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Zhan Yan opened his direct messages and saw the deadly triple questions from “I Just Saved the World!”.

Oh no! He got addicted to being mischievous and teased him earlier, but now that he wanted to ask Deep Shadow about cooperation, would Deep Shadow get angry and refuse to contact either side?

Zhan Yan thought about it for a moment, and he felt that even if Deep Shadow wasn’t angry, he might still not contact anyone.

Regardless, he still had to make an effort.

Approaching Science: [What was that task? It’s just a tiny drizzle.]

Approaching Science: [The most exciting tasks with the highest points I’ve ever accepted were all given by you.]

Gu Jiancheng became extremely vigilant upon seeing this reply from Approaching Science.

What’s wrong with this guy? Is he being sarcastic? Why do these words look so awkward?

I Just Saved the World!: [Are you okay?]

Zhan Yan: …

Coaxing this guy and he doesn’t even appreciate it!

Approaching Science: [I’m praising you, big shot.]

Approaching Science: [Big shot, I have a more exciting task here, do you want to take a look?]

Gu Jiancheng understood.

Hmph, Approaching Science is asking him for a favor.

I Just Saved the World!: [Tell me about it first.]

Approaching Science: [It’s like this, didn’t you take down a Black Nest earlier, big shot?]

Approaching Science: [This matter was discovered by the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau and the Wan Yao Alliance. They deeply realized your forward-looking vision and extraordinary action ability regarding the resurgence of Infinite, and they really want to contact you for some cooperation.]

Deep Shadow didn’t reply.

Zhan Yan felt it was necessary to continue persuading him.

Approaching Science: [Big shot, don’t be in a hurry to refuse, I think this matter is still worth considering.]

Approaching Science: [Think about it, big shot, strategically we despise the enemy, but tactically we must take the enemy seriously.]

Approaching Science: [There might be more than one Black Nest, and information about the Monster Doctor is hidden very deeply and hard to investigate. I haven’t made any progress until now.]

Approaching Science: [But just because we can’t find anything doesn’t mean others can’t. If we can share information, maybe the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau and the Wan Yao Alliance can find something?]

Approaching Science: [Infinite has methods to control people, ensuring everyone on its side is of one mind. We’re scattered over here, aren’t we inferior to them in that regard?]

I Just Saved the World!: [Did the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau and the Wan Yao Alliance ask you to contact me?]

Approaching Science: [No, I’m just conveying their willingness to unite with you. When it comes to contact, you’ll still contact them directly.]

I Just Saved the World!: [Who are they sending to contact me?]

Approaching Science: [About that… the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau is sending their Deputy Bureau Chief Ning Xi, and the Wan Yao Alliance hasn’t decided yet.]

I Just Saved the World!: [So these two haven’t reached an agreement yet.]

I Just Saved the World!: [‘We’re scattered over here’.]

Zhan Yan: …

Ahhh! So you two organizations can’t even unite yourselves, how can you persuade others to unite with you!

Deep Shadow continued to twist the knife.

I Just Saved the World!: [They can only contact me through you.]

I Just Saved the World!: [I don’t think they can find the Monster Doctor.]

His abilities seemed to be highly rated by Deep Shadow.

But Zhan Yan was still very worried.

Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau and Wan Yao Alliance, couldn’t you two work harder to make Deep Shadow feel that you are exceptionally reliable and capable, so he’d want to cooperate with you the moment he hears about it?

Zhan Yan continued working hard to speak well for these two organizations.

Approaching Science: [They are also very capable. Even if there are some things you can’t cooperate on, there are other things you can.]

Approaching Science: [Next time you encounter something like a Black Nest, you won’t have to act so recklessly. It’ll be much easier, and you won’t have to worry about after-effects.]

I Just Saved the World!: [Some members inside are okay, but as organizations, forget it.]

Zhan Yan’s spirits lifted. Gu Jiancheng had a good impression of some members within these two major organizations! If he didn’t want to cooperate with the organizations, how about establishing personal relationships with a few members?

Approaching Science: [Which members do you think are okay?]

Gu Jiancheng could tell at a glance what Approaching Science was plotting, but he felt that finding a few reliable teammates to cooperate with was an acceptable choice. He didn’t want to fight Infinite all by himself either; choosing to go solo previously was out of helplessness.

Infinite thoroughly understood human nature. The larger the organization, the easier it was for it to seize upon loopholes. When he was in the Infinite World, he had seen far too many organizations collapse from within.

Rather than choosing to form an organization, it was better to choose to cooperate with a few trustworthy teammates.

