bioinnovel Chapter 125 I, Xue Youyou, am completely innocent!
Chapter 125 I, Xue Youyou, am completely innocent!
Ultimate torture!
Take the elevator from the first floor to the two thousandth floor!
Xue Youyou swore that this was the most torturous thing she had ever experienced in her life. The whole process was enough to make the Virgin Mary want to kill an innocent ant ten thousand times, then start thinking about the origin of pets, and eventually degenerate into a paramecium with negative intelligence.
After reason pulled her back from the brink of crime several times, Xue Youyou finally reached the top of the Tower of Ten Thousand Beasts—the 2000th floor.
The elevator doors opened.
Xue Youyou stepped out, her body stiff and her expression numb.
The reason she has been able to persevere until now is entirely due to the word "sweet date" that Meng Tianxiang used to support her belief.
What came into view was a girl dressed in Egyptian-style clothing.
As Xue Youyou emerged, the girl yawned, looking languid, as if she had been waiting there for a long time.
Seeing Xue Youyou finally show herself, she gave a slightly embarrassed smile and greeted her cheerfully, "Hello~"
"Come with me, beautiful lady~"
It was neither Meng Tianxiang, nor any of the four marquises or the one duke on the podium during the competition.
Who is this guy?
Despite her doubts, Xue Youyou followed.
Since the other party didn't even bother with a self-introduction, let's just call her "the girl who leads the way".
This 2000th floor is much more spacious than I imagined. The entire space is constructed of a white jade-like stone, which is warm and substantial.
The two walked through an astonishingly long corridor and finally arrived at a grand hall.
Above the door, in large gilded characters, is written: "Sacred Realm, Starry Sky".
The girl who had been leading the way stopped here, not going any further, but casually gesturing "please" towards the palace door: "The person looking for you is inside, please come in~"
The person looking for you?
A big question mark popped up above Xue Youyou's head.
She always felt that the girl's wording and way of expressing herself had an inexplicable strangeness, as if every word was a few millimeters off from normal people.
However, she didn't ask any more questions. She opened the palace door, passed through the light blue barrier behind it, and stepped inside.
The moment she stepped in completely, the world shifted.
After a slight dizziness, a small world completely different from the outside world suddenly unfolded before my eyes.
Xue Youyou looked around in surprise.
The grass is as green as a carpet, dotted with wildflowers, ancient trees reach for the sky, and mountains and rivers complement each other beautifully.
However, the most eye-catching sight was the starry sky overhead—far and near, seemingly within reach yet also impossibly far away, with constellations clearly arranged and the Milky Way stretching across the sky, so magnificent it seemed unreal.
The view was incredibly expansive, almost boundless.
How... how did they manage to do that?
Xue Youyou's beautiful eyes widened in surprise.
From the outside, it was just a small hall of unremarkable size, and could even be described as easily recognizable.
Just then, a leisurely voice rang out: "Have you arrived, Miss Shirayuki, who cheated in the competition?"
Following the sound, Xue Youyou saw Bao Yunxing sitting on the ground under the tree.
She was looking over with a smile. In front of her was an antique tea table with two steaming cups of tea on it. One cup was in her hand, and the other was placed steadily opposite her, obviously prepared for the visitor.
Seeing this, Xue Youyou didn't stand on ceremony and walked straight over to sit down at the other end of the tea table, behaving with grace and poise.
"Where does the word 'cheating' even come from?"
Bao Yunxing picked up his teacup and said unhurriedly, "You probably haven't read the player handbook carefully. Article 180 of the player rules clearly states that players are not allowed to use any ability to manipulate data, skip combat phases, or forcibly determine the outcome of a match in the league."
"If your behavior doesn't violate the rules, then what is it?"
Xue Youyou's mind raced. She hadn't really read the player handbook carefully; she'd only pretended to flip through a few pages. If Bao Yunxing was telling the truth, then she had indeed crossed the line in the rules.
But—
She had no intention of arguing logically, nor was she prepared to use fallacious arguments such as "being able to manipulate the rules is itself part of one's strength" to defend herself.
