The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 292 - 204 Little Devil

Chapter 292: Chapter 204 Little Devil

"Is it... my fan?"

After the initial shock, Zhou Yuan couldn’t help but feel excited, revealing a standard business smile.

"No problem, it’s just a selfie, right? Take as many as you want. Everyone, line up, one by one."

"I’ll go first, I’ll go first." A short-haired girl flashed to Zhou Yuan’s side and raised her phone with a smirk, "Cheese~~~"

Click, click... The crisp shutter sound kept going. She changed over a dozen different poses, taking dozens of photos for each. Zhou Yuan was starting to sweat. Was this really necessary?

"Stop taking photos, it’s our turn now." The remaining girls expressed their dissatisfaction.

At this moment, Zhou Yuan felt an inexplicable sense of comfort. He never expected that one day he would have so many enthusiastic fans... This feeling of being admired and liked was really nice.

What surprised him was that one of the cold-faced cultivators was also one of his female fans. She was a long-haired beauty who claimed to be his top fan on the live streaming platform.

Through the Eyes of Identification, Zhou Yuan learned that these aloof cultivators came from a sect called "Tianxuan Sect." Due to their cultivation method, they always kept a poker face. It was considered a trivial side effect of their sect’s cultivation method, which would be eliminated once they mastered the technique.

Additionally, this sect was renowned in the Cultivation World for its Dual Cultivation Skill. As long as the disciples found a suitable partner to practice dual cultivation with, their cultivation progress would skyrocket.

Zhou Yuan guessed with certainty that the ice beauty was lusting after his body. So as soon as the photo session ended, he quickly found an excuse to politely decline her dinner invitation and hurried out of the lounge.

He hadn’t walked far before he bumped into Jiang Wuming, who was eating ice cream in the corridor. However, Jiang Wuming looked a bit resentful.

[This is an ice cream "assassin," priced at 350 yuan.]

"What a coincidence. I was just looking for you." Jiang Wuming took a painful bite of the ice cream assassin. "There’s been an unusual incident. We need to go check it out."

Zhou Yuan had nothing else to do. "Alright, let’s go."

...

"After Ye Youxian arrived in Xinheng City, some kind of anomaly occurred in the Cave Heaven Blessed Land, accelerating its rising speed. This increased the spiritual energy concentration in Xinheng City, leading to various abnormal events," Jiang Wuming explained while driving.

"Who exactly is this Little Liang?" Zhou Yuan asked, feigning ignorance.

"I don’t know either, but since he can react with the Cave Heaven Blessed Land, he must be some ancient relic dug up by the Control Bureau... Maybe a reincarnation of an ancient cultivator, used to evade the Age of the End of the Law," Jiang Wuming speculated.

It couldn’t be the reincarnation of an Immortal... Zhou Yuan thought of the Eyes of Identification’s hint—Ye Youxian was an Immortal’s remains.

"It might be a new life formed after an Immortal’s death, or something created when the Immortal ascended and self-decapped... But it would never be a former Immortal."

Zhou Yuan didn’t ponder it much longer. They had reached the site of the abnormal incident, very close, just three or four blocks away from the Control Bureau.

Jiang Wuming got out of the car. "I’ll go scout ahead."

An increase in spiritual energy and transcendent powers not only caused rapid mutation and evolution in plants and animals but also spawned random anomalies.

For instance, right now, a grotesque bronze monster statue had suddenly appeared on the street.

It looked like a Western little demon, standing less than fifty centimeters tall, with a dog-like head, sharp fangs, bat-like wings on its back, thin and weak limbs, and holding a sharp trident.

The whole body had a mottled bronze color, giving off an ancient artifact vibe, and there was no trace of life emanating from it.

It was a dead object.

However, the trident was stained with fresh blood, and a man was lying on the ground holding his buttocks, bleeding profusely, and howling in pain.

"My hemorrhoid got poked! It hurts so much! Call an ambulance! Please, call an ambulance!"

"Hang in there, young man. The ambulance is on the way, stay strong!" Nearby bystanders encouraged him.

