GRMFBS CH186

Zhan Yunkai had just finished his shift.

He and Da Wuyue completed the handover with the next group of people on duty, exchanged a knowing look, and walked out together.

The ones coming to take over were the Nine-Tailed Demon King, Xia Yangqiu, and the Traveler, Feng Ying. Feng Ying had some grievances with the Azure Cloud Demon King, and Xia Yangqiu and Da Wuyue couldn’t stand each other, but Xia Yangqiu and Feng Ying had a pretty good relationship.

It was said that Feng Ying once accidentally ran into the demon territory and happened to meet Xia Yangqiu. She was shocked by the Nine-Tailed Fox’s beauty on the spot and praised her profusely.

Xia Yangqiu liked girls who appreciated her beauty, so these two became friends.

Scheduling was a difficult task. At most, they could ensure that the two partners on duty didn’t have conflicts. Trying to ensure there were no conflicts between the big shots handing over before and after was beyond their ability.

So, Xia Yangqiu ran straight into Lingzhou Wendi.

Fortunately, everyone knew what was important. One sneered, the other huffed, and after the handover, they went their separate ways.

But Xia Yangqiu noticed the look exchanged between Da Wuyue and the Chongming Demon King and was very puzzled. When did these two develop such tacit understanding?

Zhan Yunkai and Lingzhou Wendi had agreed to go beat up Xiangliu together.

Not long after walking away, Zhan Yunkai received a message forwarded by Luo Wang: Deep Shadow had discovered a Candle Dragon remnant, and it had been polluted by the Monster Doctor.

This matter was more important than beating up Xiangliu.

Zhan Yunkai: “Sorry, something suddenly came up. Why don’t you go ahead first? I’ll go next time.”

Lingzhou Wendi: “…Did you forget what my role is?”

He was a support!

Xiangliu was a fierce demon with formidable combat power. It was only because he was countered by the Divine Bird attribute, and because the Chongming was a great demon also known for combat power, that they could achieve beating up Xiangliu instead of fighting with Xiangliu. If Da Wuyue went alone, he would be the one getting beaten up by Xiangliu!

Zhan Yunkai: “Sorry, then let’s reschedule for another time.”

Lingzhou Wendi was very disappointed.

Zhan Yunkai contacted Approaching Science directly. He wanted to talk to Deep Shadow.

Cooperation was only one aspect. The other aspect was for the Candle Dragon remnant.

The Candle Dragon remnant was very important to the Wan Yao Alliance. He needed to know the status and details of that Candle Dragon remnant.

Approaching Science: “Uh, I can pass it on, but Deep Shadow might not be willing.”

Chongming: “Just pass it on. I’m going over now.”

His Majesty the Demon King thought it was normal for Approaching Science to pass on the message. He still had to maintain his relationship with Deep Shadow and couldn’t let Approaching Science sell Deep Shadow out for his sake.

But since he was going over now, if Deep Shadow didn’t manage to run away in time and got blocked by him, then he couldn’t blame anyone else.

The Chongming Divine Bird spread its wings, stirring the wind and clouds, and drifted a thousand miles in an instant.

On the other end, Deep Shadow received the message from Approaching Science. Sure enough, he wasn’t willing.

After knowing the Chongming Demon King was coming, Gu Jiancheng immediately dove into the shadows, used the previously placed mark to shadow jump, and ran straight to beat up the anomaly according to the anomaly map provided by Approaching Science.

Just kidding. He had just fought the Monster Doctor. Although not weak, he had consumed a lot of energy. He wasn’t willing to meet a party that wanted him in this state.

Zhan Yan saw in the gossip feed that Deep Shadow and the Chongming Demon King missed each other by a hair’s breadth, a very thrilling miss.

His dad was still slightly regretful in the gossip feed.

Zhan Yan was shocked. From the moment his dad set off to the moment he relayed the message to Deep Shadow and Deep Shadow ran away, there was only a gap of a few seconds, and his dad had arrived.

He used to only know that his dad was good at fighting. He didn’t expect his speed to be so fast too! Are all bird-type great demons this swift and fierce?

Zhan Yunkai folded his wings and landed on the ground. His beautiful tail feathers were supported by mana and didn’t catch a speck of dust. He turned his head and looked around.

Tsk, how did Deep Shadow slip away so fast?

He didn’t intend to do anything, just talk.

Forget it. Since Deep Shadow isn’t here, I’ll look myself.

Zhan Yunkai’s double pupils contracted and expanded, the double lines within emitting fine golden light.

