Chapter 61: TRAVELING ARC
THE RAFT FLIPS LIKE A SKIBIDI TOILET IN THE OHIO RIVER
The Yellow Dragon River? More like the GYATT of Southern Border—this bad boy stretched over 8,000 kilometers, snaking through mountains like a cracked-out serpent on an energy drink. Starting from Mount Huang Guo, it zigzagged through Mount Xuan Ming, Mount Gui Bei, Mount Qing Mao, Mount Bai Gu, and Mount Lei Ci before yeeting itself into the ocean like a Sigma male dumping his mid ex.
From a bird's-eye view? This river was LITERALLY the Southern Border's main character—carrying more plot relevance than the entire Gu Yue clan combined.
BAMBOO RAFT ARC (IT'S GIVING WISH.COM PIRATE SHIP)
The raft looked like it had been through five divorces and a tax audit—held together by hemp ropes and pure copium. The sail? More holes than the Gu Yue clan's security. The mast? Built like a low-taper fade barber's first attempt.
Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing stood on this floating L, vibing like:
Fang Yuan: Black robes, black hair, sigma stare—bro was built different.
Bai Ning Bing: Blue eyes, silver hair, femcel rizz—looked like an ice princess who just got ratioed by life.
They'd escaped Lord Sky Crane (aka Grandpa Malding) by self-destructing Bai Ning Bing's Northern Dark Ice Soul (RIP Bozo 💀), then speedran raft-building like it was a Minecraft speedrun.
Fang Yuan glanced back. "Five days. No sign of that old geezer. We might actually survive this."
Bai Ning Bing cackled like a villainess in a Disney movie. "If he shows up, we throw HANDS. Dying here? At least the fish get a five-star meal!"
Fang Yuan ignored her NPC dialogue and squinted ahead. Bai Gu Mountain was close—and inside? A secret inheritance that required TWO PEOPLE to unlock.
Side-eye.
Could they coordinate? Or was this about to be the messiest duo run in history?
RAFT COLLAPSE SPEEDRUN (ANY%)
SNAP.
A hemp rope disconnected like my will to live.
Fang Yuan: "GYATT DAMN IT—HOLD IT TOGETHER!"
Bai Ning Bing scrambled for spare ropes like a Tarkov player looting mid-raid. The raft creaked louder than a TikTok live full of haters.
Fang Yuan muscled it together (boar strength diff), but the raft was on life support. "One more day. That's all we need."
Then—
TATATATATA.
Bai Ning Bing: "…The hell was that?"
Fang Yuan's ears twitched. "WE'RE GETTING JUMPED BY FISH."
SHUTTLE SWORDFISH RAID BOSS (IT'S GIVING DARK SOULS BUT WORSE)
A black blur shot past—Bai Ning Bing's ear got CLIPPED. Blood dripped like a failed OnlyFans career.
Bai Ning Bing: "WHAT THE SIGMA—"
Fang Yuan: "SHUTTLE SWORDFISH. THEY HUNT IN PACKS. WE'RE COOKED."
The fish YEETED out of the water like bullets in a John Wick movie.
Bamboo? SNAPPED.
Raft? SINKING.
Bai Ning Bing? BLEEDING OUT.
Fang Yuan activated Sky Canopy Gu, but his Rank 1 primeval essence was DRAINING FASTER THAN MY MENTAL HEALTH.
Bai Ning Bing, dodging like a Fortnite default skin: "A RANK 5 GU MASTER COULDN'T KILL ME BUT I DIE TO FISH?!"
The raft was HALF GONE. Water at their ankles. ONE MORE WAVE = GG.
But then—
SHALLOW WATER.
Fang Yuan gasped. "WE MADE IT. FISH DON'T SWIM HERE."
They stumbled onto the beach like zombies in a Walmart parking lot.
POST-BATTLE MALDING (NO HEALS, NO RIOT GEAR)
Bai Ning Bing clutched her wounds. "I'M BLEEDING OUT. GIVE ME A HEALING GU."
Fang Yuan: "All my Gu died like your dignity."
Bai Ning Bing: "Then what do we do?!"
Fang Yuan smirked. "Mortal methods."
He spat out the Tusita Flower (his sigma storage Gu) and dumped:
Bandages (wish.com version)
Disinfectant powder (smelled like Ohio sewer water)
Medicine paste (looked like moldy guacamole)
Bai Ning Bing gagged. "THIS SMELLS LIKE A CRIME SCENE."
Fang Yuan applied it like a pro (500 years of rizz).
Then—CLOTHES CHANGE.
