"Dan Zong, run!"
As the viewers pondered the condition of Qi Cai Dan's bones, they suddenly saw three pairs of translucent hands emerging silently from the ground where Qi Cai Dan and the others lay, as if to embrace them. Although these three hands were no longer as massive as before, it was unlikely they were there to help. The viewers' gazes sharpened, and they immediately grew tense. They quickly typed messages in the bullet screen, wishing they could shout through the live stream: "Be careful! There are hands!" The enemy wasn't dead yet!
...
As if sensing the viewers' shouts, Xu Nan, lying on the ground with severe injuries, moved his eyeballs. His gaze fell upon a translucent hand that had quietly extended to his side. He opened his mouth towards Qi Cai Dan's direction, but no sound came from his throat.
"..."
This scene made the viewers watching the live stream screen anxious. "It's over, it's over, Xu Nan can't even speak anymore." They then looked at the mechanical ball, which was also dizzy, its head still spinning. While spinning, it laboriously reassembled its own parts. It looked truly pathetic. It's over, it's over, all three of them are finished. "Calling the streamer, calling the streamer, a great terror is coming to raid the base!" "Police: We're almost there!"
At this moment, everyone didn't know this was a delayed broadcast. The police were rushing towards the villa area. Even if they didn't know if they could help, if they could issue a warning or help delay for a minute or two... perhaps they could wait for the streamer, wait for the underworld's ghost envoys to discover them? One more minute meant one more possibility!
Upon hearing this, the viewers in front of the screen's eyes lit up, and a glimmer of hope arose in their hearts. The shouts in the bullet screen were divided into two groups. One group cheered for the police, and the other continued to call for the streamer. The bullet screen scrolled by densely. Each person was typing with unprecedented speed, as if participating in a major rescue operation.
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"???"
Qi Cai Dan, who was lying on the ground, suddenly widened its eyes, realizing something was wrong. Its body seemed to be sinking downwards! It looked at Xu Nan and the mechanical ball again. The two balls of fire in its eyes grew even larger, and it exclaimed in alarm: "Not good! There's a ghost!" The owner of those translucent hands was still alive! Because only one pair of hands had appeared before, it had assumed the other party was living by attaching itself to the giant infant. It had been careless! Most importantly...
Qi Cai Dan tried to struggle. Then, it struggled for nothing. Its body felt hollow, and it was exhausted from overusing its strength. Even if it hadn't been careless, the situation would have been the same. Let alone struggling, if it hadn't seen them, it wouldn't have even sensed the appearance of those hands.
"Ghost?"
Hearing Qi Cai Dan's words, the mechanical ball, still dizzy, raised its head and looked around. "Don't worry, I have bombs!" Just as it was about to grab a bomb, it realized its limbs couldn't move? But this wasn't a problem. Two thin, long rods emerged from the mechanical ball's head, opening at the ends to reveal two claws. The two small claws moved, then dug and dug. They pulled out two small bombs and threw them. One fell near Xu Nan's feet, and the other...
Qi Cai Dan watched the small bomb falling in a parabola towards its forehead, "Ahhh ahhh ahhh—!" Was it going to attack its own side first?!
The viewers: ﾉ)ﾟДﾟ( !!!!!! Noooo!
In a flash of lightning, a white light shot out from Qi Cai Dan's location. Bang! Bang! The small bombs exploded simultaneously. Accompanying them were the sounds of 'zi la~' 'zi la~'.
Zi la?
Qi Cai Dan, feeling no pain, looked up and saw a huge ball of lightning appearing above. Amidst the flashing lightning, a white figure was faintly visible. White horns, a dragon head symbolizing power. A white body shimmering with silver lightning. From its front and back claws, two masses of black mist slowly dispersed. Clearly, the bombs had been caught by her before they exploded.
The white, handsome dragon glanced at it and then plunged towards the ground.
"Wait..."
Qi Cai Dan was stunned, a multitude of thoughts flashing through its mind. Seeing the little white dragon leave, it was about to mention that the three pairs of ghost hands were still there. It turned its head and saw six arrows made of lightning, piercing directly into the three pairs of ghost hands, pinning them firmly to the ground.
Qi Cai Dan tried to move its limbs. Hey, it could move. It then quickly checked on Xu Nan and the mechanical ball. Yes, they were both still alive. As for their injuries, although they looked a bit scary, they were relatively easy to treat. Qi Cai Dan took out medicinal supplies from its storage ring and gave Xu Nan a simple treatment. Since it had become a bone dragon, its storage blue hat had been replaced with a small ring by its master. Wearing it on its claw was quite convenient.
As for the mechanical ball... Qi Cai Dan looked at it, unsure how to proceed. It could only help pick up the fallen parts and wait for it to reassemble them slowly. After doing this, Qi Cai Dan looked at the ground. It wondered how things were going below. Just as it was thinking, a bolt of lightning shot out from the ground in front of it. It stirred up a strong wind. Ao Bai, after a flip in the air, landed in front of Qi Cai Dan. It extended a claw forward, handing over the thing it had grabbed from underground.
"Here."
Qi Cai Dan glanced at it. "Is this the owner of those ghost hands?" It was a very strange thing, white and translucent. It was like thick yarn, about as thick as an adult's arm, coiled together and constantly wriggling. It was mixed with many strange auras.
Ao Bai asked, "Keep it to take back? Or destroy it directly?"
Qi Cai Dan looked at the place where the giant infants had died not far away. "Keep it for now, and take it back to the mission center to see how they handle it." Ao Bai nodded, wrapped the strange mass, and it flew by her side like a bubble. Then, it looked at Qi Cai Dan and the others. "Mission complete, going back?"
"Mm."
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"It's the Little White Dragon!"
"Holy crap, is the Little White Dragon's entrance always this cool!"
"I actually forgot about the Little White Dragon!"
The viewers in the live stream were astonished. When the Little White Dragon appeared, they only felt the screen flicker, with crackling sounds, like a bad signal. Then they looked again, and wow! Wasn't that the Little White Dragon from before in the lightning? It was still here?! And...
"It's so strong!"
From the time the Little White Dragon appeared to capturing the mastermind, only two to three minutes had passed. Clean, efficient! Powerful, reliable!
"Finally, we can breathe easy!"
Seeing that the crisis had passed, the viewers who had been sweating nervously from tension released their hands and slumped back in their seats. It seemed that ever since Dan Zong started going out on missions, they had always been worried like mothers. What do you call this? The emperor isn't anxious, but the eunuch is?? Pfft, pfft, pfft!
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