Chapter 55: Sunny Moon Mountain Journey - Even treasure hunters can understand dreams...
With trembling hands, A pushed aside the ancient books and bamboo slips piled on the bookshelf and found a piece of wood among the pile of books.
He took out the treasure map from his wet bag, carefully compared the patterns on it, and smiled for a while.
"'The most glittering treasure in the history of human civilization'—humph, I'm almost there," he muttered. "I just need to get the remaining three fragments..."
Tick.
He looked at the ground.
One drop. Then two.
Blood dripped from his nose.
“Damn it!”
A raised his head and wiped his nose with his hand.
This was caused by the beating by the gray-haired man wearing goggles.
He almost broke his nose with one punch, making him dizzy and it took him a while to recover.
Fortunately, because of the shot he fired at the ceiling mechanism, they soon had no time to pay attention to him.
call--
He slowly endured the itchiness and lingering pain rising in his nasal cavity, and carefully recalled his entire action.
First, he spent a lot of money to get this treasure map.
The person who sold him the treasure map has a good reputation in the circle, so so far, A is very satisfied with the deal.
It took him nearly a month just to learn how to read the code on the treasure map.
Indeed, even reading the treasure map itself has its own threshold. According to the seller, the entire treasure map is written in a special language.
To A, these so-called "special languages" were nothing but gibberish. Luckily, the seller was sincere and gave him a complete book of matching codes. He spent nearly a month memorizing them using the most cumbersome method.
Although the little boy I met by chance could decipher the code for some reason... so what? Judging from his appearance, he could only understand the symbols, and he had no idea what was inside Qingyue Mountain.
Then he contacted a few other treasure hunters - but don't get him wrong, he had no intention of collaborating with them.
He used the treasures in the four corners of Qingyue Mountain as a cover to attract them, and pretended to be at a loss for these strange codes just like them.
He knew that there were piles of gold coins in one of the secret rooms, and no treasure hunter could resist the temptation of gold coins.
Except when there’s a far more valuable treasure right before your eyes.
For example, the secret room in the middle contains "the most shining treasure in the history of human civilization."
I don't know what it is, but listen to the name!
How cool!
Ordinary treasures wouldn’t dare to have such a high-sounding name!
Obtaining such a treasure is the lifelong pursuit of every treasure hunter!
And he who holds this treasure in his hands—A!—will become the greatest legend in the world of treasure hunters!
When A thought of this, his mood brightened, and even the pain in his nasal cavity was diluted by the excitement.
Those idiots in BCD who can't even fire a gun are ecstatic just knowing there are gold coins here—
By the time they were caught by the police and thrown into jail one by one for coveting the gold coins, he had already escaped with the most precious treasure of Qingyue Mountain.
Hehehehehe!
As he thought about it, he grinned and laughed foolishly without realizing it.
When the bleeding had almost stopped, he twisted his sore neck and picked up the wood chip.
He was about to leave and get the other key fragments.
As soon as he turned his head, he met a pair of green eyes.
"I*!"
He was startled, his hands trembled, and he subconsciously took a step back.
When did this person come to her? !
Isn’t there a mechanism in front?
Besides, does she make no sound when she walks?
The girl in front of him tilted her head and looked at him curiously. Only then did he realize that she was holding a child in her hand.
Two big eyes blinked and looked at him.
"What were you laughing at just now, uncle?" The little boy looked up and asked him innocently.
A recognized that this little boy was the one who could understand the mysterious symbols.
The girl holding his hand was the one who was teasing B like a monkey in the secret passage.
"The Soul Palace Elder must be reincarnated. (Note 1)" Lin Xi said.
"I...you, you guys..."
A stutters a little.
The pain in his nose came back, reminding him how difficult it was to deal with this suddenly appearing "tourist".
"What are you holding in your hand?" Lin Xi stared at the treasure map in A's hand.
A reflexively hid the treasure map behind his back.
Then he realized that this was too obvious, and he couldn't hold back his face, so he yelled fiercely: "None of your business!"
Lin Xi raised an eyebrow: "Are you so arrogant? Lower your dignity! If you want to live a few more episodes, hand over the treasure map and wood chip in your hand."
"You don't even have a name now. You're just cannon fodder. If you're not careful, you won't even survive four episodes in this novel, okay?"
Hiroki Kashimura also cooperated with a ferocious (?) expression.
A:?
"What the hell are you talking about?"
Lin Xi: "Be polite in front of children and pay attention to your image!"
A's face flushed red. He looked at Lin Xi, then at the child in his hand, and said through gritted teeth:
"If you ask me to give you something, I'll give it to you. Wouldn't that be embarrassing for me?"
Lin Xi said good-naturedly, "I didn't say I wouldn't return it to you. I'm just taking a look, I'm not going to steal it from you."
A was skeptical.
Lin Xi waited patiently for his reply.
As we all know, when you want to open a window in a house, you can't just tell everyone that you want to open a window, but you should tell them that you want to lift the roof.
Then they will happily agree to let you open the window.
But after a while, A reached out humiliatingly and handed her the treasure map and the wood chip.
Lin Xi didn't shy away from him and directly handed the treasure map to Kashimura Hiroki: "What's written on it?"
"Uh..." The boy flipped through the pages carefully. "The words on the cover say 'A Beginner's Guide to the Secret Passage of Mount Qingyue, Even a Treasure Hunter Can Understand'."
