“……But I don’t cry anymore, the morning light is so pitiful. The whole moon is bitter, the entire sun is ruined…”
The little boy’s voice was lively and crisp, tinged with a proud display of his abilities.
This was a dream, and Shi Yuebai saw another segment of his past with Xu Yintang inside it.
He couldn’t understand what made him, who at that time should have had only the level of “Goose, goose, goose,” recite a passage from “Drunken Boat” to Xu Yintang, who was even more illiterate than himself—and he recited it wrong (emphasis added). In the applause from Xu Yintang, who didn’t understand but clapped out of love for the little ones, Shi Yuebai raised his head proudly, as if he had suddenly become a literary genius.
Perhaps for a three to five-year-old child with an average level of “Goose, goose, goose,” even if he only knew how to recite this small section of a long poem that he didn’t understand, it was still very impressive and had a lot of style. Therefore, it was necessary to recite it to show off, just like a teenager suddenly making a basketball throw while walking.
At that time, little Shi Yuebai was immersed in how amazing and knowledgeable “Brother Sugar” was, and he woke up from the dream with an expressionless face, wishing to rebuild himself.
Especially when he received a new message from Xu Yintang in the chat room, there was a hint of coldness in his expressionless face.
[DrinkingSugar: You’re wrong, the moon is not bitter.]
[DrinkingSugar: The moon is sweet, sour, and spicy… like candy.]
…
What could be worse than suddenly recalling an embarrassing childhood memory?
It was finding out that the person you most wanted to forget about that thing remembered it vividly after many years and could repeat every word you said without missing a beat.
Casey Cat licked its paw, stretched lazily, and looked at Xu Yintang’s message, speaking cheerfully, “You can consider it as him teasing you.”
“Blue~ moon~~~”
The last words were recited with countless twists and turns, and Shi Yuebai was so ruthless that he threw Casey Cat out of the door by grabbing its nape.
Of course, Shi Yuebai wouldn’t take Casey Cat’s nonsense seriously, but it didn’t prevent him from sensing the subtle difference in Xu Yintang’s tone. He turned his thoughts and inquired about the reason.
[BlueMoon: Just came back from the instance?]
[BlueMoon: It seems that this instance is quite interesting. Mind telling me about it?]
While asking, Shi Yuebai looked at the shadow under his feet. There was a small butterfly nest and a few sleeping butterflies. This was the surveillance station he had let Third Flora leave behind. Shi Yuebai gave it a bit of energy to stimulate it. The butterflies woke up in a daze, re-establishing communication with Third Flora’s consciousness. This also let Third Flora know that someone was looking for her.
Shi Yuebai knew that Third Flora didn’t like him, this ambitious “vixen.” However, he also believed that as long as there were no competitors with higher strength and better cost-effectiveness than himself, once something happened to Xu Yintang, he would definitely be the first choice for the little ones seeking help.
Correspondingly, if he wanted to know if Xu Yintang was in danger and needed his help, he could also obtain some information from Third Flora.
But this time, Third Flora’s response to his message was very ambiguous. She neither said everything was fine nor said there was a problem. Shi Yuebai could only guess that something had happened in the instance, but the situation was still within Xu Yintang’s control. It belonged to the degree where the little ones felt a bit worried but not serious enough to seek help from an outsider like him.
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Fortunately, aside from the most crucial secret, Xu Yintang was willing to share his experiences in this instance with him. For example, his attempt at live streaming, the lively festival in Ceylons Town, the new members in the hospital, including Silence and her companions. He also mentioned the new skill Second Treasure learned and how Little Darling grew significantly after devouring the monster inside the statue. Tentacles even grew with eye-shaped circular patterns.
Shi Yuebai extracted information about Xu Yintang’s teammates from his descriptions. One of them was Kama Zuozi from the Cat Team. While chatting with Xu Yintang, Shi Yuebai also opened a new window to forcefully wake up Kama Zuozi, who was likely catching up on sleep after coming out of the instance.
[Bat: ???]
[Bat: Is there something urgent???]
Shi Yuebai didn’t waste time with small talk. He briefly summarized his intentions and his relationship with Xu Yintang (including some artistic embellishments). After Kama Zuozi responded with a bunch of “…” she sent him an expression [I salute you as a man/jpg].
[Bat: Don’t worry, he didn’t do anything serious. It’s just that he activated his skills too extensively, reaching the void sea. But he withdrew quickly, and only the degree of alienation deepened slightly, along with some loss of Sanity. You know about the void sea; this level of impact is equivalent to passing through without any harm. Tsk tsk tsk, truly impressive technique to walk on the edge of danger like walking on a tightrope.]
