Chapter 285
Chapter 285 Ghosts with Me, I’m Gold
At this point, it was time to sort out the relationship between the two. Xia Xinyan had been looking for an opportunity before, and this time… well, it might not be the most ideal moment, but it was worth a shot.
Of course, that had to wait until after they finished this dungeon.
Monica then took her to find the others, and just like when they left Ling Mo’s Ghost Realm, Ling Mo obviously followed them out shortly thereafter and quickly reunited with them.
As for the others… they weren’t so lucky. When Ling Mo and the others found them, several of them were nearly engulfed by death energy—meaning they were about to plunge into the abyss. Luckily, they could forcibly pull them out of the Ghost Realm with external help, just like waking up from a nightmare. As long as someone wakes you up, the nightmare naturally ends.
The fat guy was in the worst condition among everyone. When Ling Mo and the others finally located him, he was almost gasping for air, his face completely turned blue and purple, standing there like a zombie.
Ling Mo didn’t even manage to wake him up; in the end, it was An Xiao who kicked him back from the Ghost Gate.
This startled him so much that he shivered: “Ahhh! Don’t come over, ahhh!”
Then he suddenly woke up.
“I… crap, where the hell am I?” He looked around in shock for a moment, slowly getting up from the ground, “Am I still alive?”
“Of course you’re still alive,” An Xiao didn’t feel the slightest guilt for kicking him two meters away, her expression rather pleased, “What happened that scared you so badly? Aren’t you ashamed?”
By the way, she was surprised to find she had such explosive power to kick such a heavy guy two meters away.
But the pain in her butt didn’t compare to the fat guy’s spiritual trauma, so he didn’t even realize he had been kicked, muttering, “I… I remember I seemed to have made Chicks the world’s top force, and I was still the boss. I had my little brother set up a Copper Bird Terrace and locked up all the welfare ladies… and then when I wanted to enjoy it at night, those welfare ladies all turned into Red-Clothed Fierce Ghosts…”
An Xiao’s mouth twitched: “…Welfare ladies?”
Even Murong Yue couldn’t stand it anymore, instinctively tilting her head to look at Ling Mo and Xia Xinyan: “Hey, are you really going to let someone like this be the leader of Chicks for a lifetime?”
Ling Mo didn’t mind, focusing more on the fat guy’s current condition: “You… are you okay?”
The fat guy noticed Ling Mo’s gaze was on his lower body.
He immediately covered his pants and stood up: “I’m fine! How could anything be wrong with me?! Crap, don’t think about it!”
“Good to hear. I was worried you’d get scared into some problems.”
“…So what exactly happened? Was I the only one who got hit?” The fat guy was dumbfounded.
“No,” Xia Xinyan shook her head, “That ghost used the Ghost Realm on all of us, allowing us to experience our most desired scenes before distorting them. It’s a sort of mental attack.”
And under this kind of mental attack, those with stronger mental fortitude have a greater advantage.
Perhaps Ling Mo wasn’t completely fooled for this reason.
The fat guy looked surprised: “Huh? Is my dream really the Copper Bird Terrace?”
Ling Mo: “…”
Forget it, the fat guy seemed alright with no major issues.
While they were chatting, Monica made a new discovery: “You guys come and look, what’s this?”
Everyone instinctively turned to look, and they noticed she was holding two shards.
Xia Xinyan took one and looked at it; it seemed to be a piece of a disk, with irregular edges, as if it had been broken.
It was worth mentioning that the two shards could fit together, but based on the colors, they probably didn’t come from the same disk. Each shard was about one-fifth the size of a disk, and if Xia Xinyan guessed correctly, five shards could form one disk.
And despite being shards, judging by the colors and patterns, these were likely the materials needed to seal the five elements—one was “Gold,” and the other was “Water.”
“…This thing can’t be telling us to gather all the shards and piece them together to seal the five elements, right?” The fat guy leaned in to look for a moment and pondered, “Isn’t that a bit too troublesome?”
“Why don’t we go back and try?” Ling Mo looked up at Monica and the others, “Maybe just one shard can activate it? Didn’t you say you found a sealing array eye earlier?”
Murong Yue nodded: “Okay, I remember where that place is. I’ll take you there.”
No one else had any objections, after all, they had nothing to do at the moment.
But just as they were about to head back, Ling Mo’s walkie-talkie, which he had originally used to contact the fat guy, suddenly went off—it hadn’t worked before when he contacted him, so he had left it on.
This time, receiving a communication request, he hesitated for a moment before answering.
Then, instead of the previous cries, a robust voice shouted through the walkie-talkie: “Is there a big brother who can hear me?! Please, I need help! At the Ancient Pharmacy! I’m blocked by a girl ghost! Save me! Tiger Ba Tian?! An Dongxing?! Ji Tou?! Is anyone there?!”
The voice was quite familiar; Ling Mo remembered it was Cheng Rui from Tiger Ba Tian’s team—the unlucky guy who got ghosted at the start.
“Ancient Pharmacy?” The fat guy repeated, then suddenly said, “Hey, I remember that place! I happened to pass by when the ghosts were using the wall trick—should we go help?”
An Xiao seemed a bit reluctant: “Forget it, judging by his tone, he might already be dead… and we haven’t made any progress on the main quest yet.”
The fat guy paused, then looked at Ling Mo: “Alright, old Ling, you guys go find the array eye, and I’ll go help. After all, he’s an ally; when someone calls for help, isn’t it customary to go help?”
Bai Yu immediately stood beside him: “I’ll go with you.”
“Bro!” An Xiao shouted, then reluctantly followed, “Alright, I’ll go with you, too.”
Seeing this, Ling Mo turned to Monica: “Monica, can you go with them too? The fat guy might not be able to protect them by himself.”
Monica casually glanced at Xia Xinyan, then smiled and nodded: “Okay, you all be careful.”
Murong Yue: “…”
She didn’t want to be a third wheel.
Suddenly, she regretted volunteering to lead them.
Xia Xinyan then looked at Murong Yue: “Let’s go too.”
Murong Yue hesitated but nodded, turning to continue walking ahead.
However, it wasn’t long before Cheng Rui’s scream suddenly echoed from the walkie-talkie: “Ahhh! Brothers, don’t come! I’m done for! Ah! Brothers, be careful! The ghost’s here! I’m down! I’m Gold!”
Then, the voice abruptly cut off.
Ling Mo: “…”
Looks like An Xiao was right.
