Gu Rong told 006 about Lu Li asking him to collect the keys.

Gu Rong: [Lord Devil said He asked Zaizai to collect keys. When did He ask Zaizai to collect them?]

006 was also confused: [Exactly.]

006 and Gu Rong arrived at the same thought: [The Devil’s Key, could this be Lord Devil’s item?]

The more it thought, the more reasonable it seemed. [Every time the Devil’s Key appears alongside the highest point reward. Could it be that the points are the reward for the little follower, and the key is meant to be collected and returned to Lord Devil?]

Hearing this, Gu Rong, who had been planning to collect the keys and find treasure, couldn’t help feeling a little disappointed.

006 said: [Little host, remember the first instance? Back then, we had to find five keys to synthesize the master key. Those keys were made from the devil’s bones. Could these keys also be?]

[Huh?] Gu Rong was astonished, [He’s about the same size as Zaizai. How could he have so many bones?]

006: […So, that’s why the keys are so small?]

Gu Rong tilted his little head, his small face thoughtful.

He extended a finger, gently poking his own fair, soft arm. Making keys from bones, does it hurt?

Just then, “Dong, dong, dong” sounds echoed through the mist. In the dark night, it was eerie, sending chills down the spine.

Gu Rong perked up his little ears and looked around.

He saw nothing.

Gu Rong had transformed into a human cub. His five senses weren’t as sharp as when he was a Little Zombie cub, and the darkness obstructed his vision.

But the sound grew closer. The rhythm of the sound resembled the hopping of Jiangshi.

006 said: [Little host, the nineteen Jiangshi are coming!]

Hearing this, Gu Rong immediately ducked behind the coffin, hiding, and even pulled the small blanket over himself.

When Lu Li appeared earlier, he had not only blocked 006 but also shielded the surroundings.

The group hiding in the dark had only seen Gu Rong and the coffin shrouded in black mist, unable to see clearly.

These nineteen Jiangshi had arrived long ago, but had only been circling the coffin.

Now, the shield was lifted, and they surged towards Gu Rong’s direction all at once.

Gu Rong’s courage was as great as ever. Although he was currently a human cub, he wasn’t afraid; his mentality very stable, squatting motionlessly behind the coffin.

The Jiangshi seemed to fear this coffin and started circling outside again, not daring to approach.

Gu Rong poked his little head out from behind the blanket. This time, he saw the large Jiangshi with green faces and long fangs.

Gu Rong patted the coffin with his small hand: [Big Jiangshi afraid of coffin! Dare not catch Zaizai!]

006 said: [Correct! However, they are likely afraid of Lord Devil inside the coffin!]

Soon, the group ambushing in the dark, following Wu Sandeng’s command, rushed out, each holding tools specifically for dealing with Jiangshi.

The large Jiangshi were formidable fighters. One swipe of a claw tore through a player’s arm.

The player let out a miserable howl.

Laifu, having turned into a Jiangshi dog, wasn’t as scared of Jiangshi as before. Now they were all Jiangshi, who was afraid of whom? Barking woof woof, it charged forward, biting onto a Jiangshi’s leg and not letting go.

The Jiangshi kicked it away with one foot.

Laifu whimpered, collapsed limply on the ground, motionless, looking as good as dead.

Everyone: “…”

Couldn’t bear to watch. If a dog is cowardly, don’t blame the breed. Even as a Jiangshi dog, it’s still this weak. What could you expect?

Outside, the battle raged. Gu Rong peeked around the coffin, quietly approached, grabbed Laifu’s dog leg, and heixiu heixiu, tried to drag it behind the coffin.

But he was smaller than Laifu and couldn’t move the dog at all.

Laifu had only been kicked and wasn’t dead. Seeing Gu Rong, it immediately jumped up and hid behind the coffin with Gu Rong.

The cub and dog poked their heads out from behind the coffin, secretly observing.

