Reborn as Xiao in another world, targeted by the little red bird

Xiao had a head of messy hair, one hand covering his forehead, and sat at the table with a sullen face.

Opposite him, Qiu Liuyun apologized and put the blame on Chi Xing, while taking out a table full of food that looked pretty good.

I came prepared.

Xiao narrowed his eyes and shifted his gaze away from the food.

Chi Xing glared at Qiu Liuyun with bared teeth, while observing Xiao's movements with his peripheral vision.

I allowed you to get close to me because I once mistook you for my mother, but you actually disturbed my master's rest! That's fine, but you're putting the blame on me!

Suddenly, it noticed from the corner of its eye that Xiao was turning towards it, so it put its ears back and took the opportunity to cast an innocent look at Xiao.

"If you can't even do this, what use are you?" Xiao heard Red Xiao scolding Red Star.

Chixing lowered his head and finally fell to the ground.

Seeing them like this, Xiao felt embarrassed to get angry.

"So..." Xiao sighed, "Why did you come to see me at dawn? What's the matter?"

Xiao thought it was not surprising that Qiu Liuyun could find this place. This group of people probably wanted to play the three-visit thatched cottage trick, and they came to his place twice a day, which was very lively. He asked around a little and guessed that he was here.

"Xiao, you must help me. I don't want to teach that group of people anymore. They are too weak." Seeing that Xiao did not pursue the matter of him disturbing people's sleep so early in the morning, Qiu Liuyun immediately put on a depressed look and lay listlessly on the table.

"The old man said that we only need one more king-level person to complete the team. Then we can set out to complete my last assessment. I won't have to teach those rookies anymore."

"What team?" Xiao asked.

"If you pay attention to the notice boards in the city when you are shopping, you should have heard about this." Qiu Liuyun's eyes, full of resentment, flashed with a gleam of light, "It's the cleanup team of the Eclipse Dream World, and I am the formation master who leads the team."

"The last part of the graduation assessment is actual combat. It just so happened that Tiancheng was preparing to clean up the Eclipse Dream World, so I was sent here. Who would have thought that I have been here for almost a week and have not set off yet. I was even forced to serve as a team for that group of rookies..."

"Don't go."

Qiu Liuyun started to talk a lot, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Xiao's ruthless rejection.

"Don't be so decisive." Qiu Liuyun said with a smile.

"..."

Faced with Xiao's silence, he was not angry, and even smiled confidently.

“I understand. Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly. I will definitely not let you work for nothing.” He snapped his fingers, and a mountain of spirit stones instantly piled up behind him, completely covering the wall behind him.

"These spirit stones are only a part of it. Apart from that, any spirit crystals, magic weapons, elixirs, or magic weapons, as long as I can get them, just ask for them."

Looking at the crumbling spiritual stones at the top, Xiao looked at Qiu Liuyun with some doubt: "It's not that the team won't set off, why spend a lot of money to hire me?"

"Do you understand what I mean by using what I have in abundance to exchange for more precious time?" Qiu Liuyun rested his chin on his hands. "Besides, I have reliable acquaintances in the team, so I feel more confident when doing things."

Just when Xiao was silent, a loud "bang" came from the pile of spirit stones, and the spirit stone on the top slid down with a "crash" and almost hit Qiu Liuyun. The hill made of spirit stones also became shorter.

The sudden situation occurred because the door could not withstand the pressure and was pushed down by the spirit stones. Some of the spirit stones in the room flowed into the aisle.

Fortunately, it was still early and the young masters who came to look for Xiao were all driven away by Qiu Liuyun, so these spirit stones did not hit anyone.

Just as Qiu Liuyun put the spirit stone back into the storage bracelet and set up a magic circle in the room to block the line of sight, Xiao's voice came from behind him: "So why did you put the spirit stone out?"

"Don't you think that numbers are too empty? It's more interesting to see it with your own eyes and touch it with your own hands."

Xiao was silent.

Such a huge pile of spirit stones was indeed visually shocking, and he was a little tempted by the sight, but the strange feeling in his heart could not be shaken off, and in the end he did not intend to agree. Instead, Hong Xiao showed unprecedented interest.

"Why don't you listen to him first, what does he need you to do?"

"Tell me first, besides gathering the men, what else do you need me to do?" Xiao asked calmly after Qiu Liuyun had packed up and returned to his seat.

"Then I will give you a brief introduction of the situation." Qiu Liuyun said: "The team consists of nearly a hundred people, including the formation master himself, there are at least ten king-level, and the rest are saint-level."

"The team is divided into three parts: forwards, rangers, and defenders. The largest number of people are assigned to the rangers, while the smallest number of people are assigned to the forwards."

"The vanguard is led by the formation master himself, and more than half of the total number of king-level personnel are responsible for entering the interior of the Eclipse Dream World to destroy the core."

"Because the Eclipse Dream World is where the Actor is born, there will be a large number of enemies wandering around it. The rear guard is responsible for clearing these enemies and preventing the front guard from being outflanked."