I Just Saved the World!: [The Tianshi from the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau is okay.]

He had seen the fierce and courageous miracle of Tianshi taking on a body of lightning back then. This was a state that naturally countered Infinite. As long as Tianshi didn’t suffer a mental breakdown, nothing could pollute the lightning.

Zhan Yan: Good taste!

Mom is the best!

Gu Jiancheng then started thinking about the Wan Yao Alliance.

He wasn’t very familiar with the Wan Yao Alliance. But mentioning demons, he couldn’t help but think of twenty-six years ago.

A strange beast with a dragon’s head and horns, its four feet stepping in the air, a pair of eyes as deep as the night sky harboring myriad stars.

Bai Ze… Bai Ze had already fallen twenty-six years ago.

It would be best to pick a cooperation target from the Wan Yao Alliance as well, but Gu Jiancheng wasn’t very familiar with the others. He recalled what he saw twenty-six years ago; how about picking Chong…

Approaching Science: [Is there anyone else?]

Approaching Science: [Is there anyone in the Wan Yao Alliance you think is okay?]

Approaching Science: [If not, I recommend the Chongming Demon King.]

Approaching Science: [His combat power is high and very reliable, his dual-pupil divine eyes can see through illusions, he’s not afraid of being bewitched by Infinite, and most importantly, he has a good character. You don’t have to worry when cooperating with him.]

Gu Jiancheng originally wanted to mention the Chongming Demon King, but seeing Approaching Science constantly praising him made him inexplicably a bit annoyed. What’s wrong? Is my combat power not high and unreliable?

Oh, he remembered now. This guy Approaching Science was a fan of the Chongming Demon King. Well fine, you put in so much effort bragging about someone else, but when I look for you to do a task, you make all sorts of excuses and say it’s boring.

I Just Saved the World!: [My combat power is also very high.]

I Just Saved the World!: [I don’t need someone whose role overlaps with mine.]

I Just Saved the World!: [Pick someone else.]

Zhan Yan: If you’re positioning based on combat power, don’t you overlap with Tianshi?

Forget it. If he doesn’t want to cooperate with the Chongming Demon King, then he won’t. It also reduces the chances of his mom and dad interacting while wearing alternate identities, lowering the possibility of their identities being exposed.

Approaching Science: [Then who do you want to pick?]

Gu Jiancheng thought for a while but couldn’t come up with anyone. Of the Ten Great Demon Kings of the Wan Yao Alliance back then, he only understood Chongming’s battlefield; the other great demons he saw were either dead or he looked down on them.

He pulled out the Wan Yao Alliance’s files to browse through again. Halfway through, he realized something.

Wait, he hadn’t even said he definitely had to pick someone to contact. How did he let Approaching Science rope him in?

I Just Saved the World!: [I’m not picking anyone.]

I Just Saved the World!: [Not interested.]

Zhan Yan stared at Deep Shadow’s grayed-out avatar. What’s wrong with this guy all of a sudden? Weren’t they having a good chat just now?

Forget it, forget it. If he doesn’t want to pick, he won’t.

A notification message suddenly popped up in the family group chat.

His brother tagged him in the group, asking if he could feed Xingxing an extra can of food a day.

Zhan Yan had returned to school and couldn’t bring the cat, so Xingxing was left in the care of his family.

At first, it was everyone together, but with Mom and Dad out traveling, the task of taking care of the cat fell to Zhan Jinli and Zhan Suiru.

However, Zhan Suiru had been busy irregularly lately, often sleeping at her studio instead of coming home. The task of taking care of Xingxing fell on Zhan Jinli.

Zhan Jinli: …

One person and one cat stared at each other with wide eyes.

Zhan Jinli: “What are you looking at?”

Xingxing: “Meow!”

Zhan Jinli, having been forced to take care of the cat for two days, deeply regretted giving his sister a blessing for a flourishing career earlier.

The eldest brother and the cat tried hard to get along for a few days, and both sides were quite miserable.

Without the cat rice made by Zhan Yunkai, Xingxing had been eating cat food these past few days.

But the little kitty didn’t understand this; it only knew that after switching to Zhan Jinli, the quality of its meals plummeted.

This guy must have embezzled my delicious food! He’s abusing me!

Xingxing was extremely indignant.

Zhan Jinli was sneak-attacked by Xingxing for several days in a row, with each instance ending with Xingxing being pinched by the scruff of its neck.

But Xingxing possessed the beautiful virtue of being indomitable.

