Chapter 81 "Seriously, didn't you feel a little unwell last night?"
"Honestly, did you feel a little unwell last night?" Nangong Qi asked tentatively.
"No, I slept well last night." Sleeping with my vest was warm, comfortable, relaxing, and safe—how could I not sleep well?
Nangong Qi looked even more conflicted; he didn't know whether he should tell the director about it.
After all, they were still in someone else's base, and they had given them the divine status for free. But if she didn't speak up, she felt suffocated.
"Didn't you feel anything yesterday... um... what dirty thing on your bed?"
"How could that be? This place is great! There's food, drink, and a place to sleep, and the environment is very clean..."
"Never succumb to power, Director! Even if you do succumb to power, think about the protagonist, Aji! His base is comparable to..." Nangong Qi stood up excitedly and roared.
The director, who was still drinking soy milk, spat it out and wiped his mouth speechlessly.
Why is this little girl so easily startled? Besides, she's a complete mess. The director doesn't know yet, she spied on him and his alias sleeping last night.
In addition, he had just recovered from a cold and was still a little drowsy, so he couldn't quite understand what Nangong Qi was saying.
He hesitated for a while before saying, "What are you talking about?"
Nangong Qi realized she was getting too excited, so she sat down again and then stood up again. "Even if you're judging by looks, you should look at Shao Ji! The female lead is as beautiful as a fairy! A celestial maiden descended to earth!"
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What is she saying? Is he getting old? Why can't I follow her train of thought?
"Shao Ji is indeed beautiful..." After all, he was the one who personally crafted that vest.
"Right?! So what gives this guy the right?! They haven't even gotten their hands on anything yet! He's already seized the initiative! What advantages do you have over him?" Nangong Qi said aggressively, pointing her finger at Huang Er...
Huang Er was very confused. How did he suddenly end up here?
But he still answered the question, subconsciously saying, "Probably? Better physique than them?"
These words made Nangong Qi pause for a moment, her mind involuntarily starting to recall the scene she had witnessed last night. Indeed... her figure didn't seem quite right... No, no, no, this isn't the time to think about that!
He then became even more enraged, shouting, "You're despicable!"
"I'm despicable? How am I despicable?" Huang Er asked calmly.
"I'm asking you! Why did you sneak into the director's room last night!" Nangong Qi had just finished speaking when she suddenly realized that she seemed to have been exposed.
Oh no, I spoke too quickly!
So that's what happened? I wondered who was spying on them yesterday.
"Oh? Then may I ask, miss, how did you know? But without evidence, that's just slander." Huang Er said with ease.
"You! You! You! You! I saw it with my own eyes!" Nangong Qi said fiercely.
"Ridiculous, 'saw' it through a wall?" Huang Er even laughed.
"I...I...I saw it!" Nangong Qi said, feeling wronged, but she didn't know how to explain.
“If you’re going to slander me, then slander me. Don’t come up with such absurd reasons.”
"I didn't slander you! You just have ill intentions towards the director!" Nangong Qi couldn't help but steal glances at the director, only to find that the director remained calm and didn't react to his words at all.
Nangong Qi felt a bit disappointed. Back then, Aji tried so hard to please the director, but in the end, he was still abandoned by the director without hesitation. Huji worked diligently and conscientiously, and in the end, he sacrificed himself for the director. The director even made so many clones. Shaoji herself had no feelings and her only dependence was the director, but she was treated by the director as a plaything that could be summoned and dismissed at will.
Why was he outmaneuvered here? So easily won over? Is it because the director has experienced hardship and now thinks he's already lucky to have food, drink, and sleep here?! Director! You need to have some ambition! You're supposed to be the villain who manipulates the protagonist like a puppet!
Just as Nangong Qi was about to continue the verbal battle, she was interrupted by the director.
"Alright, we should get going, Nangong Qi." The director finally finished eating everything on the table. It's fine to tease a child, but it gets boring if you keep teasing them.
“…Oh, okay.” She answered reluctantly, but followed anyway, giving Huang Er a final, fierce glare.
Huang Er even returned a defiant look.
Just as they were about to leave—
Bang! A huge explosion swept through the entire base.
Huang Er immediately stood up, took out a specially made pager, and shouted, "Hello! Hello! Is anyone there? What happened?! Please respond if you hear me, please respond if you hear me!"
Soon, a voice answered from inside: "Leader...a monster has broken in!"
