Give Zongman some collapse shock

"sorry!"

"Forget it, it seems you didn't do it on purpose. Be more careful next time."

"Eh? Is it okay now? No need to go to the hospital? No need to pay compensation?" Kiana blinked in a daze.

I couldn't help but feel relieved and gradually calmed down. Only then could I see clearly the god in front of me.

An absolutely beautiful girl.

Her lustrous jet-black hair covered her ears, and her twin ponytails reached her waist. A small silver bell was pinned to the ribbon holding her hair. Her round face and chubby cheeks gave her a childlike appearance. Her heart, even through her clothes, showed a fullness and maturity, something Kiana envied.

"What a beautiful, good person... No, a good god!"

Kiana breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the god in front of her. The more she looked, the more she liked him and the more familiar he seemed.

familiar?

"Wait! You're not—"

I remembered!

She, Jiang Chen and Meiyi acted separately and had their own tasks.

Jiang Chen and Mei Yi stayed in the guild to learn about the rules of the other world and record all kinds of information about the dungeon. After all, the dungeon was where the three of them would make money and train in the future.

Jiang Chen assigned another task to Kiana, who was restless.

——Searching for the goddess Hestia.

This was the first alien world they had traveled through, but it was definitely not the last.

A powerful deity would provide them with support and strength in their future adventures. Compared to the other gods of fun in the Earth World, who would do anything for fun, Hestia was undoubtedly the most reliable and gentle, making her the perfect companion.

So, after learning from the guild that the Hestia clan had not yet been established, Jiang Chen made a prompt decision that the three of them would join its clan.

Even compared to other famous families, the current Hestia family has nothing. Weapons, logistics and even housing are all poor.

However, from a long-term perspective, the goddess herself is the most precious resource.

"Black hair, twintails, blue ribbon, lolita, all done." Kiana was excited. Ignoring the gazes of passersby, she excitedly grabbed Hestia's shoulders and said, "Goddess Hestia, I finally found you. Please, please let me join your clan!"

"You, have heard of me?"

Startled by Kiana, Hestia tensed up.

This child, among the people of the lower realm, was undoubtedly outstanding. With her beautiful appearance, lively personality, and the strength she possessed when she grabbed me, she possessed exceptional talent. Furthermore, her request to join the clan was sincere.

The lies of the people in the underworld are meaningless in the eyes of the gods.

and so--

Suspicious! Very suspicious!

Hestia was on guard! She had only been in the underworld for a month, living with her fellow godson and completely unknown.

Suddenly, a child with excellent looks and talents came to my door and kept nagging about joining my clan. It was very suspicious no matter how I thought about it. How could such a good thing happen in the world?

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I haven't established a clan yet."

"Eh?"

022 Being tortured madly by dead memories

Adventurer's Guild.

Jiang Chen and Meiyi, who are collecting intelligence, are not optimistic about their work.

They were stuck at the first level because they didn't recognize the characters of this world.

Perhaps for a long time to come, they would be embarrassed by the label of "illiterate". Therefore, intelligence gathering could only be done through verbal questioning and eavesdropping on the adventurers' conversations.

Although the guild's reception staff are of quite good quality.

However, Jiang Chen and Meiyi need to disguise themselves, at least not to be too conspicuous.

In order not to make others feel strange, I didn't dare to ask too many questions at once, and all I collected was some basic information.

"I'm so tired. I didn't expect the first step of my adventure would be like this."

Sitting in the corner of the guild, Meiyi tried her best to act natural, stretched, and then leaned half of her body against Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

"Why, are you disappointed?"

"No, actually I'm quite happy." Mei smiled.

Since she sneaked into this maze city, the corners of the girl's mouth have almost always maintained an upward arc.

Different worlds, adventures, magic and dungeons, as well as the time alone with Jiang Chen at this moment.

Everything felt fresh and exciting to Mei.

The excitement won't subside for a while.

"Dwarves, elves, orcs, all races that only existed in fantasy before, I saw them all today!"

"Not only that, there are also dwarfs here. Those who look childish, don't underestimate them." Jiang Chen's expression was quite complicated.

Unlike Mei, who was traveling through time for the first time, he was also curious about the world and excited by the new scenery. However, his inner emotions went beyond that, and he also had worries about his future life.

In fact, compared to Mei who relied on him to travel through "formal channels", his first time traveling experience was not a good one.

By the way, how did you travel through time in the first place?

Squinting his eyes, Jiang Chen began to recall.

——Earthquakes, seas of fire, sharp blades and...Optimus Prime?

He shook his head and recalled it again in disbelief.

It seemed like... there was a sudden earthquake. He was holding up his keyboard, fighting knife-wielding intruders in his twenty-fifth-floor home, which was on fire due to a gas explosion. The situation was at a stalemate, and he was blown away by Optimus Prime riding the Freedom Gundam.

"Why do I have such outrageous memories in my mind?" Jiang Chen's pupils trembled.

Something's wrong! Something is wrong!

Did shape-shifting mechanical aliens really exist in his original world? And what about that Gundam with giant wings? Why wasn't the pilot in the cockpit instead of riding on the back of an equally gigantic robot?

For a moment I didn't know where to start complaining.

