GRMFBS CH162

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

They didn’t fight. Neither of the two big shots were reckless people. After probing each other’s auras, they both had a guess about the other’s identity.

“Deep Shadow?”

“Lin Yuan?”

Gu Jiancheng clicked his tongue lightly.

Although he really didn’t want to come into contact with this Ghost King whose ability was very troublesome, there was no need to hide if they really bumped into each other.

Infinite’s target was Ghost King Lin Yuan. It was perfectly normal for him to bump into Ghost King Lin Yuan during his investigation. Since they had already met, cooperation was always better than hostility. It was just unknown if this Ghost King was still holding onto that ridiculous wanted poster…

Zhan Jinli felt this coincidence was a bit untimely.

He did want to cooperate with Deep Shadow to deal with Infinite, but he didn’t really want to run into Deep Shadow while investigating the methods Infinite was using against him.

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

Moreover, on the surface, there was still a wanted poster standing between them.

Zhan Jinli decided to first show that he had no malicious intent: “I am not here to catch you.”

Gu Jiancheng: …

Annoyed. He said it as if he could actually catch him.

“Heh.”

Both of them fell silent again.

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

Gu Jiancheng: This ghost, Ghost King Lin Yuan, is indeed unlikable.

Gu Jiancheng shifted his gaze to the Drunken Fish Grass in Ghost King Lin Yuan’s hand: “Are you here to investigate?”

“Yes.” Zhan Jinli noticed his gaze. “You recognize it?”

A shadow slowly extended over.

Zhan Jinli fell silent for a moment, then snapped off a flower from the Drunken Fish Grass and placed it on top.

The shadow carried the Drunken Fish Grass back. Gu Jiancheng picked it up and sniffed it. A deep, dark shadow gradually covered it, dyeing the entire flower black.

“It has the scent of Drunken Soul Incense,” Gu Jiancheng said. “Drunken Soul Incense is an item from Infinite. Whatever creature’s flesh and blood is used to cultivate it, its scent upon maturity will attract that specific creature.”

He pocketed this piece of Drunken Fish Grass very naturally: “Is it attractive to you?”

Zhan Jinli asked in return: “Why did you investigate all the way here?”

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

Both of them clearly understood in their hearts that they couldn’t see eye to eye with each other, but unfortunately, the current situation also made it impossible to force the other party to withdraw.

Gu Jiancheng: “Together?”

Zhan Jinli: “…Alright.”

Zhan Jinli didn’t want to talk much. He still couldn’t completely control his “Interdependent Fortune and Misfortune” divine ability right now. Fortunately, Deep Shadow didn’t look like a talkative person either.

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

Seeing the two big shots choose to cooperate in the Gossip System, Zhan Yan let out a long sigh of relief.

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

Zhan Yan continued to pay attention to the gossip threads.

[Deep Shadow was impatient due to the slow search progress, expressing that how could there not even be a single anomaly here?]

[Ghost King Lin Yuan’s divine ability “Interdependent Fortune and Misfortune” was triggered.]

[Ghost King Lin Yuan and Deep Shadow discovered the 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. Ghost King Lin Yuan and Deep Shadow eliminated these anomalies with extreme ease.]

…

[Ghost King Lin Yuan hoped Deep Shadow could be a bit more cautious. Deep Shadow stated what was there to cower from over just this little bit of anomalies? Even a hundred or eighty times more wouldn’t matter.]

[Ghost King Lin Yuan’s divine ability “Interdependent Fortune and Misfortune” was triggered.]

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

…

[Ghost King Lin Yuan explained to Deep Shadow that his “Interdependent Fortune and Misfortune” divine ability was currently a passive trigger, and hoped he could watch his mouth.]

[Deep Shadow believed that if this little bit of anomalies appearing was considered a “Misfortune”, then they might as well use this divine ability to quickly resolve what they were investigating, so he could free up time to go back and accompany his boyfriend.]

[Deep Shadow hoped to gather all the clues today and head straight for the enemy’s lair.]

