[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-the-cleanup-crew":3,"chapter-i-m-the-cleanup-crew-i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-960":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm the Cleanup Crew!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2286796,4472,"Chapter 960: 558 Let the Shells Fly for a While~","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-960",960,"\u003Cp>“You...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing Li Ang’s words, the Scorpio Director’s eyes, filled with struggle, suddenly flickered with a faint hint of relief—but it vanished in an instant, crushed by the soul code, returning to its original state as he grabbed Li Ang’s collar and roared:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This has nothing to do with you! Tell me now! What is your primary target?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine, since you’re the senior~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a helpless shake of his head, Li Ang dropped the line of inquiry, instead straining to hook his pinky finger, tapping the arm of the “Twenty-Hand Puppet” gripping his wrist, and replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My primary target is to extract the people from Research Zone One, so they aren’t caught in the crossfire.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Caught in the crossfire?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the Scorpio Director still confused, Li Ang grinned and let out a drunken burp, then slightly tilted his chin upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There it is~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“?!!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s coming?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the dazed Scorpio Director could ask, an indescribable sense of mortal danger erupted from the depths of his soul—and with it came tens of thousands of artillery shells, screaming through the sky with blazing trails!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now do you know what’s coming?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smiling at the Scorpio Director, who had just raised his head in shock, Li Ang reactivated the [Unfair Snake Pact], transferring ownership of the “Twenty-Hand Puppet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I came to you, Filia had already completed the coup and taken control of Korok Kingdom’s heavy artillery. Research Zone One had been relocated to Korok’s border in advance, waiting only for the destruction of the AI Core to calibrate and fire—direct artillery bombardment of the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combat is about exploiting strengths and avoiding weaknesses. In direct combat, I’m clearly outmatched—but if it’s about immortality, ten of you are just meat on the table!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You?!!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Scorpio Director’s eyes bulged in rage, the [Twenty-Hand Ghost Puppet] that had gripped Li Ang’s limbs flickered faintly—twenty grotesque, semi-phantom arms pierced through Li Ang’s body and seized his own limbs at the joints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the same time, the “Beautiful Foot” that had swapped out the [Whale-Shark Puppet] and destroyed the AI Core suddenly reappeared at his own feet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Falling for the same trick twice? You really don’t learn.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After mocking him with a drunken sneer, Li Ang seized the brief window while the Scorpio Director was immobilized, flipped him over with the [Twenty-Hand Ghost Puppet], then wrapped his legs around his waist, bent his arms, and locked his neck in a textbook “Man-Holder.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait… wait a minute!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Struggling weakly, the Scorpio Director shouted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t you figure out my weakness? Shouldn’t you…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No waiting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using the grappling technique he’d learned from the female cop, Li Ang locked the Scorpio Director completely, then twisted his hips and rolled violently, braving the frenzied attacks of the puppets, and forcibly spun the Scorpio Director’s front upward—toward the rain of artillery shells above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This one’s faster!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You fucking—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“BOOM!!!!!!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over nine thousand artillery pieces of Korok Kingdom fired nearly fifty thousand shells within two minutes, erasing Research Zone One entirely from Korok’s map—and leaving the wastelands beyond pockmarked with countless craters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You… cough… you madman!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After an indeterminate time, as the smoke finally began to clear, two figures covered in ash, their faces unrecognizable, rose from the bottom of a crater over thirty meters wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shaking off Li Ang from his back, the Scorpio Director, now blackened with soot, staggered to his feet and roared:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t I give you enough hints? If you kept stimulating my mind until my emotions broke the limit, I could break free! And you fucking had artillery bomb me?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pah…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spitting out a mouthful of black ash, Li Ang, battered and flung everywhere by the shockwaves of fifty thousand shells, staggered upright, wiped the grime from his face, and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t care how I did it… just tell me—did you break free or not?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I fucking—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stung by Li Ang’s retort, the Scorpio Director glared at the scattered puppet fragments around him and snapped:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know how many times I died? My puppets don’t fear explosions—but I do!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In those two minutes, I used over a hundred decoy puppets just to survive that barrage! What if I hadn’t prepared enough? What if you’d actually killed me?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dying’s fine… pah…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After tearing off his completely carbonized clothes, Li Ang pulled out a fresh set from the Mirror World and changed, then replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can go to the Death Realm and pull you out… I know it well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuck… from now on, even if I die, I’ll never go on a mission with this bastard again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having silently sworn this oath, the Scorpio Director, face as grim as if he’d lost his father, waved his hand and recalled his puppet suitcase, then scowled and asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s your condition? Can you still hold on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shaking his slightly dazed head, Li Ang replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not injured—just tossed around by the blasts, dizzy… and a little nauseous… feel like vomiting…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then rest!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Li Ang’s words, the Scorpio Director snorted, picked up his old suitcase, scanned the surroundings, then stared grimly into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the bombardment of fifty thousand shells, Research Zone One was utterly destroyed—even its rubble had been pulverized a second time, reduced to true flat ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only exception was a single room, roughly twenty square meters, which, despite being hit countless times, still stood firm in its original position, its four walls and roof untouched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Prince Andre should be inside.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noticing the room as well, Li Ang covered his mouth and warned:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Edward, let’s go fetch Prince Andre—this mission ends here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No. Wait outside. I’ll go alone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrying Li Ang to the door of the room, the Scorpio Director grumbled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm not stealing credit—you saved Ruben and the others, so all the credit is yours. But Prince Andre's ability is unusual—it's exactly the kind you're worst at handling. If you go in, you'll get... uh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mid-sentence, the Scorpio Director’s soul suddenly froze—his soul had fully broken free from the code, and the soul encoding suppressing his will shattered violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though these shattered soul codes didn’t harm his powerful soul, they once again twisted his once-smooth soul into a tangled mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his soul in chaos, the Scorpio Director rolled his eyes back, collapsed face-first in front of Li Ang’s stunned gaze, and fell into a deep, snoring sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come on… you could’ve finished speaking before falling asleep! What the hell is Prince Andre’s ability?!\u003C\u002Fp>",1076,"2026-06-20T03:18:35.371Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","82498218cf838851b06cc93fca230397523db81e54d1d3adba080e6e228d3c01","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-961","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-959",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-the-cleanup-crew-cover.jpg"]