Wanjie Game Hall, I sent Kiana to Silent Hill

"Yes, it is said that if you want to taste authentic food in Luofu Fairyland, you must come to Jinren Lane." Wang Xuanqiao was still sitting, just raised his hand to greet her.

Li Sushang had been about to stand up, but seeing Wang Xuanqiao didn't move from his seat, she remained seated. She saluted Feixiao with a fist-clasp. Kiana and Bianca, amused, followed suit, imitating the chivalrous gesture by cupping their palms over their fists.

Fei Xiao smiled and nodded in return to everyone before continuing, "Of course. Not only the outsiders, but even the locals of Luofu love to gather in Jinren Lane. The food must be good. Look, I'm inviting people here for a gathering too."

"Then it looks like you'll have to wait for a while." Wang Xuanqiao knew who Feixiao was waiting for in Jinren Lane, and he also knew that she would have to wait for quite some time, so he asked the boss to add a chair and tableware.

Feixiao didn't hesitate and sat down directly at Wang Xuanqiao's table. She sat across from Wang Xuanqiao, with Li Sushang and Bianca on either side. Fortunately, the table, which could only accommodate eight people, was spacious enough so that no one would feel crowded.

"Can you elaborate on what we discussed at Dandingsi before?" Feixiao was not in the habit of saying polite words, so he asked directly what she wanted to know.

"What kind of ability is [Perfect Man]? You said it can strengthen the body, but how exactly does it strengthen it?"

Feixiao asked two questions in a row, but Kiana had already opened the terminal and was browsing the member mall to look up relevant entries before she asked the first question. Bianca leaned over to take a look, and the two sisters stared at the screen in silence.

Wang Xuanqiao didn't need to check the system. He had memorized the information after reading it once and gave the answer directly.

"Simply put, it's a skill for fitness enthusiasts. While the workouts may seem simple, they're actually quite demanding, with a bunch of restrictions. Perfectionists completely eliminate these barriers, quantifying the effects of exercise and making it a matter of accumulating volume."

"In other words, if you have the [Perfect Person], you can exercise endlessly. Not only will you not hurt yourself, but you will become stronger the more you exercise." Feixiao is also a fitness enthusiast and immediately understood Wang Xuanqiao's answer.

"Yes, and you don't have to worry about overtraining and causing a sudden increase in muscle mass, which will change your body shape. This ability allows you to maintain a relatively perfect image. Unless you think that the image of a large muscle body is the only perfect image..."

Wang Xuanqiao didn't say anything definite in the end. After all, he wasn't sure whether Feixiao was interested in being a devilish muscular fox.

"But why do people on grandma's side say that this skill will cause hair loss?" Kiana whispered to Bianca.

"I don't know, is grandma losing her hair?" Bianca replied in a low voice.

"What's that saying over there... Grandma has become bald and stronger."

Regardless of whether others heard the sisters' whispers, Wang Xuanqiao heard them clearly. When he heard the words "Mei has become balder, but also stronger," his expression almost faltered.

Wasn't it suspected that he would lose his hair? Why is he already bald?

Who is spreading rumors in Fire Moth?

At this moment, Feixiao suddenly raised his hand and stroked his hair for some reason, and the corners of his mouth and ears twitched slightly.

"So, what is the price of this ability?"

She seemed to be thinking for a while before asking this question.

"The price is five thousand system points." Wang Xuanqiao displayed a calm expression, unfazed by the weight of a mountain. "Once you've signed up for a card at the arcade, the system will unlock an exclusive game for you. You can choose not to unlock this game, and then exchange it for a large sum of system points."

"What if I choose to unlock it?" Feixiao asked.

"If you choose to unlock it, you can try playing the game first. You might be able to get an ability that's more suitable for you than [Perfect Person]. However, some abilities, while very powerful, are difficult to unlock."

Wang Xuanqiao briefly explained to Feixiao the rules for unlocking the game and earning system points. Li Sushang, listening to the inconvenience of unlocking, naturally recalled that her own game, Swords of Legends, had yet to pay out any rewards.

I'm afraid that Sakura and I will become good sisters who are rewarded by the card.

"The last question is, will the training results be calculated from the moment you get the [Perfect Person], or will all previous training results be calculated together?" Feixiao roughly understood the rules of the game hall, but she was obviously weighing something.

"After you receive it, you'll be billed based on your physical condition. After all, it's a quantification of your training results, and your previous training results are also training results."

