Chapter 488: Chapter 296: Perfect-level Body, Matchstick, Questions
[Ghost Bell: Are you saying... the person who killed Su Ying came from the Salvation Society?]
[Black Cocoon: That’s right, this guy is skilled at controlling puppets, and he has two Catastrophe Level puppets at his disposal. In terms of paper strength alone, he’s probably the hardest superpower user to deal with in Rainbow Wings.]
[Ghost Bell: When can I meet him?]
[Black Cocoon: Uh... that depends on when Rainbow Wings plans their operation against the Light-Eating Bee; if we face them directly, we’ll definitely lose, but if we scatter and fight, it might be different, since their focus is still on the Bee Race.]
[Ghost Bell: Tell my son to be careful.]
[Black Cocoon: Don’t worry, he’s not in any danger right now, but if this drags on for one more week, he’ll turn into a notorious fugitive like you.]
[Black Cocoon: Is this the son inheriting the father’s legacy? Apart from the Diaper Demon, all your other kids have been trained to be fugitives.]
[Ghost Bell: Don’t talk nonsense, my other son is doing well.]
[Black Cocoon: Oh, doing well means running away from home every day? I advise you to go home now and see if you can still find him.]
After sending the message on the spare phone, Gu Wenyu flipped over onto the pillow and tilted his head, silently counting down in his heart:
"Five... four... three... two..."
"One."
Once he silently counted down to this point, a notification sound promptly came from the other phone on the bedside table.
Gu Wenyu rolled his eyes, thinking that his father’s single-threaded brain is really predictable, then used the restraint belt to pick up the phone and take a look.
As expected, it was a WeChat message from Dad.
[Gu Zhuo Case: Are you at home? I’m coming back.]
Gu Wenyu sent a confused emoji to him before slowly typing a reply.
[Gu Wenyu: Didn’t you go on a business trip? That’s what big bro said.]
[Gu Zhuo Case: I’m back.]
[Gu Wenyu: Then why didn’t you return my message earlier?]
[Gu Zhuo Case: Urgent matters, business trips are like that, very busy, especially since I just found a job recently.]
"Went on a trip to hell, right?" Gu Wenyu yawned, thinking, Dad, why do you only focus on the Diaper Demon and Blue Electric Mouse Demon, and only remember me, the invisible good kid, when you’re free, huh? Is this fair?
[Gu Wenyu: Oh, oh, but I’m not at home. Big bro says he’s traveling to New York, and then there’s nobody at home, right? So I’m staying at a classmate’s house for a while.]
[Gu Wenyu: Summer vacation, staying home alone is so boring.]
[Gu Zhuo Case: Alright, then stay safe.]
[Gu Wenyu: Okay.]
[Gu Zhuo Case: What’s your classmate’s name? Can you give me his WeChat information or something?]
[Gu Wenyu: Li Qingping, you’ve met him once before. When I was still in middle school, he came to our house to play. Don’t you remember?]
[Gu Zhuo Case: Alright, I got it.]
Seeing that Gu Zhuo Case didn’t ask further, Gu Wenyu casually turned off his phone. His phone had modified the IP location, so even if his dad has nothing better to do and checks the IP, it would show Li Jing, not New York.
Gu Wenyu shrugged, thinking his dad must have breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that he’d run off to New York with big bro.
He got up from bed, leaned against the headboard, opened his personal character panel, and allocated the newly acquired attribute point.
[The "Speed" attribute of your No. 1 Body "Black Cocoon" has changed: A++ level → S level (the speed of your "restraint belt" will increase accordingly).]
[Current character attributes of No. 1 Body: Strength: A level; Speed: S level; Spirit: C+ level]
"Congratulations, finally one attribute has reached the Catastrophe Level standard."
Gu Wenyu rubbed his forehead and sighed, "No. 1 Body is really not easy, starting much lower than other bodies, after all, it’s a character from the newbie village, but without the big flutter moth here, this house is going to fall apart, all the information chains of several bodies rely solely on No. 1 to string together."