[Look, this is the difference! Think about how Laifu abandoned Zaizai before! Now Zaizai is a human child and still doesn’t forget to save him!]

[For Laifu’s sake being so useless, let’s not hold it against him! [Gift Points]]

[Speaking of which, where did Lord Devil go? Come save your little follower!]

[Lord Devil probably can’t appear constantly, right? Otherwise, this wouldn’t be his first actual appearance until now.]

–

Huang Daoren and Zhao Jiuquan were the strongest, but they were outnumbered by the Jiangshi, and each Jiangshi was incredibly powerful.

Every time they subdued one Jiangshi and went to deal with others, they’d turn back to find the previous Jiangshi had been rescued by the others.

These Jiangshi had not only gained intelligence but also fought as a group, their coordination even better than the group of humans.

006 said excitedly: [Little host, the Human Cub Experience Card duration is up!]

As 006 spoke, the scene before Gu Rong changed.

Previously, it was like watching high-definition footage; now it instantly switched to 4K ultra-clear.

Gu Rong still had tasks to do. He immediately equipped the [Hanged Little Ghost] identity card and flew onto the coffin lid.

Laifu widened its dog eyes, then, as if having found its little protector, happily darted around randomly.

Gu Rong took out the fishing rod from his system backpack – the one copied from Mu Xingye earlier. It could accurately hook the selected target, bear the weight of up to 3 sharks, and the user wouldn’t feel the weight of the hooked item.

Gu Rong flicked his small hand, casting the fishing rod out, accurately hooking a large Jiangshi.

Large Jiangshi: ??

Gu Rong retracted his small hand again, and the large Jiangshi flew over swoosh, suspended in mid-air in front of Gu Rong.

Gu Rong reeled the large Jiangshi over, used the small saw to saw off the Jiangshi teeth, then grabbed the Jiangshi’s small braid, swung it around in the air, and swoosh, threw it away.

Jiangshi: ?!

Everyone: “…?!”

006: […]

Livestream Chat: […]

Wo cao, Zaizai is going all out!

Next, Gu Rong hooked one after another accurately. Others fished for fish; he fished for Jiangshi.

Each time, after taking the Jiangshi teeth, he’d grab the little braid, swing it around, and throw it away. The movements were fluid, done in one go, as smoothly as could be.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Good grief! Knowing he was too short, he even knew to stand on the coffin to fish for Jiangshi! How on earth did he grab the little braid and lift the Jiangshi like that? How strong was he?!

Seeing this, the large Jiangshi no longer fought recklessly but scattered and fled.

As they hopped away, they even covered their braids in front, afraid of being grabbed by the little braid.

Gu Rong ultimately caught five Jiangshi, obtaining another 10 Jiangshi teeth and gaining 500,000 points.

The de-fanged Jiangshi, after being swung away by Gu Rong, each landed steadily at the players’ feet – more accurately, at the feet of Zhuang Yu, Shen Hanxiao, and Zhao Jiuquan.

Putting the Jiangshi teeth and fishing rod into the system backpack, Gu Rong patted his small hands, sat on the coffin lid, and swung his little legs.

For a moment, everyone was stunned by Gu Rong’s actions, and no one spoke.

The scene fell into silence.

Then, the same thought floated through everyone’s mind: As expected of the Little Jiangshi King!

–

Gu Rong obtained 10 Jiangshi teeth, only then remembering he had forgotten to use the [Little Jiangshi King] card.

If he had used the [Little Jiangshi King] card, all the Jiangshi would have obeyed him, and he could have obtained all the Jiangshi teeth easily!

006 said: [No rush. Anyway, the card is always there. Using it tomorrow is the same. During the chaos just now, no one noticed the little host removing the Jiangshi teeth. That’s also a good thing.]

Gu Rong nodded: [Okay!]

Huang Daoren applied talismans to the newly captured 5 Jiangshi, immobilizing them.

Now, six Jiangshi were captured.

