Zongman: Please stop destroying the worldview!

Thinking about the bright future of the band, Aiyin smiled with her fangs bared:

"Hey hey hey hey hey,,,,"

Chapter 35 Turning Point 2

This happened when Chen Mo was in high school.

That day, Xiao Feng enthusiastically showed Chen Mo his new card collection: "Look, Amo, these are the new cards I collected!"

Chen Mo leaned over to take a look. "Dog Meat... isn't this the dog from Fallout?"

Xiaofeng: "Exactly! This is a Magic and Fallout collaboration, and I bought a pre-made Commander deck featuring Dogmeat. Dogmeat's ability is to mill the deck and return Equipment cards from the graveyard to your hand. It also creates Scrap Tokens when an Equipment creature attacks."

Chen Mo: "This card is full of flavor. I've seen the dog sniffing around in the garbage dump, then digging out usable equipment and bringing it to you."

Xiaofeng: "Right, as a radiant old frozen meat, I have to bring Dogmeat with me on adventures. I want to build an equipment deck with Dogmeat as the main general!"

Xiaofeng quickly put together a dog meat deck and excitedly challenged several roommates to a duel.

The effect was not very good. After being kicked to death by a big monster with hundreds of attack points by Chen Mo, being killed instantly by Huo Ge's White God Cannon combo, and having Lao Yi counter all his cards and exiled him to the graveyard, Xiao Feng became angry.

He wants to improve the deck!

As high school students, they have limited time and money. When Chen Mo and his friends formed a deck, they couldn't get all the high-quality cards. They just stuffed a lot of silver and iron cards into the deck to make do. The weaklings fought each other evenly.

Xiaofeng, determined, barely ate for two weeks, spent a lot of money to buy many powerful cards, and began to make drastic improvements to the deck.

He replaced the spell cards of unknown meaning, the creatures with extremely high costs, and the equipment that did not bring much benefit and slowed down the pace one by one.

But while playing, he always felt that the strength was lacking. Xiaofeng slapped his forehead and realized that the main general, Gou Rou, was too average and not worthy of the powerful cards he bought!

During the card game a few days later, Xiaofeng's new deck really performed well and easily defeated Chen Mo and Huo Ge.

Then he was defeated by the boss who filled him with targeted cards.

While beating up Lao Yi, Chen Mo asked Xiao Feng, "When did you build this deck?"

Xiaofeng: "Didn't I tell you, it's Dogmeat's Equipment deck? I spent a lot of effort to optimize it to this level."

Chen Mo: "Your commander is not dog meat. Where is the dog? Please tell me."

Xiaofeng: ",,,, the strength is not enough, I optimized it."

Chen Mo: "After all this time optimizing, you ended up optimizing the main general? No, buddy, you don't like playing with equipment, so think about what your original intention was in building this deck!"

Xiaofeng: "Because I bought the Dogmeat deck for the Fallout collaboration... Oh, what am I doing!?"

-

In the office of the Mage Tower, Chen Mo turned on his computer and checked the latest commissioned projects.

It would be nice if there was information about planeswalker activities or some dangerous supernatural phenomena, but unfortunately there isn't any. I've received quite a few commissions recently, but I lose interest after just one glance at the content.

Chen Mo: "Looking for a cat, looking for a dog, looking for a cat, looking for a dog... You people who have pets should stop being so forgetful.

Emotional consultation, please tell me whether the person I like likes me, my husband seems to be cheating on me, please help me calculate my fate with someone - do you think this place is an emotional consultation center?

Urban legend: There's a lion hiding in a school warehouse. Why would you come to me with something like this? Shouldn't you call the zoo right away if you see a lost lion?

Hi, I would like to order a custom matcha dinosaur for my daughter's birthday party - that's possible."

After reading it, Chen Mo did not find any nutritious information. It seemed that the commission to fight dangerous evil spirits would be difficult to encounter after the death of the mountain god.

Linghuan had mentioned to him during their conversation that the vast majority of cases a firm like theirs encountered were trivial matters like these. Besides resolving major incidents, satisfying these minor clients was essential for the Wanshiwu to expand its reputation.

