Chapter 113 Today I am smart, lively, cute, sunny and handsome, and I am naughty...

Mingji felt that he had been in bad luck recently.

If he hadn't gone to the ruined city to save Tong? Companion Fourth Master, he wouldn't have been trapped in the prison.

If he had not been trapped in the prison, he would not have been forced to participate in the plan of No. 1 and the Fourth Master to steal the core of the prison - as a wanderer.

If he had not participated in their plan, the core would not have fallen into his possession, and naturally it would not have been stolen by acquaintances, let alone the trouble of following people all the way to the desert.

If he hadn't come to the desert, he wouldn't have to? He was chased by giants and insects until he got lost and even ran into a strange place full of scarlet soil. Although there? He saved a few people and came to Youdu and accidentally met a familiar face...

Yes, that monster who pretended to be an ordinary superpower and disguised himself as the village chief and even went to the back mountain in the middle of the night to fill up all the holes he dug - Zhang Chun.

"I'm only here to look for someone! Not to seek refuge in Youdu or some ruined city! I even helped you rescue a few people from the dead, but not only did you not thank me, you actually detained me to repair the wall! I couldn't even escape!"

Ming Ji said angrily, "Do you know the kind of despair that comes from wanting to run away in the middle of the night but finding myself buried in a pit with every step I take? Do you know the kind of despair that comes from being able to fly out but finding a sandstorm everywhere that can't be blown away even with my supernatural powers?! What kind of ordinary B-level supernatural person is this! Even if it's an earth-related supernatural power, this is too strong—"

Chu Xiuyan: "I don't understand. I even want to laugh... I can't escape from this colorful world~~"

His beautiful singing voice gradually became blocked by Mingji's increasingly gloomy gaze.

"Okay, it looks like you don't like songs. So? Are you here to ask for the core?"

Chu Xiuyan pushed Mingji towards Youdu and said, "Help me find the cafeteria first. I'm so hungry and want to eat."

Mingji groaned, muttering, "You came earlier than me, but you haven't visited Youdu yet." Then he began to lead the way, holding the boy's wrist tightly with one hand to ensure that he would not disappear in the blink of an eye, and said, "So? Where did you put the core? I just checked on you, and it seems that you don't have it with you."

"Ah, pervert, you actually touched my body when I wasn't paying attention - ah, okay, okay, stop glaring at me, I said it's not okay."

Chu Xiuyan touched the back of his head and said, "But you know, although we have a good relationship, I am a firm believer in older men."

Ming Ji complained: "What the hell is the uncle party..."

He paused slightly, frowning, "You gave the core to Zhang Chun?"

To his surprise, the young man next to him suddenly smiled happily, and even his tone of voice rose significantly.

"Beep, beep, I guessed wrong. I didn't give it to him."

"You're kidding me—"

"Important clues require equally important information in exchange. Don't be so rude, Brother Ergou. It will make people sad."

Chu Xiuyan shook the hand that Mingji was holding tightly, and smiled a little strangely, "These days even the NPCs at the entrance of the village will cheat players of their work results. I have been very honest. How about a clue in exchange for information?"

Mingji's expression changed again and again, and he looked up and down at the boy in front of him with an extremely subtle look, and hesitantly said: "...Is this your personality? Or is it really that younger brother?"

“…”

“Ouch, it hurts!!”

Ming was so fierce that he bent down and took a deep breath. He was hit in the stomach without any preparation and it hurt so much that he couldn't stand up straight. He almost vomited stomach acid.

His brain instantly cleared up, he pointed at the boy in front of him, his whole body trembling, and said: "I just have a slight doubt, do you have to prove yourself like this?!"

Chu Xiuyan was also a little distressed. He was the one who hit others, but he still felt very aggrieved. "I'm sorry, Brother Ergou. I don't know why recently, unless I beat you up right away, if my personality changes a little, you will think that I am not myself...Are you guys Masochists?"

"…What the hell is that name for Brother Ergou?"

In short, after a series of friendly exchanges, they successfully reached a cooperation of "one clue for one intelligence", and they finally arrived at the Youdu Canteen.

Chu Xiuyan stood at the food window for a while. Mingji next to him was almost impatient. After urging him a few times, he heard the boy next to him say, "I want grilled cactus, stewed insects, and the black one, too."

Mingji: "That black thing is the nutritional paste... You have a really strong taste, I don't believe you can swallow it."

Chu Xiuyan: "Can I hold your head down and make you swallow it?"

Mingji: "I guess I haven't offended you recently, right? But I'm the one who's in trouble!"

A few minutes later, the red-haired man looked at the boy opposite him with a strange expression as he swallowed the strange food mouthful after mouthful, without even changing his expression.

"This is horrible, do you have no sense of taste?" he said in a complicated tone.

Chu Xiuyan: "I have a beautiful heart that is grateful for the gifts of the world."

"You are talking nonsense again. It's nonsense." Mingji leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs, and put his arms on the back of the chair. His posture was casual but with a hint of scrutiny. He said, "Now can we talk? In exchange for clues and information?"

"Ah, then the first clue I gave is that the core is not in the ruined city."

Chu Xiuyan used chopsticks to poke the black nutritional paste. The sunlight outside the window was so warm that it made him want to sleep. He propped up his cheek and looked at the red-haired man opposite him. He clearly saw that the other party's eyebrows were raised high, as if he had already cursed in his heart.

Chu Xiuyan wanted to laugh again, but after suppressing it, he said, "The first piece of information I want to know is why you want the core of the Forbidden Prison—even though it is already a scrapped old item."

There is nothing to hide. Ming Ji told the truth: "Because the energy field, even if it has been abandoned, the little energy left in the core can still be the key to open or close certain special places, and can even play a role of resonance. Anyway, it is quite useful. But I can't say the details."

