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She then noticed some victims in the blind spot of the projection and frowned. "Yunyi, can this project a frontal image of everyone?"

Yun Yi had just finished distributing the paper and pens when she withdrew her thoughts, opened her eyes, and asked, "What positive image?"

Swire pointed to the edge of the projection with her fingertip: "I can't see the people over there."

Yun Yi looked in the direction she pointed.

In the projection, most of the cells on both sides of the screen were clearly visible, but further back, there were a few more cells that were indistinct and difficult to see clearly.

That's easy to handle, since the projection angle isn't fixed.

Yun Yi snapped his fingers, and the huge projection instantly split into multiple images, each showing a person's face—the clarity was as if someone was carrying a top-of-the-line camera and filming them right in front of them.

Yun Yi turned to Shi Huaiya, eager for praise: "How was it? Not bad, right?"

"Perfectly matches my ideas, fantastic!" Swire naturally didn't hold back her praise.

However, while the two were chatting leisurely, the people in the projection looked very serious.

Yunyi and Shi Huaiya had left after making their demands and arranging temporary workers for most of the day.

During this period, the original five-person temporary team was reduced to two members, and the remaining three had to put in a lot of effort to persuade all the victims to cooperate.

It was through their dedicated explanations and analyses that the victims, regardless of their intelligence or cognitive abilities, understood that the thin piece of paper before them and the words they were about to write would determine their future fate.

PS:

Three chapters will be updated today, at 6 PM, 9 PM, and 11 PM respectively.

Volume Two: Fireworks at Dragon Gate: Chapter 106 Yun Yi: Hmm, I'm just a little angry, don't worry.

Therefore, when the snow-white paper and the jet-black pen appeared out of thin air on the ground in front of everyone, the prison, which was originally somewhat noisy with wails and mutterings, suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

The next moment, countless heavy breaths, some excited and some in pain, broke the silence.

Among them, one of the temporary workers, a canine beastman, stood outside the cell, his canine teeth chattering slightly, his breathing unusually loud.

The sound wasn't like ordinary panting; it was more like the weak, muffled howl of a wild beast encountering an invincible opponent, carrying a hint of desperate struggle.

"What are you howling about?" The fox girl beside him had her mechanical arm pinch his mouth shut, her fox ears tilting to the side in disgust, and pulled him forward, "Time to get to work."

"Hmm..." The dog-beastman didn't seem to know what he was despairing about. After the fox girl interrupted his strange emotions, he could only let out a muffled response because his mouth was pinched. His body then obediently followed along.

After watching the interaction between the two, Yun Yi asked in confusion, "Who...who were these two again? I mean, their names."

“Pelo is Connar, and Volper is Minerva,” Swire casually remarked.

"Perrot and Wolper, huh?" Yun Yi muttered to himself, silently memorizing the two somewhat familiar names, while Swire stared intently at the hundreds of projection screens.

She quickly identified dozens of people who were behaving strangely.

"Is that all? It seems the temporary workers did a good job with the preliminary preparations," said Yun Yi, pulling at her fingertips and making her zoom in on the screens of those strange people, placing them in the center.

"Something's off?" Following Shi Huaiya's instructions, Yun Yi pulled out their projector screen. She glanced at it and said, "Hmm, it seems they don't really like the paper we gave them."

The people pointed out by Swire either had distorted expressions or were avoiding paper and pen, appearing to be quite resistant.

This was noticed not only by Swire, but also by Minerva in the projection and by Anso, who was some distance away.

The projection revealed a knowing smile, and threw out a chain that spun rapidly between its fingertips. The chain hooked onto the bars of the cells on both sides, and like Spider-Man, it leaped over one of the abnormal individuals, startling him.

In the other projection, Minerva sighed silently. Conar turned his head and asked with his eyes: What's wrong?

“There are people who have changed their minds—you don’t need to worry about them,” Minerva said, letting the robotic arm release Conar and stopping. He gestured to those who looked anxious as they saw others begin to write. “You go and collect opinions from those who can’t write, as planned.”

