Starting from Douluo Continent, I've become a god through daily check-ins.

Chapter 217 Dinner

Tomoki's fishing rod suddenly stirred. He quickly grabbed it, pulled hard, and a fish was hooked. He grabbed the fish and exclaimed excitedly, "I caught one! I caught one!"

Immediately afterward, Chu Yuan's fishing rod also stirred. Chu Yuan grabbed the rod and asked Zhi Shu, "Zhi Shu, what do we do now?!"

Chu Yuan, holding onto his fishing rod, slipped and fell into the river without any surprise. The river water instantly soaked Chu Yuan's clothes, making his outer clothes completely transparent, as if he were not wearing anything at all.

The instant Chu Yuan fell into the river, Jing Chen sighed and turned away, while Zhi Shu, that seasoned pervert, was still staring at the soaking wet Chu Yuan. Chu Yuan's only response to Zhi Shu was a deadly chop. A scream followed by a muffled thud.

After Chu Yuan wrapped himself in a bath towel, and his private parts were no longer exposed, Jing Chen turned around. When he did, Jing Chen was stunned. What he saw was that Zhi Shu's head was completely embedded in the tree trunk, with only his body remaining outside.

"Jing Chen, I haven't seen any sign of Icarus." Shouxing led Mikako to Jing Chen.

Jing Chen looked around, scratched his head, and said, "I don't know either. I just asked her to help out, but I don't know where she went."

"Hey! Miss Icarus," Chu Yuan called out to those around him.

Shouxing seemed to have heard something and said, "Wait, what's that sound?"

Jing Chen was dumbfounded. He hadn't heard anything, so how did Shouxing hear it? Could this be a special skill exclusive to mischievous kids—super hearing?

Just as Shou Xing finished speaking, Jing Chen also heard it. The sound was a bit far away, but it was rapidly getting louder. Jing Chen listened carefully and realized that the sound seemed to be the engine of a jet plane. Or you could say it was the sound of high-speed wind cutting through the air.

Looking towards the source of the sound, they saw a white ball of light rushing towards their small river. The strong wind blew all the river water into the air, and a large amount of water fell from the sky, forming a localized drizzle.

Tomoki stared at the ball of light in shock and asked, "Wha...what's wrong?"

Shouxing calmly watched the ball of light fly past and said, "Shockwave."

Jing Chen was standing far from the river, so he didn't have to worry about getting wet. He watched the ball of light fly out and then return, like an outsider.

Seeing the returning orbs of light, Shougei said, "Another wave is coming!" Shougei tackled Mikako to the ground to prevent her from getting hurt.

Chu Yuan wrapped the bath towel around himself tightly and squatted down on the spot, while Zhi Shu... well, his posture wasn't very graceful.

The ball of light returned to the river, causing the air currents to stir up the water and create a second rain. No, wait, this time it wasn't just rain; it was also mixed with air currents. Jing Chen stood at the very back, arms crossed, quietly watching this unfold.

The air currents subsided, and the river calmed down. Everyone came to their senses and looked at the river, where they saw Icarus carrying a giant fish several times larger than herself on her shoulder.

Tomoki looked at the fish Ikaros was carrying on his shoulder and asked in surprise, "What's that?"

Shouxing looked at the fish Icarus was carrying and said, "Arapaima, which lives in the Amazon River basin of South America, is the largest freshwater fish in the world."

"Amazon?" Tomoki asked in surprise.

Tomoki and Mikako approached Icarus, and Tomoki asked, "How did you get to the Amazon?"

Icarus said, "I can fly at Mach 24."

"...Mach? You mean you went around the world?" Tomoki asked in surprise.

Shouxing, however, was taking notes in the back. He took out his small notebook and calculated, "Mach 24 means a speed of about 30,000 kilometers per hour."

Mikako said, "It's rare to catch this fish, so let's use it for dinner."

Chu Yuan asked with some doubt, "Is that fish edible?"

Shouxing straightened up, sat at the table, took out his laptop, and began analyzing Icarus's physical data.

When Jing Chen took a look, he thought it was done quite well and looked very professional.

Mikako stood next to Morigata, looking at his computer screen, and asked, "What's wrong, Ei-kun? You look so troubled."

Shouge snapped out of his daze and looked at Mikako beside him, saying, "Ah, Mikako."

Looking at the data on the computer screen, Mikako asked, "Icarus's specifications?"

Shouxing said, "Ah, the fastest horse is..."

Mikako interrupted Morigoe, saying, "It's really sad. An angel who can't even compare to the world's strongest fighter jet."

Mikako and Morigata watched Icarus helping with the cooking. Morigata muttered, "An angel robot for entertainment... How ironic."

It was already evening, and dinner was ready. The group sat around the table, and Tomoki, looking at the curry in his bowl, exclaimed in surprise, "Oh! This curry is really good!"

Mikako smiled and said, "It was made by Icarus."

