Chapter 190: [yellow Springs Witch] And [dragon Medicine Demon Wolf]
After hearing the shouts from the other side about something that could make people rich, and giving all sorts of solemn promises, blowing it out of proportion. The ‘Seeking Wealth Trio’, who originally had no absolute goal and just wanted to gather more intelligence, suddenly felt a slight temptation.
Compared to collecting the remains of the dead and accumulating a little merit. Naturally, living people could bring greater value. The premise is that the other party actively cooperates and is willing to hand over bank card passwords.
If they acted now, they might not only win the other’s gratitude and get the promised remuneration, but also additionally obtain the desired intelligence, clarify their own situation, and find a way to escape and save themselves.
Otherwise, if they let the situation deteriorate, who knows if that ‘Buddhist Pollution Source’ would expand infinitely, erode and occupy the entire bank, transform all human survivors into 【Buddha Cocoon Hosts】, and create a Buddhist Kingdom on earth?
Especially Yuan Zhu and Meng Xiyue, who simultaneously thought of the ‘Na Ye Buddhist Kingdom’ and that colossal 【Star Buddha Tomato】 that blotted out the sky, covering the entire city with star vines.
The current situation was so similar to that time and place? They escaped Na Ye City back then, and now they should probably escape 【Star Realm Bank】, lest they get shut in and slaughtered like dogs in a trap.
The three exchanged glances, and Meng Xi coughed first, speaking up: “As the saying goes, ‘Saving one life is better than building a seven-story pagoda’. Shall we do it?”
Yuan Zhu gave her a sidelong glance, pointing at the Buddha Maggot mucus splattered on the ground, and retorted: “Have you converted to Buddhism?”
“Eww~! I’m just kind-hearted. When I have the ability, I can’t bear to see innocents die because of my inaction.”
Yuan Zhu: “You sound so convincing. Because I’m kind too.”
At this time, among the ‘newcomer squad’ not far away. That woman who had lost one eye, had three holes stabbed through her chest and abdomen, blocked by clumps of plant roots to barely stop the bleeding, but had fallen into severe weakness and exhaustion.
Enduring intense physical pain and the mental oppression of possible imminent death, her mind gradually became dazed. After hearing the ‘Mechanical Helmet’s’ cry for help, she finally couldn’t bear the fear in her heart, screamed loudly, and shouted desperately:
“Ahhhh—! Whoever you are? Please save us! Help us quickly! We come from the future, we are maintaining the correct historical trajectory of the world. As long as you save us, I’ll tell you the future development direction, help you change your life, and master your destiny. Waaah…”
Before she could finish, the Mechanical Helmet controlled her green plant armor, firmly covering her mouth, preventing her from speaking further.
Originally, he had planned to disguise himself as an old-era native who knew a lot of intelligence. Using some ‘intelligence’ that relatively wouldn’t affect the historical trajectory as remuneration, to guide the other party to cooperate with him and hire them to risk their lives.
But now, this group of newcomers with garbage mental resilience were blurting out anything for survival, daring to say whatever. They had directly disrupted his plan.
On the other side, after hearing shouts about ‘coming from the future, maintaining the correct historical trajectory, grasping one’s own destiny’, they couldn’t help but look at each other in bewilderment.
Yuan Zhu pondered inwardly that this world connected to eight universes, with traversers popping up everywhere, so a few ‘Future People’ didn’t seem hard to accept.
He couldn’t help but ask: “Do you believe them?”
Meng Xiyue shook her head: “Theoretically, no. But at a life-and-death juncture, they shouldn’t make up such ridiculous reasons. The other’s performance doesn’t seem like an answer thought out seriously with their brain.”
A Miao, clad in form-fitting steel armor, spun her spear at high speed, creating a circular spiral afterimage at her side, flinging off the bloodstains on the spearhead and shaft. Then she flipped her hand, making the spear disappear behind her, and drew a pair of pistols.
She said: “The Buddha Cocoon parasites have been mostly cleared, rescue difficulty isn’t high. No matter what their background, I’ll save them first, then interrogate for intelligence.”
The pink-haired one clenched her fists: “Sister Miao, go for it!”
Yuan Zhu also lit up a Holy Light: “Do you want my 【Blessing】?”
“No need!”
A Miao refused without hesitation, having no interest in the blessing from a ‘1-print newbie’. In her eyes, Yuan Zhu and Meng Xiyue at this moment belonged at the kids’ table.
Immediately after, she positioned herself in a blind spot, continuously swung both arms, pulled the triggers, and fired rapidly.
In Yuan Zhu + Little Spicy Stick’s dual perception, time flow slowed down. They vaguely saw the bullets spinning out of the barrel with the muzzle flash, tracing arc-shaped trajectories in the air at high speed.
