I'm Just That Helpful

Through the backup camera orb, the livestream viewers saw everything.

In the Azure Mist Guild's livestream, the fans seemed reluctant to believe it.

: What? What are they saying?

: The vice guild leader lowered the trap? How is that possible?!

: Vice Guild Leader Meng is such a good person. I believe him.

: But Zheng Xun really was almost cut in half...

: Fake, it's all fake! Zheng the Thief must be acting!

: I believe in the vice guild leader's character too. If he were a bad person, the teammates who worked with him wouldn't have shown so much trust and reliance on him in their interviews.

The General Association's livestream was already a storm of curses.

: That Meng Yijia, I *****

: What a ** piece of trash! He hurt my Erchui! I ****

: Fuck! Did he really do it on purpose? How can someone be such a *!

: ***, *******!

The comments looked like Morse code, and the moderators scrambled to add blocked words and mute people.

Then one viewer posted a comment.

: Guys, those dumbasses from Azure Mist are talking shit in their livestream!

That did it. Fifty thousand people instantly vanished from the General Association's livestream. There had been signs of this before: to put it nicely, Zheng Xun's fans had an astounding capacity for fighting on their own. To put it bluntly, they were a bunch of reckless brutes who banded together.

They instantly flooded the Azure Mist Guild's livestream, and the moderators couldn't ban them fast enough.

: If your brain's still in its original packaging, I suggest you exchange it for cash. You can't even see such an obvious setup?

: Azure Mist's fans are just as awful as the one they worship.

: Go piss in a puddle and take a look at your ugly mug.

: What, does somebody have to die before you'll admit your precious idol isn't innocent?

: Once they're out of the dungeon, see you at the police station. Unless Zheng Xun is generous enough to let it go, don't even think about putting this behind you.

: If you ask me, this isn't your vice guild leader's first time. Could Huo Ziyan have been framed by him too?

The two sides' fans argued endlessly, but the people involved on the screen were utterly silent.

Cold sweat beaded on Meng Yijia's forehead. He forced himself to calm down and not immediately argue back. The more he said, the more mistakes he might make.

"Do you have proof?" He seemed to have finally pried an excuse out of a crack and clung to it like a lifeline. "This is just your own speculation. Without proof, you're framing me."

He was certain there hadn't been a camera on the other side of the trap just now. As long as it hadn't been filmed head-on, there was no way to establish what had happened for certain.

Zheng Xun laughed.

"Vice captain, you really won't shed a tear until you see the coffin. Fine, let's not waste time. We should hurry and meet up with Xu Guan."

His sudden willingness to let it go left Meng Yijia stunned.

Zheng Xun had already taken a few steps away when he looked back.

"Come on, Vice Captain Meng. This is Azure Mist's dungeon. You can't expect an outsider like me to take the lead on everything."

Meng Yijia didn't know what Zheng Xun was up to, but it was a good thing that he wasn't pressing the matter for now.

The two walked in silence, hardly exchanging a word. The atmosphere between them was even more frightening than the ruined scenery around them.

Fortunately, they were fairly lucky. They soon made it back to the center of the amusement park and reached the control room.

The control room was indeed a trap. The boss lying in wait inside was the middle-aged man reported on in the newspaper.

Zheng Xun and Meng Yijia stood in an open area some distance from the control room. Until they understood what was happening, they couldn't intervene, for fear of accidentally hitting someone.

The vicious boss the middle-aged man had turned into moved extremely fast. He could turn his body into a black shadow and change its shape at any time, making it easy to dodge.

Xu Guan plunged the scepter in his hand into the ground. The earth cracked, and sand and stones shot upward, trapping the caught-off-guard boss inside.

Then a huge, distorted, colorful inflatable head suddenly swelled up, opened its gaping maw, and swallowed the boss.

"Whoa."

Zheng Xun looked at the inflatable figure "floating" in the sky. It was a riot of colors, with a drawing that was roughly recognizable as a girl.