"The personnel allocation of the three groups will be arranged by the formation master leading the team, so if you don't want to enter the Eclipse Fantasy Realm, I can arrange you to be the rear guard."

"As for the Rangers... this requires talking about what happens in the Eclipse Dream World." Qiu Liuyun narrowed his eyes, "Usually there are two situations - the maze and the beast tide."

"If it's the former, there will be a lot of players outside the Eclipse Fantasy Realm. At this time, the Rangers will have to enter the Eclipse Fantasy Realm to contain the beast tide and create a suitable environment for the vanguard to break the core."

"When it's the latter, the situation is just the opposite. There will be a lot of players outside, and few or no enemies inside. At this time, what the Rangers have to do is stay outside to help the rear guard."

"In short, the Rangers are like a brick that can be moved wherever it is needed."

"You mean the usual situation, which means, are there any special circumstances?" Xiao asked.

"Yes, like there are invincible monsters blocking the way, creating a very beautiful illusion to make people intoxicated, using illusions to create a crisis of trust and so on."

Qiu Liuyun nodded and suddenly became serious: "The teacher said that if you clean up a special eclipse dream world, you can get extra points!"

Seeing Xiao's hesitation, Qiu Liuyun hurriedly smiled and said, "But that is a very low probability situation. There are more than a thousand records of clearing, and there are only a dozen special Eclipse Dream Worlds. And I have carefully read all the special cases and found ways to deal with them."

"what way?"

"We'll act according to circumstances." Seeing the doubt in Xiao's eyes, Qiu Liuyun added, "And only the forwards who need to enter the Eclipse Fantasy Realm will encounter trouble. At most, we can add more rangers. You don't have to worry about this at all as a defender."

Xiao thought about it carefully and realized that this was the truth.

"And the probability is so low, we won't run into it, so you don't have to worry."

Xiao: Why do I feel like you are setting crazy flags?

"After asking, what next?" Xiao asked in his heart.

Red Mandrill: "Why are you asking me what to do? Don't you have your own ideas?"

Xiao: "I... still have some resistance."

Hong Xiao: "Why is that? I think he's quite generous. I don't have many spirit stones on me. He's here to offer himself. I'd rather kill him. Or are you afraid of that realm?"

"Eclipse Dream World." Xiao said: "I can't say I'm afraid of it, I just don't want to get involved in anything related to it. What about you, why are you so interested in it?"

Red Xiao: "It's the fact that enemies are constantly being generated that makes me a little interested. It sounds like this job only requires killing enemies, which I'm best at. If you really don't want to, I can do it for you, just as a way to earn some food money for myself."

Red Xiao: This little cutie actually dared to wake up another me, but he and another me have a reasonable relationship, so I can't hit him. No, the more I think about it, the angrier I get. Since I can't beat him, I can only make him feel the pain.

The word "food allowance" made Xiao smile. It was then that he remembered that when he first heard about the Eclipse Dream World, he had no idea about it, but when he heard the name again, he became resistant.

My understanding of the Eclipse Fantasy World has not changed, so why do I suddenly have the idea of ​​resisting it? It's really strange.

Just when Xiao was silent for a long time and Qiu Liuyun thought there was no hope, Xiao agreed to his request. He was delighted, but verbal agreement was useless, so he took Xiao to go through the registration process again, and it was already noon when they finished.

Before finding a place to have lunch, they stopped outside an inn to pick someone up.

According to Qiu Liuyun, this place has been booked by the city lord to accommodate the members of the Eclipse Dream World cleanup team.

Because Qiu Liuyun vowed before he left that he could recruit a king-level player, Su Yunyan came here in advance to get acquainted with her future teammates.

Soon, the person they were waiting for came out, but there was more than one person.

Xiao was a little surprised to see the familiar-looking figure among the two, and the other party also happened to notice him.

"It's you?"

"elf?"

The two said in unison.

"Hey, you actually know each other?" Su Yunyan looked at the two people who greeted each other curiously.

"Yes, I was from Licheng before, and happened to be classmates with Xiao for half a year." Helan Liuying looked at Xiao with a smile. The latter took a step back reflexively, but no one else noticed it.

"Your name is Xiao," Su Yunyan showed a bright smile, "You must be the friend that Brother Liuyun mentioned. My name is Su Yunyan. It's our first meeting. Please advise me."

"Please give me your guidance." Xiao nodded.

When old friends met again, Helan Liuying talked to Xiao about the past, while Qiu Liuyun pulled Su Yunyan aside and said mysteriously, "Guess what Xiao's name is."

"Without any clues, how do you expect me to guess?" Su Yunyan said angrily and gently pushed Qiu Liuyun.

"It's Jin Peng." Qiu Liuyun didn't make things difficult for her and gave her the answer directly. Then he asked, "I heard from Lao Su that you have fought with him before?"

