We agreed to seek enlightenment together, but how did you end up seeking enlightenment for my mother

Xu Zhou was completely terrified.

But clearly, some people don't think so.

"Haha~ Xu Zhou, the village chief is playing a trick on you~"

Seeing that the newcomer was a little girl, Wu Lulu suddenly became smug again, her tail held high and happily wagging behind her.

"Eight feet tall? A stunning figure? And this little one?"

As she spoke, she gestured with her thumb to the other person's name, her face beaming with an uncontrollable smile.

Xu Zhou was almost in tears. He really wanted to kick this stupid wolf with questionable judgment, but he didn't dare to move, let alone touch the short knife at his waist.

The little girl frowned, covered her nose with one hand, and fanned herself in Wu Lulu's direction with the other, her face full of disgust.

"Ugh~ Where's that dog smell coming from? It stinks!"

"It's a wolf! Not a dog!"

Wu Lulu blushed instantly and was about to confront him angrily, but the other party simply flicked her little finger, and a red line of blood suddenly shot out from under her skirt and wrapped around her waist in a flash.

"Huh?"

The next second, Wu Lulu vanished into thin air.

To be precise, it was the little girl who sent him to the sky; Xu Zhou even clearly heard the sonic boom coming from high above.

'Now you're really pathetic...'

They were worried about Wu Lulu's condition, but dared not show too much hostility, after all, they were the ones who had taken the initiative to come to her door.

At this moment, the little girl stepped forward, snatched the map from Xu Zhou's hand, raised her eyebrows and glanced at it, then turned the map upside down and stuffed it back into his hand.

"You've taken them upside down."

Wu Lulu ahh ...

What can I say?

"Senior, this is a misunderstanding. We did not mean to disturb you..."

Before he could finish speaking, Wu Lulu's mournful cry came from afar. Xu Zhou looked up and saw a black dot rapidly enlarging before crashing onto the open ground not far from the wooden house.

As the smoke cleared, no one was visible on the ground, except for a light blue tail standing tall, looking like a radish that had sprouted out of nowhere from the ground.

The white-haired, red-eyed little girl's expression didn't change much; she simply looked up and called out to the raven on Xu Zhou's head.

"Hey, where have you been playing around? You haven't been home for days. Don't you even care about me, your owner?"

"Gurgle, gurgle!"

Little Black clearly didn't respect its little master and flapped its wings in protest.

The white-haired loli beckoned to Xu Zhou with her finger, and Xu Zhou immediately understood. Without hesitation, he knelt down, and the loli took the opportunity to grab Little Black and rub the raven's head a few times with a wicked smile.

After doing all that, she casually gave Xiao Hei a couple of words of advice and let it go, her gaze returning to Xu Zhou.

"Looking at that map, you came from Dalin Village, right? What was your original purpose?"

"The iron golems in the village are broken. We've come to find the energy core and rust removal tools. Originally, it was..."

The little girl waved her hand, interrupting Xu Zhou, and turned to walk towards the door.

"You don't need to make another trip, I have the things here."

After saying that, the person went into the house.

Xu Zhou didn't follow, but waited patiently outside, occasionally glancing back at Wu Lulu to make sure she had pulled him out of the ground unharmed, though she looked rather disheveled. He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"This senior seems quite easygoing. Hopefully, Wu Lulu will learn from this experience and not be so reckless again."

Strangely enough, Wu Lulu, as an experienced superhuman, should have been more sensitive to the strength of her enemies, yet she frequently misjudged the situation, which is truly perplexing.

"I wonder how she's managed to survive until now... Oh, she has a second personality, oh well."

A rustling sound came from inside the room, and soon the little girl pushed the door open with her back and came out, carrying a black cube with sides of three inches in each hand and a metal can with blue and yellow patterns printed on it.

She gestured with her chin:

"The cube is the original power pack for the iron golem. As for the rust remover, there's no such thing in the Infinite World. I brought it from the real world before, so it should still work."

"Thank you, senior."

Xu Zhou reached out to take it, but the other person suddenly withdrew both hands, tilted her head and pretended to be deep in thought. The light of the setting sun fell on the white hair that had slipped off her shoulders, reflecting a warm orange-yellow hue.

After a moment, she spoke again.

"I certainly can't just give you these things for free... Here's what we'll do: if you want to take these things from me, I'll give you two choices: either you owe me a favor, or you do me a favor right now."

