Chapter 126 The Most Powerful Cat God.

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[Plot completion increased by 20%, currently at 65%. Please keep up the good work, host.]

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[System check in progress...]

[System check complete. Story completion rate has reached 60% or higher. Hidden quest unlocked.]

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[Hidden quests are being unlocked...]

The moment time began to flow again, the black car crashed into them, and Jiang Yingxu pulled her into his arms.

Shi Miao heard a series of notification sounds from the system's backend.

She only managed to hear the first few sentences before falling into a coma due to the backlash from forcibly using her talent.

Shi Miao seemed to be having a very long dream.

The silvery-white time tunnel, the ever-flowing torrent of time, swept across the tiny body of the kitten, leaving scars on its soul.

It must have been very painful.

Fortunately, the subconscious mind will block out painful memories that exceed the body's tolerance threshold.

Just when she could no longer grasp the landing point, was about to be swept away by the torrent of time, and her soul was destroyed.

A warm white light descended, enveloping her as she entered the cold, mechanical space.

The battered kitten used its last bit of consciousness to lift its head.

Ahead was a phantom enveloped in white light, seemingly changing shape at any moment. Even after staring at it intently for a long time, I couldn't remember any of its specific features.

It said that it was the supreme deity.

It sighed softly and said, "So it was you."

It asked her, "What is the little cat demon trying to find by recklessly rushing into the time tunnel, risking the destruction of its soul?"

What are you looking for?

The kitten was half asleep when a picture suddenly flashed through its mind.

The high-rise apartment in the city center has a spacious interior of several hundred square meters. The basic home decoration is an extremely minimalist black, white and gray color scheme, like a show flat, without any superfluous decorations.

But one day, a warm yellow cat tree appeared in the corner, bright rubber balls with dents from being chewed by cats rolled on the floor, the bottom of the curtains was scratched by cats and lint was left, and a small freeze-dried jar was placed on the coffee table.

Outside the clear floor-to-ceiling windows, one can see most of the city below, its lights shining brightly at night, yet under the storm, they cast an ominous shadow.

The kitten curled up on the sofa, its head resting on its discarded pajamas, harboring a huge secret it wanted to share.

She waited and waited.

Hearing the beeping of the combination lock at the door, I looked up with great joy.

But then a wet figure stood outside the door, seemingly on the phone, his voice hoarse.

“Jiang Yingxu…”

Lightning flashed across the night sky, illuminating the dimly lit living room.

The thunderous roar drowned out the breathy words that fell from the sky.

"He's dead."

"——"

Shi Miao suddenly woke up.

My heart was pounding in my chest, and I felt a suffocating sensation all over my body.

Her soft belly rose and fell slightly as she took a deep breath of the cool disinfectant smell. Her consciousness slowly returned, and she finally saw the scene before her.

It should be a private hospital room.

The sky outside the window was bright, and a little sunlight shone in, casting bright spots of light on the curtains drawn beside the hospital bed.

Shi Miao was placed in a padded cat carrier on the small sofa in the hospital room.

Not far away, there is a raised hemispherical plastic cat carrier, through which you can see an orange bread resting.

Shi Miao was stunned.

She whispered: "[System?]"

A moment of silence passed through my mind, then a mechanical voice sounded, "Hmm."

Shi Miao, preoccupied with the protective prop she had photographed before losing consciousness, asked anxiously, "Is Jiang Yingxu alright?"

System: [Good, a minor fracture, the rest are just superficial injuries, they'll heal with rest.]

Shi Miao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She no longer felt pain and looked down at her little paws.

It had probably been cleaned briefly; it had a very faint smell of cleaning solution mixed with a slight bloody odor.

The kitten twitched its pink nose, sniffed, and then let out a small, disgusted sneeze.

I resisted the urge to immediately clean my entire body.

Shi Miao used her paws to unzip the cat carrier, jumped out lightly, and looked at the hospital bed not far away, which was hidden by a curtain.

Is Jiang Yingxu in bed?

She walked straight through the cat carrier where Little Orange was, ignoring the male cat that suddenly rolled over and was meowing in a particularly sweet voice, and patted the ground with its paws as she headed towards the bed.

The system paused for a moment before replying vaguely: "See for yourself."

Shi Miao lowered her head and slipped through the gap under the curtain.

The pointed cat ears brushed against the curtain, causing it to sway gently, and the sunlight filtering in rippled softly.

The kitten crouched under the bed, gathering its strength for a leap, and asked curiously, "[System, what's wrong? You're speaking haltingly, so aloof.]"

She thought about what she had done.

She folded her ear again, feeling a little guilty, and whispered, "Are you angry with me? But the situation was too urgent then, and as we agreed beforehand, using props was the best way."

[Also, the plot completion rate seems to have increased; I remember hearing a notification.]

system:【……】

The system, seemingly having given up all pretense of aloofness, said in a low voice: "Because I discovered that from the very first day I arrived in this world, after you slapped me, the sharing function I accidentally activated in the background has been running continuously."

In other words...

[Jiang Yingxu, as our target, could hear our conversations from the very beginning, whenever we got close.]

The system gave a lifeless laugh.

It's not funny, it's more like giving up when all hope is lost.

Have you forgotten what he called you?

The words fell.

Shi Miao had already sprung up on instinct, her four paws landing on the relatively soft, snow-white blanket.

Upon hearing the system's words, the cat froze, staring blankly at Jiang Yingxu, who had propped himself up, sat on the edge of the bed, and was quietly looking at her.

That intense sense of panic and urgency triggered by a dream in which someone says they're dead.

Seeing that Jiang Yingxu was perfectly fine, he relaxed considerably.

Although his face was slightly pale, with reddish abrasions on his cheeks and neck, and his wrists wrapped in white gauze that peeked out from his black long sleeves.

But at least it wasn't like in the original book, where the fracture was so severe that surgery was necessary and left some sequelae.

then.

As anxieties subside, reason returns.

With the system's prompting, everything that happened before I fell into a coma came back to my mind.

That faint sound echoed in my mind again and again, as if enhanced by special effects.

"..."

The kitten slowly raised its hind paw, lowered its head, and tucked its ears down like a little seal, as if it were just passing by, quietly and nonchalantly taking a step back.

“Vast and insignificant”.

She heard Jiang Yingxu's low voice calling her.

Like a hook.

The cat was caught.

He then said, "Come here."

The four little cat legs uncontrollably walked towards him.

The paw pads sank into the snow-white blankets, making a rustling sound, yet it seemed as if they were stepping on her wildly beating heart.

As soon as he got close, Jiang Yingxu pulled him into his arms.

He held her very tightly.

Just like in the car, I used my arms to build her a sturdy and secure protective nest, one that wouldn't be battered by wind or rain.

Shi Miao smelled the mixed scent of alcohol, ointment, and blood on him.

It smells awful.

It made the kitten's eyes well up with tears, almost as if little pearls were about to fall.

“Jiang Yingxu, you know who I am…” she murmured.

"I know."

Jiang Yingxu said in a low voice, "I knew it from the beginning."

He used both hands forcefully, even though it pulled on the wound on his arm, causing a dull ache, but he didn't blink, and adjusted his position so that the kitten could stay comfortably on his lap.

Then he leaned down, got close to the fluffy kitten face, and gently kissed her eyes.

Shi Miao reflexively closed her eyes.

I heard his hoarse yet gentle voice beside my ear.

"I know that Miaomiao is Miaomiao."

"The most powerful cat god."

"Thank you for protecting me."