Zhan Jinli pinched the scruff of Xingxing’s neck, and they stared at each other with wide eyes.

Xingxing: “Meow!”

Zhan Jinli: …

It’s my younger brother’s cat, I can’t beat it up.

Annoying.

Zhan Jinli really didn’t want to play sneak-attack games with Xingxing as soon as he got home. He decided not to argue with an ignorant little kitty.

Pinching the scruff of Xingxing’s neck, he went online to search how to get along well with cats.

“Use food to tempt and please it.” Zhan Jinli turned his head to look at Xingxing. Xingxing was baring its fangs and brandishing its claws.

Would a little thing like this get sick if it ate an extra can of cat food a day?

He’d better ask his brother first.

Zhan Yan quickly replied. Staple food cans could be used directly to replace cat food; snack cans couldn’t, a maximum of three a week.

Alright then.

Zhan Jinli went to coax the cat with a can.

Right after that, Zhan Yan scrolled through photos of his mom and dad showing off their affection while traveling in Spring City in the group chat.

Spring City was located down south, and right now was exactly the time when spring flowers were in full bloom. His mom and dad took a photo together in a sea of flowers.

Zhan Yan very courteously gave it a like and attached a compliment, then clicked open the direct message interfaces with Luowang and Lingyu, and rejected their tasks.

You guys go deal with that arrogant and difficult-to-handle Deep Shadow yourselves!

Exiting the forum, Zhan Yan found the small induction cooker in the dorm.

He had promised the calico cat to bring it some cat rice the day after tomorrow, so he would scrub the pot clean today. He had classes tomorrow, so he would buy the ingredients in the evening and cook it the day after tomorrow, perfectly timed to give to the calico.

Gu Jiancheng returned, saw Zhan Yan scrubbing the pot, and his eyes lit up. He took it over to wash it himself, his eyes and brows lifting: “Are you going to cook?”

I can finally eat food personally made by Yan Yan!

Thinking about how that psychotic Wan Yan Ghost King pretended to be a stray cat to trick Yan Yan into cooking for him earlier made him so angry!

Zhan Yan: “Yeah, I’m going to make some cat rice the day after tomorrow to give to that stray calico cat at school.”

Gu Jiancheng’s flying brows and eyes drooped down, looking at Zhan Yan accusingly while scrubbing the pot.

Zhan Yan looked at him in confusion. What’s wrong?

Gu Jiancheng whispered: “I haven’t even eaten any yet…”

Zhan Yan: …Oh dear, I really can’t take it. My boyfriend is so good at acting coquettish.

“But the heat can’t be adjusted on this small pot, and the ingredients available at school are limited. What I make won’t taste good.”

Zhan Yan genuinely felt this way. He was okay with cooking cat rice or stewing a soup according to a recipe, but anything else was just at an edible level—better than the cafeteria and some subpar takeout, but only by a limited margin.

This small pot in the dorm was usually used by Duan Hong and Bao Qingshan; Zhan Yan had only used it a few times when cooking cat rice.

Gu Jiancheng lowered his head to scrub the pot, his drooping brows and eyes looking like a pitiful big dog, the invisible ears on his head drooping down as well.

Zhan Yan sighed for himself, feeling that he was completely at the mercy of Gu Jiancheng’s beauty.

“I’ll cook for you tomorrow.”

Gu Jiancheng instantly became happy.

The next day, the two bought ingredients for cat rice and also bought some simple ingredients for themselves.

Upon returning, Gu Jiancheng happily went to wash the vegetables.

Duan Hong looked at Gu Jiancheng’s back with a weird gaze.

Although they had been in the same dorm for years and he had long known that Gu Jiancheng wasn’t as scary as he initially appeared, seeing him like this still felt very strange.

Bao Qingshan quietly asked Zhan Yan: “He’s going to cook?”

Zhan Yan sighed: “I’m cooking, but my cooking isn’t very good.”

Duan Hong and Bao Qingshan believed him. Given that they had a pot in the dorm yet he had eaten at the cafeteria for four years, his culinary skills definitely weren’t that great.

The ingredients were incomplete and the quality wasn’t good, so Zhan Yan threw together a soup.

Half an hour later, a fragrance wafted from the pot.

Duan Hong and Bao Qingshan simultaneously started swallowing saliva, glancing at the pot every so often.

Is this really not good?

Zhan Yan watched their reactions and hesitated: “Do you… want a taste?”

Duan Hong and Bao Qingshan vigorously shook their heads.

Gu Jiancheng was already glaring at them!