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Zhan Yan, who was watching from afar: …Don’t fight, we’re on the same side!

They didn’t fight. Neither of the two big shots was a reckless person. After some probing of each other’s aura, they both had guesses about the other’s identity.

“Deep Shadow?”

“Lin Yuan?”

Gu Jiancheng clicked his tongue softly.

Although he really didn’t want to interact with this Ghost King whose ability was troublesome, since they had run into each other, there was no need to hide.

Unlimited’s target was the Lin Yuan Ghost King. It was normal for him to encounter the Lin Yuan Ghost King during his investigation. Since they had met, cooperation was better than hostility, though he wondered if this Ghost King still cared about that ridiculous wanted order…

Zhan Jinli felt this coincidence was untimely.

He wanted to cooperate with Deep Shadow to deal with Unlimited, but he didn’t really want to meet Deep Shadow while investigating Unlimited’s methods against him.

Who knew if Deep Shadow, this mentally unstable guy, would secretly hold something back against him…

Moreover, they were currently separated by a wanted order on the surface.

Zhan Jinli decided to first show that he had no malicious intent: “I didn’t come to catch you.”

Gu Jiancheng: …

Unhappy. Speaking as if you could catch me.

“Heh.”

Both of them fell silent again.

Zhan Jinli: Deep Shadow is indeed hard to deal with.

Gu Jiancheng: The Lin Yuan Ghost King is indeed unlikeable.

Gu Jiancheng moved his gaze to the butterfly bush (Buddleja) in the Lin Yuan Ghost King’s hand: “You came to investigate?”

“Yes.” Zhan Jinli noticed his gaze, “Do you know it?”

A shadow slowly extended over.

Zhan Jinli was silent for a moment, then broke off a flower from the butterfly bush and placed it on the shadow.

The shadow carried the butterfly bush back. Gu Jiancheng picked it up and sniffed it. The deep shadow gradually covered it, dyeing the entire flower black.

“It has the scent of Drunken Soul Incense,” Gu Jiancheng said. “Drunken Soul Incense, an item in Unlimited. Whatever creature’s flesh and blood is used to cultivate it, its mature fragrance will attract that creature.”

He very naturally pocketed the butterfly bush: “Is it attractive to you?”

Zhan Jinli asked back: “Why did you investigate here?”

One was unwilling to admit the enemy’s methods worked on him, and the other didn’t want to say he got the clue from a traitor among the players.

Both knew well that they didn’t get along, but the current situation made it impossible for either to withdraw.

Gu Jiancheng: “Together?”

Zhan Jinli: “…Okay.”

Zhan Jinli didn’t want to talk much; his divine power of Interdependence of Fortune and Misfortune couldn’t be fully controlled yet. Fortunately, Deep Shadow didn’t seem like a talkative person either.

[Lin Yuan Ghost King and Deep Shadow searched Zifeng Valley together, both feeling the other was in the way.]

Zhan Yan saw the two big shots choose to cooperate in the gossip system and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Although the two big shots didn’t seem to have any tacit understanding, as long as they didn’t fight, it was a good thing!

Zhan Yan continued to pay attention to the melon strips.

[Deep Shadow was impatient due to the slow search progress, expressing why there wasn’t even an anomaly here?]

[Lin Yuan Ghost King’s divine power “Interdependence of Fortune and Misfortune” was triggered.]

[Lin Yuan Ghost King and Deep Shadow discovered C-rank anomaly “Four-Legged Snake,” C-rank anomaly “Ten-Eyed Spider,” C-rank anomaly “Carnivorous Pitcher Plant,” B-rank anomaly “Parasite No. 3,” and B-rank anomaly “Parasitized Goat” in Zifeng Valley. Lin Yuan Ghost King and Deep Shadow cleared these anomalies very easily.]

…

[Lin Yuan Ghost King hoped Deep Shadow could be more cautious. Deep Shadow expressed what was there to be afraid of with just these few anomalies? Even a hundred or eighty times more wouldn’t matter.]

[Lin Yuan Ghost King’s divine power “Interdependence of Fortune and Misfortune” was triggered.]

[Lin Yuan Ghost King and Deep Shadow discovered a small Black Nest “Poison Honey Pot” in Zifeng Valley. Lin Yuan Ghost King and Deep Shadow cleared the Black Nest “Poison Honey Pot” with slight difficulty.]