Chen Mo: "Now that I'm not short of money, shouldn't I hire some people now? I'd rather spend my time practicing piano than doing boring commissions like this."

Although the summoned creatures under his command are very capable, they are basically not suitable to be serious employees who receive others. The appearance of the Swarm Lord can scare ordinary people to death, Bruce can't speak, and the appearance of Itomori consumes energy that is too much to bear. We can't just rely on the Felyne, right?

Having made up his mind, Chen Mo contacted Jianzi first. Jianzi, who had been a temporary assistant before, agreed very readily, but she also needed to have free time to come.

I asked Saiki, and he said it would be great if this esper was still willing. But he said he absolutely wouldn't get involved in something that would cause so much trouble.

Chen Mo also asked about Toribatsu's current situation. After exchanging souls with Bruce, both the man and the dog were with Qi Mu, and Felyne had lost her mount.

Saiki: "It's okay now. It's going well to have Bruce take Toritake's place in the class."

Chen Mo: "Hey, I was just wondering, why don't you ask for leave? You have to go to school on time even if the world is destroyed, right?"

Saiki: “That’s right.”

Chen Mo: "Stand still. Even though Bruce is using a bird's body, wouldn't he be exposed if he opened his mouth and barked?"

Qi Mu: "No, I taught Bruce a lesson, and now he can speak in short sentences. This dog is very smart, and I rarely feel so relieved when interacting with others."

Chen Mo: "Good job, Bruce!"

Saiki: ",,,,Now that Bruce is controlling the Toriba, his reputation in school has actually improved a lot."

Chen Mo: "Well done, I knew you could do it, Bruce!"

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Chen Mo asked Liuhua again, but it was Yuta who replied using Liuhua's account. The poor guy was currently in a state of "tired, let's destroy it."

Yongtai: "Brother Chen Mo, how great would it be if this world was destroyed tomorrow?"

Chen Mo: "Calm down, the world is innocent!"

Yuta sent a video link, which was a wonderful replay of Tohka's public execution of Yuta that day, as well as the killing moment when Yuta rolled on the ground and said, "Master, stop saying that."

In fact, Ms. Touka was still soft-hearted and did not really upload Yuta's dark history to the Internet. The source of this video was actually our lovely Meow Dream.

Miao Meng posted the video on his channel with the title "Hilarious! A middle school boy's dark history: his embarrassing speech imagining himself as a dark flame dragon master was recorded, and he was publicly executed, a cruel and unusual act."

This video, with a name so long it could be the title of a light novel, has unsurprisingly gone viral, attracting a large number of onlookers. In response to the sudden popularity, Miao Meng said: "I was at a friend's house and happened to see this scene. I thought it was interesting, so I recorded it. I didn't expect it to go viral, haha."

But it wasn't just a casual move. Seeing the buzz, Miao Meng immediately jumped on the bandwagon, incorporating chuuni elements into her drum practice videos and livestreams. She'd slip in a couple of dark, profound quotes, and even put on a black lace mask, fanning the flames as much as possible: "After putting on the mask, I'm Dark Miao Meng, meow!"

Miao Mengqin was shameless for fame, but Yongtai still had some dignity. Seeing his dark history garner hundreds of thousands of views online, he really wanted to follow Chen Mo and leave this world.

Chen Mo: "Come on, adjust your state, eat well and sleep well. If you take a break, you won't have the negative thoughts of waiting for the destruction of the earth!"

Yuta: "Will this really work?"

Chen Mo: "Come on, you'll want to destroy the Earth yourself!"

Yuta: "It's still no use!"

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After some nonsense, Yongtai told Chen Mo what happened on his side. After Chen Mo deleted all the dark scriptures of the cult, Morixia, who had originally felt relieved, learned that Tu Shou still had a lot of archived files in his hands.

In addition, because Touma was controlled by the cult, Rikka led everyone to conduct religious inquisition and cruel torture on Touma - specifically, they tied her up with her hair, placed her in a magic circle composed of LED lights, and poured milk, which she hated the most, into her mouth.

There is also Touka. Although her previous words and deeds were influenced by the cult, she still feels that her educational policy towards Rikka is not wrong. As expected, she and Rikka have a conflict again.

