167: Chapter 167 The system is about to crash

A whistling sound even reached everyone's ears!

They saw a flash of light streak across the horizon, and then a figure stepped onto the light and soared into the air!

Rushing to Lin Ran's side, he grabbed her and slowly descended.

Safe landing!

This whole sequence of actions took no more than a second or two.

When everyone looked again, they saw Lin Xiao standing beside Lin Ran, looking shaken.

What just happened?

Did they see things?

"What are you all still standing there for? Why aren't you coming over to see if my sister is hurt?"

Lin Xiao said with displeasure.

"Ah, yes, yes."

Everyone finally snapped out of it and hurried forward to check the situation.

Some people were still unwilling to give up, and emboldened, they asked, "Lin Xiao, did you... fly over just now?"

"How is that possible? I'm not Superman."

Lin Xiao said, looking surprised.

"Then, then how did you save Miss Lin?"

A few people continued to press him.

"It was just..."

Lin Xiao kept searching for an excuse in his mind.

Seeing the broken steel cable nearby, his eyes lit up, "It was that, the steel cable over there snapped, so I grabbed the other end and swung over... You've seen Tarzan, right? Yeah, just like that, and I saved my sister."

It had to be said, this excuse was really far-fetched.

But by comparison, Lin Xiao being Superman seemed even less believable.

Looking at the stunned crowd, Lin Xiao gave a bright smile, patted their shoulders, and said earnestly, "You have to believe in science!"

Everyone felt like they had been fooled by Lin Xiao, but they had no evidence.

In fact, Lin Xiao's mind was about to explode.

The gossip system kept emitting sharp, screeching noises.

Yesterday, the gossip system had already notified him that something would happen to Lin Ran today, but due to time constraints, it didn't know exactly what it would be.

Coincidentally, today happened to be the day for their system update and a meeting at headquarters.

Under Lin Xiao's relentless threats, the system had no choice but to temporarily give him a Universal Card that could help him solve one difficulty.

Once the meeting was over and it returned, the update would also be complete.

By then, it would just need to deduct the corresponding points based on what Lin Xiao used the Universal Card for.

Anyway, after the previous few gossip sessions, Lin Xiao still had enough points remaining.

But it never expected this.

As soon as the system returned, it discovered that the sky had collapsed!

[Host, you clearly had many other choices, yet you actually stole a flying sword from the neighboring Fantasy Division!]

[Do you know how embarrassed I was just now!]

[My bonus for this year is going to be gone!]

According to the system's description.

When Lin Xiao summoned the sword, the protagonist of a fantasy world next door was in the middle of a fight with a villain.

But at the critical moment, his flying sword actually disappeared!

Heaven knows how confused he was when he looked at his empty hand at that moment.

How many question marks appeared above his head!

Fortunately, the flying sword only disappeared for a single breath; otherwise, if that battle had been lost, something major would have happened in that world!

More importantly, the system from that Fantasy Division where the incident occurred was also at the meeting.

After receiving the news, it fiercely reported him to the higher-ups!

Since his gossip system was already a low-status entertainment system, getting involved in something like this meant there was a possibility of unemployment!

"Hey, sorry about that. If worse comes to worst, I'll give you all my remaining points."

[Is this about points?]

[Forget it, forget it. I need to go write a work report first and explain this matter properly.]

In its agitation, the system took back the Universal Card and then went silent.

Lin Xiao didn't mind; anyway, he had already saved Lin Ran's life, and no matter how many points it cost, it was worth it.

On the other side, Fourth Sister and Lin Baixuan both had very grim expressions.

"It's okay, just some scraped skin on her arm. It must have been scratched when those two steel cables snapped."

After Lin Baixuan finished checking Lin Ran, she let out a slow sigh of relief.

Lin Ran leaned back in her chair, also looking shaken.

She had been in the industry for a few years, and this wasn't her first time encountering an accident.

But this time was the most dangerous one.

If Lin Xiao hadn't appeared in time to save her, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Fourth Sister frowned, "I had already instructed them repeatedly to check the props; how could something like this still happen?"

At this moment, Fourth Sister's assistant hurried over and whispered a few words in her ear.

Her expression changed instantly, "Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure. It has been checked."

The assistant nodded firmly and asked in a low voice, "Should we call the police?"

Fourth Sister narrowed her eyes, "Of course we should call the police, but first, keep a close watch on everyone at the scene. Don't let anyone leave!"

"Understood!"

The assistant jogged away.

Lin Baixuan asked, "Fourth Sister, what's the situation?"

Fourth Sister only said two words calmly, "Man-made."

In fact, they had already thought of this outcome.

From the moment they heard Lin Xiao's inner voice saying something would happen today, they realized they were being targeted.

For this reason, she had specially "looked after" the staff member who met with Lin Yu yesterday, assigning him other tasks so he wouldn't come to the set today.

But unexpectedly, despite all these precautions, someone still managed to succeed.

Soon, the person in charge of the prop team was called over.

This person in charge was considered an old employee and had collaborated with Fourth Sister's company many times before.

He was clearly shaken by today's incident and said tremblingly, "Boss Lin, I really don't know who tampered with the steel cable. Everyone with me today is someone I know well. I trust them; they wouldn't do such a thing!"

Fourth Sister's cold eyes swept over the person in charge, and she asked calmly, "Then besides you all, who else could have gotten close to the wire equipment?"

"This..."

The person in charge didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Because according to their management standards, wire equipment was a prop that required strict safekeeping, and indeed, no one else could have touched it besides them.

Just as the atmosphere grew tense, Lin Xiao's inner voice sounded once again.

[Sigh, it really has nothing to do with the prop team. The real culprit is the person who met with Lin Yu that day.]

[Although Fourth Sister didn't let him come today, he still disguised himself and snuck in.]

[This guy really deserves to die!]