Chapter 146 Night Candle Rules 24 Guild Scoundrels.
This was an answer Nanmen Jue hadn't expected. In this vast world, there are probably only a thousand reincarnation worlds, so to encounter news of Nanmen Yu was an incredibly rare and fortunate event. Nanmen Jue knew this was something that couldn't be rushed, so he didn't have much hope when he asked.
Unexpectedly, Ying Yao said he had noticed traces of Nanmen Yu's existence.
What does this mean? Even if Nanmen Yu isn't in this world, she definitely came to this world!
The system's props never malfunction. After a brief moment of stunned silence, Nanmen Jue immediately became excited. She jumped out of bed, her movements suggesting she was about to rush out and reach Nanmen Yu's side, as if she could already see her right in front of her.
Fortunately, she regained her senses in time. She jumped up and sat back down, then simply climbed cross-legged onto the surprisingly large bed. She moved closer to Ying Yao, her eyes gleaming faintly in the candlelight.
They've been this close before. In simulated emergencies on the training field, they've carried each other and run together. Nanmen Jue had just almost stripped Ying Yao naked. It was a perfectly natural action, yet Ying Yao suddenly tilted his head back, unnaturally avoiding Nanmen Jue's eyes.
In his excitement, Nanmen Jue didn't notice this small detail and asked with great interest, "Where is it? Are there many traces?"
Ying Yao slowly shifted his gaze back to Nanmen Jue's face. Nanmen Jue noticed that his pale face looked unnaturally red in the candlelight, so he reached out and touched his forehead. "Do you have a fever?"
The temperature was normal. A hint of unease flashed across Ying Yao's usually composed expression. He mumbled, "No, it's just a side effect. Don't worry about it."
“Oh,” Nanmenjue said, “so where are the traces? What have you found? Tell me quickly.”
She spoke to Ying Yao in a very impolite tone, and Ying Yao looked at her for a moment before letting out a sigh.
Nanmen Jue immediately tensed up, "What's wrong? Why are you sighing? My sister's situation..."
“No, no, don’t overthink it,” Ying Yao said. “This world is very big, and there are all sorts of strange realms. My scan is slow, and I haven’t found many traces yet. I can’t be sure what Nanmen Yu has been through.”
“I understand,” Nanmen Jue said. “Where are the traces? Once you can move, we’ll go and check them ourselves.”
She naturally arranged for the two of them to act together. A faint smile flashed in Ying Yao's eyes as he said, "We're both in the northwest. I don't know what's over there."
"No problem." Nanmen Jue was beaming. "With the two of us together, what danger could we possibly encounter?"
Ying Yao couldn't help but let out a faint smile on his pale face.
“Yu Wanyan is still alive. Are you going to go find her?” Ying Yao said.
Nanmen Jue's smile faded, and he paused for a moment. "I don't have time to deal with her right now, so there's no need to go looking for her."
The whereabouts of his sister, the life or death of the crow, and the anchor point of this world—for the first time, Nanmen Jue felt that time in the cycle of reincarnation was so urgent.
"I know you probably wouldn't use such a precious item on a crow, but I still want to ask," Nanmen Jue said hopelessly, "Do you know where my crow is?"
Ying Yao looked at her and said, "Actually, I also put a tracking device on that crow."
Nanmen Jue was taken aback, then his eyes lit up.
“That’s a very important presence in your life, so of course I’ll keep an eye on it,” Ying Yao said. “But it’s strange, the tracking device I put on it has never reacted, so I’m sorry, I can’t sense its state either.”
Nanmen Jue's eyes dimmed again.
That's true. The crow may look like just a crow, and a very weak one at that, but its true form is something that even the main god fears. It's normal that the props don't work on it.
But if Xiao Nuo is still alive, why haven't we found her yet?
Even if He couldn't find her when she was hidden in the underground barrier, she's been out for most of the day now, why hasn't He found her yet? Back then, when she was dragged underground by the mother tree, He found her less than half an hour after she returned to the surface.
Could something have really gone wrong?
No, that's impossible. Remember what kind of being He is? Even if the raven's physical body is destroyed, He will surely have other ways to find her. Maybe it will take some time.
Despite forcing himself to calm down, Nanmen Jue's expression remained somewhat grave.
Without crows, finding an anchor in this world on her own is no easy task, and she doesn't have much time left.
Ying Yao noticed her expression and, seeing that she didn't want to say more, didn't ask any further questions. The two of them had always had this tacit understanding. They talked about other things, and the atmosphere was calm, yet it also revealed a touch of warmth in this cruel apocalypse.
As night deepened, Nanmen Jue casually lay down on the bed, deciding to rest as well. Suddenly, the two of them opened their eyes at the same time and looked at each other.
“There’s someone here,” Nanmen Jue said.
“Three people, and their auras are not weak,” Ying Yao said.
Nanmen Jue sat up, but didn't seem tense or defensive at all. He even yawned lazily. "Why did you have to come at the wrong time of day? Just when people are about to sleep... Aren't you going to put on your gear?"
After taking off his mask, Ying Yao didn't put it back on, saying, "They don't know me."
“But they know each other…” Nanmen Jue hadn’t finished speaking when a sudden inspiration struck him. He reached up and touched his head. “You hid my name?”
Before entering the world of reincarnation, Ying Yao had asked her to conceal her name, as he didn't need the tool, but Nanmen Jue refused.
She was determined to have nothing to do with anyone again and intended to make her infamous reputation even more prominent, so there was no need to hide it anymore.
Ying Yao must have used a prop on her when she sat up just now.
Nanmen Jue didn't take it to heart. Saying thank you between them would be too pretentious. She relit the candle that was about to go out, crossed her legs, and stared casually at the stairwell.
