"A few days ago, someone from the Hao family actually went to look for Yuan." In a warm room, two people, a man and a woman, sat on either side of a small table, each holding a cup of tea, drinking and talking.
In the room where they were sitting, there was a huge stove burning next to them, with a pale blue flame burning inside. This color seemed to give people a cold feeling, but when they sat next to it, they realized that the temperature was not that cold.
It is snowing outside. Sitting in the dark blue house and watching the falling snow outside, there is naturally a different kind of flavor.
The man held the water in his hands and gently blew away the foam on the surface. Then he said softly, "You really don't know how to live or die."
"If I had the power, I would probably have the same attitude as those new aristocratic families." There was a sense of elegance between the woman's eyebrows. She was wearing a pear-yellow dress with tender white pear blossoms embroidered on it.
"Why do you say that?" the man asked.
"Because even if it's Yuan, his loyalty can be guaranteed, but accidents will happen in this world. Using the word friendship to bind a person is always the stupidest behavior." said the woman.
The man looked up at the woman and shook his head slowly, "You are still too young. Do you know... what is the relationship between Yiqi and this city?"
The woman was stunned.
"Back then, City C was a very large refuge." The man put down his teacup. "The monsters on the front line were defeated one after another during that period, and the little monsters were evacuated here. Many of the little monsters here have survived to this day and have become those old-fashioned families."
The woman guessed something and waited quietly for the man to continue.
"Yiqi was a little monster evacuated from the front line. He had just joined the army as a boy scout at that time," the man said. "The war situation was not that serious at the time, so some boy scouts didn't have to go to the battlefield. Of course, the war became more and more intense in the later period, and the little monsters began to be used as cannon fodder."
"Later, the war front continued to move closer to City C, and City C began to recruit scouts to resist foreign enemies. Although the outside world believed that Yiqi joined the army very early, he actually joined the army relatively late. Before that, he had lived in City C for nearly ten years." The man seemed to be recalling something.
"Yiqi has lived in this city for ten years. Back then, City C was not so prosperous, and there were wandering monsters everywhere." The man concluded, "City C was very kind to him. He joined the army with many monsters, and some of them later became famous generals. However, many people in the outside world don't know that those generals came from our City C."
"…That doesn't mean he's loyal to City C now." The woman hesitated for a while, but still said, "One day without seeing you is like three years. Even if you are a close friend, after not seeing him for more than ten years, he may become a completely different person."
"Do you think the top management really trusts Fang Yuan?" the man asked.
The woman was stunned. She didn't quite understand what was going on.
"We're just using friendship to bind Yuan. We're not stupid at heart." The man said as he looked at the snow outside.
His tone was strangely a little melancholy.
"But now, City C is no longer the City C of the past. Even though it looks prosperous, the scene of the past can never be reproduced."
…
In a very warm room, two people sat on either side of the table, one on the left and one on the right.
The person on the left was dressed in a black robe, like a Dementor... The person on the right was dressed in a black sportswear and a pair of bunny cotton slippers. In front of them were a bunch of snacks, such as potato chips and Coke.
The phone next to them was ringing... It was playing a very popular variety show recently. The two of them were eating snacks and drinking iced cola, as if they didn't care about the burning stove next to them at all...
"Now, among the monsters in C City, the most powerful ones are the bosses of the East District and the West District, an old gangster, and a little girl in white clothes. The Li Family and the Tie Family may have a few old monsters hiding, and their family heads are also very powerful... You don't have to remember this, even if your strength has declined now, they can't beat you."
The man in black robe looked at Yuan Yuanyuan helplessly. In front of her was a notebook with a pen in her hand, which was already filled with dense notes. He said, "You are not on the battlefield, why are you writing down these things? Sometimes when I look at you, I feel that your life is so tiring."
Yuan Yuanyuan said, "No, please continue. My brain is not working well. What if I forget..."
"Don't worry, the previous senior executives are mostly dead, and the ones who have replaced them are basically new senior executives or their descendants. As long as you want, you can walk sideways here." The black-robed man said, and suddenly his tone slowly became heavy, "We have lived too long... My father is also dead, and now I am the only one in my family."
Yuan Yuanyuan put down her pen, feeling that the atmosphere had become a little heavy. However, she could not offer any comfort to the black-robed man in front of her. After all, she did not even know his name. She could only express her regret with silence.
"Okay, there's nothing much to say about the city, so I'll tell you about other cities." The man in black robe changed the subject, "The strength of the big monsters nowadays has declined, and any kind of monster can be called a big monster. Some big monsters would look ridiculous if they were in our time."
"There are only a few big monsters left from the radical faction in the south. Only the old snake is still alive. Alas, the arrogant southern faction back then... You still have some connection with the old snake, so don't go to him recently. After you disappeared, a few powerful newcomers appeared. There was a ghost who turned into a ghost demon named Yan Yi. He was really a genius... It's a pity that he died early, and even his demon soul didn't leave behind. So this is the bad thing about ghost demons..."
"The monsters in the Central Plains are quite mixed. The last leader of the hundred monsters died less than fifty years after you disappeared. The current leader is a jade monster. He is the nominal leader of the hundred monsters, but I don't think he is very strong. He is just very weird. You said that a piece of jade can be transformed into a monster. This is also due to good feng shui..."
"And the recent Yu Wu... I know he had some connection with you back then, but you know what happened? He went to find Old Snake some time ago, but he was beaten back by him. Haha... He reaps what he sows. He's been sealed for so long, and he still wants to compete with others..."
Yuan Yuanyuan wrote down what he said bit by bit. There were many things she didn't understand, but she could still remember some of them.
