Chapter 215: Hello, World.

“General.”

Zuo Mingxuan made a brilliant move that sealed his opponent’s last escape route, but then he fell into deep thought. He could not figure out why that guy had suddenly let him off the hook. No matter how hard he thought, he could not find a logical answer.

To be safe, he moved again, leaving the Imperial Capital and settling in a quiet little village in Yunnan, Puer. After the men in black found him last time, he had already started hiding. But he had not expected to be found by someone he simply could not avoid.

Simply put, if the Great Sky Fox wanted to appear before him right now, it could happen instantly. Perhaps the Great Sky Fox was not as cunning as him… let’s call it cunning, but its absolute dominion-like power was something Zuo Mingxuan could not resist.

At that moment, Zuo Mingxuan had prepared to die, not even thinking about escaping. Yet the fox just left, and he did not know when or how it disappeared. When he turned around, it was already gone.

But now, he felt none of that mattered. He still had to continue with his mission. As he had told the fox, even if he had to betray the whole world, he would give everything to complete this task.

Perhaps it was the honesty of a dying man, but Zuo Mingxuan also told the fox about Siyuan’s fate. As a young Guardian, Qi Siyuan was among those with the harshest destiny. His future was extremely unclear, and that fuzziness was not a good sign. When a person’s fate could not be seen, it meant that person would be drawn into a conflict of rules higher than those of this world. And those caught in such matters rarely met a good end. Just like the Three Great Saints—one shattered, one reincarnated, one slumbering—and Nüwa, whose whereabouts were unknown. Often, the price of the Heavenly Dao was something even the powerful could not withstand, let alone Qi Siyuan, who was not strong. Before the Great Sages, he was merely an ant, yet clearly he too was caught in this war.

But Zuo Mingxuan was neither worried nor concerned about these things. He cared only about completing his mission. As for the rest… what did it matter if the world turned upside down?

Thinking of the fox, Zuo Mingxuan could not help but sigh. Though the fox was still powerful, its heavenly mandate was approaching its end. Like his own master, on a certain day in a certain year, it would suddenly crumble, as if it had never existed in this world. And his master… was none other than Donghuang Taiyi, one of the Four Chiefs alongside that fox, the only undying phoenix in the world.

Of course, the fox seemed to know something. It was struggling fiercely against its fate. If Zuo Mingxuan was not mistaken, the fox’s last chance to turn things around probably lay with Qi Siyuan, that still-wet-behind-the-ears kid—a person with the fate of a Qilin.

But even with such bloodline, he was not a Qilin. Perhaps something had gone wrong with the fox, or perhaps it sensed something was about to go wrong. That was why it hastily abandoned its so-called mission of punishing evil and left in a hurry.

“Lucky for me, at least I survived.” Zuo Mingxuan showed a faint smile. “I don’t want anything to do with you.”

However, he did not know that after the fox left him, it did not go to find Siyuan at all. Where it actually went, probably no one but itself would ever know.

Right now, Siyuan was sitting in a restaurant, staring wide-eyed at a table of oddly dressed people across from him…

These guys were the troublemakers among the Transcenders, the type who always looked for excitement and loved to stir up trouble. There were eleven of them.

Each one was fiercer than the last. During language lessons, they were the ones who loved to fight. To be honest… Siyuan would rather watch the senior mages study how televisions worked than sit here staring at these guys whose tattoos outnumbered Chamberlain’s.

But reality was cruel. Though his education level was low and he was not qualified to be their teacher, Siyuan had been assigned as their counselor. What did a counselor do? Wasn’t that like the political commissar in the army, the secretary in an office, or the busybody in the neighborhood committee? So when these guys messed up, Siyuan had to clean up their mess.

The key problem was that these guys were not like the Little Pope, who was knowledgeable and could grasp things quickly. They were typical roughnecks from the grass roots. For example, one was a self-taught Druid. According to the Little Pope, Druids usually summoned treants or transformed into small animals like bears, eagles, deer, wolves, or leopards. But this guy could only transform into one thing. At first listen, it sounded weak, but… the thing he could transform into was a Tyrannosaurus, okay? A Tyrannosaurus with mark bonuses, incredibly destructive.

Then there was that girl who first arrived clutching a teddy bear. She was actually a poor girl possessed by an evil spirit. For some unknown reason, the evil spirit had merged with her and could not be separated. More importantly, that evil spirit was the Ruler of Storms from their world. So though the girl looked petite and quiet, her every move could summon strange things.

In Siyuan’s personal opinion, the most normal one among them was probably a woman with a hot figure. But she claimed to be an ultimate assassin who would kill for enough gold coins, especially men. Once during a casual chat, she accidentally revealed that after killing men, she would cut off their penises and preserve them in jars. Unfortunately, her collection had not come with her. She had wanted to show Siyuan those hundred-plus pickled, swollen little sausages, but Siyuan felt a phantom pain down below and politely declined her offer.

