Peerless Bodyguard of a Stunning Beauty

Upon hearing from the Thousand Year Old Demon that he was also out of Breakthrough Elixirs, Zhao Rong grew worried. He paced back and forth, muttering, ”What are we going to do? That’s more than a thousand lives at stake… If we don’t help, we can only watch as they rot to death…”

Just then, the Thousand Year Old Demon, who had endured a brutal war, suddenly offered his help. ”Zhao Rong, because I have experienced war, I understand both the insignificance and the greatness of life. No matter what, I will help you.”

Hearing that the Thousand Year Old Demon would help him, Zhao Rong was overjoyed. ”Great! Then help me refine elixirs. Refine 5,000 Breakthrough Elixirs for me right now so I can take them back to the Ghost Hunting Academy and save those students…”

Hearing this, the Thousand Year Old Demon shook his head. ”That method is far too outdated. We can simply clone them.”

The word ”cloning” immediately piqued Zhao Rong’s interest. ”We Earthlings have cloning technology, too. We’ve not only cloned Dolly the sheep but all sorts of other animals. But even if we can clone animals, there’s no way we can clone magical elixirs…”

The Thousand Year Old Demon went back inside the flying saucer and returned with a portable cloning machine. Handing it to Zhao Rong, he said, ”This is a cloning machine. Just place the object you want to clone inside and press the button. Within one second, it will create an identical copy.”

Zhao Rong looked at the device, which resembled a coffee maker. He examined it from every angle—front, back, left, right, top, and bottom. ”Is this thing really a miraculous cloning machine? It looks more like a coffee grinder to me.”

The Thousand Year Old Demon pointed to a small turntable inside. ”Put a Breakthrough Elixir in there, press the button, and see for yourself.”

Hearing how simple it was to operate, Zhao Rong placed one incredibly small Breakthrough Elixir onto the turntable and gently pressed the button. Instantly, the machine produced an elixir identical in size, color, luster, and medicinal efficacy. Zhao Rong was astounded by the miraculous sight.

Driven by curiosity, he took a button off his clothes, placed it inside the machine, and gently pressed the clone button. The cloning machine quickly produced another button, a perfect match for the one from his shirt.

When the three beautiful women saw this amazing gadget, they immediately came over for a closer look. Lili took the gold necklace from around her neck, placed it inside the cloner, and gently pressed the button. In an instant, the machine cloned a new necklace, exactly like the one she was wearing. Lili took the new necklace out and compared it to the original. They were absolutely identical.

She exclaimed in surprise, ”Damn, that’s incredible! It’s exactly the same!”

Next, Yu Lan came over. She took off her gold bracelet, placed it in the cloning machine, and softly pressed the button. Instantly, an identical gold bracelet was cloned. Yu Lan put the original on her left wrist and the cloned one on her right, feeling utterly gorgeous.

When Xue Lianmei saw that her two sisters had each cloned a piece of jewelry, she also stepped forward. She took out a scarf she had personally knitted for Zhao Rong, placed it in the cloning machine, and gently pressed the clone button. In a flash, the machine replicated a scarf identical to the one Xue Lianmei had knitted herself.

She draped the cloned scarf around Zhao Rong’s neck and said happily, ”Brother Zhao Rong, try this on. How does the cloned scarf feel?”

Zhao Rong marveled, ”Alien technology is just badass. It can even clone a hand-knitted scarf…”

Just then, the assistant sidled over with ulterior motives. Seizing a moment when no one was paying attention, he slipped an Okamoto condom and a disc from the Island Country into the cloning machine and gently pressed the button. In an instant, the machine cloned an identical condom and disc.

When the assistant held the cloned items in his hands, he discovered a little secret. The original disc he had put in was labeled ”Hot Spring Journey - Part One,” but the cloned disc was ”Hot Spring Journey - Part Two.”

Delighted, the assistant pocketed the disc. Heck yeah! With this cloning machine, I’ll never have to go under the bridge to buy films from the Island Country again.

When the Thousand Year Old Demon saw how much everyone loved the cloning machine, he generously said to Zhao Rong, ”Brother Zhao Rong, since everyone likes this cloning machine so much, I’ll just give it to you.”

Zhao Rong felt that the high-tech product was too amazing to accept. ”Thousand Year Old Demon, such advanced technology must be very expensive,” he said, embarrassed. ”You should keep it for yourself.”

The Thousand Year Old Demon smiled. ”On our Planet F, this cloning machine is as common as a microwave oven is to you Earthlings. It’s neither expensive nor rare. Since I’m giving it to you, you should just accept it.”

Zhao Rong took the cloning machine and said with some embarrassment, ”In that case, it would be rude of me to refuse.”