In her notebook, several words appeared most frequently, such as "old snake", "South", and "Central Plains". Yuan Yuanyuan planned to slowly figure out what these messy words meant in the coming days.
"Hey? You still haven't mentioned the North." Yuan Yuanyuan looked at the things written on the notebook and asked the man in black robe.
The black-robed man paused while drinking his tea, put down the cup and said, "Aren't we in the north?"
"Yes, I know." Yuan Yuanyuan asked foolishly.
"The most famous monster in the north..." The man in black robe was obviously choked. He said, "Isn't it you?"
Yuan Yuanyuan put the notebook down, and the expression on her face instantly turned into a confused look.
“… Oh, yes, I almost forgot.” The man in black robe suddenly realized it, and said, “City C is not as powerful as it used to be. It could be mentioned separately before, but now it is different from our time. The monsters outside basically regard City C as a northern faction… You can basically defeat the monsters in the north, and you can also defeat those who can’t be defeated. I’m too lazy to tell you more…”
Yuan Yuanyuan's eyes drifted silently, she thought, City C...isn't it a northern city
Obviously... City C is located in the northern part of the Tianchao map.
She silently wrote down "City C - North?" in the notebook and then put down her pen.
"I don't know what you're thinking. As I said before, all the old monsters are dead now. You don't have to worry about it as much as before." The man in black robe said. He looked at the snow outside and said hesitantly, "Don't you want to clarify what happened in the past? I've read the latest picture book. You..."
"No need, it's meaningless, let's not mention it." Yuan Yuanyuan immediately interrupted the man in black robe.
The man in black robe seemed to be choked again, as if he had already guessed the result. He drank the tea in the cup, turned around and walked out on the snow, never looking back.
The black night sky outside looked vast and boundless, and his figure slowly disappeared on the snow-white street without leaving a footprint.
Yuan Yuanyuan watched the man in black robe leave and opened another bag of potato chips.
Clarification or something... If clarification can make her absorb less hatred, then of course she is happy to do it, but the problem is that she herself knows nothing, which is a bit of a pitfall.
Ever since the last issue was published, readers have been talking about it.
Ji Qiu mentioned the word "spy camp" many times in the comics... The spy camp, as the name suggests, is a place full of spies.
In everyone's mind, spies probably have a fixed image. Whether it is the more tragic Snape, double agents like Itachi, or traditional spies like Kabuto Yakushi, they all have several common characteristics.
Cunning, smart, scheming, careful, to sum it up, sinister, cruel, and mean...
It is not surprising that Yuan is a spy. After reading a few lines in the previous issue, readers can vaguely guess a few things about Yuan.
The first thing is that Yuan was indeed the most sinister, cruel, and mean person back then...
A spy managed to survive when everyone thought he was doomed and the entire spy camp was said to have been wiped out.
What kind of ability is this
And based on the words of the little monsters, some readers vaguely speculated that Yuan probably used some improper means to survive... Although this method is not glorious, it is cunning enough, and this cunning is a compliment.
The image of a very cunning spy appeared in front of everyone... This Yuan is said to be very cold-hearted. He seems to be affectionate, but in fact he is ruthless, so he is very likely to ignore the life and death of other monsters and successfully escape from death.
As soon as this image came out... it immediately received recognition from many readers. Many readers even said that they liked this character and thought that Yuan was very powerful.
Although what he did might be a little unkind, many readers said that this was the most exciting boss character they had seen so far.
Only a monster like this can survive! This is a real big monster.
However, there are still many readers who say they cannot accept it... No matter what, they just cannot accept it, their minds are still unable to accept a traitor.
However, when Yuan sat in the corridor and closed his eyes coldly, all readers could not forget that scene.
He didn't care what the monsters outside said. He had obviously done something terrible and excessive, but he acted as if it had nothing to do with him.
It’s like… I don’t care about anything in this world, no matter how hard it rains, how wind blows, or how the earth shakes, I have my own ideas.
Even if he is heartless... But the fact that this heartlessness can be expressed in this way in the work, presenting such a character, is something that all readers have to admire.
So Yuan's votes have started to surge again in recent days...
"Sister Yuanyuan!" Xiaoying came over and knocked on the door. "We are going to make a film tomorrow. Do you want to come with us? Lunch is included."
"What kind of movie is it?" Yuan Yuanyuan asked.
"It's the scene in the last issue where Yuan basks in the winter sun." Xiaoying said, "It's so beautiful... I really want to make a set based on it."
Yuan Yuanyuan thought to herself, why the hell are you doing this? I can take ten photos of you in a minute. You don't have to go anywhere else. Her balcony with green onions and spider plants will be fine. But after thinking about it, she didn't dare to say more and held back her words.
She came to the tavern and looked at the clothes hanging in the cabinet, wondering if she could lend out a set, because no matter how bad the ancient costumes here are, they are still better than the ones Xiaoying bought, and she couldn't take out the ones hanging in the store for fear of something happening... Just as she was thinking about it, she suddenly heard a loud noise at the door, and Sister Li rushed back, wearing a pear yellow dress.
"Where is Siqun?" She glanced at the kitchen and turned to ask Yuan Yuanyuan.
"Ah? He's hiding from the guests again. He's in the empty wine barrel in the room now." Yuan Yuanyuan said, "Sister Li Zi, where have you been? You're out of breath."
"Don't worry about me. I'm going to infiltrate the enemy to collect intelligence." Sister Li Zi waved her hand and shouted towards the house, "Fourth Group! Come out quickly. Sister brought you some delicious food."