"Okay!" Feixiao looked like she had made up her mind. She smoothed her hair again, as if saying goodbye again.

"After I meet someone tonight, I will visit your game hall. Is that convenient?" Feixiao asked Wang Xuanqiao.

"No problem, just tell me before you come." Wang Xuanqiao nodded, took out the terminal and added Feixiao as a friend.

As soon as he finished speaking, Kiana and Bianca raised their heads at the same time and cast sympathetic glances on Feixiao's hair.

Wang Xuanqiao: ...

So who was it that spread the rumor that "perfect people" will cause baldness?

As luck would have it, someone on Earth in Honkai Impact 3rd was also investigating this very question. During a break from a deep-space submersible test voyage, Dr. Mei, who was stationed at the observatory, stood up, slowly walked up behind Grace, and gently patted her shoulder.

"Gre, Lei, Xiu."

Dr. Mei lowered his body with a half-smile on his face, moved close to Gray's face, and read out her name word by word.

"Mei, Aunt Mei, what's wrong?" Gray Xiu subconsciously shrank her neck, a little scared.

"Besides Kevin and I, the only ones watching that animation in the restaurant were you and Eden, right?" Mei asked her with a smile.

"Yes, yes..." Grayxiu nodded timidly.

"Then who do you think drew this picture?" Dr. Mei took out his terminal and saw a bald head when he opened the screen. However, the facial features were very similar to Mei's, even ninety percent. There was also a sentence written next to it, framed in a bubble, indicating that it was said by the person in the painting.

The sentence is - I'm bald, but I'm stronger.

"Poof!" Gray Xiu subconsciously turned her face away, but she couldn't hold it back after trying for a long time. In the end, she let out a little laugh with her trembling body.

"I didn't draw it! I really don't know!" Seeing that she had already started laughing, she had to turn around quickly and waved her hands to show Dr. Mei that she was innocent.

"Since it wasn't drawn by you, you should be able to find out who did it, right?" Mei didn't care about Grace's smirk. She just wanted to know who was spreading rumors and drawing such a damn picture to enhance the impression of baldness.

"Hmm... let me think about it." Grace lifted her chin and carefully recalled the events of the past few days. The past flashed through her mind, replaying it all over again and again, and then locked onto a scene - the casual chat she and Eden had while editing a video.

Although there was no mention of Dr. Mei being bald at the time, as long as there was someone who was interested and pieced together the scattered clues in the topic, such as the price of becoming stronger is baldness, Dr. Mei embarked on the road to becoming stronger, etc., it would be easy to make up a rumor that Dr. Mei would become stronger at the cost of becoming bald.

But, weren't there only Sister Eden and I there? Grace was a little confused. Sister Eden wasn't the type to do something like that, and while she could draw, she had no intention of joking with Aunt May.

Oh, no! There was someone else there!

Grayshu instantly remembered the tall, beautiful woman with gray hair and red eyes, but her real body was not present at the time. She had only placed a branch program in the terminal to help with the operation.

"Oh, that's the Void Treasure!" Gray Xiu suddenly realized.

"...Xu! Kong! Wan! Zang!" Dr. Mei gritted his teeth and recited Xukong Wanzang's name word by word, then picked up the communicator and prepared to call Wei Erwei. After all, Wei Erwei was Xukong Wanzang's biological mother, so she would be the easiest person to call.

At this time, Alicia, dressed formally in a white coat, walked into the observatory.

"Ah? Mei, what's wrong with you?" She could tell at a glance that Mei was in a bad mood and asked curiously.

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——The author has something to say——

We didn’t receive any monthly tickets today, so we would like to directly thank the book lovers who voted for recommendations.

Thanks to [Xiong Yanshi], [Ye Biren], [Bai Li Lingmeng 0], [Shu Ke 34782797698], [matrix99], [Social Anxiety and Inferiority], [Nyako (≧▽≦)], [Fish Killed by Meteor], [Forest of Time], [The Omniscient One of the Fantasy Secret Realm], [Ancient Land], [Yokai Idler Yakumo Yukari] and other book friends for their recommendation votes. Thank you for your support.

PS: Recently, in order to cover up the group post, I went to the book review area and pushed up some old book reviews, pretending to cover it up. As a result, I found that there were always people asking how many female protagonists there were in this book.