“You’re all talented. You’re learning the language quickly. Though many still can’t speak it, if I talk slowly, you can basically understand, right?” Siyuan sighed, looking at the unruly group below him who were all doing their own things. Suddenly, he felt a twinge of guilt for having cursed his teachers back in the day. It turned out his teachers hadn’t been targeting anyone… it was just that the people under them were a bit too much.

“I’ve actually said this several times already. We’re not here to supervise you. We hope you can integrate into this new world as soon as possible. I understand you all have a strong desire to go home, but you know that’s probably not possible.” Siyuan took a sip of his drink to moisten his throat, then continued his official spiel. “If you have any problems, you can bring them up. We’ll do our best to help you solve them. But please, don’t cause trouble every day.”

“It’s not that we’re causing trouble. Why won’t you let us go out on our own? I’m not used to being locked up here,” said the Assassin Sister, rubbing her dagger against her smooth arm. “Language alone isn’t a problem for me.”

“Then what do you want?”

“What do I want? I’m leaving then.”

Without another word, Assassin Sister moved her chair and started to leave. Luckily, Siyuan was quick-eyed and swift-handed, grabbing her arm. But immediately, that gleaming cold dagger came slashing down toward his hand.

However… after spending time with these guys, Siyuan had developed a new skill that was starting to show results—a 100% dodge rate. To explain this in terms of evolution: if a creature wants to survive in a complex and changing environment, it must adapt its traits to withstand the impacts of that environment.

That was exactly what Siyuan had done. Over this period, he had been bitten by dogs they summoned, slashed by knives, stepped on by dinosaurs, smashed by stone giants, and even frightened by evil spirits. Without strong evasion skills, even as a Guardian, he would have died over a hundred times. After all, he wasn’t confident enough to catch their blades barehanded every time.

“How about this: I’ll take you out for a walk, but you have to promise…” Siyuan took a deep breath. “No acting on your own, no conflicts with people.”

“Fine by me.” Assassin Sister seemed a little excited. “Do they use Gnedarr gold coins or Cabrada gold coins here?”

“Here they use…” Siyuan pulled out a red bill. “Renminbi!”

“Oh, give it to me.”

“Okay…” Siyuan started to take out his wallet, then paused. “Wait, why should I give it to you?”

“Let me ask you, how many magic crystals can you buy with that money?”

“Magic crystals… what are those?” Siyuan truly had no idea what she meant. “We don’t have those here.”

“Hmm… in that case,” Assassin Sister hesitated for a moment. “Magic crystals are energy stones used to create power. They’re rare and precious. Usually, 300 Gnedarr gold coins can buy a fist-sized magic crystal. An average middle-class family of five has a total annual income of about 80 Gnedarr gold coins. So if your Renminbi can buy a fist-sized magic crystal, I’ll kill someone for you.”

Rubbing his temples, Siyuan felt his head grow hot, swollen, and painful. “Can we not talk about killing people? Let’s go, I’ll take you to the city for a walk.”

This decision of his was quite bold. But based on principles of respect and trust, Siyuan was willing to take this risk for them, provided they didn’t suddenly turn into a Tyrannosaurus or something else.

Being able to go out and play, these guys naturally didn’t object. Anyway, they were annoyed watching those senior mages study televisions. Going out for a walk with their babysitter wasn’t a bad way to relax.

So these barbarians, assassins, Druids, archangels, etc.—along with the red-haired Little Pope who could understand Siyuan from dozens of kilometers away—all appeared together in the downtown pedestrian street.

Even though the government was everywhere telling people not to linger in crowded places, asking young women and housewives to stay home and not go shopping would probably require more than just a plague. It would take something like an asteroid hitting Earth.

So though there were fewer people on the street than usual, it was still quite lively. Seeing the true face of the world they were now in for the first time, these previously brazen guys suddenly became quiet. Like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, they began to carefully observe their new world.

“Ooh, ah, oh…” A big, burly man suddenly grabbed Siyuan and pointed at a young girl not far ahead. “Legs! Legs!”

Siyuan looked over and saw that the girl did have a nice figure, especially her pair of fair legs exposed to the sun, shining brightly. No wonder this guy who could transform into a Tyrannosaurus was so excited.

“That? Hey, what’s wrong with you? Are you okay?”

He turned and saw that this guy, who could eat a tank raw, was actually having a nosebleed. His eyes were glued to the young girls around them like a pervert. That look alone was enough for the police to arrest him.

“Stop looking.” Siyuan hadn’t expected this guy to have such a cute side. He shook his head with a smile and pulled him along. “Come on, if you want to see legs, it’s easy. I’ll take you to a good place.”