“Hmm.” Conner agreed without hesitation. He gripped the small bag containing the recorder in his hand and strode toward a man pacing back and forth in a cell.

After watching him leave, Minerva's gaze swept over the people scratching their heads and hesitating over their papers, and finally her eyes focused on a certain spot before she set off.

"Where is she going?" The projection was directed at Minerva's face, not in front of her. Yun Yi raised his finger and turned her projection.

What appeared before Yun Yi's eyes was a monotonous expanse of prison cells stretching to the horizon, making it difficult to determine which one Minerva was targeting.

“Look over here.” Swire pointed to a projection of a child. “Guess why Minerva is looking for her.”

Yun Yi squinted and looked at the child in the projection. The child was dressed in coarse gray cloth and was thin. It was impossible to tell whether the child was male or female.

It has only one animal ear on its head, half of which has been cut off and covered in blood clots. The side of its face, buried between its legs, is covered with twisted scars. One of its arms is missing, and there is no tail visible behind it.

He huddled on the inside of the cell bed, seemingly oblivious to the paper and pen on the bed behind him—which was impossible, as Yun Yi had placed the paper and pen right under everyone's noses when he put them down.

They are either pretending not to see it, or they are expressing rejection.

Yun Yi's eyes were filled with complex emotions. She didn't care about the child's lack of cooperation, but one thought kept swirling in her mind—she knew the answer, but she also wanted to avoid it, "What exactly has he/she been through?"

This child looks so pitiful!

Swire pursed her lips, her green eyes flashing with anger. "If someone has been trafficked or kidnapped, some sellers and buyers will treat the person they've been through cruelly—Rat King, Governor Wei..."

Although she had foreseen this beforehand, she still couldn't fully accept the so-called "prevention is worse than cure" approach.

Previously, she had to maintain overall stability, and since she lacked the ability to improve the situation, she had to turn a blind eye. But things are different now.

Shi Huaiya turned her head and secretly glanced at Yun Yi, who was frowning, her eyes filled with expectation.

She quickly looked away and thought firmly to herself that she couldn't rely entirely on Yun Yi.

If we earn more money for Yun Yihua, she will eventually be able to resolve this situation herself—the entire continent's communication tower cluster must be put into use as soon as possible to generate funding!

"Human trafficking is disgusting, isn't it?" Yun Yi noticed Shi Huaiya's gaze and glanced at her. "You want me to deal with these two bastards? OK, no problem. I'm strong enough to make sure they regret it!"

"No need, no need, they are not trafficking people."

Yun Yi spoke with absolute certainty, and Shi Huaiya instantly lost her state of high spirits.

Fearing that Yun Yi would actually kill the two of them, she quickly explained, with a mix of laughter and tears, "The ones who kidnapped the children are someone else. At most, the Rat King and Governor Wei let them go to some extent, and they only let them go in order to wipe out these scumbags in one fell swoop."

Yun Yi tilted her head. She had thought these two were the classic characters who outwardly protected the city but were actually its greatest evils. Turns out they were just "fishing."

"Ok."

She thought she could finally deal with Wei Yanwu, the old man who forced her to temporarily abandon her "home".

Disappointed, Yun Yi continued watching the projection, muttering resentfully, "The hotel staff must be one of the culprits, right? We'll kick them out later."

She's killing people and blasting hotels, how come she suddenly has such a strong murderous intent?

Swire gently touched Yunyi's head with concern, soothing her with the warmth of her palm, "Be good, calm down... calm down..."

Yun Yi leaned back as Shi Huaiya's warm hand gently soothed him, and his feverish head finally calmed down.

She stood there stunned for a moment, then reached out and hugged Swire's outstretched arm. "I'm sorry..."

"What are you apologizing for?" Swire let her hug her, folded her tiger ears behind her back, and showed a disapproving look. "What was wrong with you just now?"