PS2: I don’t know either. I’m new here too. So how many heroines are there in this book? (Hey)

PS3: And this chapter reveals the answer: the rumormonger was Xukong Wanzang! Hehe, I didn't expect everyone to guess it was Aliya. However, when Aliya sent the armed doll to the arcade, she explicitly stated she didn't know about it. Even if she knew, she wouldn't spread the rumor. Instead, she took the lead in sending hair products to Mei in her circle.

Volume 277: : The Fire Moth's distress signal?

Looking at the unsuspecting Alicia, Mei found herself feeling a subtle sense of accomplishment. If she hadn't noticed the rumor spread by Void Wanzang as quickly as possible and taken control of the Fire Moth's internal and external networks, many people would have seen the picture.

As for whether that piece of shit, Void Manzang, had spread beyond the Fire Moth network, that was unclear. But Mei wasn't in a hurry. She just needed to contact Wei Erwei to capture Void Manzang and scan him, and everything would be revealed.

"It's nothing, Alicia. I just found that Xukong Wanzang picked up some bad habits from the former Bishop of Tianming, so I plan to help her clean up the redundant data with Weiwei." Mei raised her hand and pushed her glasses, and a dazzling light reflected on the lenses.

"Hmm?~ I feel like there must be something interesting hidden in this. Unfortunately, the next communication is about to start, so I can only indulge my curiosity."

Grace immediately turned her head away. Alicia's mention of "something interesting" brought back her memory of the painting, and she almost scored a second goal.

Mei and Alicia took their seats. A moment later, the observatory received data from the submerged New Ark. Two-way communication was activated, and images of the New Ark's interior appeared on the internal projection screen.

Kevin and Kosmo were standing in the picture, and the atmosphere looked very coooooool.

"Hello~" Alicia picked up the phone first. "123, 123?~ Kevin, Kosmo, can you hear me?"

"......" Kosmo's eyes changed slightly. He first looked at the camera, then quietly moved towards Kevin. His lips trembled a few times, but unfortunately they were still tightly closed.

"Next time, you can skip the 123. That's for testing the loudspeaker." Kevin sighed imperceptibly. "There were no abnormalities during this dive. The Ark is in good condition. However, we detected a unique world bubble signal during the dive."

"What information did the ship-borne intelligent analysis give us?" Mei asked.

"It's the fire moth's distress signal." Kevin replied.

Instantly, everyone's attention was focused on Mei. The distress signal from the World Bubble, identified by the intelligence as coming from a Fire Moth, was it a genuine call for help, or... some kind of trap?

Mei thought for a short time. She just tapped her arm lightly with her fingers and made up her mind.

"Let's go check it out," Mei said. "Is the emergency plan ready?"

"Which edition?" Kevin asked.

"The final version." Mei replied.

Kevin took out the arcade membership card from his pocket and waved it in front of the camera.

"Okay, let's go."

Kosmo, who had just pulled out his membership card, had no time to show it before he had to put it back. The Ark and the Observatory ended their communication, each returning to a new round of busy work.

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Feixiao found that Wang Xuanqiao was right, and he had indeed been waiting for quite some time.

As the helmsman of the Tianbo Division, Yukong is indeed the type who is overwhelmed with official duties. It happens to be the time when the Xingtian Martial Arts Ceremony, a grand event for the whole world, is being held. It is not easy for him to get out and have a meal.

Wang Xuanqiao had already left with Kiana and the others. Now only Feixiao was left at the snack stand, along with the Cloud Cavalry who were on duty scattered around.

"It's a great honor to have made the famous General Tianji wait for me for so long. It's been a long time since we last met, General Feixiao."

Yukong walked quickly, but her posture was very steady, which made people curious about how she managed to balance speed and dignity.

Feixiao's ears twitched slightly after hearing the familiar voice, and then he stood up from his seat.

"Sister Yukong. It's been almost thirty years since we last parted, right?" She greeted Yukong familiarly, and the word "sister" invisibly narrowed the distance created by the long separation.

The two fox-men comrades, reunited after a long separation, naturally began by reminiscing about the past. They recounted a time over thirty years ago, when the war between the Immortal Boat and the Abundant Creatures reached a fever pitch. Back then, one of them was a vanguard of the Qingqiu Army, the other a pilot of the Chuihong Guard. Now, both held high positions, though one had withdrawn from the battlefield, while the other remained in the fray.

Talking about the past always brings a sigh of regret. Yukong, no longer in the army and having adopted the daughter of a deceased friend, has clearly become more sentimental than before. Conversely, Feixiao, who calls her "sister," is much more open-minded, even comforting Yukong while reminiscing about the past.

