Mingchao: The Survival Journey of a Comedian

Chapter 25 Missed the Cheat

To be honest, he only now realizes how wonderful it is to feel like he has a physical body when he wakes up in the morning.

Oh~ Are the days when I could only look around helplessly in the space and couldn't move at all coming to an end?

"Ding~ Congratulations, host, on completing the mission."

"The reward has been automatically issued."

"However, that key only extends the time your physical body can remain in place."

"You'll have to work harder if you want to move around freely!"

"Oh, so now you know to come out."

He mentally mocked the system and then made a friendly international gesture in response.

However, it's too difficult to outsmart a machine. The other party has absolutely no sense of shame.

Oh, don't worry about the details.

"I've found something really good!"

His own useless system wasn't actually that useless, and he felt a sense of relief, then slowly spoke.

"Come on, let me hear what you've found out?"

"Host! You logged into this world before the Wanderer lost his memory."

"And you and the other person should know each other..."

"And the connection is quite deep..."

"Huh? Why do you look so speechless?"

"Don't underestimate this small amount of information; it's crucial..."

Block it! It must be blocked! What use is this system to him?!

Wait... it seems like I still have to rely on the other party to give me my reward...

Useful, but not much! He already knew this information a long time ago!

So he still blocked the other party.

I started a passionate battle with the system early in the morning, and this day was destined to be a thrilling one!

After he was ready, he opened his eyes and saw the wanderer changing his clothes.

It has to be said that she has a great figure; although only half of her waist was revealed, it's clear that she works out very well.

"..."

Before that person notices that I'm awake, I quickly close my eyes again and pretend to be asleep.

It's really rising again!

"woke up?"

Knowing he couldn't escape again, he stopped pretending, rolled out of bed, and used his energy to summon his outer garment, then nodded nonchalantly.

"woke up"

The wanderer quickly changed his clothes, and seeing the other person's seemingly indifferent expression but slightly flushed ears, could only offer a helpless smile.

"Then let's go out. I've safely stored your original body away."

I've arranged to meet Chixia at the Panhua Restaurant.

The opponent summoned his sword from the terminal; it was clearly in excellent condition. Even the traces of his fighting in Beiluoye a few months ago had been erased.

Waaaaah~ You seem to be living a good life, my true self.

However, with the key's blessing, the time it takes for him to materialize has obviously increased, so why can't he still separate from his original body?

"Ding~ That's because the host has achieved perfect harmony with the sword~"

It seemed the system in his mind had lifted the block again, and a pop-up window appeared in his mind.

"...I still really want to complain about this."

"Your golden talent truly allows you to become one with the sword? You don't even allow me to have a physical body?"

Who would want their true form to be a sword? He's a normal person, after all.

"Cough cough cough...you can't say that."

"The sword, host, is inherently composed of frequencies, and with the host's frequency also mixed in, the two naturally merge into one."

"It's not exactly important, but it's not unimportant either; you still need to pay attention to it."

"Hehe... The host can also allocate some frequency to use weapons normally~"

Hehe, he's not hehe at all.

What kind of sword is formed from frequencies? It's both important and unimportant, the two combined...

He couldn't understand a word.

Finally, he glanced at the explanation provided by the system in his mind, but after a brief scan, he didn't want to look at it anymore:

It's as if I'm inextricably linked to this sword; not only did I protect it in the first place, but I can also incidentally shield myself from the world's consciousness.

When you can truly master your own frequency and transform between reality and illusion at will, that will be equivalent to truly regaining your freedom.

Not only can I use this sword freely, but I also don't have to worry about feeling pain again after the wanderer used it in a fight last time.

Complex, far too complex

Don't torture yourself with things you don't understand; anyway, he's already much stronger than he was a few days ago.

Not only did I gain a cultivation technique, but with the key on my person, I could remain in physical form for a long time, even when I was far away from my original body.

Thank you for the gift, Brother Chao.

Given this situation, he might be able to come up with some new techniques...

"He's gone—Mo Wunian—"

"coming!"

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Following the wanderers, they soon arrived at the Panhua Restaurant, where Chixia and Yangyang were already waiting.

There was no surprise at seeing the two of them arrive, but Chixia looked at herself first, and only nodded after he sat down at the table.

"Aunt Panhua, I brought my friends! This time we'll have four bowls of noodles, extra spicy!"

"Uh... I don't need it, you guys eat."

Unexpectedly, the reason the other person saw her sitting down was to check if she was a physical being. Realizing she had lost her sense of taste, she quickly tried to stop them.

However, Chixia clearly misunderstood him, patted her chest, and readily said that there was no need to worry about money.

"This meal is on me, so don't worry!"

