Chapter 543: In life, you have to be crazy at least once
On the plane, Jiangnan glanced at the time. 9:30?
Still a bit early, so he started scrolling on his phone and opened the "Water Pipe" app!
As soon as he entered, he was immediately drawn to the headline on the homepage!
Title: Disaster! Last night at 1:30 AM, a Dao Heaven-level battle broke out on the Pacific Ocean! One side suspected to be a Space-type Dao Heaven, identity unknown, severely injured and fleeing!
(Video).mp4!
Jiangnan was stunned. Didn't Piers go after the magician? Who did he end up fighting?
The video was transmitted by satellite. In the footage, a sphere of light covered a range of thirty thousand meters before exploding violently!
It sent chills down Jiangnan's spine; for a moment, he thought he was watching a hydrogen bomb explosion video!
After the white light faded, several deserted islands in international waters had been leveled!
The seawater boiled, bubbling with white steam, and many fish, shrimp, and crabs floated to the surface, their shells already reddened!
Jiangnan clicked his tongue in regret. What a huge pot of fish soup—too bad I wasn't there, or I'd definitely have sprinkled some scallions on it or something!
Who was this? Couldn't be the Audi owner, right?
What kind of weird ability was this? It was way too fierce. Thinking back to how he'd extorted that guy before, Jiangnan felt a little nervous!
At the end of the video, after the white light passed, a figure could vaguely be seen flickering a few times before disappearing over the sea surface!
The footage was clipped and zoomed in. Though a bit blurry, a few frames were still captured!
It showed a bald old man covered in blood, his face swollen like a pig's head, his body almost entirely scorched!
Jiangnan laughed. Isn't that Piers?
Injured? Good, good!
The discussion thread below the video had exploded!
"It's definitely the Light Divine Lord! The only Dao Heaven-level light-type ability user in the whole world is him!"
"Who's that Space-type Dao Heaven? Could it be Piers?"
"There are only a few Space-type Dao Heaven! Use your toes to think!"
"Damn, how did he get beaten like that? He ain't that good!"
The comments below were all speculating whether it was Piers!
Then Jiangnan noticed that underneath every comment, there was an account named "Rumor Terminator" replying!
"That's not Piers! Piers has hair!"
"You guys are slandering, you know that? Delete the post! Careful, I'll sue you for defamation!"
"Piers doesn't look like that! The face doesn't match! What are you guys babbling about?"
Curious, Jiangnan clicked on that account. It looked like a dummy account, just created this morning, with incomplete profile info!
It had sent hundreds of replies, all defending Piers!
Jiangnan was taken aback. Could this dummy account be Piers himself?
Then the smile on his face gradually turned twisted!
(˵ಡꇴಡ˵)✧
He took his own video, clipped 7 seconds, and deleted all content related to himself from the footage!
Then he changed his account name and ID and uploaded it!
Truth Spreader: @Rumor Terminator, huh? (∠(ಠ౪ಠ」∠)_ (Video).mp4
The video content was as follows:
(#)ᵒ̌益ᵒ̌) "I said! I said it! Stop hitting me, I'm Piers! I'm the American Space-type Dao Heaven Piers!"
Although the video was only seven seconds, it was pure gold—the bald, swollen-faced old man was shouting loudly that he was Piers!
As soon as it was posted, it was immediately pinned as a top comment, and the comments below exploded!
"Pfft hahaha! Instant face-slap! He admitted it himself!"
"This is clearly the same person from the satellite video! And he says he's not Piers?"
"Hey, I'm starting to think this 'Rumor Terminator' is Piers' dummy account! He's trying to defend himself because he's embarrassed, right?"
"'Stop hitting me'? Wait, has anyone noticed who filmed this video? Piers was beaten like this—was it not the Light Divine Lord? He was already beaten like this before that? Which immortal did it?"
"Damn, who is this Truth Spreader? Even fiercer than the Light Divine Lord? The video is clearly edited! Begging for the full version!"
The seven-second video had just been posted when it blew up, and foreign netizens started analyzing it like crazy!
At the State Hospital, Piers, wrapped in bandages from head to toe, stared at the video, his eyes about to pop out!
"Ahhh! Who the hell is it? Who!"
[Resentment from Piers +1000!]
[Resentment from...]
As if I haven't been humiliated enough, right?
But then his expression turned suspicious. The background of this video was clearly Central Park!
