Mission – Continue the hunt!
Ma Xiaoniu smiled coldly. Now, the most crucial moment was approaching. He would test whether he could deceive the system. If he could, he would have plenty of time to do his own thing and break free from the system's control.
With a thought, a middle-aged man appeared out of thin air, but this man had a dull gaze and no spirit; he was merely a puppet in name only. Ma Xiaoniu smiled slightly, and with a flash of cold light from the dagger in his hand, the puppet's head rolled to the ground.
"Congratulations to the bound user for completing the task. Reward: 1 point of energy."
Ma Xiaoniu was overjoyed! From now on, he could finally break free from the system's control! How could he not celebrate such a joyous occasion? With a thought, the hall of the bronze palace suddenly transformed into a huge karaoke room. In the center of the karaoke room was a large table laden with delicacies from land and sea, and all sorts of delicious food. Several huge speakers blasted upbeat music. Ma Xiaoniu, with dragon liver in one hand and phoenix marrow in the other, got into the party!
Several hours later, Ma Xiaoniu finally got tired, tired of eating. With a thought, the KTV disappeared and returned to the bronze hall. However, because Ma Xiaoniu had consumed a large amount of dragon liver and phoenix marrow, his body underwent a great change.
A surge of heat rose from his dantian, breaking through numerous obstacles and gradually flowing throughout his body. Ma Xiaoniu groaned comfortably. "Heavens! No wonder the Jade Emperor loved dragon liver so much! It's so delicious..."
ZZZZZZ~
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It was already the morning of the second day when they emerged from the Chaos Orb.
Back in this world, suddenly losing his ability to make his words work, Ma Xiaoniu felt a little awkward. However, the comfort of his body made this awkwardness seem insignificant. Perhaps it was because he had eaten too much dragon liver and phoenix marrow yesterday. Ma Xiaoniu felt as light as a swallow, as if he could fly very high and very far with just a stomp of his foot.
Upon arriving in the courtyard, Ma Xiaoniu looked at the jujube tree trunk, which was over ten meters tall. With a powerful push of his feet, he shot up seven or eight meters in height. Using the momentum that was just beginning to dissipate, he stomped on the trunk, rising even higher before landing with a thud on a branch of the jujube tree.
"Little Niu! Don't climb so high if you don't have to, be careful you fall!" Uncle Ma's voice suddenly came from next door. Ma Xiao Niu's face stiffened, and he looked down to see Uncle Ma cooking on the stove in the yard. In the rising smoke, Uncle Ma was looking up at him with a worried expression.
It seems Uncle Ma didn't notice how he got up there. Ma Xiaoniu breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness, if Uncle Ma had seen him jump up to the tree trunk, which was more than ten meters high, it would have been hard to explain.
"Okay, Uncle, you haven't eaten yet?" Ma Xiaoniu gave an awkward laugh and turned around to hug the tree trunk.
"No, I'm getting old, I don't have much of an appetite in the morning," Uncle Ma continued cooking.
While Uncle Ma wasn't looking, Ma Xiaoniu grabbed the tree trunk and jumped down.
Upon reaching the ground, Ma Xiaoniu was satisfied, finally one step closer to the image of the chivalrous hero in his mind. Although teleportation allowed him to go wherever he wanted, it didn't feel as exhilarating as light-footed kung fu. Imagine the feeling of running through the wind, over walls, and across rooftops—wouldn't that be amazing?
Upon entering the living room, Ma Xiaoniu opened his laptop and logged into the Demon Forum.
Open the comments section.
"I am Huang Mingming, and I saw a demon!"
"It's confirmed: a demon is a monster!"
"I want to become your apprentice!"
Same as above
Same as above
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Ma Xiaoniu was bewildered. Who was this Huang Mingming? Clicking to open the post, he saw Huang Mingming describing in detail how his plane was hijacked, how he posted for help on the Demon Forum, and how the demon saved him. There was also a photo at the end, showing Ma Xiaoniu wearing a demon mask killing the hijacker and printing a logo.
Miscalculation! I thought the whole thing would only take two or three seconds, and that nothing would go wrong in such a short time. I never expected to be filmed like that! Huang Mingming is pretty quick!
The post received countless replies.
"Wow, I finally saw the idol demon!"
"That demon mask is so cool! Where can I buy it?"
"Upstairs, watch out, you might get arrested!"
"I can't take it anymore, I want to become an apprentice!"
"I never imagined that monsters really existed in this world!"
"Upstairs, watch your mouth. Who knows, maybe it's a deity?"
"Demon Boss, please take me as your apprentice!"
"Upstairs, get in line after me!"
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The comments section was bustling with activity. Ma Xiaoniu smiled wryly, realizing he would have to be even more careful in the future. If he wasn't careful, he might be exposed by someone with ulterior motives at any time!
Case submission area.
"Help! I've encountered a deadbeat who refuses to pay back the money they owe me."
"Help! I've been tricked into a pyramid scheme by a classmate."
"Help! My colleague has gone missing in the Arctic and is in grave danger!"
"Help! My three-month-old baby is missing."
"Help! My grave has been robbed!"
"Help! I've been robbed, the perpetrator just escaped!"
"Help! I've been scammed out of six million yuan, and my wife and children are broken up."
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A colleague went missing in the Arctic? Ma Xiaoniu sent the other party a private message, and soon the other party replied.
"Hero, I never expected to receive your reply. I am Wang Bin from the Arctic Expedition Team of China. Today, my colleague Liu Li and I went out on an expedition, but when we came back, we couldn't find Liu Li anywhere. Our entire expedition team has been searching for him for more than half a day now, but we still haven't found him. So we are asking you for help. Thank you very much!" The letter also included coordinates.