Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

Chapter 694 World 229

After Ke Xue's live stream ended, Shen Ruyin saved the screen recording, reopened the previously prepared live stream clip, and continued to refine it.

Just before going to bed, Shen Ruyin finished making a short video about fireflies and sent it to Ke Xue.

She had assumed that Ke Xue would be busy and wouldn't see what she had sent until very late or the next day. But she had barely closed her eyes when her phone vibrated.

[It's very well done. Although there are still some flaws, it's fine to post on a personal account.]

Then, Ke Xue sent a voice message, explaining in detail to Shen Ruyin where she could improve her short videos, where to get the necessary tools and materials, and which chapters of the pre-recorded courses she had purchased could be used for related operations.

After finishing his explanation, Ke Xue also offered her some advice.

[If you'd like to create your own account, you can upload this video. While it might not guarantee immediate success, gradually building up your following will become a valuable asset.]

[You can also directly use my tag; the viewers in the live stream are more likely to see it, and your likes and comments should be better than if you just post it directly.]

Shen Ruyin listened to his voice messages one by one, noticed something, and then turned the volume up to the maximum, finally making the background noise clearer.

In the background noise, Brother Wang is talking to someone.

"Boss, we've scouted it all. This should be just an entrance; there should be other exits inside."

"The mountain is just too big. It's too difficult to find an exit without going in."

"I've already submitted an application to my superiors to bring another batch of equipment over. Who do you think will be assigned to go down then?"

The voice that appeared at the end of the live stream said, "I'll lead the team. You guys keep an eye on the ground and wait for my message."

Later, Brother Wang spoke again, but Ke Xue's voice message stopped, so there was no way to get any more information.

Shen Ruyin thought for a moment and then replied to Ke Xue.

[Thanks, boss. I'll create an account and post it there.]

[I thought you were busy over there and wouldn't have time for a while.]

Ke Xue's voice message arrived quickly.

[Let professionals do what they're good at. I'm just a small-time streamer; they don't need me.]

[By the way, my friend messaged me saying he can assemble the computer and deliver it to you tomorrow. Here's his contact information; he'll call you by tomorrow afternoon at the latest. Don't hang up on him thinking it's a spam call.]

[I've already told him to go for the highest specs. When you get it, check it carefully. If… Ke Xue, the boss is calling you!]

The conversation ended when Brother Wang suddenly spoke.

Shen Ruyin sent another message, but Ke Xue didn't reply. In fact, Shen Ruyin didn't receive any messages from him until she woke up the next day.

Shen Ruyin guessed that Ke Xue might have been taken into the cave by that leader, right?

Shen Ruyin thought for a moment and turned the phone ringer up to the maximum volume.

Ke Xue hadn't sent the contact information she was supposed to receive, and she was worried she wouldn't be able to answer the phone in time, so she could only turn up the volume and be more careful.

"Yinyin," Shen's mother knocked on the door, "Get up and have breakfast."

Shen Ruyin immediately went to open the door: "Mom's here."

"I thought you weren't awake yet," Shen's mother laughed. "Will you come with me to buy groceries after dinner?"

Shen Ruyin glanced at the sun outside. Although she really didn't want to go out, she nodded in the face of her mother's expectant gaze.

"Mom, let's buy a small watermelon before we come back!"

“Sure,” Mrs. Shen agreed. “By the way, I heard there was an accident in Black Mountain last night. They say the roads are closed today and no one is allowed to go up the mountain. Do you want to send your regards to your boss?”

"Mom, where did you see this message?" Shen Ruyin asked. "Why didn't I see the notification?"

“I saw it on WeChat Moments,” Shen’s mother said. “We went to Montenegro a few days ago and it was pretty good. Your Aunt Liu saw it and said she was planning to go too.”

"They planned to go up the mountain early this morning, but they were stopped at the foot of the mountain."

"I saw it on her WeChat Moments this morning and then asked her a few questions."

“She said that the surrounding residents said that many official vehicles went up the mountain in the middle of the night yesterday, and since then, they have been unable to make phone calls to the mountain, and it keeps saying that there is no signal.”

"Moreover, the signal is not very good at the foot of the mountain. When I was on the phone with your Aunt Liu, my voice was intermittent, as if it was stuck."

"I checked specifically, but there was no announcement on the official account, so I don't know the specifics."

"It's fine if we didn't know, but now that we do, don't act like nothing happened. Xiao Ke bought you so many classes and paid you a salary."

"No signal?" Shen Ruyin felt that she could roughly estimate how long the signal loss would last.

