It's a hell game, who can still be a human being?

Chapter 569 Phoenix: Why am I always the one who gets hurt?

"Go ahead. Do you need me to back off?"

Si Xue said good-temperedly.

"That's no need."

Liu Zheng stepped aside and called Dr. Nile.

"Doctor, how about the pyramid?"

he asked.

"Good news, there are four mummies inside."

Doctor Nile replied.

"What about the bad news?"

"Bad news, only one is still conscious, the others have completely turned into corpses."

Dr. Nile sighed.

"Look at it from a bright perspective. At least one of our tribesmen is still alive."

Liu Zheng comforted.

"Even at this stage, he is not very clear-headed. He will need a lot of effort to be treated."

Doctor Nile shook his head.

"Do you need me to get another dead person's brain?"

"No, I can't trouble you with everything. Let me treat it first, and we'll talk about it later if it doesn't work."

Doctor Nile said.

"Okay. Do you know about my boss?"

he asked suddenly.

"What's the matter?"

Doctor Nile was stunned.

"It's underneath."

"How did you know that? That was a fake that I spent a lot of money to make."

Doctor Nile was even more surprised.

"The peacock put his horn and whip up for auction."

Liu Zheng replied.

". Damn plague bird. Was it because of you that time that it was injured? You have to take care of this matter. If you need any help, just come to me."

Doctor Nile said without question.

"I need to cure the disease and shoot the bird. You know what I am like, doctor."

he said calmly.

"Well, I believe what you said. Is that why you called me?"

Dr. Nile asked.

"That's right. Do you have a cure for this?"

"No. If it can be cured, I will do everything I can to cure it. Peacock is much more ruthless than your boss's boss. As far as I know, there are no other doctors in Metropolis who can cure it. We can only see if the hospital can help."

Doctor Nile replied.

"How much does it cost to go to the hospital for treatment?"

"At least eight figures. And it's not just about the money. The hospital is very ruthless to those who have no foundation."

Doctor Nile said after a moment's hesitation.

Although cows and horses can fight and run, once they enter the hospital, it is like the heroes of Liangshan being recruited. No matter how many tricks you have, you can’t use them.

"Okay, I understand. Thank you doctor."

Liu Zheng hung up the phone.

"Have you thought about it?"

Si Xue tilted her head and looked at him.

"I've thought about it. I want you to heal all the injuries and diseases of the cattle and horses."

Liu Zheng nodded.

"You are very tight."

Si Xue said with a half-smile.

She knew that Liu Zheng was trying to prevent her from cheating, for example, by classifying the loss of the whip as an illness rather than an injury.

"I can't help it. I'm scared of being fooled."

Liu Zheng said frankly.

"The wounds caused by peacocks are not easy to heal."

Si Xue emphasized.

"I understand. If there's anything else you need me to do, I'll do my best."

He said resolutely.

"No, I mean, since the injury was caused by Peacock, I can give you a discount."

Si Xue shook her head.

"Ah? Ah! That's a good feeling. Hehehe."

Liu Zheng's heavy expression instantly turned into a playful smile.

"Your face is changing faster than the decoration of my office."

Si Xue commented.

"What the superior likes, the subordinates will follow."

He said seriously.

"Ha. I'll give you another day off and this, and we're even."

Si Xue stretched out her hand, and on her white and tender palm lay two red and blue pills.

"what?"

Liu Zheng was stunned, with countless thoughts running through his mind.

"Don't think too much. I'm not so idle as to pretend to be a seller to go fishing. This was a reward given to me by the city hall when I was still a writer."

Si Xue saw what he was thinking.

"So that's how it is. The boss is really awesome."

he said with admiration.

He believed Si Xue's words because there was no need for her to lie to him.

Moreover, after dealing with her so many times, Liu Zheng also realized that Si Xue was a very proud "person".

"It's best not to take this pill. If you have a grudge against someone, you can trick him into taking it."

Si Xue reminded.

"How to say?"

"Do you think that if it is really a good thing, the Writers Association would give it to an outsider like you so easily?"

Si Xue sneered.

"The City Hall isn't holding back on anything good. Taking these two pills together is nicknamed 'Daytime Ascension Pills'. After taking them, you'll either become an immortal and go to heaven, or die right away and go to heaven."

"Does Metropolis also have heaven and paradise?"

Liu Zheng was surprised.

"It's just a saying. The heaven of the metropolis is the city hall, and the heaven of the metropolis is the cemetery. There is indeed the kind of heaven you imagined, but only those who believe in God can go there. And not everyone can go there. The city hall is quite strict about this."

