Journey to the West: Starting by taking Sun Wukong as my disciple!-Chapter 418: No Place to Call Home

"What’s wrong?" Jin Zha asked.

The Mountain God looked at the stone block in his hand, "I don’t know why, but I always feel like this stone is somewhat different from the others."

Chen Nuo had been bickering with the system, but when he heard the Mountain God say this, he hurried over, "Let me see, what’s the matter? Is there a problem?"

This stone was indeed different from the others; it felt particularly light.

Chen Nuo’s feeling was not very obvious, but the Mountain God could feel it more clearly than both Jin Zha and Chen Nuo.

Because he had been holding and polishing stones just now, those stones had the weight of normal stones, so suddenly coming across one that was lighter made the difference especially noticeable.

Jin Zha, curious about Chen Nuo’s reaction, took the stone and weighed it in his hand but didn’t feel anything unusual.

"Weird, both of you say it’s light, but why don’t I feel any change?"

"Probably because you haven’t moved the stones from before, so you wouldn’t feel anything off," Chen Nuo said.

"But you haven’t moved them either, so how would you know?" Jin Zha puzzled.

Chen Nuo smiled, "Because I have absolutely good sense."

"Is it because there’s an energy ball inside?" the system asked urgently.

"I don’t know; I can’t see inside." Chen Nuo didn’t have the divine skills necessary to see inside and could only ask the system, "Don’t you have a scanner or something? Just scan it."

"I do have one, but..." the system seemed embarrassed.

"What’s the problem? Isn’t this something important to you? What’s so difficult about this, more difficult than getting your progress bar to move forward?" Chen Nuo said.

It wasn’t actually that difficult; it was just that using these things required Merit Points, and he didn’t have any spare Merit Points.

"To use the scanner, Merit Points are needed."

"Then use it," Chen Nuo didn’t understand, "Given the situation, why care about those few Merit Points?"

"Great, then I’ll scan it right now," the system said happily.

"Wait a minute." Chen Nuo sensed something amiss, "So you’re going to use my Merit Points?"

"Host, you’re so rich, what’s wrong with giving me a little Merit Points?" the system began to act shamelessly.

"Then what have you done with the Merit Points you collected from me?"

"They all went into charging the progress bar," the system muttered.

"Such a hassle, I think it’s better to just cut it open," Chen Nuo was about to let the Mountain God destroy it when he was stopped by the system.

"What if the energy ball gets damaged?"

Chen Nuo sighed, feeling that it was a waste of time to spend on such a thing.

However, Chen Nuo still spent ten thousand Merit Points to detect, but in the end, nothing was detected, making Chen Nuo even doubt that his Merit Points had been embezzled.

"How could I do such a thing? The programs here are all set up!" the system felt wronged and quickly explained.

Chen Nuo naturally knew the system wouldn’t cheat him over such a small amount of Merit Points; it was just strange that nothing was detected. In the end, Chen Nuo still asked the Mountain God to split the stone open.

The moment the stone was split, Chen Nuo felt a flash of light before his eyes, which immediately entered his body.

After the light disappeared, Chen Nuo checked his body and didn’t feel anything unusual, so he quickly knocked on the system, "How about it? Is your mission accomplished yet?"

"It’s done, it’s done, finally, all this time wasn’t spent in vain!" the system answered happily.

Jin Zha and the Mountain God looked at the stone with disappointed faces, "There’s nothing there."

Chen Nuo was stunned for a moment, "Just now, did none of you see anything?"

That light was so dazzling, Jin Zha and the Mountain God should have been able to feel it.

However, the stone only emitted a streak of light, and after that, there was nothing. Could it be that Jin Zha and the Mountain God were just regretting that nothing had appeared?

"Indeed, they can’t see it," the system said. "Only you can see this light."

After all, it was a task from the system; it was normal for Jin Zha and the Mountain God not to see it, and Chen Nuo didn’t doubt it, but still, there was something different. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Why can I see it?" Chen Nuo asked.

The system had yet to notice anything amiss, "What’s wrong? Isn’t it normal for you to see it since this is our task?"

"No, it’s not normal," Chen Nuo said. "This task is not ours, but yours, and it’s a task that I shouldn’t be aware of. It would be normal for you to feel it, but for me to also feel it and even see a white light, isn’t that very strange?"

Chen Nuo said this, and the system also realized something was wrong.

"I hadn’t noticed until you mentioned it, but it does seem that way. You shouldn’t be able to see it, so how can you..."

There was silence then, and Chen Nuo thought the system had gone to look for information. However, the system didn’t respond for a long time, and the system’s voice still didn’t appear.

"System, are you there? Are you there?"

There was still no answer from the other end, and Chen Nuo was getting anxious. Could it be because of this matter that the higher-ups had found out and forced the system to go offline?

If that were the case, could he also be in danger?

"System?"

Chen Nuo was truly anxious. He still lacked the power to contend, and if this state were discovered, would he also be punished or directly sent on another transmigration?

For the time that followed, no matter how much Chen Nuo knocked, the system never came out.

Chen Nuo originally planned to return to Chaos Residence, but then he thought better of it; Chaos Residence was the initial place the system had given him.

Although this place was independent of this world, it also precisely indicated that it belonged to "them."

While the system remained absent, Chen Nuo decided to stay in the human realm for a while. As for everything else, decisions would have to wait until the system returned.

Chen Nuo packed the stone pot into his Silken Pouch and bid farewell to the Mountain God and Jin Zha, "Thank you for the stone. When I find the time later on, I will come for a gathering here with you."

Upon hearing that there would be another visit, the Mountain God was very pleased and expressed his welcome to Chen Nuo.

But who knew, Jin Zha also planned to leave with Chen Nuo and even invited him to visit the town. With no other choice, given his current situation, Chen Nuo could only leave with Jin Zha.

After leaving, Chen Nuo looked at his clothes, ready to ask the system to prepare an outfit suitable for the outside.

After knocking a few more times with no response, Chen Nuo looked at his clothes, resigned, and decided to just wear them. They were somewhat eye-catching, but there was no helping it—he had no other clothes.

Together with Jin Zha, they arrived at the bottom of the mountain and were about to enter the small town when Jin Zha stopped him.

"You’re planning to go in like that?"

Jin Zha didn’t make it clear, and Chen Nuo didn’t understand what he meant until Jin Zha pointed at his clothes. Only then did Chen Nuo realize he was referring to his casual attire.

"I can’t help it, I can’t change for now," Chen Nuo said slowly.

Jin Zha was perplexed, "What’s the matter? Don’t tell me you didn’t bring any other clothes."

Chen Nuo wore a face full of helplessness, and Jin Zha exclaimed in shock, "You really didn’t bring any?"

"I was planning to get the stone pot and then go back. Isn’t it you who invited me to visit the town?" Chen Nuo put the blame squarely on Jin Zha.

Jin Zha thought about it and felt responsible, so he pulled out an outfit from his own Silken Pouch.