Chapter 481: This City Is Too Bizarre

"I want all the wishes they just made about me to be voided."

"The eleventh."

"I want Wu Eiwei to turn into a dog."

"The twelfth."

"I want a mattress; I forgot to bring a mattress when I left home, and sleeping on the floor is so uncomfortable."

"The thirteenth."

"I want my little sister to have a smooth career, live a long and healthy life of three hundred years, and have no Spirit Decay."

"..."

Seeing this person make more and more wishes, to the point where even she herself could not remember what wishes she had made—having repeated two already, and still being reminded by the Divine Dragon—Wu Eiwei finally could not help but sarcastically remark: "Who was it that said earlier, 'I am doing very well right now and don't need to make any wishes'?"

"Who?"

Zhang Suannai turned her head and asked in confusion.

Wu Eiwei was speechless and could only stare at her coldly.

At this moment, she suddenly discovered a problem—

This Divine Dragon had let them make wishes, but so far, it seemed none of them had been fulfilled; instead, they had been piled up, which caused some conflicts.

For example, Zhang Suannai wished to become smart, and then she wished to turn herself into a silly dog. If they were fulfilled in real-time, in the order they were made, then the current Zhang Suannai would already be a dog, and she would not be able to perform any of the subsequent actions.

Unless she could still talk after turning into a dog.

Wu Eiwei pondered, meeting the gazes of the others, and felt that they seemed to have thought of this point as well.

"The fifty-seventh."

"I want to have my Game Capsule moved here."

Is there no end to this!?

Just as Wu Eiwei was thinking this, she suddenly received gazes from the others. She turned her head to look—only to see Qingcai and Zhaoyeqing sitting by the wall, one sitting cross-legged with eyes closed to rest, the other stretching out her legs, resting her head on the former's shoulder, and yawning.

So composed?

"That's not right!"

Wu Eiwei's mind raced.

Could it be that Qingcai also saved a wish to erase all of Zhang Suannai's wishes?

Just then, Zhang Suannai's long and tedious wish-making process finally reached its end. She looked up: "One wish left, right?"

"Yes."

"I can save it, right?"

"Yes."

"Alright then, I want two hundred more wishes; I'll save them to make slowly later."

"Yes..."

"Alright, our wishes are done; you can start fulfilling them now." Zhang Suannai clapped her hands, looking calm, mixed with a little bit of anticipation.

The others were suddenly tense and could not help but turn to look at the wall.

Especially Wu Eiwei, who was terrified, fearing that in the next second, this Divine Dragon would use its unimaginable great power to turn her into a dog. She not only turned her head but even turned her body, staring fixedly at Chen Shu.

However, Chen Shu had no reaction at all.

He even cast a look of confusion toward them.

The hearts of the group gradually sank.

Some even closed their eyes.

The Wish-Granting Divine Dragon lowered its head, looking down from above, quietly watching Zhang Suannai, and for a moment, there was no reaction.

"Hmm?"

Nothing happened.

Zhang Suannai was confused for a moment, looking up at the Divine Dragon, then looking down at the group members: "Do you guys still remember that I'm a sycophant?"

The group looked at her silently and nodded.

"?"

Zhang Suannai frowned: "Then what about the wishes I made?"

The group nodded again.

"???"

Zhang Suannai was even more confused and turned to look at the Wish-Granting Divine Dragon: "Divine Dragon, Divine Dragon, how much longer until our wishes are fulfilled?"

"?"

"??"

The Divine Dragon's voice was majestic and vast as it looked down at Zhang Suannai and the others: "When did this dragon say it would fulfill your wishes?"

"?? What do you mean?"

"This dragon only told you to make wishes; it never said it would fulfill them."

"??? Aren't you the Wish-Granting Divine Dragon?"

"That's right, so I am only responsible for listening to your wishes to satisfy my curiosity. As for fulfilling wishes, that is the job of the Fulfillment Divine Dragon." The ink-colored Divine Dragon continued to look down at them from above, "I am only the Wish-Granting Divine Dragon."

"!?"

Zhang Suannai was completely stunned, petrified.

The world slowly lost its color.

The others were also extremely shocked, and then their expressions became incredibly colorful; for a moment, they could not tell if they should feel miserable or relieved.

A glance toward the wall—

Zhaoyeqing had opened his eyes at some point, while Qingcai could no longer hold it in; he collapsed to the ground clutching his stomach. He did not use Spiritual Sound Projection, so his laughter could not be heard here, only the convulsions of his body could be seen.

"..."

Everyone silently withdrew their gazes.

Then they turned their heads to look forward—

Zhang Suannai stood like a statue, frozen in the center of the Divine Hall, maintaining the posture of looking up, staring at the divine dragon, neither moving nor speaking.

Everyone remained silent.

It was as if they could imagine what she was thinking at this moment.

A few seconds later—

"Ah!!"

Two Divine Swords were unsheathed: "I'll fight you to the death!"

Swish, swish, swish—several sword strikes were unleashed!

This divine dragon was like ink bleeding onto rice paper, or perhaps a phantom formed from delicate black mist. These few sword strikes passed through its body with ease, but it was as if they had slashed at thin air, causing no damage at all.

Chen Shu jumped up with a swish, his face still red—red from the laughter just now—and he hurriedly shouted again:

"Cultural relic! It's a cultural relic!"

The group leader pondered for a moment and also stood out: "Chen Shu is right, we should try our best not to take action here."

