Chapter 3086: After Divorce, Forced to Vie with My Ex-Husband 16

Chi Mu stood in place, torn between advancing and retreating.

Originally he had intended to stimulate Jin Chen by expressing concern for Chenshu, making him feel a sense of crisis or jealousy, thereby closing the distance.

But Jin Chen's reaction was completely beyond his expectation; this person not only wasn't jealous, but seemed eager for him to rush over and meddle.

How could this be? Does Jin Chen really not care about him at all?

He was showing concern for another man right in front of Jin Chen, yet the other remained unmoved?

: Jin Chen doesn't care about Chenshu at all, Chi Mu knows he feels heartbroken……

: He's seriously observing the battlefield situation, okay? Rushing over to help blindly just adds chaos!

: But Chi Mu voluntarily said he'd go; at least he should show some concern—can this even be shipped?

: What to show? He really isn't worried; he believes Chenshu can handle it!

: Please Chi Mu don't disturb our ex-lovers tutorial.

Chi Mu bit his lip, then switched to another strategy.

He stepped half a step closer to Jin Chen, lowered his voice, "Alright then, I'll stay here with you."

Chi Mu said, reaching out to grab Jin Chen's wrist, but Jin Chen flicked his hand away, then caught Yun Wu, who had been flung out of the battle circle and likewise lacked combat strength.

Yun Wu staggered a few steps, after steadying himself he still looked back in lingering fear at the roaring aberration.

Jin Chen turned his back to Chi Mu and asked Yun Wu, "You're a researcher; find this monster's weakness."

Yun Wu froze for a moment, forcing himself to shift his attention from that huge creature to the professional issue,

"Should be," Yun Wu murmured softly, as if talking to himself, "The structure of such creatures mostly follows a pattern; if its mist is secreted by some gland…"

Jin Chen glanced at the plot hint in his mind.

In the original work, this aberration was slowly worn to death by Chenshu, because no fatal weakness could be found, only continuous attacks could drain its stamina until it was slain. After the aberration died, Chenshu found a pink diamond inside its body, which he later gave to Chi Mu in the subsequent plot.

Just a passing line about that diamond, but Jin Chen managed to seize the point.

【If he dares to give that diamond to Chi Mu in front of me, I'll kill the protagonist and restart.】

Jin Chen added: 【If you dare let me toss the diamond to Chi Mu, I'll also restart.】

999 was so frightened by his two restart threats that it nearly crashed, shut its mouth, and decided not to speak again today.

As expected, still that big shot Jin Chen.

Under Jin Chen's guidance, Yun Wu quickly found the creature's key feature.

He pointed to a slight bump on the side of the aberration's head, "There's a glandular structure on the side of its head; the vital point isn't the brain but inside that gland."

Jin Chen followed his finger and asked, "Is there a way to target it?"

Yun Wu rummaged through his carried medicine pouch, but his hand had just been cut by a stone; it took two tries to open the clasp, and under the flashlight's light he carefully read the labels, his brow furrowing tighter.

Seeing Yun Wu's hand shaking badly, Jin Chen feared he'd drop the medicine, turned and pulled Steve over.

Steve was pulled by Jin Chen to Yun Wu's front, "What's wrong, what's wrong?"

"He wields his blade like a flurry, his hand steady; let him do it." Jin Chen said.

Steve: "……I don't know what."

Yun Wu glanced at Steve, handed over the medicine pouch, pointed to a few vials, "Help me check the label colors of these three; my hand is shaking a bit."

Steve's fingers were unexpectedly dexterous; he quickly picked the correct one from the several similarly colored vials and handed it to Yun Wu.

Yun Wu whispered thanks, then pulled out an empty syringe, drew the medicine into the needle, and handed it to Jin Chen, "Inject this into the gland's center; it should cause the hallucinogenic substance to reflux, leading to organ failure."

Jin Chen took the needle, aimed with one eye at Chenshu's direction, and shouted loudly, "Chenshu!"

Chenshu heard Jin Chen's voice, turned his head to glance.

Jin Chen didn't waste words, directly threw the needle at him; Chenshu raised his hand and caught it steadily, then saw Jin Chen's gesture pointing to the side of the aberration's head and instantly understood his meaning.

