Chapter 75 - I Hear Im a Battle God (12)

translator: baumkuchen editors: serefina, glitterypanda

The two people were a male-female pair. The one whod spoken was the male.

The boy had a pair of docile puppy-dog eyes, while the girls appearance was as light as a jasmine, very delicate and pretty, with a head of curly hair tied up into a high ponytail. Even though they had an undisguisable proudness to them, their overall temperament couldnt be considered mean.

Chi Xiaochi looked the two people from head to toe, asking Ji Zuoshan, What do you think?

Ji Zuoshan could hardly conceal the excitement in his voice, Very good. Look at the girls hand.

Chi Xiaochi looked over as per his directions. En. Very pretty.

Ji Zuoshan, I probed them with my spiritual energy. The bracelet on her wrist corresponds to a mecha specialised for weapons.

Chi Xiaochi, En.

Ji Zuoshan then said, Look at the guys bracelet, he uses a mecha specialised for agility.

Chi Xiaochi, Very good, seems like hes planning on being someone totally

indifferent towards sex

.

Rosie glanced at them, then asked Chi Xiaochi, I dont mind. You?

Chi Xiaochi nodded. Just dont drag us down.

The boy smiled, revealing his dimples. We wont. Let us introduce ourselves, my name is Wang Xizhou. This is my jiejie

The girl eyed Chi Xiaochi carefully, then nodded her head slightly and said, Wang Xiaoqing.

Like that, their team formation could be considered complete.

Chi Xiaochi went off to register their team, while Rosie sat down on a nearby rock, a single earbud in her ear. She opened a box of milk and started drinking it slowly, not planning on chatting with her two new teammates.

They would have no lack of time on the road, so there was no need to rush.

The brother and sister from the Wang family werent in a hurry to get closer either, huddling together to talk amongst themselves.

Wang Xizhou was very happy. If he had a tail, it would be wagging. This is great, I thought it would be really difficult.

Wang Xiaoqing, Weve only pulled up a connection. Dajie wants us to get on good terms with him.

Wang Xizhous tail drooped. Oh.

Wang Xiaoqing, Dajie said that the South Road Army wants him no matter what. Its up to you now.

Wang Xizhou was a little troubled. I feel like hes really hard to talk to Hes fierce, like our dad.

Wang Xiaoqing, Before you expect a genius to have a good temper, you should expect pigs to fly.

Wang Xizhou acted cute, Jie

Wang Xiaoqing was quick to

toss this hot potato back to him

, Its not my problem. Im just here to complete the task.

Wang Xizhou wilted, blinking up at her.

Wang Xiaoqing shot him a look, thinking that their older sister getting their dumb younger brother to recruit people was really too effective.

However, she was still a bit dissatisfied, But I dont think that the partner he brought is all that reliable.

Wang Xizhou, Ah?

Wang Xiaoqing, That sissy boy next to him

Then, she gave Rosie a subconscious glance.

Who wouldve thought that Rosie would be looking back at her, as if shed heard what shed said. When their gazes met, her blue eyes curved slightly.

Wang Xiaoqing was a little embarrassed, and turned away.

Rosie looked down at herself, and found that to facilitate combat, shed worn a binder, and put on a camo vest.

Hah, no wonder.

She ran her index finger along her shorn, inch-short hair, and swept her knuckles along the silver, lizard-shaped earring on her right ear, finding it a little interesting.

Chi Xiaochi made his way back through the crowd, holding a piece of paper.

Rosie asked him, When do we set off?

Chi Xiaochi flashed the piece of paper hedd randomly drawn in his hand. Four o clock.

Far away, Zhan Yanchaos eyebrows relaxed.

When Ji Zuoshans group left, heading to a room to rest, he squeezed through the crowd, snatching other peoples papers over for a look without an explanation. When he found that they didnt fit his requirements, he shoved the paper back at them, leaving a confused person to mentally scold probably crazy.

With some effort, he caught a team leaving at 4:15. He opened his mouth and asked, Is your team still short of people?

These four clearly all knew each other, shaking their heads as one and saying, Were not.

According to the rules, they needed to register their team before having the person who registered draw the piece of paper telling them when to set off. Expecting them to swap out team members just before the battle was truly not conscientious.

But how would Zhan Yanchao be willing to let this chance go? He did his best to sell himself, I use a specialised mecha. I can fight very well.

When had he, Second Young Master Zhan, done something so demeaning? Before hed even finished speaking, his face turned red.

Unexpectedly, the four still shook their heads.

Zhan Yanchaos face was practically about to catch fire. He kept chasing after them. Im Zhan Yanchao. Have you heard of me before?