Little Master Xuanzhen was always quick to respond; he also stood out and said sincerely: "Besides, the Wish-Granting Divine Dragon has an extraordinary status; I fear you will offend Him by doing this."

"Amitabha, if the Wish-Granting Divine Dragon eats us in one bite later, where would we go to reason with Him?"

"Slap!"

Wu Eiwei hit his left hand with his right, saying coldly: "Why don't you make the remaining two hundred wishes? Don't waste them; we can slowly vent our frustrations after we get out, can't we?"

"Plop..."

Zhang Suannai fell onto the floor on her backside.

Her face was already ashen.

At this moment, all those wishes she had made, the sycophantic behavior she had admitted to, her arrogance and composure, the intelligence advantage she thought she had... all of it now turned into sharp swords, slicing through her Spirit Soul.

Time passed bit by bit.

Zhang Suannai was getting a little sleepy...

In the end, the group leader stood out and cleared his throat: "Everyone, since we all have leverage on each other now, why don't we make an agreement? From now on, let's not bring these things up again, how about that?"

After speaking, he looked around at everyone.

"!"

Zhang Suannai instantly regained her spirit and recovered a bit of color, though she wore a serious expression and said in a deep voice, echoing him:

"That would be excellent."

Someone nearby retorted: "This is unfair."

"Who?"

Zhang Suannai turned her head instantly: "How is it unfair?"

"Some people have an extraordinary amount of leverage against them."

"..."

Zhang Suannai withdrew her gaze, and the world turned dark again.

"Amitabha, this humble monk believes that if we wish to reach this condition, we must first resolve another problem..."

Everyone looked toward the wall in unison.

Their gazes were primarily fixed on Chen Shu.

"Why are you looking at me?" Chen Shu looked innocent, "I don't have any leverage in your hands. You don't expect me to agree to your agreement, do you?"

"..."

Everyone looked at Ning Qing again.

"Why are you looking at her?" Chen Shu looked confused again, "You don't think my Qingqing would sell me out for no reason, do you?"

"..."

Ning Qing stood up silently.

"Hey, hey!"

Chen Shu immediately braced her shoulders and pressed her back down.

A slight smile appeared at the corners of Ning Qing's mouth, but she had no intention of speaking, as if it were just a feint to scare him. Correspondingly, the expressions of the others turned from anticipation to disappointment, and finally, they all fell silent.

The agreement failed.

"Amitabha, since things have come to this, shall we discuss the origins of this divine dragon and this city?" Dharma Master Tongdeng decided to change the subject.

"That makes sense."

"May I ask the divine dragon, how exactly did Shengzu create you? And for what purpose were you created?"

"I am merely the Wish-Granting Divine Dragon; I am not responsible for answering questions," the divine dragon remained full of majesty, "I only satisfy my own curiosity; I am not responsible for satisfying the curiosity of others."

"Uh..."

Everyone looked at Chen Shu and Ning Qing again.

"Why are you looking at me again?" Chen Shu was stunned for a moment, "I'm a victim too! Besides, isn't the most urgent task to go out and find those two people? They are still outside honestly looking for us; who knows, maybe they aren't just looking for us now, but for you all as well."

"..."

Everyone continued to exchange glances.

It was evident that they had a subconscious resistance to leaving this Divine Hall—except for Chen Shu and Zhaoyeqing, everyone else in this hall had already suffered social death in front of others. Aside from the person who made an extraordinary number of wishes, as long as the others remained here, they could use the social death mutual cancellation formula to enter a state of having no social death. But once they went outside, the people out there would be brand new.

However, at this moment, Chen Shu had already pulled Zhaoyeqing up, preparing to come back to discuss and explore the origins and purpose of the divine dragon when they were not around:

"Your Excellency Divine Dragon, we shall meet again next time."

"Hmm..."

The Divine Dragon nodded, looking extremely arrogant.

The two of them walked out first.

The others looked at each other in dismay and had no choice but to follow.

Yan Keling and Jiang Lai were somewhat panicked.

Originally, they had been searching for Chen Shu and Ning Qing separately in this strange city, using that scenic spot as the center, but the more they searched, the more wrong things felt; this city was obviously too strange, and even some details showed that it belonged to a completely different civilization system from the outside world.

This left the two of them shocked and flustered.

Something even more terrifying happened—

When they wanted to find the others to discuss this matter, they were shocked to discover that everyone else had completely disappeared.

Only the two of them remained...

This city eats people!!!

After the two met up, they flew into the sky and loudly called out their names, pushing their Spirit Power output very high, fearing that every corner of this city, and even a hundred meters underground, would be able to catch the sound transmitted by their Spirit Power.

Yet, there was simply no response from anyone.

This sunny city seemed to have suddenly turned into a ghost town, lonely and empty, with only the two of them left.

Perhaps... they would not be able to get out either.

For a moment, the two were desperate and afraid, wanting to leave this place quickly, yet unwilling to easily abandon their companions.

The facts seemed to prove it was just a false Surprise—

After a while, their companions appeared automatically, even bringing along Chen Shu and Ning Qing, who had gone missing first.

But the two soon discovered something wrong—

Chen Shu always wore a subtle, eerie smile on his face, while the others were all awkward in various ways. The only normal one, Ning Qing, was just expressionless the whole time. The most abnormal one seemed to be Grandmother Senior Sister; she looked as if her Spirit Soul had been extracted, with no expression and hollow eyes, having turned into a walking corpse.

The two exchanged a glance, seeing the horror in each other's eyes.

This seemed to be something even more terrifying than before.