“Hoo~” Suddenly, Xue Bufu let out a sigh, scaring Yun Xinghai half to death.

He quickly looked at Xue Bufu and noticed that he had a frowning and serious expression.

Is Xue Bufu having a nightmare?

He has nightmares too? How intriguing!

In Yun Xinghai’s impression, Xue Bufu had always been someone who feared nothing and no one. Of course, except for Chen Xing.

After observing Xue Bufu for a while, Yun Xinghai realized that apart from the somewhat troubled expression on his face, there was nothing else unusual. He decided not to pay any more attention to it.

Suddenly, under the moonlight, he saw Xue Bufu’s expression turning incredibly grim.

It scared him half to death again!

“CCCC!” He was so frightened that he shuddered and even cursed four times. His little heart almost stopped from the fright.

“Huh~” Yun Xinghai let out a sigh of relief. My goodness! Is Xue Bufu’s expression always this terrifying when he has nightmares!?

He couldn’t help but think of Xue Bufu making such expressions next to him at night. It sent chills down his spine! Too scary!

If he ever finds a wife, she would definitely be scared to tears by him. And when they get old, who knows, maybe his partner would be scared to death on the spot by him!

As he was thinking about this, suddenly…

Xue Bufu whispered, “Xiaoying!”

His voice was very soft, but Yun Xinghai heard it. He widened his eyes and looked at Xue Bufu, only to see him trembling all over.

Then he threw a punch towards Yun Xinghai!

Yun Xinghai: ???

Darn it!

“Bang!”

Xue Bufu’s punch sent Yun Xinghai flying.

While in midair, he finally understood that the person secretly attacking him every night was none other than Xue Bufu!

“Thud!”

Yun Xinghai heavily crashed into the wall.

His head “thumped” against the wall. He immediately fell unconscious.

That’s also why he had no memory of those incidents. Every night, he experienced what it felt like to have a concussion!

After crashing into the wall and losing consciousness, Yun Xinghai continued to fall. He happened to land on the spring trap he had set up.

With a “der~” sound, the trap launched him into the air.

“Thud.”

He directly slammed into the ceiling.

Then, as he descended, his set mechanical claw made a “click!” sound and caught his little head. At the same time, the side heavy hammer made a “clang!” and accurately hit his head.

It knocked him back to consciousness!

Yun Xinghai woke up suddenly.

!!!

???

Who am I?

Where am I?

What am I doing?

He… lost his memory from the impact…

At this moment, Chen Xing had already opened the door.

He had awakened from the noise caused by Xue Bufu’s attack. In fact, he could hear it every night, but he thought it was just Xue Bufu and Yun Xinghai playing around. So he didn’t pay much attention to it. But after hearing it tonight, he rushed over.

As he opened the door, he saw Yun Xinghai bound by an iron net. Dangling with his head swaying! He looked like a hanged ghost.

“Uh… Master, save me.”

Chen Xing: ???

At this time, Xue Bufu was also awakened by the commotion. He looked dazedly at Yun Xinghai hanging in mid-air.

Chen Xing turned on the lights and looked surprised at Xue Bufu on the bed and Yun Xinghai on the ceiling.

“This… BDSM?”

“What’s that?” Xue Bufu was puzzled, then he looked at Yun Xinghai on the ceiling and asked, “What are you doing up there again?”

Yun Xinghai was also confused, “Yeah… What am I doing? Why did the trap I designed catch me!?” Suddenly, he realized, “I know! It must be that assassin! How infuriating!”

Xue Bufu frowned upon hearing this, “You don’t remember anything?”

Yun Xinghai couldn’t shake his head now, so he just shivered, causing the mechanical claw on the ceiling to creak. “No, but… Can you please let me down first? My neck hurts!”

Chen Xing helplessly gave Xue Bufu a look, indicating for him to handle it.

Xue Bufu got up from the bed and helped adjust the mechanical claw for him. “Making a mess, trapping yourself with this thing, you’re really ridiculous.”

But Yun Xinghai looked serious, “No, that assassin is undoubtedly a master; he saw through all my traps! Making me lift a stone and drop it on my own foot, it’s brilliant!”

Xue Bufu’s inner thoughts: If I were that assassin, I would definitely smash your head.

Chen Xing: “…” (same thoughts)

“San’er, what’s going on?”

【 See for yourself. 】

With that, everything that had happened from start to finish appeared before Chen Xing.

“Hoo~ Hahaha… Damn! That’s something!”

Seeing Chen Xing suddenly burst into laughter, both Xue Bufu and Yun Xinghai looked at him. “What’s wrong?”

Chen Xing forcibly suppressed his laughter and looked at the two of them, “Nothing, I know what’s going on now.”

“What’s going on?” Both of them showed curious expressions.

Chen Xing smiled, “I won’t tell you. Figure it out yourselves. Xinghai, your reactions are still not fast enough, so use this incident as practice.”

“Consider it a test for you. Let’s see if you can catch this ‘assassin’ within a month.”

“Oh…” Yun Xinghai shivered and nodded, as if he agreed. He looked like a dried fish hanging there.