Perhaps because she was in a good mood, Si Xue talked more than usual.

"Do believers' souls need approval from the city hall to return to the Kingdom of God?"

"Of course. Once you are registered as a hukou, you are a citizen of the metropolis when you are alive and a dead person in the metropolis when you die. Even if you become neither alive nor dead, you are still a labor force and have to go to work. Why should you be taken away by the gods to work for nothing after you die just because you recited a few words of the gods?"

It can be heard that Si Xue appreciates the City Hall's approach.

"I understand. If you want to take the believers away, you have to pay the city hall an agency fee."

He nodded.

"You're just smart. Anyway, that's roughly what it is. Only people in the Ministry of Religion know the specific process."

Si Xue rolled her eyes at him.

"By the way, boss, can you give me a little more of the flame you gave me last time? I'm afraid it won't be enough."

Taking advantage of Si Xue's good mood, Liu Zheng took the opportunity to speak.

"You can climb up the pole and get it."

"It's all for work, hehe."

Si Xue stretched out her hand, and Liu Zheng quickly handed her a super fire-resistant corn pipe.

Si Xue snapped her fingers, and another wisp of flame floated into the bowl.

"Then I'll take my leave first."

Liu Zheng saluted and prepared to leave.

"Did you forget something?"

Si Xue said lightly.

"what?"

He looked back blankly with innocent eyes.

"cloak."

Si Xue stretched out her hand.

"Oh oh. Sorry, Boss, I forgot."

Liu Zheng suddenly realized what was going on, and quickly took out the red dragon cloak and handed it to the other party.

"Did you forget on purpose or accidentally?"

Si Xue said with a half-smile.

"I forgot it by accident on purpose."

He scratched his head shyly.

"I think you want to be burned by me on purpose."

Si Xue stretched out her hand and pointed, and a crack appeared in the flower field, revealing the magma underneath.

"I was wrong, boss."

Liu Zheng slid to his knees.

"Humph."

Si Xue snorted softly and spread her five fingers.

The cracks in the flower field expanded to the size of a wellhead, and the magma below turned into clear water. She threw the red dragon cloak into the water, and faintly heard the roar of a dragon.

Then the crack expanded again, and a pillar of obsidian shot up into the sky. It was the one that sealed the phoenix.

"Can I borrow your bird feathers?"

Si Xue said to Fenghuang.

Although she said she was borrowing, she actually didn't care about the latter's opinion at all and just forcibly ripped the feathers off the phoenix's body piece by piece.

The phoenix cried and blood was dripping.

"Why don't you take the blood?"

Si Xue shouted softly.

"Ah, what do you use to connect it?"

Liu Zheng was a little confused.

"You're not smart when you should be. What does that blood look like?"

Si Xue reminded.

He quickly looked carefully, and saw that the blood drops as big as fists were clearly balls of colorful flames.

"I see."

Liu Zheng understood immediately and quickly took out his super fire-resistant corn pipe.

Although the Phoenix blood was not dripping very fast, he didn't have any takeout orders on him now and his attributes had dropped a lot, so he was still in a rush.

Si Xue naturally would not help him, and a lot of phoenix blood fell into the lake.

"okay."

After a moment, Si Xue pressed down her palm, and the obsidian pillar sank into the lake again, and the cracks in the flower field automatically closed.

She also had a five-colored cloak in her hand, with red as the main color.

"for you."

Si Xue handed the five-colored cloak to Liu Zheng.

The latter took the cloak and the item introduction popped up immediately.

"Name: Simple Phoenix Cloak"

"Type: Equipment"

“Quality: Excellent”

"Effect 1: Gain the 'King of Birds' status when equipped."

"Effect 2: Increases the player's defense and fire resistance when equipped."

"Effect 3: Consume physical strength to fly at low altitude, cool down time is half an hour."

"Note: This cloak is made from the feathers of an adult phoenix. Due to the maker's crude craftsmanship, it has not yet fully demonstrated its true power."

“Can I take out a copy: Yes”

“King of Birds: Can communicate with birds and intimidate them. When using any ability or making judgments on birds, all attributes are considered to be increased by 20%.”

"Fuck, that's awesome!"

Liu Zheng was drooling as he looked at the effect of the cloak.

"Will you forget it later?"

Si Xue said with a slightly mocking tone.

"I won't forget it, I won't forget it."

He replied immediately.

Just kidding, who would forget such a good thing? He wished he could come here several times a day to deepen his memory.

The attributes of the simple version of the Phoenix Cloak are almost catching up with the perfect quality equipment, so the refined version will surely take off.