Bang bang bang bang—!
Empowered by supernatural powers, A Miao stood and outputted from over ten meters away, using arc trajectories to continuously shoot through and explode one after another exhausted ‘Buddha Cocoon Hosts’.
The fierce enchanted bullets pierced Buddha Light defenses, entered from the back, caused cavitation effects in the chest cavity, and finally burst open trumpet-shaped flesh holes in the chest, shredding the 【Buddha Cocoon】 to pieces.
On the front battlefield, seeing one after another ‘Buddha Cocoon Parasite’ more terrifying than zombies get headshot or chest-exploded and fall one after another, a female newcomer wailed in relief:
“We’re saved!”
“We’ve been rescued!”
At the other end, the newcomers in wretched, exhausted states, barely dodging and attacking by forcibly driving their bodies with ‘plant armor’, upon seeing the Buddha Cocoon Parasites die one after another, all showed expressions of surviving a disaster, crying and laughing as they shouted.
“Huff… huff… huff…”
The Mechanical Helmet, who had been fighting non-stop, retreating non-stop, and covering retreats non-stop, now also stopped moving, somewhat exhaustedly leaning against the wall and panting heavily, then turned his head toward the direction of the three sets of footsteps and loudly said: “Thanks for the assistance!”
“No need to thank us. You pay, we work, fair transaction.”
A Miao replied verbally, leading Yuan Zhu and the other out.
“Mm…? It’s you!”
The Mechanical Helmet, who had originally planned to use some rhetoric to keep Yuan Zhu’s trio cooperating, suddenly froze upon seeing A Miao’s 【Knight Form】.
Combined with the other’s earlier shouting, though he couldn’t see the specific expression under the Mechanical Helmet. From the demeanor and subtle body movements, it was clearly a shocked look of ‘suddenly recognizing A Miao’s true identity’.
Yuan Zhu thought to himself: Either the other’s acting skills are top-notch, setting up some callback to solidify the ‘Future People’ persona; or the other really comes from the future and recognizes ‘A Miao’?
Meng Xiyue, such an advanced intellectual, naturally had a quick mind too, and whispered strangely: “Sister Miao, are you a big shot in the future?”
Yuan Zhu looked over at this time, and didn’t feel these five people’s clothing or temperament had any ‘future vibe’? On the contrary, they had a familiar sense of déjà vu, definitely connected to 【Space of Gods】.
This was a squad from another ‘space’, thrown into Taixi City by their 【Anti-Law God Demon】 for a mission? Their backing must be strong, daring to counter-kill from 【Bubble Layer】 into 【Present World】, truly defying the natural order!
Meng Xiyue now turned into A Miao’s fangirl and little sidekick, jumping out: “Future People? You’ve recognized our identities? Or are you a bunch of scammers?”
Suddenly, another male survivor who had survived the disaster and was similarly dazed, suddenly stimulated by something, shouted loudly at A Miao: “Witch! You’re the 【Yellow Springs Witch】! You’re the side mission… Mmph!”
“Shut up!”
A tired and helpless voice came from inside the Mechanical Helmet.
Then the mouths of the four newcomers were all covered by plant vine armor, silencing them. This was clearly sealing their mouths.
After some analysis, Yuan Zhu looked at A Miao’s graceful back with a strange expression. Could they really be Future People, speaking so convincingly.
A Miao also looked at the Mechanical Helmet and asked: “Nothing to say? Your identities and origins, what happened here, what’s with these rampant ‘Buddha Cocoon Hosts’? The current state of 【Star Realm Bank】, the reason for your battle, how to escape this place and return to the real world? And your promised ‘remuneration’, how to fulfill it? Do you have money to buy lives on you?”
Faced with A Miao’s barrage of questions, the Mechanical Helmet fell silent, starting to think how to respond. Combined with the 【Side Mission】 information prompt, he realized this guy in front of him was not easy to deal with and needed to change tactics.
Seeing her big sis so proactively aggressive, Meng Xiyue, emboldened and full of curiosity, also jumped out and demanded: “Hey! Iron Head, tell me, are you really ‘time travelers’ from the future? What kind of big shot is my Sister Miao in the future?”
A Miao scoffed at the ‘future hypothesis’, interrupting Meng Xiyue’s questioning: “Timeline traversal, I’ve heard of it, nothing impressive. Knowing the future trajectory in advance won’t change destiny. A person’s life path is shaped by personality, step by step through choices. Knowing a false future in advance has little meaning. This group probably crawled out from some 【Mirror History (Future). Bubble World】.”
The Mechanical Helmet suddenly straightened up, interrupting A Miao: “We indeed come from the future. I know that in the near future, you will break the 【Spirit Layer】 defenses on the West Coast, open a passage to 【Yellow Springs】, sacrifice an entire city, and after death, ascend to become the 【Yellow Springs】 Witch!”
