Godslayer: My Girlfriend Red Tassel

"Achoo—!"

In the quaint little noodle shop, the sounds of slurping and the rising steam of noodle soup mingled together, and seven travel-worn faces could be vaguely seen in the mist. The young man on the far left kept sneezing, his nose was red, and he kept rubbing his itchy nostrils with his fingers.

"Captain, you've been sneezing all day. Did some woman badmouth you behind your back because you went missing?" one of the young men teased, looking up at him.

"Eat your noodles, why can't it be that you miss me?"

Tanxiang chuckled as she handed the noodles in her bowl to Qiangwei, saying gently, "Sometimes we wonder, how come our captain, who is so good, has no luck with women? He didn't have any before, and now he has this thing on his face. What are we going to do?"

"Pfft."

"Kukuku."

Suppressing a laugh, Wang Mian silently raised his head. In the center of his resolute and upright face was a huge, bright red footprint, running from his brow to his chin, which looked extremely strange.

"Hahaha, pfft—"

Rose couldn't hold back any longer and sprayed a mouthful of noodle soup all over Tianping's face, with two noodles "whooshing" out of his nose.

Tianping wiped his face and asked speechlessly:

"Captain, is it really impossible to wipe this footprint off your face? We can't eat properly with you like this."

Wang Mian shook his head resentfully:

“Even if it can be wiped off, it cannot be wiped off. This is not an ordinary mark, but one that can shield me from the prying eyes of those unspeakable things. Without this mark, I would not survive tonight. Moreover, it will be completely absorbed by me soon. Haven’t you noticed that the mark has become a little fainter today?”

Tianping and his companions looked at each other, all puzzled.

What exactly happened in the fishing village?

Based on past experience, the memory fragments must have been caused by the captain initiating time reversal. However, the captain usually explains the reason afterward, but this time he remained silent, keeping quiet about the erased memory, which is truly puzzling.

Moreover, the captain seems to have become younger.

The white hair at his temples had all disappeared, but the footprints on his face were hilarious... "Kukuku."

Whirlpool sidestepped Rose's hand, which was wiping soup off his clothes, and asked casually, "Captain, what exactly did you see in the fishing village? Can't you tell me anything? I can't sleep because I'm so curious."

As soon as the question was asked, Wang Mian's forcibly controlled thoughts loosened slightly, and a certain image flashed through his mind.

Wang's pupils constricted sharply, and he exclaimed, "Oh no!" as he frantically tried to gather his thoughts.

But it was clearly too late.

The next second, a layer of white frost spread rapidly outwards from between his eyebrows.

Wang Mian's eyes suddenly rolled back, his whole body trembled like a leaf, and white foam came out of his mouth.

"Holy crap, here we go again!"

Xinghun leaped forward, his fingertips pressing two strands of starlight against Wang's temples, which then surged into the king's body.

"Wake up, Captain!"

Moon Demon's arms locked Wang Mian's head like iron hoops, his thumbs fiercely pressing on the philtrum. After a long while, Wang Mian's unfocused pupils finally refocused. He slumped back in his chair, looking utterly hopeless, as if he had been ridden by two hundred burly men.

Rose punched Whirlpool with her iron fist and roared, "I told you not to ask again! You almost killed the captain with your questions again!"

Whirlpool: o(￣┰￣)ゞ

"Alright, alright, it's not his fault."

Wang Mian finally understood why Su Yan always carried a jar of ketchup with her, and would vomit if anyone asked her any questions.

I used to think he was deliberately acting crazy, but now it seems like it was a really good idea.

The best way to deal with someone who insists on getting to the bottom of things is to get to the bottom of things.

After all, who would take a madman seriously...?

Wang Mian weakly waved his hand and said, "The most urgent thing is to figure out where we are right now and why we can't understand what everyone is saying?"

The masked group scanned their surroundings.

Because of the commotion Wang Mian made, the diners in the noodle shop all stopped eating and looked over curiously. Some people waved to them and mumbled something, but their expressions seemed to be friendly.

Tianping put down his chopsticks and said in a deep voice:

"Captain, do you remember what Xia Simeng said? During the process of [Phoenix] traversing the mist, they discovered a ruined country in the eastern part of Great Xia. For safety reasons, they did not land to investigate at the time. However, based on the appearance of the ruined buildings she observed, it matches this place quite well."

"Yes, that's what I think too." Wang Mian nodded and said seriously:

"I'm afraid Xia Simeng is referring to this place. She didn't go ashore to investigate, unaware that this ruin holds hidden secrets. This is the only large human settlement that our Great Xia has discovered since the fog descended. However, we don't yet know whether it's a blessing or a curse. What do you think?"

“Yeah, me too,” Whirlpool said seriously.

"I'm so stubborn, I shouldn't ask any unnecessary questions..." Wang glanced at him, took a deep breath, and continued, "I have a very bad feeling. There seems to be a powerful force lurking deep within this city, a force that is difficult for us to contend with."

After a pause, Wang pointed to the full moon outside the window and said in a deep voice, "And look at that, doesn't it feel familiar?"

Everyone looked in the direction the king was pointing.

The moon, round as a disc, hangs in the night sky.

At the rounded edge, a striking crimson hue suddenly seeped out from the lower right corner, a blood-red color that was both alluring and glaring.

Knowing that none of them had memories of the fishing village, Wang Mian explained, "This red moon gradually controls the minds of all life forms, eventually corrupting them into monsters that only know how to kill. You are above 'Boundless,' and this power is not yet enough to corrupt you. It's just that I don't understand..."

Wang looked at the endless stream of people on the street, his eyes filled with deep solemnity.

"Why are they unaffected? Could they all be ability users...?"