On the competition field, Zhang Ze held Li Youyou in his arms, protected by the snow girl's ice wall, avoiding the opponent's arrow rain attacks.
"Yuki-onna, deal with the enemy!"
Under Zhang Ze's command, the snow girl's eyes suddenly widened, and the cold air around her body rolled up like a whirlwind. Hundreds of ice picks condensed on her head, and then she fired a single shot, pinning the archer adventurer opposite to the spot!
A large red damage value floated into the air, and the archer adventurer's health bottomed out instantly. He shouted in horror: "I surrender! Stop fighting!"
Zhang Ze asked Xue Nu to stop. This was a competition, and the opponent just wanted to win. There was no need to kill anyone, so Zhang Ze did not act harshly.
"Brother Zhang Ze! We have won ten games!" Li Youyou's face turned red with excitement. After this game is over, she will be promoted to an intermediate summoner and can participate in qualifying matches.
Zhang Ze was also happy. Li Youyou upgraded, and his [Summoning Technique] also improved. He estimated that he could summon at least two followers.
More than two months have passed since I last met with Gao Xiaohong to sign an agreement.
Zhang Ze and Li Youyou participate in competitions every week and win every time. Many people know the result of the competition as soon as they see their pair and they will definitely win!
Unknowingly, the two became more and more famous, and their fans began to increase. After each game, some people came forward to send flowers and ask for autographs, allowing Li Youyou to experience the feeling of being a star.
However, Gao Xiaohong told them that there were currently no suitable clients coming to them to endorse advertisements, and asked them to calm down and compete well.
In fact, Li Youyou's family is no longer as strapped as it used to be, because Shulan and Li Tiehu rented a small shop in a wealthy area, specializing in selling ice cream. Zhang Ze helped them design several new ice cream categories, and the business was quite booming. , there are long queues at the door every day, and the supply of goods exceeds demand.
However, considering that summer will pass sooner or later, and more and more copycat ice creams are appearing, Zhang Ze feels that it is time to launch a new product.
Yes, it’s milk tea, and he also prepared an advertising slogan: The first cup of milk tea in autumn.
After trying it, Li Youyou and his family agreed that this sweet and delicious hot drink will be popular throughout the Pure Land!
Although her family's conditions have been greatly improved, Li Youyou still decided to continue her Summoner competition. She always believed that becoming a high-level Summoner can bring a more stable life to her family.
After leaving the arena, Li Youyou was automatically promoted to an intermediate summoner. There were no cumbersome procedures. He only needed to be certified at the summoner management office, which was very convenient.
In the team channel, everyone is talking about qualifying.
[Giant God]: It has been almost three months since we came to this demonic realm. I believe that all of your summoners have been promoted to intermediate summoners, right? So according to the previous agreement, during the qualifying competition, everyone should choose the team competition as much as possible.
[Knowing Autumn Overnight]: I’m not too worried about other people, but is it difficult for the little princess and melancholy? The two of them don't have combat-type talents. It's not easy to win ten games, right?
[Little Princess of Money]: Hehe, don’t underestimate me, this princess has won ten games in a row!
[The Melancholy of the Sky]: Me too, I’m honored not to hold you back.
[Moonlight Bunny]: How did you two do it?
[Use the knife but not emotion]: I guess it shouldn’t be a singles match, otherwise it wouldn’t be possible.
[Little Princess Money]: I guessed it right without emotion. I participated in the team competition. Although the process was very tortuous, I won in the end. I am really a lucky person!
[Little Bird Yiren]: Melancholy, are you too?
[Melancholy of the Sky]: No, my summoner is very powerful. She has learned swordsmanship from her grandfather since she was a child. She is extremely strong, and even ordinary adventurers are no match for her.
I attached various attributes to her long sword, and her attacks became more powerful, and then she led me to win ten games in a row. To be honest, I feel like my identities and hers have been reversed. I am the summoner, and she is the summoner.
[Liu Yueying]: Is your swordsmanship exquisite? Next time we meet, remember to introduce it to me.
[Yao Guang]: You two are very lucky, but I am extremely unlucky! My summoner is too timid and pitiful. During battle, he will hide himself so that even I can't find him. He calls it safety first!
[Irritable Dragon King]: Haha, my summoner is very gentle. After every game, she will buy me a lot of delicious food and say that she will replenish my health.
