326: Chapter 326: Bro, I'm coming clean, I was secretly broadcasting your video!

Inside the live stream, the bullet comments went quiet for a moment, then erupted like a volcano.

"Xiaoyu's statement is spot on. It's not aliens, it's the previous cycle of civilization!"

"Fully support this. Those so-called miracles are just traces left by the previous cycle of civilization."

"So the underground world is real? Did all those vanished civilizations go underground?"

"Antarctica, Anunnaki, Greys—so many myths point to the underground. They are definitely in the underground world!"

"..."

The bullet comments surged wildly, and the number of concurrent viewers stabilized at thirty million.

Wang Shulin, who had been staring at the backend, was overcome with excitement, so thrilled he could barely breathe.

"Just like this, keep it up!"

In the living room, on the sofa.

Jiang Zhe looked at Xiaoyu's thoughtful expression, just preparing to end the tutoring session for the night.

A series of pale blue light screens suddenly appeared before his eyes.

[Tutoring session ended. Xiaoyu's IQ +6, Civilization Studies +10, Research Capability +12...]

[Due to your excellent explanation, rewarded attribute points: 12. Automatically allocated: Strength +3, Agility +2, Constitution +2, Spirit +5.]

[Detected that the subject Xiaoyu's IQ and all cognitive abilities are now sufficient to change the current world, capable of allowing the Xia Nation's technology and economy to take off comprehensively.]

[Host's task complete. Xiaoyu has successfully graduated!]

[Special reward issued: 1 Targeted Teleportation Opportunity.]

[Targeted Teleportation Opportunity Note: The host can travel to any location, including but not limited to any coordinates in this world, parallel worlds, or historical time nodes. It takes effect immediately upon use and cannot be revoked.]

[Teleportation opportunity countdown: 30 days, latest date February 16th!]

Jiang Zhe looked at that line of text, his pupils constricting sharply, and for a moment, he lost his composure.

Targeted teleportation, parallel worlds?

Any world, time node...

This was the opportunity he had dreamed of as a think-tank member in his past life; only in that way could he let the nation's technology take off!

He hadn't expected to actually have this opportunity now.

Suddenly, his eyes narrowed as he thought of his past life.

The Hidden Dragon Base in Kyoto, the night he died of overwork at 28, the table full of top-secret documents, the report he never finished writing.

And then.

Over a month ago, at the door of the old house in Gusu District.

The night he transmigrated, the original owner had died of overwork on the steps outside the door.

It was Xiaoyu who dragged him into the house from the doorstep, covered him with a quilt, and watched over him for the entire night.

At that time, Xiaoyu's grades were at the bottom, her personality a duality of toughness and cowardice; sometimes she wouldn't dare to speak up when bullied by classmates, and other times she would face difficulties head-on.

That day when he woke up, he saw a skinny girl in a school uniform standing nearby, a cup of cold hot water on the table, her hands constantly fiddling with her phone...

"Brother, you're finally awake?" Xiaoyu's eyes were bloodshot at that time, tearful, "You scared me to death..."

That was the beginning of his acquaintance with Xiaoyu.

For over a month now, every night at eight, he had been tutoring Xiaoyu on time.

From tui bei tu and evolution to the origin of the moon, from the akashic records to the Quantum Delayed Choice, from the Antarctic underground world to the Stargate of Puma Punku, and so on.

Xiaoyu had transformed from a high school student who knew nothing into a prodigy praised even by Principal Fu.

She had learned to look up information herself, learned to draw diagrams for explanations, and learned to question and reason.

The days spent with Xiaoyu flashed through his mind like a movie, frame by frame.

The corners of Jiang Zhe's mouth curled up unconsciously, then slowly dropped again.

His expression suddenly turned serious, and he thought of a question, asking in his heart.

"System, if I use this opportunity, will the location of the Super-dimensional Library I obtained change?"

The prompt appeared again.

[The Super-dimensional Library will refresh once, adding a new binding opportunity.]

Jiang Zhe looked at that line of text, then looked at Xiaoyu.

He smiled.

"Then I know."

Xiaoyu saw her brother staring at her in a daze, the corners of his mouth curling up and then dropping, as if he had thought of something.

She waved her hand in front of her brother: "Brother, brother, what's wrong?"

Jiang Zhe came back to his senses and shook his head: "It's nothing."

Xiaoyu stared at Jiang Zhe for a few seconds without pressing the issue.

She knew that if her brother didn't want to say something, she wouldn't be able to get it out of him.

Looking at her brother, Xiaoyu couldn't help but think of her own experience.

Every night, her brother tutored her on time, lecturing from the most basic knowledge to the most cutting-edge theories, from the Earth to the universe, from mythology to history.

Every word he spoke was like a magical door; once pushed open, a brand-new world lay beyond.

Thirty million people were hunkered down in the live stream listening to his lectures.

Physics professors, history experts, presidents of occult societies, researchers from the National Research Institute, and so on, were all listening to her brother's lectures.

And she was the only student in this classroom.

She had held back this secret for over a month, her expression changing wildly.

Should she say it? Would her brother blame her?

If she said it, her brother would be angry.

