Chapter 153: Invincible
Wang Zikai’s home, two o’clock in the morning.
Ever since his supernatural power ‘awakened’, Wang Zikai had been healthier than ever. As he cultivated with the method Gao Yang taught him every day, his stamina grew at an even greater speed.
Outside of serious injury, he could operate with only three hours of sleep.
In addition to satisfying his basic needs, he didn’t know how else to fill his long day. He wanted to go on missions with Gao Yang to defeat lizard people, but Gao Yang always told him to be patient and accumulate power while laying low.
Besides, Gao Yang had jumped ship to the Qilin Guild or whatever it was called, and he hadn’t contacted Wang Zikai for quite a while.
Wang Zikai could only tell himself that Gao Yang must have his reason, that he was the trump card of humanity, the chosen savior of the world. He must not take things lightly.
Still, still...
The days were so damn boring.
After games lost their appeal, Wang Zikai suddenly got into singing.
Right now, he was standing on the sofa barefooted in his luxurious living room equipped with a home karaoke set, dressed in a T-shirt that said, ‘Invincible.’
Holding a microphone in one hand and a spicy chicken leg in the other, he sang to his heart’s content.
“How lonely it is to be invincible...”
“How empty it feels to be invincible...”
“Standing alone at the peak with the sweeping, cold wind...”
“Who will understand my lonesome heart...”
Wang Zikai bit the last chunk of meat off the chicken leg and cast the bone into the trash can near him, holding the microphone with his other hand.
“How lonely it is to be invincible...”
“How empty it feels to be invincible...”
“Will she hear me out from her hiding place in heaven...”
“My loneliness, it is endless...”
When the song ended, Wang Zikai jumped off the sofa and bowed to the TV. “Thank you! Thank you all for coming to my concert! Now, I’ll sing the song...”
Bam!
The window of the living room shattered into glass particles. Perching on the windowsill was a girl with drenched hair and equally drenched cloak wrapping around her body. In her hand was a brick.
She jumped in and threw the brick away. “Done!”
“Who are you?” Wang Zikai paused before breaking into a surprised grin. “A burglar?”
Fresh Snow wordlessly looked around in amazement, blinking.
“You’re bold to barge into my turf, I’ll give you that!” Wang Zikai dropped the microphone and tightened his fist to make a swing. He had been itching for a fight, and the girl happened to barge in then.
“Wait!” Gao Yang vaulted through the window just in time.
“No, you’ll catch a cold.”
Fresh Snow retorted proudly, “I don’t catch cold.”
“Sit.”
Gao Yang made Fresh Snow sit down on the sofa and fetched the hairdryer. Then he stood behind her to dry her silver hair.
Fresh Snow seemed to dislike the sounds, and she kept hissing at the hairdryer with her back arched. After a few hisses, though, she realized there was nothing scary about it, and she started enjoying the service with her eyes narrowed, her silver hair flying around her face.
Soon dried, her hair ran softly down her shoulders.
Wang Zikai had been watching the whole time, and he said in a judgemental tone, “Bro, your friend seems kinda stupid.”
Fresh Snow glared at Wang Zikai. “You’re stupid!”
“What, you disagree?” Wang Zikai scoffed. “Then prove yourself!”
“Fine! How do I prove it?” Fresh Snow got riled up.
Wang Zikai grabbed a controller from the sofa. “Let’s have a PVP match! You aren’t chickening out, are you?”
Gao Yang facepalmed. Wait, you think playing a game will prove someone’s intelligence? What’s the logic in that?
“Of course not!” Fresh Snow accepted the challenge.
Gao Yang sighed silently. Well, at least that will keep them occupied, and I can take my shower.
Gao Yang went to the bathroom for a shower. During the time, he accessed the system and checked his Luck points to make sure he wasn’t in any danger. Then he started thinking ahead.
There was a reason he took Fresh Snow to Wang Zikai’s place.
First, it was relatively safe, at least safer than walking around on the streets with her in tow.
Second, Wang Zikai was a valuable asset. On the off chance that Fresh Snow went berserk and attempted to kill him, Gao Yang stood a better chance of winning with Wang Zikai by his side.
His two encounters with Fresh Snow allowed him to profile her to some extent. The girl was young and quite naive, but in the way a small animal was naive. She didn’t have a clear outlook on right and wrong, but she did operate by some codes. And she depended heavily on her sister.
According to how Fresh Snow had been treating him, she wasn’t hostile to him, but instead had an unexplainable trust and goodwill for him.
Perhaps he could use it to his advantage and get some useful information out of her to understand the Spectres. The more he knew, the better he could take proactive measures.
After the quick shower, Gao Yang dried his hair and put on Wang Zikai’s pajamas. When he got back to the living room, Fresh Snow and Wang Zikai were playing a fighting game, both with a tight clutch on a controller.
“Hey, hey, hey, wait a moment, wait...” Wang Zikai whined. “Ahhhh! Fuck! This isn’t happening! This can’t be!”
“Haha! You lose again!” Fresh Snow swung the controller around, satisfied. “You are the dummy!”
Wang Zikai was a sore loser. “That doesn’t count! Again!”
“You’re on!” Fresh Snow sounded happy.
The moment Gao Yang came over and took a seat on the sofa, Fresh Snow jumped up to snuggle close to him, nuzzling his arm.
Gao Yang quietly watched them play. After a while, he said with feigned nonchalance, “You’re good at this, Fresh Snow.”
“Yeah!” Fresh Snow stared at the TV and continued her epic fight with Wang Zikai. “Sister often plays with me.”
Gao Yang put on his most natural act. “Won’t your sister worry about you when you’re out on your own?”