Author: wynne

05 | YDM

August 23rd, 2022

[ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE DRAWING ME ]

CHAPTER 05

last edited on ZLT: 29.05.22

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Who this new guy? This was her first time seeing him?

Yuan Yuan Yuan looked at the guy in black, her face an expression of confusion. She checked the contents page again, realising that she’d skipped a few chapters, so she quickly returned to where she’d originally left off.

It was only until she’d flipped to the first chapter she’d missed did she finally connect the dots. This chapter was talking about the male lead hunting down an evil demon known for his massacre. The demon was very sly; he camouflaged himself among humans in the day, and headed out to hunt them at night.

The artist had already spent the past four to five chapters detailing the male lead’s demon hunt… it was a very long journey indeed. Yuan Yuan Yuan’s interest peaked. Seemed like the male lead had finally found the demon’s tracks.

Yuan Yuan Yuan flipped to the next page. According to the story, the demon that the male lead had been chasing had entered a “city of chaos”; the demons within this city was the definition of chaotic — the evil, the sly, the uncanny, the cruel. It was a place normal demons rarely visited. The demons that resided within this area were mostly those with heinous crimes under their belt, or those that had no other places to go.

As a demon slayer, the male lead rarely came here, or perhaps, this city was not a place for a demon slayer to enter at all; it was a place suitable perhaps only for the outcasts.

Yuan Yuan Yuan chomped on her dry fish, mentally remarking how understanding this artist was. There was indeed such a place, and that was exactly the city that she was in.

Enh… speaking of which, what was this place considered? A Meteor City*-equivalent for the demons? Or Wandering Soul City District 80**-equivalent?

* Meteor City (流星街), Hunter x Hunter anime reference: is a junkyard city inhabited by outcasts. People who live there do not exist in any official records and the existence of the city itself is known to very few people.

** Wandering Soul City District 80 (流魂街80区), Bleach anime reference: District 80 is the worst, most lawless region of Rukongai, full of thieves and murderers; Wandering Soul City is also known as Rukongai or Drifting Spirit Town

Yuan Yuan Yuan was almost impressed by her own imagination. Frankly speaking, while this city wasn’t in the limelight, it was still quite flourishing here, and population was rather dense. For humans, this was a comfortable and nice place to live in.

For demons however, things would be a little more messy. ♢ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU’RE DRAWING ME, CHAPTER 05 is hosted at ZHANLANN.COM ♢

She continued flipping. As a demon slayer in this city, his presence was as conspicuous as a bright lamp at night. Evidently he himself knew that too, hence he carefully avoided the attention of the city-goers, deciding to head out only in the afternoon.

Just the fact that he dared to even appear in such a city… what a strong and brave male lead indeed… Yuan Yuan Yuan shook her head. To her, this part of the plot was a little too unrealistic. If there was indeed a demon slayer that would enter such a city, then that demon slayer must be insanely powerful.

As to exactly how powerful, Yuan Yuan Yuan had no idea — because she’d never seen such a powerful Toaist priest.

That’s right, Yuan Yuan Yuan wasn’t afraid of demon slayers, rather she had to be careful around the in-real-life “demon slayers”, aka the Taoist priest. But they weren’t any threat to her, she was still a half demon after all.

Taoist priest these days are much more modern than demons. After all given the lifespan of humans, their generations change much more often compared to demons; the mindset of the new gens were also vastly different from their ancestors. Yuan Yuan Yuan had bumped into a few Taoist priests previously, all of them were pretty open and nice, and let her off when they sensed from her demon scent that she had not killed any humans previously.

Normal Taoist priest usually were not the kind to make life difficult for the lower demons. Taoist demons that hailed from established clans however would probably be different… but Yuan Yuan Yuan didn’t think that she’d have the opportunity to provoke any of them; not only so, she had her own ace prepared up her sleeve if she really had to face them.

Yuan Yuan Yuan slowly swiped down, reading as the manga went on. Not long after arriving in the city, he discovered the demon that hid here. And so, he made proper preparations before he approached the demon.

The male lead made his move on a rainy night. The rain would be able to camouflage his demon slayer scent very well. He tailed after the demon for a very long time. Halfway through however, he lost the demon to his surprise. This had the male lead anxious and headless.

At that, he suddenly recalled some of the hiding spots that the demon used to frequent in the past, and so, he immediately turned to head over. He wanted to check if the demon retreated back into his hiding spots, perhaps the demon sensed that a threat was looming.

Just as the demon slayer arrived, he saw a dark figure dropping down out of nowhere, and landing spot-on on the demon’s head—

At the scene, Yuan Yuan Yuan spat out the milk in her mouth.

…

She looked at the scene, her face vivdly coloured with a WTF expression.

The person that had dropped to the ground was dressed in a black windbreaker. Short hair splayed across his forehead, his eyes were cold and expressionless.

Red coloured the sky, the beautiful, crimson colour seemed to cover almost the entire scene.

The figure in black seemed to fly up just like that, and with a turn, he landed on the demon’s head. A flash of silver followed, and the thing in his hands was pierced into the demon’s head—

A pair of slender, mono-lidded eyes gazed down, his gaze was collected, without any fluctuating emotions. Through the screen, it seemed as though the character was staring straight at the reader.

The demon’s furious growl sounded. The figure in black windbreaker only had one free hand; despite so, he remained perfectly calm.

In his embrace was a girl, the girl was pressed against him tightly, her face hidden away from all eyes. With a clean twist of his body, he pulled off the dagger from the demon’s head and landed steadily on the ground.

The entire action scene was smooth and seamless; just reading this static story was awe-inspiring and blood-racing. Be it the leap upwards into the sky, or the piercing of the dagger, all the scenes were aesthetically pleasing, and impressively so.

The entire scene was filled with black, white and red.

The black — the figure’s windbreaker, and hair.

The white — the dagger in his hand, and his bloodless face.

The red — the endless, spiralling red vines.

…

Yuan Yuan Yuan’s hands were shaking as she read the page, especially when she saw the face of the character.

She could feel her own heart thumping away noisly in her chest, her heart was racing as though it would leap out from her mouth any moment; she could almost heart it speeding away in her ears.

She spent the next five minutes on the same few scenes. She was silent, only her finger was swiping the page up and down, up and down, again and again.

After another five minutes, she suddenly stood up and turned a few circles in her room. She grabbed her phone on her table, placed it back down again, and pulled open her curtains to look outside.

The street was busy, filled with people and cars streaming past.

She pulled the curtains close again.

TRANSLATOR & EDITOR: WYNNE.

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T/N: honestly “taoist priest” sounds a lil too awkward for me but i cant find another alternative QwQ, i considered the term “(taoist) monk” but this word just brings to mind a lot of people in orange robes sitting in a temple, but i recall the ones in this novel wear white and they head out a lot hahah so the imagery is quite off… please comment if you have any suggestions 🙂

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168 | THMYO

August 22nd, 2022

[ MY CLASSMATE IS TWO HUNDRED MILLION YEARS OLD ]

CHAPTER 168 ♦ SEEKING SHELTER I

last edited on ZLT: 19.07.22

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Now that they’ve settled Ai Er Ge’s business, he was now officially employed. On the other hand, Xuan Mo had too much time on her hands and she was dying in boredom. At Ah La Lei’s crying and desperate request, Xuan Mo daily afternoons were spent at the LAN shop, helping to charge up Ai Er Ge while helping to bump up the reputation of the Thunder team.

Abu’s return had stirred up much commotion among the gamers across the country. Some of the teams that had gone up against Xuan Mo had popped by the LAN shop recently for a few matches. Xuan Mo was not one to go easy or remain low-key, she went up against whoever who wanted to play against her, and slayed all of them. Local players KO-ed by her accepted her abilities, whereas cheers were sounded when foreign players were KO-ed by her.

Soon, a new skilled player by the name of EGG was born in the Thunder team. This player was unlike abu who would only attend two games, one in the afternoon and one in the evening; EGG was a resident member that played in every game there was. He was not an all-controlling commander in the team, rather he aced in post-attack preparations like the other teams, but what was insane about him was his speed, and his eccentric gameplay style. If abu was a team-centric player, then EGG was a top notch solo flyer.

It was as per mentioned by one of the Thunder team members: with EGG on the team, they were fearless!

Ai Er Ge became Thunder’s new ace, not only was he earning money, he now had a place to stay and games to play, and so Ai Er Ge was incredibly happy. With that, Xuan Mo had nothing else to be worried about. Ten days later, Chinese New Year came.

Xuan Mo’s mother would always be busy until the last day before taking a break on Chinese New Year’s Eve. This was the first time the mother-daughter pair was spending their Chinese New Year together on their own. Xuan Mo’s mother didn’t intend to bring Xuan Mo back to her hometown this year, but when she thought about the three free days of public holidays, she realised she had nothing to do. In such a situation, both the mother and daughter were at a loss.

Their apartment was empty of decorations, even the firecrackers exploding outside sounded a little lonely. Xuan Mo and her mother were each armed with a computer, the both of them had their reunion dinner as they surfed the net. Lu Yu Chen celebrated CNY with his father, and the two of them visited his grandfather. Even so, Lu Yu Chen was still a little worried, and called Xuan Mo to give his Chinese New Year greeting. Following that was an hour-long nagging from Lu Yu Chen, included within was his regret that he didn’t really look out for Xuan Mo these few days, and so he was suddenly reminded that Xuan Mo might be feeling lonely and whatnot.

Xuan Mo switched her phone to loudspeaker and left it beside her. She replied Lu Yu Chen with occasional hums, while her mother happy smiled to herself on the side. 　　

