Chapter 125 Ten Minutes Ago

“Let’s do it. There’s no one here,” Mei Shi said, leading Mu Chen straight into the deepest part of the Zerg territory. By this point, they were completely out of sight of anyone outside.

Precisely because no one was watching, Mu Chen felt that Mei Shi’s entire demeanor had transformed.

She exuded an aura of pure “recklessness.”

It was as if Zhang San had wandered into a lawless zone.

Originally, Mu Chen had planned to follow behind Mei Shi and learn her close-combat skills, as he had been genuinely impressed by her strength along the way.

Mei Shi had completely evaded every single Zerg attack, but then she suddenly dropped this line.

“What does ‘doing it’ have to do with whether or not someone’s watching?” Mu Chen asked, scanning the dense swarm of bugs around them. “Who are we doing it to?”

“Heavens, there’s nobody here, what are you pretending for?” Mei Shi looked at Mu Chen with an expression usually reserved for monkeys. “You can’t possibly not know what I mean, right?”

Mu Chen: ??

Was he supposed to know?

Judging from Mei Shi’s expression, Mu Chen had a feeling he might have misunderstood something.

Were he and Mei Shi on different wavelengths?

Hearing Mu Chen’s question, Mei Shi’s look of distaste became even more pronounced.

“They all say you’re so smart, where did all that intelligence go?” Mu Chen remained silent in the face of Mei Shi’s accusation.

He hadn’t told anyone he was smart.

Just as Mu Chen was pondering the true meaning behind Mei Shi’s words, he saw her produce a simple, ancient black sword from thin air.

The aura emanating from the black sword made even the surrounding Zerg sense its danger.

Mu Chen recognized that sword.

It wasn’t a weapon from this world. It was the weapon Mei Shi had used back in the Xianxia world when she fell into demonic cultivation. After the sword was purified, it was placed in the Ten Thousand Swords Sect for safekeeping.

When had Mei Shi brought it here?

Mu Chen was stunned, and a ridiculous thought flashed through his mind—

Was she planning to use Xianxia techniques to stop this disaster?

However, Mu Chen was well aware that Mei Shi’s and his own abilities were restricted by the laws of this world’s plane. After all, he was a transmigrator himself, and there were many commonalities.

“Is it really okay to take it out so blatantly?”

Mu Chen didn’t want anything to happen to Mei Shi. How would he face Mingmei then?

Mei Shi smiled fearlessly, revealing her pearly white teeth, and said confidently, “Although this world restricts me, it’s fine as long as I don’t cause too much of a stir.”

“How do you define ‘not causing too much of a stir’?”

Mu Chen asked, and Mei Shi answered matter-of-factly, “As long as no one notices my abnormal behavior~”

Mu Chen didn’t think Mei Shi’s “no one notices” was just a figure of speech.

What she really meant by “no one notices” was probably more accurately described as silencing any beings who might blow things out of proportion and question her actions.

As Mu Chen was thinking this, Mei Shi nodded. “Exactly what you’re thinking. It would be best if these guys just died.”

Mei Shi’s words were chilling, making his scalp tingle.

Mu Chen looked at Mei Shi, glanced at the surrounding Zerg, and recalled Mei Shi’s past glorious achievements. He suddenly felt a sense of pity for these bugs from the bottom of his heart.

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Now that he understood Mei Shi’s intentions, Mei Shi looked up and down at Mu Chen, who hadn’t moved in ages, and asked impatiently, “Where’s your stuff? We all transmigrated here from the Xianxia world, you can’t possibly have nothing, right?”

Mu Chen: “…”

Mei Shi had probably forgotten one thing: his transmigration was different from theirs.

Mu Chen didn’t just not have any equipment!

“When I came over, even my body was gone, have you forgotten?”

Mei Shi: “…”

Awkward.

She had forgotten that Mu Chen’s actions back then had resulted in his body being completely destroyed.

Only his soul was left, and Mei Jiu had taken pity on him and sent him here. Even then, he had to work as a free laborer for Yan Hui for decades before he was released.

“So, you’re saying you don’t have any of your abilities from the Xianxia world?” Mei Shi asked tentatively, unsure.

Mu Chen could only slowly nod, acknowledging the truth.

But he added, “But I can still do divination. If you want me to predict something…”

“No, I reject superstition!” Mei Shi refused Mu Chen’s suggestion without a second thought.

