Me and My Two Bosses' Systems

Chapter 192 The 192th Day of Wanting to Be a Lazy Person

Little Feather: {Galaxy, I've finished my chores. Now I'm going to check the kitchen and pantry. Are Magnolia and the Five-Colored Chicken in the storage room in the kitchen?}

After waiting for about ten seconds without any response, Li Xingyu opened the chat interface with Tian Shu:

Little Feather: {Tian Shu, I've finished making the clothes. Now I'm planning to research magnolias and five-colored chickens. If you need to find me, you can come to the kitchen or the storage room inside.}

As before, Li Xingyu waited for about ten seconds before closing the chat window if she did not receive a reply.

Li Xingyu had already reached the kitchen door. She didn't care much about the two not replying to her messages. These two were very busy, they must have something to do.

I just messaged the two of them to let them know where she is, so that I won't miss the message if I get too engrossed in my research and make them worry.

"Gurgle~ Gurgle~ (Hmph, you wretched two-legged creatures, you wanted to eat me! Hey, watch your mouth!)"

As soon as Li Xingyu stepped into the kitchen, she heard a rooster crowing, which was automatically translated into words she could understand in her mind.

"Huh? What is that?" Li Xingyu stared at the empty kitchen, her steps faltering.

Two more rooster crows reached Li Xingyu's ears. This time, she knew where they came from. The storage room, which wasn't completely closed, seemed to be quite lively inside.

Li Xingyu stealthily made her way to the storage room, and the closer she got, the clearer the sounds from inside became:

"Gurgle gurgle~ (Although I know my meat is delicious, it would be a shame not to fight back. Once you have the ability to kill me, you can do whatever you want with me.)"

"Ooh ooh ooh~ (I knew those big foxes were no good; they eat us, fine, but they even give us new predators.)"

"Tian Shu, be careful!"

"Li Yue, go up."

"Xinghe, is this five-colored chicken really that unique?"

"These colorful chicken feathers are so beautiful! Should we leave some out later? I think the little feathers would love them."

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The pitiful crowing of chickens and the helpless yet excited voices inside Li Xingyu's room gradually approached the door of the storage room, peeking into the room through the crack.

The storage room originally had shelves three times the height of Li Xingyu, giving it the feel of a combination of a supermarket and a wet market. However, it was too large, making it feel particularly empty and quiet.

Now all the shelves in the storage room have been put away, including the water tanks that Li Xingyu used to select ingredients at noon today. Only one 5m x 10m tank remains in the corner furthest from the door.

The most eye-catching thing was the dozen or so one-meter-tall, colorful chickens and Xinghe and his group who were confronting the chickens.

Apart from their size and the color of their feathers, these chickens were exactly the same as Li Xingyu remembered.

but……

Looking at the eight or nine chickens that were tied up and the five or six chickens that were running around the storage room, and then looking at Xinghe and the other nine people chasing chickens all over the house.

Li Xingyu looked bewildered: "What happened?"

—The Time Reversal Technique—

After Li Xingyu went upstairs for a nap.

How lucky!

"Okay, just pay more attention next time."

I'm granting you access now. You can all take a good rest and finish learning the rest of the material this afternoon. After that, you can go do your own things.

After the permissions are granted, the area you can move around in will be slightly larger, but the precautions are still the same as before.

Tanuki Moon and Che, please bear with me for a little while. The ingredients will arrive by express delivery soon, and I'll need your help again. I'm not very familiar with these two creatures, so I'll need your assistance.

"My initial estimate is that it will take Xiaoyu Mao about an hour and a half to finish what she's doing. Adding her afternoon nap, Li Yue and Che will need to come to the kitchen around 4 PM." Xinghe explained the afternoon's arrangements while granting everyone access.

“Okay, there aren’t many lessons left. It’ll only take a little over an hour. I can’t cook either. After you finish, you can go and explore where you’ll be staying.” Elnis crossed his long legs and leaned back on the sofa, his tone full of nonchalance and carefree attitude.