After the naggy brother Lu finally hung up, Ai Er Ge’s call came in. Xuan Mo picked up the call without thinking too much.

“Xuan Mo! Marshall! Please take me in!” The voice that came in was a desperate howl, “I have nowhere to go, and it’s scary alone here in the LAN shop!”

“Why are you alone, y’all are not open?”

“I’m working but there’s not a single person that came in. Ah La Lei said he’d originally intended to give me a day of leave today so he’d hinted to his regulars that his LAN shop would be closed New Year’s Eve, and it turns out, there’s not a single soul here! I’m guarding an empty shop!”

“Then…” Before Xuan Mo spoke, her mother asked: “Mo Mo, is it that guy the you went shopping with, Ai Er Ge?”

Ai Er Ge was surprised that Xuan Mo’s mother still remembered him. It was only then did he realise that Xuan Mo had switched on the loudspeaker. At that, he immediately greeted: “Hello Aunt Xuan! Happy Chinese New Year Aunt Xuan!”

“Child, why aren’t you going home, what a poor thing to be out alone today, why don’t you come over and join us.” Xuan Mo’s mother replied, “you don’t need to bring anything, we have everything here, clothes to change and all, come join us, we still have food too!”

Ai Er Ge was elated, but he didn’t forget that the final decision-maker was his boss, and so, he asked gingerly: “Xuan Mo?” ♢ MY CLASSMATE IS TWO HUNDRED MILLIONS YEARS OLD, CHAPTER 168 is hosted at ZHANLANN.COM ♢

Xuan Mo wondered how in the world did her mother survive till now, she really was one that didn’t think too much. Just the fact that she’d been bringing up an alien daughter was sufficient evidence, and now, before understanding the situation, she’d invited over another alien. Did she think she was invincible like the Sayyans?

But now that Ai Er Ge’s asked officially, and even her mother had agreed, she was not one to reject, and so she replied: “Come over then.”

“Nice!” Ai Er Ge hung up.

Xuan Mo had been expecting an excited Ai Er Ge at the door, but when she actually opened the door, Ai Er Ge’s worried face appeared.

“What’s wrong?” Xuan Mo brought Ai Er Ge in. He changed his shoes, greeted Xuan Mo’s mother and sat down beside Xuan Mo’s computer table in silence.

“What happened?”

“Someone’s trying to fix the broken pieces.”

“What?”

“I felt some fluctuations earlier, it’s much stronger than what I felt last time, it might be coming from a large golden stone, but even so it won’t be this strong; I’m thinking someone brought together several golden stones.” Ai Er Ge gave a bitter smile, “Xuan Mo, you’re busy keeping your eyes on me, but I think the people that you should actually be keeping a lookout on are the blue planet beings, at this rate, they’ll attract the Coalition’s attention sooner or later.”

Xuan Mo squinted her eyes and looked down. It would be too draining to extend her mental powers all the way to the capital, and it would be too headless if she were to go there via the internet. Xuan Mo was really quite helpless right now, but Ai Er Ge was right about one thing.

Xuan Mo’s mother heated up the food, walked out and gestured for Ai Er Ge to come over to eat. Having figured that Xuan Mo would need some time to sort out her thoughts, he hummed in reply and sat down at the dinner table.

Xuan Mo’s mental energy expanded instinctively. Suddenly, she saw someone running this way, and the person was heading in the direction of her condominium. He went up the building, checked the unit numbers one by one and stopped before her unit.

Before he could press the doorbell, Xuan Mo opened the door. She asked darkly: “Why are you here?”

The unexpected visitor at her door was Ling Yun.

Safe to say, he was in a mess — he was breathless from running over, his clothes were dishevelled, and he was only armed with a small bag as his luggage; it seemed as though he was rather busy, and in quite a rush.

“Xuan Mo,” he panted and looked around anxiously, “there are some things that I didn’t tell you the other time, can you let me in first?”

Xuan Mo did not sense anyone in particular, so she remained standing: “It’s New Year’s Eve tonight, what are you doing here? You’re not celebrating CNY?”

“I, if I’m at home, they’d threaten me with my family.” Ling Yun replied. “There’s something they want, but it’s something I can’t give.”

“What does it have anything to do with me?”

“It does, it has everything to do with you.”

Xuan Mo squinted: “Are you threatening me?”

Ling Yun gave a bitter smile: “I really thought that was the end to it, who would have expected they were waiting for our holidays to start. Ever since the start of winter break, I’ve been travelling around avoiding them. I’ve really run out of options, that’s why I’m here… seeing that you are a large part of the reason I need to be on the run, can you let me in first?”

Xuan Mo contemplated for a moment before she moved aside for him to enter. Ling Yun zipped in, and immediately shut the door behind him as though there was someone chasing him.

When Xuan Mo’s mother noticed that another dashing chap appeared, she was very surprised: “Oh my, what’s the situation this year? Your blossoms are really blooming*?”

* 桃花 = blossoms; the phrasing often used is peach blossom luck (桃花运), which refers to luck with the opposite gender

“Hello Aunt, I’m Xuan Mo’s senior, I was travelling around the area, but cough, had a bit of a situation, and I can’t go back, so I came over to see if I could stay for a bit.” Ling Yun seemed to have figured exactly what he’d wanted to say, so half-truths flowed out the moment he opened his mouth.

Ai Er Ge wasn’t in the know about Ling Yun’s situation. When he saw Ling Yun, and noticed Xuan Mo’s poor expression, Ai Er Ge turned to look at Ling Yun in curiosity.

When Ling Yun suddenly noticed Ai Er Ge was also sitting down looking at him meaningfully, he shivered for some unknown reason, and at Xuan Mo’s mothers’ gestures, he chose the further seat to sit.

Xuan Mo squinted her eyes. Ling Yun had only told her that he saw a red light last time, and didn’t continue. From his expressions however, it would seem that he didn’t tell the entire story; he wouldn’t be this afraid of Ai Er Ge otherwise.

Xuan Mo slowly sat down beside Ling Yun, and suddenly spoke into his ear: “You seem to recognise him.”

“Hehe, Ai Er Ge, I do know him…”

“Then what about the red light?”

Ling Yun froze, not speaking.

TRANSLATOR & EDITOR: WYNNE.

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T/N: hi guys the new sem started omg I’m so busy I can’t believe it??? Will try my best not to have to halt any projects; also THMYO is ending soon yay (finally?? LOL) do check out the other ongoing projects, both are super duper exciting!! In fact way more so that THMYO in my opinion XD

You Look Like You’re Drawing Me (weekly Tuesdays):

After accidentally becoming a half-demon and being hunted and chased down by a variety of creatures and beings, Yuan Yuan Yuan finally found a safe (or rather messy) enough city to settle down. Despite her attempts to continue a mundane life as a small, inconspicuous fry, fate prompted her to act otherwise — she crossdressed and disguised herself as a human to save another innocent human girl from a carnivore demon that one rainy night. Shortly after, Yuan Yuan Yuan realised that her favourite manga Demons that she’d been avidly following welcomed a new male character, one that was dressed in an eerily-familiar trench coat walking down a disconcertingly-familiar alley to save an unsettlingly familiar girl… And before she knew it, she found herself ensnared in a tangle of past crimson history, forcing her to stand on the shoulders of giants and assuming many precarious roles that she never once imagined.

Chart Topper Queen (fortnightly Mondays):

An illegal galactic resident that finally escaped the Waste Planet, Ai Bei is on the mission to escape the tracker bots hunting her down and eke out a living in a completely foreign and civilised planet. When she chanced upon the Live-Streaming Transmigration Competition advertisement one day, Ai Bei decided to bet life on it to earn enough bucks to buy (or more accurately, fake) a galactic citizenship for herself. A virtual competition of the survival of the fittest? Well, Ai Bei was after all one of the very few that managed to crawl out of the most undesirable, polluted and forgotten planet in the entire galactic universe…

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04 | YDM

August 16th, 2022

[ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE DRAWING ME ]

CHAPTER 04

last edited on ZLT: 24.04.22

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Xiao Ying was trembling all along. Yuan Yuan Yuan seemed to hear her low sobs; she could feel a few warmth droplets against her neck, it probably wasn’t the rain.

The two of them were as though criminals running for their life… of course this was only Yuan Yuan Yuan’s own perspective with regards to the current situation. Perhaps Xiao Ying wouldn’t think she was on the same side as this stranger in windbreaker that picked her up.

Yuan Yuan Yuan finally stopped; she had no idea how long she’d ran for. She smelled the air, their scent, hers and Xiao Ying’s, seemed to have mostly dissipated.

“Where do you live?” In the dark, Xiao Ying suddenly heard the person carrying her ask.

“Walk, walk forward, at the compound beside the train station.” Xiao Ying’s voice was quivering.

Of course Yuan Yuan Yuan knew where Xiao Ying stayed, they were neighbours after all. But she still asked because she was pretending to be a person that didn’t know her.

Her brain was still wooden, she’d only been propelling herself forward out of muscle memory. It was only until she saw the familiar residential compound, the faint light emitting from the windows above did she return to Earth.

“Go back.” Xiao Ying heard the person carrying her said. She’d been carried all the way here; during the entire journey, she hadn’t dared to move at all. In fact, Xiao Ying didn’t even manage to see the person’s face.

She could only hear his voice; it was a very bright, and magnetic male voice, and he spoke very gently. ♢ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU’RE DRAWING ME, CHAPTER 04 is hosted at ZHANLANN.COM ♢

Xiao Ying sniffed and looked around, realising that they had arrived below her block.

