Surviving in a Collapsed World, Is Something Wrong?

China, Guangzhou.

Jiang Ming and others have been here for ten days, but still have not found the legendary Nine Netherworld.

At this time, they were in a restaurant, having breakfast.

"Boss, give me another serving of water chestnut cake."

There is a constant flow of people in the restaurant. Waiters in cheongsam serve breakfast to guests. I don't know whether most people come here just to eat or for something else...

There are all kinds of snacks on the table, which are very appetizing just by looking at them.

Kiana handed an empty plate to the waiter.

"Please give me another serving of durian pastry."

Then continued to eat breakfast.

"As expected, this restaurant is ranked 100th on Kiana's '11 Most Wanted Restaurants'. The snacks here are really delicious!"

"You're still in the mood to eat! We've been in Guangzhou for ten days, but we still can't find any clues about the Nine Netherworld recorded in the silk book..."

Ji Zi's face was full of melancholy.

"It's so tragic. Even the recipe for water chestnut cake is well preserved in this silk book - but all the records about Jiuyou are damaged."

"Maybe this volume is just the first one, there will be a second one."

Jiang Ming explained on the side.

"Then why record the recipe in such an important silk book? What on earth was the author thinking?"

"Well, I heard that the author of the silk book liked Ji Lin very much and made all kinds of cakes for her, including water chestnut cakes, and Ji Lin really liked to eat jade paste, so..."

Jiang Ming looked at Ji Zi's increasingly gloomy face and quickly shut up, then lowered his head to eat breakfast.

"Ming, try this, ah——"

Meiyi picked up a shrimp dumpling and put it to Jiang Ming's mouth.

"Ah, yummy."

"That's right, it must be the water chestnut cake that is so delicious, and the shrimp dumplings are also delicious!"

Kiana's happy expression seems to be gone...(′▽｀)ノ?

"Don't worry, Major Jizi. We still have a lot of clues."

Fu Hua comforted her from the side.

"Yes, there are still many things we haven't eaten yet. I also want to eat steamed chicken feet, steamed spareribs, glutinous rice chicken, barbecued pork buns, beef rice rolls..."

Kiana's eyes lit up as she looked at the buns in her hand, which were filled with so much stuffing that it was almost overflowing.

"According to the information, Jiuyou refers to the deepest place underground, which refers to the extremely low-lying place. However, we have searched almost all the low-lying places in Guangzhou in the past ten days and found no clues."

Fu Hua looked at the information in her hand carefully.

"You're still investigating... According to me... Well, Jiuyou doesn't exist... It's just a legend. Why don't we think about what to eat tonight?"

"boom!"

Jizi smashed the can of beer in her hand onto the table.

"Even if there is no hope left, I will not give up."

"Haha, don't be so excited, Jizi. Maybe the information will come to you soon."

Jiang Ming drank his tea calmly.

Jizi: "?"

The scene changed, and a girl with two hair colors and completely different eyes was sitting alone not far away, staring at them, and Jiang Ming was just in a position to see her.

"You are just going in circles, you fools from the Destiny Organization."

"Oops, it seems the hints I gave you before were a little lacking."

An uncle's voice sounded in the girl's ears.

"We can't go on like this. It seems like it's time to guide those lost sheep, little sheepdog."

“Pah-Pah-Pah-!!”

Xing put the fork in her hand on the little yellow pig bun on the table and said in a cold tone: "Who do you say is a sheepdog?"

"It's a code name that suddenly came to my mind."

The man who was talking to Xing was not afraid at all.

Xing bit off the fork in her hand.

Jiang Ming: "Good teeth..."

"Why should we lead them to the Yellow Emperor? Wouldn't it be better to kill them right here?"

"Haha, in order to find the holy scar we still need their help. Now is not the time to be a vicious dog. Just be a good shepherd dog first."

"Humph, aren't they just some useless Valkyries? What can a man do?"