[Bat: But I never expected that your White Moonlight story is a prime-time drama on Court Theater at 8 o’clock.]
[Bat: The much-anticipated White Moonlight already has three offsprings. How does it feel to be a stepmother? [laugh][laugh]]
[Bat: Do you want me to—]
[System prompt: The other party has activated friend verification. You are not yet their friend. Please send a friend verification request, and after the verification is successful, you can chat.]
Kama Zuozi was stuck with her provocative words, staring at the cold system prompt as if she saw the icy face of that man, like seeing the indifferent face of Shi Yuebai. Annoyed, she got up from bed, grabbed her phone, and began frantically typing on WeChat.
In short, she was filing a complaint.
She didn’t know how far the emotional development between Blue Moon and Mr. White Moonlight had reached, but from her observations in the instance, it hadn’t reached the point where Mr. White Moonlight could be enlightened. Since that was the case, the favorability level must be lower with Xiao Qing, the good teammate who could sleep in the same room and bed in the instance.
Therefore, one supportive comment from this good teammate was worth ten thousand compliments from others. And when Shi Yuebai realized he needed to please the people around Mr. White Moonlight, this good teammate would be there…
Kama Zuozi laughed maliciously, sounding like the evil witch in a fairy tale. Her tone, in contrast to the whining in the chat records, seemed like two different people.
However, even when talking behind someone’s back, especially badmouthing the well-received BlueMoon, Kama Zuozi was still very restrained. She condensed the barrage of negative words in her mind to within five sentences, making it seem like she was complaining and deliberately seeking comfort from her good teammate, Xiao Qing. She carefully probed if Xiao Qing knew the deeper meaning behind the relationship between Xu Yintang and Shi Yuebai.
—Kama Zuozi knew that Xiao Qing would habitually overthink and get off track, and he did not doubt at all whether she was deliberately speaking ill of others.
In the middle of the night, just out of the instance, both physically and mentally exhausted, the sleeping Xiao Qing didn’t reply to her messages.
Kama Zuozi then sent some words of concern about his physical and mental condition, summoning two adorable bats to deliver some healing potions. She also expressed a bit of care for the other person—she genuinely didn’t think that the other person needed any care. He returned from the void sea without going crazy or losing his mind, acting as if nothing happened. She had only seen one person do that.
As for Shi Yuebai…
Not long after, in Ceylons Town.
In the pitch-black night, a blood moon slowly appeared.
Thin and illusory, like the faint and swaying light when moonlight reflects on water, yet it was so bright and clear, causing dizziness and fascination.
Xu Yintang shifted his gaze away from it. Instead of staring fixedly at the monster inside the statue, he raised his head and stared at the blood moon without blinking.
Moonlight flowed into his eyes, then blood gushed out from his eyes like a flood. The outline of the blood moon in his eyes was clear and realistic as if the moon in the sky was just a shadow—the shadow of the moon in his eyes.
He no longer looked, but the monster inside the statue appeared even more agonized and insane. The moonlight falling from the blood moon seemed to burn its body like flames. Black smoke sizzled out, the eyeballs making up its body burst, and in the air echoed an unheard profane howl.
Xiao Qing experienced a bout of tinnitus and dizziness. He keenly smelled the spreading, indescribable terror emanating from Xu Yintang. It was like an unpredictable and eerie sea, a huge vortex of pain and death churning endlessly. He was a small boat floating on it, and the drowning victims clung to driftwood, carried away by the current. The appearance of that sea, without seeing the other side, plunged him uncontrollably into a desperate state.
Suppressing the taste of blood in his mouth, Xiao Qing took a step towards Xu Yintang.
—He couldn’t see the other side, but his teammate was there, just one step away.
Overloaded senses in his mind created various terrifying illusions. At one moment, Xu Yintang turned into a grotesque and ugly monster, and at another, he walked on a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, with white bones piled up everywhere. Xiao Qing gradually exhausted his strength, his consciousness becoming hazy. However, standing a few steps away, Xu Yintang seemed even more distant.
He didn’t know where he walked to before losing consciousness. He just used his last bit of strength to open a bottle of universal potion and threw it towards Xu Yintang.
The potion bottle hit Xu Yintang’s head, and the sour and bitter universal potion spilled over him.
Xu Yintang touched the potion that dripped onto his fingertips, licked it, and a hint of confusion and doubt appeared on his face.
Kama Zuozi tightly held the damaged head in her arms, emitting a large amount of black smoke. Wherever the black smoke touched, the brightness of the blood moon dimmed a bit, as if two forces were fighting for territory.
Xu Yintang’s expression became even more puzzled. His eyes reflecting the blood moon turned, looking at Kama Zuozi floating in mid-air.