The elevator has been broken for a long time; the only way to get up is from here.
Soon, rustling sounds came from downstairs.
"Brother Li, are we really going up? The people up there haven't come down yet; maybe they want to coexist peacefully with us?"
"Are you stupid? This is the apocalypse, the apocalypse! You're really a newbie, haven't you changed your mindset yet? There are no good people in the apocalypse. They're not coming down, they're just waiting for us to come up!"
With Nanmen Jue's keen hearing, she heard these words very clearly and found them amusing.
The last person said, "In the end times, it is essential to understand the situation around us. There are people upstairs, so we can't sleep peacefully downstairs either. We have to come up and take a look, even if it doesn't necessarily lead to conflict."
Just then, three heads popped up at the top of the stairs.
They spoke very softly, probably thinking the people upstairs were already asleep. But as soon as they appeared, they met Nanmen Jue's half-smiling eyes and were all stunned, their expressions changing drastically.
In such a short time, Nanmen Jue had already scanned all three of them.
The three men were of different ages. The oldest one had a purple name, while the other two were young men, one with a green name and the other with a blue name. The purple and green names had the suffix "Ouroboros" on their names, while the blue name had the suffix "Entropy Ashes".
What's this? A small world of enemies? She ran into the two most sworn enemies of her guilds all at once.
Upon seeing the two people lying casually on the bed, the three of them turned pale and became tense, getting stuck on the stairs and refusing to move forward.
Nanmen Jue stretched, his long legs landing on the ground, and sat on the edge of the bed, looking at them. "Keep it simple, either you two get out of here yourselves, or I'll kill you and throw your bodies out?"
The three men's expressions turned even uglier. The youngest, the one with the green name, trembled and backed away, hiding behind the purple-named Brother Li.
Brother Li forced a stiff smile, his not-so-young face breaking into a chrysanthemum-like expression. "My two heroes, please forgive our intrusion, please forgive our intrusion! We just wanted to come up here to mooch a candle... We'll be leaving right now, right now!"
After saying that, he grabbed the two of them and tried to get downstairs, but Nanmen Jue said, "Don't you recognize me?"
The three paused, their gazes sweeping over her and Ying Yao's empty heads.
Brother Li asked cautiously, "May I ask who you are...?"
He didn't seem to be lying. Nanmen Jue raised an eyebrow in surprise and exchanged a glance with Ying Yao.
As the main force in the hunt, how could Ouroboros and Entropy Ember not spread the word about her appearance throughout the entire guild? Green and blue names are one thing, but purple names are pillars of strength no matter where they are. How come Brother Li doesn't know about this?
It was late at night, and there were sounds of unidentified objects moving around. It was unclear which ghostly entity it was, but Li Ge remained calm upon hearing the sound. However, the other two turned pale.
Ying Yao remained silent, leaving the situation to Nanmen Jue to handle.
Nanmen Jue looked at them in silence for a moment, then said, "Come on up. We'll leave at daybreak tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, the green-named and blue-named individuals were overjoyed. Brother Li had some concerns, but going out at this time was extremely dangerous. Even if he himself wasn't afraid, the two behind him couldn't either; in this world, he couldn't protect them. He sighed and solemnly thanked them.
The two young men followed his example and bowed to Nanmen Jue to express their gratitude.
They dared not get too close to Nanmenjue, nor too far from him. The three grown men huddled together on the edge of a bed, while the dog peered over with the innocent eyes of a squirrel.
Nanmen Jue had her back to them and was facing Ying Yao. Looking at Ying Yao's seemingly indifferent but actually teasing gaze, she rolled her eyes.
She turned around and sat cross-legged on the bed. "Aren't your leaders all in this world? Why don't you go find them?"
"Have you... met our president?" Brother Li asked cautiously.
"I know him." Nanmen Jue revealed a mysterious smile.
The three men were immediately filled with respect, and Brother Li immediately stopped hiding anything, "To be honest, it was because we received a message from the chairman that we came here."
EntropyJin's blue name said, "Our guild leader's previous location was also here."
"Aren't they all here?" Nanmen Jue muttered to himself.
"However, we haven't decided yet whether or not to actually go to the president," said the green-named boy. He seemed to be the most clueless one, and he spoke without any restraint. Brother Li wanted to cover his mouth, but it was too late.
Seeing Nanmen Jue raise his eyebrows, he smiled wryly and said, "Ah, well, it's because, don't let my purple name fool you, I'm just a nobody in the guild. I just want to find someone to back me up, and I don't participate in anything... I'm afraid the guild leader will think I'm not doing anything, but this world is really dangerous, and there are these two... silly boys, so I had no choice but to come here."
“Me too,” the blue-named youth said softly. “The guild leader probably wouldn’t care about small fry like us, but I’m really scared. Being by the guild leader’s side would at least provide some protection.”
"I see." Nanmen Jue nodded, indicating his understanding.
Her expression revealed nothing, and Brother Li didn't dare to say anything more. He glared at the green-named boy, who stuck out his tongue and looked playful. Although he spoke harshly, the boy didn't seem afraid of him at all.
Nanmen Jue assessed them. It seemed they were just some guild layabouts who hadn't paid any attention to anything related to her. In that case, she could let them stay overnight, since they would be leaving early the next morning anyway.
Suddenly, a sharp beeping sound rang out, particularly jarring in the silent space. Brother Li clutched his pocket in terror and, under everyone's gaze, cautiously pulled out a communicator.
Nanmen Jue narrowed her eyes. She recognized it as the one that Shang Jin had used before, and she had even managed to plunder two more of it.
Brother Li glanced at the communicator, his face deathly pale. He swallowed hard and cautiously answered, "Hello, who is this...? Are you Chairman Zhang of Entropy Ash?"
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