But in Central Park, he had never said that sentence, and no one had filmed him!
Shouldn't these injuries have been inflicted by the Bose Body?
"This video must be fake! Is AI face-swapping technology really this amazing now?"
"Ahhh! My face is completely lost! Light Society! It must be Light Society! You old fraud, just wait for me! Ugh—"
On the plane, watching the resentment list refresh so rapidly, Jiangnan snickered.
That dummy account was definitely Piers!
"Xiao Nan? Xiao Nan? What are you thinking?"
Jiangnan snapped back to reality and glanced at the time—it was already ten in the morning!
He grinned. "Babe~ I'm going to the bathroom. Remember to eat one pudding every half hour, they're all here!"
With that, he stuffed the bag he'd been carrying on his chest into Mountain Cat's hands.
Inside were the computer with the curse text data, a bunch of small puddings, and the pet egg!
Mountain Cat rolled her eyes at Jiangnan and moved aside to let him pass.
Jiangnan bounced cheerfully to the airplane bathroom, locked the door behind him!
He pulled out a note and placed it on the sink, grinning. "Don't blame me. After all, this is something I decided to do myself. There's no need to drag everyone into the danger!"
As he spoke, his figure vanished instantly from the bathroom!
High above the Pacific Ocean at ten thousand meters, Jiangnan's body appeared abruptly. He looked back at America, his smile still bright!
A hint of extreme madness gleamed in his eyes!
"In life, you have to be crazy at least once. If I don't do this, I won't be able to sleep even if I go back alive!"
With that, his body teleported rapidly toward the direction of the Vegas Airport!
Jiangnan was going back to snatch the Bose Body—personally, as an individual!
No longer as part of the Dark Night Army, carrying no mission, shedding all restraints, he turned back.
Because even Jiangnan himself didn't know what awaited him in Area 53, whether he could succeed in the heist, or whether he would die there!
But Jiangnan didn't want to return home feeling stifled and wronged. Only by trying would he know!
...
Mountain Cat pulled out the small puddings from the backpack and distributed them to everyone. She ate one herself and looked toward the bathroom.
Hmm, it's been half an hour. Why hasn't Xiao Nan come back yet?
Could he be doing something weird in the bathroom?
And he specifically changed into that blonde little girl form!
Mountain Cat shook her head hard. No, no, ahhh, what am I thinking?
What's in my head?
But as time passed, the bathroom still showed no sign of activity, and passengers outside began knocking on the door!
"Are you done yet? How long has it been? Hey!"
Mountain Cat was stunned. Her gaze shot to the backpack—he gave me the data and the egg?
This egg was something Jiangnan never let out of his sight!
Realizing something, Mountain Cat's face went pale. She stood up abruptly and strode toward the bathroom!
She pulled at the door—locked!
She went directly to a flight attendant and used the emergency key to open it!
Inside, it was empty!
Mountain Cat's face turned white as she spotted the note Jiangnan had left behind. She snatched it up!
Small note: I left something in America! Going back to get it. Don't worry about me! Take care of my egg!
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Mountain Cat gritted her teeth. For the first time, a look of helplessness appeared on her face!
Platelet and the others naturally noticed the commotion and gathered around!
"What's wrong? Where's Nan Shen?"
Mountain Cat showed everyone the note!
Platelet: "He left something over there? What thing?"
Iron Bull was confused: "No way he'd go all the way back just for that, right?"
Mountain Cat bit her lip: "Xiao Nan's probably gone to Area 53 to snatch the Bose Body!"
At those words, everyone's expression changed dramatically!
What the hell does "left something in America" mean? Is he insane? Going back now? With the Americans already furious over losing the data!
And Area 53 of all places—the notorious military restricted zone, not even marked on any map! And Jiangnan himself...
Skinny Monkey exploded: "Nan Shen... this isn't boldness! This is insanity!"
Katerina: "No matter why Nan Shen is doing this, let's go back and help him! There must be something we can..."
Black Crow smiled bitterly: "We're on a plane at ten thousand meters. How are we going back?"
"Nan Shen tricked us onto the plane because he wanted to send us home safely, to keep the danger away from us!"
Mountain Cat took a deep breath. Her gaze had already landed on the cockpit door!
Platelet looked horrified: "Are you going to hijack the plane?"
At this moment, Mountain Cat, who was usually calm and collected, had also lost her composure!