Chapter 110 Genius, Past, and Best Friend (asking for monthly ticket)
At this moment, the setting sun slowly descends from the horizon, taking back the afterglow that was sprinkled on the sea.
The world was dim and gloomy. A cool sea breeze blew on the empty coastal road, gently caressing the cheeks of Gu Wenyu and Li Qingping.
The two of them stared at each other blankly.
Behind them, the Octave Prism was still suspended in mid-air, with pitch-black restraints constantly flowing down from it, gathering into a twisted and tangled black vortex on the road, which looked like a pool of black blood from a distance.
"Li Qingping?"
Ji Minghuan, who was controlling the No. 1 machine, Gu Wenyu, spoke, breaking the silence between the two.
Li Qingping swallowed a mouthful of water, opened his mouth, and couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time:
"No, this... this is..."
Li Qingping, the deputy captain of Wang Ting team, "Red Dragon", has never shown such an embarrassed and ugly expression in his entire life.
He grew up in a whale box and was considered a genius by everyone.
Because he was so outstanding and grew faster than his peers, he reached the standard of going out on adventures in the Little Garden World when he was only 12 years old. So he left the Little Garden, forged an identity and entered the human world. While receiving education in the human world in school, he practiced strange stories.
In order to avoid attracting attention, he acted alone in school and never interacted with any friends.
And every holiday, he would travel around the world alone, collecting all kinds of "strange fragments" in wonders all over the world. The Himalayas, the Sahara Desert, the Arctic, the Antarctic... these are all places he has set foot on.
He collected fragments of strange stories that remained in the world in various strange places, constantly filling up the album of strange stories and enjoying the pleasure of pursuing excellence.
After becoming stronger at a speed visible to the naked eye, Li Qingping encountered a great opportunity, and it was this opportunity that brought him a radical change.
It was at Dinas Emrys in northwest Wales that he found a historic site. It was the original site of the battle between the red dragon and the white dragon in King Arthur's legend, and there are now ruins of an Iron Age fortress from the 5th century AD. The hill is surrounded by oak forests, and at the foot of the hill flows a lake known as the "Holy Spring".
And it was in that ruins that he found the "generation-level fragments of strange stories" left by the "Red Dragon Wales".
After that, he returned to the Whale Garden with this "generation-level" piece of strange news.
Amid the admiration and praise of thousands of people, he was awarded the title by the king and became a member of the "King's Court Team":
——The Royal Court Team is composed of the seven most powerful and recognized wonder users in the Whale Box Garden. It is truly the most powerful organization of wonder users. The minimum requirement for joining the team is to possess a "generational" wonder.
These seven people were given the mission of personally protecting the king and the prince, which was a supreme honor.
Li Qingping joined at a young age and became a member of the Royal Court Team. He was the first wonder user in the history of the Whale Box Garden to obtain a "generational wonder" before the age of 14, and he was also the first monster in history to become a member of the "Royal Court Team" at the age of 14.
Because of his unprecedented and unparalleled talent and performance, he was deeply trusted and favored by the king. Later, the king directly appointed Li Qingping as the deputy captain and gave him a resounding code name:
——“Red Dragon”.
However, after less than half a year of being admired by thousands of people and desired by countless others, Li Qingping began to feel completely tired of it.
Perhaps it was not until he had gained great fame that he realized that he did not want to be a genius. He did not like the awe others gave him, nor did he like the knees of ordinary people bending when they saw him...
This is not the life he wants at all.
So Li Qingping left without saying goodbye and returned to the human world. The king was furious.
Logically speaking, a news messenger who has returned from training, and one who has been given the honor of being a member of the "Royal Court Team", should cherish this honor and stay by the side of the king and princes, living a life at their own will.
Only Li Qingping was different. He seemed not to take it seriously at all.
However, due to personal feelings and the desire to cherish his talent, the king did not take back the rights he had granted to Li Qingping. Instead, he allowed Li Qingping to calm down and think carefully in the outside world, while temporarily retaining his position as a member of the "Royal Court Team":
The world over there...is it really worth him giving up all these glorious glories?
After returning to the human world, Li Qingping came to China's capital, Lijing, and entered a local junior high school.
At the same time, he changed his form to disguise himself.
He wanted to make friends, so he used the power of the strange news messenger to make money in the human world and easily earned a large amount of money that he could not spend. Then he began to behave like a cheerful rich second generation in school, smiling and playing with his classmates.
Because he is very rich, he can give others whatever they like, so basically no one will look at him unkindly.
At that time, the first friend he made was Gu Wenyu. Gu Wenyu's personality was different from his peers. He always seemed strange, withdrawn, alienated, and rude. He always liked to be alone. Someone in the class even gave him the nickname "Four Weirdos".