Seeing that they had almost finished talking about the past, Yukong brought up the question that had been on her mind since she arrived. Even though this question had become extremely sensitive due to their respective identities, she still wanted to say something.

The alliance wanted to hold Jing Yuan, the general in charge of Luofu Xianzhou, accountable, questioning his loyalty and ability. Anyone who had experienced those turbulent times could not turn a blind eye to the injustice Jing Yuan suffered.

However, the reasons behind the alliance's accountability were quite complex. Although Feixiao didn't tell Yukong the answer, he did mention several incidents that deeply implicated Jingyuan. With these events as clues, Feixiao believed that Yukong could figure out the answer herself.

"However, Sister Yukong, there's no need to worry too much."

After saying this, Feixiao suddenly changed his tone to a more relaxed one.

"I heard from Jiao Qiu that a distinguished guest has come to the Shen Ce Mansion, someone I've never heard of before. It seems that he has a good relationship with Jing Yuan and Elder Yan. This distinguished guest not only has contacts with Jing Yuan and Elder Yan, but also asked Jiao Qiu to do me a favor."

"Distinguished guest?" Yukong frowned slightly, recalling the guests who had recently entered the Luofu Immortal Boat. "As far as I remember, the only distinguished guest who had recently entered the Luofu Immortal Boat was the Starry Sky Train."

"So Sister Yukong didn't know? Well, it's normal when you think about it. He comes and goes quite freely, and he has a close relationship with the Starry Sky Train, so I don't think he will stand idly by." Feixiao said with a smile.

"Maybe Jing Yuan and Elder Yan stayed in the Shen Ce Mansion all day today and came up with some ideas."

"I hope so." Yukong sighed softly and nodded. "Since the end of the Yinyue Rebellion, Luofu has enjoyed hundreds of years of peace under the rule of General Jingyuan. Unfortunately, for the immortal species, hundreds of years... sometimes, when they come to their senses, it seems like the blink of an eye."

"Because of this, the enemy will always seize on the mistakes we make carelessly, accumulating them until the moment of destruction."

Even the now-bustling Golden Man Alley was recently on the verge of becoming a warehouse. Without the help of the pioneers of the Star Train, Golden Man Alley would have been a desolate, deserted place.

This was the kind of small mistake that the Immortal Seeds always inadvertently made. It was just a temporary change of use. Perhaps after a few decades or even centuries, once the company was gone, Jinren Lane would be back in the hands of the merchants.

The people of Xianzhou have no shortage of time, but time is also the most deadly to them.

"Yes." Fei Xiao nodded slightly, "So this time when I came to Luofu, I had another mission: to visit Hu Lei."

Hu Lei, once the chieftain of the Buli people, the absolute king of the Buli wolf pack, and a formidable enemy of the Immortal Boat. He led the Buli wolf pack to wreak havoc across the universe, hunting for life everywhere, until Jing Liu, the sword master of Luofu, captured him on the battlefield.

After that, Hu Lei was imprisoned in the lowest level of Luofu Prison and sentenced to endure the torture of deep prison for eternity.

The treatment of Hu Lei should have remained the same. However, the Luofu Immortal Boat suffered an unexpected disaster, and Jianmu was reborn, causing many people to distrust the Luofu Immortal Boat, and the treatment of Hu Lei began to be controversial again.

The foxes of Yaoqing Xianzhou believed that Hu Lei should be transferred to Yaoqing for imprisonment and punishment, but the Alliance Marshal disagreed. They could only settle for the next best thing and asked Yaoqing's General Feixiao to come and visit Hu Lei to reassure everyone.

"But to be honest, if something really goes wrong in the Youqiu Prison, I think it's better for Hu Lei not to escape." Feixiao suddenly said something that sounded like a joke, which made Yukong unable to react for a moment.

"Is it because the three generals are all in Luofu?" Yukong asked her.

Feixiao didn't answer, but just smiled at Yukong and talked about another thing.

"Also, we've finally found the target you asked me to look for. The Qingqiu Army followed the route you provided and located the wreckage of the Minghuo Merchants' ship. Unfortunately, there's no cargo inside, and no survivors. However, someone had already been to the scene before we found it."

Yukong, whose ears had drooped slightly when he heard the word "regret", suddenly perked up again.

"Is it one of ours? Or someone from the company?" she asked.

"Neither. Yukong, do you know Ruan Mei?"