GRMFBS CH232

Classmate Xiao Gu was trying so hard, so Zhan Yan had to work hard too.

First, check how to heal Wan Yan the cat’s soul.

Zhan Yan opened the mini-encyclopedia search and typed: “How to heal Wan Yan the cat’s soul?”

The little watermelon icon spun around twice and displayed:

[Did you mean to search for ‘Ghost King Wan Yan‘?]

Zhan Yan: Ah… sorry, just too used to calling him a cat in daily life.

He re-entered: “How to heal Ghost King Wan Yan‘s soul?”

The little watermelon began spinning again.

[Insufficient prerequisites.]

Continuing the search: “What are the prerequisites to heal Ghost King Wan Yan’s soul?”

The little watermelon spun around:

[A single horn containing Di Ting’s divine ability.]

That’s it! Zhan Yan perked up. Di Ting’s single horn—how could he have forgotten about this?

Earlier, when Wan Yan the cat swallowed the Candle Dragon’s power and his brother went to rescue him, Wan Yan the cat’s soul was unable to restore to Di Ting’s form precisely because he was missing his single horn.

The souls of their native world were different from the souls of the apocalyptic world. Yang Ran needed to wait until his soul healed before he could endure his supernatural power, whereas Di Ting needed to retrieve his lost divine ability in order to heal his soul.

Wait, that’s not right. If it were due to missing the single horn, his brother and Ghost King Minghe should know about it. He only possessed some understanding of cultivation and souls thanks to the Gossip System; those big bosses had lived countless times longer than him, had constantly cultivated, and ghost cultivators in particular ought to understand souls best—how could they not have thought of this?

Was there some complication? Or did they believe Di Ting’s single horn could never be retrieved? Could it be that Di Ting’s single horn had already been destroyed? Then what would happen to Wan Yan the cat?

Continuing to search with the mini-encyclopedia.

“Has Di Ting’s single horn been destroyed?”

The little watermelon spun out an answer:

[No.]

“Where is Di Ting’s single horn?”

[Known conditions are insufficient for your query, please search again.]

Just insufficient conditions, humph. He would go use the small candle given by the Candle Dragon to grind Wan Yan’s star right away.

Just as Zhan Yan was about to lie down, the sounds of his dad returning home drifted from downstairs.

Ahhh, almost forgot! It wasn’t suitable for him to grind stars right now. When using the Candle Dragon’s power to grind stars, he looked as if he were dead asleep and couldn’t be woken up. The first time he grounded his sister’s star, he had straight-up slept until noon the next day.

If he did that at home, Dad, Mom, his brother, and his sister would all notice. Better wait until night.

During the day, he could enter Dawn World to grind information words; at any rate, he could log out of Dawn World whenever he wanted, and his family would at most assume he was taking a nap.

In the afternoon, Mom, along with his brother and sister, returned home as well.

Once Mom came home, Dad was filled with bliss. The two of them brainstormed out in the courtyard on how to renovate the small yard, unfazed by the scorching summer sun and completely unbothered by mosquito bites.

Checking the gossip strips, Yang Ran had already awakened. His soul had preliminarily healed, and the dusty gray star on his information plate was glowing brightly once more, currently shimmering with blue-purple light—stemming from the super-strong puppet butler body his sister had crafted for him. Once his sister returned Yang Ran’s crafting supernatural power to him, his little star would surely upgrade, right?

So wonderful, truly wonderful~

[Under Gu Jiancheng’s support, Zhan Suiru played the game with immense satisfaction. Believing that someone who could match her gaming tempo was likely not an ordinary person, she suspected that the “friend” using your game account was Gu Jiancheng.]

…

[Having resolved a major worry, Zhan Suiru felt she could free up time to focus on her younger brother’s romantic situation. She prepared to probe you with subtle inquiries.]

Zhan Yan: … Jie, how can you do this!

His sister was already knocking on his bedroom door.