The four people didnt even look at him, directly leaving.

Zhan Yanchao roughly rubbed his cheeks, wanting to cover up the redness of his face, but was patted heavily on the shoulder from behind. Youre Zhan Yanchao?

Zhan Yanchao turned his head.

Two of the four people were well-dressed, wearing ankle-high boots and energy bracelets connected to specialised mechas on their wrists. With one look, you could tell that they were rich young masters with superior family backgrounds. Meanwhile, the other two were tall and strong, but acted very courteous and submissive, with lowered gazes, wanting nothing more than to bury their heads into their chests. The energy bracelets on their wrists were extremely common, the pattern indicating training mechas.

Human sacrifices and their masters.

After evaluating the identities of the four, Zhan Yanchao asked, When are you setting off?

The person who started the conversation had a square face. He raised his chin. Im the one asking. Youre that Zhan Yanchao? From the no. 1 mecha academy in District 23?

Zhan Yanchao endured, En.

Square face was amused. Yo, Young Master Zhan cant find a partner, thats truly a rare sight.

Zhan Yanchao, Yo my ass.

He forced down the violent urge to strike out with his whip. His words were forced out from between his teeth, When are you setting off?

Square face waved the paper in his hand. 3:50.

The other rich young master was garishly made-up, especially his head full of hair gel, smeared all over especially evenly, making his hair immovable even in the eight winds.

He winked and said, I never thought that the rumoured Second Master Zhan would also want to borrow Ji Zuoshans

easterly wind

. You have the same idea that we did.

Zhan Yanchaos fists clenched until they let out a muffled crack.

He forced out, Which one of you am I swapping with?

Hair gel guy considered both human sacrifices like choosing between beasts of burden. He pushed one of them out by the shoulder. You, get lost, go find someone else.

Then, he spoke to Square Face, all smiles, This ones not useful. Lets have Second Young Master Zhan replace him, its just nice.

Zhan Yanchao lowered his head slightly to hide his already increasingly warped expression.

The other human sacrifice who had been allowed to stay hurriedly ran to the registration office, crossed out one of their names, and changed it to Zhan Yanchaos name.

Zhan Yanchao didnt want to speak even a single word more to his new partners. He just stared off in the direction Ji Zuoshan had disappeared in. Only after thinking about how he would be able to set off together with him in a while did his mood get a little better.

After sleeping all the way until 3:40 in the morning, Chi Xiaochi was woken up by 061. After some simple washing up, he went to the preparation room and put on Blue.

He met up with the Wang siblings at the set off point. When Wang Xiaoqing, clad in a camo heavy-duty heavily armed mecha, saw the dark blue, ordinary training mecha walk over, she started to speak, stopped, then opened her mouth again.

Wang Xizhou was very fast to speak. Mister Ji, you dont have a specialised mecha?

Chi Xiaochi said indifferently, Dont need one.

Wang siblings, I give your posturing full marks.

061 thought, really cute.

They set out from the south, heading north.

This place was adjacent to a desert, and a little further ahead was an oasis.

Not long after entering the training area, a strong sense of desolation slowly fell upon them.

The Scar before dawn was tinted with a light green-gray. The sand blowing in the wind buffeted the visualiser, creating rising and falling grainy signals. Due to their senses being shared with their mechas, the smell of roasting dirt in the day directly went up their noses. The wind was cool, but brought with it a gritty feeling, entering their hearts and turning into an outstanding suppressed frustration, making people feel inexplicably jittery.

After discussing it with Ji Zuoshan, Chi Xiaochi simply gave his orders.

Rosie and Xiaoqing will be in charge of drawing the map, and

Xiao L

and I will be in charge of investigating our surroundings.

Wang Xizhuo, dressed in a pale green, mantis-shaped mecha,

Wang Xiaoqings voice sounded from her mecha. Wheres our destination?

There was still some time before six. Were they going to keep going or find a place to rest?

Wang Xizhuo said, Of course its the oasis. With this distance, well probably be able to reach it in about an hour and a half, and well even be able to rest for thirty minutes after that.

Before his words fell, Wang Xiaoqings expression changed slightly. She barked out at a half-raised sand dune, Whos there?!

With a clang, a six-barreled miniature grenade launcher extruded from her right arm.

She aimed with her arm, and lightly pressed down on the launch button with her fingertip. If it was a Zerg and it dared to come out, its head would be blown off in the next second.

Seeing that the situation wasnt good, the people on the other side immediately scrambled out. Its me, were humans.

At a glance, Chi Xiaochi recognised who that black combat mecha amongst them belonged to. He didnt speak.

Square Face, in his mecha, smiled brightly and said, It must be fate that we happened to meet. Why dont we partner up and move together?

