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Chapter 211 A Quick Fight Among a Four-Person Family (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

In the cramped basement, apart from the buzzing exhaust fan, there was only the dripping sound of water. When Xia Pingzhou opened his eyes from the bed, the time on the wall was exactly two o'clock in the afternoon, the hour hand stuck there motionless.

Today is February 7.

With just four days left, the legendary whale will reach Bergen, Norway.

Beijing's time is seven hours ahead of London's; it's already 9 p.m. there.

Comrade Black Chrysalis has been doing nothing all day, and he will remain so for the next few days unless Mu Long decides to take action against Blue Arc.

After all, the only way for Unit 1 to get close to Bergen, Norway, without being suspected by its family was to make a quick round trip in one day using Ke Qirui's ghost train.

But her previous trip to London had already aroused suspicion from her older brother and younger sister, and another trip would be too conspicuous. Su Zimai only needed to check the information with Ke Qirui to know that her brother was inextricably linked to the Black Chrysalis.

Although the diaper demon probably doesn't possess human intelligence, if it were to suddenly awaken human consciousness, it would be an irreversible disaster for the giant fluttering moth.

Clearly, revealing one's identity at this point in time is not a wise move—if family members find out, any further actions will be severely restricted.

Moreover, since the Red Light incident, the Salvation Society has been observing the White Raven Brigade. Therefore, to be on the safe side, Ji Minghuan plans to keep Black Chrysalis on standby and not participate in this small garden operation.

As for the main quest that requires the No. 1 unit to establish a cooperative relationship with "Li Qingping", that can only be discussed after Li Qingping and Caesar escape from the Whale Garden together.

As I was lost in thought, a "thump, thump" sound came, the rhythm as gentle as a monk striking a wooden fish.

There was no doubt that it was Origami Ayase knocking on the door. Only she could knock with such a Buddhist quality, as if you could imagine her wooden knocking action just by hearing the sound through a wooden door.

"What's wrong?" Xia Pingzhou asked while putting on his clothes.

"By plane."

"coming."

As Xia Pingzhou spoke, he put on his coat, got out of bed, put on his shoes, walked to the door, opened it, and looked up at the girl outside, but it was not the girl in the kimono.

Origami Ayase was unexpectedly wearing a plain white dress and a white lace hat today. She looked up from under the brim of the hat and silently stared at Xia Pingzhou's phone.

Seeing that the cat plush toy on his phone charm was still hanging there safely, she looked away.

Xia Pingzhou glanced at his phone and confirmed, "The hacker arranged for us to go to Heathrow Airport?"

“Yes, the flight is at four o’clock, and we’ll arrive in Norway at six-thirty…” Origami Ayase said, “in the Alps.”

"It's Bergen, not Alps," Xia Pingzhou corrected as he put away his phone, then asked, "Was the Ripper in the same cabin as us?"

"She requested to sit in a different cabin from us."

"That's great." Xia Pingzhou shrugged. "Otherwise, she'd start acting like ADHD again, kicking our seats all the time."

"gone."

Have you ever been to Norway?

"No."

“That makes sense… A troupe is meant to travel the world, otherwise why would it be called a troupe?”

"Does our promise to travel the world together still stand?" Ayase Origami suddenly asked.

“Right now, it’s about traveling on the side for work, or ‘business trip’ for short. Later, it will be about traveling during holidays. The mindset is different, and the definition is different too,” Xia Pingzhou said seriously.

Shortly after, the two left the underground passage, hailed a taxi on the streets of London, took one last look at the church steeple through the car window, and then drove away as Big Ben chimed.

Upon arrival at Heathrow International Airport, the two completed the formalities and, with the help of a hacker, boarded the first-class cabin without any hindrance, then sat down in adjacent seats.

Enma Rin, on the other hand, took the initiative to request to sit in the first-class cabin next door, and there were even other guests in her cabin.

Xia Pingzhou was very worried about the safety of the other passengers. If Ripper didn't like him, he could only kick the seat; but if he didn't like the other passengers, by the time they got off the plane, there might only be scattered organs and human skin left in the cabin.

