Chapter 52
After Zhou Yuli's explanation, the plan was formulated as follows: wait for the sea monster at the lighthouse tonight, communicate with the sea monster, help the sea monster achieve its goal, and at the same time preserve the human race as much as possible.
At this time, the sun was setting and there was still some time before the sea monster returned yesterday. Bai Zhou and Lan Ji rented an ice room to rest, and Zhou Yuli built two tree houses on the building, one for Zhou Ran and the others, and one for him and Pei Zhao to rest.
The tree house is blocked on three sides and the inside cannot be seen from the outside.
Pei Zhao leaned against Zhou Yuli, looking tired.
"Zhou Yuli, after this is over, let's find a way to not travel through time again, okay?"
Zhou Yuli held his hand and squeezed it gently: "Tired?"
Pei Zhao nodded: "Sudi said he traveled through 76 worlds... One world is four days, and we still need a whole year. A year... I have to run around outside every day, I am so tired."
Pei Zhao was not a person who liked to move around a lot. At first, he was quite interested in the other world, but after several life-and-death experiences, he became a little tired. Of course there are more important reasons.
"...When we were on a mission, I always ignored you. In fact, when I think back, every time we had a conflict, it was because of the mission."
Pei Zhao lowered his eyes, with an emotion in his eyes that Zhou Yuli could not understand.
My parents were always in conflict, and I can still hear the many arguments they had during my childhood even now when I am concentrating. Now that he had found love, Pei Zhao thought, if possible, he hoped they would not quarrel.
Zhou Yuli looked down at Pei Zhao.
The eyelashes of the person in my arms trembled slightly. Zhou Yuli recalled that Pei Zhao was always serious in every mission. During the Little Red Skirt incident, Pei Zhao got angry with him for the first time because of his careless and irresponsible words. After that, every time was also related to the mission.
Pei Zhao, who was so focused on every mission, felt tired. The reason was definitely not because he was tired of the mission. So the only explanation was...
"I'm sorry, I will try my best to avoid conflicts, and we won't argue about this again."
Zhou Yuli used his arms to lift Pei Zhao up. Face to face, Zhou Yuli looked at Pei Zhao seriously and said, "I think we should have a good chat."
Pei Zhao looked into Zhou Yuli's serious eyes, hesitated, but nodded heavily.
"There is a misunderstanding between us." Zhou Yuli said, "You think I don't want to do the mission with you."
Pei Zhao was silent for a moment and shook his head. "No, I just feel that we quarrel too easily during missions and there is no solution, so I..." He paused, "...feel very tired."
"I didn't do it well." Zhou Yuli said, "I didn't do it well. So it's not an argument, it's you teaching me how to do it well."
Pei Zhao frowned, "It's not like that. It's...!" Pei Zhao looked at Zhou Yuli grabbing his hand and pressing it against his cheek. There was a shallow scar where Pei Zhao's fingertips touched his cheek.
Pei Zhao couldn't help but feel empty in his heart. That was the most painful thing for him, and it still made him feel gloomy whenever he thought about it. He beat Zhou Yuli and even left a scar on his face.
"I'm sorry..." Pei Zhao opened his mouth and was about to apologize, but was interrupted by Zhou Yuli.
Zhou Yuli pulled his hand and slapped himself hard.
"What are you doing!" Pei Zhao became anxious and tried to take his hand back, but Zhou Yuli held on too tightly and he could not pull it out. He could only watch as another heavy slap fell. Zhou Yuli's face was already red.
"Let go of Zhou Yuli, you're crazy." Pei Zhao said sternly.
Zhou Yuli did not let go, but just shook his head, "Pei Zhao, you have to remember that you are my master and I am your puppet. Don't say that I did something wrong, even if I did nothing, you can hit me as you like as long as you don't want to." Zhou Yuli took a deep breath and said seriously, "Pei Zhao, you deserve this."
Deserve it.
In front of Pei Zhao's eyes, there was only Zhou Yuli's enlarged face. A pair of serious eyes, only for myself.
"Deserve it." Pei Zhao repeated.
Growing up, there was nothing he deserved. God took away his mother, and his father would not give him anyone. The only good friend he has, Zhou Ran, and he and his girlfriend are very different.
The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. Pei Zhao, who has never had any emotions beyond the boundary, seems to be detached from the world. Apart from his mother, he has never established a close relationship with anyone. His mother's death closed the door of emotion. Pei Zhao squatted by the door, holding the door handle, not daring to step in again.
But now someone grabbed his hand and not only dragged him into the door, but also made him slap the person in the face and told him indignantly.
This is what you should do.
"Whether our relationship is that of a master and a puppet, or lovers, you can do anything to me, Pei Zhao, we will not separate because of conflicts. We will get along better and better because of conflicts. No one can define our relationship, Pei Zhao, I will never leave you."
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The sun went down and darkness fell over the city.
The ice room was removed. Bai Zhou stretched lazily and walked out shoulder to shoulder with Lan Ji. Then he saw Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli walking out of the tree house hand in hand.
Zhou Ran also saw it, and twirled his fingers between the two of them, "You... forget it, I guessed it." Zhou Ran glanced at Pei Zhao, "I was wondering why the dormitory in the college was suddenly not enough, it turns out there was an affair." Zhou Ran smiled, "But okay, Brother Li is so good to Pei Shen, don't worry, I will cover for you."