"Hmm, I heard that there are many plantations and rare plants around the Li family's ancestral home. Can we go there and take a look?" Qingqi handed her personal terminal to Xinghe, her face full of excitement and eagerness.

“Okay, I’ll send you a map. Just follow the map. It’s okay if you don’t understand it; you can use the quantum computer for navigation.” Xinghe nodded, took Qingqi’s quantum computer, and operated it with Qingqi’s permission.

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Xinghe granted permissions to everyone in turn. The group chatted and laughed as they checked their newly acquired permissions, exchanging ideas on any minor issues they encountered.

Fifteen minutes later, everyone left the first-floor living room and went back to their rooms for a midday nap. With so much time to spare, a proper rest was perfectly acceptable.

Xinghe and Tianshu checked the delivery status first, and after finding that there was still quite a long time to go, they also went to take a lunch break, but set an alarm.

The packages for Magnolia and Five-Colored Chicken were received by Xinghe and Tianshu together, since they were transported using storage spaces that can hold living creatures. This would be a bit slower, but Yu and Jiushao had booked expedited delivery, so the time was not too bad.

Storage spaces that can hold living creatures are quite common, but there are significant limitations on their size and the types of items that can be stored.

The maximum storage space that can store living beings will not exceed one thousand cubic meters, and it can only store living beings that do not have any spiritual power or ability fluctuations.

Doesn't a thousand cubic meters sound like a lot? But it's just a 20m x 25m x 2m cuboid.

Moreover, although it can store many living creatures, you can only take them all out at once.

It should be noted that even the lowest-ranking interstellar human has fluctuations of mental energy or ability.

The creature that has been spiritually activated possesses a very special kind of fluctuation, which lies between the fluctuation of spiritual power and the fluctuation of ability.

Those that don't belong to these three categories are only spirit-transformed creatures and exotic beasts. Who would be so foolish as to use a storage space to store a living exotic beast? That would be utterly idiotic.

The restrictions, which couldn't be lifted one by one, discouraged another group of people from participating.

Xinghe and Tianshu's receipt of the package went very smoothly, right up until they went into the kitchen's storage room and put the magnolias that Yu had sent into the water tank they had prepared beforehand.

Well, the accident happened after Xinghe and Tianshu released the five-colored chicken that Jiushao had sent.

Before Li Xingyu turned off the live stream, Xinghe and the others knew that all the ingredients sent by Yu and Jiushao were alive, so they prepared places for both types of ingredients before their lunch break.

The water tank for Magnolia was prepared by Che, Cain, and Elnis. It was more like a fish tank, a huge, custom-made one. The water was made from freshly prepared seawater. Che transformed into his original form and stayed in the tank for a short while, creating the perfect environment for Magnolia to live in.

The location for the Five-Colored Chicken was prepared by Tanuki Moon, Xinghe, and Michael. After reviewing the basic information and consulting with Tanuki Moon, they prepared a metal cage, the kind that is 10m x 10m x 2m in size.

Putting them in went smoothly. All you had to do was place the storage space containing the colorful chickens into the cage, open the storage space, and all the colorful chickens would appear inside the cage, while the storage space was simply retracted.

When did the accident happen?

After Xinghe and Tianshu closed the chicken coop door and left the storage room.

For some reason, after losing sight of Xinghe and Tianshu, the Five-Colored Chickens went berserk, rampaging through the cage and using their hardest parts.

Yes, it's a chicken's beak, frantically pecking at the metal cage.

The commotion was quite significant, and Xinghe and Tian Shu, who were not far away, naturally heard it.

Before they had even left the kitchen, the sounds coming from the storage room drew them back.

After glancing around the storage room, the two found nothing amiss.

After all, the chicken was about to die, so it was bound to struggle. Tanuki explained this to them, which is why they prepared a metal cage.

However, just in case, Xinghe still installed an alarm on the iron cage, with a limit of a little more for the current situation, and the alarm would sound immediately if it exceeded that limit.

Then the two left the first floor and headed back to their own territory. They would be returning to the Alliance to continue working in a few days. Although they were on vacation, some important matters still required their approval and signature.

After about an hour of peace, around 3:30 p.m., Xinghe and Tianshu received an alarm from the storage room.