"Speaking of which, I seem to have gathered sixteen Split Points."
Thinking so, he brought up the gear panel, flipped to the last option [Create a new character], and raised his hand to click.
Following that, a series of red and black panels popped up, catching his eye.
[Note: Creating the next brand-new game character requires: 16 Split Points (Once the total of 16 Split Points is gathered, the next "game character" can be created in the Real World).]
[Currently, 16 Split Points have been collected, meeting the conditions for creating a game character.]
"Then just create it, creating a character now might be able to play a role in the Rainbow Wings battle."
Gu Wenyu thought, and without hesitation, slapped the prompt box with the restraint belt.
[Note: Regarding No.4 Body, there are currently two available options.]
[Option 1: Directly generate a game character (The probability of producing a "Perfect" body is 0%, a "Rare" body is 30%, a "Common" body is 70%)]
[Option 2: Delay the generation of the game character (The probability of producing a "Perfect" body is 90%, a "Rare" body is 10%, a "Common" body is 0%)]
Gu Wenyu was stunned: "What’s this about? Could it be they’re holding back a big Catastrophe-level body for me? Won’t directly generate it within the Salvation Society, that’d be ideal, I’ll just chop the Mentor with a knife first."
He quickly stopped the wild guessing.
At least until now, this superpower system hasn’t shown any harmful guiding behavior toward him, so he trusts the system’s arrangements; delay it if necessary.
"I’ll choose the second option then; I’m curious to see how perfect the ’Perfect’ body can be."
Gu Wenyu shrugged his shoulders and mumbled, "Just in time, the fourth body can wait until after finishing the Light-Eating Bee affairs, or else five perspectives will be too much for me to handle; once Black Cocoon finishes its pretend death, it can AFK with Shark, no more pressure."
Thinking about this, he raised his hand and clicked the second option at the bottom of the prompt box.
["Option 2" has been selected, the file for the "Perfect" body is being generated.]
[Regarding the possible character backgrounds of the "Perfect" body file, currently, the following information can be disclosed: Demon Child, Family Elder, Generation Terminator, Eternal Being.]
"The demon child’s background is clearly demonic, it could even be a demon like Filio; family elder... could it be that old exorcist from Lake Hunting? What on earth is a Generation Terminator, it sounds like it’s related to Anecdote Envoy, and the Immortal should be a superpower user?"
"That means there’s a possibility that the next character options will include demons and Anecdote Envoy," Gu Wenyu pondered, "I already have a superpower user, exorcist, and magical creature. I’m just missing demons and Anecdote Envoy to complete the Extraordinary Illustrated Book."
He mused further, "But since there’s already a demon like Cezar among the Anecdote Envoy, it feels like no matter how amazing the character I create is, it won’t compare to him, unless I can suddenly overtake with a Mythical Level anecdote."
Gu Wenyu sighed, closed a series of panels, and the world before his eyes suddenly became clear, leaving only the dim glow of the desk lamp.
He turned his head to look outside the window, the night growing deeper. In the distance, the Empire State Building loomed like a dark giant, and vehicles passed over the brightly lit overpass.
He dazed for a moment, then closed his eyes.
In a blur of dimness, he gradually synchronized his consciousness with the other two bodies.
Yaguba had already arrived in Hokkaido with Cezar, feeling too preoccupied to eat breakfast since it was almost noon. Instead, he hid in Cezar’s pocket for a nap;
Meanwhile, Xia Pingzhou was playing cards with the young lady and Jack the Ripper, with Ryukawa Chiba watching from the side. This person seemed to have an unclear sexual orientation, which made Xia Pingzhou uncomfortable under his stare, eventually yielding his spot to him and going upstairs to catch up on sleep;
Everyone was sleeping soundly, except for Yaguba whose snoring was too loud, but fortunately, Cezar eventually used some sashimi to plug its nose, bringing peace to the world.