Pei Zhao smiled and said, "Thank you, Zhou Ran."
Bai Zhou raised his eyebrows and whispered to Lan Ji, "Their states are completely different from before they went in."
"Well, full of energy, the normal Pei Zhao is back."
Bai Zhou retorted: "Guess what they did in there just now?"
Lan Ji smiled and stepped on his foot hard: "You can judge a gentleman by your own standards."
Bai Zhou squatted down and covered his feet: "Duke Lan Ji, you may have forgotten your identity!"
Lan Ji smiled with a fake smile and hooked Bai Zhou's chin, "Oh, then Your Highness better punish me quickly."
Miu Yi squatted on the edge of the tree house, squinting at the group of adults flirting below, and sighed: "...It's great."
If you want to find the Siren, you can’t bring Zhou Ran with you.
"There might be a fight soon, Zhou Ran, I'm sorry to stay here with you." Pei Zhao negotiated.
"Okay, don't worry, Pei Shen, I'll stay here and won't go anywhere."
In case the house was broken into, Lan Ji made an ice house and said that if any danger occurred, he must hide in it.
With Miu Yi protecting me, there shouldn't be any big problems.
Four people were lying in ambush near the lighthouse. Pei Zhao was holding a mirror whip, and his whole body was emitting a faint white light; Zhou Yuli placed his hands lightly on the ground; Bai Zhou was half-kneeling, waiting for an opportunity to move, with two fingers tightly holding a spark. Above them, Lan Ji sat in the center of the second floor of the lighthouse. The territory a few hundred meters in front of him was filled with chilly air.
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A huge figure approached the lighthouse, then suddenly shrank, and the light spots gathered into a human shape, eventually landing on the ground.
Just as Zhou Ran said, this guy has such a strong aura. He is completely different from the handsome guys commonly known in modern times. He looks like an ancient general, with an imposing manner.
"Since we're here now," he spoke when he saw Lan Ji. His voice was like a huge bell, coming from the sky and falling into the ears of everyone present. "Did the human race ask you to come?"
Lan Ji tilted his head expressionlessly, raised his hand slightly, and countless ice flowers grew out from the ground, surrounding the man's body.
Lan Ji said coldly: "Do you think I look like someone who would obey the human race?"
The man raised his head and looked at Lan Ji. The two of them were in a stalemate for a moment. The man exhaled heavily, and the ice flowers on the ground exploded. "Nothing more than that... huh?"
Just as he was mocking, sparks of fire suddenly appeared from the exploding ice flowers, which splashed and fell on his clothes, burning several holes in them.
The man lowered his eyes, an unhappy look on his face.
Above his head, Lan Ji laughed: "The legendary sea monster is nothing more than this."
The man narrowed his eyes, and the two looked at each other. There was a flash of lightning, and it was unknown how long it took before he said, "You and your people, come in with me."
The lighthouse stopped rotating and the door opened. Pei Zhao and the others were no longer hiding. Lan Ji jumped down from the second floor. The four of them looked at each other, nodded in tacit understanding, and then entered the lighthouse.
"Tell me what you can do to help me."
The man's gaze swept across the faces of the four people one by one, finally landing on Lan Ji's face, and looked him up and down.
Lan Ji raised his lips and said, "Help you unify the sea area, or does the lord have other needs?"
The man looked quite interested. He tapped the table with his fingers and refused to argue with Lan Ji. "If you can help me, I can send you away from here." As he spoke, he raised his hand, and the originally airtight lighthouse wall instantly turned into a pool of water, reflecting the city outside. Above the city, the waves rolled with the movement of his hands. "Perhaps you don't know yet, I am not a sea monster as the human race says, but the sea god of this sea area."
When he said this, the pride on his face was self-evident. He did look noble, with curly blond hair and a majestic figure.
But Pei Zhao and the others misheard.
...Sea cucumber? Is it edible?
Lan Ji was stunned for a second, then asked tentatively, "Master Sea Cucumber?"
Poseidon was angry: "It's Poseidon!"
"Oh oh oh oh!" Everyone realized the embarrassment belatedly and responded repeatedly.
"Mr. Seagod is so heroic." "As expected of you, you are the Seagod, haha." "Indeed... haha."
The originally pretentious atmosphere was disrupted by the interruption, but the sea cucumber was unexpectedly tolerant of them. He just looked unhappy and said, "The human race started a war outside the city's waters. I went to the front line to fight during the day. The situation was originally stable, but recently they attacked passing ships. I couldn't use my power and the stalemate continued."
Lan Ji said: "We can go and take a look."
"You guys?" Poseidon asked suspiciously, "I'm not trying to attack you, it's just that you're too small. Fighting in the sea is not as difficult as fighting in a city. With your size, it's better for me to rescue you."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and drew. A canvas like flowing water took shape before his eyes, depicting the battlefield during the day. Two groups of warriors were fighting. One side was a group of small fry, while the other side was in human form but both were strong and powerful.
"It doesn't look very big..." Bai Zhou muttered, then his eyes fixed on the corner and his voice stopped abruptly.
There was a sunken ship in the corner. Bai Zhou had seen it in the atlas. It could accommodate hundreds of people, but in the picture, it was not even as big as the fists of those human warriors.
Have you ever seen a fist as big as a sandbag?
No. The four of them swallowed.
But I have seen bigger ships.
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