Looking around, the first-class cabin remained as empty as ever, like a secluded paradise.

Whenever this happens, Xia Pingzhou marvels at the convenience of having an electronic pet, and then he opens his phone and sends a message.

Xia Pingzhou: I love you.

[Hacker: Do not disturb while in the game (auto-reply)]

[Hacker: Are you crazy? I don't want to be chased down by that rich girl.]

"Have the other group members arrived in Bergen yet?" Xia Pingzhou put down his phone and asked the girl in the white dress next to him.

“Most people have arrived,” Origami Ayase said, then stared blankly out the window.

"I'll just catch up on some sleep on the plane. I have a feeling that once we get to Norway, the other members of the group won't let us off the hook. I probably won't be able to sleep tonight."

"it is good."

Origami Ayase nodded as she rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes.

Xia Pingzhou yawned, tilted his head, and fell asleep against her side.

Consciousness gradually switched to Unit 1.

It was 7 p.m. local time on July 28. Gu Wenyu opened his eyes, got up from the toilet seat, washed his hands, walked out of the bathroom, and stepped into the wooden corridor on the second floor of his home.

He leaned against the railing at the top of the stairs, playing on his phone while his restraints swayed in the air as he eavesdropped on the conversation coming from downstairs.

Gu Qiye was taken aback: "Are we going to be away from home for a while again?"

“Yes.” Su Zimai nodded.

"Missions?" Gu Qiye thought for a moment, "The Exorcist Association's missions lately seem a bit... too frequent?"

He raised his eyes and looked intently into Su Zimai's eyes, as if trying to discern something.

"It's okay, I can handle it." Su Zimai avoided his gaze.

Gu Qiye was silent for a moment: "I may not be in a position to say anything, but don't force yourself. I used to fight alone out of necessity, but you are different; you still have me."

"Okay." Su Zimai hesitated for a moment, then added, "Brother, please be careful during this time."

"Ah, you too."

Su Zimai lowered her head and absentmindedly got up from the chair and went upstairs.

"Leaving again?" Gu Wenyu leaned against the railing on the second floor, looking down at his phone.

"Correct."

"You can't hide your feelings at all, they're all on your face... What happened? Do you want to tell me?"

"can not say."

Su Zimai lowered her head, her face somewhat sullen. She could still manage to keep quiet about the Salvation Society and Lin Zhengquan in front of Gu Qiye, but she couldn't hold back when it came to Gu Wenyu.

Gu Wenyu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that his sister did have some sense. Since Su Zimai was unwilling to even tell him about the "Salvation Society," she probably wouldn't mention it to others casually in the future.

After a long silence, Su Zimai said in a low voice, "My friend is injured, and I'm so worried about him... I have to stay by his side, so I can't come back for a while. That's all."

Okay, good luck.

As Gu Wenyu spoke, he looked down at his phone, reached out and touched Su Zimai's head, then, while she was still in a daze, ruffled her hair, stepped into the room and closed the door.

He leaned against the door, opened his contacts, and sent a message to Ke Qirui.

[Gu Wenyu: Take good care of my sister, you lesbian train hero.] [Ke Qirui: That's really offensive... And why are you sending the same messages as your brother? Did you plan this?]

[Gu Wenyu: Do you have my brother's contact information?]

[Ke Qirui: We added each other a couple of days ago. Xiaomai gave me his contact information so I can let him know I'm safe and send him photos of Xiaomai every day.]

[Gu Wenyu: You can also send me a few, preferably candid, unflattering photos.]

[Ke Qirui: What a cunning older brother! I don't want to get a scolding from Xiaomai.]

[Gu Wenyu: So what happened to you guys? Did you run into some trouble?]

[Ke Qirui: It's not convenient to talk about it now, maybe next time.]

He lay back on the bed, picked up the remote control, and aimlessly flipped through channels, watching TV for a while.

The host said, "Today, the two outcasts, 'Blue Arc' and 'Mulong,' have successfully cracked a raid on an underground organization's transaction. With the arrival of this outstanding new outcast, the security situation in Lijing..."

