Chapter 153. The Snake Extermination Mission Begins. Is Jiang Feng About to Trigger a Beast Tide?
The next morning, at dawn.
【Ding! Congratulations, Host. Your Divine Beast · Bai Ze has reached a growth level of “60%” and can now unlock its third Divine Beast skill.】
Hm?
Jiang Yichen groggily opened his eyes. After taking a mont to wake up, he looked at the system panel in front of him.
He smiled and let out a sigh. Every day really was full of surprises.
Jiang Yichen opened the Pet Space. Xiao Bai, who had once been soft, adorable, and cuddly, had completely changed. Its two antlers had branched upward, and its snow-white wings were dazzling to behold.
More importantly, the pale golden halo radiating from Xiao Bai made it look holy beyond compare at a single glance.
“It really is getting more handso by the day,” Jiang Yichen murmured.
“If you’re trying to get my attention with that sort of praise, then congratulations, you succeeded,” Jiang Feng replied arrogantly while standing in front of a mirror and fixing up his appearance.
Jiang Yichen: “...”
He was speechless. Arguing with Jiang Feng’s narcissism was pointless, so he ignored him and directly tapped to unlock the third Divine Beast skill.
【Third Divine Beast Skill: All Evils Recede.
All Evils Recede: Bai Ze is naturally capable of warding off evil and can dispel all sinister entities and curse techniques.】
...Uh.
He had thought it would be so incredible skill, but it turned out to be just an evil-banishing one.
Jiang Yichen recalled that Bai Ze did indeed possess abilities like that, so he did not think too much about it.
There were still two Divine Beast skills left to unlock. He wondered whether the final two would turn out to be truly overpowered.
A trace of anticipation flickered in Jiang Yichen’s eyes, and he got up to wash as well.
As he brushed his teeth, he looked at the cramped dorm room and sighed inwardly that it would be wonderful if the system had so kind of mobile residence ability.
Life would be much more comfortable that way.
【Ding! Slacking Choice triggered.】
【Choice One: Faced with the cramped dormitory space, you decide to endure it. After all, it is only for a day or two. Reward: the title “Brother Endurance.”
Choice Two: Faced with the cramped dormitory space, your mood is affected. For a better slacking experience, you want to switch to a nicer place and maintain a relaxed and cheerful outlook on life. Reward: “Interdiate Slacking Gift Pack.”】
???
Jiang Yichen paused in the middle of brushing his teeth, and white foam dripped from the corner of his mouth.
No way. I was only thinking about it, and you actually went ahead with it?
When a man who only talks big ets a system that actually delivers, what else can he do? Go along with it, of course.
Jiang Yichen chose the second option without hesitation.
【Congratulations, Host, on making your choice. Reward: “Interdiate Slacking Gift Pack.” Would you like to open it?】
“Open it.”
【Congratulations, Host. You have obtained: Mobile Residence Access Card.】
【Mobile Residence Access Card: You may swipe it on any empty room at random, and the room’s layout and decorations can then be altered according to the Host’s wishes, transforming it into an independent private residence.
For a better slacking experience for the Host, this access card has unlimited uses.】
Jiang Yichen’s eyes widened.
It really was giving him whatever he thought of.
System, you really are willing to stop at nothing just to make slack off!
I truly hate you. You are absolutely despicable, refusing to let work hard.
Jiang Yichen wiped the foam from the corner of his mouth in great delight, took out the Mobile Residence Access Card from the System Space, and lightly swiped it across the doorknob of the storage room next door.
Beep, beep!
There was clearly no sensor, yet it still made a response sound.
Jiang Yichen pictured the kind of place he wanted to live in. The mont he turned the doorknob and opened the door, the corners of his lips slowly rose.
The room that had once been piled full of junk had turned into a villa-like space lit by warm crystal chandeliers, while the genuine leather sofa reflected a soft sheen.
Aweso!
Jiang Yichen quietly closed the door. From now on, he would no longer have to worry about where to stay whenever he went out.
Life was ant to be enjoyed, not wasted on anxiety and inner turmoil.
Jiang Yichen put away the access card and went with Chu Xingchen and the others to eat at the border watchtower cafeteria.
Inside the cafeteria—
“Old Feng, whose girl is this? She got up early in the morning and insisted on helping cook.”
