Honkai Impact 3rd, Paradise Typewriter isn't for making this kind of game.

"Um... Masked Demon Senior, all the requests from Destiny Logistics are here. Please... please take a look!"

[Destiny Research Institute - Branch]

[Urgently seeking a healthy individual, gender not limited, to taste 100 different flavored drinks with a unique bitter melon juice flavor for a bitter melon juice experiment. Generous compensation, first come, first served!]

[Equipped with a highly experienced Valkyrie medical team, on standby 24/7.]

[Providing absolute protection for your personal safety]

[Client – ​​Changguang]

Qian Jie ignored the first one; he had no interest in being a guinea pig. One Mebius was enough. But the next commission caught Qian Jie's attention.

A certain restaurant urgently needs to hire a temporary chef.

[Requirement: A strong passion for food and ingredients!]

"Enough enthusiasm? Hmm..."

Interesting... He accepted the commission, accompanied by deep, rough breathing from beneath his mask.

But suddenly, another request caught Qianjie's attention.

[Looking for a large, light brown feline carrying an adult male. Please notify us immediately if found.]

[Client – ​​Raiden Mei]

"kitten?"

Looking at the accompanying image below, Qianjie's hoarse voice came from beneath the mask.

However, he vaguely remembered hearing the name of this client somewhere before, but he couldn't recall seeing the person's face. Perhaps Mebius had done something to him without his knowledge and altered his memories.

Never mind her...

With the annoying nun gone, life has become surprisingly fulfilling. I hope this next job will extinguish my anger and not disappoint me.

"Hey kid, I'm off to work. You should go home early too, and remember not to take the back roads when you go home at night."

A deep voice came from under the mask.

After confirming the restaurant's address, Qianjie put his hands in his pockets and left the warehouse without looking back.

Watching the other person walk away, reflecting on this brief time together...

Susana understood that this strange uncle, who wore a mask and had an aura that could scare children, was not scary at all. On the contrary, a gentle heart was hidden beneath his mask.

"Oh no... I didn't even have time to ask what their name was."

Since we're going to Mount Taixu, and I remember Lady Su Chang also went there to visit her ancestors, why don't we wait for her to return and ask her? Perhaps she knows someone there.

Susana stood in the warehouse waving her little hand, watching Qianjie's departing figure.

At the same time~

Miss Kuroki was diligently digging through the snowdrifts around the train station, searching for Xia Yuan who might be buried under the snow.

"You rascal... where did you get buried? You'd better at least leave a mark so I can dig you out, right?"

Although Hei hope complained a little, she still worked very hard to shovel away the snow around her.

click-

With a crisp sound, Hei hope sensed something unusual coming from the snowdrift ahead.

She quickly threw the shovel aside and began to rummage through the snowdrift in front of her with her slightly reddened hands. As the snow was gradually swept away by the girl, a faint, eerie green figure, barely visible in the ice sculpture, appeared before Miss Kuroki.

For Miss Hei hope~

The good news is: she dug a person out of the snowdrift.

The bad news is: that person wasn't Xia Yuan...

"Hey, hey, wake up... wake up, can you hear me?"

Blackie tapped the ice block in front of her with her hovering claws, but Mebius, who had reverted to her mature female form within the ice, did not respond to Miss Blackie, keeping her eyes closed peacefully.

"Hmm...it seems like the other one is hibernating. Should I put it back?"

But looking at the strange outfit on her body that resembled a tight corset, Hei hope sighed. Since he had already dug her up, he couldn't just abandon her like that. In any case, he would move her into the carriage and let her air dry naturally.

Perhaps once the ice melts, the other party will wake up from hibernation.

The girl is diligently carrying the load...

At the same time~

Xia Yuan and Padofelis stealthily made their way through the city's alleys to the outskirts. He needed to escape from Aunt Mei's clutches without her noticing.

Hopefully, Bronya and Rita will be the first to find themselves...

But at this moment, due to the severe weather caused by the blizzard, the sky, which was still slightly bright, became extremely dark.

"Brother Xia Yuan, what's wrong?"

Padofelis, walking alongside, would occasionally turn to look at Xia Yuan, slowing her pace. She couldn't afford to lose him; in this unfamiliar place, what if she got...?

"Pado, are you sure this is the way you brought me here?"

Looking at the white expanse around him, Xia Yuan couldn't tell where he was.

"Hmm...hehe, well, Brother Xia Yuan, you have to understand that when I was carrying you around, I definitely didn't have time to pay attention to my surroundings. I was just running and running, how could I have time to think about these things?"

Padofelis, who was hiding in the can, sat in the snow, rubbing her cheeks with her paws and said somewhat embarrassedly.

The girl's words carried a hint of coquettishness.

But as time passed, the sky grew increasingly gloomy.

The wind and snow showed no signs of stopping; on the contrary, they grew stronger. Since we were in the suburbs, only the faint lights of the distant city could make out a small area around us.

In this kind of weather, it's impossible to discern the surroundings, let alone find the way we came.

Chapter 167 was eaten~

Xia Yuan silently made a decision in his heart...

"Pado, see if you can find a cave nearby. If you really can't find one, you can dig a hole on the spot... We can't continue in this weather. Let's rest for now and make plans tomorrow."

