Ren Yuanhao returned home at ten o'clock in the evening.
The women seemed to still be waiting patiently. However, the moment Ren Yuanhao entered, a smell of alcohol emanated from him, immediately drawing sharp, knife-like glances from them.
"Ren Yuanhao, we were freezing here waiting for you, and you went off drinking and chasing girls, didn't you?"
Zhao Yishu seemed to have recovered from the shadow of Grey Wolf. She was dressed in a fiery red skirt, like the sunset stretching across the sky.
"Exactly, you didn't even take me drinking."
Yafiel looked displeased.
Since someone had to scold, someone had to mediate. However, the scolding was a pretense, the worry was real. Mu Yunyan and Xiao Yue said a few casual words, and the two women stopped speaking.
However, Ren Yuanhao had a splitting headache. The Grey Wolf issue was temporarily resolved, but how to accommodate them became another problem.
Xiao Yue was a person of great intelligence and consideration, and being a big star herself, supporting Yafiel, Mu Yunyan, and Zhao Yishu was not difficult at all.
Before Ren Yuanhao could speak, Xiao Yue had already voiced her thoughts for him.
"Although the Grey Wolf matter has come to a temporary end, it doesn't mean these dangerous individuals will stop. Our safety is only temporary. Yuanhao is spread too thin, and bringing us along would only be a burden. I think our Donglü City is quite nice. Do you want to come with me?"
Among the women, only Yafiel still had a grandfather in the Grey Wolf organization. The rest had already lost their families and homes, so it didn't matter where they went.
"I, Ren Yuanhao, consider you all friends. If you ever face any difficulties, I will never stand idly by. The Grey Wolf issue is not yet settled, and the Lionheart Group is also not behaving honestly. Regarding romantic matters, I, Ren Yuanhao, truly dare not hope for more."
When everyone heard Ren Yuanhao's words, they were naturally heartbroken. Thinking of all the times spent with Ren Yuanhao, the women felt even more sorrowful.
"Ren Yuanhao, don't think you're that charming. We're not sad at all."
"Exactly, not at all."
Zhao Yishu and Yafiel's hearts grew more bitter as they spoke, and they returned to their rooms. Xiao Yue and Mu Yunyan also left with smiles, but their hearts were also heavy.
Shortly after, only Sha Yunba and Ren Yuanhao remained in the room.
"What are your plans from now on, benefactor?"
"Plans? I want to go to Guyao City to take a look."
As soon as Ren Yuanhao said this, Sha Yunba's face turned ashen.
"Benefactor, we who deal in goods know that that place was already quite chaotic before the existence of the Mandala gene. Now, it's probably..."
Ren Yuanhao smiled, "My friend is still there. I must go and see. Moreover, Grey Wolf's 'Emperor' is still there. I always feel uneasy, as if something worse is about to happen."
"Perhaps you've been too tense these past few days, benefactor. A good rest should help," Sha Yunba bowed and retreated to the doorway. "I won't disturb you further. In any case, may everything go smoothly. Heaven helps those who help themselves."
After Sha Yunba left, Ren Yuanhao quickly lay down on the bed, and the system sound immediately came.
"Beep beep, fifty thousand gambled and won twenty million. What do you think, good eye, right?"
"Fine, I'll return the money to you. Let's see how much you'll leave me."
Ren Yuanhao knew this thing wouldn't keep him warm, so he adopted a nonchalant attitude.
"I'll leave you eight million. Is that fair enough?"
Ren Yuanhao thought to himself that he didn't need too much money anyway. Eight million, a sum he never dared to imagine before, and now that he had it, he felt no joy at all. Humans are indeed animals easily driven by desire.
"Next, I plan to go to Guyao City."
As soon as Ren Yuanhao said this, the system's young lady objected first.
"Did you forget the bamboo slip will? That's what you should be seeking! You're the only one in the world who has gathered this item! So awesome!"
"Perhaps you're right," Ren Yuanhao sat cross-legged in the illusion in his mind, looking at the starry sky. An indescribable fear crept in. "Miss, do you think there will be anyone else in the world like me searching for the origin element ability core?"
"Of course. So the sooner you get your hands on it, the more at ease you'll be."
"Probably. Alright, I'm going to sleep first~"
...
The fine drizzle gradually intensified, and the sea became rough, with waves rising dozens of meters high. A whale swam across the night sky, stirring up an icy blue water column.
"Zhang Liang, you can set off with our sincerity."
The speaker had a mechanical claw for an arm, and it was Guan Xishun. Standing before him, undoubtedly, was Zhang Liang, who also had a mechanical claw for an arm.
"It's hard to believe that after only a few months apart, Jiangcheng has become what it is now."
"He must feel the same when he sees you. I remember when you first landed on the island, you were just an ordinary person, oh no, an ordinary person with an amputated arm. But now..."
Guan Xishun looked at Zhang Liang's back and suddenly felt that this person had become frightening at some point.
—Could it be because that thing accepted him?
Guan Xishun looked at the surging waves again, and a chill ran down his spine.
After all, this sea area should not have such huge waves at this time, and one person's power could actually...
Zhang Liang released his hand, and the waves began to calm. The sound of the helicopter's rotors was deafening, but Zhang Liang's voice seemed to come from another dimension, so hoarse that it was even louder than the rotors.
"Let's go. Only by joining forces can the world be at our feet. I heard they suffered heavy losses again, and their economy seems to be in trouble. This trip is to offer a helping hand."
The two boarded the helicopter one after another. As the cabin door closed, the helicopter cut through the air, flying towards a city in the Western Desolation.
After the helicopter flew away, the lights in a laboratory in the center of the island lit up. A petri dish's glass shattered as if subjected to some strange external force. A woman, who had been sleeping in the transparent liquid within the petri dish, with fiery red hair and a somewhat gloomy gaze, suddenly broke the glass and stood up. Her bare feet stepped on the shattered glass, blood splattered everywhere, yet she seemed oblivious.
Her throat vibrated like a cat's, and her mouth seemed unable to form words. After opening and closing dozens of times, she finally managed to piece together two words.
"Sis...ter..."
At that moment, Shen Lanni, far away in Yunjin City, suddenly sat up from her soft large bed as if haunted. She walked to the window and looked at the darkening, cloud-filled sky. A single streak of blood-red tear involuntarily traced its way down her cheek.
Her face was expressionless. Like a sleepwalker, she stared blankly in a certain direction, murmuring, "Sister, is that you?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she slumped backward like a stalk of sorghum blown down by the wind, immediately falling to the ground...