Let's Squander A Billion First!-Chapter 1638: Visitor from Beyond the Skies (25)
With Chuzheng holding the fort, Qing Dai’s advantage vanished instantly.
The puppets no longer followed Qing Dai’s command and turned to attack her people instead. Qing Dai attempted to forcibly seize control from Chuzheng.
In the end, she naturally didn’t gain any advantage.
Qing Dai was forced by He Jin and his men to the edge of District Three.
During the battle, because Qing Dai was trying to seize control of the puppets from Chuzheng, her mental state was poor, and He Jin almost caught her by exploiting this weakness.
In the end, Qing Dai jumped into the underground river and disappeared into the water.
As soon as she left, the people she controlled fell to the ground one after another.
"Do you know any way to solve this?" He Jin asked Chuzheng.
"There’s no way. The device is already in their brains," Chuzheng said calmly, "It won’t be a problem usually, just think of it as an extra nerve in the brain."
"..."
An extra nerve in the brain, isn’t that a kind of mental illness?
Chuzheng said there’s no way, so there’s no way; no matter what He Jin says, it’s useless.
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Chuzheng handed the Cosmic Stone to Lou Xing. Whether he handed it over or kept it, Chuzheng had no opinion.
As long as Good Person Card is happy, it’s fine.
Everything is based on Good Person Card’s principles.
I can do it!
So after He Jin restored Lou Xing’s innocence, Lou Xing returned it to He Jin.
Lou Xing hadn’t experienced those things that led to his darkening yet, so he was naturally still a ’straight-arrow’ good youth.
So, he could understand but also couldn’t comprehend why He Jin had wanted him detained.
He Jin placed the Energy Crystal on the center-most Crystal Pillar. The surrounding Crystal Pillars were mostly destroyed, and when the Energy Crystal was placed, the intact Crystal Pillar instantly glowed with light, while the destroyed Crystal Pillars remained dark.
Lou Xing: "These crystals..."
"We have to retrieve the lost map," He Jin said solemnly, "That map leads to the original spaceship, which has these crystals on it."
Lou Xing: "..."
That spaceship is the origin of everything, yet no existing records mention the location of the spaceship.
He was wanted not because of the location of the Energy Crystal but because of that spaceship...
Lou Xing quickly realized: "That spaceship isn’t in the Underground City?"
He Jin nodded: "No, it’s too large. At the time, it was impossible to bring it here. So a map was left behind..."
The map is now with Boss Jia.
They must recover the map to find that spaceship and retrieve the crystals from it.
Otherwise, these crystals are insufficient to support the entire operation of the Underground City.
Lou Xing suddenly asked: "What’s Boss Jia been up to lately?"
Lately, everyone has been busy dealing with Qing Dai, and there hasn’t been any movement from Boss Jia’s side.
He Jin: "I have people keeping an eye on him. He was up to something earlier, but there’s been no movement since. He should still be at his residence."
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However, when He Jin sent people to check again, they found only a few minions left at Boss Jia’s residence to mislead them. Boss Jia himself had long disappeared.
He Jin had people investigate how Boss Jia and his men left.
They soon returned to report back.
"Boss Jia and his men left through an old material transport tunnel."
Boss Jia had a material transport tunnel that led to the surface, and that’s how Boss Jia and his men left.
Chuzheng learned from Lou Xing about the possibility that Boss Jia went to the surface.
"What does he want to do?"
Lou Xing shook his head: "I don’t know. I need to leave the Underground City for a while with some people."
"What for?"
"To find the spaceship," Lou Xing didn’t hide, "To find the first spaceship that landed here."
Chuzheng: "??"
Why the heck are you looking for the spaceship? You want to escape!!
Lou Xing looked at Chuzheng and sincerely expressed his gratitude: "Thank you for clearing up the previous incident for me."
Lou Xing didn’t know Chuzheng had done this; by the time she told him, the whole thing was already settled.
Honestly, Lou Xing had never met someone like her... no, an Alien.
"Just a thank you?" You’re kidding me! You’re not really sincere in thanking me!! You fraud!!
Lou Xing was slightly startled, realizing perhaps just saying thank you wasn’t enough.
"I’ve already spoken to Mr. He, you can stay here for now as long as you don’t cause trouble, Mr. He won’t bother you," Lou Xing paused slightly, "When I return... I’ll properly thank you."
Chuzheng: "I’m afraid you won’t come back."
Lou Xing was puzzled: "Hmm?"
What do you mean by ’afraid he won’t come back’?
Chuzheng said nonchalantly: "I’ll go with you."
Lou Xing: "??"
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Lou Xing didn’t want to take Chuzheng along, but when it was time to depart, Chuzheng showed up leisurely with Na Xia and Na Dong, and Brother Hui was nowhere to be seen.
The surface was filled with toxic gas, and Brother Hui, being an ordinary person, wasn’t expected to go.
"You..."
Chuzheng cut off Lou Xing’s words: "It’s better to take me along; who knows if I’ll be in a bad mood and turn this Underground City upside down."
He Jin, by the side, immediately said: "Miss Chuzheng has this intention, Mr. He, on behalf of everyone in the Underground City, thanks Miss Chuzheng. Lou Xing, take Miss Chuzheng with you."
He couldn’t understand this Alien, Chuzheng.
Unlike Qing Dai with clear intentions, he found the situation a bit better.
Chuzheng...
She seemed uninterested in everything, yet her presence was dangerous — after all, a different species.
Can’t win? Can’t I let her leave?!
Lou Xing: "..."
In the end, Chuzheng boarded the vehicle with Lou Xing.
The convoy traveled up through the tunnel Boss Jia used to exit. The road was not easy, and it was extremely bumpy.
Chuzheng felt like she was riding a bumper car, her rear nearly bruised.
Endure!
Chuzheng’s cheeks puffed slightly, trying to steady herself to prevent excessive swaying.
Too difficult.
This small, weak, pitiful girl, why is it so hard for her.
Why did she choose to come out with Good Person Card, what’s wrong with lying in the Underground City?
"Use this as a cushion," Lou Xing handed over a jacket, "It might feel a bit better."
Chuzheng glared coldly at him: "Do I look uncomfortable to you?"
Lou Xing: "..."
Lou Xing placed the jacket behind Chuzheng.
The vehicle suddenly jolted, and neither Lou Xing nor Chuzheng were prepared. With the jerk, both of them leaned in the same direction.
Chuzheng’s body pressed against the car door, and Lou Xing’s arm happened to be at her back, supporting the car door, while his other hand braced the seat in front.
The distance between them suddenly shortened.
Lou Xing’s gaze slightly shifted, just in time to see Chuzheng’s profile.
Her fair and fine skin, like top-quality white jade, made one want to touch it.
Chuzheng glanced sideways, meeting Lou Xing’s gaze.
That gaze was light and shallow, like the eternal starlight in the galaxy, peering into which one could see those eternal times.
Three seconds later.
Lou Xing suddenly sat up, returning to his seat, unsure of where to place his limbs, as his heart beat uncontrollably, in a chaotic rhythm.
