Tomb raiding: following the plot while tearing up the script

A fragment of a strange origin lurked in the Zhang family's ancient building, refined the corpse of the first-generation Zhang Qiling, whose bloodline was the most concentrated, and created a complete Qilin corpse. Instead of hiding and cultivating properly, it actually dared to show off in front of him.

"First, the Fire-Treading Qilin is a mythical beast that suppresses evil spirits, and its body should be accompanied by strange fire to burn away all evil in the world, so... its entrance effect isn't black smoke~~"

Seeing the proud and upright fake Qilin suddenly freeze for a moment, Su Li continued to speak.

"Secondly... if you want to act cultured, can't you at least do your homework? I've only been here a few years, and hearing you keep using that 'I' sound so awkward!!!"

He speaks in a very colloquial way and keeps using the word "I" repeatedly, which makes him seem a bit slow on the uptake.

"Finally... I just went through the Bronze Gate after the New Year. Your original body is still serving as a cushion for the world's consciousness. Don't you even bother to hide your stinky odor when you appear?"

The strange fragments of origin that made him a bit dim-witted after going solo: ...

is that so?

The fake Qilin fragment, somewhat doubting its own acting skills, was completely bewildered and didn't even realize it had been tightly bound by the companion vines that had quietly crept over.

The main problem is that it no longer had the strength to resist...

The fake Qilin that was drawn countless times...

Woo woo woo X﹏X

What a painful realization...

"Ali?"

A slightly hoarse voice came from behind her. Su Li turned around in surprise and saw Wu Xie getting up in a daze.

"Little naiveté!!!"

Su Li never expected that the first one to break through the illusion would be Wu Xie, that unlucky little guy.

"Ah Li, what... what happened to us?"

Wu Xie looked at the other four people still sitting on the ground, somewhat confused about the current situation.

The story of chasing Wu Sansheng through three mazes in a daze, completing four sets of exam papers, blowing up five ancient tombs, finally finding a way to wake up his companions, only to have everything go black and when he opened his eyes again, he was back to square one...

No, it can't be considered a return to pre-liberation times. Fortunately, there was still Ali, who successfully woke up.

But that doesn't make sense either!

Wu Xie patted his head, which he had been overthinking, and looked back at the spot where he had gotten up. It seemed like he was the one who had been infected.

Moreover, judging from the way Ali is holding a long whip and leaning against the vines, it seems like she has just done something big.

Meeting Wu Xie's bewildered gaze, Su Li casually flicked the long whip in her hand, which transformed back into a dragon-patterned bracelet and was put back on her wrist.

"Little Innocent!!! You're absolutely amazing!!!"

Su Li cupped the puppy's face and began to rub it vigorously, a technique that could be said to have been passed down from Master Yunqing.

Wu Xie rubbed his face, which had just been rescued from Su Li's grasp, and looked at Su Li, asking for his explanation.

A dense vine, swaying gently, enveloped a large, unidentified creature and approached Wu Xie's feet. Sensing something unusual at his feet, Wu Xie lowered his head...

A cluster of lush green vines suddenly sprouted a strange and ferocious beast head.

Those strangely familiar features almost caused Wu Xie's CPU to overheat and burn out. This, this, this, this couldn't be...

"A dragon? Or a qilin???"

"neither."

"Then it..."

"It is a controlled Qilin corpse."

"A Qilin corpse? Is it the same as the one on the fifth floor?"

Su Li raised her hand and grabbed the fake Qilin's ear, moving its entire large head in front of Wu Xie, then poked at its pair of large, yellow beast eyes.

"This ghostly thing possessed and refined the corpse of the first patriarch of the Zhang family, and used the bloodline power of the Zhang family to create this intimidating-looking Qilin corpse."

They appear imposing, but in reality, they possess none of the abilities of the Qilin clan. They can only create an illusion by exploiting the obsessions of others to deceive people.

"So all of that was...an illusion???"

"Hmm~" Su Li nodded, then curiously moved closer to Wu Xie.

"So, Little Innocent, what's your obsession? Why did it come out so quickly?"

Wu Xie thought about his performance in the illusion and felt that there was nothing he couldn't say, so he simply told Su Li about it.

Zu Li, after listening to the whole thing: ? ? ? ? ?

Chasing Wu Sansheng all over the map, navigating mazes, blowing up ancient tombs, and even doing a few practice tests in the middle?!

What kind of obsession is this?

And aren't the exam papers a bit too outrageous?

Su Li didn't understand; Su Li was a little confused...

"So, are those guys also trapped in the illusion?"

"Yes."

"They haven't made a move yet?"

"This shows how deeply they're fixated on it!"

"But I..."

Su Li patted Wu Xie on the shoulder, looking quite mature for his age.

"You can chase Wu Sansheng all over the world even in your dreams. That's your biggest obsession right now. Meanwhile, Lao Deng is still locked up at home doing his homework, which is what you're obsessed with the most."

Wu Sansheng is Wu Xie's obsession, but Wu Xie is now Wu Sansheng's nightmare!

No, it should be said that they were all Wu Sansheng and Xie Lianhuan's nightmares...

Although Wu Xie didn't quite understand the principle, how could he not understand the value of Wu Sansheng?

If his obsession is with Wu Sansheng, then it seems quite reasonable that he woke up before Xiao Ge and the others.

Wu Sansheng: ...

Losing on such an inexplicable track is really baffling...