The story sounds complicated, but to put it simply, it's Rikka vs. Touma, Morika vs. Touma, Rikka vs. Touma, Morika vs. Morika, and finally, Rikka vs. Touma. The small club is bustling with activity, but only Senior Anise falls asleep, unconcerned with the world.

Being with this group of geniuses, Yongtai was full of resentment but had no one to talk to. It was not until Chen Mo sent a message that he was able to talk to a normal person and complain to his heart's content.

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It seems that we still need to find an adult as an employee.

There was a knock at Chen Mo's door. After the door opened by itself, Fengchuan Qinggao timidly greeted Chen Mo: "I'm back."

Chen Mo: "Brother, can you be more confident?"

Qing Gao straightened his back and said to Chen Mo, "I tried out for that job today and failed. I still haven't found a job today."

Chen Mo held his forehead with his hand. "She's waiting for me right here? If this happens, Xiangzi's pitiful pride will explode again... Forget it, forget about her. Do you want to come to work in my office?"

"May I?!"

-

Fengchuan Qinggao and Chen Mo sat across the table. He would be staying at Chen Mo's place for the next few days.

Xiangzi did not tell him about the soul exchange between her and Xiaozhi, as she did not want to worry her father.

But Chen Mo thought about it and decided that he couldn't let Xiaozhi live with Qinggao. If Xiaozhi saw this weird dad who was like a zombie after drinking, his PTSD would come on and he would think of his scumbag parents, and he would probably explode on the spot.

So Chen Mo called Qing Gao over with the excuse that "Xiangzi is doing something very important recently, please don't disturb her." Knowing what kind of person he was, Qing Gao came over obediently.

"You don't have much work to do. You just sit in my office and receive clients and take notes."

"You can do simple things like finding cats and dogs, or dating, but if you encounter dangerous commissions like exorcism, contact me immediately."

Chen Mo briefly explained the job description, and Qing Gao listened attentively. However, his expression showed hesitation, as if he had something to say but didn't dare to speak it out.

Moreover, Qinggao didn't drink today and was wearing neat clothes. He transformed from a drunken slime into at least a human form.

"Alas, I didn't come to this world to be a spiritual mentor."

Chen Mo placed two glasses of water in front of himself and Qing Gao: "Want to talk?"

Qing Gao held the water cup with both hands, hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Chen Mo..."

Chen Mo waved his hand: "Just call me Chen Mo, I'm not old enough to be your brother. Excluding the time and space distortion, I'm only in my twenties now, okay?"

Qinggao smiled bitterly: "But I feel that you are much more mature and reliable than me."

Chen Mo: "Who said that? A lot of my friends say I'm childish—just kidding. I'm not saying anything bad about you, but when you get into trouble you just drink and let yourself go. Even your daughter is more mature than you."

Qing Gao couldn't refute it. He asked in a depressed tone, "Chen Mo, what should I do now? I don't know what to do anymore."

Chen Mo: "You feel like everything you do is meaningless, right?"

“Yes, yes.”

Chen Mo: "If Xiangzi can do it, there's no reason you can't. The little money you've saved is enough for you to drink yourself to death. The little money you earn from working is meaningless, so you have no hope of ever getting back on your feet and living a normal life, right?"

Chen Mo's words pierced Qing Gao's heart. The depressed middle-aged man finally mustered up a little courage: "It's no use trying. What can't be done cannot be done. I, what I have always believed in was wrong. I can't let Xiangzi repeat my mistakes."

Chen Mo: "Then I'd like to ask you, and ask yourself, what do you really want? If you really succeed, how far do you want to go?"

"I, I want..."

Qing Gao mumbled absentmindedly until Chen Mo put the cup on the table and the loud business calls drew his attention back:

"You have two options. Either you return to the Toyokawa family, use whatever means necessary, and push your old man down again, allowing the Dragon King to return and regain control of the chaebol.

Otherwise, you should completely break off your ties with the Toyokawa family, and be an ordinary but responsible father in the future, fulfill your duties as a father, and provide Xiangzi with a more normal family environment!