“I…I’ve never seen such a miserable child—I’ve never seen one in real life.” Yun Yi, who had already had a hard enough life in his previous life, couldn’t explain why he got emotional when he saw a child with his ear cut off. “Maybe it’s because I can empathize with him.”

Human traffickers and forces that accept children exist not only in this life's Terra, but also in the country of her past life, it just didn't fall on her—if she had made a mistake in her past life, would she have suffered as much as this child?

PS:

The follow-up files on children who were forced into disability - this matter...

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Yun Yi (fist clenched just thinking about it): Damn it, he has everything! Don't worry, Doctor, if something like this happens under my jurisdiction—no, I won't let it happen! (After saying that, he turned over and did some work for a while, which was rare for him.)

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Swire (tail bristling): Tsk, those scumbags, just thinking about them makes me angry! Why are you bringing this up? The child is alive and well, while those people are long gone (bangs on the table). Doctor, instead of wasting your time asking about these old almanacs, why don't you finish writing the official documents first?

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That's why I'm asking this question here.

Friends, would you prefer the PhD in this article to be a real female PhD (or a male PhD, in which case her appearances would be relatively fewer), or just a player symbol?

This can be changed at any time before the doctor appears, but it can't be changed after he appears.

Incidentally, unless a reader explicitly requests it, Precys will not be one of the female leads in this story, nor will she be the Doctor's lover—she will be single.

The author of Hedgehog Cat is really... to reply to VIP comments, they have to buy chapters themselves. I'm speechless.

Volume Two: Fireworks at Longmen - Chapter 107: The Anchor Point of the Soul (Two hundred additional chapters based on recommendation votes)

Such similar circumstances, such similar desires and struggles, no different from any other world, only she was different...

Yun Yi suddenly felt tired, not because his body and mind had reached their limits, but because of a sense of bewilderment and helplessness deep in his soul.

To put it more precisely, perhaps it's a feeling of loneliness.

Yun Yi closed his eyes, letting the complex and intense emotions surge within him.

She hugged Swire's seemingly delicate yet strong arm and rubbed it against her. The smooth, cool touch made her mind calmer, but also made her feel more confused.

In this state, Yun Yi's thoughts seemed to be turning, or perhaps following her nature. She pressed against Shi Huaiya's warm skin and said almost mechanically, "After confirming the child's wishes, give him a vial of medicine."

The medicine from the Nirvana is labeled as "healing all physical wounds," so it should also be able to heal a child's severed limbs, stumps, broken face, and suspected severed tail.

If that doesn't work, then accumulate points and go back to the all-encompassing system shop to redeem a product that meets your requirements.

Swire sensed something was wrong. She resisted the urge to open the subsystem to check, and instead pressed her fingertips harder, tracing Yun Yi's white hair all the way to her shoulder blades on the back. She pulled her into her arms and coaxed softly, "Of course, well done."

"Hmm..." The familiar scent of cedar and blood filled her nostrils. Swire's arms were relatively small, but she managed to barely embrace Yun Yi, who was half a head taller than her, though the posture was quite awkward.

Yun Yi hugged her arm, and was then hugged tightly by her other arm. This warmth of being completely embraced made her eyes suddenly well up with tears, and a faint light shone in her somewhat empty eyes.

It's like falling down in a corner where no one is watching, and being gently and promptly helped up by a mother who has always been watching over you; the care and concern that is quietly conveyed through the physical contact.

It makes you want to cry, but you hold back because of some inexplicable unwillingness to admit defeat. Yet, this warmth truly seeps into your heart.

Yun Yi released Shi Huaiya's arm, and moved, opened his arms to hug her back.

Shi Huaiya indulged her, adjusting her position to hold the two of them even closer, her fingertips creating several creases in Yun Yi's trench coat at his waist.

Yun Yi sighed, nuzzled the soft flesh under Shi Huaiya's long curly hair like a small animal, found the warmest spot, and snuggled up to it like a mouse that had found its den, no longer moving.

The two embraced and remained silent for a long time.

