Uesugi Chigenki held a watering can and poured water onto the succulent plants on the balcony.
She smiled tenderly as she looked at the flawless, verdant succulents without a hint of rot.
It seemed Su Ze's gentleness wasn't just for show. Given his status, the fact that he would water the succulents daily with a watering can and care for them so well showed his dedication.
Uesugi Chigenki had been helping Su Ze take care of the succulent babies and the silly pets in the room these past few days.
Just as the gentle stream of water was pouring down, she suddenly widened her beautiful eyes, looking puzzled at the succulent pot.
She noticed that the water she had poured over the past few days, plus today's watering, had overflowed from the pot!
She became confused - she hadn't watered them too much these past days, so why was it overflowing?
She gently touched the soft succulent, her face full of bewilderment.
Could it be that this succulent baby didn't want to drink water?
She poured out some of the excess water, leaving just enough so the little water-shy succulent wouldn't dry out. After making sure everything looked normal, she happily went back to play games with Uesugi Akizuki.
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In the Land of the Living Dead.
After Xu Ziyin had finished treating his wounds, everyone mounted giant eagles to fly towards the Zombie Suppression Gate.
The eagles' massive bodies, dozens of meters in size, broke through the wind as they soared through the sky.
Apart from the regret of Xu Ziyin not breaking through to the next level, the expedition to the Land of the Living Dead had been relatively successful.
Not far from the Zombie Suppression Gate, the eagles set everyone down before flying away.
The eagles naturally wouldn't follow Su Ze out of the Land of the Living Dead - not that they couldn't leave, but that they shouldn't.
After all, keeping such a mysterious creature in human society would be like raising a tiger - asking for trouble.
No one could guarantee whether these invasive species had truly been tamed.
"This little brat actually broke through!" As soon as they exited the Zombie Suppression Gate, Nightwatch Lu Yusheng jumped down, laughing while patting Su Ze's shoulder. Suddenly noticing something, he grabbed Su Ze's left sleeve, which hung empty and flat.
Lu Yusheng's eyes grew complex - in that instant, he understood what hardships Su Ze must have endured inside.
After bidding farewell to Lu Yusheng, everyone rode their motorcycles to the hospital for examination and treatment.
These were necessary precautions - the Land of the Living Dead was constructed by laws of nature, and if one carelessly got infected by some virus from these strange creatures without timely treatment, they'd better be more careful in their next life.
Watching Su Ze operate the throttle with one hand, Shen Qingsheng questioned skeptically, "Aren't you afraid of losing your license driving one-handed?"
"License? You'd need one first to lose it," Su Ze replied helplessly.
"You... don't have a driver's license?" Shen Qingsheng was incredulous. He remembered Su Ze only had his license revoked twice; with his status as a Forerunner, getting another one shouldn't be difficult.
Su Ze didn't want to discuss this matter. How could he tell others that he hadn't had his license revoked twice, but six times?
Once, he was almost imprisoned for dangerous driving when the Enforcers took him in, and only his superior's intervention got him out.
There was a hospital specifically established for supernatural beings who entered and exited the Land of the Living Dead, less than a kilometer away.
Su Ze underwent a complete examination there, and by the time he came out, it was already dark.
His severed arm, due to lack of treatment for an extended period and prolonged fighting, had severely reduced cellular healing effects. The end had become necrotic and had to be removed. After bandaging, he would need to wait for his body to recover somewhat before undergoing limb reconstruction surgery.
Everyone else was hospitalized. The hospital wanted Su Ze to stay too, as he could probably have surgery the next day, but he chose to go home first and have the surgery at Dust City hospital tomorrow.
The bed at home felt more comfortable after all.
Su Ze walked out of the hospital with a cigarette in his mouth, feeling reborn as he lit it up. Just as he was walking towards his motorcycle, he froze in place.
He watched as a tow truck loaded his motorcycle onto its bed and drove away.
A man in black Enforcer uniform who had been waiting for some time approached Su Ze and said, "You're Su Ze, right?"
"You've violated Traffic Safety Law Section XXXX for dangerous driving, and Section XXXX for driving without a license. Even as a Forerunner, you must obey laws and regulations. Please come with me now."
Su Ze found himself bewildered as he sat in the police car with flashing red lights.
Regular traffic police couldn't handle Forerunners, Ghost Officers, and their ilk, who were equivalent to military personnel.
Only Enforcers had jurisdiction over such people.
"Su... Su... Su Ze got arrested? Did they discover he was harboring an underage girl?" Shen Qingsheng watched this scene unfold from the hospital window, dumbfounded.
Inexplicably, Shen Qingsheng felt somewhat vindicated, even considering becoming Su Ze's lawyer just to try to get him the death penalty.
After being berated by his superior for over ten minutes, Su Ze finally left the station.
By the time he walked out, night had fallen. His motorcycle was impounded and temporarily unretrievable. Declining the Enforcer's offer to drive him home in the police car, Su Ze trudged along the neon-lit streets like a stray dog.
He bought a power bank to charge his phone, which had run out of battery since being left in his bike before entering the Land of the Living Dead.
He bought a bag of oranges, called a ride-share, and squatted on the curb eating oranges while waiting.
A war god returns home, gets his vehicle impounded, visits the station, then sits on a curb eating oranges while waiting for a ride.
Many passersby gave curious glances at Su Ze's pathetic state, but he paid no attention to their strange looks.
Su Ze noticed a Land Rover had been parked nearby for a while, with a pair of eyes in the passenger seat constantly watching him through the rearview mirror.
Su Ze continued eating his oranges nonchalantly, waiting to see what they would do. If they were assassins, he would dispatch them in the shortest time possible.
Suddenly, a passing young woman, after hesitating for a moment, gathered her courage to approach him.
Su Ze looked at her bright, clear eyes, his guard already up. He suspected she was working with the people in the car, but he maintained his composure as he met her gaze with feigned confusion.
Looking at Su Ze's clear eyes, she seemed nervous but gathered her courage to ask, "Um... hello, how much for... one night?"
Su Ze: "..."
Wait... what? Taking him for a street worker? And with that "hello, how much for one night?" Good grief!
Trying to compromise his male virtue!
"Thirty thousand, non-negotiable," Su Ze rolled his eyes.
"Great! I'll transfer it to you now!" The girl's eyes lit up as she unhesitatingly opened her phone to scan his QR code.
Su Ze's back nearly gave out from this turn of events.
"I'm underage, and this involves a large sum of money - do you know what that means?"
The girl became even more excited, "I know, I know! Death penalty is worth it!"
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
