424: Chapter 424 Speak My Name

Uranus looked down at Chen You from his high position.

“In the ancient divine language of the Source Realm, the word 'Sang'...” Uranus paused for a moment.

On that face, which had remained as calm as an ancient well for billions of years, the muscles seemed to pull with great difficulty.

“...represents a mind different from ordinary people, or in other words, a brain ailment.”

The smile on Chen You's face froze instantly.

What the hell do you mean 'brain ailment'!

System, you're just straight-up insulting people now, aren't you!

“Cough.” Uranus coughed rarely, as if he also felt that this explanation damaged his divine dignity.

“Just a joke. Since you can stand here, it proves your ability.”

Chen You took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the urge to pull out the yuhuang sword and hack at the throne.

“Then, Lord City Lord, what instructions do you have for bringing me here specifically?”

Uranus leaned back against the chair made of star fragments, his voice returning to its ethereal and grand tone.

“According to the ancient covenant, when a new 'Virtue' is crowned, they may demand a boon from the City of Gods.”

“Divine weapons, cultivation techniques, law fragments, or even absolute control over a secondary main city.”

“You, what do you want?”

Chen You's heart rate suddenly accelerated.

A reward from a Level 100 City Lord!

Just giving it away like that?

If I just pick a random divine artifact, wouldn't I just take off right here and now?!

But he held back.

Chen You knew his own weight very well.

In a high-dimensional world like the Source Realm, the most valuable things are often not the blades that cut people the hardest on the surface, but the rules that touch upon the underlying logic.

Choosing randomly makes it extremely easy to step into a trap.

One must have a big picture and a broad vision.

Even though I don't understand it, I have top-tier brain trusts back home!

Chen You looked at Uranus, “City Lord, this reward is too precious.”

“Can I consider it for a moment?”

Uranus nodded.

“I have endless longevity; you can take your time to think.”

“Then please wait a moment, I'm going to the bathroom.” After Chen You finished speaking, he directly clicked on the system panel and chose to teleport back to White Jade Capital.

Uranus looked at the spot where Chen You disappeared, his brow furrowing slightly.

Chen You's feet landed steadily on the teleportation array in the central plaza of White Jade Capital.

The blinding sunlight pierced his eyes without warning, making him instinctively squint.

Something's not right.

Chen You snapped his eyes open and looked up at the sky.

The sun hung diagonally in the clouds to the west, the light appearing as a warm golden-orange, looking like three or four o'clock in the afternoon.

He clearly remembered that when he left Cangxing City, it was late at night there, and the holographic projection was still playing a talent show.

The City of Gods has no concept of day and night, but he had only stayed inside for less than ten minutes at most.

Even if the Source Realm has regional time zones, its astronomical system has always maintained a certain eerie synchronization with reality.

It was absolutely impossible for White Jade Capital and Cangxing City to have a time difference of over ten hours!

“The flow of time... or rather, the laws of space have changed.” Chen You's brow furrowed deeply.

With a slight sense, he found that Director Li Guoan and the others were in White Jade Capital, so he walked straight toward the Command Hall.

Director Li Guoan, Zhang Yunhai, Sun Feng, and other core members were all present.

A giant screen displayed a 3D model of the White Jade Capital territory.

“Chen You is back!” Zhang Yunhai's eyes lit up, and he strode forward, patting Chen You's shoulder firmly.

“There should be some good news this time, right?”

Chen You waved his hand, “Something big has happened.”

Director Li Guoan's expression turned solemn, and he immediately put down the documents in his hand: “What do you mean?”

“I just teleported to the City of Gods.”

“The City Lord there is named Uranus, Level 100.”

The conference room fell silent instantly.

Level 100.

This was the highest level currently known to humanity in their understanding of the Source Realm.

“He didn't attack; instead, he wanted to give me a reward. Divine weapons, techniques, cities—I can take my pick.”

Chen You's gaze swept over everyone, “I didn't dare take it, so I made an excuse to slip back and hold a meeting with you all.”

Sun Feng slammed the table and stood up, his eyes shining, his glasses reflecting a sharp light.

“You did the right thing! Rewards given by an NPC of this level definitely involve the core laws of the Source Realm.”

“We can't ask for things that only increase combat power on the surface; we want strategic resources!”

Zhang Yunhai also nodded in agreement: “Exactly. But why did he suddenly give you a reward? What was the trigger condition?”

Chen You quickly recounted the entire experience.

“I got a special title: all attributes +20%, forced double damage and critical hit on the first strike, and 10% ignore dungeon rules.” He recited the data expressionlessly.

“Hiss—”

The sound of sharp intakes of breath rose one after another in the conference room.

“These attributes are too heaven-defying! It's practically a conceptual-level cheat!” Zhang Yunhai spoke excitedly, “What title is it? It must be very imposing!”

Chen You was silent for two seconds before spitting out two words through gritted teeth: “Lack of Virtue.”

The conference room fell into dead silence once again.

Zhang Yunhai's hand, which was just about to clap, froze in mid-air.

Director Li Guoan's hand holding his thermos shook slightly, splashing a few drops of goji berry water onto the table.

Sun Feng's finger pushing up his glasses stopped, his mouth slightly agape.

The air seemed to solidify into something tangible.

“Cough.” Zhang Yunhai coughed violently, turned his head to look at the ceiling, and said loudly, “The air conditioning wind is a bit strong today, it's making my throat itchy.”

Director Li Guoan silently pulled out a tissue to wipe the table.

Sun Feng bit his lower lip hard, his eyes behind his glasses turning red from holding it in, and the veins on his neck even bulged out.

The veins on Chen You's forehead throbbed, and he finally snapped: “Laugh if you want! If you get an internal injury from holding it in, it won't count as a workplace injury!”

“Pfft—Hahahaha!”

Zhang Yunhai was the first to break, laughing so hard he doubled over, tears streaming down his face.

“Lack of Virtue! Hahahaha! Is this system a real person? It's too accurate! Chen You, this move of yours really was quite Lack of Virtue!”

Director Li Guoan also couldn't help but laugh out loud, waving his hand as he laughed.

“Little Chen, this... a title, its practicality is what matters, the name is just a label.”

“The Yuanjie System doesn't understand Chinese; Lack of Virtue... it probably doesn't mean the same thing as we understand it.”

“I think it's very down-to-earth,” Pan Yu added.

“Down-to-earth? I was in the City of Gods, with two rows of Level 100 guards, ten meters tall, all having to kneel and call me 'Lord Lack of Virtue'!” Chen You slumped in his chair, lifeless, the light fading from his eyes.

Everyone imagined that scene and laughed even harder; the entire Command Hall was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

After laughing for a full five minutes, the atmosphere in the conference room finally became serious again under Director Li Guoan's suppression.

Chen You tossed out a second question: “Stop laughing, there's another matter. Haven't you noticed the sky outside is wrong?”

Sun Feng was taken aback and immediately pulled up the environmental monitoring data: “It is currently 3:14 PM in White Jade Capital, and the sunlight intensity is normal.”

“It's the middle of the night in Cangxing City right now,” Chen You said solemnly, his gaze sharp.

“I went from Cangxing City to the City of Gods, then back to White Jade Capital, and it's only been ten minutes or so at most.”

Sun Feng's expression changed drastically, his hands becoming a blur on the keyboard as he pulled up dozens of data panels.

“The timelines of the major main cities in the Source Realm have always been consistent...” Sun Feng stared at the data model on the screen.

“That's not right; White Jade Capital's time flow is still consistent with the real world.”