“Yan Yan? I—”

Zhan Yan whipped the door open at lightning speed: “Jie, you’re back! Aren’t Dad and Mom in the courtyard? Let’s head downstairs together, yeah?”

Zhan Suiru: “What?”

Zhan Yan: “Come on, let’s go downstairs and see together.”

Zhan Yan swiftly dragged his sister down to the ground floor. His sister definitely wouldn’t be able to probe him right in front of Dad and Mom.

Dad and Mom were sitting inside the small gazebo, three pre-cut fruit platters laid out across the table. Nibbling fruit while chatting, the old married couple’s dynamic was at peak sweetness when their youngest son suddenly barged in, dragging their daughter along:

“Dad, Mom, are you talking about how to arrange the yard?”

Zhan Yunkai, whose two-person world had been interrupted: …

Ji Yueming cleared some space for the two of them: “Yes. Do you have any ideas?”

Zhan Yan: “Let’s set up an outdoor cat tree for Xingxing.”

Xingxing happened to be squatting in front of the ground floor’s large glass window, peering over in their direction.

Just a moment ago when Zhan Yan dragged his sister outside, Xingxing had scurried out after them. After trailing for a dozen paces, he bolted straight back to the door, meowing loudly while scratching at it, waiting for Zhan Yan to open up and let him back inside.

Why is the sun-baked ground so burning hot on little paws!

Ji Yueming thought it was a great idea and began discussing the placement and design of the cat tree.

Zhan Yunkai kept waiting for his two mood-blind children to wrap up their discussion, but after finishing with the cat tree, Zhan Yan moved on to flower beds; after flower beds, he chatted about climbing vine floral walls; and after the floral walls, he debated whether they should dig a small pond for aquatic plants.

Zhan Yan wouldn’t leave, and neither would Zhan Suiru.

Zhan Yunkai said gently to Ji Yueming, “It’s too hot outside, shall we head back in for the air conditioning?”

Let these two bratty kids stay in the yard on their own.

Ji Yueming agreed and turned to ask her two youngest: “Do you two want to head back in together?”

Aww, it’s been so long since the kids clung to her like this. How lovely.

Zhan Yunkai: …

Zhan Yan clung to Dad and Mom straight until the evening, until his sister finally gave up on prying information out of him—oh yeah!

After finishing dinner and returning to his bedroom, Zhan Yan ate his brother’s sweet bread to replenish his energy in advance, lay peacefully in bed with his eyes shut, opened the Gossip System’s information plate, and located Wan Yan the cat’s star.

Wan Yan the cat’s star was purple, nestled snugly against his brother’s star, the two purple stars’ radiance harmoniously blending together—presumably because his brother’s demon core and half of his divine ability were with Wan Yan the cat.

Zhan Yan patted the Candle Dragon’s small candle and carefully verified which one was Wan Yan the cat’s star before taking action—the Candle Dragon’s small candle was precious and could not be squandered.

The information brought by Wan Yan was different from that of his sister or Yang Ran.

When viewing his sister’s star, he had observed everything related to her past from a higher-dimensional perspective of “knowing”. Likely because it was his first time utilizing that ability, he hadn’t known how to rein it in, and since the blessing bestowed by the Candle Dragon was an entire whole, he had consumed the entirety of the Candle Dragon’s blessing in one go.

When viewing Yang Ran’s information, he had prepared beforehand, seeking only to learn about the complications with Yang Ran’s soul, and the small candle provided by the Candle Dragon could be extinguished at any moment. Adhering to the principle of minimal consumption, he had only acquired information relevant to Yang Ran’s soul.

This time, however, he felt that everything he saw was hazy and indistinct, like peering at a riverbed through rushing waters.

Zhan Yan subconsciously glanced at the small candle floating beside him.

The tiny flame of the candle danced once.

What’s the matter? Hasn’t the accumulated dust of time already been illuminated away for you! The fact that you can’t see clearly is your own problem!