"I'm really curious, what will my brother think when he finds out he accidentally killed Mu Long's father..." Gu Wenyu thought to himself as he looked at the warm and approachable Lan Hu and the taciturn Mu Long on TV.

"Don't get discouraged. I can't rely on my father at all. Now I can only get into Rainbow Wing through you and catch the tail of the Salvation Society." Just as he was thinking this, there was a knock on the door.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Qiye's voice came from outside the door: "Are you there, Wenyu?"

Gu Wenyu was taken aback, rolled off the bed and opened the door, and saw Gu Qiye standing outside the door with her arms crossed.

He asked, "What's wrong, bro?"

"Want to play some of the latest games with me?" Gu Qiye smiled. "I bought a disc of 'The Outlaws,' the IP that's all the rage online. It just so happens that our PS5 hasn't been used in a long time."

As he spoke, he showed a game disc in his hand, on which were drawn iconic outcasts from countries such as Japan, the United States, and China, with Blue Arc standing in the center.

In memory of "Sakura Takeshi," the Japanese maverick who died in the auction incident, the developers have added her to the fighting game, making her a playable character.

With so many popular characters supporting the game, "The Outcast Alliance" was already generating a lot of buzz and was promoted across all platforms even before its release.

Gu Wenyu nodded: "Sure, but does this game have a 'Black Chrysalis'? I want to play as the Black Chrysalis."

“No, it’s called the Alliance of Outcasts, and the game characters are all adapted from real-life Outcasts,” Gu Qiye said. “But you can play Blue Arc; Blue Arc is a very popular character.”

"Then I'll choose something else. Blue Arc is really no good."

"Uh... okay then."

Gu Wenyu shrugged: "My sister isn't leaving until tomorrow morning, I'll go and call her over." With that, he pounded on Su Zimai's door, and after she opened it, he and Gu Qiye dragged her downstairs, one on each side.

The three of them sat down in the living room, connected the PS5 game console to the TV, and then shared the controllers.

Gu Wenyu controls the character "Swallowing Silver," Su Zimai controls the character "Sakura Warrior," and Gu Qiye controls the hidden character "Ember," who was once the strongest superhuman in France but was killed by the White Raven Brigade. As an Easter egg, the developers added "Ember" as a hidden character to the game, which can only be unlocked by a series of hidden commands.

The hidden command that Gu Qiye used was sent to him by the game developers in his email.

Not long after, Gu Zhuoan also returned home. He put down his shoes in the shoe cabinet, smoked a cigarette, and silently watched the three of them sitting on the sofa playing video games, just like when they were kids.

He suddenly looked out the window with a sense of nostalgia. Back then, Su Ying was still there. She was cooking in the kitchen, he was sitting in the living room smoking and reading the newspaper, and the children were playing games on the floor with their legs crossed.

When Su Zimai was a child, she often argued with Gu Wenyu, and the two would often quarrel over games.

Gu Qiye sat in the middle, mediating, pressing Su Zimai's forehead with one hand and the back of Gu Wenyu's head with the other, afraid that they would start fighting like two little bulls, or smash the game controllers in their hands.

"Thousands of Floating Cherry Blossoms Slash!" The exaggerated notification sound pulled Gu Zhuo'an's thoughts back to reality.

Looking up at the television screen, I saw Su Zimai's "Sakura Warrior" unleash its ultimate move, a flurry of cherry blossoms sweeping forward, beautiful yet concealing boundless killing intent. Countless flashes of sword light clashed, forcing "Ember" and "Silver Devourer" on the screen to their knees.

Both players' health bars were simultaneously reduced to zero, and then the words "Game Over" popped up.

"Impressive, huh? I crushed you guys on my first try." Su Zimai sneered with a smirk.

Gu Wenyu ignored her, but pointed at the image of Tunyin kneeling on the ground and laughed heartily, clutching his stomach: "Wow, this Tunyin rat's defeated posture is too realistic!"

Gu Qiye looked at the two of them with a smile.

Su Zimai noticed Gu Zhuoan behind her out of the corner of her eye, got up from the sofa, and pulled him over to sit down.

