Project 011

  "Boom——"

  "Wow!" Along with a scream, Mu Xiaoxiao heavily fell to the ground, raising a large cloud of dust. In front of him was the extremely calm and collected Xue Qi.

  "Ugh...... cough, Qi Shi, are you trying to kill me?" Mu Xiao Xiao smiled wryly as he got up, feeling that his whole body was sore and aching all over. Even without looking, he knew that his body must be covered in bruises, but after so many days, he had almost gotten used to it. "Ah, I feel like it's a miracle that I'm still alive these past few days."

  "Xiao Xiao, don't be nervous?" One of the little dogs asked with some tension as he saw Mu Xiao Xiao like this.

  "Don't worry, it's nothing serious," said Qi Qi Shi as he walked up and examined Xiao Xiao for a while, looking him up and down before speaking, "It's just a superficial wound, although it looks scary, but it doesn't pose any burden to the body, by tomorrow it'll be mostly healed."

  "But by tomorrow, I'll have new wounds again, right?" Murmured Mu Xiao Xiao, it had been several days since the enemy's attack last time. In order to perfectly exert his strength, Qi started training himself. However, although it was training, it was only training for actual combat experience.

  Qī Shí said that his own strength was already sufficient and didn't need to undergo training to boost his power, but the basics still had to be solidified. After finishing his daily basic training, it was time for the painful battles with someone - naturally, it was Qī Shí. Since his opponent was the invincible Qī Shí, Mù Xiǎo was thoroughly defeated without any suspense.

  As a result, being beaten up several times a day became his daily training routine, and now he can't even believe that he was able to persist.

  "It's enough," the inwardly grieving Xiao Xiao didn't expect Qi Shi to say this, "Now your actual combat experience is almost sufficient, so there's no need to practice with me again..."

  "Huh? Really?" After his initial excitement, Mu Xiao Xiao was left with doubts. "But I don't feel like I've improved much at all. From the start, I was completely dominated by you, and now it's still the same, no change whatsoever. Did I really improve?"

  "Of course it's true, Xiao Xiao, you just didn't feel like you've improved much because your opponent was me," Qi Shi Bang patted the dust off Xiao Xiao's body. "So you didn't notice, but if you were to face that assassin again, you could easily take him down now."

  "It's finally over... it's finally over," Mu Xiao couldn't help but burst into tears, these days of suffering are finally behind her, "Hmph..."

  "Uh," Mu Xiaoxiao discovered that the gazes of Xiao Shou and Qi Shi had shifted over, and she awkwardly covered her own belly, "I'm hungry......" Ever since training began, Mu Xiaoxiao found that her appetite had suddenly increased. In the past, staying at home with a meal and a package of instant noodles was almost enough to solve the problem, but now it had multiplied several times over. She even suspected whether she was becoming a foodie.

  However, Qi Shi said that this is a normal phenomenon. After going through a lot of training every day, the energy consumed is also very high, so it needs to be replenished through food, and the food must be high-energy meat.

  "Go back," Qi Shi said without any strange expression, bending down to pick up his own bamboo basket, "First go back and take some medicine for you, then eat... Now you are still in the growing period..."

  Don't use that parental tone! Mu Xiaoxiao was extremely depressed and still followed behind Xie Qiluo.

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  Across from Xiao Xiao's small hut was another newly built small wooden house, where An Ran lived. When Xiao Xiao and the others returned home, An Ran was also practicing sword fighting in the empty space. Seeing Xiao Xiao, they nodded to each other. After a few days of interaction, they had become somewhat familiar with each other, and now they were like ants on the same string, so they couldn't be too stiff anymore.

  After seeing Mu Xiaoxiao return, An Ran also put down her sword and walked towards the kitchen. Although they lived in different places, they still ate together. What surprised Mu Xiaoxiao was that An Ran's cooking skills were actually not bad, which was quite unexpected. However, although An Ran was a princess, she had actually lived a commoner's life, so it wasn't strange that she could cook.

