As soon as the system finished speaking, Ning Qing saw a swarm of dark birds in the sky ahead excitedly screeching as they swooped down towards them.

Ning Qing's first reaction was to reach back and pull Hua Lan into her arms, protecting her tightly.

Ning Qing: Cat, we're in danger now, can we activate the teleportation now?

System: The system can only activate teleportation when the mission target's life is threatened. I believe the host can defeat those brats.

The system excitedly shouted: "Go, host! You can do it!"

Ning Qing: It seems you don't even want the skin.

The system immediately muted its microphone; it hadn't even recovered from the pain of losing its fur...

Ning Qing took out a long robe from her spatial storage and quickly draped it over Hua Lan's shoulders.

Then, gripping Little Black Brother's sword, he brandished it at the menacing flock of birds, the sharp blade carrying a chilling killing intent.

With swift eyes and hands, he wielded the sword in his hand, doing his utmost to ensure the safety of the person in his arms.

These birds have mutated, awakened their power, grown several times larger, become extremely fast, and are exceptionally ferocious. They fearlessly charge towards Ning Qing and his companions, determined not to give up until they tear a piece of flesh from them.

If you are unlucky enough to get pecked by these things, you may mutate.

He kept swinging his sword, cutting down the unknown birds.

With her other hand, she protected Hua Lan's head, pressing his head, which he was peeking out out of curiosity, back into her arms.

After half an hour of fighting, Ning Qing finally killed the last bird with her sword.

Ning Qing looked around at the various colored bird carcasses scattered and piled up on the ground.

He put the person he was holding back onto the back seat, got out of the vehicle, cleared the bodies off the road ahead, and made enough space for the tricycle to pass.

Not long after, Ning Qing got back on the road in his tricycle.

The rest of the road was much quieter, with no one daring to provoke us.

It's also possible that the flock of birds was the only obstacle on this stretch of road that had awakened its power.

When they reached the vicinity of the county town, the tricycle suddenly came to a stop on the road... it had run out of gas.

Ning Qing got out of the car and took out some bread, mineral water, and sausages from her spatial storage, unscrewed the caps, and handed them to Hua Lan.

Hua Lan took the bottle, put it to her lips, gulped down half of it, and then gave it back to Ning Qing.

Ning Qing opened the bread and sausage packaging and handed it to Hua Lan, then finished the half-bottle of water that Hua Lan had left.

After finishing his drink, he glanced meaningfully at the little mermaid and exclaimed, "This water is so sweet!"

When Hua Lan saw Ning Qing drinking from the bottle, she wanted to remind him that she had drunk from that bottle of water.

Then, after seeing Ning Qing finish drinking, he said something with a hidden meaning to himself.

Only then did I realize that the person had done it on purpose.

Hua Lan glared at Ning Qing with some unease, muttering under her breath, "You scoundrel."

Ning Qing has amazing hearing; not the slightest sound can escape his ears, so Hua Lan's words "hooligan" naturally also reached Ning Qing's ears.

Ning Qing thought to herself: If I don't do something, I'll be letting you down for calling me a rogue.

Then, a carefree smile appeared on his lips as he said, "Little Fish, why don't you come with me from now on? I'll guarantee you'll never have to worry about food or clothing again."

Hua Lan stared at Ning Qing with disbelief, her eyes wide, speechless for a moment. She had never seen such a shameless person before.

What do you think you are? Do you think you're some kind of fish-man who would sell your body for a tiny bit of food?

Seeing how adorable his reaction was, Ning Qing couldn't help but say again, "I really like you, so why don't you consider me?"