[Little Princess Money]: Her? Dragon King, please speak clearly! Is your relationship serious?
[Irritable Dragon King]: Of course it’s serious, don’t think so wildly!
[Little Princess Money]: Humph! I do not believe! I do not believe!
[Giant God]: Don’t occupy the public channel. If you have any questions, please chat privately!
…
Zhang Ze laughed while looking at the chat channel. It was quite interesting to watch everyone chatting in it every day.
That night, Li Youyou's family fell asleep, and Zhang Ze was also preparing to take a rest, but he suddenly heard a soft noise coming from the window, as if someone was climbing up the stairs!
Zhang Ze immediately stood up and came to the window, stuck his head out and looked up, and saw a black shadow jumping onto the roof of the building.
"This dark figure seems to be carrying someone on its back..." Zhang Ze narrowed his eyes slightly and thought for a moment. He came out of the window, clawed at the cracks in the bricks, and climbed to the top of the building.
Under the moonlight, I saw a woman holding a kettle, feeding the man in her arms water. When she saw Zhang Ze suddenly appeared, the woman was startled. She raised her hand and saw two cold lights!
It's a flying knife!
Zhang Ze hurriedly dodged to avoid the flying knife. He pulled out a long bow in his hand, aimed the arrow at the two people, and shouted: "Who are you?"
The woman was stunned for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Aren't you here to chase us?"
"The person who was chasing us just now was not him..." The man gasped and said to Zhang Ze: "Brother, we are not evil people, we are just being chased. I advise you to go home quickly, in case you are If people see you with us, you might suffer as well."
Zhang Ze used the moonlight to observe the two people, and he found that the woman was actually an adventurer, her ID was "Miss Watermelon", and her occupation should be a swordsman.
After thinking for a while, Zhang Ze knew the relationship between the man and the woman: "Miss Xigua, are you the summoned body of this man?"
Miss Xigua didn't speak, but still stared at Zhang Ze warily. She swore to protect her summoner, who was also her boyfriend.
Zhang Ze didn't feel any dangerous aura from them, but he didn't want to ask about these two people. After all, they had nothing to do with him.
But when he turned around to leave, he suddenly saw and heard rapid sirens blaring all around him, and at the same time, there were dozens of black figures flying towards here from different directions at extremely fast speeds.
"They are here to hunt down these two people," Zhang Ze thought to himself.
"Lao Luo, I can't leave you!" Behind her, Miss Xigua cried: "If you want to die, let's die together!"
"No!" The man named Lao Luo had firm eyes and shook his head: "If we all die, no one will know the secret of the new world anymore!"
"I don't care!" Miss Xigua cried loudly: "We promised to be together forever! You can't break your promise!"
Lao Luo held Miss Xigua tightly in his arms. Both of his legs were broken and he couldn't run away at all.
The people chasing him were extremely powerful and numerous, and Miss Watermelon alone could not resist them.
Now, they are cornered.
Suddenly he remembered something, looked at Zhang Ze, and shouted: "Brother! I have something to ask you for help!"
Zhang Ze turned around, shook his head and said, "If you ask me to save you, I'm sorry, I can't help."
Zhang Ze's current [Summoning Technique] cannot summon too many followers, and those chasing soldiers are not weak. In addition, he is not related to these two people, so there is no need to take risks.
In addition, Zhang Ze is now Li Youyou's summoned body. If he saves these two people, it might bring disaster to Li Youyou's family, so he cannot save them.
"No, we don't need your help." Lao Luo signaled to Miss Xigua, who took out a small notepad from her arms and handed it to Zhang Ze.
"What is this?" Zhang Ze took it in confusion. After opening it, he found that it was filled with densely packed small characters, and some pages also had drawings with simple lines, which looked like topographic maps.
Lao Luo said: "I used to be an explorer. I once served as the captain of the royal exploration team. I was responsible for exploring the outside world for the king and looking for the second pure land of bliss."
Zhang Ze raised his eyebrows: "You mean, the wasteland world outside? Aren't you afraid of radiation?"
"Of course we are afraid, so we all wear chemical protective clothing when we go out. However, as we go farther and farther, we find that the amount of radiation is getting lower and lower, and it can even be ignored."
Lao Luo fell into memories and said: "However, the outside world is still barren. The harm of nuclear war is too great, and the earth has not yet recovered."