Xiao Ying was still in a bit of a daze. When she saw the light from the window from her unit, her brain was still hazy, as though she’d lost track of the day and time.

When Xiao Ying finally came to again, she turned around; she was all alone.

…

Yuan Yuan Yuan climbed into her unit through the window and slid down against the wall to the ground.

Dazed, she sat there stoning, not speaking for the longest of time. The only thing that could be heard was her breathing, and even so, her inhales and exhales were trembling faintly.

After a long while, a flurry of frenzied footsteps sounded at the corridors. Yuan Yuan Yuan slowly walked towards her table, picked up her phone and dialled. “Hello? Aunt, it’s me, Yuan Yuan, Xiao Ying’s back, we don’t need to search anymore, enh… don’t worry…”

She placed her phone back down and looked around, her gaze a little lost. She slowly got up and walked into the toilet. She took off the windbreaker and threw it into a pail. Then, she decided to take off all her clothes, collected a pail of hot water, stood in her bathtub, and doused herself from head to toe with the water several times.

Hurried footsteps sounded outside. Yuan Yuan Yuan heard a cry from outside, as though the person was on the verge of breaking down. She slowly washed her hair too before she stepped out of the tub and wiped her body dry of water.

“Where did you go! Goodness gracious!” Her neighbour’s voice sounded, her voice was raw with emotions. Following which, Xiao Ying’s heartbreaking sobs sounded too. Yuan Yuan Yuan ignored everything and sniffed herself instead. After confirming that there was no particularly evident demon scent emitting from herself, she slowly walked out the toilet.

She grabbed a mop and wiped away the water stains at her window. After washing the windbreaker, she dried it with her dryer, ironed it before she hid it at the bottom of her closet.

As a half-demon, Yuan Yuan Yuan could control and suppress her demon scent within a short period of time if she wanted to. Based on her previous experience, no one should be able to realise that the person was her.

Hopefully those people would not find her, it was really difficult finding a nice place to settle down in.

Yuan Yuan Yuan’s face had already unknowingly returned to her original appearance. Yuan Yuan Yuan rubbed her face and inhaled heavily. She returned to her bedroom. The light by her bed was still on, glowing a warmly and peacefully.

She fell back on the bed, staring at the ceiling for a moment before she groped for the light switch and turned it off.

The bedroom was submerged in darkness.

…

Three days later.

“Yuan Yuan, be careful these days, the grand demon staying in the Circle block was killed nearby.” Sister Xue said.

“Which grand demon? There’s a ton of them.” Yuan Yuan Yuan asked as she bit off a piece of her bread.

“You probably don’t know him, he’s a known killer in his early years, he couldn’t continue outside so he ran over here to hide. He’s got quite a scary appearance, no one knew what his original form was, now that he’s dead, you can tell that he’s actually a big gecko…” Sister Xue spoke as she walked. Something suddenly came to mind, at that, she turned to ask, “speaking of which, I still haven’t figured out what your original form is.”

Yuan Yuan Yuan stood and welcomed Sister Xue’s scrutiny as the latter guessed away, “rabbit?”

“…you really like dried fish, or maybe you’re a cat?”

“It’s not that I like eating dried fish, it’s just that this is on sale at Gatolaye, so I stocked up on this.” Sister Xue hazarded many attempts, but didn’t manage to arrive at the correct answer.

After Sister Xue left, Yuan Yuan Yuan closed the door. She could feel her heart galloping away in her chest. She recalled the windbreaker sitting at the bottom of her closet, perhaps she should find a place to burn it someday soon.

“Sister Yuan!” The door was knocked. Xiao Ying’s voice sounded from outside. From the enthusiasm in her voice, she seemed to have recovered from yesterday’s scare, “do you eat fried dumpling? My mom made a lot.”

“Yes.” Yuan Yuan Yuan opened the door, took the plate of fried dumplings and plopped one in her mouth.

It was a comfortable day today. It has been raining every day for the past few days; the air felt particularly clean today.

Yuan Yuan Yuan returned to her bedroom, switched on the light and scrolled through her phone. Her manga app just happened to push her a notification — the manga that you are following Demons has been updated!

She laid on the bed, grabbed a bag of Gatolaye dried fish and chewed on it as she opened the app to check out the latest story progression.

However the moment she opened the latest chapter, she frowned; the entire screen was painted in black and red.

— on the screen, a person in black windbreaker was running in the rain. That person was carrying another person in their arms. The entire image was very dark and dimly lit, making the image out to appear almost murky and faded.

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167 | THMYO

August 15th, 2022

[ MY CLASSMATE IS TWO HUNDRED MILLION YEARS OLD ]

CHAPTER 167 ♦ LOOKING FOR A JOB II

last edited on ZLT: 19.07.22

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Xuan Mo’s mother glanced at the clothes Ai Er Ge had on before gasping in surprise, “My goodness Ai Er Ge, that’s some big brands you have on!”

The two of them were confused.

“This shirt, and this pants… this is a new brand that was just recently brought in, you can only get these from the capital or their only boutique in City S, and it’s not something you can get your hands on just because you have the money, you need to pre-order, and need to be qualified as a member… Mo Mo, do you remember the dress your Uncle Lu gave you? It’s from the same brand.”

“…even so, this can’t be that recognisable can it.” Ai Er Ge asked innocently.

“My dear, the ads for this brand are rolling across all major platforms. There was a huge hoo-haa about several male celebrities vying to be the brand ambassador a while back, it lasted for quite a while even. At this rate, there’s no way this brand would be unrecognisable. Any employer would think you’re trolling them if you dress like this to apply for a job.”

Stunned by Xuan Mo’s mother’s explanation, the two noobs finally figured it out. When her mother turned around to find some clothes for Ai Er Ge, the latter gave Xuan Mo a thumbs up: “As expected of the military goddess, your observation skills are top notch!”

Xuan Mo’s lips twitched. She’d really just been hazarding guesses earlier. ♢ MY CLASSMATE IS TWO HUNDRED MILLIONS YEARS OLD, CHAPTER 167 is hosted at ZHANLANN.COM ♢

Xuan Mo’s mother worked in the line of premium clothing for both ladies and gentlemen. She’d been working hard in this industry for several decades now, the brand that she’d built had several outlets across the country, and gained sufficient traction as a celebrity brand. It’s just that her mother was not a profit-centric business woman, so every step was taken with adequate consideration. Hence even though her current business was not particularly large, it was growing steadily.

After changing into the clothes that Xuan Mo’s mother had selected, Ai Er Ge’s appearance seemed to have instantly lightened up. With the new attire, he looked less like a person swimming in money and authority, and a little bit more like a student. While Ai Er Ge was trying out the different clothes, every single conversation topic Xuan Mo’s mother brought up was related to his background; like every other parent, she was trying to figure out what kind of person this chap was. Even though Ai Er Ge was still a piping new Blue Planet being, he was definitely much more well-versed in his way of words. Up against Xuan Mo’s mother’s questions, he remained unfazed and collected.

In the end, when it was time to leave, Xuan Mo’s mother silently communicated her approval of Ai Er Ge to Xuan Mo: “This chap’s not too bad, quite tight-lipped, he must have been taught well, and he’s probably figured out what I like, how thoughtful of him. If our families are not too far apart in terms of status, you can really consider him!”

Xuan Mo automatically filtered out the words her mother was sprouting. Only the remark about Ai Er Ge figuring out what she liked made her want to laugh. After all, he did inherit Xuan Mo’s memories. In fact, given how meticulous and social he was, he probably could outperform the careless Xuan Mo any day.

After changing his attire, it was already evening by the time they left the shopping mall. The two of them briefly discussed before Xuan Mo decided to bring Ai Er Ge to the Thunder LAN shop to take a look. She hadn’t heard from Ah La Lei for a long while now.

Very coincidentally, there was a recruitment poster pasted at the entrance of Thunder LAN shop. They were recruiting a shop manager; the requirements weren’t strict, the only prerequisite was that the manager would need to work through public holidays, preferably even on Chinese New Year’s Eve, of course his pay would be doubled accordingly.

This job was literally made for Ai Er Ge. He didn’t celebrate Chinese New Year, he wasn’t in an urgent need for cash, and he had no preferences…

When they entered, the LAN shop owner Ah La Lei, who was often only spotted gaming inside, was surprisingly seated at the counter, dozing off. Xuan Mo went over and knocked on the counter table.

Ah La Lei’s hand reached out as he mumbled sleepily: “ID, money.”

Xuan Mo glanced at Ai Er Ge. Ai Er Ge understood the assignment, and cleared his throat: “Ahem, I’m here to apply for a job.”

“Oh…” Ah La Lei gave a small yawn before he suddenly zipped up, his eyes glowing: “What!? You’re here to apply for a job?!”

When he saw Ai Er Ge, he instinctively glanced behind him, there as no one there, when he looked to the side, his eyes instantly lit up: “Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo….”

Xuan Mo squinted her eyes and took a step back: “What do you want?”

“Goddess of war! Mars! I’ve missed you!” Ah La Lei stood and walked out from behind the counter. He ran over to the other counter and pointed at the entire wall, “look! The Global StarCraft Association did this up for you!”

Xuan Mo looked up. Under the dim lighting, a huge image covered the entire wall. Her name was printed on the image: abu, followed by a chart that noted down all her matches, the duration of her battles, her opponents and a variety of other information.

The sentence at the end of the chart wrote: “Abu — the one and only god of military.”

The wording was written in a mechanical font. The entire poster was electrifying.