"This isn't about money..."

It's a question of whether he can eat or not; after all, he's lost his sense of taste, so food won't taste good to him.

"Mo Wunian, you don't need to make excuses anymore."

"Is it not to your liking?"

"Uh...that's not entirely true..."

How can I explain that I've lost my sense of taste? Maybe I should just use the idea that it's based on frequency as an excuse?

"It's just that I might not taste anything when I eat... Although I'm a physical being now, I've lost some functions to some extent..."

"Just make it three bowls, I'll watch you eat."

In the end, he still revealed that he had no sense of taste, but since he didn't need to eat, he didn't have any worries.

However, these words shocked the other three, especially Chixia.

She looked at him with almost heartache, arms crossed, shaking her head uncontrollably.

"Huh? So that means you won't taste anything no matter what you eat anymore?"

"That would be so terrible... I can't even imagine how devastated I would be if food had no taste in the future..."

Yangyang looked at him with a complicated expression, sighed softly, and lamented that her food had no taste.

The wanderer was even more unusual; just one look at him made him feel guilty—a sense of unease that wasn't caused by his own frequency of taste being detected.

Although in the end I was forced to eat a bowl of noodles—the excuse being that you have to try things to know.

Well said! He'll give it a try!

"...It really has no taste."

I thought that since I had already materialized into a physical form, this taste loss buff wouldn't be of much use.

I underestimated the potion after all; aside from being burned and almost spitting it out, it had no taste whatsoever.

Oh, it does have some flavor. After all, spiciness is a sensation of pain.

Adhering to the principle of not wasting food, he still expressionlessly slurped up the bowl of noodles, but he never had any desire to eat again.

"Ah... Mo Wunian, you're so pitiful!"

"You know, having a bowl of hot and spicy noodles for breakfast can make you feel so much better, both physically and mentally."

"And yet you couldn't taste anything..."

He wiped his mouth with a tissue, then patted the other person's head to indicate that he was fine.

"It's just a loss of taste, not blindness or disability."

"Speaking of Angelica dahurica, what about it?"

He then realized that apart from seeing the other person last night, they hadn't been present today, and asked them with some confusion.

"Bai Zhi seems to have locked herself in the research institute. She hasn't come out since yesterday. It looks like I'll have to thoroughly study all that data before I can see her."

"Didn't the wanderer go along yesterday? What happened?"

Just thinking about yesterday's events gave him a headache—the other party spent so much time investigating just to bring him back; what kind of brotherhood was that?

"Fortunately... the situation isn't as serious as we thought."

"Furthermore, we've already thoroughly investigated Mo Wunian's keepsake, so there's no need to worry."

Although it's just a vague explanation, it's enough to appease that silly person.

Chixia nodded thoughtfully, though it was clear she didn't quite understand.

"Oh... no wonder Mo Wunian hasn't said a word since he came out; he went to investigate the token on his own."

"Speaking of which, the only remaining clues about the wanderer's keepsakes are that strange leaf and the not-so-strange mangosteen, right?"

"What's the next step?"

Seeing the wanderer once again turn his gaze to him, seemingly seeking his opinion, he felt something was amiss, but still tried to recall the original plot and began to speak.

"Hmm... how about we investigate Ye Zi first?"

Forget it, I'll just say one offhand. They can't possibly actually listen to me.

"it is good"

"..."

I'm not just making this up, you actually believed me?

However, the three of them decisively ignored his reaction, and Yangyang had already begun analyzing the clues.

"Bai Zhi said that there are traces of afterimage frequency fluctuations on the leaves, and the trees should grow near the soundless zone."

"If we want to investigate the leaves, we need to leave the city."

"Isn't that perfect? ​​The Prime Minister has granted all privileges to the wanderers."

Although it hasn't been through the same dramatic twists and turns as the original story, a simple connection can still make the links.

It must be said that, aside from a few inverted celestial inscriptions, the details in Narumi's work are quite sufficient.

"Access permission is also a kind of prompt..."

"There are no checkpoints within the city, and apart from the border guards, there's no need for any passage permissions unless you absolutely must leave the city."

That made their goal clear, and Chixia nodded again.

"If we leave the city, I won't be able to follow, and I'm afraid it will delay our duty. Yangyang, please protect the drifters and Mo Wunian, and let me know if anything happens."

Hearing what Chixia said, he couldn't help but rub his forehead. A sense of helplessness welled up inside him.

"We'll definitely take care of protecting the girls."

"I'm actually not weak either..."

His combat strength is indeed not low, but it pales in comparison to the Wanderers.

He also wanted to protect others.

You've got it backwards.

"I will protect them both."