"We thought that there would be no signs of life, let alone an oasis of life. Until one day, I found a small grass!" Lao Luo's expression became excited, and he held Miss Xigua's hand tightly. Hands trembling: "Can you understand my mood? In the wasteland outside the Pure Land of Paradise, a green plant was discovered!"
"This shows that the earth is showing signs of recovery. Perhaps there is an oasis of life nearby!"
"I led a few companions to search like crazy, and finally found a large oasis under a cliff, which is larger than the Pure Land of Paradise!"
Lao Luo smiled like a child and said: "All members of our exploration team are immersed in excitement and excitement. Human beings finally have other lands where they can live. They no longer have to live in that tiny land. A tough life.”
"Later, I drew the map of this oasis of life in a record book, hoping to bring more people to live here, but..."
His smile disappeared, and there was anger and helplessness in his tone: "The royal family did not allow me to announce this news. They asked me to hand over the map of the Oasis of Life, saying that it belonged to the king's territory. Haha, bullshit!"
"What has the king done for the people? He is just a dictator who used force to occupy the last piece of pure land of mankind! The people of the Pure Land of Paradise have been ruled and exploited by the aristocratic class like them for so many years. Do we want to let this continue? Let him and his descendants continue to ride on the heads of the people and dominate?"
The more Lao Luo talked, the more excited he became, and he accidentally touched a wound on his body. The pain suddenly caused cold sweat to break out on his forehead, and his face was as pale as paper.
Miss Xigua gently wiped the sweat off Lao Luo's head, her face full of pain.
"Huh..." Lao Luo breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "I didn't want to hand over the map, so I discussed with my team members to escape, but we were discovered by the guards. As soon as we ran out, we were overtaken by the advance team. After a battle, all my team members died, and I was captured alive by them."
He opened his clothes, revealing the shocking wounds inside, and said: "They tortured me, but I didn't tell them the location of the oasis. If Xigua hadn't come to save me, I might have been tortured to death by them!"
Listening to Lao Luo's story, Zhang Ze frowned. He never expected that he would be involved in a shocking secret just out of curiosity to see what was going on.
"I'm tired, I won't run anymore..." Lao Luo sighed, hugged the woman in his arms tightly, and said: "Brother, I hope you can keep this record book and give it to those who are interested in liberating the people from the king's rule in the future. Man. I thank you on behalf of my dead brothers!”
Zhang Ze was silent for a moment and said: "Aren't you afraid that I will turn over to the king in exchange for benefits?"
"...You won't." Lao Luo suddenly laughed and said, "A person's eyes cannot lie. Your eyes are very pure and don't have any evil thoughts. You are definitely a good person!"
Zhang Ze was speechless for a while. He was actually given a good guy card by a big man.
However, Zhang Ze really had no intention of handing over the record book. The reason was that he also felt unhappy with those high-ranking nobles!
The sirens around him were getting closer and closer. Zhang Ze turned around and took a deep look at Lao Luo and Miss Xigua, turned around and jumped downstairs, returning to his room.
After a while, there was a fierce fighting sound from the top of the building, which was also mixed with curses and screams.
The fight lasted for a few minutes and then stopped. Zhang Ze stood in front of the window and looked down, and saw a body being carried into a black car, and then the car drove far away from the community.
Zhang Ze knew that the corpse was Lao Luo. As for Miss Xigua, he could only hope that she was still alive.
Back in bed, Zhang Ze looked through the record book, and combined with the map he saw at Gao Xiaohong's company last time, he judged that the location of the oasis should be more than 300 kilometers northwest of the Pure Land of Paradise.
"Well, I have a chance to go out and take a look."
…
In the Imperial City District, at the eldest prince's residence.
"Report!" A dark figure appeared in the lobby, kneeling on one knee and reporting to Ying Su, who was standing in front of him with his hands behind his back.
"He was caught?" Yingsu didn't look back.
"Caught, but he committed suicide..." The shadow lowered his head. He knew that he had not completed the task, and felt a little uneasy.
Yingsu was silent for a moment and then asked: "What about the map? I didn't find it either?"
"...This subordinate deserves to die!" Black Shadow knocked his head to the ground, he was ready to face the punishment.
"Forget it." Yingsu waved his hand and said, "You have done your best."
After a pause, he said: "Don't let my brother know about this. With his temper, I'm afraid he will kill everyone in that neighborhood."
