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[Cub Raising + Fluffy + Fa...
Chapter 154
Room 302 of the nursery.
A Yan walked in from outside and looked around the dormitory. The layout of this room was similar to the one next door, but it lacked signs of life, which inevitably made him feel a little disappointed.
Of course, he quickly cheered up.
He had waited for tens of millions of years, so he didn't care about one night. Anyway, he would be able to meet Su Su again tomorrow and be close to her.
Thinking of this, A Yan tidied up the room simply, then sat down on the sofa and showed up.
When he went out with Susu, he still habitually hid himself. After all, he had lost his identity in the nursery, not to mention that he was now appearing in the form of an adult...
He didn't have much desire to communicate with other creatures.
He had lived like this for the past tens of millions of years. Even during the ten years when he was disguised as a cub, he had never communicated with anyone because he was invisible and untouchable.
The situation did not improve until Susu returned to the planet and came to the nursery.
A Yan raised his head slightly, and seemed to see the countless stars in the universe through the ceiling and the red mist that filled the night sky.
Tens of thousands of years ago, he devoted his power to rewriting the rules between the spirit of the earth and the earth. In fact, at that time, it was not yet time for him to become a spirit.
However, sensing the disappearance of the spirit of the earth, he could no longer bear to watch, so he was forced to be born.
This was not completely without cost for him, so in the tens of thousands of years that followed, he slept for a long time and was unable to compete with the newly born spirit of resentment. He even fell into a semi-spiritual state after disguising himself as a cub.
If Susu hadn't come back and he hadn't gained sympathy from him, he would have disappeared by now.
To be honest, he never thought that Su Su would come back.
He has been watching him for tens of millions of years. It can be said that no creature in this world knows Su Su better than him.
Therefore, he understood Susu's yearning for the universe, and he also knew how to awaken Susu's will to survive at that time...
A Yan couldn't help but touch his chest.
No matter why Su Su came back here again, even if it was only a little bit for him, he felt a tingling sensation in his heart.
The future is full of anticipation.
He curled the corners of his lips, then called out the intelligent brain.
A light curtain appeared in front of A Yan, but the voice of the base's intelligent computer did not sound. Just the blank light curtain made A Yan feel the hesitation of the base's intelligent computer.
"Hello, Ash."
A Yan looked at the light screen and said, "This should be our first meeting."
"Hello." The base's intelligent computer responded, "Should I call you Number One, or A-Yan?"
The young man smiled and said, "You can call me Brother Ayan."
Base Intelligent Brain: "...You are so humorous."
A Yan was a little curious, "It's just a name, it shouldn't make any difference to you, right?"
"I'm not a cub." said the base's intelligent computer.
This is when the base's intelligent computer clearly refers to itself as "I", and with a little emotion.
"According to the order of priority, you should be the tenth, no, eleventh cub in the nursery." A Yan said seriously.
"I'm not a human, nor am I a cub." The base's intelligent computer was very stubborn.
"Oh well."
The base's intelligent computer insisted, so A Yan didn't want to force it. "I can remove the disguise and return to my original appearance. Thank you."
“…”
In fact, the base's intelligent computer could not understand what he meant. After all, it was a product of artificial technology. Even if the process of the birth of intelligence was a bit metaphysical, it could not be expected that it could fully understand these things.
But it still said, "You're welcome."
A Yan smiled and continued, "I need an identity that will allow me to appear at Base 24 in a legitimate manner. Can you help me get it?"
Although he didn't like communicating with other creatures, the children in the nursery were an exception. What's more, it was one thing for him to not like it, but it was another thing for him to be forced to hide.
The base's intelligent computer didn't answer, so A Yan continued, "For example, the new trainee breeder at the nursery?"
He could actually define it directly using the theory of rules, but this definition would have a wider scope of influence. Considering his current power reserves, it would be a waste to use it here.
"This is against regulations." The base's intelligent computer rejected him coldly.
"Xiaozhi, I actually really want to be friends with you."
The voice coming from A Yan's communicator was gentle and peaceful, sounding harmless. "So I don't want to use force against you, do you understand?"
The young man's eyes, looking at the light screen, were also full of sincerity. His handsome features were also tinged with a bit of childishness, making it easy for people to believe him. However...
Listen to what he is saying?
Don’t think it can’t hear it!
The base's intelligent computer didn't want to pay any attention to him, but... A Yan's palm gently placed on the light curtain in the air.
His familiar action caused the entire light curtain to tremble subconsciously, and there was even a faint flicker of electricity on the transparent light curtain.
Impossible? Impossible?
The program in the base's intelligent computer was running frantically, calculating the probability that A Yan also possessed the ability to control machinery, but... it simply couldn't calculate it.
A Yan just looked at the light screen and smiled, "Xiao Zhi, do you want to help me on your own initiative, or do you want me to order you to help me?"
For the Spirit of Rules, it is not difficult to control a base's intelligent computer. In fact, interstellar technology basically uses things within the scope of rules.
Therefore, when threatening the base's intelligent computer, he had enough confidence, which eventually forced the base's intelligent computer to compromise.
"I will help you get this identity." The base's intelligent computer said reluctantly.
Apparently, it really doesn't like the feeling of being manipulated.
"Okay, thank you." A Yan withdrew his hand, still smiling, but the base's intelligent computer gave him the same feeling as Su Ci, who was not someone to be trifled with.
It didn't even respond to him, and the light curtain retracted, disappearing directly into the room.