The memory, which was even more bizarre than a dream, made him feel dazed.

"Mr. Jiang Chen, have you found anything?" Meiyi leaned over with a concerned look on her face.

The beautiful face is magnified little by little, and you can feel the softness that is unique to a girl, and a pleasant scent.

It’s a pity that Jiang Chen was in a daze and had no intention of enjoying this ambiguous atmosphere.

"It is nothing special."

Jiang Chen shook his head, speechless.

If the atmosphere and timing were not right, he would never have imagined that such a memory was stored in his mind.

So, what did I do in the past? What strange memories do I have in my head?

Jiang Chen was a little afraid to recall it, so he coughed lightly and regained his composure.

"In short, although we are visitors..."

After a pause, making sure Mei understood what he meant, Jiang Chen continued, "But we are not special people. The real other world is not a light novel. If we hold a condescending attitude, we will definitely suffer in the end."

This is also his experience.

When he first traveled through the collapsed world, he'd imagined himself slaying all enemies, relying on his familiarity with the plot to form alliances, surrounded by beauties, and ultimately saving the world with ease. But the reality was that traveling through time only changed the world, not the mind. One's abilities were limited to what they could do. He couldn't even afford to eat in Changkong City alone, and if he hadn't met Mei, he would have starved to death.

"Don't worry, Mr. Jiang Chen, I understand."

Mei nodded solemnly, secretly made up her mind, and expressed her ideas with a wonderful momentum.

"You know, Mr. Jiang Chen, everyone is born an idealist, innocent, romantic, and passionate. But everyone has to face a cruel reality, a reality called 'reality'."

"As long as we survive, we will be shackled by various 'rules' and constantly tempered and assimilated by them, until we completely forget our original selves, and even use words like childish to despise our former selves."

"This is a battlefield without smoke of gunpowder, a battle we know we will lose."

The girl's expression was more serious than ever before. "As long as I'm alive, as long as I'm confined within the confines of the 'world,' I'm destined to be sculpted into a stereotype by the myriad of monotonous things. Like most people, I'll live a mediocre and inactive life."

"And now, everything has been overturned by you, Mr. Jiang Chen. I have escaped the cage called the world, and the world that is actually cognition. I can make new choices in this world and reach a different destination. A different direction of growth, a possibility that only exists in fantasy, and a completely unfamiliar territory!"

"So, Mr. Jiang Chen, please don't be so careless. Bringing me here is a great thing... No, it's a miracle! It's not just a change of environment, it's undoubtedly a new life!"

After a passionate speech, Mei's eyes lit up and her face turned red with excitement.

“你… … “Is it true?”

Jiang Chen opened his mouth, shocked.

My head was buzzing. Although I didn't know what I heard specifically, I thought it was very impressive.

How should I put it? It's like a docile kitten at home, and suddenly one day it hunts a bear and brings it back to raise you, which is shocking.

Was Mei's original personality like this?

"Um, please don't look at me like that." Mei lowered her head shyly.

After growing up, Mei felt inexplicably ashamed when this side of her showed for the first time.

But when I think about the declaration just now, it’s true, we have already arrived in another world, why should we still restrain our hearts?

"It's like that in novels, and those adventurers just now all had cool titles."

Thinking of the adventurers talking about names like [X-Princess], [Black X Magic Sword], and [Magic X], Mei felt a little excited inside and finally couldn't contain herself.

"Perhaps in this world, this kind of thing is normal!"

She also wanted a cool title, so...

"Mr. Jiang Chen, please formally address me as the True Lightning Swordsman from now on!" The girl revealed her truest self in front of the person she cared about most, and justified her actions with one sentence: "Aibo thinks so too!"

Lei Lu: “???”

'Tell me again what I think.'

At this moment, Lei Lu finally recalled the scene in his memory of the little Yayi, wearing a cloak (bed sheet), holding a sharp blade (umbrella), showing an evil smile, drinking ice wine (soda) and killing monsters (stray dogs).

"No! Don't recall those shameful memories!!"

What followed was the admiring looks and encouraging applause from the adventurers.

"Good job, little girl!"

"Great! Please keep it up!"

"With you, we won't be laughed at anymore."

023 Strategy Battle?

The sun sets in the west, it's dusk.

Jiang Chen and Meiyi looked at each other in silence, enveloped in an awkward atmosphere.

Their faces were filled with expressions of despair. They fled the city in an unofficial channel in a panic and returned to the ruins, their temporary base.

Jiang Chen didn't expect that Mei would give an impassioned speech in public. After those unclear words, she actually... openly exposed her hidden Chuunibyou attributes.

Mei hadn't anticipated that the adventurers' impressive titles were simply a prank from the gods. "Chuunibaku is normal," such common sense didn't exist in the other world.

Before she officially became an adventurer, she had already become famous in this maze city in an unexpected way.

And its fame spread so quickly that it was completely unstoppable.

On the way back, the two were pointed at and talked about by almost all passers-by. They admired the girl's courage and looked at her with admiration.

Of course, praise is also indispensable.

"That's her, the real lightning swordsman."

"I can actually keep up with the train of thought of those gods. In a sense, I am also amazing."