After all, Ke Xue, as the boss, has always been quite reliable in her eyes. Even if he is suddenly called away for something, it would be unusual if he didn't have time to give her a word of advice or ask someone else to send him his contact information.

If the signal is blocked at the higher level and messages cannot be sent, that would be understandable.

After breakfast, following her mother's instructions, Shen Ruyin sent a caring message to Ke Xue before going out with him. Coincidentally, after walking only a few steps, she saw Zhao Manrou, who was with Zhao's mother, in the crowd.

Shen Ruyin pretended not to see it, turned her head to look at the seafood next to her, and tugged at her mother's hand: "Mom, look, such a big octopus leg."

Her mother's attention was drawn away: "It's so big, how can you eat it?"

"Boil it with hot pot broth? Or slice it and cook it in hot pot, that should work either way," Shen Ruyin said, taking out her phone. "Look at this video I saw yesterday, it looks so delicious."

Shen's mother took a look and found that the platter made by the streamer not only contained octopus tentacles, but also a lot of mushrooms, bamboo shoots, firecracker bamboo shoots and other things.

"Will it taste good this way?" Shen's mother was a little tempted. After all, the streamer looked like she was enjoying her meal. With so many things put together, a mix of meat and vegetables, it seemed quite healthy.

Shen Ruyin wasn't sure if it would taste good either: "Since I've never tried it before, why not give it a try?"

After hesitating for a moment, Shen's mother pointed to the seasonings in the comments section and said, "Never mind, we don't have any of these seasonings at home."

“I think hot pot base can handle it,” Shen Ruyin believed, adding that hot pot base can cook anything. “If all else fails, chicken seasoning should also work.”

Shen's mother could tell that Shen Ruyin really wanted to eat it, so she finally agreed and let her choose for herself.

Shen Ruyin pulled her along, saying, "I don't know how to choose, Mom, you come with me."

The mother and daughter were looking down as they picked things out, and Zhao Manrou and her daughter passed by without noticing them.

Just as Shen Ruyin breathed a sigh of relief, she saw Zhao Manrou touch the pendant hanging around her neck, look around, and finally fix her gaze on them.

You two have nothing to say to each other, huh?

Mind your own business!

Shen Ruyin cursed Qi Chengyun in her heart.

When Zhao Manrou and her daughter walked up to them and called out to them, Shen Ruyin finally showed a perfectly timed smile.

"Aunt Zhao, Xiaoman."

"Yinyin," Zhao Manrou took Shen Ruyin's arm and asked quietly, "Why didn't I see you say anything in the group yesterday?"

Shen Ruyin said strangely, "I didn't talk much in the group chat before."

Zhao Manrou replied: "Aren't the college entrance exam results going to be released in the next couple of days? You even logged onto Dang'e yesterday. I thought you would chat with everyone in the group more."

Shen Ruyin didn't quite understand the cause-and-effect relationship in Zhao Manrou's words, but she still asked at the right time, "What were you talking about yesterday?"

“I didn’t say much,” Zhao Manrou said, fidgeting with her fingers a little embarrassed. “I just watched them talk from the sidelines.”

"Many of them went out to play and posted photos. Some even went to visit the universities they wanted to apply to."

"Yinyin, didn't you want to apply to medical school? Someone posted a picture of it, do you want to take a look?"

Shen Ruyin took out her phone and, under Zhao Manrou's gaze, boarded the Goose phone she usually chatted with her classmates on.

Zhao Manrou was surprised that Shen Ruyin would log in on the Goose website: "No wonder you always take so long to reply to messages, Ruyin."

Shen Ruyin shrugged: "Everyone is usually in class, so who would message me?"

"Moreover, my phone has limited memory, so I've developed a habit of regularly cleaning it up after each use."

"Sometimes I forget after cleaning up and I'm too lazy to log in. I only receive the message when I remember to log in."

Shen Ruyin wasn't lying.

Her phone was an old one that she had used for several years, and there were a lot of things in its memory that she couldn't delete or clean up.

Although there was a memory card, she still made sure to free up a lot of space yesterday for screen recording.

As for the other tool used for editing, it was an old cell phone that Shen's father had discarded.

Although it is more sensitive and has a faster response time than the one Shen Ruyin is currently using, it is not something Shen Ruyin uses often, so she didn't install a card in it and only uses it for work.

As for contacting Ke Xue, they used tomatoes, not geese.

After a while, Shen Ruyin was finally able to log in to Da'e to check messages, but she had already cleared them all, and there wasn't much important content left.

Seeing this, Zhao Manrou quickly took out her phone to check the chat history: "I'll forward it to you."