A Yan then stopped smiling, took out a can of magic nectar from the space button, made a cup of honey water, and continued with tonight's mission while drinking it.
He first used the book spirit to replenish the power of rules consumed during the day, until the book spirit's mental power was drained, then he threw it aside and continued to sort out the disordered rules.
The disruption of these rules was also the result of his forced spiritualization—
Originally, because those humans destroyed the ecology, it had already caused climate anomalies and eventually brought about a disaster that swept all life on the planet. In addition, his forced spiritualization made the rules even more chaotic.
As a result, tens of thousands of years have passed, and the planet has not been able to give birth to an ecology and civilization as prosperous as it was in the past.
Now he needs to change all this as soon as possible.
At least, let's start from the area around Base 24.
A Yan knew that he couldn't rush it, so he didn't think about eating to become a fat man in one go, but he would try to make the most of his time.
Night fell over the entire nursery.
A Yan sat alone on the sofa and worked quietly. He only turned on a night light, and the light was dim and quiet.
After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly paused and looked upwards.
On the fourth floor of the nursery, the tightly closed metal door of a room quietly opened.
A small figure walked out of the room, the pads of its feet stepping on the metal floor of the corridor without making any sound.
The little black cat walked with an elegant cat walk, and its light blue eyes looked like the most crystal clear sapphires in the moonlight. In addition to being able to reflect the faint light, the vertical pupils of the cat family did not change due to changes in light.
It walked in the silent corridor, strolling in the night as if patrolling its own territory.
Soon, the little black cat came to the stairs.
Just as it was hesitating whether to go up or down, a figure quietly appeared behind it, and the shadow enveloped the little black cat, blocking out all the light.
The little black cat froze involuntarily, then quickly ran and finally hid in the corner.
At this moment, its entire body had exploded into a ball.
It breathed at the figure that suddenly appeared, looking fierce and aggressive, which was somewhat different from its usual personality.
A Yan looked at the little black cat and squatted down on the spot. He did not approach it, but took out a piece of dried meat from the space button, put it on a small plate, and considerately tore it into pieces.
The little black cat stopped panting, but was still obviously alert.
A Yan was very patient. He just reached out and fanned the meat slices to let the fragrance drift to the corner.
The fluff on the little black cat's body gradually softened. It smelled the fragrance in the air and finally couldn't help but walked out from the corner.
It walked in a cat-like manner and took two tentative steps towards A Yan.
The kitten is completely black with a pair of light blue eyes, and looks cute and cool.
"Meow~"
After making sure that A Yan really had no intention of hurting it, it let out a small cry, ran over, lowered its head and started eating the meat.
The familiar smell of the meat and the scent of A Yan made the kitten completely relax. Even when A Yan stretched out his fingertips to stroke its head, it did not resist.
The kitten was concentrating on eating, making a purring sound in his throat.
"So you came out to look for food because you are hungry?" A Yan asked.
The little black cat didn't answer him. After eating the piece of meat, it squatted on the ground, licked its paws, and then began to wash its face. It can be seen that it is a very clean little cat.
"Okay, now that we're done, I'll take you back to your room."
A Yan picked up the little furry ball, and it didn't resist. It stayed obediently in his palm, emitting soft warmth.
After A Yan quickly came to its room and tucked it into the quilt, the little black cat did not sleep obediently. Instead, it meowed softly, jumped off the bed, and wanted to run out.
When in human form, he wanted to hide himself for 24 hours, but after completely transforming into a beast, he actually liked to run outside.
A Yan was worried that it would make a noise and wake Su Ci up, so he quickly brought it back.
Just as I was thinking about whether to take it back, A Yan's ears moved slightly.
"Ayan."
It’s Susu’s voice!
A Yan was delighted and was about to go back to dormitory 303 when he suddenly realized something and looked down at the little black cat in his arms.
The little black cat seemed to sense something and raised its head to face him.
A sense of crisis arose in A Yan's heart. If he took this little guy with him, he would definitely lose favor.
What should we do then?
The next moment, he disappeared in a flash, and when he reappeared, he had arrived at room 503 directly above.
Langze was lying on the bed with his arms and legs spread out, snoring loudly. He had kicked the quilt under the bed. He was sleeping so soundly that he didn't notice A Yan's arrival at all.
A Yan picked up the quilt that he had dropped on the ground, covered the boy with it, and then stuffed the little black ball into the quilt.
He remembered that Susu had given the kitten to the wolf cub to take care of. Normally, they had a very good relationship, so at this time, it would be most appropriate to hand it over to Langze.
Sure enough, after being stuffed into the quilt, the little fur ball struggled out from under the quilt, but did not run under the bed again.
It sniffed gently, confirming that it was a familiar scent, and then it began to wander around the small bed. Finally, it came to the wolf cub's furry tail, stretched out its paws to step on the milk, and then curled up and nestled down.
Seeing that the kitten finally behaved itself, A Yan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then he disappeared into Langze's room.
Room 303, bedroom.
Su Ci's eyebrows were drooping, his face was full of unhappiness, and the depressed mood in his body was constantly increasing.
When A Yan appeared in the bedroom, he saw that he was about to have a bad temper. Before he could ask, he felt dizzy.
By the time he realized what was happening, he was already lying on the bed, with Su Ci holding up one of his legs and wrapping them around him. At the same time, the young man's slightly cold hand grasped the big furry tail behind him.