Shi Huaiya lowered her eyes to count the fine stitches on Yunyi's trench coat, inhaling the delicate fragrance emanating from Yunyi, her thoughts becoming increasingly chaotic.

Yun Yi closed his eyes and counted the number of times Shi Huaiya's pulse touched his skin. All he could hear was the steady drumbeat that came from the struggle of life. The chaotic thoughts in his heart gradually calmed down, and finally turned into a stagnant pool, no longer able to stir up any waves.

The extreme peace and tranquility made Yun Yi breathe a sigh of relief and almost fall asleep, but Shi Huaiya's sudden, rapid, and noisy heartbeat interrupted this drowsiness.

Yun Yi subconsciously tilted her head, her nose brushing against Shi Huaiya's throbbing carotid artery. The soft, warm touch was as reassuring as ever. She pressed her head against that soft flesh and murmured lazily, "Hmm, a bit noisy..."

Shi Huaiya's tiger ears perked up, and a vein bulged on his forehead. "What did you say?"

I was trying to comfort you, and you said I was being noisy?

Moreover, judging from the timing of Yun Yi's mention of arguing, he was referring to the sound of her heartbeat that filled her ears!

That's outrageous! At least, it was...

Hearing the questioning through gritted teeth in his ear and the sudden heaving of the other person's chest in his arms, Yun Yi snapped back to reality and blurted out a kind word without thinking: "Uh... I mean you're really nice!"

"...My hearing is fine." Swire didn't believe her nonsense. Her fingertips, through the trench coat and shirt, pinched the soft flesh of Yun Yi's waist, her tiger tail wrapping around her forearm, tightening suddenly at the same time. "Idiot!!"

wood!!!

"Ouch—it hurts, it hurts! I was wrong, I was wrong!" Yun Yi straightened up immediately in pain, grabbed Shi Huaiya's strong little hand and tail with his back, and begged for mercy repeatedly, "I said it was a bit noisy!"

Yunyi thought Swire was angry that she had lied.

"What did you say?" The veins on Swire's forehead bulged even more, and her hand, which was about to loosen its grip to yield to Yun Yi's strength, tightened completely in one smooth motion.

"!!??" Countless exclamation marks and question marks appeared above Yun Yi's head. He was in pain and confused. He helplessly pressed his hand on the taut and prominent arm muscles of Shi Huaiya's arm, and he was so dizzy from the pain that he couldn't figure out what Shi Huaiya was angry about.

Fortunately, at this moment, a powerful shout, "Ansuo—", came from the projection, causing Swire, with his keen hearing, to instinctively turn his ears and eyes to the projection, and loosen the grip on his hands and tail.

Yun Yi quickly and roughly inserted his fingers into the gap between the two and his skin, grasped them, and moved them away.

Shi Huai Ya Yin Qi Yi San Bei Er Ke realized what was happening, glanced at his hand and tail that were being held, wanted to pull harder, but was afraid of hurting Yun Yi who was extremely fragile in a certain sense, so he could only glare at Yun Yi and say, "Let go!"

Now that the pain had finally subsided, Yunyi naturally wouldn't let go. Without the pain to distract her, her emotional intelligence began to kick in. "I... I was just feeling so comfortable leaning against you that I got sleepy. Your sudden heartbeat startled me! I felt so at ease before—calm down, calm down!"

His words, spoken without any pauses, would probably be incomprehensible to most people. But Swire was no ordinary person; she understood them perfectly, and then became even angrier, laughing in exasperation: "What, are you going to blame me for this?"

Looking at Shi Huaiya's dangerously sweet smile, Yun Yi felt a chill run down his spine and quickly added, "No, no, no, I meant... listening to your heartbeat makes me feel very safe! I like—"

"What nonsense are you spouting!" Swire's anger instantly turned into embarrassment and annoyance.

With her free hand, she elbowed Yun Yi, delivering a critical blow to the fragile Terran and interrupting Yun Yi's impending direct attack.