You'll never find a wife this way!

Mu Yiqing felt her patience wearing thin, but still managed to maintain a calm demeanor as she said, "Xiang Beifei, why would you be thinking about food during battle?"

"One needs to be well-fed to have the strength to fight."

"So, food is quite important to Xiang Beifei?" Mu Yiqing inquired, her gaze carrying a hint of peculiar curiosity.

"Food is paramount to the people," Xiang Beifei stated.

[Current Word Spirit detection value: Honesty]

"I see."

A strange smile emerged at the corner of Mu Yiqing's mouth.

After a moment, she smiled graciously and asked, "Xiang Beifei, you're young and talented, you must have many girls secretly admiring you. May I ask a more personal question?"

"You've been asking all along," Xiang Beifei replied.

Mu Yiqing was taken aback once more, and for some reason, even someone as composed as her felt slightly embarrassed.

But she pretended not to mind that detail. After all, those who are skilled in social interaction have thick skins; how could they blush just from someone else's remarks?

She asked in a very natural tone, "Does Xiang Beifei have someone in mind?"

"What does that have to do with the case?" Xiang Beifei asked.

Mu Yiqing adjusted her hair and explained, "Oh, it's unrelated to the case. I have a cousin studying at Yongzhou University. She saw Xiang Beifei's performance during the newcomer's competition and was extremely impressed. She pestered me to inquire, so here I am, thick-skinnedly assisting her. I wonder what kind of girl Xiang Beifei likes. If it's too intrusive, please forgive me."

Xiang Beifei asked with bewilderment, "Fabricating a sister?"

Mu Yiqing: "..."

Damn, can't you be more tactful!

Don't you know not to reveal everything!

Is this how you communicate with people?

Inside, Mu Yiqing felt like a herd of llamas was trampling through her mind, but she maintained her professional smile and said, "Really, I do have a cousin who admires you greatly."

"Then let me see a photo," Xiang Beifei nodded.

Mu Yiqing: "..."

—I was just politely suggesting, can't you see that!

Mu Yiqing was fuming on the inside!

"I don't have her photo on my phone, I'll ask her to send one," she said.

Mu Yiqing took out her phone, opened a messaging app, and right in front of Xiang Beifei, she really did send a message to a girl. The contact's profile picture showed a sweet-looking girl holding a bunch of dandelions, blowing them into the air amidst sunlight.

Such an artistic profile picture!

"Is that really your cousin?" Xiang Beifei asked.

"What? Do you need me to prove our relation with a blood test too?"

"That's not a bad idea," Xiang Beifei commented.

Mu Yiqing could barely keep her smile.

What's with you! A steel straight man? Talking like this, how have you lived so long without getting beaten up? You must be blessed by heaven.

"Of course that's my cousin. She'll send the photo soon. How about I also have her send over her Jiuzhou household registration for you to see? So, can you talk about it first? I want to see if she has a chance," Mu Yiqing said.

"My standards for a partner are quite high," Xiang Beifei stated.

"Oh?"

Mu Yiqing immediately perked up with interest.

Is it a system level requirement? At least S, SR, or even SSR?

Or maybe a degree from an elite university?

Personality?

Body? Looks?

...

Mu Yiqing looked forward eagerly at Xiang Beifei. She had dealt with so many people; despite her seemingly casual and natural way of speaking, her questions appearing inconsequential,

she could infer a person's habits and character with the system's assistance and thus fully uncover someone's secrets!

The system would make a judgment on whether the other party was lying or telling the truth. The SSR-level judgment was flawless, allowing her to make clear analyses through a combination of lies and truths.

For the less vigilant, she could even coax out their system abilities without them realizing it.

In the withered forest incident, with her clever use of words, she extracted the system types of SSR students from other elite colleges; the Color system of He Qiutong, the Time Shadows of Chen Baiwen, were all deduced from mere hints given away by them.

But she could never coax the secret out of Xiang Beifei.

"How high?"

Mu Yiqing sounded calm, but she was inwardly eager.

Xiang Beifei considered earnestly for a moment, then replied, "Gender: Female. BMI index below 23, system-corrected eyesight above 5.0, non-color blind or weak, lung capacity over 20000, system-adjusted heart rate can be tuned to below 60 beats per minute, blood pressure below 139/90. Without using spiritual power and system, a 3000 meter run time below 3 minutes, standing long jump over 3 meters, climbing thirty flights of stairs in less than 5 minutes, no bad hereditary diseases, no dental cavities, no familial infectious diseases."

Mu Yiqing: "..."

What kind of bizarre standard for choosing a spouse is this?

You're joking with me, aren't you?

[Current Word Spirit detection value: Truth]

Oh my God! It's actually the truth!

Mu Yiqing was somewhat flustered for a moment.

In Mu Yiqing's understanding, the normal standards for choosing a spouse in this world should be personality, hobbies, height, weight, educational background, income, and most importantly, the system rank, matching one's social status.