Another day enveloped by Long Aotian's powerful and domineering aura.

"Then I'll escort you to the city gate. Let's go!"

Another day of embarking on a journey, and to avoid trouble, he took physical form this time.

Anyway, the key is constantly absorbing the surrounding frequency within him, and as long as he doesn't actively fight and deplete his frequency, he can maintain his physical form almost all day.

He could be considered to have regained his freedom.

Stepping onto solid ground, I've never felt so at ease; it was simply comforting.

Just as they reached the main road in front of the city gate, a mournful cry came from next door.

"Yangyang, did you hear that...? I think I heard someone wailing!"

Chixia naturally heard it too, and her whole body trembled violently at first. Then she tried to find out where the sound was coming from.

Yangyang looked in the direction of the sound and immediately understood the reason.

"That direction... is that the Night Return Army's training camp used for combat readiness training? It's not as exaggerated as you described, Chixia."

"Instructor Yan Yan, who is in charge of training the new recruits returning home at night, is indeed quite strict, but if they are wanderers, that instructor probably wouldn't be able to find anything wrong with them..."

He was also curious about this, so he leaned forward and glanced in that direction. Perhaps it was too obvious, because he happened to make eye contact with Instructor Yan Yan, which startled him so much that he quickly moved back to stand next to the wanderers.

—Naturally, he didn't notice the fleeting shock and longing in her eyes that she had just seen.

"..."

Yan Yan frowned, looked in the direction of the protagonist, and slowly lowered his head, as if recalling some past events.

"...She looks quite a bit like that child."

"The general would be shocked if he saw this, wouldn't he?"

However, the new recruits seemed to be groaning again, and quickly raised their heads. A new round of training had begun.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have triggered a new main quest."

Mission Objective: Assist the wanderer in successfully completing the main storyline.

"award:#*#"

"Zizi..."

Following behind the wanderer, I just realized that a new task had been issued in my mind. I was about to check the details and rewards when my useless system malfunctioned again.

"What's wrong? Why did you stop talking when we got to the reward area?"

"Don't crash here, system!"

Hearing the static on the other end again, he once again reasonably suspected that something was wrong: it's one thing for him to be useless, but why is the system useless too?

"Beep beep... Reward: Frequency Manipulation Manual (Advanced Resonance Manual, after studying it you will gain a deeper understanding of the origin and manipulation of frequencies)"

After struggling for ages, he finally got the reward. It's understandable that he was curious; he genuinely wanted to know why it took so long to get just one reward.

The blue panel in his mind was clearly unclear; he could even see a series of question marks popping up next to it.

"Wait a minute...this isn't the reward I prepared..."

"How did it suddenly turn out like this..."

His words were so shocking that he felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

"Huh? Your system lets you exchange rewards for this?"

"Wait a minute... how come even you, the system, don't seem to know?"

"What was the original reward?"

The system's mechanical voice was also filled with doubt. It typed on the keyboard for a while longer, then finally ran away.

"The original reward was supposed to be something big... letting you manipulate spacetime directly based on frequency..."

"I don't know why my account was inexplicably banned... I can only offer you a similar reward."

"It is indeed possible to achieve this through cultivation to its highest level... though it's extremely difficult."

Silence is Cambridge tonight

Are they even banning cheats these days, or is some other world consciousness interfering again?

He just wanted some kind of cheat code to get by, why is it so difficult?

The system in his mind realized that this was his fault, and an apologetic emoji popped up on the panel, followed by compensation.

"Irreversible damage to the host has been detected due to a system-related issue."

"It has been decided to issue the reward ahead of schedule and provide compensation of one physical cleansing session."

"Body Cleansing: This involves a thorough cleansing of your body's condition."

"..."

He looked at his body, formed from the convergence of frequencies, and then at the compensation reward.

He knew he couldn't expect the system to give him anything good.

"Oh dear...you never know when you might need something like this..."

"I checked again. Host, just follow the mission for now!"

He watched as the panel in his consciousness vanished with a snap, something he was already used to.

If anything unexpected happens, just investigate. With his current network of connections, he'll probably find out nothing.

After a simple click on cultivation, he could clearly feel that his perception of the surrounding frequencies had become stronger—to the point that he could clearly sense that at least two groups of people were following them.

"...Good heavens, so that's where they were waiting."

I didn't expect so many people to be squatting here even while we were still in the city. There will be even more once we get outside.

It's obvious that it deviates from the original plot.

"Let's figure out a solution once we're outside... Taking action in the city would be too obvious."

"Anyway, those guys probably think the same way."

Before they knew it, they had arrived at the city gate. Looking at the flowing ahoge (cowlick) in front of him, he recognized who it was at a glance—