“Dad, you should play too! This game can support up to four players. Luckily, my brother has some money, so he bought a few extra controllers.” Su Zimai said, shoving a controller into Gu Zhuo’an’s hand.

Gu Zhuo stubbed out his cigarette and placed it in the empty ashtray, then blankly took the controller: "I don't know how to play."

"It's okay, nobody knows how to play, it's a new game," Gu Wenyu said. "The fact that Su Zimai, that pig, could beat us up shows there's a problem."

"What do you mean?"

Finally, Gu Qiye and Su Zimai were paired together, while Gu Wenyu was paired with Gu Zhuoan, and then they entered the character selection screen.

Gu Qiye chose the iconic American outlier "Captain Eagle" for this round. This outlier's ability is to spread a pair of giant wings and shoot bullet-like feathers. He is the most popular outlier in the United States.

Su Zimai continued to choose "Sakura Warrior," seemingly still feeling guilty for watching her die at the hands of the White Raven Brigade at the auction.

Gu Wenyu kept muttering that he was a "lifelong true fan of Tun Yin" while choosing Tun Yin. He even ran back to his room to change into a "Tun Yin fan T-shirt" before sitting down on the sofa, saying that this would give him a boost in combat power.

Gu Zhuo stared at the screen without moving, pondered for a long time, and finally chose "Blue Arc".

Gu Qiye was slightly taken aback, turned her head to look at her father's profile, and then silently looked away.

"Die, you blue lightning rat!" After entering the game, Su Zimai controlled "Sakura Warrior" to chase after Gu Zhuo's "Blue Arc".

She quickly realized she had said the wrong thing and covered her mouth, looking at her older brother beside her. Fortunately, Gu Qiye was focused on playing the game and didn't hear her nickname.

Before she could react, the Silver Devourer on the screen had already crushed the metal in her hand, creating a metal cage that crushed her Sakura Warrior into a bloody mist, and then put her hands on her hips and laughed loudly.

When Gu Wenyu saw this scene, he pointed at the silver-devouring creature on the screen and laughed so hard he almost convulsed. However, he was ambushed by Gu Qiye's "Captain Divine Eagle" and died on the spot amidst thousands of feathers.

Finally, only Gu Qiye and Gu Zhuo'an remained on the screen for a one-on-one duel.

Captain Eagle flew in the air, arms crossed, looking down at the Blue Arc on the ground.

"Blue Arc" twitched from side to side and jumped up and down in place, as rigid as a broken robot, which was in stark contrast to the majestic "Captain Eagle" in the sky.

Finally, amidst Gu Wenyu's complaints, "Dad, are you even capable? You play against the AI ​​better than me," the "Blue Arc" case involving Gu Zhuo ended in a crushing defeat.

Su Zimai and Gu Qiye clapped their hands and turned to look at the two of them triumphantly.

Gu Zhuo looked down at the controller and pondered for a moment: "The difficulty is a bit high."

While selecting a character with the controller, Gu Wenyu reassured his teammate: "It's okay, I'll give the designers a suggestion next time and ask them to add your favorite tough guy, Ghost Bell, to the game. Ghost Bell is obviously a stat monster, he can't be weak."

Gu Zhuo nodded and once again selected "Blue Arc" with the controller.

Su Zimai scoffed, "Heh, these days games are all about political correctness, how could they possibly have criminal characters?"

"It's possible that he could be portrayed as a villain in the main storyline," Gu Qiye said with a slight smile.

"Let's try again, I refuse to believe it!" Gu Wenyu tugged at his silver-plated fan T-shirt, full of fighting spirit.

In the end, the fighting game ended with Su Zimai's great victory. Gu Wenyu complained, "This is boring. They designed my Silver-Eating Rat to be so weak. This game is trash," as he walked back to his room, completely ignoring Su Zimai's taunts behind him.

After closing the door, he lay down on the bed and closed his eyes.

Xia Pingzhou's plane had already landed, while the White Crow Brigade had been waiting for a long time in Bergen, Norway.

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(End of this chapter)