Zhan Yan strained his vision for a while. He discovered he wasn’t blind to everything; certain parts of Di Ting’s past were crystal-clear, but a specific portion remained thoroughly blurred. A ripple of time veiled the information. Was it due to that drop of the Candle Dragon’s power Wan Yan the cat had swallowed earlier?

He tried pressing the small candle right against it. The candle’s tiny flame lit up the ripples of time, yet some hidden power seemed concealed within that the small candle simply could not pierce through.

Zhan Yan studied it meticulously for a long time. He felt that the things hidden beneath those ripples of time seemed to possess a certain pattern, as if… viewing a painting through swirling vortex waves. The linework was distorted and warped by the waves, but as long as the ripples were distinct, it could be reconstructed back according to the pattern.

The flame of the small candle burned steadily, the wick growing shorter and shorter. Zhan Yan decided to back out for now. The candle gifted by the Candle Dragon was limited; it couldn’t be wasted.

Exiting the information plate, Zhan Yan opened the system backup feature. Every single frame he had witnessed just now had been recorded inside.

Zhan Yan began trying to sort through these scenes, attempting to restore the warped patterns into their original shapes.

It was strange. If the time-vortex ripples originated from the drop of the Candle Dragon’s power Wan Yan had swallowed, why hadn’t the Candle Dragon’s power exerted such an influence on the other scenes? What were those things concealed beneath the ripples of time?

Zhan Yan had a hunch: it felt as though Di Ting’s single horn had been hidden away. Hidden by whom, and why hide it?

Just as he was organizing the images, his phone suddenly rang.

Ah, it was time for classmate Xiao Gu’s daily goodnight kiss phone call.

Zhan Yan exited the Gossip System to answer the call.

Joy practically brimmed through Gu Jiancheng’s voice.

Heheh, he had cured Yang Ran, discussed with Zhan Suiru how to turn those chunibyo giant toys into reality, found shared common ground, and even played games with Zhan Suiru using his ordinary civilian persona! Soon he would conquer the biggest hurdle to meeting the parents~

Once he stabilized things a bit more and confirmed Zhan Suiru’s favorability was high enough, he could officially meet the parents! Afterward, he could visit Yan Yan during holidays too.

Marriage! Honeymoon! Traveling everywhere!

Zhan Yan couldn’t help but share in his happiness: “What’s on your mind that’s got you so cheerful?”

Gu Jiancheng: “Thinking about where we can go travel together in the future.”

Unwilling to burst his bubble of joy, Zhan Yan accompanied him in conversation for a long while. Even after hanging up, Gu Jiancheng was still riding an adrenaline high.

Ah… soon, everything will be settled, with no more troub—oh wait, there’s still that annoying Infinite, and that troublesome Monster Doctor.

Just you wait, I’ll go back to hunting down these disgusting things right now! Once all of them are dealt with, there won’t be any trouble left!

Gu Jiancheng instantly logged onto the chaofan forum to pressure Approaching Science. Approaching Science still owed him a favor anyway!

I Just Saved the World!: [Any news on Monster Doctor?]

I Just Saved the World!: [Or any other news related to Infinite.]

[Gu Jiancheng believes you are also looking forward to going on trips with him, making him impatient to resolve all Infinite anomalies.]

Zhan Yan: …

Xiao Gu was way too hyped up; he hadn’t slept for nearly forty hours, and had maintained peak concentration to treat Yang Ran in between.

Approaching Science: [Boss, you just toiled through the night yesterday, aren’t you tired?]

Approaching Science: [Get some rest first.]

I Just Saved the World!: [Heh, what’s there to rest over after such a minor task?]

I Just Saved the World!: [If you can’t track down Monster Doctor, checking other anomalies works too.]

I Just Saved the World!: [Maybe one of them contains clues related to Infinite.]

Great, acting arrogant again.

Still had to urge him to sleep.

Approaching Science: [Boss, even if you don’t sleep, I still need to.]

Approaching Science: [Let’s talk tomorrow, talk tomorrow.]

I Just Saved the World!: [Does it make sense for an information-type like you to not pull all-nighters?]

Zhan Yan: …

Heh!