Gu Wenyu would never actively cater to anyone. If he didn't like a behavior, he just didn't like it. He had a clear bottom line as a human being, so he would never show a fawning expression to Li Qingping just because Li Qingping was generous or had a "rich family background", not even once.
The relationship between the two is harmonious and natural, without any trace of hypocrisy.
Li Qingping remembers that one time after school, the two of them sat on the school rooftop, leaning against the railing and chatting.
Gu Wenyu held the schoolbag in his arms and suddenly said to him, "I say, Lao Li, you pretend to be like that in front of others every day... Aren't you tired?"
Li Qingping was stunned for a long time before he turned to look at him: "...What did you say?"
"That is to say, you always pretend to be a..." Gu Wenyu suddenly paused and threw a bottle of Coke from his schoolbag to him, "Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything. Take care of yourself, you stupid idiot."
Li Qingping took the Coke bottle and chuckled twice.
That was the first time in Li Qingping's life that he felt as if someone understood him.
Gu Wenyu was the first friend Li Qingping made in the human world, and he has also become his most cherished friend to date.
And now, Li Qingping is likely to lose this friend.
Because just now...
Gu Wenyu witnessed him committing an impulsive murder.
On the coastal highway, the sky darkened, and at dusk a trace of remaining blood-red light wrapped in the afterglow fell obliquely, shining on the cheeks of Gu Wenyu and Li Qingping.
Li Qingping raised his head and stared into Gu Wenyu's eyes. His eyes were turbulent and he was speechless.
The thoughts in his mind were like a ball of wool rolling on the ground, with more and more threads, becoming more and more complicated, as if these damn thoughts were about to drown his entire brain...
He couldn't say to Gu Wenyu: I was just in a bad mood, so I killed someone so easily?
This reason for murder is too simple...
No... it's all because of this thing called "Black Pupa". If he hadn't threatened me with Gu Wenyu's name, I wouldn't have bothered with him at all. I just...
I just lost my mind for a moment.
Li Qingping lowered his eyes, his face turned pale and blue, and he felt uneasy.
He was very worried that his hard-earned life would collapse and that his most cherished and only friend would part ways with him because of this.
And he had to return to the world he hated once again, and once again kneel down before those hypocritical royals, becoming a chess piece driven by others, and constantly deceive himself in his heart: This is the supreme honor, and you should cherish this hard-won opportunity.
After a moment, Ji Minghuan spoke first, breaking the silence that shrouded the coastal highway.
He pointed at the octave prism behind Li Qingping, slightly widened his eyes, and said blankly: "What's going on, Li Qingping. What is that thing behind you? That music box-like thing seems to be bleeding black blood?"
Black blood?
Li Qingping was slightly startled and suddenly turned his head to look behind him.
At this moment, the restraints flowing out of the octave prism suddenly began to wriggle on the ground and re-formed into a strange human shape.
Under the blood-red twilight, the black pupa slowly raised his head. His body had not yet been fully assembled, and at this moment it looked like a pool of black mud.
"Oh...you crushed my sunglasses, Li Qingping." The black slime monster said slowly, his voice hoarse and gloomy, like a debt collector ghost crawling out of hell.
Li Qingping was not as frightened as Gu Wenyu. On the contrary, his expression relaxed immediately.
He raised his eyebrows and thought, "Not dead? Oh, since this thing is not dead? Then I... didn't kill anyone in front of Gu Wenyu?"
On the other side, Gu Wenyu stared at the thing in a daze. His usually drooping eyelids suddenly lifted up, and he looked a lot more energetic, with all his listless temperament gone.
He shouted in a trembling voice: "Fuck! There's a ghost!"
"Wenyu, run!"
Li Qingping suddenly had an idea and rushed towards Gu Wenyu, shouting and pulling his arm and running towards the front of the road. Gu Wenyu was already thin and frail, and now he was being pulled like a bamboo pole, unable to resist at all.
They didn't know how long they ran before they crossed the coastal highway and entered a brightly lit street. Neon signs engraved in Japanese came into view. Li Qingping stopped and belatedly let go of Gu Wenyu's arm.
"This...what the hell is going on?" In order to maintain his frail character, Gu Wenyu's legs went limp and he fell in front of the vending machine. He hung his head and spoke breathlessly.
Li Qingping was not tired at all, but he still bent his knees, supported his hands on them, and pretended to breathe heavily.
After a while, Gu Wenyu, who was lying on the ground, finally had the strength to speak. He slowly raised his head and looked at Li Qingping's profile, and said with a pale face:
"Li Qingping...what on earth are you hiding from me? And what was that monster just now?"
(End of this chapter)
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