Capítulo 2121: Chapter 1697: Clues (Double-Length) (2)

“Well said! Zombie Brother, I knew I didn’t misjudge you. You’re a man of emotions and righteousness, who knows gratitude and reciprocation. Not bad, not bad!”

Seeing the situation heading south, Bei Diao immediately changed his tone, “Overturning Water Brother, don’t worry. We’ll do our best to help you complete this task. We can’t let you fight alone here!”

Upon hearing this, three black lines appeared on Zombie’s forehead. He didn’t expect Bei Diao to have the nerve to say such things. He could only force a grin as a response.

“Brother, we’re all adults here. Can we not play these hypocritical games?”

Pretty Boy rolled his eyes, thinking it was Bei Diao who talked about leaving and then spoke of staying. Does he have no shame?

“Cough, cough, I’m just giving myself a way out. Sister-in-law, saying this makes Overturning Water Brother look at me differently?”

Bei Diao awkwardly fiddled with the Evil Spirit Bone Fan. Had he known this would be the outcome, he wouldn’t have rushed to express his stance. Now, he’s just made things awkward for himself.

“It’s nothing, Bei Diao Brother. It’s not something you can control. Leaving is understandable. I don’t blame you—don’t worry about it.”

Su Ran smiled, not taking it seriously. He looked at Pretty Boy, persuading, “Sister Xiao Sheng, you’re different from them. As the guild leader, you have many things to handle. If you stay here because of me and delay the guild’s development, wouldn’t I become an eternal sinner?”

“Say no more. No matter how long it takes, I’ll be with you until you complete the task. If it weren’t for you, what meaning would the guild have for me?”

Pretty Boy looked straight into Su Ran’s eyes, expressing her heartfelt thoughts.

“…”

Listening to these blunt words, Su Ran found himself speechless, unsure what to say. So he decided to keep silent, playing dumb.

“Overturning Water Brother, you should take a stand. Sister-in-law is willing to give up the guild for you. Can’t you make her a promise?”

Being someone with experience, Bei Diao could see the unusual tension between the two. Seeing a chance, he quickly advised, “Listen to me, stop being choosy. Sister-in-law is such a good girl; you should be content with her!”

“…”

At this moment, Su Ran’s head was throbbing, feeling quite troubled by Bei Diao’s words. He understood the good intentions, but to randomly matchmake without clarifying would only make things more awkward. He didn’t know how to face Wan’er now.

Luckily.

Zombie Comrade had great awareness. When Su Ran was in a dilemma, he took the initiative to point to a spot and exclaimed, “Look quickly, there’s something strange over there!”

“What?!”

Su Ran was overjoyed and quickly left the troublesome place. He was just worried about not having clues, but a clue just appeared. When luck comes, nothing can stop it!

“Zombie, do you still not have a girlfriend?”

Pretty Boy suddenly blurted out this sentence, leaving Zombie stunned.

“President Xiao Sheng, how did you know?”

“Nonsense, it’s so obvious, who wouldn’t know? No wonder you’re single!”

“Huh?”

Zombie was puzzled, unable to figure out why Pretty Boy would target him. Scratching his head in confusion, he didn’t think much and ran over to Su Ran.

…

Thanks to Zombie’s reminder, Su Ran finally noticed a thin layer of light circle on the ground in front of him—something that would have been missed without careful observation.

He quickly walked over, surprised to see the layer of light, almost certain that this was the key to completing his task. It was his only hope—how could he miss it!

“Overturning Water Brother, summon your pet to test whether this light circle is a trap or has a teleportation effect.”

Bei Diao secretly felt relieved, glad that he hadn’t left earlier. Missing this opportunity would have been a huge regret.

“Alright.”

Su Ran nodded and summoned ten shield warrior skeletons, sending one to take the lead and step into the light circle. To his surprise, nothing unusual happened with the light circle, and the shield warrior skeleton didn’t lose any health.

“It’s fine?”

Bei Diao couldn’t believe it and personally jumped into the light circle, just like the shield warrior skeleton, with no anomalies occurring.

“Strange, this doesn’t make sense?”

Not convinced, Bei Diao concentrated a light bullet and threw it below. With an explosive sound, the light circle was directly dispersed.

“Overturning Water Brother, I didn’t mean to…”

Bei Diao said a bit embarrassed. It took so long to get an opportunity, only to be messed up by himself. If he were Overturning Water, he would be furious…

“It’s not your fault.”

Su Ran knew Bei Diao Brother had good intentions. This frustrating task had no hints, so they had to test step by step.

“Overturning Water Leader, I feel there’s something off with this land. Try digging around—you might find a treasure chest!”

“Okay.”

Su Ran was desperate, willing to grasp at any possibility. Since Zombie suggested the idea, how could he refuse? Taking out a beginner’s hoe, he began digging forcefully into the ground.

clang.

With a crisp sound, the hoe was flung out, numbing Su Ran’s hands.

“Hmm? There’s really something underneath!”

Instead of being shocked, Su Ran was pleased. The system didn’t prompt that it was undiggable, meaning the ground could be excavated. Zombie’s guess was correct. As for the hoe being bounced off, it was easy to explain: below was a hard treasure that expelled the hoe!

clang! clang!

With Su Ran’s vigorous digging, the ground was peeled back to reveal a large, black iron plate measuring over three meters in both length and width. To discover the secret hidden beneath, they had to deal with this iron plate first!

“Overturning Water Brother, try using your big crotch to see if it can absorb the iron plate, which would save us a lot of trouble.”

Bei Diao suggested using Su Ran’s big crotch, having witnessed its ability to absorb coffins, holding high expectations for its item-absorbing potential.

“Uh, sure, I’ll give it a try.”

Su Ran awkwardly obliged, feeling embarrassed about using his crotch as a tool…

Unfortunately, the iron plate seemed to be deeply rooted in the ground. Despite Su Ran pressing and pushing with his crotch, nothing happened.

Seeing this, Pretty Boy blushed and turned her head, unable to watch any longer.

“Overturning Water Brother, do you usually operate like this?”

Even Bei Diao couldn’t stand it, remarking awkwardly, “Don’t you think your posture is peculiar?”

“What’s so peculiar about it?”

Su Ran didn’t have the time to think, standing up and circling the iron plate to find a solution.

“…”

Bei Diao had no words left. He understood the saying: if you’re not embarrassed, the embarrassment belongs to others. True words indeed.

“Overturning Water, find something to pry it open,”

Pretty Boy approached, but before she could try, the light circle reappeared, covering the iron plate.

“Swipe!”

A surprising scene unfolded, with the shield warrior skeleton standing on the iron plate suddenly piercing through it and falling inside, disappearing from their sight.

“I figured it out!”

Zombie exclaimed excitedly, taking a deep breath, and was the first to jump onto the iron plate. Just as he expected, the iron plate turned transparent, allowing him to pierce right through without obstruction and disappear.

“Hurry up!”

With Zombie as a pioneer, Su Ran didn’t dare to hesitate, quickly following in Zombie’s footsteps. After a dozen seconds of darkness, Su Ran landed with a ‘thud,’ nearly falling apart.

“Overturning Water Leader, move away! Danger!”

Before Su Ran could regain his senses, Zombie’s warning reached his ears, startling him to quickly dodge aside, scanning around warily for the so-called danger.

At that moment, Bei Diao and Pretty Boy fell from above, crashing to the ground at the spot where Su Ran had just been. That’s when he realized the danger Zombie meant was probably this…