I really didn't want to burn it.

Honestly, it's so hard to find nice pictures that won't get 404 errors lately~_(:з」∠)_

Chapter 23: Isn't Red A's backstab a standard performance?

Despite feeling annoyed that the system had tricked him.

However, Li Ang quickly calmed down after his initial outburst.

After all, having spent hundreds or thousands of years battling wits with the mourning system, if he had to fly into a rage over every little thing, Li Ang would have been driven to his death long ago.

Moreover, Li Ang did not suffer any losses in this mission.

Not only did he receive a good reward, but he also avoided embarrassing himself in the eyes of others.

I was just teaching the girls to dance; I didn't do anything weird.

Unaware that he was being tricked by the mourning system and was also being given a little revenge by the girls, Li Ang comforted himself.

By the way, the system gave away three sets of women's clothing: a maid outfit, a tactical armor set, and a high school girl uniform.

It's obvious that these three outfits are for DD, Mashu, and Ritsuka respectively.

This made Li Ang a little curious: if he had also fooled Jing Ke back then, would the fourth outfit have been an assassin's outfit?

The maid had already been taken out by Li Ang and made DD wear it.

The clothes produced by the system are definitely excellent in terms of functionality.

Of course, this functionality is definitely not related to sexual pleasure, but rather to combat.

It boasts exceptional physical and magical defense, reduces the wearer's weight during movement, and even comes equipped with two magic swords and regenerable daggers of various attributes as weapons.

Aside from the two magic swords, which are designed to look too much like lightsabers from Star Wars, making Li Ang want to complain, this maid outfit has no flaws.

Of course, the other two outfits also have many functions and are not just for looking good.

However, Li Ang did not redeem those two sets of clothes from the system.

Why should Leon and Chaldea be enemies?

They were already being misunderstood quite a bit, and now they're giving them clothes? They have absolutely no reason to do it.

Anyway, Ying Zheng has already covered this singularity, so Li Ang doesn't think anything unexpected will happen.

Li Ang plans to take out the clothes after this singularity ends and he officially joins Chaldea. It's also a way of doing Chaldea a favor.

Similarly, Li Ang did not use the skill exchange voucher he obtained from this temporary mission.

The system rarely gives out skill exchange coupons, so Li Ang plans to save them for the next singularity and use them depending on the situation.

Compared to the Qin Dynasty, which already has a basic understanding of the situation, the next unknown singularity needs this thing even more.

What if it comes in handy somewhere?

The reason for this is that the skill tree of the mourning system is simply too messy.

For example, with driving skills, do you think the burial system just gives you a general category like Servants, summarizing it with a "riding" class skill and then roughly dividing it by skill level?

That's not true at all.

The chariot system categorizes all rideable vehicles in the world into separate categories, such as horses, cows, sheep, unicorns, dragons, etc. These are all separate skills.

The only thing that prevented Li Ang from going crazy was that modern human transportation systems are differentiated based on driver's licenses.

This at least spared Li Ang the predicament of having to learn all the driving skills, such as those for Mazda, Volkswagen, and BMW, just in order to drive all kinds of family cars.

"However, I still don't think it's much better."

As Li Ang climbed the mountain, he complained to the mourning system.

[Host, you're overestimating the system's convenience. You're already a mature 20-year-old man (forever), you should learn to learn on your own.]

"Yeah, that's why I followed Odin and learned all the runes. It's all because your stupid system can only learn one rune at a time."

You're welcome. It's what the system should do.

Li Ang was amused and retorted, "Damn system, you really are a great system~"

Thank you, host. You're welcome, host.

"..."

Li Ang didn't want to talk to the system and gave it two middle fingers as a sign of respect.

Then, Li Ang strode forward. Ignoring the group of girls who were commenting on DD's new skin, he went straight to Ying Zheng at the front of the group.

The other person was sitting cross-legged on a large rock, suspended in mid-air, looking just like Doctor Strange who had seen 14000605 spoilers.

The only difference between the two is that Doctor Strange convulses and contorts due to the Time Stone, while Ying Zheng remains very calm, like an enlightened immortal in deep meditation.

Perhaps sensing something, Ying Zheng opened his eyes as Li Ang approached.

"What's the situation inside Baiyun Mountain?"

Li Ang asked directly.

Ying Zheng frowned slightly: "It feels very strange... Baiyun Mountain is indeed still part of my territory, but it gives me a very chaotic feeling, like a source of magic without any rules."

"Tsk, this will be troublesome next time."

Li Ang rubbed his temples.

Whatever is in Baiyun Mountain, since even Ying Zheng couldn't find out, there must be something wrong with it.

"The most direct way is to go into the mountains and see what's going on."