As Zhao Manrou was searching, Qi Chengyun suddenly appeared beside her: "Xiaoman, ask her if she knows anything about the situation in Black Mountain."

Zhao Manrou's hand trembled, and the page she had just found was accidentally swiped and she exited the app.

Zhao Manrou had no choice but to click in again.

Having found the relevant information, Zhao Manrou forwarded it to Shen Ruyin while asking, "I was too tired yesterday and forgot to ask, Ruyin, how was your weekend? Did you have fun?"

"It's alright," Shen Ruyin said. "The scenery is quite nice, and the air is very fresh. If you want to go and have fun, you can stay a few more days before going home unless you have something urgent to do."

"Sounds pretty good," Zhao Manrou said with a smile. "Why didn't you guys stay a couple more days, Yinyin?"

“My dad has to go to work,” Shen Ruyin said, seemingly oblivious to the probing in her words. “Heishan is so close, we can go anytime we want. We can just go for a couple of days on a weekend.”

“That’s true,” Zhao Manrou nodded, “We can’t be late for work.”

"Yinyin, did you encounter anything unusual during your trip to Montenegro?"

"Something special?" Shen Ruyin looked at her. "I found myself a job, and I'm going to be a workhorse early. Does that count?"

"Huh? Work?" That wasn't what Zhao Manrou originally wanted to ask, but since Shen Ruyin brought it up, she had to continue, "What kind of work?"

Shen Ruyin thought for a moment and concluded: "A job that requires learning a lot of things, takes up a lot of time, and doesn't allow for frequent outings."

Upon hearing this, Shen's mother chuckled and nodded, "That's not wrong."

Zhao's mother asked with some surprise, "What kind of job is this? You would agree to it?"

Shen's mother did not have the habit of showing off in front of outsiders, nor did she like to reveal every little detail of family matters to the outside world.

“Yinyin wanted to give it a try, and her dad and I thought it wasn’t too far-fetched. It would also allow her to learn something, so we let her have it.”

"Anyway, it's the middle of summer, and it's already very hot, so I don't go out much."

Seeing that their focus had completely shifted, Qi Chengyun reminded them again: "Black Mountain."

Zhao Manrou glanced at him, then secretly typed on her phone.

[The scope of Montenegro is too broad. Please be more specific about what you want to ask.]

Qi Chengyun then said, "My elder brother took the little girl to Black Mountain and hasn't returned yet. I can't get in touch with him either."

Zhao Manrou paused for a moment before continuing to type on the screen.

[Your older brother is so capable, what could possibly happen to him?]

“I’m not worried about him,” Qi Chengyun said tactfully, “but he has also recruited a lot of wicked people who specialize in doing bad things to come up the mountain.”

"He took the little girl with him so that he could leave all these people on the mountain and turn them into nourishment for the little girl."

"You should know that my elder brother wants to raise more vengeful ghost kings."

Zhao Manrou's breath hitched.

[Could it be that he sent that girl to drag you up Black Mountain yesterday, just to include you in this mess?]

Qi Chengyun paused for a moment before saying, "Yes, elder brother hopes to awaken my ferocity with blood."

"I don't want to go because I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself and will hurt you."

“But if my brother’s plan succeeds, his and the little girl’s strength will increase even further. I will not only be unable to resist my brother, but I will also have a hard time protecting you from the little girl.”

While listening to Qi Chengyun's voice, Shen Ruyin subtly glanced at Zhao Manrou's phone screen a few times while looking at the pictures on her phone.

Well, neither Zhao Manrou nor Qi Chengyun are particularly cautious or vigilant people.

They talk so openly in the bustling market, they're really not afraid of being recognized by people with some influence.

But thinking about it this way, Zhao Manrou still knows how to use her phone to talk to Qi Chengyun, so she can't be considered to have a completely low IQ.

After they finished talking, Shen Ruyin, who was practically staring at all the group messages on her phone, finally opened another group.

She was considering whether Qi Chengyun was telling the truth or lying.

If this is true, then the fact that Ke Xue hasn't sent any news yet shows that Number 1's strength has completely exceeded Brother Wang's and the others' expectations.

If it's a lie.

Shen Ruyin wasn't surprised.

The idiom "full of nonsense" actually reveals a lot.

After much deliberation, Shen Ruyin decided to dismiss Qi Chengyun's words as nonsense.

After all, judging from Ke Xue's voice messages, Brother Wang and his boss sounded quite reliable.

Besides, now that Black Mountain is closed off, a large number of professionals must have gone there. Surely it's not that so many of them are helpless that Zhao Manrou and Qi Chengyun have to go.