Countless stars twinkled in the night sky, and a bright moon hung high above... Moonlight, like white gauze, gently fell upon the earth...
Perhaps because the Fu family's residence was built in the countryside... at night, the sounds of crickets and frogs became the main melody... But this seemed more pleasant than the hustle and bustle of the city.
"Meruru Henshin! ~" Yaoye's loud voice came from the brightly lit room... Li Xuan knew, even with his eyes closed, that his sister had started watching today's newly released anime...
The day of shopping had ended quite perfectly, and he had learned more about the species known as 'girls'... Yaoye, surprisingly, preferred shopping at anime stores, while Yae Sakura showed a particular fondness for all kinds of shiny jewelry...
Everything was smooth and fulfilling... the only one suffering was his poor wallet... Not to mention the jewelry Yae Sakura picked out, just the anime figures Yaoye bought, a palm-sized figure, cost nearly a thousand yuan... That price could buy dozens of boxes of instant noodles!!
It's so easy to make money off otaku... Li Xuan had some experience with this saying and deeply agreed... If he could, he would also like to develop something specifically for otaku to play, and then occasionally have a wave of pay-to-win schemes... It probably wouldn't be long before he could build a villa too.
But for him, the second most valuable thing about today's shopping trip was the answer from his new friend 'Muyue Rendong' about where 'Jiuyou' was...
He still remembered his friend's every word...
"I know about Jiuyou..." Muyue Rendong had raised his head, his eyes full of confidence... His right hand had even casually stirred the drink in his cup, the ice cubes clinking as they collided...
"You know?... Then where is it?!" Li Xuan, slightly stunned, had asked eagerly.
"Jiuyou ~ in the legends of the Divine Land, it's the deepest part of the earth..." Muyue Rendong had said with a smile. "Where is the deepest place on earth?"
"In the sea, of course! ~" Muyue had added with a blink.
"So... Jiuyou is at the bottom of the sea?!" Li Xuan suddenly felt that this possibility was very likely... If you were talking about the deepest place, things like trenches at the bottom of the sea were generally able to completely dominate underground caves on land in terms of depth...
"Of course, my dear friend..." Muyue had said with a thumbs up and a hearty laugh. "What? You want to go look for it? It won't be easy to find, though, the sea is just too big... I guess only the government could mobilize the resources to find it..."
"Mm, don't worry..." Li Xuan had smiled nonchalantly. For 'Schicksal'... it was practically half a government. As long as they wanted to explore the seabed, even the government would cooperate and help... One should not underestimate the 'Schicksal' organization, which has been passed down since the Middle Ages...
"Oh my, it's so late..." Muyue had suddenly taken out a phone and looked at the time on the screen with an anxious expression.
"What's wrong?"
"I just remembered something I haven't done yet... what a blunder..." Muyue had said, slapping his head in annoyance. "Sorry, my friend! I have to go now! ~"
Before Li Xuan could react, Muyue Rendong had rushed out like a gust of wind, hastily disappearing around the corner of the street...
"He runs so fast..." Yae Sakura had covered her mouth, seemingly surprised that Muyue, who looked so frail, could run so quickly...
"He's probably a man like the wind..." Li Xuan had sighed and said jokingly...
"Wait... speaking of which, he didn't even leave me his phone number or QQ number..." Li Xuan felt like he had lost an otaku friend...
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"Beep beep! ~" The sudden ringing of the communicator shattered Li Xuan's reminiscence. The piercing ringtone was exceptionally loud in the silent night...
"Hello? Who is it?" Li Xuan fumbled to take out the phone communicator from his pocket and held it to his ear, speaking loudly.
"Little brother, it's your big sister ~" A charming voice came from the other side of the communicator, speaking in a teasing tone.
"Big Sis Himeko, can you not call me little brother?" Being associated with a certain body part was not a pleasant thing...
"Drop the 'Big', just call me Sister!" Himeko was quite unhappy with the word 'Big'. She suddenly smiled and said, "Of course ~ if you don't mind, you can add 'sama' after sister ~"
"..." Li Xuan was speechless. "Oh ~ Himeko, if there's nothing else, I'm hanging up..."
"We'll be arriving in Guangzhou tomorrow... Come and assemble in the morning." Himeko finally got serious. "Right, let's meet at the Yangcheng Hotel... Kiana said this place is pretty good. That's all for now..."
"..." Li Xuan felt a bit weary listening to the 'beep beep' sound from the phone. One moment she was teasing, the next she was coldly hanging up... Had Himeko's menopause come early too?
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At this moment... on a night market street in Guangzhou...
A young man wearing a black hoodie and headphones was carrying a bag with an anime character printed on it. In his right hand, he held a lamb skewer he bought from a street vendor, taking large bites...
The young man, clearly dressed as an otaku, finished the lamb skewer in a few bites and casually threw the bamboo skewer away...
"Aiyo! F*ck, which bastard threw that?!" The greasy bamboo skewer, blown by the wind, landed squarely on one of a few delinquents squatting by a wall. The delinquent with his hair dyed 'cuckold green' stood up with a menacing look and turned to the only other person on the street...
"Are you looking to die?" The delinquent swaggered over, grabbed the otaku-looking young man by the collar of his shirt, and yelled.
"Ah, I'm so sorry, I didn't do it on purpose..." the young man said with a smile.
"Oh, a mainlander... hand over all your money... or else don't blame me for being rude!" the delinquent threatened with a savage grin... He took out a butterfly knife and waved it around.
"Be smart and hand over the money, and I'll let you go today... otherwise, I'll use my knife!" As he spoke, he snatched the bag from the young man's hand, threw it on the ground, and stomped on it hard...
"...Haha" The young man, held by the delinquent, suddenly lowered his head and chuckled softly.
"You guys are truly disgusting pests... ruining my good mood just like that..." The young man reached out and grabbed the hand of the delinquent who was holding his clothes...
In the next moment... several screams echoed through the dim street, and then it fell silent...
On the deserted street, there was no one left but the young man. After a small black sphere appeared in front of him, everything was buried...
(End of Chapter)