The residual combat traces on the site were obvious. He could almost deduce every step of the battle between Deep Shadow and the anomaly.

It was a huge, polluted black nest possessing active combat intelligence. Monster Doctor. Is this the thing?

Approaching Science also sent him a message relaying the details of Deep Shadow’s experience from discovering the Candle Dragon remnant to entering it.

Zhan Yunkai saw the Candle Dragon remnant.

The interior of the Candle Dragon remnant had a large space, but from the outside, it only appeared as an imperceptible fissure. Only those who knew the technique or happened to meet the conditions could enter. Many people had passed through the Candle Dragon remnant without knowing it.

Zhan Yunkai didn’t go in. His double pupils could see this fissure and could also see the situation inside through the fissure.

There was nothing left in this remnant, and the traces of pollution had been cleaned thoroughly.

Deep Shadow was indeed very good at handling this kind of situation, leaving no omissions.

Zhan Yunkai grabbed this fissure, his demon power pouring into it, like wind and fire, flowing as he wished.

He pulled suddenly, and strange turbulence rolled up in the void, causing his colorful feathers to flutter fiercely. After the turbulence subsided, a drop of pale red candle tear fell, and the fissure disappeared with it.

Zhan Yunkai caught this drop of candle tear.

This was the residual power of the Candle Dragon.

[Chongming Demon King Zhan Yunkai retrieved the residual Candle Dragon power from the Candle Dragon remnant and prepared to bring it back to the slumbering Candle Dragon.]

Hmm?

Didn’t the Candle Dragon sacrifice himself twenty-six years ago?

Zhan Yan switched to the Candle Dragon’s entry and started a precise search.

[The Candle Dragon turned over in his sleep and knocked a nearby stone flying with his head.]

…

[The Candle Dragon fell into a slumber due to excessive consumption. To protect the Candle Dragon, the Wan Yao Alliance decided to conceal the news.]

So that’s how it is. The Candle Dragon attracted too much attention twenty-six years ago and could easily be targeted by Infinity. The Wan Yao Alliance collects items related to the Candle Dragon to gather the omitted Candle Dragon power within to help the Candle Dragon recover.

Zhan Yan felt a stream of joy gurgling from the bottom of his heart, clear and soft. He had come into contact with Candle Dragon power twice, once from the stone obtained from Old Man Luan, and the other time from the Artisan’s keychain. The Candle Dragon power obtained both times wasn’t much, and each time brought him a dream.

Perhaps because of this, he had a strange sense of familiarity with the Candle Dragon, which made him want to find more Candle Dragon remnants to help the Candle Dragon recover. The Candle Dragon was so powerful; after waking up, beating Infinity must be fierce.

Unfortunately, his gossip system isn’t effective at searching for Candle Dragon remnants.

By the way, how did the Monster Doctor find that Candle Dragon remnant?

Did it find it accidentally, or does it have some special technique for finding Candle Dragon remnants?

Zhan Yan combined the two keywords “Monster Doctor” and “Candle Dragon remnant” to search, hoping to find clues.

Unsurprisingly, it was another [Loading…]

But the good news was that this time, the six dots after [Loading…] were moving. Zhan Yan had encountered this situation before. This meant that this gossip could be loaded, just slowly.

Zhan Yan decided to let this gossip load on its own first.

At night, Classmate Xiao Gu made his daily goodnight call.

Half of the three-month internship had passed. The two of them counted the remaining days until the end of the internship over the phone.

Gu Jiancheng was extremely clingy tonight. He had been mentally polluted by the Monster Doctor all day today and desperately needed his boyfriend’s healing.

He wanted to listen to Yan Yan’s voice to wash his ears, video chat with Yan Yan to wash his eyes, and talk about whatever with Yan Yan to wash his brain.

Get the perverted and disgusting Monster Doctor out of my brain!

Zhan Yan satisfied his boyfriend’s wish for a video call.

He wanted to as well.

Gu Jiancheng was wearing work clothes. The same cut of workwear was forcefully filled out by his good figure. A bit of his neck was exposed below the lapel collar, his wrists were wrapped by the gathered cuffs. one wrist wore a sports bracelet of the same style as his, and the other wore incense beads.

Classmate Xiao Gu had just washed his hair, which was still damp, with a bit hanging down over his forehead and cheeks. His deep eyes seemed to also hold moisture. Once the video connected, he smiled at him. His eyes were bright and spirited, visibly happy.

Zhan Yan’s heart softened at his smile.