Ying Zheng gazed at Baiyun Mountain, enveloped by vibrant trees, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Li Ang pouted: "I hate this. It's really unpleasant to be unable to control the overall situation. Didn't you find out anything from the leader and Yamcha before?"

"No, all they know is that the Holy Grail is here. The reason they chose to attack Yunzhong is because once they cross Yunzhong, they can directly take Luoyang."

"but……"

Ying Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he had thought of something important.

"But what?"

Li Ang quickly pressed for an answer.

"What's the deal with that foxy woman who tricked you into breaking with Chaldea?"

Li Ang spread his hands: "I don't know either. The other party's purpose seems very confusing."

The young lady surnamed Gao never came out again after giving us the bottle of poison that night.

I don't know what exactly is wrong with the other party.

"That's not what I'm asking," Ying Zheng said with a mischievous grin. "What I want to ask is, why didn't you order the capture of that vixen who so offended you? Do you perhaps have a thing for wild animals, or maybe... a masochist?"

Li Ang's face darkened: "Where did you learn all this useless, irrelevant knowledge?"

"Through the heroic spirits of the throne, you can learn all sorts of knowledge from ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign. Didn't you know that?"

"Who knows? I've never died," Li Ang retorted. "Speaking of which, we're about to go to the battlefield, is it really okay for you to be so leisurely?"

"Relax~ Anyway, no one can be my match in my country."

Ying Zheng said confidently.

Indeed, with this overpowered character around, you, host, don't need to worry about anything at all; any difficulty will be easily resolved.

It's like a high-ranking mage in a game teaching you skills that you need to sense magic and achieve harmony with it to unleash spells. In reality, all you need to do is press the "Q" key.

[With your best buddy Zheng backing you up, what are you chickening out for, host? Charge! Barbara!]

Please call me steady, thank you.

Despite still complaining, Li Ang had to admit that what the system said was right.

With their invincible Zheng Gege on their side, what are they afraid of?

"Alright, girls, it's time to go."

Li Angchong greeted the girls who were commenting on DD's new maid outfit.

"Come on, come on."

Ritsuka followed with a grin.

"What's the matter with you?"

Li Ang rolled his eyes at Ritsuka.

Ritsuka asked gossipily, "You prepared a new outfit for your maid, did you prepare one for our Mash?"

Not only Mashu's, but yours too.

Li Ang didn't say those slightly lewd words aloud; he simply said, "Can't you be a little more reserved? I remember before we left you kept calling me a murderer or something."

“Well… I didn’t know you very well back then.” Ritsuka scratched the back of her head. “Attila told me that you didn’t make things difficult for those surrendered Huns, but instead taught them more professional herding techniques.”

Li Ang nodded slightly: "Yes. My goal is for the Great Qin to rule the grasslands, not to kill people. Of course, if there are any troublemakers, I will deal with them by force."

Ritsuka gave a weak, bitter laugh: "It's best not to use violence..."

Although Ritsuka herself has a natural aversion to force, Li Ang's actions are understandable.

Ritsuka closed her eyes and slowly took a deep breath.

"If only this country could continue to exist forever. This peaceful, stable, and tranquil Qin Dynasty."

“Hey, don’t talk like the Qin Dynasty will disappear.” Li Ang said firmly, “I came here to save the country.”

"But... never mind."

Ritsuka glanced at Ying Zheng at the back of the group and gave up trying to persuade Li Ang.

After spending this time together, Ritsuka has a very clear understanding of Li Ang's personality.

He would smile at everything else, but when it came to the Qin Dynasty, he would become unusually persistent.

But Ritsuka could understand Li Ang's thoughts.

When you've persisted in something for so long, and suddenly you're asked to give up, no one would easily accept it.

Only when he finally obtains the Holy Grail and corrects the singularity will Leon's obsession be put to rest.

Ritsuka clasped her hands to her chest and prayed silently.

It's wonderful that His Majesty was able to be summoned. In the end, His Majesty was able to comfort his friend, and that's how it was...

"Ouch."

Ritsuka, who wasn't looking where she was going, bumped into Li Ang's back.

"Why did you stop?"

Ritsuka covered her nose and asked.

"We have entered Baiyun Mountain."

Leon replied.

"So what if you've entered..."

Ritsuka then noticed that everyone in the group had become very serious.

Ritsuka asked nervously, "What happened? Is an enemy coming?"

"The mana (magic) in the air is so abundant that it can counteract the suppression of the inhibitory force."

"so?"

"Your servants..."

Before Li Ang could finish speaking, a blade flashed across his head.

It is Gan Jiang and Mo Xie.

“īsaz”.

Li Ang remained calm and drew a "?" in front of him with his finger.

An ice curtain appeared in mid-air, directly blocking Red A's sword.