**Chapter 127: Explosions are Art**
At a little past eight in the evening, it had been dark for quite some time, and Gu Qiqi had just finished her last part-time job of the day—helping the cafeteria unload goods.
In front of the back kitchen passage of the cafeteria.
Gu Qiqi clapped her hands and smiled at the middle-aged uncle in charge of unloading, “Old Zhao, I’ve moved all the vegetables in for you! Remember to pay me my wages for this month after work tomorrow!”
The uncle responsible for unloading was named Zhao Wu, of medium height, with a slightly balding head, wearing a promotional T-shirt from a top-up offer, and flip flops on his feet.
He looked somewhat disheveled, but his bright eyes were as sharp as a rat scurrying in the night.
Upon hearing that Gu Qiqi wanted to get paid tomorrow, Zhao Wu showed a hint of panic on his face, “What’s going on? Everything’s going well, why do you suddenly want your wages? Little Gu, don’t you think the pay I give is too low?”
Most school cafeterias have their share of unspeakable shady dealings.
Although the cafeteria at Huacheng University has not become so unscrupulous as to buy rotten vegetables and such, there is always a bit of quality cutting involved.
In such circumstances, it’s impossible to unload goods openly during the day, so work only starts after dark.
Once the night gets longer, it’s always hard to hire part-time workers at night, which makes it cheaper for bold and money-loving folks like Gu Qiqi.
Although Gu Qiqi’s hourly wage is more than three times that of a usual part-time worker, the fact that she can do the work of five to eight people by herself means a lot.
Thus, upon hearing that Gu Qiqi wanted to get paid, Zhao Wu felt a bit anxious; if Gu Qiqi left, where would he find another worker who was so cheap, diligent, and tight-lipped?
“Uncle, I don’t think the pay is low; it’s just that yours is the highest among all the part-time jobs I’ve done!”
“However, the day after tomorrow, I have to go on a trip, and I might not be back for a while.”
“Don’t worry, Uncle. I’ll definitely come back and continue working for you!” Gu Qiqi patted her chest and promised.
Hearing this, Zhao Wu breathed a slight sigh of relief, his face breaking into a smile full of creases.
What far distance can a college student go? Isn’t she still in school? At most, she would just be taking a break to wander around the campus during the anniversary celebration.
“That’s good, that’s good! You must come back! I’ll keep a spot for you. By the way, here, I saved you the cafeteria’s chicken leg rice today; the chicken leg is definitely the biggest one!”
“Thank you, Uncle!” Gu Qiqi happily took the packed chicken leg rice from Zhao Wu and walked away in high spirits.
After walking for a while across the quiet campus, the system finally showed up, whispering in Gu Qiqi’s ear, “Gu Qiqi, are you really so happy just from a chicken leg rice? Can’t you have a bit of dignity? As your system, I feel quite embarrassed!”
“Okay, okay, I got it. Next time, I’ll ask Uncle Zhao to prepare a dry pot for me, that should be okay, right?” Gu Qiqi responded dismissively.
“Cheh!” The system spat in disdain, steering the topic back to seriousness, “Find a place to eat quickly, and then continue looking for that set of bamboo slips.”
“Something feels off; suddenly, I can’t sense anything within the school anymore. It seems a little strange!”
“Got it.” Gu Qiqi acknowledged and suddenly seemed to remember something, slapping her head, “Oh right, I forgot to ask you earlier.”
“Where did those two who were chasing the decapitated female ghost come from? We’ve been looking for that ghost for so long, and it feels so frustrating to have the victory stolen from us!”
As she spoke, Gu Qiqi found a nearby bench to sit down on, unwrapped the chicken leg rice package, stared at the enticing chicken leg, and swallowed hard, eagerly breaking open a set of disposable chopsticks.
“Those are people from the Solar Eclipse Society…”
“What kind of society is that? Are they stronger than the student council?” Gu Qiqi asked with her chopsticks in her mouth, tilting her head in confusion.
In recent days, Gu Qiqi had suffered quite a bit trying to infiltrate the student council during the anniversary celebrations to sneak into Professor Ma’s laboratory, creating an alibi within the Bamboo Slips Illusion, and it had almost given her a psychological shadow.
“A bunch of pretentious kids, acting all bureaucratic; can they even compare to the urban legend terror organization?” the system said with indignation.
“Gu Qiqi, you need to be more cautious! Don’t run errands for just ten or twenty bucks! Even if you’re short on cash, can’t you charge a bit more?”
“Don’t you see they’re treating you like a fool?”
The system was infuriated just thinking about the rumor among the members of the student council that “as long as they give Gu Qiqi ten yuan, she can help with anything that doesn’t violate principles.”
“Hey, you don’t get it; I think they’re the fools!” Gu Qiqi laughed, “As long as they think they can toy with me for ten bucks, I can keep making money.”
The system, “……” Initially, it seemed reasonable? But don’t you feel embarrassed? This guy is willing to come up with any method to make money.
