Little Pink Starfish

Space bead string ah! The black-hearted lotus’s golden finger that could summon wind and rain, whiten and moisturize the skin, and even improve one’s own abilities! In the past life that the black-hearted lotus believed in, it belonged to the protagonist shou, Meng Qiao. In the original work, the black-hearted lotus snatched this golden finger early on and made it recognize him as its master, then used it to cheat from the inside out!
This thing would not fall off unless the master died, and even then usually wouldn’t drop. If it weren’t for the original plot where Yin Jiu became a level nine ability user and used lightning to stun the black-hearted lotus for a moment, making him unable to escape into the space, the black-hearted lotus wouldn’t have been so easy to take down, right!

……But somehow in the end, the space bead string still returned to its rightful owner Meng Qiao’s hands, and all the supplies inside ended up going cheap to Yin Jiu’s team.

Such a legendary life-saving treasure that supposedly couldn’t be removed unless the owner voluntarily took it off, got stolen in the blink of an eye?
Are you freaking kidding me!

Gu Bai stared dead at the space bead string, stunned for a moment.
This—is—not—scientific!
It’s definitely fake.

But Qiguan Rui, who already understood Gu Bai’s intentions extremely well, how could he allow Gu Bai to doubt his sincerity and strength? A male peacock knows to show off his tail feathers, so how could Qiguan Rui not!
Therefore, Gu Bai’s wrist was grabbed, and in a flash, he entered another world.

Wacao! Chirping birds and fragrant flowers!
Wacao! Fruit trees in forests!
Wacao! Spiritual spring gurgling!
Wacao! Hundreds of acres of good farmland!
Wacao! And even a very exquisite house!

Yes, like all portable spaces, this place had a spiritual spring that could not only cleanse the muscles and marrow but also currently remove zombie toxins below level four, and as the bead string’s owner leveled up, the spring would also grow stronger, cleansing more and more perfectly.
Also like all portable spaces, it was filled with all kinds of materials collected by the space’s owner, as well as crops planted and livestock raised by the owner.

A whole big granary, feeding thousands of people without pressure.
If the time flow in the space weren’t abnormal, even supporting a whole base wouldn’t be impossible.

But now, Gu Bai appeared here.
Totally confused as to why, okay!

Qiguan Rui looked at Gu Bai, his gaze very gentle: “Does the captain like this gift?”
Gu Bai: “……”
Laozi felt a bit shocked.

Qiguan Rui’s eyes grew even gentler: “If the captain doesn’t like it, then it has no need to exist.”
Gu Bai: Wo cao wo cao! Laozi didn’t say I didn’t like it! Wait, isn’t he just a level four corrosion ability user? How could Laozi think he really had the ability to make something like this? Logically speaking it’s impossible!

Qiguan Rui seemed to sigh lightly, he opened his palm, and from its center, black smoke slowly rose.
Gu Bai recognized it—this was his corrosion ability. And the moment this smoke appeared, the atmosphere in the entire space felt off. A gust of wind blew in an instant, didn’t it! Wo cao cao cao this guy really could destroy this space! Laozi wanted to grab his neck with both hands and shake him awake!

Taking a deep breath, Gu Bai opened his mouth: “I like it.”
Qiguan Rui closed his palm, tilted his head: “Oh?”
Gu Bai nodded: “Then give it to me.”
Qiguan Rui answered softly: “Alright. As long as the captain likes it, I’ll get anything for the captain.”

Gu Bai’s body trembled slightly.
He always felt that this newly recruited little brother was so cheesy when showing loyalty that even he couldn’t handle it. Even though after years in Tiandu City his poker face skill had become nearly perfect, in front of this person he always felt that this icy face of his would eventually crack!

Gu Bai silently nodded: “You’re very loyal.”
This was definitely a loyal little brother! And since he’s so loyal, then he should be treated well. Even if he had the strange quirk of speaking cheesy lines, as a good boss, Laozi would surely tolerate it!
Yes, definitely.

However, in the next moment, Gu Bai’s vision blurred again, and he was pulled out of the space by the little brother.
But this time the posture was a bit problematic—this little brother who was actually taller than Laozi stood in front of Laozi, wasn’t this just too “inclusive”? Give Laozi’s battle-hardened vigilance back!

Right after that, a string of beads was stuffed into his hand again.
Gu Bai reacted—it was still that space bead string.

Qiguan Rui looked at Gu Bai intently: “Since the captain likes it, then quickly drip blood to make it recognize you as master. At that time, other than me, the only one who can remove it, no one else will be able to snatch it from the captain’s hand.”
Gu Bai nodded again, took out a sharp tool, and prepared to slash his wrist…
Wo cao wo cao! Laozi is a zombie now! Aside from looking like a human on the outside, Laozi has no blood inside okay!

