At that moment, Mei looked at the skyscraper before her and said, "Chi Yang, I want to go take a look. Can that be done?"
Chi Yang said, "Yes. Aren't you afraid the Captain will scold you, Mei?"
Mei looked at the building and said firmly, "I want to take a look."
Chi Yang said, "The wormhole is already open. You can go take a look."
Mei stepped into the wormhole and vanished around the street corner.
The scene shifted back to Su Jiu and Angel Yan's conversation.
Su Jiu focused his gaze, rose to his feet, and looked out at the nightscape beyond the window. "You're looking for us, aren't you? Other than that, I can't think of any reason why you'd stay on Earth."
Angel Yan smiled. "Getting impatient, kid? You could say that. Half the reason we stayed was because of you."
Su Jiu nodded. "Qualifications? Or an investment?"
Sitting on the sofa, Angel Yan said, "Both qualifications and an investment. An angel's friendship isn't so easily obtained, brat."
Su Jiu frowned. "I don't like that form of address. I once heard a legend: there was a species somewhere that only reached adulthood after living for ten thousand years. A thousand years old isn't old at all."
Angel Yan teased, "What civilization was that?"
Ignoring Angel Yan's teasing, Su Jiu said, "There's another legend, one about humanity. Do you want to hear it?"
Angel Yan looked at Su Jiu in surprise. "Interesting. Go on."
Su Jiu thought for a moment. "Humanity is a race favored by destiny. Give humanity even the slightest opportunity, and they might create an entire starry sky. Humans are actually very strong, with powerful backing. You're simply too ignorant."
Angel Yan looked at Su Jiu, never expecting the person before her to say something like that.
Angel Yan replied, "How come I've never seen it?"
Su Jiu merely smiled without speaking, then turned and left.
Watching Su Jiu leave, Angel Yan gritted her teeth in anger. "The next time I see you, I'll beat you until you bloom."
After leaving, Su Jiu arrived at the bridge connecting the eastern and western sides of Tianhe City. "Mei, come out. I know you've been following me."
Mei appeared five meters away from Su Jiu. "Captain, why do you feel a little sorrowful to me right now?"
Su Jiu walked over, patted her head, and said, "People have seven emotions and six desires. Without them, would we still be human?"
Su Jiu took Mei's little hand. "All right, the Captain won't be like this anymore. I made you worry. Shall we go back?"
At nine the next morning, Su Jiu appeared in the Hyperion's deck lounge.
With a Little Duck perched on her head, Su Yi ran up to Su Jiu and pulled out a small bag shaped like a cartoon crocodile. "Daddy, give us this bag too, and upgrade it to a hundred inventory slots, okay?" After saying that, Su Yi ran into Su Jiu's arms and acted spoiled.
Su Jiu was still looking at Su Yi's bag when she said, "Daddy, this was made from the skin of that talking crocodile we caught last time."
At that moment, Su Jiu remembered. He had Su Yi call Kiana over and, while she was at it, have the system upgrade the fifty Chibi Crocodile Bags Su Yi had taken out.
System: "MMP, terrifying. It's bad enough you won't pay, but you're glaring at me too. I'll glare you to death—wait, I don't have eyes. Glare at you with a lightning wave."
Before long, Kiana arrived. Su Yi happily put away the Chibi Crocodile Bags and went to share them with her friends.
Looking at Kiana, who seemed to be eating anytime and anywhere, Su Jiu said, "Kiana, where did that crocodile from last time go?"
Chewing on the roasted meat Chi Yang had arranged to have delivered, Kiana said, "The crocodile? That crocodile jerky was modified a bit by Mr. Grey Wolf and is still hanging beneath the Hyperion to dry."
At that moment, Crocodile God Soton was in despair. He had already lost count of how many times his skin had been peeled off, especially since it had grown back by now.
The worst part was that his tail had become a steel tail.
Soton said, "Mama, I want to go back to the river. It's too dangerous here."
Crocodile God Soton was still howling when a powerful electric current surged through him. Crocodile God Soton said, "(+﹏+), not again."
After Su Jiu finished speaking with Kiana, Kiana ran to the railing and called to Mei, who was reading. "Mei, give it some electricity."
Mei closed her book, drew Thunder Cutter, walked over to Kiana, and placed the blade against a specially made rope. "How strong this time?"
Kiana thought for a moment. "Just enough to leave it weak all over."
Then a burst of blue electric sparks crawled down the rope.
After a while, Kiana picked up the rope, pulled and flung it. A cage flew onto the deck. Inside was a crocodile with rolled-back eyes, a slightly open mouth, and a tongue still spinning in circles.
Looking at the crocodile before him, Su Jiu said, "Looks like you've played it half to death. Should we shock it again?"
Hearing those words, Soton's body twitched slightly. He said weakly, "I can talk. Don't... don't shock me again."
Su Jiu looked at the crocodile jerky in surprise. "You're still alive. No need to shock it again. Mei, put away your sword. No more shocking."
Mei sheathed her sword, sat down nearby, opened the book she had been reading, and once again immersed herself in the sea of books.
Nearly ten minutes later, Soton finally recovered enough to speak. "Big brother, just let me go. I still have to raise eight little crocodiles and eight old crocodiles."
Su Jiu narrowed his eyes at Crocodile God Soton, who was struggling to put on an act. "Stop it. You just got out. Where would you get that many little crocodiles?"
Soton stopped acting and said, trembling, "Big brother, spare me. I'll never eat buns again. I'll become a vegetarian, okay?"
Su Jiu said, "Crocodile God Soton, I won't make things difficult for you. You can leave, but I need to leave something on you first." After saying that, Su Jiu opened the cage, slapped Soton, then kicked him off the Hyperion.
Still in midair, Soton laughed loudly. "I'm finally out! I've finally escaped this hell!" Soton did not care in the slightest that he was still high in the air.
Listening to Soton's voice, Su Jiu thought, A third-generation warrior probably won't die from the fall, right? Yeah, probably?
Su Jiu returned to the lounge and basked contentedly in the sunlight.
Soton had only been happy for half a moment before remembering that he was still high in the air. The fall might not kill me, but it'll hurt.
In midair, Soton tried all sorts of poses, searching for one that would not hurt when he hit the ground. After thinking and trying, Soton decided to land headfirst. His head was harder, after all.
Just as Su Jiu finished dealing with the crocodile jerky, the angels came knocking—and there were three of them.
Knowing what was going on, Su Jiu called back Zhao Yun, who was out having fun.
When Zhao Yun returned, he asked, "Captain, do you want me to handle them? Lend me the Moon Ring, and I'll roast those three angels."
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