Chapter 160: I Have a Companion (1)

"Come on, come on, I am a little spinach, spinach, spinach, spinach..."

From initially trying to catch him, Ye Lang had shifted to singing this song. Dodging and singing at the same time, he looked rather cheerful.

"..." Lengxue Five stopped, gazing quietly at Ye Lang.

"??" Ye Lang stopped as well. He thought Lengxue Five had given up, only to find out that wasn't the case at all. He seemed to finally understand a certain truth—never provoke a woman; women are truly terrifying!

Lengxue Five unleashed her battle qi directly, blasting it toward Ye Lang. If that blast hit him, not even a speck of dust would be left of Ye Lang!

Dodge?

In his current tiny state, Ye Lang was completely incapable of clearing the blast radius.

"Holy crap!!" Ye Lang instantly formed an alchemical array with both hands, channeling the Water Moon Mirror to shield himself.

Good thing Big Brother still had a trump card!

"Boom!"

An explosion ripped through the laboratory. Lengxue Five seemed to have forgotten that staying inside this laboratory was extremely dangerous for her as well. She had simply been provoked by Ye Lang to the point of doing something so reckless.

In the aftermath, she couldn't help wondering why she had acted that way, why she had been so easily provoked. In the past, even matters a thousand or ten thousand times greater than this could leave her entirely unfazed; why couldn't she maintain her composure this time?

She didn't understand, and perhaps she never would!

Perhaps it was simply because Ye Lang was too infuriating, dancing and singing merrily in a situation like that!

"Little Five, you big dummy, do you have any idea how dangerous that was? You... Huh? Where did you go?" After shouting for a moment, Ye Lang found the laboratory suddenly deserted, devoid of any human figure, as if Lengxue Five had never been there at all.

"Could it be..." A possibility crossed Ye Lang's mind, and he immediately scanned the ground. However, the debris littering the floor presented a major obstacle for him.

"Frank!!" Lengxue Five's voice rang out, carrying intense fury.

"Present!!" Ye Lang replied, appearing entirely unfazed by the anger as he simply asked, "Little Five, tell me, did you shrink too?"

Unable to see Lengxue Five, Ye Lang thought this probability was quite high. After all, the alchemical experiment he had been working on just moments ago was of a similar nature, and it was entirely possible to produce such an effect.

"How dare you still speak, I'm going to kill you!!" Although Lengxue Five did not answer directly, her response confirmed the fact: she had indeed shrunk.

"This is getting fun, I've got company now!!" Ignoring Lengxue Five's wrath, Ye Lang cheered with great excitement. This was simply human nature; no matter the situation, having someone to keep you company made things a little better, especially under circumstances like these.

After all, people were always afraid of loneliness!

"Fun my foot! Hurry up and figure out a way to restore us!" Lengxue Five shouted angrily.

"Didn't I just say I wanted to restore us, and you said this was pretty good?" Ye Lang replied in a dazed tone.

"..." Lengxue Five fell silent. She never expected that her own words from just a moment ago would sound so grating now!

"Why aren't you saying anything? Speak up, or I won't be able to find where you are," Ye Lang yelled. He had never been good at finding people; if Lengxue Five stayed quiet, he figured he would probably never find her.

"I'm right here!" Lengxue Five shouted. Reluctant as she was to reply, Ye Lang was her only hope. At that moment, it seemed she never stopped to wonder why Ye Lang was her sole hope—did he even know alchemy?

Ye Lang was merely a test subject here; no one knew he possessed alchemical skills, nor did anyone believe he had them.

Lengxue Five began to make her way toward Ye Lang to rendezvous, shouting back and forth with him to determine the direction by sound. However, it wasn't long before she made a firm decision!

"Frank, stay right where you are and don't move an inch!!"

"Why?"

"That way we'll meet up much faster!" Lengxue Five said coldly.

"?? What do you mean?" Ye Lang was slightly baffled, but he obediently stayed put. Why not take the easy way out if you could? Waiting right here sounded wonderful.

As for why Lengxue Five made that decision, it wasn't out of any consideration for Ye Lang; rather, Ye Lang was simply too exasperating—he kept walking further and further away.

Lengxue Five had noticed this trend. She realized that Ye Lang's voice was getting fainter and further away instead of drawing closer to her, which was why she decisively ordered him to stand still.

After a few minutes or so, a flash crossed, and Lengxue Five's figure halted right in front of Ye Lang. From that lightning-fast speed where she was practically invisible to this sudden stop, there seemed to be no buffer at all.

Much like Ye Lang, Lengxue Five had shrunk down to that tiny size. The only difference, perhaps, was that Lengxue Five was just a fraction smaller, likely due to their initial height difference.

"Hi, Little Five..." Ye Lang reached out to wave.

"Bang!" Without another word, Lengxue Five brought her fist down right on Ye Lang's head. This time, Ye Lang failed to dodge, which convinced her that his previous evasion had simply been due to his small size.

"What'd you hit me for?!!" Ye Lang protested with an aggrieved expression.

"What do you think? Dragging me down and getting me turned into this state!!" Lengxue Five said coldly.

"What does this have to do with me? Clearly, you were the one who smashed the materials and caused the accident!" Ye Lang argued his case logically, refusing to bow to evil forces.

"..., what do we do now?" Lengxue Five directly ignored that point and spoke expressionlessly.

"What else can we do now? We just have to wait!" Ye Lang waved his hand, looking completely unconcerned.

"Wait?" Lengxue Five stared at Ye Lang, waiting for an explanation.

Ye Lang nodded and said, "Just wait for the effect to wear off. I've had similar things happen to me before, and we just waited for it to wear off on its own."

"When?" Lengxue Five's questions were always remarkably concise, perhaps due to her aversion to talking.

Ye Lang thought for a moment before replying, "Hard to say. Maybe a day or two, maybe a month, maybe a year or two, maybe..."

"Forever?" Lengxue Five chimed in with the logical continuation.

"Yeah!" Ye Lang nodded in response.

"Then what are you waiting for? Get back to your experiment right now!" Lengxue Five was starting to grow anxious; she certainly didn't want to look like this for the rest of her life.

"You just smashed this place to smithereens, where am I supposed to get materials for an experiment?" Ye Lang replied quite bluntly. The reason he had given up wasn't because he had company in Lengxue Five, but because the conditions simply didn't exist anymore.

"..." Lengxue Five fell silent instantly. She seemed to recall that even without that recent explosion, her own strike had already destroyed Ye Lang's experimental workbench.

"Let's go. For now, let's just pretend this is a dream and find a comfortable spot to dream in," Ye Lang hopped down from a piece of debris of unknown origin. The room was now littered everywhere with such unidentifiable objects.

"Where is Lengxue Thirteen?" Lengxue Five asked out of the blue after walking for a short while.