How hilarious, what could a jinx like her possibly predict?

Nothing good would come of it!

“Actually…you don’t even know how to use the 3S physique, do you?”

By now, Mu Chen had figured out that Mei Shi was planning to cheat.

Mei Shi smacked her lips. “Actually, the 3S physique can indeed calm things down, but isn’t this a bit urgent? There are so many Zerg, and a half-self-destructed Queen. If we don’t use some unconventional methods, we’re all doomed.”

Mu Chen saw Mei Shi impatiently raise the demonic sword and thrust it towards the Queen, a scarlet light flying from the sword, instantly slicing any Zerg it touched in half!

…

“Boom—”

A white light suddenly exploded in the middle of the Zerg swarm. Mingmei and the others had already retreated quickly after receiving Yan Hui’s warning, with Lu Xiaoyao’s Fendai shielding them from the front.

But even so, the force of the explosion sent all three of their mechs crashing into Qilan Star’s aerial defense system, destroying it once again and slamming into the ground, creating three giant craters.

Mingmei was dizzy from the impact, but fortunately, nothing was seriously wrong. She was just jostled around a lot, and the mech’s damage exceeded 30% for the first time.

“What happened?”

The first thing Mingmei wanted to know when she regained consciousness was what had just happened.

“The Zerg self-destructed?”

Mingmei reached out and touched her face, then her body. Good, everything was fine.

The power of the explosion wasn’t as strong as she had calculated.

“It self-destructed prematurely,” Yan Hui’s voice came through the nearby channel. Mingmei saw through the mech’s camera that she was lying in a pit.

Yan Hui and Lu Xiaoyao seemed to have already “fully revived” and were squatting at the edge of her pit, looking at her.

Mingmei: …

This perspective was strange.

It was like two people squatting on her grave, looking at her.

“What do you mean, ‘prematurely self-destructed’?”

Piloting the Jinyi to stand up, Mingmei saw that Qilan Star’s aerial defenses were completely destroyed, but the sky was indeed clear of Zerg.

“Mei-jie probably did something,” Yan Hui said, detaching from his mech and standing on the scorched earth, looking around.

They had landed in a rather remote area; no one was hurt.

“Meimei, your mom is really amazing!”

Lu Xiaoyao was also shocked. Since Mingmei’s mother had appeared, everything she had done had been unexpected.

Now, Lu Xiaoyao couldn’t wait to become a Mei-supporter and sing praises about Mingmei’s mom!

“Why is the power of a premature explosion so much smaller?” After praising her, Lu Xiaoyao turned her attention to the main topic. She scratched her head and asked, “How can it explode prematurely?”

“It’s like blowing up a balloon, the bigger the balloon, the bigger the explosion.”

Mingmei heard Yan Hui say this as she climbed out of the mech. At first, it sounded fine, but upon closer examination, the statement was full of loopholes.

“That’s not right, it’s the law of conservation of energy. How could the energy in the Queen’s crystal core be different depending on whether it explodes earlier or later?”

Lu Xiaoyao’s little brain suddenly went online. Yan Hui glanced at Lu Xiaoyao, then at Mingmei. From his expression, Mingmei knew that her uncle was hiding something from Lu Xiaoyao.

“Such a big body, do you think the energy and mental power of the Queen’s crystal core are always inside the core?”

Since no scientist had ever really gotten their hands on a Zerg Queen’s body, no one really knew if Yan Hui was right. On second thought, it made a little sense.

And so, Lu Xiaoyao was convinced.

“Then…what about Auntie?”

Now that the Zerg crisis was resolved, what about the person who resolved it?

Mingmei was stunned by Lu Xiaoyao’s question. Where were her mother and Mu Chen?

“Wuwuwuwu, Auntie, could Auntie be…”

Lu Xiaoyao’s eyes instantly filled with tears, but she quickly closed her mouth when she looked at Mingmei, not wanting to curse her best friend’s mother.

“Don’t worry, my mother is fine.”

Mingmei didn’t believe that her mother would go looking for death herself. It wasn’t her style.

Besides, if something had happened to her mother, her father wouldn’t have remained hidden.

Just as she was thinking this, the commotion above her head made everyone look up—

A dark blue, unfamiliar mech appeared in the sky above them. With the appearance of this mech, Lu Xiaoyao’s livestream exploded once again!