Starting with Crimson

Looking at the storage bucket that had completely contained the pineapple castle, Li Qingyu tried to silently recite the mantra in his mind.

Small!!

After a long while, a gentle breeze blew by, but Li Qingyu's command seemed to sink without a trace, and the huge storage tank didn't make the slightest sound.

Li Qingyu felt a little uneasy. Had he overthought things? Was the filled bucket unable to shrink back?

Seeing Li Qingyu lost in thought, Chu Xuan casually asked, "What's wrong? It's not shrinking anymore after you put it in?"

"Logically speaking... it should be able to shrink, so why isn't it moving?" Li Qingyu scratched his head in confusion.

"Then I'll give it a try." Chu Xuan rolled up his sleeves slightly.

Then, he slowly walked to the storage bucket.

Then... one punch!

boom!!!!

The bucket trembled violently under Chu Xuan's fist, splashing water all over Li Qingyu's head once more.

"Now, let's try again." Colonel Chu said calmly.

Boss... you're so violent...

Li Qingyu wiped the water off his hands again, thinking to himself, "Damn it!"

Then, Li Qingyu tentatively continued to silently recite in his mind.

Small!!

Then... Li Qingyu was surprised to see that the storage bucket began to shrink!

Holy crap... this works?!

So Natong was just asking for trouble, and one punch was all it took to fix it?

So tiny!!!

Li Qingyu continued to issue instructions.

Finally, the storage bucket in front of me slowly returned to its original miniature form.

Li Qingyu stepped forward, picked up the storage bucket, and squinted to observe it.

Inside the bucket, a miniature pineapple burger sat firmly in place.

The space between the two was filled with Qiqi's foot bath water.

It completely submerged the leaves on top of the pineapple castle.

At this moment, you can clearly see that the windows of Pineapple Castle are still lit with pale yellow lights, and under the illumination of the lights, you can glimpse the furniture and decorations inside Pineapple Castle.

Uh... I forgot to turn off the lights when I left the house. That's not a good habit, I need to change it.

Li Qingyu reflected on his actions.

Forget it, let's leave it at that. Anyway, we don't have to pay the electricity bill, and Li Qingyu is too lazy to keep messing around just to turn off the lights.

Li Qingyu stuffed the bucket back into his pocket and looked at the open space in front of him, surrounded by firecrackers and rice paddies, and suddenly felt a strange sadness.

Why....

I left quietly, just as quietly as I came. Farewell, I was just a passerby scattering rice seedlings.

After expressing his feelings, Li Qingyu resolutely turned around, stood shoulder to shoulder with Colonel Chu, and led Qiqi and Erha northward.

The north is the direction that Crimson indicated Deathwing was coming from.

Li Qingyu was not willing to let Deathwing destroy the Oasis without ever seeing him.

At least take a look first; only consider whether to give up if you really can't win.

By the way... Crimson, don't you know how to deal with Deathwing?

Why aren't you telling me now? What did you say you wanted me to give up?

[Crimson: I think it's better for you not to know, kid, or you'll probably be agonizing over it.]

I'm doing this for your own good.

Why am I so conflicted about this? What's there to be conflicted about? A real man fears nothing!

[Crimson: Heh... What if I told you that defeating that dragon would require your daughter to make some sacrifices?]

My daughter... Qiqi?

Does Kiki need to make a sacrifice to defeat Deathwing?

What is the connection between Kiki and Deathwing? Li Qingyu was filled with questions.

[Crimson: Just tell me you're reluctant to part with it. If you are, I'll tell you the specific method.]

If you're reluctant to part with it, then I'm too lazy to say anything.

Okay... never mind then.

Is this a matter of reluctance or unwillingness? This is clearly a matter of principle.

Winning by selling his daughter? Li Qingyu would never do such a thing.

He can just run away. He's number one on the Oasis leaderboard, so what if he loses it? Nothing is more important than his precious daughter.

He wouldn't even let Kiki evolve, fearing she'd become stupid. How could he possibly allow Kiki to make any sacrifice?

Besides, as long as Qiqi is there, Li Qingyu can plant another oasis at any time. Li Qingyu can tell which is more important.

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Blue Star Official Live Broadcast Room.

Jinghai City Live Broadcast Room.

Miss Orange looked at Li Qingyu and Colonel Chu after putting away the Pineapple Castle.

They entered the rice paddies filled with firecrackers together and walked further and further away.

I couldn't help but exclaim, "Ah... what a happy family of three, with a dog!"

As soon as she said it, Miss Orange suddenly realized that she was live-streaming and her fangirl tendencies had suddenly overflowed. So, Miss Orange quickly changed the subject.

"Hahaha... It seems that Colonel Chu and contestant Li Qingyu are ready to make their move."

"They even took the house with them; it seems they're not planning to come back."

"Could it be that they're preparing to settle scores with the witch?"

"That's true. Those witches dared to steal our lives; they were far too arrogant and definitely needed to be taught a lesson."

Soon, the comments in the live stream also started to change direction, following Miss Orange's lead.

"I've never seen a witch before, and I don't know what she looks like, or if she's pretty?"

"I heard from Colonel Chu that the witch actually cleared out the demons' territory. That's amazing."

"At first I thought the demons were pretty powerful, but now they seem to be nothing special."

"By the way, do witches wear black stockings?"

"Blind guess: the Black Witch will wear black stockings, the White Witch will wear white stockings, and the Red Witch will wear red stockings."

"Upstairs, if you keep saying that, I won't be able to sleep."

"Hahaha...who said witches have to be humanoid? What are you all getting so worked up about?"

"Upstairs, if you say that, I'll have even less time to sleep."

"Cough cough cough... I don't want to sleep either, does anyone have a link?"

"Don't want to sleep +1, same here +2"

As the comments on the screen became increasingly outrageous, Miss Orange felt a little tired.

You're all ignoring my black stockings, and we haven't even seen the witch yet, what's all the excitement about!

Am I not attractive enough?

.............

As Li Qingyu followed Colonel Chu's retreating figure, he wondered aloud.

Why is there no notification or information when we look at Colonel Chu?

Could it be... that you, Crimson, can't see Colonel Chu's strength?

[Crimson: Tsk tsk tsk... This is your teammate, are you planning to spy on his privacy?]

I never imagined you were this kind of person.

What kind of privacy is this? You just can't see that, can you, sir? Sir, I've noticed you're not as good as my sister.

If it were my sister, she probably would have even been able to tell the color of Colonel Chu's underwear, right?

Li Qingyu was subtly provoking Shen Hong. He had discovered that Shen Hong's personality was different each time, and the information she revealed was also different.

As things stand...

She calls herself the older sister, and is arrogant and talkative.

Those who call themselves "my" are both dull and foolish.

He calls himself "this old man," is lazy and lecherous, and likes to keep people in suspense.

Of course, this is just a rough summary by Li Qingyu.

Whether this is true or not, and whether there are other personality traits, Li Qingyu was not sure after only a few days.

[Crimson: Ha... Trying to provoke me?]

Since you want to know, then this great lord will mercifully tell you.