Xuan Mo had started gaining a following during the tournament prelims. After the finals, she disappeared completely from all social media and other platforms. Even though there were a number of imposters, they were quickly identified as a fake when the battle began. Gradually, the name abu became a peerless identity, and people no longer dared to assume this name.

“Abu — the one and only god of military.” Ai Er Ge softly read the line, before giving a bitter smile, “c’mon, you’re really gonna dominate the galaxy at this rate…” he turned and mumbled to himself, “to have an enemy like her, pressurising much…”

Ah La Lei continued on and on about how famous and majestic their team Thunder became because of her, and went on about how sad everyone became when she left. But because of her rapid-fire commands, everyone was now much quicker on their feet and rarely lost to others in terms of speed. Because of her, there were also quite a number of skilled players that applied to join their team…

Xuan Mo glanced at the phrase again, unmoving. Afterwhich, she pushed Ai Er Ge forward: “He’s here to apply for the LAN shop manager.”

Ah La Lei knew what kind of person Xuan Mo was, at that, he minced his lips, crestfallen, and turned to Ai Er Ge, his previous sincerity disappearing in a blink of an eye, and in its place returned his previous laze: “You’re applying for the LAN shop manager? This is not an easy job, Mo Mo, not that I want to nag but I’d originally intended to recruit those that come into this city for work, in particular those that can work through Chinese New Year (CNY), why because there are lots of customers who would turn to the internet during the CNY period when they are lonely… but to be frank your friend looks nothing like that… I need someone that works hard.”

Xuan Mo smiled: “Why don’t you ask him.”

Ai Er Ge immediately puffed up: “I’m very hardworking! I definitely can take it! I can do whatever you need me to do!”

Ah La Lei was still doubtful. Given Ai Er Ge’s delicate looks, even his sexual orientation seemed blurry. Ah Le Lei really couldn’t imagine him working his ass off as a LAN shop manager, he better not receive a call in the middle of the night from him wanting to quit the job…

Ai Er Ge popped his head out, there was a curtain behind the counter, he could vaguely make out the outline of a bed, at that, he immediately smiled: “Can the LAN shop manager sleep here?”

“As long as there’s someone looking after this place, I don’t care what you do 24/7…”

“Fantastic! I love this job!”

“Don’t think the LAN manager will get to surf the net, it’s a troublesome job, there’s a million and one things you gotta settle, and you need to endure the customers too…”

“That’s not a problem, I won’t see them as humans.”

Ah La Lei was speechless. He couldn’t tell if Ai Er Ge was joking or not… it really was going to be a bit too much if he didn’t see them as people. But honestly speaking, given that he was Xuan Mo’s friend, Ah La Lei really wasn’t too surprised that he was a little eccentric.

But he must say he was still a little worried.

As they were speaking, two chattering girls walked in. When they saw the three of them gathered at the counter, they were a little confused. Before Ah La Lei reacted, Ai Er Ge had walked into the counter and smiled: “Please present your identification card and security deposit.”

“…”

The two girls walked off to their seats with great reluctance, their mesmerised eyes full of the person behind the counter. Meanwhile Ai Er Ge sent them off with a polite smile. Ah La Lei was floored: “How d’you know what to do?”

“I’ve been to LAN shops before, so I’ve seen how they do it.” Ai Er Ge’s smile remained polite.

“But why am I getting strange vibes from you, have you worked in a place that offers special services or something like that…”

Xuan Mo was getting annoyed: “So do you want him or no, decide quickly now, if not I’ll dump him elsewhere.”

“Yes!” Ah La Lei hollered, “no way I’d reject him!? Just look at his face, he’ll definitely be a crowd-puller!”

“…”

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03 | YDM

August 9th, 2022

[ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE DRAWING ME ]

CHAPTER 03

last edited on ZLT: 24.04.22

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A dark night like tonight was perhaps the most appropriate of nights for the deeds that were to unfold —

Yuan Yuan Yuan must admit to this talent of hers — having been tragically chased and hunted down by a variety of demons for a variety of reasons, she had self-learnt the art of glamour, and had became incredibly good at it.

The stench of blood was particularly strong in the dark, desolate alley. Even the torrential rain was unable to wash away the pungent smell.

“Gulp… gulp…”

A very strange sound echoed from the pitch dark alley; it sounded as though someone was moaning, or as though someone was sucking something.

A large shadow was standing within the alley. His height close to three metres, he was as though a mini-mountain. A tall bone protruded from his back, as though some sort of armour.

This person appeared very strange indeed; almost unlike a normal person. His back was bent, and he was squatting on the ground doing something. His head was bobbing up and down, and the strange gulping sounds continued.

The rain grew larger and heavier. The surroundings was started to get misty.

There were barely anyone that’d walk past such an alley in the day, much less at night. This person had appeared out of nowhere, and his actions were currently unknown.

The alley was incredibly quiet save for the occasional sounds coming from his direction.

Just as the squatting person was engrossed in carrying out his activity, a voice suddenly sounded in the rain: “Big guy, get up.”

The voice was very sudden, it’d appeared out of nowhere. And against the backdrop of such a heavy rain, it sounded almost as though an accidental comment, an incorrectly played note in a song.

The person squatting on the ground paused, before slowly turning around. The entrance of the alley stood a tall, lanky silhouette; the rain had left the city in a foggy mist, making the figure out to appear as though it was a scene straight out of an old television show. ♢ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU’RE DRAWING ME, CHAPTER 03 is hosted at ZHANLANN.COM ♢

The moment the big guy turned his head around, a string of red liquid slid down his mouth, as though a snapped string of pearls, dripping slowly down on to his chest…

The black figure remained standing in silence after uttering his previous sentence. The big guy squatting on the ground was evidently a little confused at the situation. At that, he stood up and walked towards the black figure to understand the situation.

The moment he neared the entrance however, the black figure suddenly disappeared, as though what he’d seen earlier was just his imagination.

At the same time, a figure had long appeared behind the big guy’s back, squatting down and was carrying a girl while covering her mouth with his hands…

Yuan Yuan Yuan was literally going to die of a heart attack right now. She could smell the saturating stench of blood the moment she’d arrived, she’d initially thought that someone had definitely died here. It was only when the big guy turned around did she realise that there was a girl hiding in the depths of the alley. The girl was trembling, perhaps from the cold or perhaps in fear.

Yuan Yuan Yuan noticed the Fourth High school uniform the girl had on. At that, she immediately exhaled in relief, before she rushed over and lifted the person shrinking into the corner. As she did, she covered the girl’s mouth so that she wouldn’t scream.

As for the pool of blood and other gory materials that she couldn’t make out… Yuan Yuan Yuan had no idea who the unlucky chap was.

Yuan Yuan Yuan carried the girl and decided to make a leave. Unfortunately lady luck was not on her side tonight. Though the big guy seemed a little dense, it was still very sentitive to his surroundings. When he noticed that the black figure before him disappeared, he immediately turned around and howled at the figure behind him, coming face to face with Yuan Yuan Yuan that had been intending to make a flight for it after rescuing Xiao Ying.

The big guy growled at Yuan Yuan Yuan before it started running at her. When she realised that there was no escape, Yuan Yuan Yuan’s instantly activated her demon powers.

Several crimson willow-like strips zipped out from beneath her windbreaker, each and every strip long and sturdy. As though tentacles, her willow-like strips clung onto the ground, before it flung her body upwards. With the momentum, Yuan Yuan Yuan and Xiao Ying shot into the air.

The black figure made a 180-degree turn in midair, legs spinning before landing steadily on the ground, clipping his legs around the big guy’s neck.

Tightly after, a snow-white blade dug downwards, straight into the big guy’s head.

“Ahhh-!” At the sight, Xiao Ying, while protected in Yuan Yuan Yuan’s embrace, couldn’t help but shriek. Yuan Yuan Yuan didn’t have any free hands to cover her mouth, so she could only hug the little girl tighter.

As Yuan Yuan Yuan listened to Xiao Ying’s reveberating scream, she clenched her teeth. Her hand pulled upwards and the dagger unlatched itself, before she dashed out the alley, no longer giving any damns about whatever she left behind.

She had no idea what happened to the big guy after her dagger, Yuan Yuan Yuan didn’t dare to look back either. She could only carry Xiao Ying in her arms as she zipped through the alleys and streets, as she did, she tried her best to surpress her demon scent that was spilling out from her body.

The rain was very heavy, and the route they took was very long, as though endless. Yuan Yuan Yuan had no idea how long she’d ran for, nor how many turns she’d made, all she knew was that her head was spinning.

She could only run… keep running…

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09 | CTQ

August 8th, 2022

[ CHART TOPPER QUEEN ]

CHAPTER 09

last edited on ZLT: 30.07.22

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Time flew by when they were within the mission world. On the last day of their mission, #2 almost forgot that they were within a virtual reality.

Before they left, #2 had been racking his brains trying to find a handle for Ai Bei’s toothbrush. All of the toothbrushes in prison had their handles broken off, only the toothbrush head would be left. Ai Bei was having a lot of difficulty trying to hold the brush.

His back facing the rest, he squatted down in the corner with his sleeves rolled up. He took a drawl from his cigarette and weighed the toothbrush in his left hand, as though weighing a rock, as an idea formed in his head.

Before he could actualise anything, the mission period of one week ended. A white light glowed, and him, together with Ai Bei who had been scrunched up sleeping on the bed, was sent back to the training room.

The atmosphere within the training room was a little off.

After a moment of silence, #3 lifted her lips as she applaused for Ai Bei, as though praising her for her moves she pulled inside the world, “incredible.”

