The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle

The surrounding scenes were slowly rewinding.

After a brief blink.

Su Qi found himself back in front of the iron gate.

Standing in the mist, Su Qi greeted the guard,

"Nice to see you again, brother."

The guard, holding his weapon, said nothing.

Have we met before?

He shouted,

"It's a survivor! Quick, open the gate!"

After entering the safe zone, Su Qi did not rush into the hall.

He started to rapidly brainstorm and analyze.

The little girl was the so-called Master of Destruction, the big boss... It seemed she only had the ability to reset and lacked formidable combat strength; she was also very fragile.

And that middle-aged woman was clearly her protector, possessing extraordinary strength, but she was also extremely fragile.

And from the recent situation, it seemed they were hiding from something?

"What to do now," kicked a pebble by the roadside, Su Qi opened his panel; his spiritual power wouldn't recover even after the reset, adding some risks he needed to consider.

The system advised to kill the little girl to escape from here.

This difficulty didn't seem small; the middle-aged woman was always close to the little girl, and judging from the previous situations, once any crisis or mental stimulation occurred, the girl, as the Master of Destruction, seemed to activate her ability and reset everything.

"And she doesn't seem to have any related memories."

Su Qi recalled his previous conversations with the little girl who hadn't shown any signs of having prior memories; otherwise, she wouldn't keep asking about his snacks repeatedly.

"Let's not startle them this time, but understand the situation."

He pushed open the door to the hall.

Just then.

Su Qi clearly saw the middle-aged woman giving him a wary look.

"?"

Did she have memories from before the reset?

No.

She hadn't shown it in the previous instances.

And it was only caution, not filled with murderous intent like before.

Pretending not to see it... Su Qi strode past, this time not doing anything to disrupt the process.

He had decided to start with the big boss.

"Did you like the candy just now?"

"Mmm," the little girl nodded innocently, a stark contrast from her behavior before the reset.

"Want some more?" Su Qi felt like he was being a creepy old man.

The little girl's eyes lit up.

But the middle-aged woman stopped him, whispering, "Sorry, she can't eat too much sugar."

"How about... ice cream?"

The little girl's eyes lit up again.

The middle-aged woman intervened again, "That's too cold."

"New Delhi wafers?"

The middle-aged woman: "..."

How much food do you carry with you?

She saw hope in the little girl's eyes.

The middle-aged woman forcefully ignored this, pressing her forehead, "Sorry, she doesn't like wafers."

The little girl: "..."

Su Qi snapped his fingers, "Hot pot, hot pot surely works."

?

That's even more preposterous.

The middle-aged woman couldn't help but grimace, "If you can bring out a hot pot, I....."

She stopped talking, silently watching as Su Qi took out a self-heating hot pot still smoking, which he had soaked previously at the club but never got a chance to eat, so he put it in the Item Slot, any state it goes in, it comes out the same.

"...."

Su Qi lifted the lid, and the aroma instantly made everyone's eyes widen... The scent of hot pot was such a temptation to the starving crowd!

Even the little girl, the Master of Destruction, stood there dumbfounded!

The middle-aged woman's eyes slightly focused, an odd strength gathering, unnoticed by others, she looked at the food without detecting any poison or tampering.

She quietly sighed, "Go ahead and eat."

Su Qi watched as the little girl obediently picked up the chopsticks but didn't start eating right away, instead looking at him attentively, as if wanting to say something.

Su Qi snapped his fingers, "Don't worry, put it on the tab."

The little girl finally relaxed and started to use her chopsticks.

Everyone: "...."

Be human, will you?

At this moment, the middle-aged woman was also unsure of Su Qi's intentions. She cautiously sized up Su Qi... while also staying alert. The notebook she carried had reset twice at this place, and the new content warned to be cautious of this young man.

Anyway, once they finished eating, she would try her best to prevent him from contacting her Family Head.

However,

The very next moment,

Su Qi pulled out a chessboard: "Wanna play chess? I'll teach you?"

"????"

Where did that come from!

After the little girl finished eating, she looked curiously at the chessboard and then nodded her head.

The middle-aged woman watched blankly as the two played Chinese chess.

The girl understood the rules immediately, but Su Qi was unconsciously ruthless, beginning his merciless onslaught without hesitation.

"You lost... General," Su Qi said with a hint of a smile.

The little girl felt somewhat unconvinced, blinking rapidly, "Put it on the tab. Let's play again."

Su Qi snapped his fingers, "Sure, you've got the spirit."

However,

By the third game, Su Qi started to be surprised.

This little girl was incredibly perceptive, mastering all the logic in just two games, transforming from a beginner into a terrifying chess master.

Worthy of being the Master of Destruction, this talent... almost catching up to his own!

After a fierce battle,

The little girl was barely defeated by Su Qi.

She puffed her cheeks, "Again! Next time I'll definitely win."

Yet Su Qi calmly packed up the chessboard and said with a smile, "Got bored of this, let's play something else."

Then the little girl saw Su Qi pulling out a deck of Poker cards, starting to explain the rules anew, and she listened intently, blinking.

"Got it?"

"Got it."

"Then let's continue."

After Su Qi won several times, as expected, the little girl grasped everything and reached an outrageous level.

Yet again, Su Qi ended the game, pulling out other game tools.

No asking why Su Qi had so much random stuff. His 20 Item Slots… almost half were filled with various bizarre things.

"...."

The middle-aged woman silently watched the scene unfold.

The guy... didn't seem like a bad person, nor a good one, more like a jerk.

Who gambles with a little girl like this, and the whole time... not playing fair, switching games once he felt she was becoming an equal opponent!

Unabashedly shameless, not even turning red or skipping a beat, isn't this bullying my innocent and naive Family Head?

Still keeping tabs?

He couldn't be serious, right?

The middle-aged woman watched as the two were now playing PSP online, the little girl's eyes twinkling.

She had curses she couldn't express.

Meanwhile, on Su Qi's side, through various games, he had judged that the little girl, albeit the Master of Destruction, was not dangerous, and the middle-aged woman beside her... indeed had no memory of the earlier warnings.

Otherwise, she would never have let her converse with him.

If the middle-aged woman knew what Su Qi was thinking, she would definitely roar,

"Did I let you? Did I let you?"

"I've been blocking for so long!"

"You damn well didn't see anything, did you!"

And just then,

Su Qi's expression suddenly paused...

The Paradise System seemed to have come online again, reconnecting, remembering there was still a player trapped here.

It also sent out intermittent messages.

[.....Forbidden… power... just burst... you need to be careful... the existence of the Master of Destruction... must not die by her hand....]

Its message abruptly ended.

[....]

It looked at the scene unfolding and silently issued a symbol.

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