Chapter 315: Staying Up Late (4/15, Autumn Subscription)

Captain Wu said with a hint of regret; he had never had any issue with Fang Yue, and he had even taken note of how wholeheartedly Fang Yue had helped Mo Cun.

As for Fang Yue now, he still felt it was a pity; if possible, he would even want Fang Yue to stay on as the true Captain of Mo Cun.

Unfortunately, that wasn't proper protocol.

Captain Wu had come this time for two reasons: first, to send Fang Yue off early, and second, to bring his disciple to meet people.

After all, his disciple had previously been part of the escort team, so there were probably quite a few of her friends among them.

Only, strangely, when he pulled his disciple over in the evening, she was in a complete daze the whole time, as if she'd lost her soul, with no energy.

Not the "slumber" state of vacant eyes, but rather her body was here and her mind was here too — it was just as if something had happened, and the whole person had fallen into despair.

"Uh, you know this one too, right? She used to be on your escort team, and was later sent to Doctor An's place. By some twist of fate, I took her as a disciple, so she won't be heading back to the village with your escort team."

Chen Xiaomiao staying behind in Mo Cun — Fang Yue was all for it, hands and feet. The moment this girl opened her mouth, she went full passive-aggressive; every now and then she'd come out with some line that made people's blood pressure spike. Fang Yue didn't care for her at all.

"Ye Ge?"

Seeming to have overheard the two of them talking, Chen Xiaomiao groggily raised her head.

In her mind, she kept replaying what had happened tonight in real life; the bitterness in her heart was hitting her so hard she felt like getting depression and killing herself — who wouldn't want to kill themselves with a mechanical bug sitting in their gut ready to explode at any moment?

That psychological pressure — don't even ask how heavy it was.

So she decided to log into the game to relieve the stress.

But once she was in the game, her mind was still on that one thing, turning it over and over — just miserable, just wretched. She could only hope that Liu Zong's connections could really help her get rid of the 【Sweetheart Bug】 too.

While Chen Xiaomiao was in low spirits, thinking about these things, she was brought here by Captain Wu, and the moment she looked up, she saw Fang Yue.

"It's fine, it's fine, no need to say anything, I know — you're doing it for the good of Mo Cun, working hard for Mo Cun's bright future! Go for it! Builder! As long as you work hard, anywhere is home. Go for it, hometown person, every hometown is full of overachievers!"

Fang Yue patted her shoulder, his face full of big-brother comfort.

Chen Xiaomiao:???

"Ye Ge, Ye Ge, I… I, wuuuuh, I'm about to die!"

"Oh, go for it, dying person, the dying are all overachievers… wait! What did you just say? You're about to die? Possession?"

Fang Yue had been brushing her off at first, but hearing this, he instantly grew serious.

Captain Wu was also stunned for a moment, his expression immediately shifting slightly as he put distance between himself and Chen Xiaomiao.

"It's not Possession, it's not that kind of thing… wuuuuh, forget it, you guys wouldn't understand even if I told you. I'll go be sad on my own."

Chen Xiaomiao wiped her tears and walked outside, leaving both Captain Wu and Fang Yue completely baffled.

"Crying alone, true love conquers all?" Fang Yue hesitantly said to the tail beside him.

The tail shook its head: "Never been in love, don't get it!"

The two of them looked at Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu, and she hurriedly shook her head too: "Same here, never had a boyfriend!"

Only after saying it did she realize she'd just outed herself.

The three of them looked up in unison: "Feelings, so complicated."

As the words fell, the three of them also glanced in unison at Captain Wu, who was standing there in a daze.

"Aren't you going to chase after her?"

"Scumbag!"

"Total blockhead!"

Now it was Captain Wu's turn to be baffled — what does any of this have to do with him??

Fortunately, although he was a bit sullen and confused, he still listened to the three of them and caught up with the departing Chen Xiaomiao.

But Chen Xiaomiao just kept crying, just kept wiping her tears. Halfway there, her eyes suddenly went vacant — she had actually logged straight out of the game.

That mental blow really was a bit much.

Captain Wu watched Chen Xiaomiao walking and walking, then suddenly stopping, and immediately understood what was going on.

With no choice, he had to take her back to her lodging.

There was nothing to it at first, but when Captain Wu was taking Chen Xiaomiao back to the residence, he suddenly felt his heart stab violently.

Hiss—

He sucked in a cold breath, the pain locking his whole body rigid, his heart pounding.

The feeling was very similar to when he'd taken a lethal hit from the Wu Yu tribe before.

But recently, he hadn't run into anything at all — so why would…

Captain Wu frowned slightly, but thankfully the sensation came quickly and left just as quickly.

At the same time, he felt that after this violent heart-stab, the flow of his internal force seemed to have sped up, and his strength… had faintly increased?

Captain Wu felt it was strange, but after studying it for a while without figuring anything out, he continued on his way with Chen Xiaomiao.

……

Time ticked by, second by second.

As the morning sun gradually rose, Fang Yue's side had already finished the headcount.

Originally Fang Yue had wanted to let the Blood Hunter stay in Mo Cun to recuperate a while longer — after all, the Blood Hunter was still carrying injuries.

But the Blood Hunter insisted on traveling with the team.

After all, there really weren't many teams heading from Mo Cun to Gu Yue Cun, and if they were to hire a martial-artist team specifically for the trip, the price would be too steep — and not even safe.

The Blood Hunter had great faith in Fang Yue; as long as Fang Yue was there, the team shouldn't run into any danger.

The morning sun was a signal.

Since he'd already said goodbye to the others in the village the night before, Fang Yue led the team straight out.

When they passed Doctor An's clinic, the Blood Hunter came out with his big-headed puppy.

"So cute!"

"So tiny, all squishy!"

Tail and Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu shrieked in unison, hugging and petting the Giant-Headed Blood Hound puppy.

The little fellow bared its eyes in a threatening look, but once it opened its mouth, that row of tiny teeth held no menace at all, and the two girls manhandled it as they pleased.

The others, seeing the Blood Hunter, also cried out in turn and joyfully pulled him into the group.

At this point, the team's roster was complete.

"Ye Ge!"

The Blood Hunter grabbed Fang Yue's hand: "This trip back was hard on you too."

Fang Yue shrugged; he was about to head out on some business shortly, but he could log on at any time.

He had instructed Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu and the other Deputy Captains.

If they ran into danger, they were to shake him as hard as they could, even attack him.

Once the Game Watch alerted him, Fang Yue would log on immediately to handle it.

With his current strength, even a mid Black Grade anomaly could be dealt with, and on top of that it was the road back to the village, so the danger shouldn't be great.

He also mentioned this matter of alerting him to the Blood Hunter, and the Blood Hunter, as the team's second-in-command, agreed on the spot.

He hadn't expected that the green little kid who had only just left the village would, over the course of the journey, gradually grow until he had become the very core of the core of the team.

Nor had he expected that, despite the frequent mishaps of this trip, the final result would still be perfect.

The Blood Hunter looked at the 【Giant-Headed Blood Hound】 puppy—as long as he had it by his side, so what if he himself was crippled!

There was a light in the Blood Hunter's eyes, the light of unwavering conviction; a setback like a ruined body could not break this roguishly handsome old man.

"Alright, I'll see you off here."

(End of chapter)