The warm spring steam rose in a faint mist as the six companions soaked in the pool, savoring the long-awaited tranquility.
Of course, everyone was wearing underpants and crop tops.
After all, among companions, one must present a modest side.
Bathing completely naked in the hot spring was something only a drunken Tang Xiaoguo could do.
"I feel like my life has been sublimated!"
"Yeah, way better than before, and no monkeys to bother us."
"The rock must have sealed off the entrance, to prevent monkeys from entering. Maybe we should make a door, or tie a bear at the entrance."
"Yeah, this will be our new territory from now on."
As they chatted idly, Ning Shu suddenly asked, "By the way, didn't you go get the aircraft? Where is it?"
"When we saw that cave, we thought the gorilla might crawl out from there, so we left the aircraft at the bird's nest shelter to explore the new opening. It turned out the tunnel led here."
"Does this mean it's the red gorilla's home?"
"Unlikely, its size can't fit through the narrow passage. There must be another entrance."
Lu Zhe and Shen Bing recounted their findings about the "treasure" to the girls.
Unable to restrain their curiosity, everyone decided to take a look.
Seeing the cave full of gold and silver, the girls were all stunned.
Tang Xiaoguo exclaimed, "Wow, so much money!"
Qian Qian said, "We could make so many pieces of jewelry!"
Ning Shu nodded, "I can say with confidence that we'll have enough capital to open a scrap metal collection station, no matter what."
Jiang Yao shook her head, "With so much gold as ours, why open a scrap station? A hardware store would be much better, wouldn't it?"
...
The girls chattered animatedly, while Lu Zhe and Shen Bing exchanged helpless glances and shook their heads.
"Calm down, ladies."
Shen Bing smiled as he picked up a gold ingot, "Actually, for us now, these things are less useful than what's in a hardware store."
Lu Zhe nodded, "The most useful thing to find here is this pickaxe."
The girls pondered and indeed couldn't think of what to do with the treasure, except perhaps smuggling it back to modern society once they returned.
So the girls shifted their thoughts to smuggling plans, even roping in Shen Bing the policewoman to scheme, to her annoyance.
But it was better than nothing; gold was stable, so it wouldn't spoil just sitting there.
They didn't need to worry about it.
Fortunately, Lu Zhe found a new passage.
This way, they didn't have to go through the hot spring to reach the bottom of the volcano.
Although it would be quite a hassle inside, they'd need to reinforce and widen the rocky tunnel.
With the girls' help, Lu Zhe made a ladder and climbed back out through the horn-shaped opening to retrieve the aircraft.
Along the way, they didn't see the pangolin or the giant gorilla again.
It was time to return to camp.
Sunlight streamed into the cave mouth, as if the rain had cleared.
Yet when they reached the entrance, the sky was bright but rain was still pouring down.
Not a heavy downpour, but not light either.
One patch of dark clouds had dissipated, but an endless stretch was still slowly drifting over.
A whole month of scorching heat with no rain had been maddening, and now the relentless rain was just as maddening.
Fortunately, this cave was at a higher elevation, providing a slightly more spacious rain shelter than the stone cave.
The only issue was the hot spring mist billowing out, making it unsuitable for storing supplies.
"Why don't we stay here for a couple of days?" Ning Shu suggested.
The other three girls all voted in favor, "Yeah, the camp is too cramped, we're suffocating."
"Exactly, a change of environment and mood is needed!"
"I agree!"
Lu Zhe also felt that changing environments occasionally would help relieve the oppressive mood.
Lu Zhe nodded, "If my ladies have decided, then Your Majesty decrees that we shall stay here..."
"Wait!" Jiang Yao suddenly froze. "This place isn't good..."
"Why not?"
"There's a dead emperor lying inside, and Lu Zhe, with you calling us 'ladies', it feels like you've been possessed."
Lu Zhe paused, "Sis, what an imagination!"
But thinking about it, he did seem to have misspoken; it wasn't appropriate to joke like that in this situation.
Ning Shu shuddered, "If Yao hadn't pointed it out, I wouldn't have thought of it, but now I feel a chill down my spine!"
Qian Qian said nervously, "Are... are you really Lu Zhe?"
As soon as she said it, apart from Shen Bing, the other girls shrank back in fright.
"Aah, a ghost!"
"Hey, hey, you... get out of our beloved man's body!"
"Don't defile his body!"
Shen Bing smiled wryly, "What kind of talk is this?"
"Want to test it out?"
"How?"
"Whoever needs to pee, see if he dares drink it. Only the real Lu Zhe would dare!"
"Don't be ridiculous! Who knows if ancient emperors had hentai tendencies."
"I've got an idea!"
"What idea?"
"We'll ask about our little secrets, then we'll know if it's him!"
"Yeah, good idea!"
Tang Xiaoguo sidled up, batting her eyes at Lu Zhe, "Remember that one time in a fair duel, you lost to me for the first time ever? Do you still recall..." Mmph!"
Before she could finish, Lu Zhe had clamped her little mouth shut, muffling her cries.
Lu Zhe sternly and angrily pointed at her little nose, "Guo, if you say another word, I swear I'll tie you up and whip your ass with a little leather crop!"
An ordinary threat, yet it made Qian Qian's eyes light up.
That's right, there was always a legitimate excuse for improper conduct - who else could it be but him?
So Qian Qian concluded seriously and confidently, "No doubt, it's Lu Zhe!"
Lu Zhe was speechless. "I'm telling you, enough already."
"Still, it is quite creepy, with a dead emperor and his ladies inside, so maybe don't talk like that anymore, okay?"
Lu Zhe nodded, "Okay, wives!"
"Yeah! That feels much better!"
Lu Zhe added, "But with the body remains and rocks inside, it'll still feel uncomfortable, right?"
The girls all nodded.
Lu Zhe pondered, "Well, since there's nothing urgent now, let's take those remains and rocks out and give them a proper burial. That way, the ancestors can rest in peace, and we can stay here with peace of mind."
Shen Bing said, "That's a good idea!"
"I'm in favor!"
"Me too!"
"Once we bury the emperor, we won't feel guilty about spending his money."
"Right, if he's properly buried, he won't turn into a ghost."
Lu Zhe couldn't help but marvel, "Look at that, you've all found justifications that I couldn't even think of!"
The proposal was unanimously passed, and everyone began discussing how to bury these people who had died hundreds of years ago.
g Yu was preparing for retirement when her organization decided to eliminate her. She transmigrated to a zombie apocalypse world. However, a tiny unexpected situation occurred: She somehow transformed into an adorable little girl?!
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