Chu Xiuyan: "Ah, similar to the secret realm in the world of immortal cultivation?"

Mingji: "No, it shouldn't be very similar to that one, right...?"

"Okay. The second clue, the core is not in the desert." Chu Xiuyan almost stood up when he saw Mingji, but in the end he suppressed his temper and sat back down. It seems that the [core] is really important.

"The second piece of information I want, um, how about changing it to a condition? If you find the core in the end and want to open or close a secret realm, how about letting me be there?"

Mingji's brows relaxed. "That doesn't count. Even if you didn't mention it, I would have taken you there by force... It's considered a collective activity for wild dogs. Anyone with a number less than ten must be present. Since you're so interested, why not just tell me the location of the core."

"No, we can't break the rules of the game, Brother Gou." Chu Xiuyan just didn't like having someone take important things and do something secretly. It would be a different story if he was present.

"The third clue..." Chu Xiuyan looked up at the ceiling and said in a somewhat strange tone: "You know, I have a little hobby."

Mingji: “?”

"That's right. I like to bury corpses as ornamental plants... On our way from the ruined city to the desert city, I just realized that the soil in the forest feels so comfortable to the touch. I want to bury something..."

Crunch——!

The chair fell to the ground.

Mingji stood up in disbelief, with his hands on the table, looking extremely shocked, "Are you serious? Such a vast forest... do you remember? Do you remember the exact location?"

Chu Xiuyan lowered his head and hummed softly. Suddenly, he felt dizzy.

"Such a large area, how many pits should I dig... How long should I wait to find it? I will go there..."

Mingji's eyes lost their luster.

Chu Xiuyan comforted him, "Don't worry yet. Uncle will definitely help us find things. After all, he is a super powerful earth-type mutant!"

Mingji perked up, "You're right!"

Chu Xiuyan's eyebrows curved, "But there is a small problem here. Second brother, you also know that we may have a war with the Desert Kingdom. Uncle is very busy. Only after we solve the problem here can he return to the forest to help us find the core."

Mingji pondered over this sentence, his eyes gradually became strange, looking at the sunny and cheerful boy in front of him with a silly look, hesitantly said: "You don't want me to help the ruins city to fight the desert kingdom? Is this your plan?"

Chu Xiuyan opened his eyes wide, which seemed to make him see more clearly the cleanness and clarity in those eyes.

"How could you think of me like that? I'm so innocent! Bad guy!"

Before Mingji could feel guilty and self-doubt, the young man in front of him suddenly changed his expression. He looked grinning, and said in a cheerful but slightly weird tone, "Second brother, you guessed wrong again. It's not you, it's you guys. It's not the ruined city, it's Zhang Chun. Help us, kind-hearted stray dog brothers."

Mingji: "...F-Fuck you!"

A strong wind suddenly blew up, making the tables and chairs rattle and shake. The strong airflow even caused huge cracks in the cafeteria's window glass.

"Wuhu! The wind is strong and we have to hurry up--"

At the moment when more than a dozen panes of glass shattered, Chu Xiuyan, wearing a hood, jumped out from a window and started running away happily.

Chasing behind was a red-haired man with a hideous and distorted face. As he moved, a violent and terrifying storm quickly swept over.

Mingji was flying in the sky, but he looked like a fish that had just been fished out of the water.

"Stop! Don't? Run--"

"Dog Erji! Dog Erji! I almost forgot, what is your favorite position?"

Chu Xiuyan, who was running in front, asked.

Ming Ji, who was chasing behind, shouted angrily: "Of course I'll beat you up!"

Chu Xiuyan: "This is not possible! A single person illustration cannot have a second person! And you can't beat me, so I beat you up! Right!"

The system felt like it had opened the door to a new world, and thought: [An illustration of a fight version... is not impossible. ]

【Can't? --】

Chu Xiuyan was running away very fast, squeezing in and out of narrow corners, and even had the energy to argue with the system. Mingji, who was chasing behind him, almost bumped into something from time to time due to inertia.

"Tsk tsk, Brother Ergou, you're not very flexible."

Chu Xiuyan even stopped and waited for a while.

Then he continued to be chased by the furious Mingji.

The main road leading to the city wall gate was not crowded at this time, and the alleys on both sides were filled with various debris and rubble.

At this time, a figure jumped directly on the wall of the alley, leaped high over the stones piled up at the entrance of the alley, and landed directly in front of the two men who were covered in injuries.

Wen Shao, another second-in-command in Youdu who had fought with a certain young man and recovered from his injuries: "..."

The enemy who once lurked in the ruined city and later wanted to take Cui Zhiyong away, but ended up fighting with a certain boy and lost miserably in the end: "..."

They recognized the young man who suddenly appeared at a glance.

However, Chu Xiuyan didn't remember the two people at all, but he felt that they looked familiar. Ming Ji happened to catch up with them, so he hurriedly passed between them and left a message:

"Kind people, please help me stop the guy behind me. I will give you gifts later!"

After saying that, he ran away.

Ming Ji flew out from the sky and saw Wen Shao and Qiu You. He instantly remembered the terrifying social skills of a certain boy and his expression twisted. "Qiu You, I saved you... Come and fight!"

"Wait, you must have misunderstood something..."

On the other side, Chu Xiuyan, who had already run a distance, heard the sound of fierce fighting behind him and took a breath, "Oh my God, so scary, is this what an adult is like? So violent..."

He shook his head and prepared to look for Zhang Chun, but just as he arrived under Base 23, a voice suddenly came from above.

"Damn it! Keep an eye on that egg! It's going to run away!"

Chu Xiuyan looked up.

A gray egg fell from the sky and hit him squarely in the sand.

System: […Fuck.]