"I’ve long told you that there are always people better than me; I’m not Divine, and there are thousands, if not millions, of people in the world better than I am. Everyone will experience victory and defeat." Upon hearing Fall’s words, Gu Xiyue, for once, spoke quite a lengthy sentence.
This was said to Fall, but it was also a statement to herself.
"But..." Fall still couldn’t believe it.
In his eyes, Moon represented the pinnacle of the Hacker World, but now, the ceiling had been surpassed.
This was something he couldn’t accept, at least not right away.
Before Fall could finish his sentence, Gu Xiyue spoke again.
"You think that because I am the number one on the hacker leaderboard, I firmly believed no one could surpass me in black-level skills."
"But you see, there are people better than me; they just hadn’t appeared before."
Upon Gu Xiyue’s statement, Fall fell silent.
Gu Xiyue was always reticent, but today, she was exceptionally talkative, "The same goes for hacker skills as it does for other areas."
"Last night, when something happened to Jiang Qi, I was pondering over something, and just now, I figured it out."
"It was my fault; I used the leaderboard to limit your vision, and my own as well."
"And it was me, too indulgent of you lot, letting you become too arrogant."
"Boss, I..." Jiang Qi looked at Gu Xiyue and seemed about to say something more but ultimately only managed to choke out three words.
"Indeed, the leaderboard is full of heavyweights; however, it is still just a choice of a part of people, unable to lead every capable person in the world to register there."
"You’ve only seen the powerful ones on the leaderboard, not the powerful ones from all around the world."
"I won’t deny that I can surpass many people, but I can’t deny either that I can’t surpass everyone."
"One day, I will encounter someone better than me, and there will be times I can’t protect you."
"Therefore, you all, myself included, must sincerely reflect on ourselves."
Gu Xiyue lowered her eyes slightly and uttered slowly in a very flat tone.
As soon as Gu Xiyue finished speaking, both Jiang Qi and Fall fell silent.
A few seconds later, Gu Xiyue turned her gaze to Jiang Qi and spoke again, "This time, if she hadn’t held back, you would be dead."
Jiang Qi had barely uttered three words when Gu Xiyue cut him off.
"If she hadn’t held back, apart from collecting your corpse, I might not have been able to do anything."
"It’s not that I wouldn’t avenge you, but rather, I’m not presumptuous enough to believe that I could certainly defeat her."
"Going forward, remember to be more cautious; when I told you not to fear trouble, I didn’t mean for you to go looking for it," Gu Xiyue directed these last words firmly towards Jiang Qi.
"I got it," Jiang Qi said dejectedly.
After speaking, Gu Xiyue noticed that the computer screen had changed; the whale cartoon image was gone, replaced by the letters "Jiu."
"Jiu?" Gu Xiyue muttered softly to herself.
"What?" Lolita Voice heard Gu Xiyue mutter but didn’t catch what she said, so she asked subconsciously.
"The new number one on the hacker leaderboard," Gu Xiyue spoke quietly.
"Just refresh the hacker leaderboard now, and you’ll find out."
"Really?" Hearing this, Lolita Voice immediately sprang into action.
From the phone came the sound of keystrokes.
With the lettering "Jiu" now gone, Gu Xiyue slowly entered the leaderboard.
"Holy shit! Boss, what’s going on?!" Before Gu Xiyue had time to check the rankings, Lolita Voice couldn’t help but curse in shock.
"What’s up?" Gu Xiyue casually clicked into the rankings.
"Since when did the leaderboard have an administrator?"
Gu Xiyue’s fingers paused lightly on the keyboard, and her brows furrowed slightly, "What?"