But her brother would know sooner or later anyway.

Then let him know a little later.

A series of thoughts crashed frantically through her mind.

After a long while, she bit her lip, looking conflicted.

Just then, the viewers' bullet comments suddenly changed direction.

"Why is Brother dazed? First time seeing him like this, is he sleepy?"

"Xiaoyu is also dazed. What's wrong with this pair of siblings?"

"Something feels off. Could it be that Brother doesn't want to tutor anymore?"

"He wouldn't stop the broadcast, would he? Don't, what will I listen to then?"

"..."

Under this atmosphere, the number of people in the live stream increased instead of decreasing.

Wang Shulin in the background frowned, "What is Jiang Zhe doing?"

At this time, Huaqing University, Physics Department professor's dormitory.

Guan Jingming looked at Jiang Zhe's expression on the interface, and a wave of inexplicable unease suddenly surged in his heart.

"What's wrong?"

Li Mo noticed his teacher's abnormality.

Guan Jingming narrowed his eyes and shook his head: "I don't know. A feeling of loss and anxiety is washing over me."

Li Mo joked: "Probably didn't sleep well; you've been staying up late these days."

"Maybe. Can't keep staring at it all the time next time."

...

On the other side, Kyoto, Qingfeng Temple.

Zheng Ming looked at Jiang Zhe on the big screen, and his heart also inexplicably fluttered.

He didn't know why, but he just felt that the expression of the person on the screen made him very uncomfortable.

Not fear, but helplessness, like punching cotton.

He shook his head to shake off this absurd thought.

Celestial Master Zhang sat next to him, his fingers gently calculating under the table.

Suddenly, his eyes brightened.

He calculated that the national destiny of the Xia Nation would welcome a leap in one month.

He couldn't calculate the specifics.

But he glanced at Jiang Zhe on the screen, then at Xiaoyu in front of Jiang Zhe, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

...

At this time, Magic City, a psychological counseling center.

Forty-five-year-old Dr. Liu leaned on the sofa in his office, the phone on the glass table in front of him playing Jiang Zhe's live stream.

He was an old fan of Xiaoyu's live stream, following from the first episode of tui bei tu to now, not missing a single one.

At this moment, he watched Jiang Zhe's expression, the corners of his mouth occasionally lifting, but his gaze was somewhat unfocused, as if looking at a very distant place.

The muscles at the corners of his eyes tightened slightly, and there was a very shallow vertical line between his brows—this was clearly an expression of nostalgia.

Nostalgia for people in the past, or nostalgia for his past self.

Then he saw the arc of Jiang Zhe's mouth slowly flatten, his jaw tighten slightly, and his Adam's apple roll gently—this was a sign of regret.

"He is suppressing some kind of emotion."

Dr. Liu frowned, unable to stop thinking.

Why, when things were going so well, and the tutoring was about to end, would he suddenly feel nostalgic, suddenly feel regret?

Nostalgia for things in the past, or nostalgia for people in the past?

Regret for things he couldn't continue to do, or regret for things he was about to lose?

Suddenly!

A thought popped into his mind: could it be that he was going to stop the broadcast?

This doctor didn't post this guess in the bullet comments, just stared fixedly at the screen, his expression becoming serious...

...

Inside the big screen.

Xiaoyu struggled for a long time, and finally couldn't hold it in anymore.

She took a deep breath and said with a determined look: "Brother, after this tutoring session on civilization, I realized how vast the world is and how fragile civilization is."

"I feel that all my schemes and thoughts, under the changes of time, seem so small, so ridiculous, and not worth mentioning at all."

Jiang Zhe looked at Xiaoyu, who had suddenly become determined, feeling a bit curious.

Xiaoyu clenched her hands, "Brother, I've decided. I want to confess something to you."

Jiang Zhe's eyes narrowed, his expression changing from curiosity to unprecedented solemnity.

In the live stream, the viewers' hearts were also lifted.

"What is Xiaoyu going to confess?"

"Don't tell me she secretly fell in love? Who is even worthy of you now?"

"Exactly, exactly. Now only the sons of chief scientists, military district bigwigs, and police bigwigs are worthy of you!"

"No way, she's at home tutoring every day, where would she find time to fall in love?"

"Then what is it? Cheating on the final exam?"

"Absolutely impossible. Her grades have been rising steadily recently, and she even said herself that Teacher Wang and Principal Fu told her to go directly to university and stop attending high school—it's a complete waste of time!"

"Could it be that she secretly stole Brother's money to buy cosmetics?"

"Can you all be serious? I feel like this is a big deal!"

The bullet comments scrolled rapidly, everyone holding their breath.

Even the expressions of Old Wang and Principal Fu in the principal's office became serious.

Xiaoyu took a deep breath, her expression unprecedentedly firm, "Brother, actually, I've been secretly broadcasting your tutoring sessions for the whole internet to watch!"

"Now, there are nearly thirty million viewers in the live stream!"

As Xiaoyu's words fell, the atmosphere in the living room suddenly froze.

Xiaoyu stared fixedly at the expression on Jiang Zhe's face, which shifted eerily from its previous solemnity to a gentle smile.