noffsinger Chapter 272 My mother took me there countless times before she died.
Chapter 272 My mother took me there countless times before she died.
"Half an hour?" Lu Youyou exclaimed in surprise, muttering, "It's too late, too late..."
Xiao Cui couldn't control her emotions any longer. She squatted on the ground and cried uncontrollably, regretting everything she had done.
"It's my fault. Why was I born? If I hadn't been born, my parents wouldn't have planned everything for me, and my father wouldn't have given me the Soul Pill."
“If Dad hadn’t given me the Soul Pill, Mom wouldn’t have lost her husband, and she wouldn’t have been beaten to death by outsiders. They would have lived in the mountains for the rest of their lives, and they would have eaten fresh bamboo shoots every day.”
"Waaaaah... It's my fault. If only I hadn't hesitated when Dad suggested it, if only I hadn't asked about the benefits of becoming a superior monster..."
Little Cui curled up in a ball and whimpered, like a puppy that had been abandoned by someone.
Lu Youyou was anxious, and she also regretted it.
If she had been heartless enough to refuse Xiao Cui's mission back then...
No, no, no, now is not the time to regret. There is definitely a chance to make amends.
If you can buy teleportation cards, then you must also be able to buy teleportation cards for specific NPCs!
Lu Youyou opened her watch and found the monster merchant.
[Lu Youyou: Friend, I've encountered an emergency and need a Bamboo Maiden Teleportation Card. Do you have any?]
After sending the message, Lu Youyou kept praying that the monster merchant would reply immediately.
Whether it was the sincerity of their prayers that moved some heavenly being, the monster merchant did indeed reply instantly.
[Monster Merchant: I only have regular teleportation cards, not exclusive ones. If you urgently need one, you might want to ask the Gold Merchant; he might find what you're looking for in his pile of junk.]
Lu Youyou was so anxious that she didn't even say thank you and went straight to the chat page with the gold coin merchant.
[Lu Youyou: Do you have a special teleportation card that can transport you to the Bamboo Maiden's location?]
Thank goodness, the gold coin merchant replied instantly.
[Gold Merchant: Bamboo Girl? Seems like she's asking for help from an NPC? There aren't many people leaving the game right now, and even fewer who want to trade with me. Let me check on you first, please wait a moment.]
Less than a minute later, the gold coin merchant sent another message.
[Gold Merchant: I only bought one teleportation card, but it wasn't for the Bamboo Maiden; it was for teleporting to the Stone King.]
If it were the old Stone King, Lu Youyou using the Stone King teleportation card wouldn't necessarily teleport her to the Bamboo Girl's side.
But now Bamboo Girl has become the new Stone King. Bamboo Girl is her name, and Stone King is her title outside. Perhaps it can be transmitted over!
[Lu Youyou: How much? I'll buy it.]
[Gold Merchant: No money needed. You helped me find my sister's daughter, how could I possibly take your money? If you insist on thanking me, please keep an eye out for my other clansmen in the future.]
The Gold Merchant has sent you a gift; please check it promptly.
Lu Youyou opened her backpack and used the Stone King's teleportation card.
Everything went black, followed by a deafening explosion.
The smell of gunpowder was pungent, and white smoke enveloped the entire area, obscuring the view inside.
Lu Youyou used a vehicle to shrink the bubble, then hung the pendant on her pants belt.
"Xiao Cui, find a chance to go in and meet your mother later. I'll protect you from the other attacks."
"Thank you sister."
"Little Crow," Lu Youyou called out.
The little crow landed in front of Lu Youyou and grew from the size of an ordinary crow to a huge one.
Lu Youyou sat on the back of the little crow and took off.
"call--"
A gust of wind dispersed the white smoke.
Amidst the puzzled and frightened gazes of the crowd, Lu Youyou continued to hurl the enhanced paralysis grenades downwards.
Xiao Hei even transformed into a mechanical dog and charged into the crowd, biting people and turning them into infected beings, spreading from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred.