Lin Xi: “Huh?”
A: "Huh?! It's clearly the 'List of Secret Paths to the Treasures of Mount Qingyue'!"
Hiroki Kashimura: "Then the second page is, 'The locations of the four fragments of Mount Haruki that even treasure hunters can find!'"
A: "No! It's the 'Seikatsuki Mountain Key Fragment Location Map'!"
Hiroki Kashimura: "The last page is 'The Secret of the Universe's Super Invincible Final Treasure Even Treasure Hunters Can Get'!"
A: "What are you talking about?! It's clearly 'How to Unlock the Mystery of the Most Brilliant Treasure in the History of Human Civilization'! How could someone come up with such a ridiculously childish name?"
Lin Xi:?
"Come on, 'The Ultimate Secret Treasure of the Universe' sounds a lot more impressive than 'The Most Brilliant Treasure in the History of Human Civilization,' okay? 'The Most Brilliant Treasure in the History of Civilization,' that's a lie!"
A:!
"What kind of aesthetic sense do you have! 'Universe's Super Invincible Final Secret Treasure' sounds like a lie, okay? Only a middle school student like you would be interested in a name like that!"
"Huh? You look down on middle school students? Did you know that middle school students in Japanese anime are at the peak of strength and intelligence? Could it be that you're the one who slipped through the nine years of compulsory education?"
"Who are you looking down on? I've been to college!" A got excited and his nose started bleeding again. He snorted, tilted his head back and pointed his nostrils at Lin Xi to show his contempt for the junior high school student who hadn't even been to college.
Lin Xi uttered an "Ah" and lifted Kashimura Hiroki up:
"Who do you think you're facing?"
"The person standing before you now is one of the most talented computer prodigies in Japan! He started sixth grade at the age of six, junior high school at the age of seven, high school at the age of eight, and graduate school at the age of nine, and earned a master's degree at the age of ten!"
Then she whispered in the boy's ear, "Xiao Hongshu, you must study hard and strive to get a master's degree from MIT before you turn ten!"
Hiroki Kashimura: ...?
Did Sister Shibahara forget to add a ten in front of her age?
For a normal person to get a master's degree at the age of 19 is already a genius among geniuses!!!
Others go to school in years, but you go in months, right?!
A: "Humph... childish guy!"
Lin Xi: "Hey, you're the childish one!"
Hiroki Kashimura:?
No, I think you two are both childish for arguing over the name of a treasure.
Although he also thought that "The Ultimate Secret Treasure of the Universe" sounded cooler.
"Sister Shibahara, should we..." go find the remaining two fragments?
Lin Xi shook the piece of wood in his hand and put it together with the stone piece.
A saw Lin Xi's movements from the corner of his eye, and was shivering with anger again:
This guy got the key fragment faster than him!
This guy has a self-propelled humanoid hanging next to him, so he doesn't have to solve the puzzle himself!
Damn, that’s not fair!
After Lin Xi finished putting the puzzle together, she smiled at him.
A had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Hehehe...Any evil will be brought to justice! Take this punch to the face!"
With a bang, A's nose, which had just stopped bleeding, was twisted again.
Hiroki Kashimura was so upset watching this.
Sister Shibahara is so violent.
He watched Lin Xi carry A, who was about to faint, on his shoulders, and walked out of the secret passage with light steps along the fixed floor tiles.
I have to say that the image of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl carrying a burly man with a bleeding nose on her shoulders is quite visually impactful.
Very pure, with a wild beauty.
She placed the man against the wall in the hallway and carefully smoothed out his clothes.
"Alright, we have no grudges against each other—except for the dispute over the name of 'Universe Super Invincible Final Treasure'. That punch in the nose was meant for little Hiroki. You're already an adult, don't bully children for no reason."
A's vision was blurry, and the sound seemed to be coming from a distant place through a thin film, and could not be heard clearly.
What is this guy... talking about?
*, my nose hurts.
Lin Xi took the treasure map handed over by Hiroki Kashimura and put it under A's arm.
"I'll return the treasure map to you. As for the wood chips, if you're still here later, I'll return them to you after I'm done using them."
A tilted his head and saw the red-haired girl walking away with the little boy in his blurry vision.
…
...Is that the end?
He still hasn't been able to obtain the "most shining treasure in the history of human civilization"...
Woohoo, is his dream of becoming famous in the treasure hunter circle about to be shattered?
He moved his hand and felt the smooth texture of the sheepskin treasure map.
Yes, he can go find that guy... What did that guy say when he sold him the treasure map?
"Exclusive authentic products, absolutely authentic, no deception! Give positive reviews and get cash back!"
It was said that this was an exclusive authentic product, a one-time purchase, and it was only sold to him.
But look at how many strange people have appeared on this small Qingyue Mountain now!
It's fine that the little boy could understand the symbols, but what the hell are these tourists who suddenly barged in? They're all highly skilled in martial arts, beating them up until they screamed. They're so unreasonable, and... their taste is so bad...
That guy wouldn't be selling the same information to two parties, right?
He wants to give him a bad review!!
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(Note 1: The villainous Soul Hall elders in Fights Break Sphere often make a "jie (jie, second tone) jiejiejie" laugh. In fact, this laughter is very strange.)
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