"Ah... that was a good sleep," Chen Fan mumbled, stretching his body. He opened the room door and saw Lucy already standing outside, her face pale with thick dark circles under her eyes.
"Morning, Lucy."
"Goo... good... morning..." Lucy said in a weak voice.
"What's wrong? Are you sick?" Chen Fan reached out his hand to Lucy's forehead, his face worried.
"Ah! I'm fine! Nothing's wrong!" Lucy said in a panic, forcing herself to look cheerful, and deftly avoiding Chen Fan's hand.
Chen Fan felt a little depressed. Lucy really thought he was a pervert. At that moment, Natsu, Gray, and Happy also came out of their rooms. They greeted each other, and not long after, the group set off together.
Lucy summoned her big clock and jumped into it. Natsu and Gray were engrossed in a conversation about what they would do if the moon disappeared, and their conversation always ended with the topic of food. Chen Fan was involuntarily reminded of his hometown, reminiscing about the time he enjoyed the moon and ate mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. He used to not think they were so delicious, but now he really wanted to taste those mooncakes again.
Suddenly, the heavy "thump, thump" sound of footsteps startled Chen Fan out of his reverie. He looked back and saw a giant green rat, with a muscular body and red eyes, walking step by step towards them.
"Watch out!" Gray yelled at Chen Fan. He quickly made a hand seal, activated his Molding Magic, and shouted, "Ice Shield!"
"Whoosh!" A large ice shield appeared in front of Gray. Chen Fan felt that something was strange, but he couldn't remember what happened in the original story.
"Pftttt!"
With an extremely loud farting sound, Chen Fan finally remembered everything! He quickly used his Superpower to protect himself from the deadly gas. In his haste, Chen Fan even cut off the oxygen supply around him, making his face turn red from holding his breath. He ran with Gray and the others, forgetting to fight back.
"Ice Bed!" Gray finally found an opportunity to use his magic.
"Bang!" The giant rat slipped and fell.
"Why didn't you use that move earlier?!" Natsu and Chen Fan yelled at Gray in unison.
"Stop complaining so much!" Gray shot back.
Suddenly, Lucy saw a building nearby and yelled, "Look! There's a building over there! Let's go there now!"
"That's right! Let's beat it up now! Hahaha..." Lucy turned around and saw Natsu, Gray, and Chen Fan punching and kicking the giant rat. Chen Fan even yelled as he hit, "How dare you fart and make me smell! Take this! Take that! Oh... oh, hit! Oh, hit!" Natsu and Gray were no better than Chen Fan.
"You guys!" Lucy was too annoyed to complain anymore.
After beating up the rat for a while, Chen Fan and the others finally vented their anger. They walked to the Moon Temple with Lucy. What greeted them was a very ancient and dilapidated wall, with a moon-shaped emblem hanging on it.
"What ancient ruins. Moon Island, Moon Curse, Moon Emblem... Is there a connection between them?" Lucy mumbled.
"Who cares what connection they have? By the way, these ruins are really ancient. Is the floor safe?" Natsu said, stomping on the floor with a "Bang, bang" sound.
"Hey, don't stomp on it!" Gray yelled. Chen Fan himself was carefully observing the murals. This was the best way to pass the time when he was bored.
As Chen Fan saw Natsu stomping on the floor, he had a bad feeling. Sure enough, with a "Boom...", the floor collapsed. He quickly used his Superpower to control his own gravitational direction, and also added one for Lucy. As for Gray and Natsu, those two were thick-skinned, so he let them suffer a little.
Lucy slowly floated down from the air, looking around in a daze. She wasn't sure what had happened to her.
"Is everyone okay?"
"We're fine!"
Suddenly, Natsu saw Lucy staring blankly ahead. He shook her body, but got no response. After slapping her twice, he said, "Hey, Lucy, are you okay?"
"Bang!" Lucy pushed Natsu away and yelled, "What are you doing?! That hurts!" She rubbed her face hard.
"I should be asking! Why were you spaced out?!" Natsu retorted.
"Did anyone see Chen Fan?" Gray's voice rang out, a little confused.
At that moment, a voice came from above: "Hey! Can you hear me? Is anyone hurt?" The echo of the voice resonated on the walls.
"It's Chen Fan's voice!" Happy said, a little surprised.
"That guy is really lucky, he didn't fall with us," Natsu sighed, as if he was annoyed that Chen Fan didn't suffer with him.
"Uh... we're down here. Nothing serious," Gray replied.
"Oh, that's good. I'll look for another way to get down." After saying that, he ignored the shouts of Natsu and the others, turned, and left.
"Oh, look, there's a hole here! Let's explore! Let's explore!" Natsu wiggled his hips and ran ahead. Happy also flew to catch up with him.
"Hey, don't wander off!" Gray yelled at Natsu and Happy. He walked towards the hole, then looked back and saw Lucy still sitting on the ground. He asked, a little confused, "What's wrong with you?"
"Oh, nothing, nothing. Let's go!" Lucy stood up quickly, immediately followed them, walking ahead of Gray. Gray looked at her from behind, a little confused, but still followed her.
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