“Sigh… sigh… what exactly are we supposed to do now?”
Ever since Su Qi and the group of young female adventurers were teleported away by the Pitch Black Two-Headed Dragon, the president of the Linyin Adventurers Guild in Lin City, Wu Qiong, had been nothing but worried sick.
Actually, no. It wasn’t just Wu Qiong. Almost every guild president was having a hard time.
The reason, when you got down to it, was actually a combination of many factors.
First, the young women who had been teleported away with Su Qi were the backbone of the Adventurers’ Guild. The sudden disappearance of the group of young women naturally stirred up a bit of panic within the Adventurers’ Guild.
Second, having read Su Lulu’s family letter, Wu Qiong knew that Su Qi, who had consumed the World Tree Fruit, was a target for the Demon King’s attack. If the group really had been accidentally teleported into the Fifth Plane, then their chances of survival would only decrease, and the difficulty would rise even further.
And besides worrying about the safety of Su Qi and her party…
There was another thing giving Wu Qiong a headache right now: the situation at the Saint Ruins. More and more Pitch Black Beasts were beginning to appear in the Fourth Layer of the Saint Ruins through the “Entrance to Demon King’s Castle.”
Although the Pitch Black Beasts that were teleported over were much stronger than the beasts of the Third Plane, with high-rank adventurers and the “Holy Beasts” blocking the entrance in the Third Plane and clearing them out, it was still within a controllable range for now.
In the short term, there wouldn’t be a crisis like a Monster Siege.
However, based on reports from many adventurers…
Wu Qiong had noticed something. Unlike the beasts within the Saint Ruins, the Pitch Black Beasts emerging from the Demon King’s Castle would leave traces of pitch-black demonic energy wherever they stepped. Under the erosion of this demonic energy, even within the vibrant and spiritual energy-rich Saint Ruins, flowers and weeds would never grow again. It was as if they had been afflicted by some kind of Curse.
Coupled with the fact that Pitch Black Beasts were continuously emerging from the Demon King’s Castle without end, perhaps it was only a matter of time before that controllability was shattered.
And right now, all of these were bad news. But even so, as a guild president, the biggest headache and most troublesome issue for Wu Qiong at the moment was still the matter of intelligence about the Demon King in the Fifth Plane.
After all, the矛头 of every problem was pointing directly at that unexplored Fifth Plane.
But until now, the only information related to the Fifth Plane was that five-second video.
This situation left President Wu Qiong utterly helpless, yet he had no good solutions.
After all, the Fifth Plane was different from the ordinary Saint Ruins. He couldn’t just send adventurers to pioneer the Fifth Plane without any intelligence at all, could he?
Thinking of the Fifth Plane’s pitch-black, death-ridden land, and thinking about how there was no Teleportation Array to receive them, if adventurers went in, there was a high probability they wouldn’t survive.
Sigh… With that, Wu Qiong, who had stayed up all night without coming up with any countermeasures, let out another helpless sigh, then took a deep drag of his cigarette.
And just as that gloomy puff of smoke entered his throat, before he could even savor it…
Pat pat pat~
A girl’s voice that Wu Qiong found extremely familiar, accompanied by a knock on the door, sounded from outside the door at the same time.
“President Wu, Su Qi’s older sister is here.”
As a partner, Wu Qiong was extremely familiar with this girl’s voice.
It took him only a second to determine that the speaker was his own guild’s front desk mascot, Lu Ran.
But what puzzled Wu Qiong slightly was that, as his long-time partner…
Lu Ran had been working as the front desk mascot, that special profession, for several years. Having weathered too many storms, she usually handled anything with complete composure even in daily life.
But today, her emotions seemed much fuller than usual.
And Wu Qiong had been a bit puzzled as to why…
But in the next second, as Lu Ran spoke up…
“Su Qi’s older sister, she says she has obtained intelligence related to the Fifth Plane. She’s in the meeting room now.”
Hearing the intelligence about the “Fifth Plane”…
At that moment, Wu Qiong directly threw away his cigarette butt, his bull-like eyes widening to their maximum.
His originally drowsy mood instantly became excited.
Although he hadn’t yet met Su Lulu or seen the specific intelligence…
At this moment, Wu Qiong had already picked up his mobile phone and sent a message in a group chat.
“We have news on the Fifth Plane. Get over here now!”
With the message sent…
The next second…
Several experts and presidents who, like Wu Qiong, had also stayed up all night, immediately perked up. Without caring about their tired appearances, they didn’t even have time to change clothes before rushing toward the Adventurers’ Guild where Wu Qiong was.
As for all these happenings…
At this moment, Su Lulu, who had just returned to the Adventurers’ Guild from the Saint Ruins, was unaware. Because she had been rushing back and was a bit anxious, feeling somewhat thirsty, Su Lulu took a sip of the tea Lu Ran had handed over.
Feeling her throat moistened and relieved a little…
The anxious mood caused by rushing over finally calmed down somewhat.
Perhaps due to the easing of her mindset, combined with the fact that she was the only one in the spacious and empty meeting room, the excessive quietness…
It was then that Su Lulu belatedly remembered what detail she had forgotten.
It turned out that when she had been teleported out of the Succubus Academy earlier, she had left in a bit of a hurry.
She had forgotten about Su Qi’s three little teammates.
However, Su Lulu wasn’t overly worried about that.
After all, thinking back carefully, when the three of them had been caught by the succubi in the Succubus Academy, they seemed more excited than terrified.
Besides, the neighbor aunt was the principal of the Succubus Forest, so how could she possibly let the succubi completely drain the three of them dry!
And rather than the gift team, Su Lulu soon shifted more of her attention to the storage ring the neighbor aunt had just given her.