#3 did the same mission as Ai Bei, and #3 hated #2, but #3 had never once thought about making an active effort to reverse her situation. In comparison to her, #5 was much better at this game.

#1’s gaze on Ai Bei was a little strange too, as though he was trying to figure out exactly what kind of person she was. On the other hand, #4 who had written the mission and was deducted 5 points was silent.

The competition waited for no one. Next, it was Ai Bei’s turn to input a character brief for #1’s mission. Ai Bei would also be the one to determine which person #1 would assume.

#1 smiled and tried to probe: “Should I join you guys?” He wanted to know if Ai Bei would put him in prison.

It would be much easier for him if he didn’t need to join them in prison for his mission. But even if he did, he still had an ace on his hands, and that was #2, so things would turn out pretty interesting too. After spectating Ai Bei’s performance, he felt as though he’d found a worthy opponent, so sticking his nose into their situation was perhaps his adrenaline getting to his head.

On the other side of the room, #2 remained silent after returning. He was still trying to retune himself back to reality after experiencing all of that in the virtual world. The after-effects of such a 100% full-dive virtual experience was that it could confuse people, and those that exit from the VR world would mix up their reality with what happened occured in the VR world.

#2 wanted to know what Ai Bei had in mind too. If #1 was sent to prison, it was supposed to be a gleeful sight for him, yet somehow, he felt unwilling, as though he didn’t want him to appear.

As though oblivious to the tense atmosphere, Ai Bei keyed in the last code before she gave #1 her first smile, her tone light, “there’s no need.”

Despite only speaking three words, she left everyone wondering what she’d meant.

The character brief she’d set for #1 was very similar to his real background — a charismatic and popular young master hailing from a rich family in school. The mission Ai Bei set was: get the prettiest girl aka #3 to fall in love with him without revealing his mission details; his mission duration was one week.

Usually, mission information were be public and open to viewing by the members in their group. However, the mission-giver was also able to “lock up” the mission details so that the group members would not be able to see it.

Even if #1 had to keep it under wraps, this was not a hard mission for him.

——Or at least that was what he had originally thought.

To him, getting a girl to fall in love with him was as easy as breathing. His childhood friend had once joked that he was like a peacock, there’d be girls jumping at him as though he was a peacock spreading its feathers. Though it was a joke, his friend’s words were indirectly reinforced his charm.

#1 instinctively overlooked the previous futile attempt at striking a a conversation with Ai Bei. At the very least, #3 was receptive and friendly to him from the get go.

The system’s detection of one “falling in love” was not complicated, they go by the speeding up of the person’s heart rate.

However after the duration was over, he was shocked to learn that he failed the mission.

#1 was definitely not going down the same route #2 did — he didn’t make a huge commotion about trying to chase #3 in the mission, so he definitely did make a public confession. He remained relatively low-key about it, and his treats came in the form of candlelight dinner, cruise trip and feasts under the northern lights. They had many happy outings, and the atmosphere was almost romantic at times. Not only so, he also topped it all off with some flirting. Despite so, #3 was not a single bit moved.

After returning to the training room, #1 was remained in a daze by the “mission failed” words, flabberghasted.

He couldn’t believe that he lost two rounds consecutively, and became the first one to be kicked out.

#3 drank a sip of water and exhaled. After she realised what #1’s mission was, an expression of shock coloured her face, “you should’ve said earlier! Even if you can’t, at least drop me a hint or something?”

If #1 was as high-key as #2 had been, to the extent that the entire school knew he was chasing her, she maybe might be able to sense that something was up.

After being pulled into the virtual world as a “tool”, she started probing #1 in an attempt to understand the situation, but #1 kept his mouth tightly zipped. Under such a situation, the low-key holiday trips did not get to her; her head was full of the mission and trying to figure her sitaution out.

The two of them were allies per say, so naturally she’d hoped that he would be able to successfully complete his mission and take Ai Bei’s points. But #1 didn’t mention anything about it. She figured that it was because of the circumstances that’s why he couldn’t say anything, but it shouldn’t be to the point where he didn’t even give her a hint. All he knew was to bring her around with a happy face, how in the world was she supposed to figure anything out!

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Ai Bei was not surprised by the outcome. After #1 was eliminated, she didn’t look at him anymore.

Even though #1 was eliminated, he didn’t leave the training room. He remained sitting at his seat instead, evidently very unhappy about the outcome. The system did not kick him out of the training room either.

After the first round of missions ended, the points were as follows:

#1 was eliminated, #2 had 18 points, #3 had 2 points, #4 had 10 points, #5 had 20 points.

The second round started. Because #1 was eliminated, #2’s character and mission was set by Ai Bei.

The players with the highest points were #2 and Ai Bei. If nothing goes wrong, the two players that would be able to proceed to the next round would be the two of them. However, the competition was still going on, so anything was possible.

#2 saw Ai Bei biting on her nail intinctively. After their period of interaction, he knew that this was a habit she had when she was feeling a little difficult and a little at loss.

Ever since leaving their virtual world, she had not looked at him even once.

Even though he knew this was a competition, and that no one would take whatever happened in the virtual world too seriously, he still felt as though he had been stung by a bug. He felt as though something was throbbing in pain, and after the pain it became an itch that didn’t go away.

He had no idea why but he suddenly spoke.

“I’m scared of heights.”

The male voice that suddenly sounded in her private message had Ai Bei glancing up at him. By then, #2 had already turned to look away, his heartbeat thundering away in his chest, as though he wasn’t the one that just spoken.

Unbeknowst to the rest, a hidden “exchange” had silently occured.

As the system had a minimum and maximum cap for the mission difficulty, Ai Bei’s mission for #2 had to be set in the same prison environment too. And so, she got him to secretly climb up the prison dormitories and look down at the first floor. #2 stood before the railing for a bit before he waved his hands: “I can’t do it.”

His straightforwardness was almost dashing, if it weren’t for his trembling legs that Ai Bei noticed.

“Is this considered cheating?” #3 frowned. She didn’t understand what had just happened, because #2 gave up too quickly, as though this was all just formality. Evidently something was off. The person being questioned ignored her. Only #4 tugged on her sleeve, and gestured at her to look at the projection.

The system indicated that Ai Bei did not violate any rules; in other words, her actions were within the scope of the competition.

After all, there was no rule that barred players from “giving away their points” for free.

Ai Bei had already collected the full marks of 25 points; she was eligible to proceed to the next round.

The competition continued. #3 sucked it up, completed #2’s nitpicky requests and safely secured her 3 points, and collated a total of 5 points for herself, before “giving her points away” to #4.

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166 | THMYO

August 8th, 2022

[ MY CLASSMATE IS TWO HUNDRED MILLION YEARS OLD ]

CHAPTER 166 ♦ LOOKING FOR A JOB I

last edited on ZLT: 19.07.22

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When Lu Yu Chen and Xuan Mo were collecting their tickets, Ai Er Ge rushed over. Topping Lu Yu Chen’s darkening gaze, Ai Er Ge handed his identification card to Xuan Mo as he grinned: “My name is Ai Er Ge.”

The IC he’d passed Xuan Mo was real. Ai Er Ge’s boss, evidently very well-connected and resourceful, managed to get him an IC, and in exchange, Ai Er Ge had to work his ass off at his boss’ place.

She had no idea where and how he managed to get it done, but at least he was finally considered a legitimate Blue Planet being now, apparently he was even on the citizen records handled by the police.

Lu Yu Chen collected his tickets in a glumness. Xuan Mo turned to look before she smiled: “Didn’t you say the seats were fixed.”

Lu Yu Chen mumbled: “Guess I was scammed…” As he spoke, he glanced at the three empty side-by-side seats on the screen with a poor expression. When Xuan Mo slanted him a glance, Lu Yu Chen had no other option but to select the three adjacent seats.

And so, the three of them ended up sitting in a row next to each other.

“Why didn’t you tell me your friend was him?” Lu Yu Chen only took down Xuan Mo and Ai Er Ge’s IC number when he was ordering the tickets earlier, so he had no idea who Xuan Mo’s friend was going to be.

“Why do I have to tell you?”

Lu Yu Chen remained dispirited. He only spoke after a while: “You’re really dating him?”

“…” Xuan Mo didn’t deny it, neither did she verify it.

Lu Yu Chen looked as though he was about to roar in anger.

The two-hour long flight was literally a roller coaster ride to Ai Er Ge. The moment the plane took off, Ai Er Ge was beside himself trying to adjust his weight and energy, so that he would be in a suitable condition to adapt to the speed of the plane. When he had trouble catching up to the changing conditions, he had to depend on Xuan Mo’s almighty mental powers as a shield to forcefully maintain himself in his human form. Hence, not long into the flight, he was already pale from exhaustion.

In all honesty, he really needn’t be so anxious, it probably wouldn’t be too scary if his head were to appear a little slanted, or if his stomach was a little puffed. But the problem was Lu Yu Chen, seated on Xuan Mo’s other side, and his bitter, had his vengeful gaze trained on Xuan Mo and Ai Er Ge throughout the entire flight.

The moment they got off the flight, Xuan Mo was squished into a taxi by Lu Yu Chen and they drove off; she didn’t even get a chance to speak to Ai Er Ge before she was forced to leave him in their dust.

“Aye…” Ai Er Ge sighed. He hailed a taxi and tailed their ride. He figured he should stay somewhere near them, and probably find a job nearby too.

No matter the environment he was in, Lu Yu Chen could always manage to find himself a huge gaggle of friends. And so the moment he returned and dropped off his luggage, he was off attending all sorts of gatherings with them. He was so busy he could barely catch a breath. Also now that they’re in university, as young adults, they have much more freedom as compared to before, and so, their mentality as well as the material aspects of their outings have greatly levelled up. Not only so, the bunch of them were decently well off, so the types of gatherings day after day were presented in great variety.