What to do what to do what to do—identity exposed ahhh!
Does that mean I have to fight this guy now? Can I no longer keep hiding among humans? Does this mean no more little brothers helping prepare white clothes, bathtubs for bathing, luxurious mansions to live in, and [beep——] ready?! Does this mean Laozi will be miserably stuck among a bunch of missing-limbed, fanged zombies drinking wind for the rest of life?!
This is so screwed! Ugh!

Gu Bai was very conflicted, very conflicted, very conflicted.
Should he cut the wrist or not, find some excuse? If he cut, the secret would be immediately exposed…

Just then, a sudden laugh came, and as if he remembered something, Qiguan Rui slapped his own forehead: “Ah right,” his voice soft, “I almost forgot. Captain, there’s no blood in your body, so you can’t make it recognize you as master.”

The voice that followed was like mist, seeping into Gu Bai’s mind bit by bit:

“No
“But it’s okay, as long as the captain wants…”
“I’m always willing to send the captain into the space.”
“It’s just…”

Qiguan Rui curved his lips: “It’s just, please allow me to ‘closely’ follow by the captain’s side at all times.”
Gu Bai finally came back to his senses, looking at Qiguan Rui with a particularly strange expression.
Wacao ah! Damn it this sounds like he already knew about Laozi’s identity okay! Could it be Laozi’s charm is so powerful that he’s already won the little brother’s loyalty to the point where even knowing Laozi is a zombie he remains devoted—no wait, unwaveringly loyal and without betrayal?!

Suddenly, feeling a tiny bit touched, what to do.
Preliminary alert: lifted!

Gu Bai, moved as he was, lowered his head to look at… the other hand on his wrist.
Qiguan Rui smiled and withdrew his hand, eyes lowered respectfully.
Gu Bai was satisfied: “As you wish.”
After saying this, he started playing with the space bead string.

But strangely, this powerful golden finger that in the original story was considered extremely valuable, which he had also thought was very precious when reading the novel, now that it had landed in his hands, made him feel… not that worth valuing. As if he had already played with countless things even more precious than this.

—That’s impossible!
Even in Tiandu City where he owned all the resources of the city, he hadn’t seen anything more rare than this string of beads.
This feeling, was really weird.
Hmm, must be an illusion.

Anyway, whether it was or not, Gu Bai glanced around and casually put it on his wrist.
At least for now, he wasn’t that excited anymore.
He finally remembered that pitiful black-hearted lotus, and wondered what would happen to him after losing the space. If this meant that even after reincarnating, he still had to grovel to the person he most hated and envied just to enjoy honor… that would be quite interesting.
Especially since the black-hearted lotus was extremely rational, willing to do whatever it took to survive.
He always knew what he should do, to the point that he probably couldn’t even rip off his mask to go all out…

With his eyes closed resting, Gu Bai naturally didn’t see that the handsome and extremely obedient youth, at this moment, had in his deeply gazing eyes, black flames of desire dancing.
Ready to devour, greedy beyond compare.

Qiguan Rui’s gaze didn’t shift at all.
It had been so long, yet he still couldn’t forget the scene back then when he provoked gege, and gege died in front of him. Even though he immediately understood it was because the shell was too weak to hold gege’s powerful soul, that scene still drove him into a frenzy.
It was actually him—it was actually him who caused gege such pain!

So, he took away gege’s new shell and soul, shattered the void, and entered the next world again.
This weak world, he really didn’t want to stay in it!
If it weren’t for the fact that gege seemed to like that protagonist…

He would’ve crushed the will of the entire world into dust!

After that, Qiguan Rui arrived in this world.
He felt the filth and energy between heaven and earth, and was pleasantly surprised to find that this world’s tolerance was far stronger than the previous one. Even though he didn’t know where gege’s soul had gone at the moment of entry, since there was power, gege would most likely subconsciously choose ice power.
So, he just had to search in that direction.

Unfortunately, in order to bring his whole body into this world, Qiguan Rui was hit by a void storm and the world’s will at the same time when he cracked open an entrance, causing his body to suffer countless wounds. But for him, it was nothing more than flesh injuries. After devouring some low-level trash, he began searching for his gege.
Using his mutated beast army.
And fate didn’t disappoint him—sure enough, it wasn’t long before he succeeded.

The only thing that displeased him was probably that his gege had once again lost his memory.
But maybe it was something to be grateful for—at least gege still remembered that little mountain at the beginning… maybe this was their chance to start over and relive the past once again.

As for this base…
Qiguan Rui didn’t control everyone.
He only used snake gu to parasitize those ability users in the Ice Frost Mercenary Corps whose loyalty wasn’t high enough for him to spare. Compared to the entire base’s population, that was just a handful.

Because he knew, gege really liked a lively atmosphere.
And the plot of this book happened to be one of those they read together in the past… Since that’s the case, how could he let gege be unhappy?