After speaking, Zhao Rong thought to himself, As soon as I get back to the Ghost Hunting Academy, I’ll clone tens of thousands of Breakthrough Elixirs and save all the cursed students…

At this moment, the Thousand Year Old Demon took Wang Huazi’s hand and walked to the entrance of the flying saucer. He waved goodbye to everyone. ”Farewell, everyone. I hope that when I return in another thousand years, you will all still be living happily on Earth.”

Waving back, Zhao Rong glanced at his watch and muttered, ”A thousand years for him is just ten minutes for us. I hope he doesn’t come back too quickly…”

Hearing this, the Thousand Year Old Demon had a sudden epiphany and explained, ”I understand now! I understand why when a thousand years passed for me on Planet F, only about ten minutes passed for you on Earth.”

Hearing such a mind-bending, sci-fi concept, everyone present pricked up their ears and listened intently.

”I think at that time, our Planet F must have been surrounded by some kind of antimatter,” the Thousand Year Old Demon explained. ”That’s why, to an outsider, our time appeared to be severely compressed. In reality, a thousand years truly passed for us. But compared to the timeline of the entire universe, it was indeed only about ten minutes.”

Zhao Rong didn’t really understand antimatter, dark matter, cosmic black holes, or wormholes. But he knew, with certainty, that he would meet the alien Thousand Year Old Demon and Wang Huazi again someday.

Suddenly, the Thousand Year Old Demon remembered something. He casually pulled a cell phone from his pocket and tossed it to Zhao Rong. ”Zhao Rong, take this.”

Zhao Rong caught the phone. He examined the very ordinary-looking device, which resembled a feature phone for seniors. ”Thousand Year Old Demon, we Earthlings don’t use these kinds of feature phones anymore. We all use smartphones with powerful systems, like Android or iOS. They’re both powerful and convenient.”

With that, Zhao Rong tossed the phone back to the Thousand Year Old Demon.

The demon caught it and immediately threw it back. ”Don’t underestimate this phone. It’s the kind of phone we use on Planet F.”

Hearing that this shabby-looking device was an alien cell phone, Zhao Rong’s opinion of it changed instantly. ”Thousand Year Old Demon, what kind of awesome features does this alien phone of yours have? Tell me about them!”

The Thousand Year Old Demon was in a hurry to get back to Planet F and marry Wang Huazi, so he replied concisely, ”Any feature you can think of, this phone has it. Any feature you can’t think of, this phone has it too. However, this is Earth, so many of its functions can’t be used here. The reason I’m giving you this phone is so that if you ever need help or run into trouble, you can pick it up and call me. The signal can travel directly from Earth, through space, all the way to Planet F.”

Staring at the mind-blowingly powerful phone, Zhao Rong said with emotion, ”I used to think satellite phones had the best signal, but I never imagined there could be an interstellar phone. Thank you, Thousand Year Old Demon. I’ll accept your phone. If I run into any difficulties, I’ll use it to call you.”

The Thousand Year Old Demon stepped into the flying saucer and began to close the hatch. ”Although Planet F is 100,000 light-years from Earth, our saucer’s speed far surpasses the speed of light. If you call, I can travel from Planet F to Earth in just ten seconds to help you.”

Hearing how fast the saucer was, Zhao Rong exclaimed in amazement, ”Damn, that’s unbelievably awesome!”

With that, Zhao Rong waved his final farewell. ”Goodbye, have a safe trip! And fly that saucer slowly!”

Lili also bid them farewell. ”Traffic safety is fiercer than a tiger! You two be careful up there, and don’t collide with other flying saucers in the universe!”

Yu Lan waved at the departing craft, calling out, ”Nine out of ten accidents are caused by speeding! The only way to avoid a crash is to fly slowly! I wish you a smooth and successful journey!”

Xue Lianmei added her own concerned warning, ”Thousand Year Old Demon, when you’re flying, be especially careful of dump trucks! The City Express reported several traffic accidents caused by illegally operated dump trucks blocking the road and hitting smaller cars!”

Hearing this, everyone around them was so stunned they fell to the ground.

The assistant scrambled up, reminding her, ”Sis, he’s flying a spaceship! It’s high-tech stuff!”

He then turned and waved to the departing aliens. ”Take care! And next time you visit, remember to bring me a few films from your Planet F! I want to see how alien movies differ from those from the Island Country…”

At the assistant’s farewell, everyone was so shocked they fell to the ground again.

After they all picked themselves up, Zhao Rong, holding the cloning machine, turned toward the Ghost Hunting Academy. ”Let’s go. We’re off to rescue the students.”