Bai Ning Bing, now in Fang Yuan's spare fit: "You planned THIS far ahead?"
Fang Yuan: "Precaution averts perils."
Bai Ning Bing, noticing her new… assets: "When are you giving back the Yang Gu?"
Fang Yuan: "When I hit Rank 3. Cry about it."
SURVIVAL MODE: WILDERNESS EDITION
They set up camp:
Coal stones (better than wood)
Kerosene + flint (Sigma prep)
Iron pot (cooking like a Tarkov rat)
Bai Ning Bing ate boiled jerky like it was gourmet.
Fang Yuan: "We ration. No extra."
Bai Ning Bing: "There's animals in the forest—"
Fang Yuan: "And WILD BEASTS. And POISON. And GU WORMS. You wanna risk it?"
Bai Ning Bing shut up.
NIGHT WATCH (FANG YUAN'S BIG BRAIN PLAY)
Fang Yuan lent her the Chainsaw Golden Centipede and Sky Canopy Gu.
Bai Ning Bing: "You're… lending me your Gu?"
Fang Yuan: "You're Rank 3. I'm not stupid."
Bai Ning Bing side-eyed him. This man was UNHINGED.
GIVING CHAINSAW GOLDEN CENTIPEDE TO BNB
The Chainsaw Golden Centipede buzzed in Bai Ning Bing's hands like a glitched-out lightsaber. She swung it like a sigma male with unlimited rizz, but deep down? MALDING.
"This was the Gu that almost ENDED me… and now Fang Yuan's lending it to me?!"
She YEETED the centipede like a Fortnite pro, slicing through six-legged crocs like they were NPC mobs. Blood splattered—GYATT DAMN, she was COVERED in it.
Fang Yuan? Chilling. Sitting cross-legged like a meditating monk who just discovered Wi-Fi.
FANG YUAN'S INVENTORY CHECK (SIGMA GRINDSET ACTIVATED)
Aptitude: 90% A-grade (up from 40% C-grade—GLOW-UP ARC unlocked.)
Gu Worms:
Spring Autumn Cicada (Rank 6) – VIBE CHECK FAILED. Too weak, can't use.
Four Flavors Liquor Worm – SIP SIP. Needs fine wine (only 6 months' supply left).
Plunder Gu – YOINK. But food running out in 5 months.
Blood Moon Gu – EDGY. Needs blood (Fang Yuan side-eyes Bai Ning Bing).
Yang Gu – FEMCEL CONTROL DEVICE. Keeps Bai Ning Bing on a leash.
Fang Yuan's Thoughts:
"I have more Gu than a Twitch streamer has excuses… but NO HEALING GU? NO MOVEMENT GU? BRO."
CROCODILE RAID BOSS (SKILL ISSUE DETECTED)
Bai Ning Bing, covered in blood and sweat:
"FANG YUAN, HELP ME, YOU LAZY—"
Fang Yuan, still meditating:
"Nah. If I move, they aggro ME. If I die, NO YANG GU for you."
Bai Ning Bing's FEMCEL RAGE peaked. "I SWEAR TO—"
THWACK. A croc SLAPPED her.
She YEETED the Blood Moon Gu Fang Yuan tossed her and SPAMMED MOONBLADES like a Valorant smurf.
TIE RUO NAN'S MALDING ARC (DADDY ISSUES ACTIVATED)
Meanwhile, back at Qing Mao Mountain…
Tie Ruo Nan, kneeling in the snow like a Disney princess gone wrong:
"DADDY NOOOO—"
Tie Clan NPCs:
"Lady Ruo Nan, pls stop malding. We gotta go."
Tie Ruo Nan, ignoring them:
"I'LL FIND WHOEVER KILLED YOU AND—"
Random Tie Clan Sigma:
"Nah. You're going home. WE'LL handle it."
Tie Ruo Nan: "BUT—"
Sigma Male Tie Clan Leader:
"SLEEP." (Knocks her out with ONE TAP.)
BAI NING BING'S BREAKDOWN ("WOMAN" VS CROCS)
Bai Ning Bing, exhausted, bleeding, and now realizing her NEW FEMALE BODY SUCKS IN BATTLE:
"WHY ARE THESE THINGS SO HEAVY?!" (Grabs her CHEST in frustration.)
Fang Yuan, watching like it's a Netflix show:
"Skill issue."
Bai Ning Bing NEARLY FUMBLES as a croc LUNGES.
Fang Yuan (finally moving):
"Fine. Take this."
YEETS HER THE BLOOD MOON GU.
Bai Ning Bing, catching it mid-air:
"I HATE YOU."
Fang Yuan: "Cope."