Meanwhile, Xuan Mo had skipped grades in school, so the handful of friends that she knew were still studying their asses off in their second year in high school, and hence they were really too busy to think of her. Xuan Mo herself too had no intentions of meeting up with them. And so, after returning, Xuan Mo became particularly free.

It was only half a month later did Lu Yu Chen come to a devastating realisation that he had accidentally delivered his little sister on a silver platter to a certain someone he’d previously been glaring at!

Xuan Mo was not a lazy person, it’s just that she had no idea what to do when she was on her own. She wasn’t like the other girls who would read novels, daydream or stone at the air, she wasn’t the kind to go out to shop and watch a movie with other people either… These were too boring and meaningless for her. And so, when she was alone, the most interesting thing she found herself doing was to cultivate.

But now that Ai Er Ge’s around, she had more things to do. Or at least when she was with him, she was in a much more relaxed state than she would be with any other Blue Planet being. Even though they were technically enemies, the both of them were clear that in the entire Blue Planet, the person with the closest mindset they had was each other… even if they were two hundred million years apart.

Ai Er Ge was not a flamboyant person. Since he’d decided to retain his human form, he would engage in all the normal forms of blue planet being activities, such as eating, staying at a fixed location, sleeping, enjoying entertainment, and working.

Of course, he had no intentions to become a “host” again, but he had no academic qualifications he could prove. Not only so, if he had to exert any additional strength, it would eat into his mental energy reserve. In other words, he probably wouldn’t be able to last a full day, it was very likely that he would need Xuan Mo to come save him.

Xuan Mo had lived here for close to a year, so at the very least she was familiar with what was around. Soon, Ai Er Ge’s job-hunting mission became her only reason to leave the house. ♢ MY CLASSMATE IS TWO HUNDRED MILLIONS YEARS OLD, CHAPTER 166 is hosted at ZHANLANN.COM ♢

They applied for many job applications as a restaurant service crew, but the moment the managers saw Ai Er Ge, they shook their heads. Each of them had their own reason, in fact, some of them explained that he was too good-looking, so they were unable to take him in.

There were a few bars that were rather satisfied with Ai Er Ge, but his previous job had left him with a PTSD for all dimly-lit establishments as such, so they skipped these places altogether.

Tightly after, they visited cake shops, retail stores… the recruitments were either already over, or the shops were only recruiting female employees. Some of the shops had also said that Ai Er Ge looked too princely to be a hardworking and earnest employee…

Ai Er Ge had embarked on his job-hunting journey with the purest of intentions and most genuine of attitudes; he had no impressions of the societal impressions of different types of jobs. The civilisation he came from had no such thing as academic qualifications, hence to him, all careers were equal, the only difference was the capabilities and experience of the individuals themselves.

One evening, Ai Er Ge plonked himself down at one of the curbs in town and hugged his head as he signed. Xuan Mo on the other hand stood by him and looked around.

“Aye! I’m so annoyed, why do none of them want me!” Ai Er Ge wanted to howl, “do I really look that unreliable?!”

Xuan Mo surveyed the surroundings. Chinese New Year was not yet round the corner, yet a number of malls had already begun their battle to draw in the crowd. The town centre was teeming with people, and bustling with noise; for some reason, Xuan Mo found this area very familiar.

“I think you should get some clothes first.” Xuan Mo pointed at his leather jacket and jeans, “a lot of employers were alright with your appearance, but they seemed rather disturbed when they noticed your attire. I think whatever you have on may be misleading.”

“How’s that possible? This was what my boss bought when we were out procuring clothes, it’s not like we went somewhere sus…” As he spoke, Ai Er Ge realised Xuan Mo made sense. And so, he stood and dusted his top, “you decide then, where do we get some new clothes.”

When it came to buying clothes for guys, the first thing that came to Xuan Mo’s mind was to look for Lu Yu Chen. But he seemed pretty busy lately, and this place seemed to be… “Follow me.”

She brought Ai Er Ge into a large mall, went up to the fourth floor selling premium male clothing, made a turn and walked into a huge counter. Xuan Mo’s mother just so happened to be there.

Xuan Mo was not one to be interested in her line of work, and so when Xuan Mo’s mother suddenly saw her daughter appearing in her shop one day, bringing with her a foreigner guy along, she paused for a long moment before she came to. Xuan Mo’s mother smiled and hugged Xuan Mo before turning to look at Ai Er He: “Mo Mo, what brought you here, this is…”

“Hello Aunt Xuan! My name is Ai Er Ge.” Ai Er Ge recalled the information from the memory archives Xuan Mo had sent him previously as he spoke to her mother in a warm tone. “I’m Xuan Mo’s friend.”

“Ohhh!” Though she was no longer young, Xuan Mo’s mother was still a little stunned by Ai Er Ge’s strong presence, and his dashing appearance. And this for some reason led to her pleasant impression of him. And so, she winked at her daughter knowingly: “Ahh a friend…”

“Enh, friend.” Xuan Mo continued expressionlessly. She tugged at Ai Er Ge, “he’s looking for a job, and he probably needs to change his outfit.”

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02 | YDM

August 2nd, 2022

[ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE DRAWING ME ]

CHAPTER 02

last edited on ZLT: 24.04.22

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Demons was a manga drawn by a new artist called Ji Qiu. No one’s heard of Ji Qiu until a month back; he seemed to have suddenly appeared out of no where, and landed himself a seat among the hottest trending mangas on the app.

Ever since she became a demon herself, Yuan Yuan Yuan lost interest in reading demon related manga. Despite so, she still gave in to her curiousity, and checked out the manga dangling before her eyes on the trending front page every time she opened the app.

If you were to ask why Yuan Yuan Yuan liked this manga, her reply would be — the demons in the manga were really realistic.

Uncannily so.

Yuan Yuan Yuan looked at the manga; sometimes she wondered if the artist drew the demons based on someone real. In fact, she’d even wondered for a while whether the artist was a demon him or herself, and one day was struck with a sudden adrenaline and drive to barge into the mortal realm and leave in his or her wake an artwork like this.

Honestly speaking, there were a lot of very powerful and insanely talented demons that would be well-versed in the four traditional Chinese arts*. After all, they’d lived for so long — a good portion of them have been around since the ancient times.

* 琴棋书画 the four arts: zither, Go, calligraphy, painting

But those demons that really did live that long… probably won’t be so free to produce something like this.

She looked at the phone in her hands, mincing her lips togther. In the romance novels she’d read in the past, demons would be able to get along harmoniously with humans, not only so, the former were very eager to assimilate themselves into the human society, and would even try their hands at falling in love. Back in the days, she’d have found this so adorable, but the more she thought about this now, the more ridiculous it seemed.

It’s not that she’s not a romantic, it’s just that she finally learnt what it’s like here only after she became a demon herself — the well-known grand demons were never around enough to be found, the lesser demons would be too busy trying to eke out a living. The hierarchy among the demons was as stifling as that back in a feudal society; the majority of the demons had it difficult.

Yuan Yuan Yuan went to pour herself a cup of milk in the kitchen before lying herself back on her bed. The more she thought about it, the more absurd and unfortunate it all seemed. Having grown up as in socialist society, she’d never expected life to revert back to feudalism.

She’d not gotten over this, in fact she’d been chewing on this for years. It’s only recently did she finally decide to shelf this.

Yuan Yuan Yuan took a sip of milk, the residue of the milk leaving a mark on her nose. She looked at the drawing on her screen; a girl in red laid in a pool of blood. Her raven hair splayed out behind her down her back, her entire being was doused in blood.

The girl seemed to be staring ahead. She had a pair of deep, bottomless eyes, with the tails of her eye tilting upwards. As though a red Queen of the Night flower, her crimson dress was as beautiful a bloom as it was a swift wither.

As Yuan Yuan Yuan drank her milk, she observed the girl on the manga. It was evident that the artist favoured this character very much. Ji Qiu had dedicated an entire page to drawing her; Yuan Yuan Yuan’s entire screen was splashed with red, black and a mix of both colours. It was overflowingly rich, and so realistically textured, as though you’d personally witnessed the death of the character.

If such a grand demon were to truly exist… Yuan Yuan Yuan could not imagine how it would have been when the demon died. ♢ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU’RE DRAWING ME, CHAPTER 02 is hosted at ZHANLANN.COM ♢

Suddenly, Yuan Yuan Yuan felt a little cold, and frightened, as though a shiver just ran itself down her back and through her entire body, leaving in its wake a sense of numbness.

She flipped the page, ready to read what happened next. Suddenly, a wild series of knocks sounded at her door.

“Who is it?” Yuan Yuan Yuan got up and grabbed the dagger that had been stored beside her bed as she shouted.

It was almost close to eleven at night. People usually don’t visit at such a timing, so she had no idea who would be at the door.

Her heart trembling, she got off her bed. She paused for a moment as she neared the door, before recalling the rune that Sister Xue had drew on her door. At that, she found that she’d managed to gather a little more courage than a moment before as she inched over to the door.

To her surprise, the person knocking on her door was her neighbour.

“Yuan Yuan! Yuan Yuan are you there?” Banging sounds came from the knocks. As Yuan Yuan Yuan listened to the familiar voice, she slowly opened her door. A woman shoved herself in from outside; she was wearing a black coat, and her hair was drenched. Worry colouring her face, she asked: “Yuan Yuan, have you seen our Xiao Ying?”

