Chapter 323: Chapter 323
The Emperor Python King looked suspiciously at Qian Qi, unsure why she suddenly jumped up and then knelt down as if going mad. Qian Qi cleared her throat and explained, "The head of the Contracted Beasts at home can become invisible."
"Is that so..." The Emperor Python King looked in disbelief at the spot where the system had just been held down, then lifted its head to hiss at the other pythons.
Upon receiving the Emperor Python King’s command, the other Emperor Pythons also responded. They retrieved their elongated and strong snake bodies, coiling them on the spot. In the middle of their pitch-black heads, a golden pattern in the shape of an ouroboros appeared, then the entire snake bodies began to shrink rapidly, disappearing from sight at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Until more than twenty little snakes, as thin and long as fingers, with golden snake patterns on their heads, slithered over, surrounding her feet and lifting their small heads, flicking their dark tongues. Qian Qi felt as if her heart had been shot.
Cough cough, actually, even though they’re pitch-black, they are quite cute!
The Emperor Python King held its little head high with immense pride, almost as if a pair of invisible little arms were akimbo. "Well? Human?"
"So convenient!" Qian Qi exclaimed joyfully, as if she could pocket them and carry them away directly!
But what does it mean to pocket them? People can’t see them, she needs others to see them and know not to mess with her!
Qian Qi squatted down, extended her palm for the Emperor Pythons to climb into, and then placed them all onto her head, "From now on, you guys will live here!"
The Little Emperor Pythons climbed into her hair, their slender bodies and tails wrapped and twined around her hair and roots respectively. With their strong waists and abdomens, they dangled their snake bodies in the air, twisting their little snake waists and flicking their tongues, showing much curiosity and novelty about their new home.
The nearby staff looked at her in shock, never expecting giant Magic Beasts to shrink and obediently stay in her hair, completely refreshing their worldview.
The system assessed her new look: [... Are you cosplaying as Medusa?]
"How cool is this!" Qian Qi put her hands on her hips and raised her thumb to point at her new hairstyle, "The zombie version is upgraded, now it’s Medusa version v6.0!"
[Tsk... As long as you like it.]
"Are you jealous, jealous that I have hair and can house so many Emperor Pythons," Qian Qi chuckled, "Don’t worry, Brother Tongzi~ even if you’re bald, I still love you~"
You mock away, but just wait until you start balding, then see how I tease you.
The system’s revenge won’t be too late even in ten years!
After solving the Emperor Python group’s problem, Qian Qi checked the time and decided to rest for a day before heading to Licheng’s Beast Taming Association.
While she went to rest and relax, everyone else became even busier.
The principal was busy selecting students who could enter the instance, the Seven Great Families were busy with investments and sponsorships, Yan Wuji was watching Qian Qi’s live stream footage frame by frame, Tang Yunde was directing matters related to the underground dungeon, and Wei Bisheng was stirring up public opinion, letting the public know that the Seven Great Families intended to have students live stream their ventures into the underground dungeon and even plan to forcibly conquer the instance bosses.
Su Xingchen was unconcerned with such public opinion; to put it simply, it would only draw more public attention to the matter, and his purpose in creating this team was exactly that. Whereas Wei Bisheng’s purpose was to gradually undermine the Seven Great Families’ reputation and status and use public opinion to put pressure on Awakeners, leveraging it to force them to enter the instances and conquer them.
It could be said that although they had different objectives at the moment, ultimately it was all to eliminate the unstable instances.
Su Xingchen sought to gently and deceptively allow human civilization to continue, while Wei Bisheng preferred to use absolute authority and sacrifice the majority, forcing humanity to make a desperate stand to ensure the continuation of civilization.
In Sealed City, Su Xingchen processed the Light Brain files without expression, until a moment came when he pinched his aching temples, standing up and walking out of the tent.
He stepped onto the hovercar, setting the destination to Hong City, and only then did he lean tiredly against the driver’s seat backrest.
His indifferent gaze swept over the photo hanging inside the hovercar, and his gaze softened slightly as he looked at the expressionless short-haired woman in the photo and said softly, "Ah Qing, our son seems to have found a sense of protection again."
Having someone you truly care about is a good thing. Orıginal content can be found at 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩·𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖·𝘯𝘦𝘵
Thus, he would, like himself, desperately want to save this soon-to-be-ruined world, wanting to endure through the future alongside the person he cares about.
I hope that he and the girl he cares about won’t become like us.
After all, our union was full of mistakes and tragedy.
Slightly closing his eyes, a trace of fatigue surfaced on Su Xingchen’s face, which only disappeared when the hovercar reached Hong City. With that moment of awakening, it was replaced with his unwavering demeanor, as he strode toward the command center of Hong City.
"Commander Su." Upon seeing Su Xingchen, the Chief Commander Lin Shujun immediately stepped forward to salute, "Your sudden visit to Hong City, may I know the reason?"
"Nothing, you may continue with your work." Su Xingchen found a chair and sat down, crossing his right leg over his left, gently tapping his fingers on his thigh, "I’m waiting for someone."
Seeing this, Lin Shujun nodded and did not disturb him further. Shortly after Su Xingchen sat down, Su Ang hurriedly strode in.
Amusement flashed in Su Xingchen’s eyes. He hadn’t messaged Su Ang, and under normal circumstances, Su Ang would never specifically come to greet him, yet this time he couldn’t wait to come find him.
Perhaps it was that remark about finding a commanding captain for Qian Qi that pricked him?
Su Xingchen was curious about how Su Ang got to know Qian Qi and how their relationship improved. The reason he discovered that Su Ang was hiding Qian Qi’s existence was because he understood his son too well.
The heavy tasks since childhood made Su Ang accustomed to giving for humanity, a state of numbness. Even knowing the world was hopeless, he mechanically accepted the instance tasks. Even if his spiritual power reached a breakdown point one day, he’d probably continue the tasks rather than whine about quitting to him.
There had to be something unusual that he was encountering that Su Xingchen didn’t know about.
When he returned to the Su Family Manor that day, he casually asked the butler if there was anything peculiar and learned that Su Ang had made a female friend. Initially, he thought this kid wanted to resign and live a safe life with someone because of being lovestruck, so he wanted to see how pretty and outstanding the girl was. But then he discovered many interesting things.
It turned out that magic potions, Defense Fruits, underground dungeons, the Contracted Beast, and her were all interconnected; the more he probed, the more he sensed Qian Qi was filled with secrets, like a walking library of knowledge, seemingly knowing everything.
Even the principal hid this student’s existence right under his nose.
At that time, he didn’t act rashly, merely judged from the details to see where her abilities came from until a few days later when the Magic Beast Tide broke out in Sealed City. He saw Su Ang rush to Sealed City, seeing the abnormal attitude of the principal who seemed similar to Qian Qi in saying he understood the Guardian Beast, even unexpectedly hearing Qian Qi’s voice from Sikong Wang.
This thought crossed Su Xingchen’s mind, and he realized that this world had finally welcomed its "change."