204: Yu Youya's Past

“Actually, I also want to go to the Forbidden Zone and run some raids. After all, I have some experience in the Forbidden Zone, and the money I earn is definitely far more than what a regular job could provide, and it’s not as tiring. I can go whenever I want and rest when I don’t. It’s much better than being at school.”

Yu Youya said, her eyes seemingly clouded with a layer of gray.

“It’s just that, every time I think of that incident, I feel like there’s a stone pressing on my heart. Once, when I reached the entrance of the Forbidden Zone, I just couldn’t take that step.”

Hearing this, Xiao Yun breathed a sigh of relief.

From Yu Youya’s words, it seemed she hadn’t violated any rules, causing her to be restricted from entering the Forbidden Zone by GTI.

Instead, she had experienced something that left her with a psychological block, making her unwilling to enter the Forbidden Zone again.

In that case, everything was fine!

“What exactly happened?”

Xiao Yun asked.

“It’s a long story. I don’t think you’d have the patience to listen to such a long story,” Yu Youya said mockingly.

“Ah, Teacher Yu, you really do know me. If the story is too long, then forget it.”

“Hey!”

“Hiss—ouch, ouch, ouch!”

As soon as Xiao Yun finished speaking, Liu Shihhan, who was beside him, pinched his arm.

“Teacher Yu was trusting you enough to tell you, and you just say it’s too long to listen?”

Liu Shihhan said, somewhat annoyed.

“My bad, my bad… Oh, I was just joking.”

Xiao Yun chuckled awkwardly.

However, after this little farce, the melancholy on Yu Youya’s face faded, replaced by a faint smile.

“Actually, it’s quite simple to explain, it’s just that you might not believe it.”

“What’s there not to believe? Just tell me,” Xiao Yun said with great openness.

Are you kidding me?

He had been surfing the internet every day in both his past and present lives. What kind of bizarre things hadn’t he seen?

Things on the internet were far more fantastical than reality.

Every day there were fake news stories, fake narratives, and even fake chat logs forwarded by groups of friends.

The stories they made up were simply one more outrageous than the last!

However.

What he never expected was that the incident Yu Youya encountered was truly a bit outrageous!

“At that time, my two university friends, with whom I had spent four years, and I, during a normal difficulty Dam No. 0 run, opened an africa heart from a small safe…”

“Wait, wait, wait!?”

Hearing the first part of Yu Youya’s story, Xiao Yun immediately couldn’t hold back.

No wonder she said earlier that this story was hard to believe; the very first sentence revealed a clue!

Normal Dam? africa heart?

Why don’t I get one too?

“Teacher Yu Youya, let me take a moment. This is indeed an unbelievable story.”

Xiao Yun took a deep breath, quickly calming his emotions.

One must know that the africa heart was the most top-tier material in the Forbidden Zone.

In the game of his previous life, it occupied only one grid of space but was a top-tier big red valued at 13 million!

Xiao Yun had played the game for so long in his previous life, accumulating assets over 300 million, yet he had never even seen an africa heart.

And upon arriving in this world where the Forbidden Zone descended into reality, he had tried every trick in the book.

From bounty losing streaks to full-map clearouts, and even direct flights to key rooms to open large safes.

However, the best material he had ever found was probably the tears of gold crown he had dug out of the secret Baksh bird’s nest in the last run.

Although it wasn’t the most expensive big red he had obtained, it was the rarest.

Yet, the tears of gold crown was several tiers below the africa heart!

And now.

Yu Youya, who was only 22 years old and a Diamond Level GTI rank, had once found an africa heart?

And it was even found in a Normal Dam run!

How could Xiao Yun’s heart remain calm?

“Is it that surprising?”

Seeing Xiao Yun’s reaction, Yu Youya also found it somewhat amusing.

She hadn’t expected that Xiao Yun, who had found so many big red materials, would react the same way as everyone else upon hearing the beginning of this story.

“Alright, Teacher Yu, please continue.”

Xiao Yun quickly calmed his inner shock, then listened quietly.

“Yes, actually, you can probably guess what happened next. I didn’t manage to bring that africa heart out, and my two former good friends also had emotional breakdowns and developed psychological issues because of this incident.”

“Wait, did you omit something here?”

Hearing Yu Youya’s description, Xiao Yun’s eyes immediately sharpened.

She clearly hid some information, otherwise, if it was just about not bringing out the africa heart, how could she be unable to enter the Forbidden Zone now?

As expected, when Xiao Yun mentioned it, Yu Youya also nodded silently.

She clenched her fists, her expression grave, as if recalling an extremely painful memory.

“That africa heart wasn’t brought out because my friend, let’s call him Xiao Zheng, betrayed our team at the time. The africa heart was found by another person, and Xiao Zheng, in order to get that africa heart and also to seize that opportunity for a ten-million-dollar extraction, shot us when we were completely unprepared.”

“And then?”

Xiao Yun frowned, feeling that things were not that simple.

“Then…”

Yu Youya let out a long breath, her clenched fists trembling slightly.

“My other friend couldn’t bear the blow. She climbed to the rooftop of the girls’ dormitory and jumped from the building.”

“Hello, all your dishes are ready.”

Just then, the server brought the dishes to the table one by one.

Yu Youya covered her face, while Xiao Yun opposite her was somewhat stunned, frozen in place.

Only Liu Shihhan, who was beside him, reacted and silently took the plates full of dishes.

“After she left, her roommates also exposed the events in the Forbidden Zone. The matter instantly escalated, first on the entire school forum, then across the entire internet. Xiao Zheng was subjected to cyberbullying across the entire network, and was targeted everywhere on campus, eventually unable to bear the pressure…”

Hearing all this, Xiao Yun also sighed deeply.

It seemed he had thought things too simply.

He had originally thought this was just a story about being betrayed by a friend and losing an africa heart.

He never expected the final outcome to be so cruel.

Looking at Yu Youya, whose hands were trembling, Xiao Yun didn’t know what to say.

If it were him, such an incident would probably leave a psychological scar too.

“So, now you know why I became a teacher, right?”

Yu Youya’s emotions seemed to have calmed down a bit, but her eyes and nose were red. She quickly pulled out two tissues and tried to compose herself.

However, what she didn’t expect was that Xiao Yun’s expression was somewhat cold, with a hint of ferocity in his eyes.

“Honestly, that Xiao Zheng really deserved to die!”

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