[Ghost King Lin Yuan was too late to stop him, and the divine ability “Interdependent Fortune and Misfortune” was triggered.]

[Ghost King Lin Yuan felt that there was something wrong with Deep Shadow.]

…

Zhan Jinli couldn’t stand Deep Shadow anymore.

There’s no KPI, why the hell are you grinding so hard?!

Did you think passively triggering a divine ability consumed nothing?

At first, Zhan Jinli thought Deep Shadow just liked to talk big, but in the end, his divine ability was triggered every single time! The guy was genuinely arrogant, and even found his caution to be too dawdling.

Deep Shadow was quite polite and didn’t say it directly, but Zhan Jinli was only a fake social phobe, not truly dense. Deep Shadow’s initially slow pace was still him trying hard to accommodate him; it was just that as he accommodated, he couldn’t hold it in anymore and started returning to his own pace—he was actually quite considerate!

Gu Jiancheng believed he had already been considerate enough. At first, wary of Ghost King Lin Yuan’s divine ability, he kept accommodating Ghost King Lin Yuan’s pace while searching. But this guy’s pace was simply too slow! At this efficiency, how long would it take him to finish this bit of crap?

It wasn’t like before where they had no clues and could only wait; since Ghost King Lin Yuan’s Interdependent Fortune and Misfortune divine ability was so useful, then they should just use it.

When Gu Jiancheng first started, he was also worried about that “Misfortune,” but after accidentally trying it a few times, he discovered the pattern of this “Interdependent Fortune and Misfortune”: fortune and misfortune were both attached to the same event.

He wished for clues to appear, and clues would appear accompanied by anomalies. He wished to finish clearing out the anomalies in this area earlier, and the anomaly source, the Black Nest, popped out.

No problem, it was completely brute-forceable!

He could swallow a Black Nest back when his aftereffects weren’t completely resolved, what was there to fear now?

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

Finishing up early, he was in a hurry to go back and accompany Yan Yan; he still hadn’t figured out which little goblin was attracting Yan Yan’s attention more than him!

With an efficiency freak like Deep Shadow around, Zhan Jinli was forced to grind.

The two found clues beneath the remains of the Black Nest and rushed all the way in the direction pointed by the clues, eliminating countless anomalies in the process.

Gu Jiancheng expressed deep doubts about Ghost King Lin Yuan’s salted fish performance. How did this decadent personality make Infinite obsess over him so much?

Zhan Jinli also wanted to know.

Didn’t he just slightly adjust Infinite’s luck? Just looking at your Top 1 completely not caring about “Misfortune”, does your Infinite really care about that little bit of bad luck?

Wasn’t it just because accidents ruined seven or eight plans, twelve or thirteen tactics, twenty or thirty schemes, and forty or fifty big and small battles?

Zhan Jinli suffered in silence.

Because Infinite came targeting him this time, Deep Shadow coming to investigate was logically and reasonably considered helping him. Now that Deep Shadow wanted to grind, he, the person involved, couldn’t not exert effort either. Even if he was worked half to death, he couldn’t complain about Deep Shadow.

But he wasn’t a combat type! Going head-to-head endlessly really wouldn’t work!

Zhan Yan watched through the Gossip System all the way until it got dark.

The two big shots were not able to resolve all the clues in one day and rush straight to the enemy’s lair as Deep Shadow hoped.

Interdependent Fortune and Misfortune also had to abide by the basic laws. Discovering clues, tracking clues, traveling, and clearing anomalies each consumed time. Wasting time here and there, it became night.

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

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

Zhan Jinli: …What’s wrong with being a ghost? Does a ghost have to keep working at night after working all day?

Not to mention he still had to go back to feed Xingxing. Ever since his worry-inducing sister told on him to their parents, he was forced to go home every single night.

Even Ghost King Tie Lao didn’t say anything about missing him to share the workload!

Zhan Jinli looked at Deep Shadow’s mouth that was itching to make a wish, flicked his wide sleeves, stepped onto the Yin Road, and his figure disappeared.

