Working as a consultant in the Ultra Universe

At night, after dinner, Yade Meng returned to his bedroom to correct students' homework and prepare lesson plans for the next day's class.

Gu Chen and Xingyao sat on the sofa, watching cartoons with her.

"Xingyao, what's going on with the negative energy monster that appeared in New York?"

Gu Chen looked at Xingyao who was concentrating on watching TV at the moment, thought about it, and asked this question.

"What's going on?"

Xingyao didn't take her eyes off the TV and asked Gu Chen without turning her head.

"It's just... I feel like the negative energy monsters that appeared in New York are different from the negative energy monsters that appeared here."

Gu Chen recalled the scene when he transformed into Tiga and appeared in New York to fight the negative energy monster, and spoke.

Unlike Clay Saint, the negative energy monster that appeared in New York did not sit there and wait for him to absorb all the negative energy in his body, but attacked Gu Chen like an ordinary monster.

Although the negative energy monster could not threaten Gu Chen, they were both negative energy monsters, so why did their performances differ so much?

"What's the specific difference? If you don't tell me... Ouch, why did you hit me?!"

After hearing what Gu Chen said, Xingyao asked again, but before she finished speaking, Gu Chen slapped Xingyao on the head, causing Xingyao to cover her head and look at Gu Chen with dissatisfaction.

"I want you to be a good little human girl, not a question-answering machine that can't think!"

Gu Chen was also dissatisfied. Now I am helping you solve the trouble you caused. It’s okay if you can’t contribute and are just a drag, but can you please not even use your brain?

At a time like this, shouldn't you care more about it than I do?

Hearing this, Gu Chen spoke to Xingyao in the same dissatisfied tone.

Xingyao pouted, but fortunately she didn't howl, otherwise Shi Demeng would have run down from upstairs to ask what happened.

"I think... this may be related to the final darkness."

Then, Xingyao frowned, thought for a moment, and said.

"Nonsense! Tell me something I don't know."

Gu Chen rolled his eyes, and it was as if Xingyao hadn’t said anything.

Xingyao followed Gu Chen's example and rolled her eyes. Without giving Gu Chen a chance to attack, she quickly said, "Because of me, even though the darkness finally gained control of the sea of ​​negative energy, it couldn't achieve complete control."

"So I speculate that the negative energy monsters that appeared near Sakuragaoka Junior High School were sent by the Final Darkness to target you, while the negative energy monsters that appeared in New York were a natural result of the riot in the negative energy sea."

"I think that in the end, darkness will definitely not help me quell the riot in the sea of ​​negative energy. Although I don't know if it will secretly add fuel to the fire, even if "He" does nothing, the riot in the sea of ​​negative energy is inevitable."

Listening to Xingyao's words, Gu Chen didn't care about Xingyao's behavior of rolling her eyes like him for a moment, but instead showed a thoughtful expression.

Then he reached out his hand to Xingyao's head again.

Seeing this, Xingyao quickly protected her head with her hands. She didn't understand. She had answered the questions honestly, so why was she still being beaten?

However, the next second, contrary to Xingyao's expectations, Gu Chen's hand did not pat her head, but gently fell on the top of her head and gently stroked it.

"Is it not hurting you just now?"

Immediately afterwards, Gu Chen's voice sounded with a hint of apology.

In response to this, Xingyao looked at Gu Chen somewhat uncomfortably, feeling the warmth from the palm of the big hand above her head. She shook her head and said softly, "It hurts, but it's okay."

"How have you been doing at school lately? Did anything interesting happen?"

Gu Chen took his hand away from Xingyao's head in due time, and then started chatting with Xingyao about family matters.

"Hmm... How should I put it? I don't know how to put it. I guess I'm doing pretty well. It's just that everyone in the class wants to play with me. Whenever they have free time, they surround me and talk about topics that I'm not interested in."

"As for the interesting part... does it count if there's a boy in the class who's had a breakup?"

Xingyao frowned slightly, thinking about her experience of studying at Sakuragaoka Middle School. She seemed to have some insights, but also seemed to have realized nothing.

"Broken heart? You're already in a relationship at such a young age? That's puppy love. You shouldn't have any thoughts about that, right? Or, has any boy at school confessed his love to you?"

When Gu Chen heard this, he raised his eyebrows and then asked.

"Hmm... Now that I think about it, there's a guy called Rakugo who seems to be quite attentive to me. He even tells me silly jokes from time to time."

Xingyao tilted her head and said.

"By the way, do you think your boyfriend's breakup will lead to the appearance of a negative energy monster?"

After listening to Xingyao's words, Gu Chen decided to go and see the boy named Rakugo when he had time, and then immediately changed the subject.

"Normally, it wouldn't happen, but given the current situation, it's possible."

Xingyao followed Gu Chen's train of thought and thought for a while, then nodded and said.

"Speaking of which, I still have some doubts. You said that the ultimate target of the darkness is me, so why doesn't He just tell me where He is and let me absorb Him directly? Instead, He needs to create a negative energy monster like now so that I can absorb the negative energy mixed with some of His power."

Gu Chen frowned slightly. The final darkness that appeared in this universe now did not have the wisdom of intelligent life, but this did not mean that He would do anything useless.

The reason for choosing this inefficient method, just like the one Dark Tiga used to perform for Leo before, must be that there is an unknown purpose behind it.

"If you don't know, how could I possibly know? His status is higher than mine. Even in his weakened state, he could chase after me in my full strength, let alone guess his thoughts. I can't comprehend such a being as I do now."

Listening to Gu Chen's words, Xingyao spread her hands like a little adult and shook her head.

Hearing this, Gu Chen fell silent and said nothing more.

For a moment, the living room became quiet, with only the sound of cartoons coming from the TV.

After a long time, when the clock passed nine in the evening, Gu Chen took out the remote control and turned off the TV. Then he rubbed Xingyao's head and said, "It's time to go to bed. If you don't get enough sleep, you won't grow taller in the future."

Xingyao, whose cartoon time was forced to end, pouted in dissatisfaction, but she did not contradict Gu Chen on this matter. She just muttered quietly: "I won't grow taller. And my hair, which I had worked so hard to braid, is messed up again."

Although she was whispering, Xingyao was standing in front of Gu Chen, so Gu Chen could hear it clearly.

Hearing this, Gu Chen grinned and said, "I'll braid your hair tomorrow. Now go to bed."