Chapter 175

Zhou Chenhao put the special ability energy crystal into the storage box and said, “This is a long story. Let’s talk about it on the way.”

【Then just make a long story short. (Doge emoji)】

【Sob sob, my wifey is really a good person, he’s an angel!】

【To the sister in front, please take off your filters. I’m about to get drenched in sweat watching this. (Sweating profusely)】

【Does this count as Ling Feng and Brother Haozi praising Bai Xuechao together? (Funny face)】

Zhou Chenhao looked at the driver and said, “Uncle, find a place to pull over. We need to get off. Take this box back to the SAIDB, someone will meet you there.”

The driver looked ahead while driving, freed up a hand to make an ok gesture, and said, “Don’t worry, I’m a dedicated driver for the Special Teams. I know the procedures.”

In the next panel, the car was already parked on the side of the road. Zhou Chenhao and Ling Feng were shrouded in the light of the street lamps, while Xia Xiaoxi was getting out of the car.

After that was a close-up of a phone screen, showing that they were calling a car through a ride-hailing app. Next to the phone screen was a dialogue bubble with a small, Q-version avatar of Zhou Chenhao, indicating that these were his words: “This has to start from when we received the invitation letter…”

Following that was a panel that faded from black to white from top to bottom.

Turning the page, the beginning was an establishing shot. Under the dark night sky, the Dream Game City was magnificent, its golden lights making it look as if it were built of gold.

【Hello, I’m the transition.】

【I was just about to say, with Ling Feng Maomao’s level of meticulousness, how could he talk about the special ability energy crystal in front of the driver? It turns out this driver is specifically responsible for the special teams.】

【Ah no… if they go back now, won’t they be just in time for the fight? (Stunned)】

【Save my wifey! Eh, wait, the protagonist group is only level 4. Never mind, you guys should just run away quickly. (Closing eyes) (Peaceful)】

【So when is that guy Ji Chuanze coming back?】

The screen finally returned to Bai Xuechao’s side.

After the establishing shot, the story continued from the previous scene, indicating that the conversation on the protagonist group’s side was happening at roughly the same time as the previous plot.

Bai Xuechao was seen getting up with the help of the sofa’s backrest. In front of him were two extremely thin, translucent threads. They were inconspicuous, but under the light, a spot on the threads reflected a faint white light, which made the readers notice the threads here.

These two threads were not parallel, but one was diagonally below the other.

Yuan Lan smiled, “What a pity.”

Bai Xuechao leaned sideways against the back of the sofa, propping his head with his left hand, and smiled, “Yes, what a pity.”

【What kind of riddle are they playing?】

【Wow, my wifey’s posture is so cool. It’s thirty percent unrestrained, thirty percent indifferent, and forty percent casual. Let me kiss him, smooch smooch smooch——】

【The old-school pie chart meme is late but has arrived hahaha!】

【Holy crap, I think I’ve figured it out. I repeatedly compared the panels before the transition. The second thread is on the path Xuexue must take to dodge. If Xuexue hadn’t leaned all the way back, the second thread would have likely pierced him through!】

【Woc, what kind of PvP prediction master is Yuan Lan (.)】

【PvP prediction master hahaha! (Laughing until fainting)】

Yuan Lan asked Bai Xuechao with a regretful expression if it wasn’t interesting. Bai Xuechao said it wasn’t and even mocked him, asking if his surprises were only of this level.

In the next panel, Yuan Lan was stunned.

Immediately following was a medium shot of him. He looked very pleased, his mouth open, letting out a series of laughs, “Hahahahaha…”

However, what happened next caught the readers off guard.

The manga showed Yuan Lan’s hand clutching Gong Ting’s throat.

The hand was seen snapping to the side, accompanied by a simple word “snap.” Gong Ting’s head was now tilted to the side.

The next panel was a close-up of Gong Ting’s entire neck. Because Yuan Lan had withdrawn his hand, Gong Ting’s neck was now uncovered. The readers could clearly see that Gong Ting’s broken neck bone was pushing out the skin on the side of his neck, forming a distinct bulge. Just looking at it was terrifying.

Yuan Lan still had a smile in his eyes, “I’m really starting to like you more and more.”

Bai Xuechao was expressionless, his crimson eyes looking at Gong Ting.

Yuan Lan’s golden eyes also looked at Gong Ting, saying that Gong Ting was already a worthless little toy, and he didn’t need him anymore.

Then he said, “I’m going to get a new one.”

【Ahhh? No! Jade Liquor——! (Erkang hand)】

【Gong Ting got his bento box way too fast, didn’t he? I thought he would have more plot later!】

【Holy crap… I saw Yuan Lan’s appearance at the end of the latest chapter yesterday and thought of several endings for Gong Ting, but I never thought his boss would personally snap his neck! The boss came and instead of backing up his subordinate, he snapped him?! (Hamster: I was so scared my melon seeds dropped.jpg)】

【To be honest, I feel a little sorry for Gong Ting. The first time he lost, he lost his freedom. The second time he lost, he was defeated by cheating skills. The two most important things in his life were crushed.】

【Is no one paying attention to Yuan Lan’s confession! (Covering mouth, tearing up)】

【’Liking you more and more’ means he liked him before, and it’s just deepened now! That’s right! A Xia Country person who has been doing reading comprehension their whole life. (Obediently)】

【A new CP has appeared, how can we stand still~ (Enchanted)】

【To the sister in front, how can you send voice messages in the bullet comments hahaha, I couldn’t help but sing along!】

【Well, I’m just purely watching the plot, I don’t ship CPs. Am I the only one who thinks Axue is in danger? (:з」∠)】

【Sister, you’re not alone! I feel like my wifey is in a very dangerous situation right now! Yuan Lan just finished saying he doesn’t need worthless little toys, and then he says he’s getting a new one. I can figure out who he wants as a new toy with my toes!】

In the manga, Bai Xuechao asked Yuan Lan with a light laugh what the standard was for choosing a little toy.