Although Xinghe installed the alarm, he knew that his own affairs were a bit complicated and he was afraid that he wouldn't have time to go, so he also connected it to Tian Shu.

Looking at the few files he had left, Xinghe turned off the alarm, sent a message to Tianshu, and after receiving a reply that the other party was going with him, he tidied up his desk and left the room.

The two met in the living room on the fifth floor as soon as they stepped out. Filled with intense curiosity, they hurried down to the first floor.

The storage room is a completely enclosed space, located inside the kitchen. Xinghe only installed two cameras in the corner to ensure there were no blind spots at the entrance.

Who would install all-around cameras in their home for no reason?

Of course, it will only be installed at entrances in some key locations.

So neither of them knew what had happened.

Then, on the stairs from the third floor to the second floor, they encountered Tanuki and the others who had just finished their course.

After a brief exchange, some people went to the storage room in the kitchen, where they were greeted by a metal cage that had just fallen apart and colorful chickens that pounced on them.

In other words, everyone reacted quickly and, before the colorful chickens got close and before their attention was on them, they quickly packed up everything in the storage room, except for the newly arrived magnolia in the fish tank.

Where was it sent?

Of course it's in the Li family's underground warehouse. There are quite a few living creatures in this storage room. Why would they bring a storage space that can hold living creatures if they have nothing else to do?

The space is small and inconvenient.

As for the storage space that could hold live animals, which was used to transport the magnolia and the five-colored chicken, it belonged to the courier company and has already been recycled.

The Li family does have some, but it's too late to get them now. Fortunately, all the registered items in the house can be directly stored in the underground warehouse.

After collecting the items, the five-colored chicken rushed towards them without any obstacles, although there were hardly any obstacles to begin with.

Then everyone started frantically trying to catch the colorful chickens running around the room. They couldn't use too much force and kill all the chickens at once, but if they were too careful, they would be too restrained.

Most importantly, apart from Tanuki Moon, none of the others had ever caught a Five-Colored Chicken, leaving them feeling rather lost and confused.

However, they were all elite talents, and they were quite good at applying what they had learned. Before long, each of them had caught at least one. The cage was broken, so they had to tie it up with other things for the time being.

Li Xingyu left Lost's studio on the 4th floor about 15 minutes after Xinghe and the others.

Well, including the walking distance, it takes about 20 minutes.

Then came the scene that Li Xingyu saw through the crack in the storage room door.

—End of time rewind—

"Hmm? Little Feather?! You're here. Cough cough, something unexpected happened. We'll tell you after we've dealt with it." Yufinal was guarding the gate at the moment, and Li Xingyu's words reached his ears clearly.

"Okay, can I go in and take a look?" Li Xingyu remained in the peek-out position. The colorful chicken was a meter tall, and its outstretched wings were a bit scary, but she was somewhat tempted to go in and take a look.

She had never seen a person fight such a big chicken before, and she was a little excited.

But my life is more important. Even if I get hurt, it will still hurt, okay? Let's ask first. No, the location near the door is pretty good too.

“Uh…” Yufinal thought back for a moment. He had caught the five-colored chicken very easily and was about to agree when he remembered the Guardian course he had learned today, and he suddenly got stuck.

Women are a group that needs protection. Their bodies are far more vulnerable than men of the same level. Do not project your strength and opinions onto women.

“Okay, but Little Feather can only stay at the door. Nar and I will protect you.” Qingqi, who was the second closest to the door, didn’t hear Li Xingyu’s initial voice, but he clearly heard Yufinar’s reply and Li Xingyu’s question about whether he could come in.

Qingqi's ability is god-level healing, and it also has some recovery effects. She is a very standard healer. She just got carried away with her youthful instincts and went to catch one too.

After catching them, he realized that he was not really suited for this activity, so he consciously stood not far from the gatekeeper Yufinal and watched Xinghe and the others play.

That chicken just looked bigger; all its attack power came from its beak and claws. Besides, judging from the gaze sweeping over us, the other chickens couldn't get past us before, and they certainly can't now.