…

[Lin Yuan Ghost King explained to Deep Shadow that his “Interdependence of Fortune and Misfortune” divine power was currently passively triggered and hoped he could watch his mouth.]

[Deep Shadow thought if these few anomalies were the “Misfortune,” then it was better to use this divine power to solve what they were investigating sooner so he could free up time to go back and accompany his boyfriend.]

[Deep Shadow hoped to find all clues today and go straight to the enemy’s lair.]

[Lin Yuan Ghost King failed to stop him in time; divine power “Interdependence of Fortune and Misfortune” was triggered.]

[Lin Yuan Ghost King felt Deep Shadow had issues.]

…

Zhan Jinli couldn’t stand Deep Shadow anymore.

There’s no KPI, why are you hustling so hard?!

Do you think passively activating divine power consumes nothing?

At first, Zhan Jinli thought Deep Shadow just liked to talk big, but his divine power was triggered every time! The guy was genuinely arrogant and even complained he was too cautious and dawdling.

Deep Shadow was polite enough not to say it directly, but Zhan Jinli was only pseudo-socially anxious, not truly dull. Deep Shadow’s leisurely rhythm at the beginning was trying quite hard to accommodate him, only he couldn’t bear it anymore as they went on and started returning to his own rhythm—he was strangely considerate!

Gu Jiancheng thought he was considerate enough. Initially scrupling Lin Yuan Ghost King’s divine power, he had been accommodating Lin Yuan Ghost King’s rhythm during the search. But this guy’s rhythm was really too slow! At this efficiency, how long would it take to settle this little mess?

It wasn’t like before when there were no clues and he could only wait. Since Lin Yuan Ghost King’s Interdependence of Fortune and Misfortune divine power was useful, just use it.

Gu Jiancheng was worried about that “Misfortune” at the beginning, but after inadvertently trying a few times, he discovered the pattern of this “Interdependence of Fortune and Misfortune.” Fortune and misfortune were attached to the same event.

He hoped for clues to appear, and clues appeared accompanied by anomalies. He hoped to clear the anomalies in this area sooner, and the root of anomalies, the Black Nest, popped out.

No problem, he could totally brute force it!

He could swallow a Black Nest when his aftereffects weren’t fully resolved before, what was he afraid of now?

Moreover, finding a Black Nest meant finding new clues; wasn’t this also a good thing?

Settling it early, he was anxious to go back to accompany Yan Yan. He hadn’t found out which little spirit was attracting Yan Yan’s attention more than him!

With such an efficiency maniac like Deep Shadow around, Zhan Jinli was forced to hustle.

The two found clues under the remains of the Black Nest and ran all the way in the direction pointed by the clues, clearing countless anomalies in the process.

Gu Jiancheng expressed deep confusion about Lin Yuan Ghost King’s slacker performance. How did such a dispirited personality make Unlimited obsessed like this?

Zhan Jinli also wanted to know.

Didn’t he just adjust Unlimited’s luck a little? Looking at your top 1’s appearance of not caring about “Misfortune” at all, did you Unlimited people really care that much about that bit of bad luck?

Wasn’t it just accidentally destroying seven or eight plans, twelve or thirteen tactics, twenty or thirty proposals, and forty or fifty battles large and small?

Zhan Jinli suffered in silence.

Because Unlimited was targeting him this time, Deep Shadow investigating was helping him in reason and emotion. Now that Deep Shadow wanted to hustle, he, the party involved, couldn’t not put in effort. Even if hustled to death, he couldn’t complain about Deep Shadow.

But he wasn’t a combat type! Confronting head-on endlessly really didn’t work!

Zhan Yan watched from the gossip system until dark.

The two big shots didn’t manage to settle all clues in one day and go straight to the enemy’s lair as Deep Shadow hoped.

Interdependence of Fortune and Misfortune also had to abide by the basic law. Finding clues, tracking clues, traveling, clearing anomalies all consumed time. Time passed, and it became night.

Zhan Jinli: “That’s it for today, continue tomorrow.”

Gu Jiancheng: “…You’re a ghost, you don’t work at night?”

Zhan Jinli: …So what if I’m a ghost? A ghost works during the day and has to continue working at night?

Moreover, he had to go back to feed the stars. Ever since his worrisome sister complained to their parents, he was forced to go home every night.

