Chapter 484: Zero Sequence Victory Celebration (36/40)
On Sequence Zero's side.
Ye Yao said they would have a celebration banquet, and she didn't delay at all.
Of course, finding a suitable place for a group dinner was still a bit difficult.
After yesterday's earth-shattering event reached its Curtain Call, almost everyone in Sequence Zero had become famous.
If they were to suddenly appear on the street, they would inevitably be stared at by countless eyes.
Those who were mature and knew how to behave were one thing, but those who weren't were another matter entirely.
Ye Yao knew full well how terrifying superfans could be.
She couldn't be bothered to deal with those people.
As for those who hadn't become famous, it was probably only An Qi, who had stayed hidden from start to finish.
Only An Qi had not appeared on the light screens of the All-Knowing Magic Eye.
But it didn't matter.
An Qi didn't need to be famous; it was enough just to let people know such a mysterious existence existed.
Wu Mi and Fang Tang were also present at today's dinner.
Although they usually stayed at headquarters to be close to the main body, they were still members of Sequence Zero and naturally couldn't be absent.
Inside the private room.
Ye Yao's split body shed the "Ye Tong" persona. There was no need to pretend in front of her companions. In her loli body, she raised a glass of juice, her face full of satisfaction with her family members.
"Everyone performed wonderfully yesterday. You truly are my companions. A toast to you all!"
Ye Yao downed several gulps of juice, showing her true colors—quite the bold character!
In some regions, someone like her would only be allowed to sit at the kids' table.
Unfortunately, even the adults could only sit at her table, as she was the one in charge.
Everyone cooperatively raised their glasses of juice, and with a chorus of "Cheers," the celebration banquet officially began.
"Add more drumsticks, add more drumsticks! We must have a feast today. Everyone worked hard, and Sequence Zero shines because of you!"
Ye Yao was as good as her word, even personally serving drumsticks to everyone.
In some extreme organizations, the subordinates would have already been in tears, shouting "Loyalty!"
But their relationship didn't require that kind of brainwashing gratitude to maintain, or rather, their natures weren't so easily driven into a frenzy.
Mu Luo and the others all had subtle expressions.
Having a loli serve drumsticks to mature adults—who was the junior here exactly?
But it didn't matter.
As long as Ye Yao was happy.
"Thank you."
"Hehe, you're welcome, you're welcome~ Just eat your fill today."
Then, Xia Lian's expectant voice reached Ye Yao's ears.
"White Kitty, what about mine? Where's my share?"
The long-haired girl's face was full of anticipation, seemingly hoping Ye Yao would also give her a drumstick.
Ye Yao looked at her with utter speechlessness.
"None for you."
"How can this be!? Did I not perform well enough?"
Xia Lian looked shocked, as if her world had collapsed.
Ye Yao's eyes were full of disdain.
"You have the nerve to say that? In the whole team, you're the only one who needed my help to defeat an enemy. You're just too 'Qu'. If it weren't for me, you'd have been knocked into a 'Defeat CG' long ago."
Xia Lian began to stammer out an excuse.
"W-what choice did I have? That big bug was just too strong. It's only logical that I'd fall slightly behind. If I had 'precipitated' my power before, I definitely could have beaten it easily!"
Ye Yao remained expressionless.
"Then did you Precipitate?"
"Hehe~"
Xia Lian scratched her head sheepishly, seemingly trying to laugh it off with a silly giggle.
Precipitate?
Thanks for the invite, but she was addicted to petting cats and was too happy to think of home.
In this life, she could only manage to cram at the last minute.
Precipitating was impossible; it would never happen in this lifetime.
Xia Lian had only one pursuit!
And that was to become White Kitty's Personal Maid!
What did a Personal Maid need with such great power?
It wouldn't do to outshine the master!
Ye Yao snorted after hearing Xia Lian's excuse.
"Qu is Qu. Once a Qu, always a Qu. You couldn't even win with Fang Tang's help; you're almost worse than Fang Tang."
Fang Tang: "Eh? Eh? Eh?"
Xia Lian suddenly felt things were going south.
What was happening?
She had clearly gone into battle to turn her image around in Ye Yao's heart, so how did she end up being inferior to even Fang Tang?
"H-how can you say that? I did break through to S-rank, after all. With my Superpower reinforced, I should at least be considered a top-tier expert, right?"
Ye Yao's gaze became even more disdainful.
How did Xia Lian the Qu have the nerve to compare her strength with Fang Tang?
Bullying a square piece of sugar?
Xia Lian seemed to realize this as well and quickly changed the subject.
"And look at Jiang Huashen, he was about the same as me. I don't believe White Kitty didn't help him a little bit back then."
Jiang Huashen: "What do you mean?"
What for?
He was just an art student. Why compare such things with him?
This woman was so troublesome.
Ye Yao snorted.
"Soy Peanut at least has his own personal Form Technique. Even without me, he could have won with his methods at the time. Stop making excuses; you're the most 'Qu' in the team."
Jiang Huashen: "?"
What on earth was 'Soy Peanut'?
What an unartistic nickname.
Thinking that this was a term for himself, Jiang Huashen felt like ants were crawling all over him.
But since it was this little ancestor's idea, he could only reluctantly accept it.
Now Xia Lian was finally out of moves.
"Waaa~ I am a Qu."
"Hmph~ Since you've admitted it, I'll reward you with a drumstick."
As soon as these words were spoken, Xia Lian's aggrieved expression immediately turned into a beaming smile.
"Heehee~ I knew White Kitty wouldn't leave me behind."
This childish behavior showed none of the 'crazy beauty' vibe from her early days.
She had been completely spoiled after all.
Now Ye Yao wanted to know even more if Xia Lian would have turned out like this in a parallel timeline without her.
There would probably be a huge difference.
She probably wouldn't know until then.
At that moment, Jiang Huashen handed over a Scroll, which emitted an extraordinary aura.
"This is the great work I created yesterday. Its artistic achievement is the peak of my life. I'm giving it to you."
"Then I'll take it!"
Ye Yao accepted it without ceremony.
This Scroll was undoubtedly the "Nursery Rhyme" that Lao Jiang had created using his "Creation Form."
To Ye Yao, this painting was like a super toy.
It couldn't compare to Ye Ge anyway, so it was quite nice to have it to play with.
Still, this thing was very precious when one thought about it.
In a cultivation world setting, it would be a divine weapon capable of triggering celestial phenomena.
Opening it could summon a super fighter.
Even if it was just a painting, the power it contained was enough to crush almost all the experts in the world.
One could only say that Jiang Huashen's Superpower ceiling was quite high.
His sequence number ranking was still a bit too low.
Of course, the number didn't have much meaning; it all depended on how the Exclusive Form Technique was.
Anyway, Xia Lian was just a 'Qu' without an Exclusive Form Technique.
Being a Sequence Gatekeeper was useless.
Then Ye Yao remembered something and asked Jiang Huashen:
"By the way, you should have the All-Knowing Magic Eye hidden with you, right?"