Chapter 1410: That Nan Guy Is Exploiting a Bug Again?
He chickened out right away. What if Bai Kou lost her temper and also sent a black snow down on him? Wouldn't he be done for as well?
This time, the Aka Three Brothers all went down together, neat and tidy.
Mo Mo looked completely relieved. After all this time, her spirit energy had mostly recovered.
With the threat gone, Mo Mo finally summoned the Star Whale. It spat out over five thousand Signal Gun Soldiers from its mouth.
At this point, the alliance between Jiangnan and Bai Kou could be said to have completely dominated the entire Oracle Ling Xu.
Bai Kou couldn't help but feel a bit worried.
(❅･᷄～･᷅) "It's already been four days, and we still haven't found a single Star Ring Fragment!"
"The Oracle Ling Xu will open again in 5 days. I don't know if we'll make it in time!"
"If we can't find them all, the Deep Space Bureau will have to go in forcefully."
At this moment, Heart and Mo Mo remembered the real purpose of entering Oracle Ling Xu — finding Star Ring Fragments.
Jiangnan had a smug little expression.
(๑¯ิٹ¯ิ) "How could I do something like digging for treasures myself? Hmph~ just be secretly happy!"
"I wonder how my Fat Uncle Treasure Hunting Team is progressing!"
Da Bai and Xiao Bai suddenly shuddered. They had been too busy escaping with their benefactor!
They had forgotten all about their own father!
Bai Kou's brows furrowed slightly...
(❅•̌～•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "Huh? What Fat Uncle Treasure Hunting Team?"
……
Half a day later, Bai Kou stood on a snow slope, looking at the scene before her with a horrified expression.
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Even the Signal Gun Soldiers behind her had their jaws on the ground.
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Old Bai was wearing a white down jacket, half-reclining on an ice chair. He wore a knitted hat and a scarf, holding a steaming cup of coffee and sipping it. His bear face was full of contentment. Behind the chair was a flag made of waterproof cloth, with a white bear doodle on it, fluttering in the wind. Two scavengers in down jackets crouched nearby, crying as they roasted falcon for Old Bai.
On the snowy plain, pits were everywhere. Fully over ten thousand scavengers, wearing only shorts, were frantically digging soil. They were exhausted, drenched in sweat, with steam rising from their bodies. Obviously, every scavenger who entered the Oracle Ling Xu had been captured.
And over four thousand polar snow bears were all wearing down jackets, carrying Spirit-Binding Rifles and patrolling back and forth. If they saw a lazy scavenger, they would rush over, grab a snowball, and give them a beating.
After just a few days, some polar snow bears were already slacking off. They would stand guard and patrol while playing a Match-3 game on a tablet.
Jiangnan was also stunned for a moment.
(O°△°) "Whoa!"
Expanding this fast? The scale is already this big?
Old Bai saw Jiangnan returning and couldn't help but run over excitedly.
(◞ಡ(エ)།།།) "Hoho, hohaho~"
"(Chief! You're finally back. Many hands make light work. We've had quite a haul in the past two days!)"
Bai Kou, completely bewildered, pointed at Old Bai and looked at Jiangnan.
☚(❅ὅ⌂ὅ) "Why does this uncle look so much like a bear?"
Jiangnan's mouth twitched.
(ﾉ)´-﹏-) "Not just like—he is one! He's Da Bai and Xiao Bai's father!"
Da Bai and Xiao Bai raised their hands from the crowd to indicate.
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Mo Mo and Heart almost coughed up blood. They hadn't recognized them! They had been running away with them the whole time. "I always thought they were twin uncles!"
"And now you're telling me this is a bear?"
Bai Kou was also shocked. "Although in the ancient Gusu era there were cases of taming spirit beasts as combat power, it wasn't to this extent."
"So this is the power of the Huaxia Spirit Pet Chef?"
When Jiangnan heard Old Bai say the harvest was good, he immediately rubbed his hands together.
(ʃƪಡωಡ) "Oh? Good harvest? Let me see!"
Soon, a dozen Star Ring Fragments were brought over, plus the ones Jiangnan had. They could already assemble two-thirds of it.
What surprised Jiangnan was that in the already assembled part, there was the incantation segment he needed. That means the mission is complete. The Star Gate at home can be used.
However, Jiangnan had almost used up his skill points, so he couldn't use Soul Imprinting and couldn't remember that incantation. He thought that after Bai Kou gave him that eight hundred billion or so, he would pay back the two billion he owed the system. After getting skill points, he would then do the imprinting. After imprinting, he would hand over the Star Ring to Bai Kou.
Bai Kou, on the side, stared eagerly as Jiangnan put the Star Ring Fragments into his own Alternate Dimension. She looked like she wanted to say something but held back.
(❅ớ⌂ờ)ھ
Jiangnan rolled his eyes.
(꒪ัд꒪ัο) "What are you looking at? It's not like I'm not going to give it to you."
Bai Kou nodded repeatedly: "I think that's very possible!"
Jiangnan said with a dark face: (̿▀̿̿Ĺ̯̿̿▀̿̿)̄ "After we get out and you give me the money, I'll give it to you."
"We still need to find the rest first."
Old Bai and his team not only found many fragments, but also over a hundred drops of Oracle God's Tears, which Jiangnan naturally accepted all of them.