Taking advantage of the moment when those people were distracted, Lu Youyou threw down the explosive beads that had been fused with high-level energy fragments.
boom!
boom!
boom!
The remaining three explosive balls were all thrown down, resulting in countless deaths and injuries.
Those who were killed in the bombing were then burned to death, their ashes scattered by the wind carried by the crows, providing a complete funeral service.
Gu Jingchen's protective shield was smashed in several places, and he fled in a sorry state.
"Lu Youyou, what are you doing? They are all innocent! You're going to kill so many of your own kind for the sake of a monster?"
Lu Youyou sat on the back of the crow, laughing as wildly as a villain, firing her hidden arrows as she spoke.
"Gu Jingchen, I think you've forgotten that because of Shen Taiyang, we can no longer get along peacefully."
Gu Jingchen roared, "But the others are innocent!"
Lu Youyou raised an eyebrow: "Really? How come, in my memory, there are far fewer people in your gang since we publicly became enemies? It seems like you don't want to be my enemy anymore."
"Those who remained in your gang, and those who joined later, must have been prepared to be my enemies long ago, right? This day was bound to come, wasn't it?"
Click.
Gu Jingchen's shield shattered again, and another small arrow came flying.
He casually grabbed a gang member to use as a human shield, and tossed the barely breathing member aside like a rag doll.
“You’re right, this day was bound to come. Taiyang said you were a ruthless person, and I didn’t believe it. Now I do. You killed so many of my members, and as the gang leader, I must avenge them!”
Gu Jingchen stopped dodging and took out his pistol, firing it into the air.
However, Xiaoya was fast and could teleport, so Gu Jingchen was just wasting bullets.
"Do you really think I'm easy to bully?!"
He roared, and a pair of transparent golden wings sprouted from his back, allowing him to fly into the sky like a birdman and chase after the crow.
"Ka!"
The crow uttered a sharp, ravenous cry, which attacked Gu Jingchen's mind. His wings withered for a moment, and he fell straight down.
Midway through, his transparent wings unfurled again, and he threw props and bombs even more frequently.
"Ka-"
Xiao Ya tried the same trick again, but Gu Jingchen remained unaffected.
Lu Youyou saw his earplugs and knew that this trick wouldn't work on him.
Immediately afterward, the crow unleashed a barrage of shadow flames and a shower of feathers. Gu Jingchen dodged all the fireballs and arrows that rained down on him, and those he couldn't dodge were taken head-on by using his shield.
The underground members weren't so lucky. Having absorbed all of Gu Jingchen and Lu Youyou's skills, it would be difficult for them to even survive with a complete corpse.
"Rumble--"
The boulder collapsed, and rocks rolled down the mountain.
Lu Youyou's watch indicated that the task was completed.
Xiao Cui, you did it!
"what!!!"
Gu Jingchen let out a furious roar of resentment.
The transparent wings behind him flickered on and off. Seeing that the mission to kill the bamboo woman had failed, and that there was no hope of catching up with Lu Youyou, and that the prop wings were about to expire, he immediately teleported to the other members.
The fighting stopped.
Xiao Cui lay on the rubble, crying and laughing at the same time. Her body was curled up, and her heart was made of stone.
Blood stained the stone beneath her red, and she tremblingly reached out her blood-soaked hand to touch the heart of the stone.
"Waaaah... Mommy..."
Lu Youyou walked over, squatted down, and patted Xiao Cui's shoulder to comfort her.
"Since things have come to this, let's go to the Monster Tournament and choose a class first."
"Yes, you need to choose a career..."
Xiao Cui stiffly took out the high-grade panacea pill that Lu Youyou had given her and swallowed it.
Her injuries have fully healed, but her pain remains.
"Xiao Cui, do you know where the Monster Convention is?" Lu Youyou asked.
Xiao Cui stood beside Lu Youyou, clutching the stone heart, tears streaming down her face.
"How could I not know? My mother took me there countless times before she died..."