After receiving the gene serum, Xingxing immediately handed it to her little sister: "Go home and save Mom, then have your older brothers and sisters go find your little brother. I need to prepare for tomorrow's competition; I don't have much energy left for him."
The little sister nodded obediently.
Xingxing patted her head.
Xingxing asked Xia Chuhe, "Can you give me a knife? Preferably a small one."
Xia Chuhe didn't ask any questions and gave it to her directly.
Xingxing hid the knife, watched her younger sister leave, and went with Zhu Guanshan to the candidate's residence arranged by Mengcheng.
On the way, Zhu Guanshan couldn't help but say, "I also have gene serum. Take it and return it to Xia Chuhe. Don't make a deal with her anymore."
Xingxing retorted, "Aren't you all in cahoots?"
Zhu Guanshan remained silent.
Xingxing asked again, "She doesn't want to be a dream star, right?"
Zhu Guanshan remained silent.
Xingxing had already guessed: "She wants to go against the Moon Goddess, right?"
Xia Chuhe planned to wait until she became a Dream Star before exchanging identities with her and entering the Moon Goddess Temple.
Even with Xia Chuhe's looks, it would be impossible for her to successfully replace Mengxing's identity and become her. Xia Chuhe couldn't possibly be unaware of this.
So, there was only one reason why Xia Chuhe insisted on entering the Moon Goddess Temple: she wanted to enter the Moon Goddess Temple and see the Moon Goddess.
Given Xia Chuhe's style of doing things, she could only be on the opposite side of the Moon Goddess, not going to pay homage to her.
After walking only half a block, Xingxing understood this.
Three questions successfully turned Zhu Guanshan from not wanting to answer to being afraid to answer.
Xingxing didn't want to think about the outcome of Xia Chuhe's fight against the Moon Goddess. She didn't care who lived or died; she just wanted her mother to be alive and well. She would listen to whoever could help her save her mother.
But Zhu Guanshan is a good person.
So, Xingxing reminded Zhu Guanshan: "Be careful tonight."
Zhu Guanshan asked, puzzled, "What?"
Xingxing: "Are you confident you can stand out from fifty people?"
Zhu Guanshan: "...No."
Xingxing: "Do you think the others are confident?"
"I don't think so, right?"
Fifty people were selected from five districts. Aside from a few individuals manipulated by Xia Chuhe, the other forty-odd people all shared similar characteristics, bearing some resemblance. It would be difficult to rank them solely based on appearance.
Xingxing had already made it very clear, but Zhu Guanshan still hadn't grasped the key point. Xingxing had to be even more blunt: "It's hard to become beautiful, but it's easy to become ugly."
Zhu Guanshan remembered the knife Xingxing had asked Xia Chuhe for, and silently moved a little further away from her.
This little girl is terrifying! ||o(*°▽°*)o|Ю
However, Zhu Guanshan soon realized that it wasn't the stars that were scary, but that she was too naive.
The majority of the fifty people selected grew up under the influence of the "importance of beauty" and have an obsessive pursuit of "beauty".
Even someone as foolish as Bai Xiaomi had made contingency plans. Others avoided his diarrhea, but he couldn't avoid others' needles in water.
Fortunately, Zhang Mubai and Xiaoxiao from the West District shared a room with Bai Xiaomi. They didn't go too far, but instead sent a message to the Bai family and sent Bai Xiaomi away.
But this also means that Bai Xiaomi has lost her chance to become a dream star.
Zhu Guanshan and Xingxing arrived late and could only stay in the corners that others had left.
Zhu Guanshan and Xingxing whispered in each other's ears: "Will Bai Xiaomi be alright?"
Xingxing: "He's young, it's okay."
Zhu Guanshan: "Age?"
Xingxing sneered: "He's only sixteen this year, he'll still have a chance in three years. But if he were twenty-three or twenty-four, the Bai family wouldn't keep a good-for-nothing idiot who just eats for nothing."
Zhu Guanshan dared not speak again.
At home, she was the unloved third daughter. Oh, the children in the family weren't particularly favored. Upper-class people tend to live longer and don't value their children much.
Moreover, the upper echelons mostly devote their energy to managing the base and exchanging benefits with other families, rarely focusing on internal strife and infighting.
The experience at Dream City was quite novel for Zhu Guanshan.
Many people harbor malicious intentions, but their intentions are not readily apparent.
Throughout the night, Zhu Guanshan was cautious, while Xingxing created the illusion of being alone to lure those who wanted to harm them, and then turned the tables on them. The two of them barely made it to morning, and they couldn't even muster the energy to go to Dream City.
Meanwhile, Xia Chuhe and others were not idle either.
Hummingbirds are much more reliable than two humans with no combat experience.
The hummingbird spent a day wandering around Dream City and brought back a detailed video of Dream City's defenses.
Just as Xia Chuhe had predicted, the so-called "enjoying a life of luxury with family" was a complete lie woven by the Moon Goddess. The streets of Dream City were deserted. There were all sorts of delicious food and goods at the roadside stalls, but not a single stall owner was present. As the goods were consumed, they would be replenished out of thin air. And the stale food would be collected by the garbage truck.
The houses built along the roadside were completely empty. The hummingbird went inside and found that every house had the exact same layout, with no signs of human use or movement. But strangely, there wasn't a speck of dust in the rooms.
Combining the Dream City layout brought back by the hummingbird with the various routes on the living map, Xia Chuhe found an underground passage leading from the Cape Trading Market to Dream City.
Xia Chuhe sketched on the map and then sent the pictures and videos to Weng Xintian.
Xia Chuhe: [Are you in or not if you want to conquer Dream City?]
Weng Xintian: [I need to ask my eldest sister.]
Weng Xintian quickly replied: [What do you plan to do? How will the spoils be divided after we capture it?]
Xia Chuhe: [My men will break the rules, your men will conquer the city. Same rules as always, 50/50.]
Weng Xintian: [You're only bringing six or seven people, while I have thousands on my side, almost the entire force. Isn't this division a bit unreasonable?]
Xia Chuhe retorted with a quote from Weng Xintian: "Any territory controlled by a powerful entity with a certain reputation is protected by the rules..."
Weng Xintian remained silent for a long while before replying: "How exactly do I do this?"
Xia Chuhe sent the detailed plan to Weng Xintian, and after agreeing on all the details, she heard the long, steady breathing beside her.
I turned my head and saw that my teammates were all asleep.
Only Lu Dangui stood soberly by the window, his eyes coldly fixed on the outside.
The dim streetlights shone through the window, casting a dark and eerie shadow on Lu Dangui's profile.
Xia Chuhe checked the time; it was three in the morning.
Xia Chuhe said softly, "Go to sleep, I'll keep watch."
"And you?"
"My mind is too clear, I can't sleep."
Xia Chuhe could feel the throbbing in his temples and the surging of his heart.
She was very excited.
She was certain she could succeed.
It was as if she had done this many times before.
Break the rules, reshape the rules.
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