Sigh, he also couldn’t help missing Gu Jiancheng more and more.

How relaxing it is to be with Classmate Xiao Gu. Now, when chatting with family, he can’t help thinking about their alter egos, terrified of accidentally causing a chain reaction of identity reveals.

Being with Gu Jiancheng means not having to overthink anything. How nice.

After secretly praising Classmate Xiao Gu in his heart, Zhan Yan continued scrolling through gossip feeds.

Nothing happened with Mom, Dad, and Big Brother—Big Brother wondered for two days why Wan Yan hadn’t come to bother him yet, then put this troublesome matter to the back of his mind. He was truly idle to the extreme.

Recently, it was mainly about Big Sister. Hong Jing was busy every day with things he didn’t quite understand. Zhan Yan tried to scroll through gossip feeds to find out exactly what his sister was worried about.

Now the two entries “Hong Jing” and “Zhan Suiru” had been integrated. The original gossip feeds also showed new changes, and some gossip feeds that couldn’t be displayed in the previously fragmented state appeared.

Zhan Yan scrolled down and found the day his sister put on the Hong Jing identity.

[Zhan Suiru discovered “Play Games With Me” Qi Ye in the studio, whose consciousness was fully immersed in the network, had a sudden realization, and entered the network world.]

Good guy, Qi Ye also has an alter ego!

Zhan Yan deeply felt that he lived in a world full of alter ego monsters.

Ah… but thinking about it, it’s not incomprehensible. Those active in the Chaofan Forum would also have their own ordinary identities in real life. So, having an alter ego is very normal.

Continuing to check downwards.

Zhan Yan didn’t find out why his sister was worried. But he found out about Qi Ye’s gossip feeds.

Before collaborating with Wan Shitong on this game, she had participated in the production of other games and secretly used superpowers during the process.

No wonder Zhan Yan inexplicably collected several game item keywords when scrolling through gossip feeds before. Items built by network-type superpower users using superpowers and data are “things” recognized by the system. Pure data is virtual, but after combining with a network-type superpower user’s power, data is no longer just virtual. It possesses “energy.” Even if the energy contained within is tiny, it exists.

Sister seems particularly interested in that game world. Is it related to this?

Zhan Yan started searching for gossip feeds related to the game world.

[The game world is mutating…]

Zhan Yan: ???

What happened?

It wasn’t like this last time he checked!

The cause of the matter started with Zhan Suiru.

Zhan Suiru had been researching that World Fragment recently.

She was still thinking of a way to guide Yang Ran’s spirit into the network world so she could use her spiritual power to clear the pollution for her there.

But her spiritual power was suppressed in reality, unable to help Yang Ran guide her spirit into the network world. She needed an external force. This external force needed to be compatible with Yang Ran’s soul and also needed the possibility of connecting to the network world.

She thought of the World Fragment.

The apocalyptic World Fragment was naturally compatible with her and Yang Ran’s souls, and after being refined by the Tianshi’s thunder, it was clean enough.

As for the possibility of connecting to the network world, this had to be discussed from the perspective of spiritual power.

If a world no longer had any living beings, it could be said that the world was dead.

The reason living beings were important to a world lay in their souls and the spiritual power produced by souls.

Spiritual power was the signal for communication between worlds, the tentacles for a world to perceive the outside, and the bridge connecting two worlds.

Only when one world could transmit its spiritual power could another world lend a hand.

World Fragments were natural conductors of spiritual power.

So, if the concept of “spirit” in this world had been overwritten by “network,” could this World Fragment also be loaded into the network world?

Zhan Suiru tried to bring the World Fragment into the network world. At the network port, she tightly gripped the World Fragment, letting her spiritual power pour into it, wrapping around it to enter that free world together.

A certain replaced concept gently enveloped her. The World Fragment emitted a soft light in her palm. The next second, Zhan Suiru had entered the network. Within her spiritual body, which looked like a ruby, a World Fragment was wrapped.

Success!

But this was only the first step. She needed to determine if the state of the World Fragment in the network world was stable, and she also needed to experience if loading the World Fragment with spiritual power would cause any problems.

Zhan Suiru decided to act with the World Fragment for a while to see.

She acted as usual after entering the network, first going outside the game world to check her spiritual barrier…

Just as Zhan Suiru came into contact with her spiritual barrier and the surface data of the game world, the World Fragment on her ran along the data into the game world with a whoosh.

Zhan Suiru: ??? Since when does the game world rob people?!

Zhan Suiru’s spiritual power chased the World Fragment into the game world.

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