  It's just that Xiao Xiao still thinks that Qi Shi's cooking is more delicious, of course, maybe there's a reason why he has a bias towards 2D girls...can't help it, who let him have no love for 3D girls?

  Muxiao felt the gentle touch of Qish's small hands on her back as she lay on the grass mat, and her original pain had also disappeared a lot. Suddenly, she thought of something, "Qishi, now that I'm also qualified, can I go to the arena with you?"

  These days, Mu Xiaoxiao needs to train and can't enter the Brave Dragon Slayer, so he gave the entry permission to Qi Shi. Qi Shi also said that with Mu Xiaoxiao's current strength, going would only be a hindrance, after all, the Brave Dragon Slayer has ten levels, each level is a super strong player, and without sufficient strength, they can't enter. So these days, it's been Qi Shi entering alone to help Mu Xiaoxiao get some diamond crystal rewards.

  Mei Xiao also discovered that every time Qi Shi could only break through the first layer, which was also very helpless. The physical limitation of Qi Shi's body was ultimately a fatal weakness, and with the billions of diseases that could relapse at any time, Mei Xiao had been thinking if she could enter to help her. Now that her own training is complete, should be possible?

  "No way!" Qi Shi's resolute words directly shattered Mu Xiaoxiao's fantasy. "For now, your strength is still not enough, Xiaoxiao. You know the arena, every layer has a BOSS that isn't a simple character. These past few days, even I found it difficult to beat the first layer, those BOSSes are extremely tough. Plus, the BOSSes aren't fixed, they change randomly every day, so we can't prepare beforehand. So Xiaoxiao, wait until your strength increases some more before you go in."

  "Ah, what a pity," Mu Xiaoxiao sighed in disappointment. Although she really wanted to go in, since Qi Shi had made up her mind, there was nothing she could do about it and could only compromise. However...she could summon another character out. These past few days, even though Qi Shi had only cleared the first level, the rewards weren't bad, and the crystals were enough to exchange for a pretty strong loli, which would alleviate some of her pressure.

  Moyu was clear that everything Nana did was for herself, to train and improve her strength, to enter the arena and get rewards. Although she tortured herself every day, leaving herself covered in injuries, she would always search for herbs on the island to help herself recover quickly. Seeing how hard Nana worked, he also wanted to help her.

  "Alright, the medicine has been applied," helped Mu Xiao Xiao put on her clothes, Qi Shi stood up, "Now let's go eat, aren't you hungry, Xiao Xiao?"

  "Hmm..."

  ......

  "Wow! What a huge lobster!" Looking at the gigantic lobster on the table, which was over a meter long, Xiao Xiao's eyes widened in shock. At the same time, he smelled the fragrance emitted from the lobster's body and couldn't help but lick his lips, his stomach growling with hunger. "So delicious... whether it looks or smells, it seems really appetizing..."

  "This is what I found unintentionally by the sea, so I caught it back," Qi Shi took out a wooden bowl and handed it to Mu Xiaoxiao, "The taste should be good."

  "It's rare to see such a big lobster, but since it's in this place, it's not surprising," After all, it's another world, thinking that, Xiao Xiao hurriedly dug out a large piece of tender meat from the lobster tail and took a bite. "Hmm~it's absolutely delicious!"

  Lobster tails are recognized as a delicacy in the world, of course, it's the original world, this is another world, there should be even more delicious food, but Xiao Xiao still eats with relish, sighing in satisfaction.

  "Alright, now we also need to make plans."

  "'Plan?' An Ran beside him raised his head, 'What does plan mean?'"

  "We are currently stranded on this small island, and it's not a viable solution to stay here forever. Nobody knows when another enemy will appear or if we'll be stuck on this deserted island permanently. Therefore, for the sake of our future lives, we must make a detailed plan."

  Muxiao was taken aback, although the words were directed at Anran, he felt that in reality they were actually being said to himself, about his future life... Right, it's indeed time to make such plans, Muxiao thought to himself.