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Chapter 246 - 43: Still Say You’re Not a Slave? (First update, seeking monthly pass)

Chapter 246: Chapter 43: Still Say You’re Not a Slave? (First update, seeking monthly pass)

"I’m back." — Gu Pan, First-tier Warrior.

Xu Shu sent a message.

In the upgrade network’s team channel, it only indicated "teammate offline," with no notification for logging in.

In addition, after logging off, the team channel wouldn’t keep any history of the chat.

Only private messages could store history.

Therefore, after Xu Shu sent the message, he saw that only his lone message was left on the interface.

After a moment, he couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

Isn’t anyone online?

What are they doing late at night, not browsing the forum, sleeping?

After thinking, he decided to send private messages individually.

As a result, they responded quickly.

"Brother Xu, glad you’re alive, sigh~" — Corpse Driver, busy again tonight.

"Sigh, Xu, you are selfless, but what’s done is done, we’ve kept it secret, let’s pretend it never happened, sigh~" — Chen Nian, First-tier Female Crown.

"Sigh~~~" — Hong Yan, First-tier Rascal.

Sigh??

Xu Shu was startled.

"Why are you all sighing? Could it be that Lan Xin failed to save Rudius? Or didn’t bring him back?" — Gu Pan.

"Uh, he was saved, we sent Lan Xin to the Starry Church, they’ll provide a reasonable explanation." — Chen Nian.

"So what’s next, do you guys still plan on teaming up for a campaign?" — Gu Pan.

Xu Shu kept it simple, planning to cross the Wasteland alone would be troublesome.

Besides, the campaign wasn’t finished yet, and he hadn’t accumulated enough Contribution Points, needing 20 points to purchase the Mirror of Illusion and Reality and open the trading zone.

So, it might be better to call back these teammates.

After all, they had cooperated once and had some level of trust between them.

Also, the name token was still in effect, which acted as a slight deterrent.

It wasn’t like before with Lan Xin having completely given up on being human; it was unlikely anyone would betray him.

Thus, Xu Shu felt, if they could recruit another Female Crown and complete their group, they could campaign again and accumulate contributions.

This thought must be common among everyone...

The next second.

"You’re calling us out, tut-tut-tut." — Busy again tonight.

"Brother Xu, are you joking? Don’t make such jokes next time, or don’t blame me for being strict according to the rules." — Chen Nian.

"You really don’t know or you’re pretending?" — Hong Yan.

What rule? What pretending?

Xu Shu furrowed his brow, sensing a strong wariness from his teammates.

Unable to figure out the specific reason, he typed:

"Clarify what you mean, I feel you’re targeting me." — Gu Pan.

"Brother Xu, I respect you as a real man, if you insist on asking, I, Old Yang, am straightforward, I’ll tell you directly!

’You said you’re back, everyone was happy, we are friends who would die for each other, it’s better to see you alive than dead. But since you’ve become a slave to that Alien Species Earl, he must have forced you to deceive us, right? Forget it, you’re pitiful enough being a slave alone, we won’t delete you as a friend." — Busy again tonight.

"Just forget each other in Jianghu then." — Chen Nian.

"Right." — Hong Yan.

Xu Shu: ?

Damn right!

"Who said I’ve become a slave? For crying out loud, I thought it was something serious, stop spreading nonsense." — Gu Pan.

"Brother Xu, monks don’t lie, and neither should non-monks." — Chen Nian.

"Fine, probably Brother Xu is helpless, the Earl is watching you, right? No worries, we don’t blame you. Send our regards to the Earl, invite it to come to town sometime for fun, hehe." — Busy again tonight.

"I’m really not a slave, guys. Why don’t you believe me?" — Gu Pan.

"Not a slave? If not, why did you just log in now? We waited for you at the border for two hours, and you didn’t respond." — Chen Nian.

"Bro, it’s not me criticizing you, it’s one thing to fool your brothers, we all laugh it off, but don’t deceive yourself." — Busy again tonight.

"Right." — Hong Yan.

"I’m pissed off, I’m really not a slave, alright. The Earl is a dog bastard, born from its mother and grandfather, a wild product, do you believe that now? Would I dare to send this if it were watching me?" — Gu Pan.

"Seeing the attitude, doesn’t really seem like a slave? But how to prove it?" — Busy again tonight.

"How do you prove I’m a slave?" Xu Shu was speechless.

These folks, they really can fabricate stories, can’t they.

After a while.

"Alright, Brother Xu, take off your clothes, snap a full-body photo without any cover-ups to prove you don’t have a slave mark, then we might believe you." — Busy again tonight.

"Sounds good, if Brother Xu you want to prove yourself, send a photo to clarify things." — Chen Nian.

"? Right, makes sense! Send it first to Bi Chaoyang, then we pass it around to check, to ensure fairness." — Hong Yan.

Xu Shu rolled his eyes.

This is really...

Directly a cut to the artery.

"Honestly speaking, I can’t send a photo, I haven’t accumulated 20 Contribution Points, I can’t open the trading zone." — Gu Pan.

"...Brother, that’s a bit outrageous, you’re ranked 404 on the Qingyun List, you say you haven’t got 20 Contribution, do you think people would believe that when you say it?" — Busy again tonight.

"Brother Xu, stop pretending, look, you still don’t dare to send a photo, I am very disappointed in you." — Chen Nian.

"It’s not that I don’t dare to send, I really can’t send it." — Gu Pan.

"If no photo, then a slave!" — Hong Yan.

"Forget it, no more explanations, you won’t be able to come back anymore, take care, brother, I heard some aliens are quite perverted... take good care of yourself." — Busy again tonight.