Nirvana Heiress: Reborn and Returning to Stir Up a Storm

Chapter 637 The Breaker's Journey Begins

Three days after Lin Yun issued her public statement, a closed-door meeting led by the National Security Council was being held in the conference hall of the Vision Research Institute headquarters.

Lin Chuyue sat to the left of the main seat, in front of her was a thick folder of documents labeled "Night Chess - Code Name: Remnant Shadow," with a red encryption label clearly visible.

She closed the file, her voice calm: "Are you sure this file comes from 'Shen Yanli's' core database?"

The head of the security team on the other end nodded. "We tracked it for three days and confirmed that the file was transmitted through an extremely complex set of consciousness codes, originating from a secret consciousness laboratory in Chur, Switzerland. Although the sender is anonymous, the underlying data structure contains 'Shen Family Gene Map Permission Authentication'."

“In other words,” Lin Chuyue’s gaze sharpened, “this was released by Shen Yanli himself.”

“Yes.” The security team leader hesitated for a moment, then added, “To be more precise… he deliberately ‘lured’ you to find it.”

The air fell silent for a moment.

Li Zhanchuan tapped the table: "What do you mean?"

“This ‘Night Chess’ plan isn’t a complete blueprint; rather… it’s a byproduct of mind control technology,” the security team leader said. “It’s not defense; it’s offense—”

"It is a 'conscious behavior guidance program' implanted in the target's subconscious. In other words, it is not a weapon, but a command."

Lin Chuyue's gaze suddenly turned cold.

"Whom are you ordering?"

The security team leader uttered two words in a deep voice: "You."

Everyone was shocked.

Lin Chuyue's expression remained unchanged; she simply sat up slowly and said, "Continue."

“We repeatedly cross-validated the programming in ‘Night Chess’ and found that it is not a simple memory suppression or hallucination inducement, but a multi-level triggered mental suggestion. In other words, some of your key behavioral decisions from childhood to adulthood may not be purely acts of will, but rather… influenced by it.”

"Including your return to the Lin family, your investigation of Shen Fang, your establishment of Starlink Medical, and even your current participation in 'Operation Dream Diving'—all of these have traces of being guided."

At this moment, Lin Chuyue suddenly remembered a detail from many years ago.

When she was young, she woke up in a hospital and dreamed of a cold, white room where a man was kneeling beside her bed, whispering in an extremely gentle voice:

"You are the key to destiny."

She always thought it was a hallucination from a nightmare.

Now she understands—it wasn't a dream, it was "consciousness implantation".

Shen Yanli had been planning this for a long time.

He never intended for Lin Yun to actually complete any plan. His goal, from beginning to end, was only one person—her, Lin Chuyue.

She is the "absolute variable" that allows him to control the entire "consciousness domination system".

She possesses the closest access to the "ancestral consciousness frequency" within the "Shen family bloodline," and only this access can awaken the true weapon-level commands of the entire "Night Chess" system.

"He used me... to detonate the whole thing?" Lin Chuyue's voice was slightly hoarse.

“Yes,” the security team leader said. “You are neither a player nor a piece—you are the chessboard.”

Lin Chuyue suddenly chuckled.

Li Zhanchuan grabbed her hand tightly: "No need to laugh, we never play by the rules."

He said coldly, "Since we know what he wants, let's make him come and get it himself."

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Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Lin Yun stood on the rooftop of the Vision Research Institute, gazing at the distant city night view, when her phone vibrated.

She looked at the unfamiliar number on the screen, hesitated for a moment, and then answered.

The other person didn't speak, only a low breathing sound.

She calmly said, "I know it's you, Shen Yanli."

"You're waiting for me to make a move, aren't you?"

A moment later, the man's voice came from the other end of the phone, still with a gentle and calm tone:

“You have done very well, Lin Yun.”

"Just one step away."

Lin Yun gazed at the lights and shadows at the edge of the city, her eyes trembling slightly: "I will no longer carry out any orders for you."

"you failed."

The other person chuckled softly: "Failure? The failure you're talking about, is it that she pulled you out of her dream?"

"Lin Yun, do you really think you have 'free will' now?"

"You can try—jumping off the top floor."

Lin Yun's fingers trembled.

Her gaze fell upon the vast, empty abyss dozens of meters below her feet. A wave of dizziness washed over her, and a voice seemed to beckon her from the depths of her mind:

"Go. That's how you break free."

"No one will ever truly forgive you."

"Lin Chuyue is just using you."

"You will always just be a substitute."

"Jump down, and it will all be over."

She slowly walked to the edge of the rooftop, but her foot had already slipped into thin air.

Just then, a hand suddenly grabbed her—

"Lin Yun!"

It is Lin Chuyue.

She rushed up to the rooftop, panting heavily, and pulled Lin Yun back down.

"If you want to die, you can wait until I'm dead!" she roared. "You want to die, so you think I saved you for nothing?!"

Lin Yun stared at her blankly, a complex and unfathomable emotion welling up in her eyes: "Why did you still save me?"

"Because I don't want Shen Yanli to win."

Lin Chuyue's eyes reddened: "Your living is the greatest denial of him."

Lin Yun's eyes suddenly welled up with tears, which streamed down her face.

"I thought I didn't deserve to live."

Lin Chuyue said in a deep voice, "If he really takes complete control of us, the first to die will definitely be you and me."

"But the fact that none of us are dead means that we can still fight."

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That night, at Lin Chuyue's suggestion, the National Security Committee formally established the "Ideological Security Special Task Force".

Lin Chuyue, Lin Yun, Li Zhanchuan, and Gu Yanchuan were all listed as Level 1 investigators, codenamed "Project W".

Meanwhile, in London, England, an elderly man with white hair slowly walked into a secret room.

He placed an envelope into the fireproof safe and parted his lips slightly:

"Zhanchuan, it's time for you to know the truth."

That was the real secret about Li's mother's "death," and also the beginning of Shen Yanli's first "consciousness experiment."

On the chessboard, all the pieces have been placed in their positions.

Shen Yanli finally stopped hiding behind the curtain.

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To be continued

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Preview of the next chapter (Chapter 168):

Li Zhanchuan sets off for England to investigate his mother's death;

Lin Chuyue traces the origins of "Project W" and discovers that Lin Zhengguo is suspected of being involved in early experiments.

Gu Yanchuan is surrounded by the Shen family's inside agents, and his consciousness system experiences unknown interference.

Lin Yun begins to establish the "Awakened Alliance," only to discover that a "guide" is hidden among its members...