When Su Yunyan heard the name "Jin Peng", she seemed to recall some bad memories and her face turned pale.

"Your reaction is so big, it seems like you really got beaten." Seeing Su Yunyan's pale face, Qiu Liuyun asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"

Su Yunyan responded in a muffled voice, stood on tiptoe, grabbed Qiu Liuyun's shoulders and pulled him down: "Can you help me ask why he is wearing such a scary mask."

"Why are you asking this?" Qiu Liuyun asked back.

"Just curious."

Qiu Liuyun stared at her, and suddenly asked with a smile: "The person is right there, why don't you go and ask in person?"

"I'm scared, and he doesn't look very approachable." Su Yunyan shrank back and secretly glanced at Xiao. She felt that Xiao exuded an aura that was difficult to approach and could not be desecrated.

"Really?" Qiu Liuyun touched his chin in confusion and followed Su Yunyan's gaze. "I think Xiao is quite gentle and easy-going."

At the same time, on the other side, Helan Liuying talked about some things that happened to her over the years.

Her parents had heard some rumors and moved the family to the nearest big city. When she heard about the disaster that happened in the coastal city, she finally understood why her parents were so tough at that time.

She didn't dare use the communication stone to inquire about her old friends, fearing that she would be met with repeated communication failures.

Later, a group of refugees from Licheng came to Tiancheng, among whom there were few familiar figures.

Perhaps she was too sad, and she was ill for some time afterwards.

Her family had ample resources for cultivation, so she originally didn't need to go to the academy to study. However, she thought the academy was fun, so her parents let her go.

Although the speed of cultivation was slow, they didn't say anything as they saw that their daughter was happy.

When she first arrived in Tiancheng, she also went to the academy here, but the people there gave her the feeling that they were either afraid of her or hostile to her. The reason might be that she had beaten up many of them in the previous joint exam.

Finally, she felt bored and returned home to practice.

Her parents and the city lord were old friends. She participated in the cleansing of Tiancheng several times for friendship and to hone herself.

After recovering from a serious illness, she demonstrated the ability to make enemies, including monsters, commit suicide. Now, thanks to her own efforts, she has become an honored guest in the City Lord's Mansion.

Although the effectiveness of this ability will be greatly reduced when facing an enemy stronger than her, it has a large effective range and can be used on a group, which is still quite good.

"You are here to join the cleanup team of the Eclipse Dream World, too. If there is anything you don't understand, just ask me." Helan Liuying put on an "I know it all" expression and blinked at Xiao.

"Hey, hey," Qiu Liuyun joined the conversation at this time, "Aren't you hungry yet? I'm almost starving. If you have anything to say, let's talk slowly after dinner."

Qiu Liuyun found a very upscale restaurant, and after the group had eaten and drunk their fill, they started chatting.

Qiu Liuyun and Helan Liuying got along very well, and with the addition of Su Yunyan, they chatted about everything from the ugly things their companions and friends did in cultivation to gossip in the community. Xiao, who was usually a man of few words, sat aside and watched them, eating melons silently.

A day later, the team officially set out, with Chang Xiao leading a group of his men to hold back several emissaries, buying time for the team.

Fortunately, Yuan Liu has developed a magic weapon that can restrict the actions of the Lingshi for a short period of time. Otherwise, given the Lingshi's ability to move freely in the eroded area, it would not be easy to restrain him.

On the other side, a team of nearly a hundred people led by Qiu Liuyun was moving quickly while dealing with attacks from vagrant workers.

The highest level of the actors is Saint, and they are no match for this team.

Suddenly, Qiu Liuyun ordered to stop and said that the destination was just ahead, but there was nothing unusual in the scenery ahead.

People at the border of the Eclipse Dream World cannot see any clues and can only judge based on the feedback from magic weapons.

The team quickly split into three parts. Just as Qiu Liuyun was giving his final instructions on precautions, the magic weapon in his hand suddenly exploded.

He was stunned for a second, but soon remembered the cleaning records he had read. This was a sign of abnormal changes inside the Eclipse Dream World. If he went in now, there would be a high probability of encountering special circumstances.

The special eclipse dream world is very dangerous. Between the safety of everyone and extra points, he chose the former.

Just as he was about to announce the postponement of the operation, he suddenly shuddered and turned back in surprise. Everything was the same as before in the Eclipse Dream World, but his intuition told him that danger was approaching.

His face changed and he shouted loudly: "Retreat quickly! The situation has changed!"

"Be careful."

Xiao, who was dealing with monsters at the back of the team, had just received a reminder from Hong Xiao when he heard Qiu Liuyun's shout. He flew into the air to escape from the battle, and just as he looked to the front of the team, he was engulfed by a burst of white light.

As his consciousness gradually drifted away, he vaguely heard a mechanical female voice: "Ding! Unknown error! The permanent experience card is invalid!"

There were only two thoughts in his mind before he completely lost consciousness:

I actually have a system?!

What does it mean when the permanent experience card expires?