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

Chapter 86 Young Li Zhiyi

The moment she grabbed Di Xing, she did feel an unknown force, but it quickly dissipated after she made contact. She then pulled Di Xing upwards with all her might, and saw Ai Xiao and the other person anxiously searching for Di Xing underwater. The three of them hurriedly returned to shore, but Di Xing had choked on a lot of water while unconscious. The three of them frantically began first aid.

After falling into the water, Di Xing quickly lost consciousness. In his hazy state, he saw an indescribable creature with tentacles wriggling all over its body, pulling his feet down. The creature's dark green body was covered with yellow patches, as if it were rusty. Just when he was about to despair, a hand grabbed him, and then, relieved, his consciousness sank completely into darkness.

When he finally managed to open his eyes again, he saw that the young man in his twenties was actually preparing to give him CPR. Startled, he quickly sat up. This young man was quite handsome, but Di Xing was a total straight man.

"You're awake?" Upon seeing Di Xing awake, the three women hurriedly gathered around him.

"You're doing this again, still acting so recklessly," Ai Xiao said with displeasure.

Di Xing scratched his head. "Isn't there no other way?"

"All those jellyfish are dead. Did you use electricity?" Nami arrogantly surveyed the sedimentation tank. "Because she knew that electrolyzing water would produce hydrogen and oxygen, that's why she made us jump into the water first. Honestly, that's so reckless." As she spoke, she gently patted Di Xing's head, making Di Xing feel quite uncomfortable. "If you dare to do that again, I'll definitely use a railgun to give you a good 'scalding'."

"Spare me!" Sure enough, Nami is still the same Nami.

"Are you alright? Is anything bothering you?" Vitty, whose coat was still submerged in the water, asked as she approached. She was wearing a tight tank top that accentuated her curves, shorts, and her plump, grass-like tail wagged back and forth.

Di Xing thought to himself: Oh dear, so she was wearing shorts underneath. Why am I a little disappointed? Wait a minute? What was she shaking again?

Seeing that Dixing was staring at her tail, Vivi sighed, "Are you that bothered by this?"

Di Xing nodded vigorously, then added, "Very cute."

Vitty looked surprised.

Just then, the laughter of the 20-year-old came from the side. "Hahaha, this is really interesting. This is the first time I've heard someone praise a fusion experiment subject as cute. A normal person would definitely avoid it like the plague. It seems we might be able to become friends." The 20-year-old stood up. His voice was very neutral, but full of heroic spirit. He no longer looked like a fool.

"Aren't you stupid?"

"Of course, the fool is my 19th brother," he said, pointing to the unconscious 19th young master in the distance.

"He thought he was very clever, but I, whom he considered a fool, knocked him unconscious from behind. It's a pity that the Invisible Jellyfish Monster's attack didn't kill him, but it's for the best, otherwise, even if he's not favored, Miss Vitty's water purification plant would still be affected."

"Don't worry, I just gave him a few more whacks, he won't wake up so easily," Ai Xiao said, flashing her signature bright smile. "But unfortunately, most of the sedimentation tanks are still contaminated; we only managed to save one."

"It's alright, saving even one is already a good result," Vivi said, wagging her tail. "As long as we have a quarter of the water, and the residents use water sparingly, we should be able to survive for a week. A week is enough for us to clean these three pools and produce new purified water. That way, the Li family's conspiracy won't succeed."

“Um, about this matter, I can help,” the 20th young man interjected, taking out a small bottle of liquid and a note. “This is the antidote for jellyfish venom. Here’s the recipe. The ingredients are all easy to find. It can help you quickly neutralize the toxins in these pools.”

Upon hearing that the water in the sedimentation tank could be restored, Vivi's eyes lit up instantly, but she still looked at Li Zhiyi warily.

"Are you trying to team up with us to deal with your 19th brother?" Di Xing asked suspiciously.

The young master shook his head. "This idiot isn't a threat to me, Li Zhiyi, but those guys ahead are indeed a big threat, which is why I pretended to be an idiot. However, they're not people you can fight together."

"Then why are you helping us?" Di Xing asked.

"I just wanted to help you guys," Li Zhiyi, the 20-year-old, said with a nostalgic look. "When I was a kid, I went to play on the third floor once, and one of my older brothers threw me off the ledge. I almost died from the fall."

"After I desperately crawled out of the garbage dump, I was starving and in pain. Luckily, a beggar on the fourth floor saved me. He made me a beggar's chicken, which was the best thing I've ever eaten in my life."

"And then?" Nami asked.

Later, the beggar's leg was broken by the chicken's owner, and he froze to death on a snowy night.

Everyone fell silent.

“I don’t hate the chicken’s owner, because it was one of his few possessions, and the beggar stole the chicken for me, not for himself.”

"So when the Li family found me, I paid for the chicken for the beggar and buried him."

"I just feel that the people on the fourth floor aren't as bad as the people upstairs say; I just feel that the world shouldn't be like this."

Dixing admitted he was persuaded, but the highly vigilant Vitty was not so easily convinced.

Why should we believe you?

“You can conduct an experiment first, that way you can prove whether what I said is true or false. Also,” Li Zhiyi hesitated for a moment, but still said, “I also have some clues about the person who conducted the experiment on you.”

Upon hearing this, Vitty's expression changed drastically.

"But I won't tell you now, because it won't help you and might even kill you prematurely. I'll tell you everything once you reach the third level."

As he spoke, the 20th young master stood up. "I will do my best to cover this up for you, but the Li family will definitely still send people to cause you trouble. This good-for-nothing may be useless, but he is still the son of the family head. The Li family cannot just stand by and watch him be beaten like this."

"That," Di Xing began, "can you push all the blame onto me?"

"While I admire you, I'm afraid I can't do this."

"What if I've already offended the Wolfgar and Leppard families?"

The young man was taken aback for a moment, then smiled. "I see. That makes things much easier to resolve."

With that, the 20th young man grabbed his good-for-nothing 19th brother by the neck and said, "Well then, everyone, until we meet again," and left the Wang Water Treatment Plant.

"What exactly is this fusion experiment he's talking about?"

Di Xing hesitated for a moment, then asked Ai Xiao.

“Let me explain,” Vitty said. “The so-called fusion experiment is an experiment that attempts to fuse humans and Kalings together.”