"Don't underestimate them, especially that boy, he is not simple..."

"Tsk, damn old man..."

Just as Xing was cursing, a young man with dark blue hair, a pair of headphones around his neck, and wearing a black jacket, blue shirt and brown jeans suddenly walked towards Jiang Ming.

"Sorry to bother you~"

"Ok?"

Jizi looked towards him.

"I can't help wanting to get involved when I hear something interesting. I just heard you talking about Jiuyou. Isn't this the place where the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou fought a decisive battle in the legend?"

The strange man came up to Ji Zi in a familiar manner.

"Who is this guy!"

Xing gritted her teeth, fearing that this guy would disrupt their plans.

"who are you?"

Ji Zi looked at the person in front of her with a vigilant look.

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm a comic artist. Here, this is my work."

The man gave each of Jiang Ming and his friends a comic book.

When Bronya saw the book, she was shaking with excitement. Just when she was about to say something, Jiang Ming held her down and signaled her not to act rashly. Although she was a little confused, she did not take any action out of her trust in Jiang Ming.

Kiana raised the book in her hand and said with sparkling eyes: "This book... Could it be that you are Mr. Mu Yue, the author of "Hum's Adventure"? "

"......"

Jizi: "What is "Hoom's Adventure"?"

Fu Hua: "It seems to be a very popular comic book recently."

Jiang Ming: "Principal Theresa seems to like watching this very much."

"..."

"Ahem, that's right! I'm the author of the comic that has been serialized for 327 chapters and has 52 volumes of single-volume edition! The Great Adventure of Homu, author Mu Yue Ren Dong!"

Mu Yue said with a childish look on his face.

"In order to draw comics well, I have studied the legends of various countries. Of course, the legends of Jiuyou are also no problem, but..."

Mu Yue paused, put his hands on the table and looked at Ji Zi.

"The story of Jiuyou is a bit long. If I could sit next to this red-haired sister and tell it slowly..."

Ji Zi suddenly grabbed Mu Yue by the collar.

"Don't be so long-winded, you nerd! Tell us all the stories you know. The more detailed the better!"

Mu Yue immediately raised his hands to show surrender.

“Ahhh, what a straightforward beauty. Don’t do anything… I’ll tell you right now, right now.”

"Ahem, the story I heard is this: Chi You, who was defeated by the Yellow Emperor, fled to the Netherworld. In the legends of Shenzhou, the Netherworld is the deepest underground, leading directly to the underworld. But have you ever thought about how deep a hole dug in the ground would be? It can't be as deep as the bottom of the sea... In the legends I heard, the Netherworld is at the bottom of the ocean south of Guangzhou."

"Under the sea? That makes some sense."

Fu Hua looked at the information in her hand.

"In the legends of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the legend of Jiuyou often appears together with sea water."

"Wow!"

Ji Zi put down Mu Yue in her hand.

"Under the sea... No wonder we couldn't find any clues on land these days. It looks like we need to prepare to go to sea! Notify the Guangzhou branch's permanent troops that we need support from navigation equipment."

Ji Zi walked towards the door and turned to look at Mu Yue.

"Thanks, comic boy, although I have no interest in you at all~~"

Everyone left.

"Wait a minute, can you please leave me a contact number?"

Mu Yue chased after him.

"At least leave your WeChat ID!"

Xing sat on the table and stamped her feet in anger.

"Damn it, who is that guy? How does he know all this? The lower half of the silk book is clearly in our hands. Tie him up and torture him. If he doesn't tell us, chop off his fingers, five at a time!"

"Don't do anything that will expose your identity. Come back first, and we will continue to monitor Ji Zi and the others."

The middle-aged man reminded.

“…Tsk, got it.”

"Oh, yes, there is one more thing."

"what?"

Xing looked impatient.

“Are the dim sum in Guangzhou delicious?”

"..."

"Remember to bring me a...beep"

"No."

Before she could finish her words, Xing hung up the phone.