Tomoki understood, and looking at Ikaros, he said, "Really? You've been working really hard too, thank you."

Zhishu took the first bite, and Jingchen, seeing his reaction, wished he could ascend to heaven on the spot. Jingchen smiled; there was no doubt that Icarus was a good cook. In fact, Jingchen even considered saying, "Icarus originally belonged to you; in the future, Icarus would be responsible for your meals and other things, but now he belongs to me."

"This is..." Tomoki exclaimed in surprise.

Sitting next to him, Chu Yuan glanced at Zhi Shu, who was still savoring the moment, tears welling in his eyes, seemingly lost in thought.

Suddenly, Tomoki snapped out of his daze, looked at the food in his bowl, and said, "Isn't this stewed potatoes and meat?"

Chu Yuan also said, "Really, it's so sweet."

Shouxing said, "Well, why not? Aren't curry and stewed potatoes pretty much the same thing?"

"Completely different," Tomoki said.

Chu Yuan laughed, and Zhi Shu looked at Chu Yuan beside him, completely bewildered. Jing Chen also smiled and ate his meal in silence.

Zhishu asked, bewildered, "What's wrong, Chuyuan?"

Chu Yuan laughed and said, "You guys have become so strange. You always seem so happy because Icarus came into our lives."

Tomoki said, "Yeah, because she didn't mean any harm."

"Um, why are you laughing?" Icarus asked blankly.

"Of course, it's because I'm happy." Tomoki's laughter couldn't stop.

"Happy..." Icarus muttered, touching the chain on his chest.

Jing Chen said, "Icarus, we are so happy because of your appearance."

Shouxing looked at the silent Icarus, wondering what he was thinking.

That night, Jing Chen didn't plan to sleep in the tent. Inside the tent, there was another small room partitioned off with cloth. Chu Yuan and Mei Xiangzi slept on one side, while Zhi Shu slept alone on the other. Around the river, two or three bodyguards were checking for potential security risks.

Icarus stood alone by the river, gazing up at the moon. Shouxing walked up behind Icarus and asked, "What are you?"

Icarus turned back to look at Shougai in a daze. Shougai adjusted his glasses and said, "I'm asking you, what exactly are you?"

A gentle breeze stirred, causing Icarus's pure white wings to flutter slowly.

Icarus replied, "I am an angel robot for recreational use, model α..."

Shouxing interrupted Icarus directly, saying, "Don't play dumb. A toy that can catch a five-meter-long fish? And requires Mach 24 to fly? Even so, your computational ability is like an infant's, and your emotions seem to be limited as well. Infinitely close to perfection, yet infinitely incomplete. What exactly are you?"

Meanwhile, Tomoki woke up inside the tent.

Shouxing continued to press, asking Icarus, "Answer me, what is your purpose in appearing in this town?"

Icarus stared blankly at Shouxing, then dejectedly looked away, gazing at the ground. "What exactly is my purpose?"

Shouxing was surprised, "What?"

"Master just told me to stay by his side, so I could stay by his side. But it seems that whatever I do only makes Master angry."

Icarus turned away from Shouge and said, "Just like Master's senior is getting angry right now. Should I stop staying by Master's side?"

As Morigata watched Ikaros's retreating figure, he thought to himself, "Doesn't she even know who she is? If that's the case, the problem is who sent Ikaros to Tomoki, but Tomoki isn't Ikaros's owner." Morigata sighed and said, "Just be happy."

Icarus turned around in surprise. "Huh?"

"As long as I'm happy by Jingchen's side, that's enough. I hope the day we have to part never comes. Let's pray," Shouxing said, preparing to leave.

Jing Chen appeared at this moment, walking out from the other side and saying to Icarus, "Yes, Icarus. Just like your senior said, you just need to be happy."

Jing Chen turned to Shou Xing and said, "Don't worry, senior, the day we part ways will never come."

Shouxing said, "Let's hope so."

After Shougai left, Zhishu walked over from the direction of the tent, looked at Shougai who had just left, and then looked at Jingchen and Ikaros, asking, "Jingchen, aren't you going to sleep?"

Jing Chen shook his head. "I'm not going. You should go back to sleep."

Tomoki nodded, yawned, and went back.

Jing Chen patted Icarus on the shoulder and said, "Icarus, don't overthink it. Just be happy right now. I don't care who you are. Like I said before, you just need to stay by my side."

"Yes, Master," Icarus nodded.

Jing Chen wasn't indifferent; he simply already knew who Icarus was. A strategic all-powerful angel, hailed as the strongest all-powerful angel in history, the "Queen of the Sky." However, because her power was too great, she was feared by the Lord of the Sky and sealed away.

In truth, aside from his weakness in emotions, Icarus is the strongest of the three types in every other aspect, whether it's computation or combat. However, this is nothing to Jing Chen. If Icarus wants it, he can fix the flaws in his system.

(End of this chapter)