And surprisingly, every single one was caught thanks to this Little Jiangshi cub.

Huang Daoren couldn’t help but sigh. But upon closer inspection, his expression changed dramatically.

Wu Sandeng saw his expression and also went forward to check. Upon seeing, his face also darkened.

These five Jiangshi were all missing their Jiangshi teeth.

Wu Sandeng’s face was displeased.

Huang Daoren said: “Something’s wrong! How could this be? During the fight just now, these Jiangshi clearly still had their teeth.”

Wu Sandeng narrowed his eye, looking towards Gu Rong, who was still sitting on the coffin.

And the Little Jiangshi cub met his gaze with an innocent, dazed expression.

Wu Sandeng: “…”

It had to be said, it was indeed very deceptive.

The night was dark, the mist was thick, and the distance wasn’t close. Wu Sandeng hadn’t seen Gu Rong take the Jiangshi teeth at all just now.

Forget Wu Sandeng; no one else had seen it either.

The small saw 006 bought for Gu Rong cost a lot of points. It removed teeth with a light touch, and the teeth were immediately stored in the system backpack, too fast for others to see clearly.

Everyone only saw Gu Rong hook the Jiangshi over and touch the Jiangshi’s head, but thought he was just grabbing the Jiangshi’s little braid.

Wu Sandeng withdrew his gaze and said, “Rest for the night first. We’ll talk tomorrow.”

–

Resting in the mountains, everything was simple. Everyone just found a relatively flat spot and sat down to get through the night.

Gu Rong slept on his stomach on the small blanket, next to the coffin. Laifu occupied a corner of the blanket, lying at Gu Rong’s feet.

Zhuang Yu, Shen Hanxiao, and Zhao Jiuquan leaned against a nearby tree.

The latter half of the night passed peacefully.

Gu Rong was woken up by hunger, his little tummy growling.

Upon waking, he found he was no longer lying on the small blanket but was being carried up the mountain in a bamboo basket.

It was daytime now, and the main group had already set off.

Including the Jiangshi caught last night, a total of six Jiangshi, each with a talisman on its forehead, were being controlled by Huang Daoren’s bell, hopping along.

The coffin previously used to hold the Jiangshi had been abandoned.

Lu Li’s coffin was still being carried up the mountain.

Gu Rong woke up, rubbing his eyes with his small meaty hands: [Tummy hungry!]

006, seeing Gu Rong wake up asking for food, reminded him: [Didn’t the little host want to diet?]

Gu Rong fully woke up, his consciousness returning. Thinking about his diet plan, his little tummy growled even louder.

Gu Rong clenched both small fists, his little face looking determined yet pouty: [Yes! Zaizai diet!]

006: […]

Okay, already angry before even starting the diet.

Midway, a small mishap occurred. The food supplies fell down a mountain stream. Now, even if Gu Rong didn’t diet, there was no food left to eat.

Gu Rong turned his little head, searching for the chicken, only to find the chicken was also gone.

It seemed the chicken hadn’t been seen since he woke up.

That chicken had realized it was just food, not a magic tool. During the night, while everyone slept, it had secretly slipped away.

Everyone was hungry and could only pick some wild fruits to satisfy their hunger.

Gu Rong didn’t like wild fruits. Plus, he was dieting, so he didn’t even eat the wild fruits.

The trio, Zhuang Yu, Shen Hanxiao, and Zhao Jiuquan, picked some wild fruits and offered them to Gu Rong.

Gu Rong shook his little head: “Zaizai diet!”

The trio: “…?”

Diet? This cub who saw food like his life depended on it?

006 said: [Little host, dieting is dieting, eating one wild fruit won’t hurt.]

Gu Rong was past the peak of hunger and actually didn’t feel hungry now. His little face resolute: [Zaizai not eat! Zaizai make self skinny!]

But his eyes secretly glanced at the wild fruits. They were bright red and looked delicious.

006: […]

Dieting doesn’t mean starving yourself.