At first, he thought it was a prop, but then he noticed it retreat to Luo Mingxuan's shoulder and rub against his face.

It had a degree of self-awareness. It was a subordinate.

"Her name is Snow White." Luo Mingxuan really did treat her as half a person. "Well? Pretty, isn't she?"

Zheng Xun scoffed.

What an ugly thing. Not as good as my Xiaohua.

He was actually comparing them.

When Xu Guan and the others saw that Meng Yijia, behind Zheng Xun, had survived, they couldn't help breathing a sigh of relief.

Xu Guan said he was glad Meng Yijia was back. Meng Yijia's face was pale as he forced a smile.

Livestreams could all be replayed. He didn't know what Xu Guan would think when he saw that part after the dungeon ended.

He really wanted to strangle Zheng Xun.

Meng Yijia shot Zheng Xun a look full of deep resentment, and Zheng Xun returned his gaze.

"Vice Captain Meng, I know I'm handsome. You don't have to affirm it with your eyes."

Meng Yijia thought he was utterly unreasonable.

After taking care of the boss in the center of the amusement park, the group found that the scene around them had changed again.

It was as if they had been thrown into a rapidly spinning teacup ride. Everything was shaking. Yin Lexin was the first to throw up, and even after Wang Shutong adjusted, she pressed herself tightly against the inner wall.

Everyone else was in bad shape, except Zheng Xun.

He was still keeping up the livestream.

"Friends, can you see this?" Zheng Xun gripped the camera orb, and the picture shook so much that the viewers were about to throw up too. "This thing is a brain-mixing machine. Don't get on it for no reason."

: Fuck! Who would get on it?!

: Erchui, worry about yourself!

: Fuck fuck fuck, was that pink thing that flashed past in the middle the boss?!

: Damn, I saw it too!

Zheng Xun keenly sensed danger and ducked. A flash of a blade passed just over his head.

"That was close, that was close. It almost ruined my hairstyle."

His tone was leisurely, while the Azure Mist members beside him had already begun fighting the boss. Zheng Xun clung to the edge of the cup and stole a few glances. The boss was apparently a humanoid doll carved in the image of a girl, with four arms, each holding a different weapon.

Then he looked at how the others were doing...

What are they doing? Beating an old master to death with wild punches?

Perhaps because their view was shaking so badly, the Azure Mist members hadn't adjusted yet and missed with several attacks. Eventually, the most experienced among them, Xu Guan and Luo Mingxuan, were the first to jump. Xu Guan severed two arms, and Luo Mingxuan severed one.

The remaining arm was about to send Wang Shutong flying when Zheng Xun, who was closest, lent a hand.

The familiar pink inflatable hammer came crashing down, smashing half the entire ride to pieces.

It was over.

The group landed awkwardly back on the ground in all sorts of positions.

Zheng Xun was the most normal of them. He stood at ease, waiting for the dungeon scenery to fade.

There were two figures in the white light, one tall and one short, holding hands. Both looked like girls. The taller one was somewhat familiar, like the real Xiaoyin, and wore a refined, gentle smile. The shorter one was probably the poor girl from the amusement park. She had a round, apple-shaped face and waved at Zheng Xun.

Goodbye.

In the blink of an eye, the figures vanished, leaving only the Azure Mist members sprawled across the ground.

Yin Lexin was still throwing up.

"I feel like I'm gonna croak..."

Zheng Xun patted him on the head affectionately, as though patting a watermelon he wasn't very familiar with.

"If you want, I can help make your dream come true. No need to thank me. I'm just that helpful."

Yin Lexin rolled his eyes.

The dungeon was over, and it was time to tally the rewards.

Since everyone had taken part in killing the boss, everyone received a reward.

Three people had gift boxes of the same size: Xu Guan, Luo Mingxuan.

And Zheng Xun.

"Oh, I get one too."

Zheng Xun beamed, while the Azure Mist fans in the livestream were about to explode.