Chapter 42

Looking at a pile of mud on the ground was not accurate, as Mingmei was actually in a head-down position at the moment.

Her mother hugged her and Mei Jiu, twirling twice in the air. As they fell, Mingmei even saw her mother kick another humanoid creature, though half its face was rugged, revealing a wriggling piece of something unknown.

A bit disgusting.

"Ha!"

Although holding her two daughters, Mingmei could still feel Mei Shi's martial prowess in the game. Her uncle must have increased her mother’s NPC martial ability to a terrifying level.

Lu Xiaoyao, who had been squeezed in the crowd to watch, was now conspicuously standing dumbfounded in place as ordinary people fled.

"Don't you want to live?!"

Since the incident happened not far from Tianyi Pavilion, Lu Gui had just separated from Lu Xiaoyao when he heard the commotion outside. He came out to see a woman holding children violently beating those inhuman creatures, while his sister was watching not far away. Lu Gui immediately pulled her to the side.

"Brother… what is that?" Lu Xiaoyao tried hard to retract her jaw that had dropped to the ground, disgusted by the thing that was kicked to pieces by the beautiful woman.

This scene seemed—seemed like the sudden exposure of the Zerg-turned-humans in "Blood Battle: Dawn."

"These aren't the Zerg, are they? They're being killed this easily?"

"If it were that simple, would we need to enter the game?" Lu Gui glanced at Lu Xiaoyao, finding her naive, then couldn't help but sigh.

He abandoned proper cultivation to be a deputy shopkeeper and bouncer at Tianyi Pavilion. Lu Xiaoyao wouldn't really believe he had given up, would she?

"Then this…"

"Not sure. It's just possible that the Zerg entered and exploited some loopholes, causing these Zerg-like creatures to appear." This was what Lu Gui had inadvertently discovered in the suburbs while pondering where to continue his game mission after staying in the city for a few days.

At that time, he saved the chief shopkeeper of Tianyi Pavilion, who then extended an olive branch to him.

The game backend even hinted that Tianyi Pavilion was a cultivation sect, so he reluctantly agreed.

He had discovered traces of this thing several times in and out of the city during this period.

But never had it been so blatant as today, suddenly breaking out in the city.

Besides ordinary people, there were still many cultivators in this city.

As Lu Gui spoke, his gaze fell again on the woman holding the two children, sincerely praising her skills.

The explosive power of that leg… Lu Gui didn't know if he could do that in reality.

Just as the siblings were watching Mingmei and the others, Mingmei and Mei Jiu tightly hugged Mei Shi, naturally hearing Mei Shi's low curse.

She probably lowered her voice for fear of scaring them, but Mingmei still heard it clearly.

"Who are these nobodies daring to come out when I'm with my daughters? If I weren't holding them, I would tear you apart as a warning to others!"

Mingmei: "…"

They're already mud, no need to be so brutal =. =

Mingmei rubbed her little head against Mei Shi, hoping she would say less, because Mei Jiu had heard and was already mimicking her, saying, "Mom, tearing them apart like this, is that more intimidating?"

Mingmei was speechless at Mei Jiu's fearless, unbothered attitude.

She even wondered if Mei Jiu would be like this when she grew up?

If she hadn't heard that Mei Jiu was in seclusion trying to ascend in the past few years, Mingmei would have contacted Mei Jiu long ago to see what she had become.

"Oh dear! This isn't something you children should be seeing!"

Belatedly, Mei Shi suddenly realized that the scene was not suitable for children, and immediately carried the two children away from the scene. But then Mingmei heard her mother continue, "Oh no, no, we need to be further away. It's troublesome to be asked by the City Patrol Division to assist with the investigation!"

With that, Mei Shi simply flew away from the scene with them.

Mingmei: ??

What is the City Patrol Division?

Why didn't she know about this before?

Meanwhile, Lu Xiaoyao, who was standing to the side, looked enviously at the three people flying away. Before she could even express her emotions, she suddenly felt her wrist tighten. She then realized that Lu Gui was pulling her away from the scene as well.

"Hey, Brother, slow down! Why are you in such a hurry?"

Lu Xiaoyao didn't understand why Lu Gui wanted to leave. Was it because he was afraid they would be mistaken for the culprits?

Besides, who in this Linjing City didn't see what happened just now?

Plus, the piles of mud on the ground didn't look human at all. Even if they were suspected, wouldn't they be considered as ridding the city of evil?

"Heh~" Lu Gui sneered. "Not leaving? Then wait for the City Patrol Division to arrive. If they can't find the parties involved, they'll find the onlookers, like you—"

As he said that, Lu Gui looked at Lu Xiaoyao and asked, "You think you'll just be asked a few questions and then let go? No, with this incident in Linjing City, the City Patrol Division under the city lord, who manages the cultivators in the city, will interrogate you over and over again, until you're worn out..."

Lu Xiaoyao: "It can't be that bad, right? I'm just an innocent bystander."

"Who knows? Whether you're a bystander or not, they'll carefully check and confirm that your repeated answers have no discrepancies, and only after repeatedly determining that you weren't involved will they let you go.

Didn't you say your mission has a time limit? By the time you're cleared, your mission time will have passed."

"Damn it!" Lu Xiaoyao understood, and without Lu Gui pulling her, she took the initiative to run, saying as she went, "What's going on? Are they so inefficient that they have to drag others down? No way!"

Before Lu Xiaoyao could run two steps, she was pulled back again.

"Hey! Didn't you tell me to run? Why are you pulling me back? Are you waiting for the assisted investigation?"

Lu Xiaoyao said impatiently, thinking that Lu Gui was quite anxious just now, but now that she was anxious, he was holding her back?

Plus, the grip was so tight that Lu Xiaoyao couldn't break free even after she spoke, which made her angry. The moment she turned her head to question him, she caught a glimpse of her brother standing in front of her with his arms crossed.

Looking at Lu Gui, who had been standing in front of her with his arms crossed just a moment ago, his expression changed slightly. He immediately turned around and ran away, leaving her in the shadows—Lu Xiaoyao: Eh 0.0?

Then who's pulling me?

The thought only flashed for a moment before she turned her head and saw.

Long time no see, Julian, whom she thought hadn't entered the game, was now smiling as he held her hand.

"You scared me to death~~" When Lu Xiaoyao saw it was Julian, the string that had been taut in her heart suddenly loosened. She glared at Lu Gui, blaming him for suddenly scaring her.

As a result, the next moment Julian smiled and took out a pair of shiny handcuffs with his other hand, saying, "Hello, City Patrol Division. Please cooperate, fairy."

Lu Xiaoyao: ???