Blind Feng tapped his pipe. “She’s one of the recruits Old Li brought over yesterday for the ‘Snake Extermination’ mission.”
The cook nodded. “For a recruit to have such good cooking skills is pretty impressive. I wonder who’ll end up being the lucky one.”
“Heh, it definitely won’t be you.” Old Feng got to his feet with two buns in hand. “Once the recruits finish eating, send them to the signpost at the edge of the Great Rift Valley.”
“Old Feng, are you really taking them out to risk their lives? The valley’s been dangerous lately. Three people from the town have already died this month.”
Blind Feng waved his pipe. “What choice do I have? Do you think I dare disobey orders from above?”
“I’m leaving.”
He pulled his military overcoat tighter around himself, exhaled a plu of smoke, and walked out of the cafeteria.
Not long after, Jiang Yichen and the other three arrived as well.
The watchtower soldiers who had not yet gone out on patrol could not help glancing over curiously.
“Brother Yichen, I made breakfast for you. We’re going to carry out the mission soon, so you have to eat your fill.”
Su Linyu ca out from the kitchen carrying a steaming plate of lovingly fried eggs and fragrant buns.
Jiang Yichen gently pinched Su Linyu’s cheek. “Alright.”
“Captain, why don’t we get any? We’re team mbers too, aren’t we?” Tang Long inhaled the aroma of the buns, and he was practically drooling.
But Su Linyu shook her head. “No. I only made food for Brother Yichen. If I cooked for you too, what if Brother Yichen misunderstood?”
“We’re brothers. What would he misunderstand?”
Su Linyu still shook her head. Lifting her chin stubbornly, she said, “Even if Brother Yichen wouldn’t misunderstand, I still can’t do it. This is sothing exclusively for Brother Yichen alone.”
Tang Long: “...”
Alright then. There was nothing more he could say.
“Fine, just eat your bun.” Chu Xingchen laughed and stuffed a vegetable bun into Tang Long’s mouth.
But the aroma of the at buns made the vegetable bun taste utterly bland to Tang Long.
Jiang Yichen could not help but smile. The sheer sense of security brought by a Warrior of Pure Devotion truly never disappointed.
That scene made the surrounding watchtower soldiers feel a wave of sourness. They had only co to eat, yet they had sohow been force-fed a round of romance.
After breakfast,
following the cook’s directions, Jiang Yichen’s group of five arrived at the signpost on the edge of the Great Rift Valley.
Blind Feng, wrapped in his military overcoat and holding a black-bronze pipe in his hand, stood at the edge of the rift. Gusts of wind swept through, scattering the white smoke he exhaled.
Jiang Yichen lifted his eyes slightly and looked ahead.
Beneath the first rays of the morning sun, the red-gold rocky wasteland was split by a massive scar, as if a god had cleaved open the vast land with an axe. It stretched across the earth for hundreds of kiloters, with no end in sight.
Cloud and mist still coiled within the valley below, making its interior impossible to see clearly.
“Let’s go. Secure your ropes. We’re heading down to the valley floor.”
Blind Feng did not waste words as he fastened the zipline harness on his body.
“Wait.” Jiang Yichen stopped him. “Let’s just go down directly.”
Hm?
Blind Feng froze. “What kind of joke is that? The valley is ten thousand ters deep. Are you planning to jump straight down?”
Jiang Yichen shook his head and waved a hand. As space twisted and turned—
the six of them had already appeared at the bottom of the valley, where thick white mist shrouded their surroundings and blocked their vision.
?
Blind Feng looked around, shock flashing through his eye. “Spatial Jump? You’re a space-type martial artist? Teleporting ten thousand ters in an instant, this...”
“Outpost Commander Feng, that’s just our captain’s normal routine. No need to be surprised,” Tang Long said with a grin.
Blind Feng’s mouth twitched. Teleporting ten thousand ters, and that counted as normal? There were barely a few space-type martial artists in all of Huaxia who could pull that off.
In the end, he could only nod. “Co on. I’ll take you to the Snakefolk gathering grounds. Whether you can complete the ‘Snake Extermination’ mission and earn a check mark in your wilderness mission records will depend on your own abilities.”
Jiang Yichen and the others nodded slightly and followed behind Blind Feng.
At the rear of the group, Jiang Feng slowly took out the disc that could trigger a Beast Tide from his pocket.
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