My Weekly Refreshing Mentor Spirit-Chapter 231 - 217: Flying Solo as a Freeloader

But she placed the medallion near her armpit and side breast; doesn't she worry about it being uncomfortable?

"Thanks for the concern, little brother, but if I encounter a crisis I can't handle, I won't hesitate to use this." As she spoke, she pulled out a small sphere from the other side of her vest.

"Emergency contact device!" Xue Dili immediately recognized the familiar item.

He had used it last time in the Fairy Tale World. Although at that time he had merged with the Evil Eye and had no further memory, from the accounts of the fairy tale creatures and messages on the bulletin board, he recalled that in an instant, nearly a hundred Tier Four and above members of the Interstellar Corps came over, including some Tier Five bigwigs.

Having this on oneself was equivalent to being able to summon all the members of the Interstellar Corps at once.

He instantly felt relieved, and the senior, without knowing what kind of magic was used, returned the not-so-small emergency contact device inside her vest, then said, "Let's settle it like this; I also have a technique called 'Metamorphosis Spell.' As long as I obtain the blood of the Dragon Race, I can perfectly transform into one of their kind."

"By then, even a Tier Five Apostle won't be able to identify my true identity. I'm confident in this area." She patted her chest above her vest, causing her chest to jiggle with the motion.

Xue Dili wasn't sure if she was naturally carefree or doing it on purpose.

She even wiped the emergency contact device on her bra, pressing her chest into a different shape, as if she didn't regard Xue Dili as an outsider at all.

Xue Dili: "..."

Let's get back to the serious topic.

She has also fully mastered the Metamorphosis Spell, which leans more toward a "Druid" technique, but looking at her lean figure akin to a leopardess, along with the four long, wing-like ears that split off from her familiar, even he noticed how those four sharp ears twitched several times during this period.

This transformation technique is likely closer to her inherent racial talent.

In any case, the plan was settled: once the senior found the dragon's blood, she would shed her human skin and transform into a dragon, infiltrating the Dragon Race.

Meanwhile, Xue Dili would investigate from the perspective of this world's native civilization, providing contingency support and safety assurance for the senior's adventurous actions.

Seeing the plan laid out, Xue Dili suddenly understood why the senior sought a partner to investigate together.

Every action they undertook seemed like an extreme sport called "cave diving," with each person carrying their own oxygen tank and guide rope, diving into a completely unknown, claustrophobic cave. Any minor mistake could leave their life in that enclosed abyss.

Having a partner not only increased the margin for error and safety sense in that terrifying claustrophobic cave, reducing psychological pressure but also acted as comrades who entrusted their lives to each other.

Xue Dili was incredibly grateful that in his previous actions, he almost always had Old Deng as his partner, serving the same role, invisibly increasing his error margin and reducing psychological pressure.

Although the Old Dengs he had encountered ranged from those who won effortlessly to those who fought fiercely, they undoubtedly provided Xue Dili at the time with enough support and encouragement.

"By the way, senior, use this treasure." Xue Dili removed his mask and handed the "Faceless Mask" to the senior.

The senior was momentarily stunned and then silently looked at the mask in Xue Dili's hand and his face.

"This treasure perfectly disguises one's appearance and aura. I've tested it; Tier Five Apostles cannot break through this treasure's disguise. It will significantly aid your infiltration." Xue Dili was not stingy with his belongings at all.

However, he suddenly noticed the senior's ghost-like expression and realized the potential shock of revealing his face after removing the Faceless Mask. Instantly, he used Fantasy Materialization to conjure a pale ghostly mask for himself.

The inherently evil Aleye imp still had that passive ability to increase others' favorability, which was truly misleading! It was his first time seeing a protection with only negative effects.

Indeed, a naturally evil human consciousness collective.

He was initially prepared for more teasing from the senior, but unexpectedly, she solemnly accepted Xue Dili's mask and said, "Thank you, I will also strive to bring back the information quickly. If I encounter an emergency, I will seek your help immediately, and you do the same — do not overestimate your abilities, understand?"

She suddenly gave a serious reminder, leaving Xue Dili momentarily at a loss for how to respond.

"I don't want Lotte (Uncle Brave)'s tragedy to happen again, understand?" She continued to advise, and this time, Xue Dili nodded.

It's probably because of Uncle Brave's situation, causing the other members of the Interstellar Corps to always team up unless the situation is extremely urgent. If they were short on manpower, they might also allow a senior like Olivia to find someone trustworthy to team up with.

Xue Dili nodded, transferred the usage permission of the Faceless Mask to the senior, and the two decided to part ways.

She handed a hand-drawn map to Xue Dili, marking the locations of several countries and some large organizations. Despite the roughness due to being hand-drawn, the map provided very detailed intelligence on all the important places.