“Xiao Ying?” Yuan Yuan Yuan paused, “she’s still not back?”

Xiao Ying was Yuan Yuan Yuan’s neighbour’s child. While Yuan Yuan Yuan had to pay demon rent every quarter, the neighbourhood she stayed in was filled with humans. Her neighbour for one was a pure human.

“No she’s not, I went to pick her up at her tuition place, but I didn’t find her; her teacher said she left after class, but she’s not picking up her phone.”

“…” Yuan Yuan Yuan looked out at the sky outside, it was raining today; she could smell a faint fishy smell.

“Yuan Yuan, I’m gonna head out with her dad to look for her, can you help me keep a lookout here, if Xiao Ying’s back, please call me immediately.” After speaking, her neighbour turned to leave, leaving a stunned Yuan Yuan Yuan in her wake. “Hold on! Aunt! Aunt! Come back first! It’s still raining outside! You should call the police first!”

Her neighbour was already a distance away, “we called the police earlier!”

Yuan Yuan Yuan stood at her door, flabberghasted. She figured that it won’t be of use even if they did call the police.

The wiff of fishy stench outside grew stronger by the minute, Yuan Yuan Yuan had noticed it for a long while now, but she didn’t go out. It was usually best if you don’t get yourself involved in other demon’s business, especially when it came to things like hunting.

The rule around here was — they were not allowed to hunt or kill demons that were quiet and obedient. But if it escalated into a private or underground battle between demons, their head demon was not going to meddle.

She’d stuck to this rule religiously for the entire year she’d been here so far. She’d never went out at night. Rather than a defense enchantment, the rune drawn on her door was more like an insignia of her identity, one that spelt that she was a legal resident, and she was under the protection of their head.

Of course if it was a private conflict, then the rune was as good as nothing; the other demon would be able to enter her residence without obstruction and kill her without worrying about any form of punishment.

Though she hadn’t joined the demon society for long, as a half-demon, Yuan Yuan Yuan still knew of these unspoken rules. Though she was only a half-demon, she was definitely not the kind to cook up any trouble. But today… they were people she knew.

Yuan Yuan Yuan closed the door and stood in the hallway, a sudden sense of loss engulfed her for the first time. This was probably the worst possible situation that had ever happen to her; it was even worse than being chased by a bird-faced idiot that had discrimnated against her for being a half-demon in the middle of the damn night.

She stood there for a very, very long time, so long as though she’d become solidified into a statue, so long until the voice-activated lights outside switched itself off, before she suddenly flew into action.

Yuan Yuan Yuan didn’t return to her bedroom to continue reading the manga. Instead, she dashed over to her closet and started rummaging through her clothes. As she dug through, pieces of clothing not to her desire gradually filled the floor.

After digging around for a few minutes, Yuan Yuan Yuan finally found a black windbreaker, and held it up against her to check if it fitted.

The windbreaker used to be her dad’s, so it was very very large, large enough to submerge her head and entire body within its material to the point that she’d be unrecognisable.

Yuan Yuan Yuan covered her face with one hand and rubbed. Three seconds later, she looked up again.

She now had a very different face.

…she should still give it a go.

Yuan Yuan Yuan shrugged on the windbreaker, her gaze sharpening instantly as a tinge of red climbed up the edge of her eyes.

A breeze flitted past outside the window… as though someone had quietly sneaked in and witnessed the changed Yuan Yuan Yuan.

In a swirling mix of blacks and reds, the scene suddenly froze itself, emerging on a piece of drawing paper.

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01 | YDM

August 2nd, 2022

[ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE DRAWING ME ]

CHAPTER 01

last edited on ZLT: 24.04.22

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Translator’s Note:

yall this novel is wild TTwTT idek how to describe it, in my many many years of reading chinese novels this is one of the first that gets me so riled up and excited i cannot; if you like fiction-parallels-reality plots, secret identities (ohh you gonna get A LOT of this), gender bender (and this), character growth, fake-it-till-you-make-it situations, this-looks-scary-imma-avoid-it-but-how-did-i-end-up-getting-involved-wth situations, a mundane (and sometimes hilariously vain? hhahaa youll get what i mean if you read on) main character that is constantly underestimating herself, this def gonna be your cup of tea QwQ even if it isnt you need to read this!! the plots twists (or more accurately, the consistent heart attack moments) the main character experiences are hilarious and insane hahaah i love it

i started reading this novel thinking it was a light-hearted fantasy novel, with a dash of humour; but oh damn was i wrong, theres so much foreshadowing and everything unravels into a much much much bigger picture;

this probably the best reality-clashing-with-fiction plot i’ve seen so far, the last one i watched was this korean drama titled “W: Two Worlds Apart” but i never did make it to the end of the kdrama oops; also i love how theres three perspectives being written, one from the “fiction characters” from the manga, one from the actual characters (aka the main female lead) and one from the audience (aka the manga readers), it’s just so good i love it

unfortunately (or fortunately?) the author made it clear from the beginning that the female lead will not have any romantic interests, so oh well, but there’s a lot of shippable moments and characters :”)

anyway im so excited to be translating this, the plot is amazing honestly, i hope i can get yall as excited as i was when i first read it with this translated version :”) if any of yall have the means, do support the author too! this novel is really insane TTwTT

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“Yuan Yuan, you haven’t paid for this term yet.”

“Oh, hold on.” A voice sounded from within the apartment. Following which, the door cracked open, its width but a thin sliver. A fair hand stretched out from within. In the hand laid three translucent red pearls. “Sister Xue, is this alright.”

An exquisite face, snow-white skin and blood-red lips, the person known as “Sister Xue” was a beautiful lady. On a rainy day as such, she appeared at this apartment, donned in a sheer dress.

Despite the fact that a person like her appearing in such a run down residential compound should be a particularly striking sight, the voice-activated lights along the hallways remained dark. The corridor was silent as well, as though no one was there.

Sister Xue took the pearls, weighed it in her hands and said: “It’s good.” After which, she took out a calligraphy brush and drew a few strokes on the anti-theft security door.

A faint light emitted from the shabby anti-theft door before the door returned to its original, mundane appearance.

Sister Xue placed the pearls in one of her pockets at her waist, smiled and bid a farewell before turning to leave. Shortly, the slighty ajar door was lightly closed. Everything had occurred silently, without catching the attention of the surrounding neighbours.

It was only when a sharp yowl of a stray cat that sounded from outside a few minutes later did it immediately activate the lights on the corridor.

Yuan Yuan Yuan exhaled, and returned to her bedroom. ♢ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU’RE DRAWING ME, CHAPTER 01 is hosted at ZHANLANN.COM ♢

Her tightened muscles relaxed immediately as she laid back down on her bed again.

She was the only one in the apartment unit. The small, yellow light at her bedside shined on quietly in a warm, weak light.

It was quiet all around, only the phone that had been placed on the bed was glinting in the dark.

The pretty lady from earlier was the “second landlord” around here; she was the person in charge of collecting “rent” for their head from the demons living around here.

Yuan Yuan Yuan had moved into this apartment a year ago. This was a very mixed area — they had demons from all over everywhere here — perhaps both the good and the bad. Hence, this wasn’t exactly the safest area per say. With that being said, as long as you don’t head out in the middle of the night pulling something that’d get you killed, life around here was still pretty routine and basic.

As a half-demon, Yuan Yuan Yuan had spent quite some time and effort trying to find a peaceful place to settle down. Even if this area was similar to that of the demons’ slums, she was still incredibly thankful that she finally found a place she could settle down properly in.

Provocation and fights were a common sight among demons; in addition, they were an exclusive bunch, so they weren’t the most welcoming when it came to half-demons like Yuan Yuan Yuan.

The city that Yuan Yuan Yuan was currently residing in was a demon and human mixed city. She would often jokingly call this place as “the city of freedom”. Their head was quite a decent grand demon; the rules he set was – as long as you pay your protection fees, he would protect you as long as you are living in his territory.

Hence, there are a lot of other ostracised demons like Yuan Yuan Yuan living in this area; while this was a disorderly place, there remained a certain sense of structure beneath it all.

Normal demons wouldn’t be fond of this city; only the notorious ones would truly find this place to their liking. Notorious demons referring to indiscriminate killers, or those that were on the run.

Before becoming a demon, Yuan Yuan Yuan had previously on many occasions let her imagination about demons run wild. In the past few years however, she couldn’t even be bothered to properly figure out her own situation. There were some things that seemed riveting from the outside, but once you’re involved, everything would appear different – the blood, the cruelty, all these were pretty revolting; none of this was anywhere near the glitter and gold she had been imagining.

She’d paid the “rent” for this term… she would probably be able to live peacefully on for the next three months.

Yuan Yuan Yuan got up and looked at the light drizzle outside. She was beyond satisfied with this place. Demons were usually active at night. However, to the former human being like herself, Yuan Yuan Yuan persisted her human biological clock and practices, and so, she’d never went out at night.

It was night… the perfect time to “cultivate”, aka stay up late into the night. Having settled the “rent” also had her incredibly relaxed and carefree; Yuan Yuan Yuan felt that she could probably stay up till 2am in the night.

After switching on the mobile phone she’d bought from three years ago, she opened an app that she’d been using to read manga and flipped to the one that she’d been particularly obsessed with. The manga was called Demons, and it told about the story of a little demon slayer*.

* note: this novel is not affliated to the anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba; i’ve considered using the word “exorcist”, but exorcist is more for dispelling something (evil) that has possessed a person; the demons here are beings of their own and don’t possess anyone so the term “slayer” seems more accurate

TRANSLATOR & EDITOR: WYNNE.