“Forget it, let’s not talk about this. Anyway, those Solar Eclipse Society members are very dangerous and not someone you can mess with right now.”
“If they want to sneak into the underground school to find something, let them; we’ll just pretend we didn’t see it. If we meddle, we’ll end up like that decapitated female ghost.” the system warned seriously.
Gu Qiqi felt a chill down her spine, the chicken leg in her mouth plopped back into the bowl. “Are you saying we might get hit before we even see them clearly?”
Why is her focus always so strange? The system grumbled internally, responding, “That’s right! Just don’t bother; someone will take care of them later.”
“Who?”
“Why do you care? Stop asking and eat your meal!”
“No way, you must tell me today! If you don’t, I won’t sleep well tonight.” Gu Qiqi pouted, “Hurry, tell me!”
“Calamity, are you satisfied now?” the system said impatiently.
Destroying the Solar Eclipse Society might be the most correct thing she has done in this world, the system thought. But that still didn’t negate the sins she committed! the system reflected.
“System…”
While the system was lost in thought, Gu Qiqi’s voice floated over softly.
“What’s wrong?”
“How are you so sure she’ll definitely destroy the Solar Eclipse Society? I’ve noticed your predictions have been less accurate lately; maybe she’ll notice one day?” Gu Qiqi said.
“d*mn! Are you looking for trouble? Be careful or I’ll annihilate you, you j*rk!” the system exclaimed with anger, “I can guarantee that this prediction is definitely the most accurate one in a while!”
After all, even someone as crazed as Calamity would want to take revenge if they knew about something like a father’s revenge, right? the system thought.
“Okay, stop thinking about nonsense. Hurry up and eat; after you’re done, we’ll continue searching…”
“I’m done already!” Gu Qiqi rubbed her stomach, which had eaten two servings of chicken leg rice and hardly changed.
“What the hell?! When did you…”
“I should have…” Gu Qiqi poked her finger at her chin, trying to remember, “I can’t recall, it was too little, completely no feeling, didn’t remember.”
The system, “……”
Fine, what can be said? After all, she’s still in her developmental stage.
After all, the energy needed for Spirit Pattern body transformation is quite high. Once she fully develops, things will get better, right? Hmm, probably.
“By the way, system…”
“Hmm?”
“I sensed the bamboo slips.” Gu Qiqi said, raising her arm and rolling up her sleeve to reveal her delicate and fair arms.
On her arm, there was a red swollen spot that looked like a bug bite; one could vaguely discern the outline of a lantern, with bl**d-like cracks spreading outwards, appearing somewhat menacing.
At that moment, beneath that swollen skin, a faint red light was emanating, proving that the bamboo slips were within a kilometer of her vicinity.
“Strange, why did it suddenly come back?” the system muttered to itself, pondering for a few seconds, then said to Gu Qiqi, “Gu Qiqi, let’s go take a look.”
“System, aren’t you going to issue a mission for this?” Gu Qiqi asked.
“Cut the cr*p, there hasn’t been any new supplies lately! Don’t think I don’t know what you want; it’s just to use points to exchange for cash to buy the crystal shoes you want to wear to the dance, right?”
“Just go buy a pair of plastic crystal sandals on Taobao for nineteen yuan and eighty cents, and I’ll add some magic; the effect will be the same.”
Gu Qiqi felt a bit wronged, pouting, “But I still want…”
“What are you thinking! You don’t want anything; poor people don’t need bicycles!”
“But what I want is crystal shoes, not bicycles…”
“……” The system fell silent for a few seconds before changing its strategy, “Didn’t you want to be like Cinderella and meet the prince at the ball? Cinderella used replicas; can you use genuine items?”
Gu Qiqi pondered the system’s words and nodded, “Alright, you make it sound a bit reasonable.”
……
While Gu Qiqi and the system were deciding to head to where the bamboo slips were located to check the situation.
On the other side, under a lush banyan tree near Gate Four.
“Whoosh—!”
After burying the last initial spring wind spell used to set traps, Luxianbei stood up and let out a long breath.
“This should be enough, right?”
Half an hour ago, upon realizing she couldn’t take the decapitated senior with her, she had the idea of setting up some defensive traps on the spot.
Although the methods for setting up these traps were learned just a couple of days ago for the purpose of dealing with the strange old man, from a wilderness survival YouTuber, who knows if they’ll be effective.
However, since she couldn’t leave the decapitated senior behind and must stay put, she thought, since she had nothing better to do, she might as well make some preparations.
What if it works?
If it works, as long as any urban legend activates the mechanism, it will be struck down by the Great Sun Vairocana Statue and then hit with more than seventy initial spring wind spells all at once.
She wondered what the scene would be like when more than seventy initial spring wind spells exploded simultaneously? It must be spectacular, right?
Luxianbei thought, her eyes gradually becoming more peculiar.
What’s that saying? Oh right, explosions are art! Hehehe—!