She just scratched her head, her face full of confusion and innocence: "I didn't do anything like that!"
She believed the Alliance had the ability to detect the methods of mechanical pets, but she absolutely did not believe they could see through the innate abilities of the Snow Maiden of the Gods.
As long as there is no evidence, she is completely innocent.
Even if we assume there were solid evidence, the league's referees would have executed her on the spot, instead of letting her sit here alive and kicking, drinking tea.
After quickly realizing this, Xue Youyou made up her mind to never admit it, even if it meant death.
Seeing that she was still pretending, Bao Yunxing seemed to have seen through her thoughts. He sneered and his tone became sharper: "Stop pretending. If I hadn't secretly intervened, the league's referees would have already ruled against you."
"Your strength is indeed greater than Beichen Peak's, I see that very clearly, and I'm willing to believe that it was unintentional on your part. If you confess now, I can still give you leniency."
This classic combo—first a warning, then a show of goodwill—would probably make an ordinary student eager to tell this leader everything on the spot and hand over their secrets.
Unfortunately, Xue Youyou was sitting opposite her.
Who is Xue Youyou?
Having lived two lifetimes, I've seen it all.
Do you really think someone with low intelligence can become a top-tier beast tamer?
Especially in times like these, you absolutely cannot speak the truth!
Her face instantly turned ugly, she looked so aggrieved as if she was about to burst into tears, and her voice carried a hint of urgency and a sob: "I wasn't pretending! I won fair and square!"
"Besides, my Yuki-onna is a biological pet beast; how could she possibly manipulate data like a mechanical pet beast?"
Her words were spoken with such certainty and conviction that Bao Yunxing felt uneasy, and the thought arose in her mind, "Could it be that I have really wronged her?"
Not good.
If Xue Youyou is truly innocent, then all the rhetoric she had prepared would have been for naught.
Her usual approach is to first give a harsh lesson and then offer a sweet treat, but she didn't expect to make a mistake in the very first step.
What a bad start!
Meanwhile, Xue Youyou was also silently observing Bao Yunxing's reaction. Judging from his insecure expression, it was just as she had expected—the other party had absolutely no evidence and was trying to get something for nothing.
That's it?
Xue Youyou felt relieved and cried even louder: "Waaah, I really didn't cheat!"
Bao Yunxing was starting to panic. If she had really wronged the contestant, it would ruin her reputation.
She never expected that this seemingly fierce beast tamer would have such a vulnerable side.
However, just when she was at a loss and didn't know how to comfort her, she suddenly noticed something important: Xue Youyou had been crying for a long time, but hadn't shed a single tear.
This is indeed a difficult situation for Xue Youyou.
She has never cried once in her two lifetimes, from childhood to adulthood.
She punched the Nanshan Nursing Home and kicked the Beihai Kindergarten. She's always been the one who makes others cry, and no one has ever been able to make her cry.
Compared to veteran actresses like Lu Yuan, she really falls short in crying scenes.
That's just how it is by nature; it's impossible for her to act it out convincingly.
Seeing Bao Yunxing's unwavering expression and the perfect Tibetan fox face, Xue Youyou realized she had been exposed, and her crying stopped abruptly.
"cough……"
The two of them tacitly picked up their teacups and took a sip, using it to cover up their awkwardness.
Xue Youyou habitually brought the cup to her lips as if taking a sip, then put it down immediately, leaving the water surface completely still.
Upon seeing this, Bao Yunxing knew that this girl was no pushover, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: This girl's intelligence is probably no less than mine.
Then, she laughed, her tone suddenly becoming more relaxed: "Well, actually, it's that old bastard Lin Yan, the Marquis of Purgatory, who keeps accusing you of cheating. I don't believe it at all. I had no choice, though; she insisted on investigating, so I had to invite you over as a token gesture to ask her some questions."
"But don't blame her too much. After all, her precious granddaughter Lin Feiyan's next opponent is you, so it's understandable that she has some selfish motives."
"But don't worry, as long as you really didn't do it, I will never stand by and watch her smear an innocent young beast tamer!"