Even the Tie Lao didn’t say anything with him sharing less work!

Zhan Jinli looked at Deep Shadow’s mouth itching to make a wish, swung his wide sleeve, stepped into the Yin road, and disappeared.

Gu Jiancheng looked at the Lin Yuan Ghost King who retreated at lightning speed and smacked his lips regretfully.

Before knowing him, he thought Lin Yuan’s luck-altering divine power needed high vigilance. After knowing him, he realized this wishing machine was so useful!

The “Misfortune” caused by wishing for other things was still daunting, but wishing to find anomalies was simply perfect.

Was he afraid of many enemies? He only disliked enemies hiding too deep, making them troublesome to find.

Zhan Yan watched the live broadcast remotely using the gossip system. The two big shots had separated peacefully and agreed to continue investigating together the next day.

Ah, the two big shots get along really well. It seems their relationship will be good in the future.

Zhan Yan was relieved.

Looking at his watch, it was time to sleep. Zhan Yan yawned, turned off the gossip system, and went to sleep.

Getting up early for morning exercise as usual the next day, Gu Jiancheng clung to his boyfriend contentedly. Now that the old professors learning the fitness method had finished learning, no one disturbed his and Yan Yan’s two-person world.

After exercising, the two sat on the playground stands to eat breakfast together.

Zhan Yan looked at Gu Jiancheng drinking soy milk with his shoulder touching his, looking content, and felt a slight guilt.

He had been too busy recently and neglected his boyfriend a bit. Xiao Gu used to cling to him so much, but now he was content just exercising together in the morning without interruption.

Zhan Yan decided to tell him good news: “Our internship arrangements are down.”

“Hmm? Is the notice down?” Gu Jiancheng asked.

They had filled out internship preferences before, but it wasn’t certain whether they could go to the place they volunteered for.

Zhan Yan: “The notice isn’t down yet. Professor Miao told me when chatting yesterday.”

Ever since he helped Professor Miao chat with his Ragdoll cat Wangwang, Professor Miao started chatting with him about his cat from time to time.

Yesterday Professor Miao told him about another feat of Wangwang:

A thief entered their house a few nights ago. Wangwang discovered it and acted cute and spoiled at the entrance.

The thief squatted at the entrance petting the cat for twenty minutes, unable to take a single step inside. When leaving, he stole the felt doll hanging at the door.

Although no property was lost, Professor Miao felt very distressed about that felt doll. He poked it out bit by bit using the fur Wangwang shed!

Now the thief had been caught. According to the thief’s confession, he wanted to steal things, but the cat rubbed against his pant legs as soon as it saw him, and even flipped its belly at him. Touching it made it purr; he really couldn’t move.

The police asked him why he still stole a felt doll.

The thief said a thief shouldn’t leave empty-handed, otherwise it’s unlucky.

Professor Miao complained to Zhan Yan that Wangwang was too silly. Fortunately, the thief encountered this time liked cats. What if it was another thief? What if this thief was even more of a cat slave and carried him away directly?

For this, Professor Miao nagged Wangwang for several hours.

Zhan Yan saw in the gossip system that Wangwang was very dissatisfied with Professor Miao’s nagging.

Wangwang thought he had protected this home. What’s the use of calling you up? Could you, an old man, beat a young and strong thief?

The shovel officer protected by Lord Meow didn’t offer cat cans with gratitude and tears, but dared to nag him instead!

Omitting Wangwang’s dissatisfaction in the gossip system, Zhan Yan shared this melon with Gu Jiancheng.

After complaining about his kitty, Professor Miao mentioned their internship allocation.

Both Zhan Yan and Gu Jiancheng would go to Antai Ranch for an internship according to their preferences, starting from mid-May for three months.

Antai Ranch was a cattle farm, better than a pig farm; no need for closed-off management.

However, Antai Ranch was in the outer suburbs, and commuting was quite inconvenient. They probably had to live there for these three months.

Gu Jiancheng was very satisfied with this. The ranch internship lasted three months, and he could be with Yan Yan all the time.

It would be best to solve the annoying matters before this, such as Unlimited’s research targeting the Lin Yuan Ghost King. Speaking of which, it was already daylight; why hadn’t the Lin Yuan Ghost King arrived yet?

Send a message to urge him, continue to hustle Lin Yuan.

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