"Brother Xia Yuan, what did you say? The snow is too heavy, we can't hear anything, meow~"

Padofelis, stepping on the snow, awkwardly scooted over to Xia Yuan, nudging him as close as possible as if trying to hear what he had just said.

"I said... dig a hole!"

"what?"

"Dig a hole!"

Xia Yuan stretched out his hand and pointed to Padofelis's feet as if to indicate what was going on.

Affected by the wind and snow, all that could be heard was the howling wind... but Padofelis suddenly thought of a good idea.

"Awoo~"

The can opened its huge mouth and swallowed Xia Yuan's little head whole, leaving only his body trembling outside. Xia Yuan never expected that this would be the result he was waiting for.

"........"

It was so dark all around; that was Xia Yuan's only thought.

It's so cold outside; that was the only thought deep in Padofelis's mind.

"Brother Xia Yuan, what were you trying to say to me just now, meow... The wind and snow outside were so strong that all I could hear was the howling wind, and I couldn't hear anything else. It's much better now, so tell me quickly!"

Padofelis urged.

Cold air whistled through the gap at the corner of the can's mouth, assaulting Padofelis's slender body as she watched as the other party remained silent.

Looking into Xia Yuan's bright brown eyes, Phyllis seemed to start thinking about things she shouldn't be thinking about.

"Well, Xia Yuan, aren't you focusing your attention and gaze on things you shouldn't be looking at?"

Padoflis touched Xia Yuan's cheeks in the dark with her small hands, as if trying to block his gaze.

"Pado, stop pushing... If you keep pushing like this, your head will really be gone."

"Xia Yuan, hurry up and tell us! The sooner you finish, the sooner we'll let you out. If this keeps up, we're going to freeze to death!"

After pushing away Phyllis's restless little hands that were shoving him back and forth across his face, Xia Yuan took a deep breath and shouted loudly at Pado Phyllis, who was hiding inside the [can]:

I said~~

"Pado, you...dig a hole. We can't go any further now, do you understand?"

"Hmm...I heard it, I heard it!"

Padofelis covered her ears; Xia Yuan's shout had made her vaguely hallucinate.

嘣~

Before Xia Yuan could speak again, [Canned Food] seemed to have eaten something unclean, and with a "plop" sound, the darkness in its vision gradually cleared up, and it could see a few things around it.

Immediately afterwards, piles of snowflakes were joyfully tossed from Padoflis's feet toward the direction where Xia Yuan was sitting.

In no time at all...

Padoflis stood above the cave entrance, admiring her masterpiece with satisfaction.

"Brother Xia Yuan, we've finished digging. All we need to do now is cover it with a layer of branches and leaves that won't be washed away by the snow. Huh? Brother Xia Yuan, where are you?"

At this moment, Xia Yuan had become a striking sight in the snow.

【snowman】

"I'm here..."

Xia Yuan suspected that the girl was settling a personal score.

A small hand stretched out from the snowdrift that had been piled up around them, accompanied by a slightly melancholy voice that echoed across the snow.

"Brother Xia Yuan, what are you doing there? Hurry up, hurry up, let's go into the cave, it's warm inside, let's go and collect some big leaves and firewood."

Phyllis pulled Xia Yuan out of the snowdrift and settled him inside the cave.

After a moment...

"Pado, what are you doing with your back to me?"

"Hehe, of course I'm using my unique skill from Twilight Street—making fire by rubbing sticks together... Brother Xia Yuan, don't worry, there will be a warm fire soon."

"Pfft~"

The other person's clumsy yet endearing appearance made Xia Yuan burst out laughing.

"What's wrong, Brother Xia Yuan? Were you just making fun of us?"

Padofelis, looking at the flames that wouldn't ignite no matter what she did, angrily questioned the other party.

"No, absolutely not~" Xia Yuan swore, holding up his hand.

"Humph!"

Padofelis shifted her body, ignoring Xia Yuan, and pressed her paws tightly against the wooden stick she had picked up and whittled. However, [Canned Food]'s somewhat clumsy paws seemed unable to complete such delicate craftsmanship.

"Light it... hurry up and get it up... ah, why can't I light it?"

"Pado, why don't you let me try?"

"Huh? Brother Xia Yuan, let me tell you~ This is something we used to be best at back in the Twilight Street..."

Seeing Pado sitting to the side, chatting away innocently, Xia Yuan slowly walked over to her and quietly took the wooden stick from her hand.

"Okay, okay, I got it, I got it~"

"What? Xia Yuan, you're obviously just trying to fool us. We don't believe that someone like you who only knows how to slack off all day can actually light a fire!"

Xia Yuan rubbed the wooden stick in front of him with both hands and answered subconsciously:

"Who told you all this, Pado?"

"Hehe, of course it's Sister Aili~"

Ahem... Sister Ai Li also said that Brother Xia Yuan, you're either slacking off all day long, or on your way to slacking off.

"Sister Aili works so hard every day, and after coming home, she still has to do laundry, cook, and clean... Waaah, Sister Aili really has it so tough. Xia Yuan, you have to be good to her. I almost cried the other night listening to her."

"That's completely backwards!"