Even if Xiang Beifei said his minimum standard for a spouse was SSR level, Mu Yiqing wouldn't be surprised. After all, it was nothing extraordinary for a genius like him to choose an SSR level Awakener as a wife.

But his sudden nonsensical criteria threw Mu Yiqing for a loop.

Is this how you pick a wife?

No hereditary diseases, no infectious diseases is one thing, but lung capacity? What the hell is that!

Who the heck selects a wife based on lung capacity!

And what's with this bizarre test of running up twenty floors?

...

After a while, Mu Yiqing regained her composure, looking at Xiang Beifei with a slightly resentful gaze.

She has always been sharp-tongued, capable of talking others into submission with her words. As an SSR, she has never been outdone in a verbal exchange.

But for some reason, every time she interacts with Xiang Beifei and speaks with him, she feels like she's on the losing end.

Mu Yiqing realized that she needed to calm down. Continuing the conversation with Xiang Beifei might just cause her to start doubting her own eloquence, which she prided herself on.

"I understand. I will relay Xiang Beifei's criteria for choosing a spouse to my cousin. Now I won't disturb you any longer, Xiang Beifei. Thank you for taking the time to assist me with the investigation. If you encounter any problems in the future, you can also come to me for help. Shall we exchange contact information?"

"Okay."

"So does Xiang Beifei prefer to use Weixin, or to exchange phone numbers?"

"I prefer to exchange phone numbers," said Xiang Beifei.

[Current Word Spirit detection value: Lie]

[Xiang Beifei lied to you, speech value +6]

——Heh, I've finally caught you lying!

Mu Yiqing hummed softly!

So you still prefer to use Weixin, huh? Is it really that important for you to prevent me from seeing your WeChat Moments? Interesting. Next time, I'll have to secretly find someone to check out what's on your WeChat Moments.

Xiang Beifei gave his phone number to Mu Yiqing.

Mu Yiqing collected her thoughts, which had been scattered by Xiang Beifei, and then gave her number to him.

Just as she was about to leave, Xiang Beifei finally said, "This is the Beast Pill from the body of the desolate beast. If the Alliance really wants to investigate this matter, perhaps they can study it."

With a flick, he threw two Beast Pills towards Mu Yiqing.

Mu Yiqing caught the two Beast Pills with her hand, then frowned slightly.

"Why does the One-Armed Crab have two Beast Pills?" she asked.

"That's a question the people of the Alliance should be telling me," Xiang Beifei responded.

After all, the Alliance manages the entire Jiuzhou, and regardless of how flawed some people in the Alliance are, overall, the Alliance also needs to properly investigate this matter and give an explanation to those injured civilians.

"What else do you know?"

"What I should know, you already know."

Xiang Beifei simply finished speaking, not bothering with Mu Yiqing any further. He turned and left the balcony, heading back to the corridor; he still had to visit Lu Hong.

[Xiang Beifei told you the truth, speech value +10]

Mu Yiqing stared at the two Beast Pills, lost in thought.

After a long while, she put away the Beast Pills.

Clearly, just investigating by herself wasn't enough to identify these two Beast Pills. Although she was SSR, she wasn't an expert in this area; a true analysis would still require sending them back for a specialist to examine.

Mu Yiqing was more interested in Xiang Beifei than the Beast Pills.

Mu Yiqing looked at her system log. Just now, when Xiang Beifei mentioned that the thought in his mind when he was killing the One-Armed Crab was how to cook it in a spicy sauce, Mu Yiqing immediately grasped the key point!

Although it was strange, any strangeness in this world could be explained by the system.

"Combining what he said before, it's easy to determine this guy's abilities!"

As an SSR, she has used her verbal skills to pry out too many people's system abilities, having seen a wide array of them.

Many powerful SSR level System Awakeners generally suppress their opponents with a specific feature.

For example, she herself can suppress her opponents based on the different types of intentions behind their words.

So far, the speech value she has accrued from all the words exchanged with Xiang Beifei is a total of 635 points, which means if she were to confront Xiang Beifei, she would have an absolute suppression effect of 635 points on him!

And like He Qiutong, whose ability depends on the number of colors on an opponent's body, the more colors the opponent has, the stronger the suppression by her.

As for why Xiang Beifei's punches were so powerful, Mu Yiqing could infer the reason.

The likely mode of operation of Xiang Beifei's system was as follows: when he faced a desolate beast, he thought about how to eat the beast, deciding which part of the beast to start with.

As long as this idea was specific enough, then when he struck with his fist, the flame would suppress that particular part of the beast, turning it into a weak spot!

This explained why, even though both had the ability of fist flame, Lu Hong, the owner of that ability, couldn't harm the desolate beast, whereas Xiang Beifei could kill the One-Armed Crab with the fist flame.

Because the way the systems worked for Xiang Beifei and Lu Hong was different!

"So it turns out his awakened system must be a thought-type system!"

A sharp light flashed in Mu Yiqing's eyes!

Yes! That was Xiang Beifei's secret!