Chen Xing nodded and was about to leave. However, Xue Bufu said, “Just tell me secretly, what’s the situation?”

Chen Xing chuckled lightly, “I won’t tell you!”

“Damn! You’re so disgusting for only saying half of it!”

“Hahaha.” Chen Xing laughed and left, returning to his room.

Yun Xinghai stared at the door, lost in thought. Then he spoke, “Indeed, he’s the master. He’s using this little ‘assassin’ to train me and enhance my sensory sensitivity during sleep!”

After saying that, Yun Xinghai stared at Xue Bufu. As he couldn’t move his head and his body was wrapped in the iron net, he could only stare with his eyeballs and look at him with great effort. Seeing him in that state, Xue Bufu found it a bit funny and smiled, “What’s the matter?”

“Don’t laugh, can you let me down first? My neck is about to break!”

“Hahaha…”

Finally, Xue Bufu rescued Yun Xinghai.

“Thank you, Brother Xue… Hiss… It hurts… my neck…”

Xue Bufu said, “Go to sleep. That person shouldn’t come tonight.”

Yun Xinghai nodded, “Okay.”

The next morning…

Yun Xinghai walked out while holding his neck, saying, “It hurts so much…”

Gu Meow Meow was a bit surprised to see him, “Xinghai… you seem to have grown taller, meow!”

Upon hearing that he had grown taller, Yun Xinghai’s face immediately lit up, “Really? Ouch… it hurts.”

“Meow…” Gu Meow Meow scratched her head and a moment later, showed a surprised expression, “It doesn’t seem like you’ve grown taller, it looks like your neck got longer, meow!”

“What!?”

Yun Xinghai felt like the world was collapsing! Does that mean he’s turning into a giraffe!? “Ooh… Master, help me!”

Chen Xing happened to be walking out with Zero at that moment. Zero also looked surprised when she saw Yun Xinghai, “Hey!? Xinghai~ you seem to have grown taller!”

“Huh!?” Upon hearing Zero’s similar remark, Yun Xinghai was about to cry as he turned to Chen Xing, “Master! Save me… Big Brother! I don’t want to turn into a giraffe… ooh…”

Chen Xing could only smile wryly and walked over. “Gu Meow Meow, lend me the hammer.”

“Meow? Oh…”

Chen Xing took the hammer and, “Bang bang!”

Two hits, Yun Xinghai was “hammered” well.

“Wuwu…”

“Alright, stop crying. A real man shouldn’t cry.”

“Wuwu…”

“Hehe! It doesn’t hurt anymore.” Yun Xinghai immediately smiled with joy, but Chen Xing took a closer look and realized that he didn’t shed any tears at all. All thunder and no rain!

Gu Meow Meow delivered a merciless blow, “But you’ve also become shorter, meow…”

“Um… I’ll grow taller someday!”

Yun Xinghai and Gu Meow Meow were about the same height. However, he hadn’t started developing yet, and it was uncertain how tall he would grow.

“By the way, Chen Xing, you seem to have grown taller.” Xue Bufu looked at Chen Xing.

After he mentioned it, everyone looked at him.

“Hmm!?” Zero curiously raised her head, “Hmm… It does seem like that.” She felt that when she looked at him, she had to lift her head higher.

“Really? Do I?”

【 Yes, now you’re about 188cm tall. Young man, you’re also starting to develop. 】

“…”

Gu Meow Meow glanced at Chen Xing, then at Yun Xinghai beside her, and suddenly showed a disdainful expression.

Yun Xinghai: ?????

After breakfast, the group walked to school together. Chen Xing held Zero’s hand, Yun Xinghai took Gu Meow Meow’s hand with a blushing face, while Xue Bufu didn’t know where to put his hands, so he just stuffed them in his pockets. The group of friends chatted and laughed along the way, full of joy and laughter, appearing very harmonious.

The happiest one was Zero. Because Chen Xing had gained so many good friends all at once! He wouldn’t feel lonely anymore in the future.

Both Chen Xing and Zero’s personalities gradually became more cheerful.

As they were going to enter the forbidden zone in a few days, the training volume these days was intense. Chen Xing was forced to work overtime, training everyone so rigorously that they could hardly get up.

He had now become a mentor specializing in teaching combat skills, swordsmanship, knife techniques, spear techniques, and staff techniques. He was nicknamed “Weapon Master Jack…uh, Master Chen!”

All A-list Spirit Masters in the reserve team respected him greatly.

As for Xue Bufu, every night he had the same nightmare, which was the deepest fear in his heart. It was an event he couldn’t let go of even after so many years, so he would relive that scene in his dreams every night. He would call out that name and throw that punch every single night. As a result, Yun Xinghai experienced concussions and amnesia every night.

A few days had passed, and they still hadn’t found the assassin. However, Chen Xing noticed from the recordings that Yun Xinghai’s reactions had become faster. It seemed that the training was showing results, and at this rate, they should be able to uncover the truth within a month.

Finally, after a few more days, the day to enter the forbidden zone arrived.