Monster, monster!
These monsters are all bizarre and don't belong to this world, so they are very difficult to kill physically. Very difficult.
"Damn it! Who let this in!" Huang Er said angrily.
"Nobody let anyone in! Bang!... Damn it... Cough cough cough nobody let anyone in! These monsters have somehow all gathered here, thousands upon thousands of them are rushing in! The protective shield can't hold up, it's cracked!"
These words, coming from a small pager, were filled with an air of despair.
Everyone heard it, and Nangong Qi realized what it meant.
This means that humanity's last line of defense has been breached. Before, humanity still had a chance to breathe, but now? Corpses are everywhere.
Their superpowers were never enough to resist these foreign invaders; all they could do was retreat, relinquishing human territory, which only made the monsters even more greedy.
Fortunately, a protective shield was invented. This shield can keep out external objects, much like humans built a cage to lock themselves in, restricting their activities, but also protecting humanity's ultimate safety.
"You all get out of here!" Huang Er roared, rushing out on his own. Outside, there was only wailing and screaming, as countless people were being killed by the monster.
The appearance of Yellow Ear brought a glimmer of hope to the base, and they quickly began to assemble a team to fight back. But in the end, it was all in vain. Their actions only slowed down the monsters for a short while, but the monsters continued to trample on them, destroying the base they had worked so hard to build and the lives of their families.
"What's outside? Why?" Nangong Qi was somewhat flustered. She couldn't handle this sudden situation. At this moment, she finally realized the importance of power. She herself knew nothing and could only wait here until it was all over.
Unexpectedly, the director remained silent for a while before speaking with a heavy voice, "Nangong Qi, can you still use the 'system's' abilities? Try teleporting."
Nangong Qi subconsciously did as instructed, but then found that it didn't work. She tried several times, but found that it had no effect whatsoever.
The director looked as if he hadn't expected it, and said seriously and affirmatively, "It seems that protecting you will be quite difficult. They're after you."
Nangong Qi was stunned. "What are you talking about? What do you mean?" Her hands began to tremble. In fact, he had already profited. It was somewhat expected, just like the last time those monsters suddenly attacked the people who hurt her. Those monsters could be controlled; they were under command.
"Most of the monsters here were put in by that so-called system. It exploited loopholes in this world to let in monsters from its own world, one after another. Although I don't know how it did it, I suppose it was through you." The director stared at the small ring on Nangong Qi's wrist. There was nothing he could do about it; what Nangong Qi didn't know was that her small ring was actually nourished by monster blood, which was then used to create a useful material for him.
"It's also my fault. I was too careless. I even wanted to do something for you through you. But that gave him an opportunity to send signals to these monsters." The director sighed. It was indeed his fault that the people here had suffered such an undeserved disaster, but it was too late to say anything now.
They quickly walked out, and a monster pounced at them. Nangong Qi instinctively closed her eyes, and when she opened them, she found herself unharmed and without any pain. The director stabbed a diamond-shaped object into the monster's body, and the monster vanished instantly.
Nangong Qi took a look and saw it was a divine title! So that's what a divine title is; no wonder everyone's scrambling for it.
"As expected, divine power really does have this effect. It's because they were already being manipulated, so they didn't show any fear, making us think that divine power had no effect on them." But now is not the time to study this. The director grabbed Nangong Qi and started walking towards the small door.
But it's clear that they came for the system on Nangong Qi, so how could they give up so easily?
The sight of thousands upon thousands of monsters was spectacular; they roared and charged forward, trying to tear them apart.
They could only run desperately. Nangong Qi was completely exhausted, panting heavily, "Please... abandon me, Director, I can't hold on any longer..."
"Stop talking nonsense! If you die, everything will be for nothing! All of this started because of you? You want to end it all? Do you think dying will clear everything up?" These words were not only spoken by Ling Nangong Qi, but also to himself. He dared not die.
Ultimately, the two were driven to a dead end. Neither of them had much fighting power to begin with, and they barely managed to hold on for a while thanks to their divine status.
They were quickly surrounded by a large number of monsters, and the director was covered in bruises. Soon, taking advantage of the moment when the director was not paying attention, a monster swiftly slapped its claws at Nangong Qi.
Nangong Qi closed her eyes in despair, when suddenly a warm sensation spread through her body, and a strong smell of blood assaulted her senses.
Blood... splattered on her body. Who? She slowly opened her eyes.
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