"Honey, let's get down to business first."
"Oh~" Xu Lu felt very wronged.
Xu Qian shook her head. It was better to go on missions with Xiao Ping. At least he was a little more mature than Xu Lu...
She bent down to check the stones under her feet.
They had been very slippery when they walked earlier, but the further they went, the more abrasive they became. This was illogical.
Xu Qian walked forward a few steps and found a very familiar iron manhole cover.
Xu Qian narrowed her eyes slightly, and with a thought, the Super Super Shovel appeared in her hand.
"Xiao Lu, keep an eye on the surroundings."
"Okay."
She gently pried the manhole cover with the Super Super Shovel, and it lifted up. Black water immediately flowed back in.
A biting cold followed.
Xu Qian peered down. It was so dark below that she couldn't see anything, not even a ladder.
Just as Xu Qian was considering whether to jump down or slide down, a dark figure rushed out of the hole.
Xu Qian turned to dodge. She hadn't even seen what it was clearly before her back started to chill.
A gust of wind swept past. A long saber appeared in Xu Qian's hand, and she suddenly slashed at it.
The thing was smart and fast, and it dodged instantly.
Xu Qian also saw what it was.
It was neither human nor not human.
It was a hybrid of human and mutated beast.
It had a pair of black chicken wings, its body was covered in chicken feathers, but its head was human. It had arms and legs.
The color of its eyes was strange, with black pupils and an orange outer ring.
Those with weak psychological resilience would probably run away.
It had no weapons in its hands. It opened its palm and grabbed at her.
Its nails were very sharp and pointed. If she were scratched, she would probably lose half her life.
Xu Qian narrowed her eyes and activated the wing prop for the first time.
A pair of huge white wings unfurled behind her.
Xu Lu's mouth fell open. If he had a heart, it would have been pounding.
Sister, she was as beautiful as an angel in a comic.
[Ding, Xiao Ping's favorability +2, total favorability is 67.]
Xu Qian paused at the system prompt. Xu Lu's favorability always increased at strange times.
At first, Xu Qian was a little unaccustomed to it, but after long periods of leaning on Xiang Jintian's back, she quickly mastered the technique.
Move with your heart, and it will move.
She raised her long saber and slashed at it. After the birdman dodged, its eyes turned completely black.
A thoroughly lewd smile pulled at its lips, and then it began to chase her, flying...
The birdman didn't seem to intend to harm her. It seemed like it wanted to... touch her?
They fought in the air, and Xu Lu could only watch anxiously from below, unable to help.
Xu Qian's brow furrowed. She swung her long saber and chopped at it, cutting off a pile of chicken feathers.
The birdman didn't get angry at losing its feathers at all. Instead, it flew even faster towards her.
Xu Qian: ...
Why was fighting so difficult?
She closed her eyes and unleashed her mental power, wanting to take a look.
What if she could use mental attacks?
Suddenly, Xu Qian's dark eyes brightened. Indeed, there was a surprise.
A golden core the size of a fist flickered within its chest.
She quickly transformed her mental power into a long sword and thrust it directly at its core.
The birdman clearly didn't sense any danger and flew straight at her.
The mental sword pierced its core, and the core shattered instantly.
The birdman fell to the ground, its two terrifying eyeballs wide open. It couldn't accept the fact of its death.
Was it wrong to like a beautiful older sister?
Xu Qian glanced at the item's countdown. There were 15 minutes left.
Cold wind blew from the hole. Apart from that one birdman, nothing else had come up.
It seemed that the chicken-feathered creature was the gatekeeper.
"Xiao Lu, I'll go down first. You come down in another 5 minutes."
Xu Lu readily agreed.
Without any hesitation, Xu Qian turned and jumped into the well.