Gu Jiancheng looked at Ghost King Lin Yuan who had rapidly retreated, and smacked his lips in regret.

Before they got to know each other, he felt that Lin Yuan’s divine ability to change people’s luck was something to be highly vigilant against, but after getting to know him, he discovered that this wishing machine was incredibly useful!

The “Misfortune” caused by using it to wish for other things would still make people flinch away, but using it to wish to find anomalies was simply perfect.

Was he afraid of too many enemies? He only disliked that the enemies hid too deeply and were a hassle to find.

Zhan Yan used the Gossip System to watch the live broadcast from afar. The two big shots had already separated peacefully, and agreed to continue investigating together the next day.

Ah, the two big shots were getting along really well. It seems they would have a good relationship in the future.

Zhan Yan felt relieved.

Looking at his watch, it was also time to sleep now. Zhan Yan yawned, turned off the Gossip System, and went to sleep.

The next day, getting up early for morning exercise as usual, Gu Jiancheng happily clung to his boyfriend. Now that the group of old professors who wanted to learn the fitness routine had all finished learning, no one disturbed his and Yan Yan’s two-person world anymore.

After the two finished their exercises, they sat together on the playground bleachers to eat breakfast.

Zhan Yan looked at Gu Jiancheng drinking soy milk with their shoulders touching, his expression completely contented, and felt a slight tinge of guilt.

He had been too busy lately, and had somewhat neglected his boyfriend. Xiao Gu used to be so clingy with him; now he was satisfied just doing morning exercises together without anyone disturbing them.

Zhan Yan decided to tell him a piece of good news: “Our internship arrangements have been finalized.”

“Hm? Has the notice come down?” Gu Jiancheng asked.

They had previously filled out their internship choices, but whether they could go to the place they chose for their internship wasn’t guaranteed.

Zhan Yan: “The notice hasn’t come down yet. Professor Miao told me when we were chatting yesterday.”

Ever since helping Professor Miao talk 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 heroic feat of Wangwang’s:

A few nights ago, a thief broke into their house. Wangwang discovered him, and acted coquettishly and cute toward the thief at the entryway.

The thief squatted in the entryway and pet the cat for twenty minutes, absolutely unable to take a single step further inside. Right before leaving, he stole the felt doll hanging by the door.

Although no valuables were lost, Professor Miao’s heart ached very much for that felt doll. It was something he had poked out bit by bit himself using the fur he collected from Wangwang!

The thief had already been caught now. According to the thief’s confession, he did want to steal things, but as soon as that cat saw him, it rubbed against his pants leg, even rolling over to show its belly to him, and purred when pet; he really just couldn’t walk away.

The police asked him why he still had to steal a felt doll.

The thief stated that a thief shouldn’t leave empty-handed, otherwise it was unlucky.

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

Because of this, Professor Miao nagged Wangwang for several hours.

Zhan Yan saw in the Gossip System that Wangwang was extremely dissatisfied with Professor Miao’s nagging.

Wangwang believed that it was he who protected this home. What’s the use of waking you up? Could an old man like you beat a young and strong thief?

It was one thing for the poop-scooper who was protected by Lord Meow not to offer canned cat food with tears of gratitude, but he actually dared to nag him!

Omitting Wangwang’s dissatisfaction from the Gossip System, Zhan Yan shared this melon with Gu Jiancheng.

After Professor Miao complained to him about his little kitty, he mentioned their internship distribution.

Zhan Yan and Gu Jiancheng were both going to Antai Ranch for their internship together in accordance with their choices, starting from mid-May for a period of three months.

Antai Ranch was a cattle farm; it was a bit better than a pig farm, as they didn’t have to lock down the farm.

However, Antai Ranch was in the outer suburbs, and commuting back and forth was quite inconvenient. They would likely have to live there for these three months.

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

It would be best to resolve all the annoying things before then, such as Infinite’s research targeting Ghost King Lin Yuan. Speaking of which, it was already daylight now; why hadn’t Ghost King Lin Yuan arrived yet?

Send a message to hurry him up, continue grinding Lin Yuan!