The night passed without a word.
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When Ji Minghuan woke up again, he opened his eyes to see the metal door wide open, and a red-haired girl in a hospital gown squinting her eyes and hugging her shoulders, standing in the corridor.
She slowly walked in, and the metal door closed behind her.
No announcement today? Is it because the mentor didn’t come? Ji Minghuan was surprised by Sun Changkong’s sudden arrival.
"Big sister, why are you here?" Ji Minghuan blinked and asked curiously.
"Of course, I’m here to watch a movie with you," Sun Changkong walked over.
"Where are the others?"
"Of course, they’re still on their way." Sun Changkong frowned, "Stop sleeping, come down quickly!"
"No, I’m so tired, so sleepy, so cold..." Ji Minghuan yawned, closed his eyes, "If I were the little match girl, I’d want to light the first match right now and make a wish."
"What wish?"
"The wish is for Master Sun Changkong to take me to the toilet on the Somersault Cloud, or to bring my toiletries to the bed."
"Okay, the Somersault Cloud says it’s coming to wake you up immediately."
Sun Changkong hummed, a red glow flashed inside, and the hospital gown slightly lifted.
"I surrender!"
Ji Minghuan knew what she was trying to do, and instantly wasn’t sleepy anymore, opening his eyes wide and looking up, only to see a rolling cloud descending from the sky, stopping just an inch in front of his head.
"Still sleepy?"
"Not sleepy anymore, don’t joke like that, okay? If you give me a concussion, the mentor would have to atone by committing suicide in front of the Salvation Society’s bigshots, a hundred kowtows wouldn’t be enough then."
Ji Minghuan said, rubbing his eyes, obediently sitting up, while the Somersault Cloud flew around above his head, tidying the few overly upright hairs.
"What’s this got to do with the mentor?" Sun Changkong said, "If you turned into an idiot, I’d take responsibility for you."
Ji Minghuan shivered and glanced at her indignantly: "Big sister, that sounds terrifying!"
"If I say I’ll take responsibility, I’ll take responsibility!"
"Alright, alright, you’ll take responsibility for me." Ji Minghuan sighed helplessly.
"By the way, can I... ask you a few questions?" Sun Changkong asked, sitting down on the edge of the bed.
"Go ahead." Ji Minghuan tilted his head.
"The mentor told me a few days ago that the Prophet is coming to find you, you know, the guy who said you’d destroy the world." Sun Changkong said worriedly, "He didn’t do anything bad to you, did he?"
"I haven’t even seen him so far." Ji Minghuan shrugged, "What do you think?"
"That’s good, I was afraid he’d kidnap you, or bully you."
Ji Minghuan sat up straight from the bed, sighed, thinking if he could really kidnap me, I’d be infinitely grateful.
"What else do you want to ask?" Ji Minghuan asked again.
"Little Penguin, what is she to you?" Sun Changkong thought for a moment, then asked softly.
"Family." Ji Minghuan replied without hesitation.
"But Mario said..."
"Said what?"
"He... he said you like her!" Sun Changkong took a deep breath, turned her face, baring her trembling little canine teeth.
"Come on, Mario’s love knowledge comes from playing dumb romance games, if you believe him, you’re doomed for life." Ji Minghuan said irritably, "Family is the longest-lasting thing, inseparable, what’s the use of liking? People change so quickly."
"Then who do you like?"
"I don’t have anyone I like." Ji Minghuan shook his head, "A darkened elementary school student must remain aloof. If you have someone you like, you can’t blacken."
"Alright, that’s better than having one," Sun Changkong pouted, "One last question."
"What question?"
Sun Changkong hesitated for a long time before asking, "Sun Wukong suddenly told me a few days ago that he seems to have seen you before, what’s that about?"
"Huh?" Ji Minghuan was taken aback, turning his head to look at her, "Sun Wukong? Where is there a Sun Wukong?"
"It’s the Sun Wukong in my head!" she shouted.