Chi Xiaochi saw that the crevices of their mechas were filled with sand. Clearly, they had been crouching there for a long time.

Rosie sneered and greeted Zhan Yanchao in the other group. Zhan. It really is fate.

Zhan Yanchao didnt react to Rosies barb, staring straight at Ji Zuoshans mecha, only to find that his attention wasnt on him.

Wang Xiaoqing really looked down on this group, but knew that interacting with them would only disgust herself, so she simply didnt speak.

They saw that theyd successfully latched on to Ji Zuoshan and his group, but Hair Gel Guy and the others didnt get the time to celebrate before hearing Ji Zuoshan open his mouth and say coldly to the Wang Xizhou next to him, See, some people might use specialised mechas, but theyre still trash.

Hearing this, Square Face and Hair Gel Guys faces turned into a mix of white and green, but they couldnt act up and could only silently remember this slight.

When they set off once more, Wang Xizhou whispered into Chi Xiaochis ear, Ji-dage, arent you being too fierce?

Chi Xiaochi didnt even blink. When you speak to humans, you use human speech, but when you see ghosts, whats the point of using human words?

In private, he complained to 061, ..Really gave me a fright. Dont they know that humans too can scare others to death?

061 laughed.

A shocked Chi Xiaochi was also very cute.

Half an hour faster than Wang Xizhou had predicted, the group arrived at the oasis.

Chi Xiaochi didnt agree with settling down by the lake. The Wang siblings listened to him, taking off their mechas at a certain distance from the lake, planning on resting, but the two young masters had been whinging the entire way. After taking off their mechas, they went to the side of the lake to drink and bathe, and the remaining human sacrifice dutifully followed after them. Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, Rosie didnt plan to sleep, setting out to study the forest and see if there was any interesting flora or fauna.

Chi Xiaochi also walked out of his mecha and put Blue on standby mode. Ignoring the distant Zhan Yanchaos faintly discernible gaze, he lay down on the spot.

Blue broke a flower off a tall tree he didnt recognise and tucked it behind Chi Xiaochis ear, while it sat down next to Chi Xiaochi.

061 said, Sleep for a while. Youll be sleeping late today.

Chi Xiaochi said, When I think about how were going to go out, Im a little excited.

Are you a little kid going on a spring school excursion?

061 let out a gentle laugh, soft, yet deep, making ones ears itch.

061 said, When the sun rises, Ill wake you up.

Chi Xiaochi, I cant sleep.

061, I can read to you?

Chi Xiaochi thought for a moment. Sing to me.

061 couldnt help but laugh. Alright. What do you want to hear?

After picking the song, however, Chi Xiaochi didnt go to sleep, rather beginning to shake his leg to the melody.

Halfway through the song, 061 couldnt quite take it any more. Dont shake, go to sleep.

Chi Xiaochis childishness flared up again. I want to shake.

Its not like its a good habit, 061 said, Dont lead Xiao Ji astray.

Chi Xiaochi asked the person in question, Will you be led astray?

Ji Zuoshan yi-ed, then obediently answered, I wont.

Chi Xiaochi spread his hands, indicating that he had won.

061 said helplessly, How can you sleep like this?

Chi Xiaochi raised a long leg, a mischievous smile on his face. If you hold it down it wont shake anymore.

061s ears instantly flushed red.

But before he could think any further about that, Blue moved, and at the same time, 061 also received a foreboding signal.

He said, Theres something in the lake.

Chi Xiaochi immediately put away all his improper expressions, turned over and sat up, staring at the lake surface that was sparkling, as if there were starry fishing boat lights glittering atop it.

The Ji Zuoshan in his body asked, What is it?

061s voice became colder. What exactly it is isnt clear yet. But its alive.

How many are there?

One.

Clearly it was just one, but Ji Zuoshan couldnt hear 061s voice relax even by a bit.

He seemed to come to a realisation. How big is it?

Half the size of the lake. 061 looked at the two youths playing in the water, splashing it on the human sacrifice with reckless abandon. He said in a low voice, Its been woken up.

The author has something to say:

Today I had overtime, so its still the lonely 3k whale qwq

Tomorrow Ill try to be a 6k whale~

Liu-laoshis already evolved from a gentleman to a gentleman

sere: flirting on an outing i see sorry yall for the late edits (baum: its actually my fault orz)

panda: likewise

baum: 3k whale? more like 4k whale T T I really envy those tlers with projects with chapter wordcounts of 2k or less. That sounds like such a dream orz

Also Big Whale did manage to be a 6k (more like 7k) whale for the next chap, so itll be split in two as per usual~