Chapter 357: Unreliable People (6/15, Autumn Subscription)

After arranging things for Bai Xiaoya and Yuan Jie properly, Fang Yue also breathed a small sigh of relief.

Now that he had the United Hands Society as a backer, he didn't need to worry too much about the two women's safety and stability.

To be honest, it was still the explosion at home from before that had jolted Fang Yue, giving him a deep sense of insecurity.

Now, things were much better.

As a formal employee of the United Hands Society, he naturally had his own place to live.

At Fang Yue's request, the three of them picked out a comfortable large house on the middle floor, and the three would live together.

"The three of you… living together?"

Qiu Dugu's expression turned odd as he looked at the three, inwardly sighing again and again at how fast the times had changed.

After a bout of busy work tidying up the room and other trivial matters, Fang Yue finally had time to lie comfortably on the bed.

And at this moment, the time had already reached evening.

The Game Watch hadn't reacted all day, which meant nothing had happened in the game.

Bai Xiaoya and Yuan Jie were still busy in the kitchen, preparing the first dinner after the move.

Fang Yue took advantage of this gap to log into the game.

……

In the game, he opened his eyes.

Perhaps because the pressure on his heart had been lifted, Fang Yue felt that even the moon in the sky looked a few shades brighter.

"Ye Ge! Ye Ge's awake!"

The escort team now had someone standing guard beside him at all times, just waiting to see when Fang Yue would wake up.

Sometimes, before Fang Yue even opened his eyes, the people beside him would start clamoring first.

Rolling his eyes, Fang Yue got up and looked around.

The people in the team, due to continuous running and traveling, were all in somewhat poor spirits.

This situation made Fang Yue slightly worried—if they encountered a Grotesque and had no energy to run, reacting a beat too slow and dying at its hands, that would be bad.

"Ye Ge."

The Blood Hunter hurried over and, as usual, briefed Fang Yue on the team's situation.

Luck was quite good—after last night's strange oil Grotesque incident, the team hadn't encountered any Grotesques all day, so they had covered a long stretch of road.

It was just that after a whole journey of rushing about, everyone in the team was exhausted.

"How about we make camp and rest tonight, I'll take the night watch." After a moment's thought, Fang Yue said.

"We can push on for another stretch, then rest tomorrow night."

Fang Yue could hardly stand watching, but the Blood Hunter felt it still wasn't enough and wanted to push on.

What is this? This is a new-age capitalist!

Fang Yue was shocked by the Blood Hunter—this guy, if he opened a factory, would surely make workers toil like beasts, squeezing milk on an empty stomach.

"It's not that serious, not that serious. Once they've rested enough, the team can move faster."

"…If Captain Ye insists, then we'll rest for half the night."

Half the night meant resting during the first half of the night and continuing the journey in the second half.

Although it wasn't quite what Fang Yue had in mind, it was already pretty good.

Once the news was passed down, almost everyone burst into cheers.

No choice—the Blood Hunter not only squeezed their rest time but also made them march at high intensity; who could stand that?

Let alone those ordinary villagers—even the martial-trained members of the escort team could barely hold on, getting drowsy.

"Captain Ye is still the best—back for just one moment and he's already letting us rest."

"Captain Ye is number one under heaven!"

"Oh Maya, my legs are sore from riding the horse."

"You're lucky you have a horse to ride—I had to rely on my own two legs, I'm about to break down from walking."

Quite a few people gathered around chatting, their words, both spoken and unspoken, full of dissatisfaction with the Blood Hunter.

This made Fang Yue feel quite awkward listening in—seems like he got to play the good guy while the Blood Hunter took the blame, which really wasn't Fang Yue's intention.

But the Blood Hunter didn't care. He carelessly found a spot, hugged the Giant-Head Blood Hound puppy, and lay down to sleep. In no time, snores rang out—he was sleeping like a log.

Clearly, not only the team members but the Blood Hunter himself was exhausted to death. Moreover, with Fang Yue absent, all the team's decisions, responsibilities, and pressure had rested on the Blood Hunter alone—not only was his body tired, his spirit was even more worn out.

It wasn't until Fang Yue returned that this heavy burden was briefly set down. Under such exhaustion, how could the Blood Hunter have any energy to care about others' gossip? Being able to rest was already good enough.

"Right, why don't I see Wu Wu?"

Fang Yue did a rough scan of the area and quickly noticed that the usually familiar figure hadn't bounced over to his side, so he asked in puzzlement.

By rights, this girl should be the most excited one, chirping happily at this time.

"Wu Wu went to sleep early, same as Captain Ye, except she's lying in the carriage at the back."

Hmm??

Fang Yue raised an eyebrow, went to the carriage at the back to take a look, and sure enough saw a woman sprawled out in a big-character pose, with an extremely unrefined sleeping posture, drool running from her mouth.

If it wasn't Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu, who else could it be.

This girl, tired as she was, just logged off the game and went AFK—nice one.

He patted Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's cheek, and after a while, the light gradually returned to her once-dazed eyes, becoming lively and spirited.

"Ye Ge? You're online! When did you come online?"

"Earlier than you, that's all."

Fang Yue crossed his arms and asked, "Did you eat properly today? How are your stats growing?"

"Of course I did! Look, look—that whole bucket of 【Oil-Eating Bugs】 has been eaten clean by me! My single stat is about to break 30 points now!"

Almost at 30 points, impressive!

Fang Yue nodded slightly. Unconsciously, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's stats had already been leveled up quite high.

Too bad there aren't any weak Xiao Guiyi for her to practice on, otherwise she'd be a little helper in training.

With these stats, she'd be more than enough to be Gu Yue Cun's Deputy Captain.

You have to remember, when Fang Yue became Deputy Captain back then, his starting stats were about the same.

He casually praised Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu a couple of times, and the latter happily squinted her eyes and giggled foolishly, just like a little kitten.

"Oh right, right right, Ye Ge, something strange happened at the school next to mine recently."

"What is it?"

"A headless corpse! A boy at the next school was playing a game and turned into a headless corpse!"

A headless corpse!?

Fang Yue was stunned for a moment, then his expression grew solemn.

Could it be... a Guiyi has killed its way to their school?

In reality, because of the expansion of the rifts and the rise of the Gui Du Line, Guiyi often appear and cause harm.

The United Association can seal off the news, but a person dead is dead — the facts won't change. All they can do is handle the cleanup of the Guiyi afterward.

"What happened after? Only one headless corpse?"

"Yeah, just one."

Fang Yue breathed a slight sigh of relief in his heart. Then it's probably someone from a United Association branch who went and dealt with the Guiyi, or it simply wasn't a Guiyi incident at all.

Regardless, if there are no follow-ups, then Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu and the others are most likely safe.

"Maybe it was a roommate conflict — after that guy died from playing the game, they chopped off his head. Snap!"

"Eek! Ye Ge, don't say something so scary... it's so creepy! I'd rather just treat it like a ghost story!"

(End of this chapter)