In an instant, Kama Zuozi stiffened, her blood seemingly freezing. The overwhelming aura of the void sea pouring out from those eyes hit her soul so strongly. The blasphemous, crazy, chaotic flood rushed into the air.
Even if she only took a glance at those eyes, she felt her soul suffered a heavy blow. For a moment, her thoughts were chaotic, and her consciousness seemed to be melting under the illumination of the blood moon.
Kama Zuozi gritted her teeth, mustering all her focus, and prepared herself for what seemed like a desperate struggle—among high-level players, the horrors of the Void Sea were well-known. The true nature of the evil god residing there, even a trace of its aura, could turn anyone into a monster that thrived on chaos and death.
Then, she heard Xu Yintang’s bewildered voice.
“Are you… okay?”
His eyes, reflecting the blood moon, blinked at her innocently. The main culprit’s face was full of innocence.
“Is the Virgin Mary statue and her companions still here?” He looked around, as if wary of monsters that could emerge from the darkness at any moment.
As his attention diverted, the blood-red crescent in the sky gradually disappeared, and the terrifying aura of the Void Sea also slowly receded from his eyes. With a blink, the blood moon in the depths of his pupils quietly dissipated, leaving a blood-red hue.
“…” Kama Zuozi was momentarily speechless. She was the first to land next to Xiao Qing, moving her half-conscious friend to a concealed location.
Xu Yintang didn’t notice anything unusual in her reaction. He didn’t even notice Xiao Qing, who was unconscious for the moment.
The overwhelming ecstasy brought about by the overload of fear and pain surged through his body. Even maintaining an almost usual state required him to exert all his strength. Dealing with the current situation was somewhat challenging.
Driven by the greed of his soul, he swallowed something he should never have touched. In an instant, tremendous pain almost burned away the “spider silk” that clung to his soul. The scalding flames extended along the “womb” in his lower abdomen. The skin and blood vessels ruptured, and the flesh rolled up. A deep red pattern emerged on Xu Yintang’s lower abdomen, resembling spider webs weaving through his body, biting into his flesh and consciousness, intending to devour him completely.
He ate too much…
Xu Yintang frowned in distress. The human body was too fragile, and even the followers couldn’t withstand the power of the moonlight from the evil god’s true form.
Second Treasure, sensing that something was wrong with his mother, peeked out but was scared by the aura emanating from him. He hugged his head, trembling, not daring to move.
Xu Yintang, looking at his shivering child, wanted to comfort him but found himself lacking the strength. With too much power expended, he finally had a flash of insight.
His three children seemed to be the offspring of the evil god.
And, he vaguely remembered the incident of feeding Second Treasure fragments of the “womb.”
“Come here.” Xu Yintang waved to his children. The red patterns had climbed up to his cheeks, almost erasing all traces of human aura from him. He looked like a cold and hollow humanoid monster.
The “monster” smiled gently at his children, “Don’t be afraid. Mommy will get you delicious food.”
Author’s Note –
Mother Xu Yingtang: That’s right, being the children’s dad means they are all his offspring, huh?
Mother Xu Yingtang: Well, the kids probably don’t mind such things. After all, our family practices widowed parenting.
This isn’t the Fourth Cub, just some supplements, supplements.
The Fourth Cub will take some time. It’s too short a period to have too many, and Mother Xu Yingtang can’t handle it all. [feeling guilty]
Wooooo. That’s good. A fourth cub baby right now might take some explaining, ya know? Supplements…hee hee. Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣
Nutritional supplements for healthy babies nods
Poor mama Xu. Don’t worry, you’re just doing an amazing job parenting by creating wonderful nutritional supplements!
Also, is anyone else amused by the fact that SY seems to have a deep enough connection with XY that he dreamed that moon quote from memory, right when XY was chasing a major moon moment? 🤣
Fourth baby needs to belong to Blue Moon! Thank you for the chapter💜🩷 love this book too much haha
The dad finally got back with the milk only to be nearly eaten alive and having no choice but to flee back outside for some cigarettes. Tsk, tsk, that father has no face left! It seems that in our Yu family, it’s better to be a single parent household. Unreliable, the dad is unreliable I say!
Ahh, I wished for a 4th cub, but the mother’s health of course comes first! 😞
Am I going crazy too? Cause I don’t remember Shi Yuebai’s username being Blue Moon, is Blueon just shorthand for Blue Moon, like how the Blue Moon Squad gets called the Laundry Detergent Squad?
It was Blueon earlier at least. But it was Blue Moon in some recent chapter. +1 want to know if it’s shorthand for Blue Moon.
Thank you for your translation 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