Gu Gongming didn't move, but simply stared quietly into Yixue's determined eyes.
"Sigh... what an enviable love."
As soon as he finished speaking, a surge of immense power erupted from the scales.
Golden light instantly enveloped Jixue's enormous body, forming a giant cocoon.
A faint light flickered inside the pupa, and something seemed to be wriggling inside, about to break free.
As the light slowly faded, a perfectly intact giant wolf appeared before everyone's eyes.
" Jixue!!!"
Yixue immediately hugged the still-dazed Jixue, tears streaming down her face.
Jixue turned her head to look at her abdomen, then at the others, as if she understood something.
[ Jixue's favorability +1]
[Current favorability level: 19, not yet meeting the requirements for the lottery.]
[Please keep up the good work, host.]
Looking at the system panel that only he could see, Lei Yong smiled faintly.
Jixue bent down and affectionately nuzzled Yixue with its wolf head, wiping away the tears on her face. Yixue hugged it back and kissed its face.
The rest of the group carried the still unconscious Xiunuosi and tactfully left, giving the lovers, who had almost been separated by death, some private space.
On the rooftop.
Gu Gongming leaned against the wall, gazing at the full moon in the darkness, and slowly took out a cigarette and lit it.
"Call..."
A wisp of white smoke was exhaled from his mouth, drifting in the breeze along with his slightly swaying hair.
"Hey! Showing off again."
Brown walked over with his hands in his pockets, nonchalantly taking a cigarette from his pocket and smoking it.
"Hmm... not bad, the cigarettes from your Great Xia are really good. I'll have you and Lei Yong bring me more next time."
Gu Gongming, with a cigarette between his fingers, smiled contemptuously, "Heh, I do need money."
After all, I'll only refuse to make a deal with someone I like.
"Oh, really?"
Brown stubbed out his cigarette, turned to look at Gu Gongming, and grinned smugly.
So you like Jixue ~
Gu Gongming remained silent, while Brown continued speaking.
"No matter what, Jixue is Variant at the ' Immortal ' realm, and your abilities are an equivalent exchange."
How could an ordinary person's fifty years of life be exchanged for Jixue's Life?
Gu Gongming remained silent for a moment, then let out a soft hum.
"I can use my abilities however I want. I've lived a life of extravagance all along, so what difference will it make if I reduce my extravagance by ten years?"
"You can't steal all the limelight." At this moment, Lei Yong, wearing sunglasses, suddenly appeared, arms crossed, leaning against the wall between the two.
Gu Gongming frowned. "What do you want to do?"
"Trying to look cool."
Lei Yong opened his hand, and a scale almost identical to Gu Gongming's appeared on his right, only its light was slightly dimmer.
"Okay, we're good enough friends, and I just happened to win your ability in the lottery, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to pull this stunt."
Gu Gongming's eyes narrowed, and he raised his hand to stop him.
Lei Yong retreated to create distance, while Brown suddenly appeared behind Gu Gongming and locked him in place.
"Hehehe~ Today I'm going to show you how powerful the captain and vice-captain are!"
Brown's lewd voice rang in Gu Gongming's ears.
Gu Gongming struggled for a moment, but couldn't break free.
Lei Yong stroked his chin, carefully examining the scales in his hand. "What a cunning merchant with superpowers. At the Human Limit, our lifespans can only be exchanged for an equivalent amount of this guy's."
"Oh, it's alright, it's alright~ Let's each give him three years, and the one year less can be considered punishment for him showing off all by himself."
"Okay!"
"Hey, wait a minute! You two should think this through..."
Before he could finish speaking, a tremendous force erupted from the scales in Lei Yong's hands.
Strands of light, representing the breath of Life, were drawn from Lei Yong and Brown's bodies and slowly drifted into Gu Gongming's body.
Gu Gongming suddenly felt a sense of fulfillment fill his entire body, but he was not happy about it at all, and his face was full of helplessness.
"Honestly, I don't care about losing a little more lifespan. Don't blame me if you die young."
Gu Gongming broke free from Brown's grasp and said to the two of them in an annoyed tone.
"Alright, alright! We're your captains after all."
Let's go see if that lazybones Xiunuosi, is still sleeping.
Brown patted Gu Gongming on the shoulder, and then walked downstairs with Lei Yong.
Gu Gongming straightened his tie and followed him downstairs.
On a beanbag chair.
With her upper body bare, Xiunuosi's beautiful eyes trembled slightly as she slowly opened them.
He propped himself up and looked around blankly, realizing that he was in Brown's [Room], which was also the small base of the [Godslaying] Squad.
"Ah~ you're finally awake!"
Upon seeing that Xiunuosi had woken up, Brown was the first to run over and greet him warmly.
Xiunuosi scratched his head and looked down.
Seeing her tanned upper body, her face instantly turned bright red.
"Ah--!"
He hugged himself and threw the cushion next to him, which hit Brown in the face.
You guys are perverts!
I was dizzy, didn't you even put a piece of clothing on me?! You could see right through me!
Brown removed the pillow from his face, giving a dismissive smirk.
"Anyway, you're a grown man, and you don't even have that thing, what's there to be ashamed of?"
"I'm a woman!!!"
Xiunuosi's furious roar drew the attention of the others.
"I may have a male body, but I'm still a girl at heart!"
If you keep doing this, believe me, I'll strike and get a sex change!
Upon Yixue this, Yixue quickly took out a piece of clothing and draped it over Xiunuosi.
"Oh, okay, okay, you're a woman, you're a woman, so please don't do that stupid surgery again."
"Your efforts to make your voice sound like a woman caused our team quite a bit of trouble back then."
"This is my freedom!"
The somber atmosphere that had been somewhat subdued due to the defeat vanished completely at this moment.
"Hehe, watch my reality magic!"
With a wave of her magic wand, Meng Yuan conjured a beautiful outfit for Xiunuosi.
Xiunuosi a sigh of relief, glared at Brown, and then slumped onto the sofa.
Brown also sat down on the sofa, his expression becoming slightly more serious.
"Alright, now that everyone's safe, let's discuss what happened this time."
Brown held up one finger.
Most importantly, we've come to understand that there are several extremely powerful Variant in this world.
"Even our [Godslaying] Squad, which represents almost all of the Night Star's fighting power, couldn't handle just one of them."
Upon hearing this, everyone lowered their heads silently, and recalling the god-like figure on the [Ground], they found it difficult to breathe.
"Based on the conversation between the rock man and the white-haired girl, it can be roughly deduced that the Variant is called the [Five Calamities], and judging from the name, there should be five of them."
"Phew... this is getting a bit tricky."
"As for that strange white-haired girl, I estimate she's most likely one of the [Five Calamities], after all, her abilities are even stranger than our group of weirdos."
It's something that doesn't seem like something a human could possess.