It was an exquisite platinum ring, engraved with the pattern of a large tree, emitting a faint, glowing light. Just looking at it made one feel it was very precious.
And when she had been talking with the neighbor aunt earlier, Su Lulu only knew that there were some transmission stones placed inside. She hadn’t carefully examined what was in the ring.
Now that she had nothing else to do, Su Lulu began to inspect it carefully.
Inside the ring, there were nearly twenty small stone statues similar to the one she had found at Wen Yin’s home early this morning.
Except, unlike the small stone statue that teleported her to the Succubus Academy, which was in a maiden’s form…
This time, the small stone statues appeared in the form of a tree.
After a single glance, Su Lulu quickly recognized the tree. That kind of majesty and dominance—it should be the so-called World Tree.
And besides these Teleportation Stone Statues, Su Lulu also discovered a book inside the storage ring.
The book was entirely written in simplified Chinese, and it contained some illustrations as well.
After casually flipping through a couple of pages, Su Lulu was delighted to discover that this book recorded the attack methods of the Pitch Black Beasts of the Demon King’s Army, along with their strengths and weaknesses.
If everything recorded in this book turned out to be true…
Then not only would it greatly reduce the pressure on adventurers fighting against the Pitch Black Beasts…
It also increased the probability of her successfully persuading others.
And just as Su Lulu was inwardly marveling that the neighbor aunt and her bestie Wen Yin were indeed mother and daughter—both truly meticulous and thoughtful…
Three rhythmic knocks sounded at the door.
The next second, many familiar figures to Su Lulu entered from outside.
Looking at the familiar guild presidents, one after another, along with the experts and scholars who frequently appeared on television in the adventurer field…
Su Lulu was momentarily stunned. After all, so many people appearing at once was something she hadn’t expected.
To be honest, facing so many people, although Su Lulu wasn’t as socially anxious as Su Qi, she still felt a bit nervous.
But thinking about the urgency and danger of the current situation, and that her younger sister was in the Segus World with her life at risk…
Su Lulu quickly forced herself to calm down. Standing up, under the collective gaze of the experts, scholars, and presidents, she slowly rose and spoke.
“My younger sister, Su Qi, was accidentally teleported away by the Pitch Black Beast’s Teleportation Array yesterday. Everyone should already know about this. And just now, I went to the Succubus Academy together with the three members of the Nightcat Group. There, I obtained some intelligence about the Fifth Plane.”
“The so-called Fifth Plane actually has a name—it’s called the Segus World. And in that world, on one side is the World Tree, and on the other side is the Demon King’s Army. They are currently engaged in a fierce battle.”
Succubus Academy, Segus World, World Tree, Demon King…
The experts and scholars who had just walked in hadn’t even sat down when they heard Su Lulu cutting straight to the point with some special intelligence.
To be honest, if the person standing up to share this intelligence right now wasn’t Su Qi’s older sister, Su Lulu…
These experts might have instinctively doubted Su Lulu.
After all, throwing out so many settings and names at once, plus the fact that the Fifth Plane wasn’t part of the Saint Ruins but rather another world entirely, sounded a bit like a fairy tale.
However, seeing Su Lulu’s extremely solemn expression…
No one in the room raised a single question.
Seeing this, Su Lulu squeezed her soft, tender little pink fist and soon gathered the courage to continue speaking. And this time, Su Lulu’s sharing method…
Was similar to how the neighbor aunt had shared earlier—starting with the origin of the Succubus Academy.
Su Lulu spoke slowly, and during the process, the experts and scholars asked many of the same questions Su Lulu had asked.
Some questions Su Lulu could answer, and some that went too deep, although Su Lulu couldn’t explain specifically…
The stone statues and that book in the storage ring—those two items, especially the latter—were enough to show the determination for cooperation.
Moreover, the high-rank adventurers had already fought against the Pitch Black Beasts. They knew that the Pitch Black Beasts possessed the Death Force and had witnessed the effects of that Death Force. Everyone present also understood the simple principle of “when the lips are gone, the teeth feel the cold.”
As the discussion went on, time slowly passed, and the sky gradually turned dark.
And the final result made Su Lulu break into a smile—all the Adventurers’ Guilds had decided to join the fight against the Demon King.
When the wall clock struck ten o’clock at night…
Su Lulu walked out of the Adventurers’ Guild and looked through the transparent window at the starry black night sky outside.
Su Lulu couldn’t help but zone out slightly, lost in thought.
At this time… what is Xiao Qi doing?
Meanwhile, in a certain treehouse on the World Tree…
Ah… ah… ahchoo…
On a super, super, super large bed, inside a big, big blanket…
A cute little figure who had just finished a round of intimacy, lying in the very center of the blanket with not a single thread on, let out an adorable, big sneeze.
Damn it, who’s secretly thinking about me behind my back?
And just as Su Qi grumbled inwardly…
Subconsciously gently rubbing her cute little pink nose with her fair, soft little hand the next second…
A soft, fair, lotus-root-like arm gently pulled Su Qi into an embrace.
“A Qi, did you catch a cold? Let’s hug, and then you won’t be cold anymore.”
Facing the embrace of his good brother, who was equally unclothed like himself, the sensation of soft fronts pressed together was something Su Qi greatly enjoyed.
But in the next second, as a cute loli voice sounded, Su Qi had a feeling of impending doom.
“Wow, Sister Su Su, I want to hug too!” “Then count me in as well!”
“Really, leave some space for me!” “It’s really cold tonight!”
Feeling more and more soft skin pressing against his own, at that moment, Su Qi couldn’t help but feel like crying but having no tears.
Emmmmm what, again!!!