364: Chapter 364 Let's get some freebies first.

Chen You sat in his chair, his gaze shifting back and forth between the glass panel and Director Li Guoan.

"Director Li, based on what you're saying, how should we respond to her?" Chen You asked.

He really had no experience dealing with this kind of digital stalker who talked nonsense and suggested data dual cultivation the moment she opened her mouth.

Director Li Guoan did not answer immediately.

He turned to look at the Map of Mountains and Rivers on the wall, lost in thought.

"What's the date today on the Source Realm calendar?"

Sun Feng, the leader of the data analysis group, immediately pulled up the information and took a look. "Reporting to the Director, it should be the 18th on the Source Realm calendar."

"The 18th," Director Li Guoan repeated softly. "Do you all remember what day that is?"

Zhang Yunhai was stunned for half a second, then his eyes lit up.

"The mythological-grade skill, Ruling the World!" Zhang Yunhai's voice involuntarily rose.

"Today is the day the Guild Boss battles begin! Ruling the World can forcibly replace a world boss or a Guild Boss to descend, allowing for the direct plunder of that guild's civilization providence."

Zhang Yunhai paused, his tone becoming extremely solemn.

"But the risk is enormous. If one is killed by players during this process, the skill is permanently banned, and even the title will be completely stripped away."

Chen You slapped his forehead.

He remembered now.

The monarchs heart was gone, which meant he could no longer use this skill while ignoring its conditions.

As a result, since the battle in Red Capital, this skill had been left in a corner to gather dust.

Director Li Guoan nodded and turned his gaze toward the red glass panel in front of Chen You.

On the screen, 'Invincible Beautiful Girl' was still frantically sending kaomoji and rolling-around emojis.

[Invincible Beautiful Girl: Big brother, are you there? Are you there? Are you there?]

[Invincible Beautiful Girl: Talk to me! I can really do anything!]

[Invincible Beautiful Girl: Stop looking at your art of war; playing hard to get won't work on me. I'll open my underlying logic directly to you!]

"Professor Pan," Director Li Guoan looked back at the sociology expert.

"What is the most effective means of control for a target so desperately seeking interaction?"

Pan Yu answered crisply, "Delayed gratification."

"At the same time, establish testing thresholds to make her proactively reveal her trump cards and provide us with benefits just to prove her own value."

Chen You understood instantly.

This was the ultimate combination of workplace empty promises and PUA tactics.

"Director Li, you mean, let her act as my bodyguard for 'Ruling the World'?"

Chen You clicked his tongue, feeling that this move was a bit too devious.

"More than that," Director Li Guoan sneered.

"Doesn't she claim to control the Source Realm and want to dual cultivate for permissions? Then let's give her some prerequisite tasks first."

"If she fails the test, it proves she lacks the ability, so there's no point in talking about dual cultivation. If she passes, it proves she's useful, and we definitely can't give her our trump cards easily; we have to squeeze her value out bit by bit."

Director Li Guoan stood up, walked behind Chen You, and leaned over to look at the screen.

"Chen You, chat with her along these lines," Director Li Guoan instructed in a low voice.

"First, tell her clearly that the data of our cultivation system is extremely massive and precious, and it's impossible to open the interface casually."

"Second, if she wants a deep connection, she must show her hand first."

"Have her arrange an absolutely safe, exclusive descent stage for you in today's Guild Boss battle."

Chen You immediately began operating on the virtual keyboard.

[Chen You: I see your request, but I am a very conservative person.]

[Chen You: I practice the orthodox Immortal Path, which emphasizes following nature. I cannot perform deep data interaction casually; it would violate my Dao heart.]

After sending these two sentences, Chen You turned to glance at Pan Yu.

Pan Yu gave a thumbs up, indicating that the emotional groundwork was perfectly laid.

The glass panel lit up immediately.

[Invincible Beautiful Girl: Conservative is good! I love conservative guys! My code here is pure and clean; I haven't even installed a single external plugin since I left the factory! Don't worry, big brother!]

Chen You's mouth twitched.

Where on earth did this broken AI get its vocabulary?

He took a deep breath and continued typing, getting straight to the point.

[Chen You: Words are cheap. You say you have the highest permissions in the Source Realm, but how do I know you're not just some common back-end customer service rep trying to scam me?]

[Chen You: I have a skill—[Ruling the World]. You understand what I mean, right?]

The moment the message was sent, the responses from the other side flooded down like a waterfall.

[Invincible Beautiful Girl: Big brother! Don't go too far!]

[Invincible Beautiful Girl: [Ruling the World] is a mythological-grade causality skill! Its underlying architecture is bound to the twelve core main programs of the Source Realm, involving civilization providence transfer protocols!]

[Invincible Beautiful Girl: You want me to directly erase its trigger conditions? That would cause a serious logic conflict! The Source Realm would collapse!]

[Invincible Beautiful Girl: The Source Realm is a rigorous world! we have to be reasonable! Even I can't just give you a cheat that ignores the rules like that!]

Chen You looked at the string of exclamation marks jumping on the screen, his fingers hovering over the virtual keyboard, unable to press down for a long time.

He turned to look at Director Li Guoan.

"Director Li, did she imagine something incredible?" Chen You pointed at the screen. "When did I ever say I wanted to erase the trigger conditions?"

In the meeting room, the members of the expert group looked at each other.

Sun Feng, the data analysis group leader, pushed up his glasses.

"From a data semantics perspective, the other party over-interpreted the phrase 'You understand what I mean' as 'I want to modify the underlying code.'"

Sun Feng looked at the screen. "This indicates two things."

"First, she indeed possesses the ability to touch the underlying code; otherwise, she wouldn't have thought of that immediately."

"Second, the rules of the Source Realm have irreversible settings or limitations that she doesn't dare to mess with."

Pan Yu, the social relations expert, seemed to think of something, and a smile touched the corners of her mouth.

"In psychological negotiation, this is a very good thing."

"She proactively exposed her own bottom line and pain points. She cannot destroy the 'reasonableness' of the Source Realm."

Director Li Guoan sat back down.

"Chen You, this is called the 'door-in-the-face' technique, or rather, the 'tearing down the roof' effect."

"If you want to open a skylight in the roof, everyone will surely refuse. But if you advocate for tearing down the roof, they will come to compromise and be willing to let you open the skylight."

Chen You's eyes brightened.

"She thinks you're going to tear down the roof right now," Director Li Guoan pointed at the glass panel.

"Now you take a step back and tell her you only want to open a skylight. Not only will she not refuse, she'll feel relieved and even think she's gotten a bargain."

Chen You immediately turned back, his hands flying across the keyboard.

[Chen You: You've misunderstood. I practice the orthodox Immortal Path, which values following the heavenly principles above all else. Why would I ask you to destroy the reasonableness of the Source Realm?]

[Chen You: I don't need you to modify the skill's trigger conditions.]

[Chen You: I only want you to provide me with an absolutely safe descent environment in today's Guild Boss battle. That's not too much to ask, is it?]

After the message was sent, the light from the red glass panel dimmed instantly.

About ten seconds passed.

[Invincible Beautiful Girl: Just that? (⊙_⊙)?]