Chapter 1405

"Sizzle~"

Hmm?

Halfway through his sleep, a somewhat familiar noise suddenly sounded in his ears, vaguely like the movement when he was about to obtain a badge. Li Ang, in his dream, couldn't help but wake up instinctively. However, until he sat up straight and lifted his eye mask, he still couldn't wait for the prompt that he had obtained a new badge.

Strange, if it wasn't a badge, then what was that noise?

Looking at the sky outside the window that had already turned completely black, and then looking at the dim night light inside the airship, Li Ang couldn't help but frown slightly, starting to suspect whether he had auditory hallucinations just now, however...

"Sizzle~"

Li Ang looked in the direction of the faint noise and found that the clothing on the female cleaner's chest had bulged out in an extremely strange way.

?!!!

No... what does this mean? Does your chest have something to say to me?

"Umm..."

Seeming to feel the movement in front of her, the female cleaner, who was sleeping next to him with a blanket covering her and drool flowing, hummed vaguely. Then, under Li Ang's speechless gaze, she reached into her bosom, fumbled around, and took out a small mirror with a round, bulging back.

"Great-uncle?"

After rubbing her sleepy eyes and looking at Director Aquarius in the small mirror, the half-asleep female cleaner asked with a somewhat blank gaze:

"What... *hiccup*... what's wrong? Why are you looking for me so late?"

"Mei! Wake up quickly!"

After sizing up the female cleaner, who was curled up on the chair on her side and clearly sleeping somewhat dazed, Director Aquarius in the mirror couldn't help but frown, then notified her with a serious expression:

"There is an abnormality underground in Hot River City!"

?!

Hearing Director Aquarius's words, Li Ang's eyes narrowed instantly, while the female cleaner's eyes widened suddenly. She threw off the blanket on her body, sat up with a start, grabbed the small mirror, and asked:

"Great-uncle? What happened underground in Hot River City? Are you in danger?"

"What danger could I encounter?"

Looking at his grandniece's anxious appearance, Director Aquarius in the mirror softened his expression and replied in a gentle tone:

"Although I am already old, no matter how old I am, I am still the director of the Zodiac Branch. What danger could there be on my own turf?"

"..."

Indeed, Hot River City is under the blessing range of the Aquarius Star Palace. If Great-uncle goes all out, basically no one below the Pillar God can do anything to him, so there's no need to worry too much about his safety.

After calculating the current situation, the female cleaner couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but looking at the underground hot river steaming in the mirror and Director Aquarius, whose back was slightly hunched in the small mirror, she soon couldn't help but worry again:

"Great-uncle, didn't the General Bureau notify us that there is a melting path leading to the center of the earth in the hot river underground in our Hot River City? If the Earth Core Remnants pass through the stone..."

"Wait a moment."

After interrupting the female cleaner, Li Ang grabbed her hand, pried the small mirror over, faced it toward himself, and then stared closely at Director Aquarius in the mirror, narrowing his eyes and saying:

"Director Barto, I am Li Ang, Li Ang Laien."

"Oh, oh, I know you!"

Across the steaming mirror surface, after sizing up Li Ang's appearance, Director Aquarius, whose figure was covered by the thick water mist of the underground hot river and looked somewhat blurry, smiled:

"Mei has been spoiled by her family since she was a child, and plus I have too many things to do and don't have much time to teach her, making her unable to move whenever she sees something delicious... Hehe, she must have caused you a lot of trouble these past few days, right?"

"Great-uncle!"

Not expecting Director Aquarius to expose her background to her face, the female cleaner's small face turned red, and she couldn't help but complain:

"Don't talk nonsense! I'm very ladylike after I'm full!"

"..."

Hearing her words, Director Aquarius in the small mirror couldn't help but hiss, while Li Ang, who was full of suspicion outside the mirror, also couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

This sentence isn't a lie. After all, after you are full, the 【Tranquility】 bloodline in your body can gain the upper hand, and your demeanor is indeed very ladylike... but with your terrifying appetite of three hundred per meal, how many times a year can you be full? "Lord Barto!"

After trying hard to take two deep breaths and refraining from roasting her, Li Ang looked at the small mirror filled with water vapor in front of him and demanded in a deep voice:

"The water vapor on your side is too heavy, and I can't see your figure clearly, so if it's convenient, could you please wipe the mirror surface on your side?"

"Hmm?"

Hearing Li Ang's request, Director Aquarius was slightly startled at first, then reacted. He used his sleeve, which had been dampened by the water vapor, to rub the blurry mirror surface on his side, then said with a slight apology:

"Before saying such important intelligence, it should indeed be confirmed first... Hehe, I'm old, and I didn't think of this. Plus, I can see you very clearly on my side, so I didn't think about wiping it. I'm really sorry."

Although the mirror surface still appeared somewhat blurry after being wiped, it was already much, much better than the situation just now where the figure was hazy and could only barely be confirmed as a human.

After carefully sizing up Director Aquarius's attire and appearance through the female cleaner's small mirror and finding no major problems, Li Ang couldn't help but feel slightly relieved, then nodded and apologized:

"You are too polite. It is I who should apologize. I was a bit too suspicious just now."

"No, no, being cautious is correct!"

Seeming to appreciate Li Ang's actions, Director Aquarius in the small mirror praised with a laugh:

"To become an excellent cleaner, having talent is not enough; one must also learn to use their brain more, and one must be cautious and more cautious in doing things.

Although little Mei has outstanding talent and already had the level of a third-class cleaner when she was only five or six years old, she is really somewhat seriously lacking in this aspect, so I have always been somewhat afraid to let her do missions..."

"Great-uncle!"

"Alright, alright, I won't say it!"

"Sigh... you child are just stubborn! You were stubborn when you were young. I said scented candles couldn't be eaten, but you insisted that they smelled sweet, so they must taste sweet too, and then you stubbornly pried open the candle holder and took the candle inside..."

"Oh my! You're still talking about it?!"

"Ah? Can't this be told either?"

"Of course not!!!"

It should be that I thought too much... right?

Looking at the blue-haired old man in the mirror who had offended Mei because of his loose tongue and had to turn around to coax her, Li Ang's doubts couldn't help but ease slightly.

And when the female cleaner was completely annoyed, pouting and no longer speaking, and was staring angrily at the small mirror with all her heart, Li Ang, who had temporarily put aside his suspicion, looked at the blue-haired old man in the mirror and reminded him directly:

"Lord Barto, shouldn't you talk about the problem of the underground hot river?"

"Oh, oh, sorry, after people get old, they always like to nag about things from the past."

After laughing and making a joke, Director Aquarius's face in the mirror became slightly serious, and then he said:

"The matter I want to notify you about is actually about the same as what the General Bureau wants to notify you about.

I discovered that a melting path leading to the center of the earth is hidden in the underground hot river of Hot River City, and the King-Slaying Society, I'm afraid, found this melting path one step ahead of us. They seem to be preparing to pass through this melting path to head to the Stone Marrow World located at the center of the earth!"

(End of chapter)