Zhou Yuan’s mouth twitched. This guy was really unlucky. Getting poked in the butt was bad enough, but it hit his hemorrhoid...

Jiang Wuming said, "According to the witness’s description, this thing appeared out of nowhere, just like a monster spawning at midnight... It fits the criteria for an anomaly: unpredictable, unstable, irregular.

When this little demon appeared, the victim happened to be in front of it and got poked. When passersby heard the scream and looked over, the little demon was quickly covered by a layer of bronze, and has stayed in that position, motionless."

[Bronze Little Demon, this is a mischievous imp who loves to poke people in the nether regions at lightning speed. If you encounter it, you’d better pray you don’t have hemorrhoids, or you’ll be in excruciating pain.

Dealing with this troublemaker is easy, just keep looking at it so it doesn’t have time to cause trouble. However, it is very difficult to inflict any effective damage on it while it’s in its bronze state.]

Zhou Yuan nodded in understanding, following Jiang Wuming’s analysis. "So as long as you ’look’ at it, it will bronze-ify and lose its mobility."

There were a lot of onlookers around, making it easy to ensure that someone would always be watching the Bronze Little Demon.

"Very likely, just like Anomaly 1251: the Crying Angel." Jiang Wuming circled the Bronze Little Demon a few times and then took out a spiked club from his Storage Ring, smashing it down hard.

Clang!

Sparks flew, and the spiked club bent. Jiang Wuming exclaimed, "It’s pretty tough, huh? Try using your big and long rod."

Zhou Yuan’s face turned dark. Could you not say such vulgar things in public?

He didn’t take out the Eastern Town Rod but instead examined the Bronze Little Demon. This creature could launch surprise attacks, so maybe it could be tamed as a pet.

But the problem was, how to fool Jiang Wuming...

Zhou Yuan took out the Eastern Town Rod and symbolically gave a few hits, not expecting much effect. Then he suggested, "Let’s take it to a less crowded place and see if we can handle it once it de-bronzes."

"Alright, I’ll drive, you keep an eye on it."

Zhou Yuan grabbed the little demon and elementalized his eyes, so he wouldn’t need to blink and risk drying out his eyes.

The two got into the car and drove towards the outskirts, looking for an open space.

Xinheng City wasn’t very large, and twenty minutes later, they found a sparsely populated area.

Jiang Wuming didn’t get out of the car but turned around to face Zhou Yuan.

"What’s wrong?" Zhou Yuan kept his eyes on the little demon.

"Zhou Yuan, I need to ask you a question, and I need you to answer honestly," Jiang Wuming said seriously.

"... Go ahead."

Jiang Wuming pointed at him and asked in a thunderous voice, "Are you Wang Zhen?!"

"!"

Zhou Yuan was shocked, almost losing focus.

"Ha, you are indeed the same person!" Jiang Wuming clapped his hands, feeling like a genius, a reincarnation of Sherlock Holmes.

"How did you figure it out?" Zhou Yuan stopped pretending.

"It’s simple." Jiang Wuming snapped his fingers. "From the truth-or-dare show, I learned some details about Wang Zhen. Later, I whimsically compared you two and found an uncanny resemblance. Plus, you both like Chen Guangxi, this peculiar commonality led me to boldly conclude—you guys are the same person!"

"..."

Zhou Yuan was at a loss for words. What did he mean by peculiar commonality...

"I never expected it to be you...

Soon, more questions followed. "Where did you get those extraordinary abilities and items when you acted under a fake identity? Is it related to the ’thing’ from the Stars Network incident? What is ’that thing’?"

Zhou Yuan pondered for a moment. "I can tell you, but under a few conditions."

"First, you have to keep all of this a secret and not tell anyone."

"Second, the Bronze Little Demon belongs to me. You have to provide a false report, claiming that it was destroyed."

"Third..."

Zhou Yuan paused, "You need to be my wingman and help me win over Chen Guangxi."

"Okay."

Jiang Wuming made a gesture. "Easy peasy, leave everything to me."