Yu-Gi-Oh!, the Roar of the Weak

Chapter 33 Xiao Yi

"He practically hated Wanshilin back then. In the afterword of the novel, he even wrote, 'Once I have money, I must move away from this hellish place as soon as possible.' By the way, he was also a duelist, and he used the Ice Water deck."

Ice Water, I really want to see Xiao Ni's Kaling!

"His lithographed edition of *A Study in Scarlet* was immediately met with rave reviews, and she finally had the money to buy paper and pens."

"Then she wrote 'The Sign of Four,' 'The Valley of Fear,' and a series of short stories, and quickly became famous, hailed as the most outstanding mystery novelist. But she still humbly said that she was just standing on the shoulders of giants, that her inspiration came from her own world, that she did not produce words, but was just a conveyor of words."

Di Xing's lips twitched involuntarily; this person seemed to be telling the truth.

"and after?"

"Later, she died protecting the Stone Forest during the beast tide," Ai Xiao said with a hint of sadness. "The story of Sherlock Holmes also ended forever in that little inn in Meiringen, and Dr. Watson could never return to Reichenbach Falls to find his old friend."

Di Xing was also affected by Ai Xiao's sadness and fell silent. He thought to himself, "It seems that transmigrators in this world aren't necessarily the protagonists; they can die easily too. It's just that Xiao Ni, that senior transmigrator, will be all alone again. Sigh."

At that moment, Ai Xiao, who was behind him, suddenly smiled and said, "There's no need to be so serious. This happens often in the apocalypse. We're all trying to survive. Although we don't know whether tomorrow or death will come first, we can at least hope for tomorrow and strive for it."

Di Xing felt the girl's embrace tighten even more, so he nodded, giving a simple yet firm reply, "Mmm."

The two quickly arrived at Power Plant No. 6 in Dianhua District. This power plant was almost next to the scrap metal area, so the journey wasn't very far. When they arrived, they found that the fire was almost under control, and the fire hydrant was being used for command and control.

Meanwhile, Captain Ace was giving a stern lecture to a young man wearing a black and red jacket. The young man had black hair with a few long strands of red highlights on his forehead, and he was so submissive that he didn't dare to reply.

"Xiao Yi, you rascal! The fire was already out, and now you've made us struggle all morning again."

"Boss Ace, I was only trying to protect those kids."

"Why don't you use Whirlwind? If that doesn't work, you can run over and carry those two kids away. The fire is still dozens of meters away from the children!"

You summoned your *fire-attribute monster? And you even made it blow away the fire? The fire it blew out is fire, okay?

"I'm sorry, brother, I was wrong."

Ai Xiao whispered to Di Xing, "Her name is Xiao Yi. She's a bit of a scatterbrain, but she's also a top contender in the Electric Flower District. She's a strong contender for this year's star-up spot."

"Xiao Yi?"

"Hmm, the 'Xiao' in 'desolate' and the 'Yi' with four fires."

Oh, isn't that Xiao Yan Yan? Thinking of this, Di Xing was startled and hurriedly came to Xiao Yi's side. "Your name is Xiao Yi? The Yi with four fires?"

Xiao Yi was a little confused. "Yeah."

Have you ever found a ring?

"How did you know? It wasn't one, it was two."

Two? No wonder it's Yanzi's double version of the Yi character; even the rings come in pairs.

"Is there anything special about those two rings?"

"It's a very expensive ring, and I have a feeling that someone inside wants to talk to me, like a man and a woman."

Sure enough, there was an old man with a ring, and um, an old woman too.

"Did you manage to strike up a conversation with them?"

"No, I sold those two rings and got quite a bit of money."

"Ah, do you know what you missed?" That was Emperor Yan, a double version of him!

"What are you talking about? How am I supposed to buy a card deck if I don't sell the ring?"

Di Xing asked dejectedly, "What deck did you buy?"

"Emperor Yan!"

"Wow, the Fire King is the same Fire King from Yu-Gi-Oh!"

A strange melody floated into Di Xing's mind: "The price of bonfire tickets is high again today, I can only buy three with tears in my eyes..."

Di Xing suddenly remembered that the people from Muwu Duren didn't seem to like mixed-axis decks, and it seemed that they had only encountered pure axis decks so far. So he cautiously asked, "Do you have Snake Eyes in your deck?"

"Snake eyes? What snake eyes?"

Fortunately, without Snake Eyes, the pure Teostra isn't that strong.

At that moment, Captain Ace interrupted them, "Di Xing, you're here. We need your help."

Ace pointed to Power Plant No. 6. "This power plant is the lifeline of the fourth floor. It's currently closed due to a malfunction caused by the fire. Fortunately, all the staff inside escaped before the doors closed. They said the fire has been extinguished by the automatic sprinkler system, but a number of rampaging Thunder Clan card sprites have appeared inside. Although they are all weak, they are still not easy for ordinary people to deal with." Ace paused here.

"Actually, we could have waited until all the fires outside were extinguished before going inside, but a child has gone missing nearby. Residents say he might have panicked and wandered into the power plant during yesterday's tremors, so we need a graphics card technician to go in and open the gate."

Ace pointed to the team members who were suppressing the fire. "The fire is basically under control now, as long as the fire hydrants and a few key team members stay at their posts. However, I don't have any graphics card engineers on my team right now, so I can't let them move around in the power plant full of card sprites. I need to maintain the fire hydrants and open the gate, so we need your help."

Di Xing glanced at the power plant gate and saw that there were still quite a few streams of fire flowing in front of it.

"In a moment, I'll have the pulse firefighters push back the flowing fire, and then have the fire truck crew lift the gate. The gate is very heavy; even the fire truck crew can only lift it a few dozen centimeters. You need to crawl inside immediately. The card sprites inside are weak; with your skills, they shouldn't be difficult to deal with, but you still need to be careful."

As he spoke, Ace took out a floor plan of the first floor of the power plant and pointed out the control room that controlled the main gate to Di Xing.

"All you need to do is come here, turn on the backup power to the gate, and you'll be done with your mission. Then you can get out of here as soon as possible, understand?"

"Understood, repeat the instructions." Good grief, Ace is treating me like one of his teammates too.

"After you opened the door, I immediately rushed in to turn on the backup power to the door, and then quickly retreated."

"Very good, let's get started."

"Wait, shouldn't I search for the child inside?"

"You're not a professional firefighter, and we're not sure if the child is really inside. You should open the gate quickly so my team can use their specialized rescue equipment to search and rescue the child. This equipment can handle the threat of the Card Spirits, so once you've completed your mission, just leave quickly. We can't let you get into danger."