Yuan Lan replied that there was no standard, it all depended on his mood. At the same time, he took a step forward and closed in on Bai Xuechao. The two looked at each other.

The next panel was a close-up of Yuan Lan’s expression. He had a smile on his face, and his brilliant golden eyes clearly reflected Bai Xuechao’s smiling face.

He said, “For example, I like you very much right now.”

Bai Xuechao said, “I like myself too.”

Yuan Lan slightly raised his hand, and translucent threads wrapped around his fingers. The bubble next to him was marked “mumbling to himself,” and the content was him struggling with whether to turn Bai Xuechao into a puppet. Because if he became too stupid, he would find it annoying. In the end, he decided it would be more interesting if Bai Xuechao could break free from his control.

【When Yuan Lan said ‘I like you very much right now,’ what’s the difference between that and a confession! I can’t imagine how happy their CP fans are. (Covering mouth, tearing up)】

【I don’t care, this is their candy, they’re married! (Moving the Civil Affairs Bureau here)】

【Sisters, look carefully at what Yuan Lan said. Can you still ship this!】

【Sorry (very loudly) I feel like him becoming a puppet is even more lewd. (Shy) (Yellow heart)】

The threads on Yuan Lan’s hand dissipated. He bent down and approached Bai Xuechao, who was sitting on the sofa, and enthusiastically invited him to join the Apocalypse Society, even promising, “The treatment I give you will be better than what you have now.”

The manga inserted two other scenes here.

A similar night scene. In the first panel, Ji Chuanze was standing at the window of a milk tea shop, watching the staff member seal the milk tea he had bought. In the second panel, Xia Xiaoxi and Ling Feng were already sitting in the back seat, while Zhou Chenhao was bending down to get into the passenger seat.

【Yuan Lan’s ‘better than what you have now’ really makes it hard not to overthink! What kind of treatment does ‘now’ refer to? It can’t be that Axue has joined some special ability organization, right??】

【To the sister in front, it probably refers to my wifey’s current state?】

【The protagonist group is preparing to come back.】

【Ji Chuanze is so slow ahh, he’s still waiting for the staff to seal his drink. (Covering face)】

【The distances are different. Ji Chuanze walked there, so it probably wasn’t far. But the protagonist group really sat in the car for a long time. Ji Chuanze will definitely be back first!】

The manga’s perspective returned to the Dream Game City.

Yuan Lan urged Bai Xuechao, asking if he had made up his mind.

Unsurprisingly, Bai Xuechao refused.

Yuan Lan sighed and said, “That’s a real pity.”

The next panel was a wide-angle, high-perspective shot with great expressiveness.

The camera’s perspective was diagonally behind Yuan Lan. A translucent thread appeared out of thin air in front of Yuan Lan and flew straight towards Bai Xuechao. The thin thread reflected specks of white light under the chandelier’s light, making it not completely invisible.

As if to further enhance the visual effect of this panel, in addition to the high perspective, Bai Guzi also used radial lines around the panel frame to indicate impact.

On the next page, Bai Xuechao had a calm expression. He leaned back to dodge the thread, and at the same time, water spread across the floor tiles under his feet, and a wall of water began to rise in front of him.

The manga used two spliced panels to show the water wall rising. In the first panel, the water wall had only risen halfway, and in the second panel, it was a completely raised water wall.

In the manga, water was basically depicted with a hint of white or blue. The water controlled by Bai Xuechao looked like a very light ice blue in the manga. When this water condensed into a water wall in front of Bai Xuechao, it looked like a piece of translucent, cold ice chiseled from a glacier.

The last panel on this page was a horizontal panel, with the camera’s perspective from the side, slightly towards Bai Xuechao.

Two streams of water shot out from the tall water wall in the center of the screen. The stream closer to Yuan Lan’s side rushed straight towards Yuan Lan’s forehead, while the other stream’s target was the sofa Bai Xuechao was sitting on.

Turning to the next page, the beginning was again two spliced panels, showing Bai Xuechao using this much gentler stream of water to push himself away from Yuan Lan.

The next panel took up the rest of the manga page. It was a vertical medium shot of Bai Xuechao.

In the picture, Bai Xuechao was still sitting calmly on the sofa, propping his head with one hand, as if everything that had just happened was not worth mentioning to him. He was still as calm and at ease as ever.

Because it was a vertical panel, this picture looked like a poster.

【Sob sob, my wifey is so handsome. Let me kiss him, mwah mwah mwah! (Making a perverted laugh) Frantically taking screenshots!】

【These few pages of paneling are so cool. I wish I had a special ability too, sob sob. (Biting handkerchief)】

【Don’t say it, I want to have a special ability too, but I don’t! (Crying emoji)】

【They’re fighting already?! I’m so nervous, help!】

【I’m so worried about Axue’s physical condition. He hasn’t gotten up and moved the whole time. Could it be that he’s actually feeling very uncomfortable and not as calm as we see him? QAQ】

【I also think he might already be very uncomfortable, that’s why he hasn’t moved the whole time (.)】

In the manga, dense threads appeared in the air, weaving into a tight cloth in front of Yuan Lan, blocking the high-pressure water that Bai Xuechao had attacked him with.

Yuan Lan seemed very excited. He grinned and laughed like a madman, and with a wave of his hand, countless threads appeared from the void and flew towards Bai Xuechao.

Bai Xuechao still sat on the sofa as before, using a water wall to block them.

What many readers didn’t expect was that those threads actually passed through the water wall with ease and continued to fly towards Bai Xuechao!

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