He dodged another incoming tentacle, used the rebound to leap onto the nearby rock wall, pushed off twice on the vertical surface, flipped and landed above the aberration's head.

The aberration sensed the threat from above, multiple tentacles shot upward trying to drag him down, but Chenshu moved faster; with one hand he grabbed the protrusion on the aberration's head to stabilize himself, and with the needle plunged into the raised gland's center.

The aberration spasmed, its tentacles wildly striking the ground and rock wall, sending stone fragments flying; a few seconds later the tentacles went limp and collapsed.

The pink mist quickly dissipated after its death.

Everyone coughed, and as the air gradually cleared they could see the scene before them.

The aberration's corpse quickly desiccated, and beside the ruptured gland on its head lay a pink diamond on the flesh.

Chenshu jumped down from the aberration's corpse, unharmed.

Chi Mu's gaze lingered on that pink diamond for a long time, hearing the voice in his mind.

《Host, this is the energy star core; as long as you obtain it you can unlock more free edit rights over the plot. This is a key item, Host, you must find a way to get it. 》

Chi Mu's heartbeat skipped a beat; he glanced at the detector on his wrist, the screen showed everything normal—meaning the star core's energy signature cannot be identified even by the Empire's most advanced detectors.

This is practically fate helping him.

Chi Mu steadied himself, "This diamond is so beautiful…… I've never seen a diamond of this color before."

He lifted his head, looking at Chenshu with hopeful eyes, voice softened, "Chenshu Dage, this diamond…… could you give it to me?"

"Considering what we've been through together…… okay?"

Chenshu's expression suddenly hardened, his gaze finally landing on Chi Mu's face, only a cold warning.

Chi Mu felt a bit guilty under that look, lowered his head, and whispered, "Sorry…… I shouldn't have said that."

Blake, who was checking the security team's injuries, witnessed this scene, internal alarm bells ringing loudly.

"What is this person saying! Isn't he afraid that Young Master Chen will equally harm everyone!"

Jin Chen leaned against the rock wall, raised an eyebrow slightly, tilted his head slightly and stared at Chenshu.

There really is some past history, huh.

Chenshu without hesitation turned around, handed the pink diamond to him; Jin Chen's fingertip slid across his palm, like an inadvertent touch.

Chenshu then took his hand, fingers threading through his gaps, clasping tightly.

Chi Mu watched this scene, and his eyes reddened on the spot.

Mai Lun couldn't bear to watch, seething with anger: "It's just a diamond, Jin Chen—why are you fighting Mu Mu over it? He likes it so much, and you don't care about such things..."

Jin Chen held the pink diamond, turning it between his fingers, then glanced at Mai Lun, smiled slightly, and spread his hands, saying, "I didn't snatch it."

"The spoils Chenshu wins have always been mine."

Jin Chen's tone was so sincere that no one could refute him: "Comrade Ke Luo Fu Te, you can do it too—hand over your spoils to him personally."

Mai Lun fumed, glaring helplessly, and finally just flicked his sleeve and turned away.

Chi Mu: "……" Mai Lun, this useless thing!

The Star Network comments quarreled a bit over this.

: I think Chi Mu is a bit pitiful—he really likes that diamond, so what if Jin Chen lets him have it……

: Why should he let him? The monster Chenshu fought, the diamond Chenshu picked up, the spoils Chenshu personally handed to Jin Chen—what does it have to do with Chi Mu?

: Exactly, Mai Lun is also hilarious—number one in spending other people's money.

: We must openly show favoritism! We must!

: Chi Mu's fans, don't cry—let your main character next time personally fight monsters; if he gets it, it's his~

: Mu Mu's fans actually opened a post on the neighboring site to blacken Jin Chen……?

: I can't take it, hahaha—it seems only Chi Mu is a star here; nobody else cares!

: Then, you Mu Mu still want to have it both ways, wanting everything.

Jin Chen put the pink diamond into his pocket, turned his head to glance at Chenshu; Chenshu was also looking at him, with a wary observation, as if checking whether he was angry because of what he had just said.

Jin Chen gripped Chenshu's fingers with his reverse hand, saying, "Detection's over, go rest."