Xu Zhou felt a chill run down his spine, and alarm bells instantly went off in his mind.

Favors from extraordinary experts are not easy to owe, but if I turn around and leave now, I can't guarantee that the other party won't hold a grudge.

It's not the theft itself that's scary, it's having someone eyeing it.

"It seems this calamity is unavoidable."

Realizing there was no way out, Xu Zhou could only force a smile.

"Could I know in advance what you mean by 'something'?"

"Oh, that shouldn't be difficult for you."

The little girl hugged the metal can and energy block with one hand, casually scratching her ponytail.

"A group of raiders has come to this area and set up an outpost. Their annoying horns can be heard in the forest every few days. But for some reason, I can't take action against the creatures of the Infinite World, so I need you to go and kill those useless trash."

"The raiders..."

Xu Zhou didn't know exactly what kind of group this was, but judging from their tone, they were probably a group of unfriendly dark creatures.

But no matter what, this is the only option he has left.

When the weak owe favors to the strong, the outcome is likely to be a tragedy.

"Okay, we're willing to accept this commission."

"That's awesome!"

The little girl smiled sweetly, her eyes crinkling. She even tiptoed and touched Xu Zhou's head, startling him so much that he froze.

But for some reason, Xu Zhou felt an inexplicable urge to call out to his mother.

"I see you two are both terrible with directions, so I won't mark it on the map. Tomorrow at dawn, let Hei Zi lead you to the Raider Outpost. After we've killed those useless guys, let it guide you back to Dalin Village."

"Thank you very much." Xu Zhou felt a great weight lifted off his shoulders. He turned to Xiao Hei and smiled slightly. "Looks like I'll have to trouble you to make the trip tomorrow."

"Gurgle, gurgle!"

"Oh, right." Before going back into the house, the little girl suddenly turned her head and pointed to the woods on one side, "Go about a hundred meters over there, there's an abandoned treehouse. You can rest there tonight."

"Okay, thank you for letting me know, senior."

After saying that, Xu Zhou grabbed the aggrieved Wu Lulu and fled the scene without looking back.

After that, until they set off the next morning, the little wolf didn't utter a single word. Her usually arrogant tail remained tightly tucked between her legs all night.

She clung tightly to Xu Zhou's arm as she fell asleep, clearly quite frightened.

Regardless of what Wu Lulu did, Xu Zhou was truly thrilled; the beauty of it all was beyond words.

After the two followed Xiao Hei on their journey to defeat the raiders, the white-haired loli slowly walked out of the wooden house. She looked in the direction where the two had disappeared, her gaze somewhat unfocused, and her brows gradually furrowed.

After a long while, he finally exhaled a breath of stale air.

"This script isn't right, is it? Why is the actor facing me directly?"

"The map is upside down... Is that really such a coincidence?"

After a moment's hesitation, she hooked her little finger and cut her fingertip, then flicked her wrist to release a drop of bright red blood.

He then silently chanted incantations, drawing upon mysterious energy.

"Observe the causes of karma and blood, trace back to the origins of destiny—Question: Does this situation hinder my plans?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the still-warm bloodstains on the ground suddenly hissed, and blood droplets floated up out of thin air, arranging themselves into a written symbol.

【Run】

"Run? What does that mean?" The white-haired loli was also taken aback. "I asked you if you had it, and you replied with 'Run'?"

This supernatural power is bound to cause and effect, and it is common for it to occasionally fail. However, in the past, it has always failed midway and there has never been a case where the deduction was successful but the answer was irrelevant.

"I still don't believe it. I'll ask again: Is this situation harmful to me?"

【snore】

White-haired loli: ? ? ?

"No, what does '齁' mean?"

She frowned and pondered for a long time, but couldn't come to a reliable conclusion. Instead, her doubts only deepened.

"How strange... Everything was fine yesterday, but after just one night, how could the heavens suddenly be obscured? Who is stirring up trouble?"

"Given my deductive abilities, I shouldn't be weaker than those others... Could it be that they've teamed up against me?"

The moment she reached this conclusion, the white-haired loli's expression darkened, and a cold smile slowly appeared on her lips.

"Hmph, I knew they wouldn't follow the script properly. They're all a bunch of old foxes."

"Luckily, I anticipated this move and laid the plan in advance... It seems I was the one who prevailed!"