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165 | THMYO

August 1st, 2022

[ MY CLASSMATE IS TWO HUNDRED MILLION YEARS OLD ]

CHAPTER 165 ♦ REPLACE II

last edited on ZLT: 10.06.22

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“I feel like you’re not… if we go by the novels, then I think it’s quite possible that you might be a cultivator, or an ESPer, but… I feel like you’re not.” Ling Yun started hesitantly, as he spoke, he grew more confident, and even started shaking his head, “you’re definitely not human.”

Xuan Mo shrugged: “Alright, I really am not.” She paused, “is this why you’re scared of me?”

Ling Yun’s expression was a little strange: “Anyone who encountered something like this would be a little scared, won’t they.”

“Fine.” Xuan Mo nodded in understanding.

“Then, what are you?” Ling Yun was still rather nervous, “demon? An immortal?”

Xuan Mo almost laughed: “Aren’t you an astrology hobbyist, you can’t guess what I am?”

“No way! Really, really?!” Ling Yun was so excited his face turned red. Suddenly, he got anxious again, “you, you guys won’t hurt humans would you?”

Hurt humans? Xuan Mo knew that quite a number of movies here were talking about aliens coming to the blue planet for war… and most of these wars happened without rhyme or reason, very illogical. Regardless of the civilisation, waging a war was very consuming in every aspect, to colonise an opposing race and civilisation was far less sustainable than being on friendly but slightly unbalanced trade terms. Even Scorpio Planet would attempt to engage diplomatically before starting any war.

Xuan Mo’s disdainful expression when the topic of harming humans was brought up had Ling Yun exhaling in relief: “So you’re an Autobot, that’s good that’s good.”

“What?” Xuan Mo was befuddled.

“Autobot, you don’t know what it is?” Ling Yun was suddenly excited again, the cool kid in front of her suddenly turned into a 3000 Whys Blue Cat, asking: “oh right, have you met other aliens before? Are there really Transformers in the universe?”

“Transformers?” Xuan Mo couldn’t help but laugh, “you guys are the only ones with Transformers please.”

“Eh… what about… I mean… Robot Civilisation, Mechanical Civilisation?” Ling Yun wasn’t satisfied with just describing, he even took out his phone, flipped through it and even produced a few Transformers posters, “like this!”

“This?” Xuan Mo looked at the images, “they don’t really look like this, but there is something similar… before…” Her expression became a little strange, “you like this?”

“A lot of young people like this, this is popular worldwide, aren’t they cool?”

“…their mechanical offensive power is not too bad.” Xuan Mo was a little confused, “but I don’t understand why you like them?”

“Why won’t we like them.” ♢ MY CLASSMATE IS TWO HUNDRED MILLIONS YEARS OLD, CHAPTER 165 is hosted at ZHANLANN.COM ♢

“I’ve seen three of these types of civilisation.” Xuan Mo said earnestly, “all three of them did not come about naturally, they overtook the planet that their creators lived on.”

At Ling Yun’s speechless face, Xuan Mo’s expression became even more strange: “You guys are the ones creating robots… careful don’t let them pull a reverse-uno on you.”

At Xuan Mo’s words, Ling Yun suddenly recalled movies such as The Terminator and the likes, and shivered.

After revealing her identity as an alien for the first time, Xuan Mo was in a fantastic mood.

She wasn’t worried that Ling Yun would do anything to her, she didn’t see the need to have to put him under surveillance. Just his fearful gaze told her that he was clear of the consequences if he tried to pull anything.

This also reminded her to not be too thrifty with her mental powers. There still was a need to enlarge the scope of her mental surveillance during sensitive periods like now. Society was also more advanced now, they still did have some standard to their technological development.

Finals were the next few days. After finishing her examination, Xuan Mo received Lu Yu Chen’s congratulatory text — it was a Maths finals paper.

Xuan Mo was amused. She finished speedily and sent it back the way he sent it to her.

A while later, Lu Yu Chen’s call came in, he was laughing his ass off: “Ahahahaa! Mo Mo, you should’ve seen my Maths teacher’s expression! It was too funny, my attendance this sem was zero so he was staring at me, but when he saw my paper, his face turned green!”

After listening to his boasting, Xuan Mo asked: “Have you booked the flight?”

“I’ll book it later, what time do you prefer, morning afternoon night?”

“Anything, remember to buy three tickets.”

“Three? Why?”

“Someone else is going back too.” Xuan Mo didn’t explain further and hung up, ignoring Lu Yu Chen’s frenzied howling. It was afternoon, and Ai Er Ge was walking over.

It was actually also fine to leave Ai Er Ge to head back on his own, but when aliens flew in the air, their form would change a little one way or another. When they no longer were bound by gravity, creatures with mental powers would change to adapt to their environment. For example, Xuan Mo’s previous body would become more translucent. As for Ai Er Ge, apparently he would slowly turn into an oval shape.

Therefore to prevent Ai Er Ge from transforming into a pancake in front of everyone on his flight back, Xuan Mo could only suck it up and bring this troublesome being along with her.

“You’re calling your brother?” Ai Er Ge was dressed very normally today — he was wearing a beige coat and blue jeans, his obnoxious red hair flying in the wind. It was finals period, and a lot of students were able to head back after their examinations, so Ai Er Ge didn’t make himself invisible. Even with the many non-students visiting the school, Ai Er Ge still managed to make himself out to be a walking scenery.

“Enh.” Xuan Mo held his hand to charge.

“How did your exams go?”

“It’s fine…”

“I heard, blue planet beings sometimes… fake their answers?”

“In layman terms, cheating.”

“How can they do that?!” Ai Er Ge frowned, “cheating is like covering the eyes of the Goddess of Knowledge! If you cover the eyes of the Goddess of Knowledge, all your people would not be able to see the future! This is too dangerous! As a race with very subpar offensive ability, subpar technology, how can they tarnish the way of knowledge when it’s their only way out of this dump, they will be punished!”

“Why are you so riled up over other people’s business.” Xuan Mo remained calm; she’d even helped a certain someone do exactly this just a moment ago.

“Aye, I’m feeling a gradual sense of danger at the fact that I’m stuck here.” Ai Er Ge’s eyes suddenly glinted. He grabbed Xuan Mo’s hand, “Mo Mo, the great Marshal Abu! I heard that the upcoming holiday will be a long one, and you don’t have class, can you find the way back home together with me!” His eyes were teary, “I wanna go home!”

“If you mean find the galaxy door, no can do.”

Ai Er Ge clenched his teeth and suddenly said: “We don’t necessarily need to open the galaxy door, because we don’t know where it’ll bring us either.”

Xuan Mo understood: “You mean, activate it with mental powers so that the galaxy door can transmit extra-distance frequencies to attract someone from the Great Coalition?” She was suddenly curious, “who would it attract though, the army, or your people?”

Ai Er Ge shook his head: “I, I don’t know either.” He was a little crestfallen. “I’m not used to this place, I don’t like that I have to charge every day, I don’t like being ordered around by my boss, even the clients I take are less educated than me, we think very differently… don’t you find it uncomfortable here?”

“That’s why they say, Elgeians can use their brains to survive in a high-knowledge civilisation, while Scorpions are the only ones that can adapt to any challenging environments — same thing.” Xuan Mo shrugged, “because it really is rough here.”

“I don’t care! I’mma go all out!” Ai Er Ge suddenly leapt up, “Even if I die, I need to try! If we end up attracting the army, then fine, I’m unlucky! Whatever the case is, I’ve never used this technology before, I’ll be ruled at most seventeen, eighteen years on the military court for being an Elge. If we attract the Elge… well whichever of them comes, I won’t be able to get past you anyway, all you need to do is to announce your name, believe me, you literally have that power to stupefy people.”

Honestly, Xuan Mo was a little moved. She didn’t dare to even consider opening the galaxy door, too much resources were needed. But activating the door and sending out a transmission, that was well within her abilities… “Then…” Just as she was about to start discussing a plausible plan, a text message came in.

It was from Lu Yu Chen: “Mo Mo! I’ve already gotten my friend to help book the tickets, and got my hands on the tickets, it’s just that we didn’t manage to get a good seat, only two of the seats are side by side, the last one is separate.”

“Enh, okay.” Xuan Mo replied. Just as she was about to resume their conversation, Lu Yu Chen’s text came in again.

“Mo Mo! Is your friend a guy or a girl? If it’s a girl, yall can sit together, if it’s a guy then you sit with me, he can go and sit on his own!”

“…” Xuan Mo felt that ignoring this foolish brother of hers really was becoming too challenging a feat.

T/N: honestly if it werent for the fact that Ai Er Ge was originally a ball of red light, i’d almost almost almost low-key ship them… almost…… orz am i the only one LOL

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CHAPTER 05

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CHAPTER 168 ♦ SEEKING SHELTER I

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CHAPTER 04

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CHAPTER 167 ♦ LOOKING FOR A JOB II

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CHAPTER 03

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CHAPTER 09

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CHAPTER 166 ♦ LOOKING FOR A JOB I

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CHAPTER 02

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CHAPTER 01

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CHAPTER 165 ♦ REPLACE II

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`CHAPTER 168 ♦ SEEKING SHELTER I`

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`CHAPTER 04`

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`CHAPTER 167 ♦ LOOKING FOR A JOB II`

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`CHAPTER 03`

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`CHAPTER 09`

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`CHAPTER 166 ♦ LOOKING FOR A JOB I`

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`CHAPTER 02`

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`CHAPTER 01`

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`CHAPTER 165 ♦ REPLACE II`

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