It can only be said that the predecessors of the Interstellar Corps were still reliable, even if the least reliable Uncle Brave managed to topple the Shabu Insect Race with one sword.

The intelligence gathered at this stage and the plans made so far made Xue Dili feel like he was teaming up with an enhanced "Odysseus."

If Odysseus had the strength of Hercules, he could probably play a role similar to his predecessors.

However, he thought that his fellow prisoners in Greece were probably still fighting monsters in the Parallel World's Blue Star, clearing out remaining fallen mystics and fungal zombies.

The predecessor left, and she began her infiltration mission.

As for Xue Dili, he said he was investigating other natives, but he was more of a support personnel for reception, which made him feel a little unaccustomed, as he was used to participating in investigations himself, and gave him a slight sense of the guilty pleasures of being a free rider.

He could even travel like a vacation in this post-apocalyptic world because a predecessor had already taken care of all the critical tasks.

"What do we do next?" the Old Demon Emperor finally spoke.

He had been listening while Xue Dili and the predecessor were talking, without intending to interrupt, occasionally reminding Xue Dili as a supplement to some information. But now that the predecessor had left, he began to speak.

"According to the original plan, let's start investigating the local history. In fact, we are more like logistical support, and our so-called investigation into indigenous history is more like a simple tour task," Xue Dili stretched lazily.

For the first time, he felt relaxed, even to the point of boredom.

When he left the secret room, the sky on this planet had already darkened, and Xue Dili roughly estimated based on the time...

"The day on this world is about 17.5 hours long. I roughly calculated the star trajectory; a year is 287 days. It seems to be a planet rather close to the star in the habitable zone. Logically, the temperature here should be relatively high, with an average temperature of around 25 degrees being normal..." Xue Dili gazed through the hazy atmosphere at the starry sky, calculating the orbit of this world.

Old Demon Emperor: "..."

This kind of knowledge was beyond what this illiterate person knew. Calculating orbits and planetary year-time based on time and star charts was something he had not yet learned. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"Nuclear winter really has such an effect? Even after more than three thousand years, it can still cause a planet that would originally be summer all year round to fall into eternal permafrost..." Xue Dili silently modeled the nuclear winter in his mind.

But a planet's self-purification ability is quite powerful. Take Chernobyl, for example, where a nuclear leak with a radiation level 600 times that of the Little Boy resulted in hundreds of thousands of radiation-induced cancer cases. But now, decades later, the radiation levels throughout Chernobyl are no longer dangerous, reduced to just below what is harmful to humans.

Could it be that in this world, the eternal winter was induced by other factors in addition to nuclear winter?

According to the intelligence provided by the predecessor, in this world, apart from a small part near the equator that thaws in summer and temporarily enters a spring-like state, the average temperature across other regions is around minus 20 degrees.

Thus, the predominant plants here are coniferous forests capable of flourishing and performing photosynthesis on the permafrost.

He followed the map to locate the nearest approximate city of the natives and began moving in that direction through the heavy snow.

"What a world of hardship," the Old Demon Emperor lamented. Even based on the speculations by Xue Dili and that woman, he realized the adversity and suffering of this world.

"Indeed, but they are still alive, and as long as they live, there is hope... Isn't our arrival precisely because of that?" Xue Dili exclaimed amidst the snow, his breath forming thick white mist.

A meteor flashed across the sky, as if some dust from the Cosmos had been captured by this planet, tracing a path across the heavens.

"A meteor, how beautiful," Xue Dili remarked, looking at the direction of the meteor.

He had never seen a real meteor on Earth; rather, he saw one here in the Otherworld. Previously, he even considered whether to use Fantasy Manifestation to condense a small meteorite at the atmospheric edge to play as a meteor.

"No, kid, that's not a meteor; that's a life descending from the heavens! In my perception, it's at least... Mythic Level!" the Old Demon Emperor's voice came from the Consciousness Space.

Xue Dili was immediately shocked, his initial joy at seeing a meteor dissipating. He immediately looked in the meteor's direction and hurried over.

A life descending from the heavens... He thought he had once again spoken prophetically, with another original life form of a Divine Wood Seed arriving!

He rapidly moved, no longer paying attention to the scenery along the way, and soon found the place where the meteor crashed. Along the way, he also noticed what seemed to be some natives heading in that direction, prompting him to quicken his pace.

Soon, he reached the vicinity of the meteor crater, which was originally a deserted area, but now, Xue Dili was shocked to discover what lay within the crater.

A "person" with dragon wings revealed on her back and wearing no clothing. Her arms and legs were mostly like reptilian claws, but the rest of her body was largely humanoid, with key areas covered by scales, while her entire stomach appeared to form a deep "V" shape...

Dragon lady?

The suspected major antagonist of this world, the Dragon Race!