Chapter 174: Guessing the Coin

“Brother Guo, you got hurt?”

“It’s a minor scratch, nothing serious.” Seeing his partner ask about the injury on his forehead, Guo Huai waved his hand and replied.

He then looked around and said, “We’ve been carrying this for over ten hours, so everyone’s energy must be near the limit. We’ll rest in shifts. The second batch can take the night watch first, and the rest of you should rest. Everyone should hope nothing goes wrong; we can’t afford any more trouble now.”

Guo Huai’s words made perfect sense, and no one in the crowd objected.

After the first group of dozens of people left, Guo Huai looked at Mo Xiaobai: “Little Mo, you should also find a room nearby to rest. You are the most tired of us all.”

“I’m fine. I can rest by leaning against this.”

Mo Xiaobai hugged his long staff and leaned against a tree in the green belt. He nodded and said, “But Old Guo, you should go treat your wound first before resting. I’ll keep an eye on things here and call you if anything happens.”

“Okay, I’ll go wash my wound first.”

When Guo Huai said he would go wash his wound, he meant just washing the wound itself. After a quick rinse and simple treatment, he walked back from Dr. Liu’s side and sat down heavily next to Mo Xiaobai. He dug into his pocket and pulled out a wallet.

With the light from his flashlight, he opened it to reveal a photo.

However, Guo Huai took out the wallet not to look at the photo, but to pull out a coin.

“Want to play a game?”

“Oh?”

Mo Xiaobai raised an eyebrow slightly. He knew what game Guo Huai meant.

A very childish game… guessing the coin.

In his past life, Mo Xiaobai knew that this uncle used this method to relieve stress. It was said that this habit was formed by his beloved daughter.

“Come on, guess. Will there be any other trouble tonight? Heads means yes, and tails means no. Which one do you pick?”

“You let me choose, of course, I’ll pick no.” Mo Xiaobai shrugged. Since he had nothing else to do, he would just play along with this childish uncle.

“Good, watch closely.”

Guo Huai picked up the coin with his right hand, flicked it into the air, and then covered it with his left hand against his right wrist. “Guess again. Which side will it be?”

“It will definitely be tails again.”

“Really?”

“Yes.”

“You won’t change your mind?”

“Old Guo, is this how you usually tease your daughter? It’s so boring.” Mo Xiaobai shook his head helplessly and stuck out his tongue. “Open it. If it’s heads, I don’t think I need to lift a finger; they will want to kill you.”

“Since you said that, I dare not open it.” Guo Huai laughed loudly, then lifted his left palm to reveal the “tails” side with the national emblem pattern inside.

“Looks like you guessed right again. Come on, let’s guess something else.”

“You should find someone else to play with. I plan to sleep now.”

Mo Xiaobai shook his head and called him out directly: “Don’t think I don’t know. Uncle, when you play this game, you can make the coin land on whichever side you want, right?”

“Haha~ Even my little trick is discovered by you. You little rascal really tickles my fancy.”

I know all about your little tricks!

If I didn’t know that, I would be ashamed for having fought alongside you in several battles in my previous life.

With eyes half-closed and leaning against the tree to rest, Mo Xiaobai felt that he fell into a very deep and long sleep. He didn’t know if it was because the Fanged Evil Beast was dead or if the coin guessing was really effective. Only when his nose started to itch did he lift his head and yawn.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw his sister standing in front of him, holding a foxtail grass.

“Xiaoyou? How did you come down?”

“Mom brought me down. Here, this is for you. There is nothing else at home, just fried rice. I also brought a jar of beef sauce.”

As Mo Xiaoyou spoke, she extended her left hand from behind her back and handed her big brother a plastic bag containing a lunchbox.

“Thanks, Little Dot, for bringing me food.”

He opened the lunchbox, and inside was fried rice that was so white it could be nothing else. Not only was there no egg, but there wasn’t even a drop of soy sauce.

However, even so, Mo Xiaobai did not complain.

He opened the beef sauce and, holding the lunchbox, ate it greedily.

Like Mo Xiaobai, the residents around him also held some food in their hands. After scanning everyone’s condition and looking up at the sky, Mo Xiaobai roughly figured out that nothing had happened during the second half of the night.

Just as Mo Xiaobai was eating, Guo Huai, who had just woken up and wasn’t seen earlier, walked back in from the outside. He patted his hands and said, “I have good news for you. A regiment from the southern military zone has moved into our area. They set up a defense line near the bridge during the late hours of last night, which is why we could sleep peacefully.”

“Really?”

“Is that the unit that caused the huge earthquake sounds last night just before the fighting started in the south?”

“Did they really come?”

“Now we should be safe. With a regiment guarding the front, there is no way they would let hundreds or thousands of Evil Beasts get into our residential complex.”

“So, we are safe for the next day?”

Hearing the news brought by Guo Huai, many residents in the complex looked up with excitement. Yesterday, they were forced to pick up weapons. If they could get real protection, they would not choose to fight the Evil Beasts themselves.

Seeing the excited expressions of everyone around, Guo Huai was also very happy. But as he walked over to the tree in the green belt, he noticed Mo Xiaobai still eating his fried rice carefully. He asked, “You little rascal, aren’t you even a little surprised?”

“Surprised? Of course, I am. At least this time we don’t have to risk our lives anymore.” Mo Xiaobai swallowed a mouthful of fried rice and responded.

“That’s the spirit. Go back and rest. When the countdown ends, we can go to the Plane.” Guo Huai patted Mo Xiaobai’s shoulder again, then walked toward the police car: “We are not needed here. I have to go back first. Let’s meet again if there is a chance.”

“Okay, see you another day!”

Mo Xiaobai replied loudly, stood up, and put the lunchbox back into the plastic bag. He turned to his mother, who was helping pass water on the other side, and said: “Mom, let’s go upstairs too.”

“Okay.”

Hearing this, Mother Mo nodded. After finishing handing out the mineral water in her hand, she immediately turned around, took Mo Xiaoyou by the hand, and led her son back home.

As soon as they entered the door, Mother Mo immediately grabbed her son’s ear: “You little rascal, what were you doing yesterday? I heard those people say that you led away the strongest monster. What were you thinking? Why are you so reckless? Don’t you know Mom and your dad were worried about you?”

Suddenly attacked by his mother, Mo Xiaobai had nowhere to hide. He just grinned and said, “Ouch, pain, pain, pain. Mom, please don’t pull my ear. I had confidence before I went. Look, I’m fine now, aren’t I? Nothing happened at all. Don’t you trust your son?”

“You know it hurts? Aren’t you the strongest in the world? Aren’t you the number one Player in the Plane? Do you think you have nine lives?”

Mother Mo had been holding back and not showing it downstairs before to consider her son’s dignity. Now that they were behind closed doors in their own home, she didn’t care about that. Once she grabbed his ear, she wouldn’t let go:

“Always so reckless. You just like doing dangerous things. Would the Water Blue Star stop turning if you were missing? You alone are strong, but can you compare to an army? Why not just stay put and wait for the army to come and protect us? You had to go down and play the hero. Do you know that heroes have short lives?”

Mother Mo was also very angry. After pulling two more times hard, she finally let go.

Regaining his freedom, Mo Xiaobai was very helpless, but there were some things he still had to tell his parents and Little Dot: “Mom, do you really think the army is an all-powerful umbrella? Yes, they withdrew from the southern city edge, and they can indeed protect us for the next 24 hours safely. But have you ever thought about this? This time, they gave up all the city areas south of the bridge. What will they do next time?”

“The Water Blue Star will only become more dangerous. Compared to the crisis in the future, last night’s events were just an appetizer. It wasn’t even a main course.”