"Maybe I'm not a good boss in your eyes, but at least there is one thing: as long as you work hard, I will never be stingy."

Si Xue said.

"You're wrong, boss."

Liu Zheng shook his head.

"Ok?"

Si Xue was waiting to hear what he was going to say next.

"You are the best boss in my heart."

He said it sincerely.

"Haha. I've heard enough flattery today. Go away."

Si Xue waved her hand.

"Okay. Good night, boss. Have a sweet dream."

Liu Zheng skillfully rolled himself into a ball and rolled towards the elevator.

"Sweet dreams? On such a happy day, of course we have to party all night long."

Si Xue waved her hand, and countless delicacies and fine wines immediately appeared in front of the Hundred Flowers Throne.

"Besides, who told you that I can still dream?"

Looking at the gradually closing elevator door, she smiled faintly, and black threads of water seeped out of her pores again.

"It's over. I forgot to tell Si Xue who should be the one to take the order."

After getting out of the elevator, Liu Zheng slapped his forehead.

Don't designate a stranger as the restaurant reservation agent, as he will have to go through the trouble of finding the address and trying to get the other party to sign for the food, which means wasting the hard-earned delivery time.

But at this time he couldn't go back and tell Si Xue, as that would only bring humiliation to himself.

"Oh, never mind, let's just leave it at that."

Liu Zheng sighed.

Anyway, it shouldn't be just an hour or two. If it's really short, just ask Doctor Nile to make up for it.

Although he used up the Nine-Turns Hehuan Pill, he also helped Doctor Nile find a member of his tribe. To round it off, it is equivalent to Doctor Nile himself eating the Nine-Turns Hehuan Pill.

In addition to the complimentary pyramid, Doctor Nile owed him a big favor, so it was reasonable for him to help order some takeout.

"I am back."

Liu Zheng pushed open the door of the lounge and said.

"What are you shouting about? No one else knows that you've been summoned by the boss, right? Why are you showing off?"

The cow and horse rolled their eyes.

"Isn't this because they are worried that you might be doing rehabilitation exercises and that they might scare you?"

He said with a smile.

"Humph, I've seen all kinds of situations. Not to mention you, even if I was chased by a group of police from the Ministry of Public Security, I could still run away while recovering."

Niuma said proudly.

“That’s very life-like.”

Liu Zhengxu said with his eyes fixed.

"That's right, I tell you, back then I was..."

Niu Ma was just about to brag about his great achievements when the phone rang.

"Huh? Didn't you just come back? Why are you asked to go again?"

It looked at the caller ID and asked curiously.

"It may not be for me, it may also be for you."

Liu Zheng pretended to be ignorant even though he knew the truth.

"Bullshit, the boss has hardly ever summoned me alone."

Niu Ma refuted while answering the phone.

"Good evening, boss. Ah? OK, OK, I'll be right there."

It nodded repeatedly.

"That's strange. You're really looking for me. Hey, do you have any clues?"

Niuma asked somewhat guiltily.

"Don't worry, the boss is in a very good mood today, it must not be a bad thing."

Liu Zheng comforted.

"Well, that's better. If I get into trouble, you'll be the second one to get into trouble."

After threatening him, Niuma left the lounge.

As soon as it went out, Liu Zheng immediately sat down on the haystack, rubbed it twice deliberately, and then called the spider lady.

"Squeaky!!!"

The spider lady came down from the shadows, her tone somewhat intense, as if complaining about being disturbed so late at night.

"Stop scolding me and look at this. Can you sew it again?"

Liu Zheng took out a simple phoenix cloak and asked.

"Squeak!"

The Spider Weaver Lady called out twice but did not open her eyes.

"It's really troublesome that he's still so socially anxious even though we're so familiar with each other."

He complained a few words, but still closed his eyes obediently.

There is no way, now he has to beg others for help.

"Squeak!"

The Spider Weaver cried out proudly twice, then took the cloak and studied it for a while.

"How about it?"

Liu Zheng suddenly opened his eyes and asked.

"squeak!"

The Spider Weaver Lady was so scared that she quickly closed her eyes, nodded first, and then shook her head.

"Does nodding mean you can sew?"

he guessed.

The spider weaver nodded.

"Shaking your head, do you need spiritual thread again?"

He continued to guess.

The Spider Weaver Lady nodded.

"I knew it. You can be the chief tailor at the Bloody Restaurant, so you should be better than your uncle. How come he can make spiritual thread but you can't?"

Liu Zheng asked half complaining and half puzzled.

(End of this chapter)