“Hiss—!” Meng Xiyue sucked in a cold breath, the guess that A Miao had Three-Phase Mental Illness resurfacing in her mind, “Sister Miao, are you really that fierce in the future?”
Yuan Zhu: As expected of the ‘new generation underground crime idol’ who combines arms smuggling, fencing stolen goods, counterfeiting, smuggling routes, robbery escorts… Indeed, she ultimately walked a path against humanity.
Little Spicy Stick suddenly spoke: “Boss, did you hear? She can open a passage to 【Yellow Springs】! I told you, how could we be so infatuated with her temperament, feeling closeness and goodwill upon seeing her. In my view, it must be the attraction from 【Yellow Springs】.”
As the ruler of 【Mutated Spiritual Root】, the ‘Shadow Tiger Demon’ occupied the majority of Yuan Zhu’s soul, as well as 100% of Yu Jingzi’s soul share. And the 【Shadow Tiger Demon】, whether original spiritual root or the polluted shadow spiritual root, was deeply tied to 【Underworld / Yellow Springs】.
This was an innate affinity inscribed at the soul level. Especially since the 【Tiger Demon】 had already absorbed 【Yellow Springs Aura】 in ‘Little Xihong Realm’ to optimize and complete its supernatural ability, this connection was even deeper.
Therefore, if A Miao really was the 【Yellow Springs Witch】 as the Mechanical Helmet claimed, then it became perfectly reasonable that their Boss fell in love at first sight upon first meeting her.
After hearing the other’s nonsense, A Miao shook her head disdainfully: “Ridiculous, sacrificing a city? That’s not my style at all.”
Meng Xiyue then eagerly spoke up: “Hey hey hey, Gear Head, do you know my future? Can you tell my fortune?”
The other looked up, glanced at the pink-haired one, and directly ignored her as an ant. Where did this clown come from?
Yuan Zhu also asked curiously like facing a fortune teller: “What about me? You say you come from the future, you need to convince people! What you said was denied by A Miao. Now, give us another one.”
“You…”
The Mechanical Helmet, who hadn’t planned to bother with Yuan Zhu, suddenly paused, then seriously looked at him a few times, feeling a bit familiar. He began to diligently search his memory for West Coast history, records about the 【Yellow Springs Witch】, and then recalled historical archives he had once gone through.
Fortunately, as an 【Alchemy. Liberal Arts】 student, his brain was stocked with vast useless knowledge.
Finally, a flash of insight, and he found something valuable: “I know you! You shouldn’t be here! You and the 【Yellow Springs Witch】 both live in Running City, right? You originally had no intersection, looks like the timeline has been tampered with.”
“Tch!” A Miao scoffed, waiting for the rest.
She had no interest in her own fate or future, even finding it laughable. But when the ‘fortune-telling target’ became Yuan Zhu, it took on a flavor of watching the fun and hearing gossip. She was very interested now.
Only Meng Xiyue looked unhappy, why know nothing about me but know Little Candle? So she asked unconvinced: “Is he also very badass in the future?”
“No, very tragic.”
The Mechanical Helmet shook his head, looked at Yuan Zhu with pity, and spoke definitively: “You’re called 【Candle】, you once obtained the curse of 【Magic Wolf Blood】 in an out-of-control sacrifice ritual, right? While gaining power from ‘curse pollution’, you increasingly couldn’t control your desires and rationality. In the upcoming 【Blood Flesh Moon】, you’ll be captured and imprisoned by the 【Wolf School】 of 【Rain Courtyard】, subjected to cruel transformation experiments as a ‘divine creature’. After the transformation phase ends, deemed defective, transferred to the 【Frog School】 laboratory for a second round. Later, you became one of the many test subjects for the first generation 【Dragon Medicine】. Ultimately surviving luckily, and becoming the manufacturing source of the first generation 【Dragon Medicine】… as well as the terrifying ‘mythic weapon’, codenamed 【Wolf King】.”
“???Σ(ΩДΩ”)!!!”
Yuan Zhu was dumbfounded, completely baffled. Though he didn’t understand, he was greatly shocked.
So he looked at A Miao and said approvingly: “He really is a scammer! I misunderstood you, Miao Miao.”
Meng Xiyue no longer paid attention to this attention-seeking future clown, and said to A Miao who had seen through everything: “Sister Miao, I was wrong! You’re right, the future hypothesis is all a scam! Be vigilant against all kinds of tricks, live honestly!”
At this moment, she particularly approved of Zhou Chu that ironclad simpleton, the 【Anti-Fraud Assistant】 was the most correct!