In the following time, even the Signal Gun Squad joined the treasure hunting team's big family. However, they were special—they didn't need to take off clothes and dig.
And Bai Kou couldn't stay idle, wandering around in the Oracle Space. She also took the time to kill that Dao Heaven-level Bald Feather Falcon King, gaining a Dao Heaven-level Spirit Pearl, which made Jiangnan very envious. But after all, Bai Kou had killed it, so Jiangnan was too embarrassed to ask for it.
So Jiangnan turned his attention back to Mo Mo.
The night was deep as water, and a campfire crackled at the foot of the snowy mountain. The Falcon King's chicken wings sizzled with oil over the fire, and two off-road RVs were parked by the campfire. Bai Kou sat far from the fire, since she was wearing a wig, afraid it might melt.
Mo Mo was currently snuggling up to Heart, pointing at the chicken wings and babbling "Aba, aba" nonstop. Heart said with a doting expression: "It'll be done soon, don't rush!"
Just then, Jiangnan teleported to Mo Mo's side and winked at her twice. He poked Mo Mo's shoulder with his elbow.
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Heart looked wary.
(#Õ◠●) "What do you want? Your girl is over there!"
Jiangnan rolled his eyes: "What are you afraid of? We're all brothers. Yours is mine, and mine is still mine!"
Heart: ???
Mo Mo currently had a scared expression.
Jiangnan started egging her on again.
(˶‾᷄⁻̫‾᷅˵) "You really don't want to change to a Golden Dragon Fish? That mink's eyes are all white. Maybe it has cataracts. You should swap it for another one."
Mo Mo: !!!
He really is still eyeing her summoning beasts!
So she shook her head like a rattle drum and shrank into Heart's arms.
[Resentment Value from Mo Mo +7!]
However, Jiangnan was persistent: "Then how about you at least reach Star Glory? You'll encounter battles eventually. You certainly don't want your uncle to get bullied, right? So you need to become stronger."
Mo Mo's eyes suddenly lit up. She was tempted. Recalling her previous ordeals, her gaze gradually became determined.
Heart, however, looked at Jiangnan seriously.
"This is no joke! She..."
Jiangnan laughed and patted Heart's shoulder: "I wouldn't suggest it if I weren't sure. Don't worry! How could I screw over a brother?"
Heart said with a dark face: "The more you say that, the less I trust it!"
Mo Mo looked at him expectantly.
(ง●ωᵒ̴̶̷)ง "Aba?"
Jiangnan chuckled: "He's taken the bait!"
"First, tell me about your contract seal. How does the random organ seizure work? What's the principle?"
Mo Mo quickly started signing.
"Every time I level up by a major rank, my body emits a special wave that can be sensed by creatures in the dimensional gap. If one takes a liking, their race will send a beast to sign a contract with me. The price is that it will take an organ from my body as a sacrificial offering for the contract."
Jiangnan's eyes rolled around continuously.
"Just go ahead and break through. Even if your head or heart gets sacrificed, it's fine. Mila's single-target time reversal is enough to resurrect you from the dead. The contract won't take effect, and your rank will drop back to Diamond Peak. Just try again. There will always be a time when it doesn't threaten your life, right?"
As he spoke, he winked at Mila.
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Mila giggled and immediately patted her chest to guarantee.
(˶ˇ◡ˇ˶) "Don't worry, with me here you won't die. Brother Wu Liang got eaten halfway by Bell, died, and was still fine! Single-target time reversal, if it's short-term, doesn't consume telomerase. Mila can handle it easily."
At this moment, Heart's and even Bai Kou's eyes lit up. Heart had seen Mila's abilities before. If Mila helps, that means Mo Mo can have countless chances to break through until she gets a satisfactory result without endangering her own life. This is simply cheating, isn't it?
Zhong Yingxue also looked over curiously: "Is Xiao Nan exploiting a bug again?"
Xia Yao propped her chin with a wolf-like suspicious look.
(˶¯᷄ก¯᷅) "Why do I always feel something is off? Is Xiao Nan really this nice?"
"Jiangnan is like a vending machine—if you don't put in coins, it won't dispense drinks! Even if you do put in coins, it might not dispense. Why is he changing his ways today?"
Bai Kou said seriously: "This is a rare opportunity! Time-based abilities are unique in the world. You can try it and see. After all, being stuck at Diamond forever isn't ideal. Since you can save your life with a rewind, it removes the worries."
Mo Mo looked full of anticipation and turned to look at Heart. Heart knew very well Mo Mo's determination to become stronger. Seeing Jiangnan's confident expression, he finally nodded.
Mo Mo jumped up excitedly.
٩(∗●ꇴ❛ั∗)۶ "Aba ei~"
Then she immediately began to mobilize spirit energy on the spot, charging toward the Star Glory rank. She already had the ability to break through, but because the risk was too great, she had been stuck.
"Boom!"
Endless spirit clouds converged toward Mo Mo and were absorbed. Her aura also began to shift from Diamond to Star Glory.
Sure enough, a strange wave emanated from Mo Mo's body. Ignoring the obstruction of spatial distance, it directly spread into the dimensional gap.
Jiangnan's eyes shone brightly, ready at any moment. Beside him, Xiao Lan Hai stood with hands in pockets, looking very tense.