The rescue team never imagined that their search and rescue operation in the wild would require them to follow the guidance of a monkey.

Even more incredibly, according to feedback from the thermal imaging drone responsible for the forward reconnaissance, this location is correct!

How did a child manage to walk nearly three kilometers in a straight line?

How come the search area that was covered earlier didn't even capture a single piece of clothing?

Could it be that the instrument suddenly malfunctioned and then recovered on its own?

The little monkey in the tree stopped moving.

From afar, Hochin's gaze pierced directly through the dappled light and shadow in the woods.

Upon seeing that small, tender green figure unharmed, my heart, which had been pounding like a drum, suddenly sank into still, stagnant water.

After a second or two of deathly silence, a cool breeze rushed into my lungs, and my tense heart resurfaced.

His right index finger trembled slightly uncontrollably, but Huo Qin calmly pressed it down with his other hand.

The team of seven legally armed professional rescuers simultaneously raised their weapons at the target, while tranquilizer darts were ready to be fired from other directions.

Fifty meters away under the tree, three or four hundred meters from the riverbank, the warm, humid air carried the scent of soil and decaying leaves.

A splash of white stands out.

Chaochao, who had been missing for more than two hours, was being licked and nibbled by a huge polar bear...

It wasn't like they were eating people; rather, it was like they were licking a cub, genuinely curiously sucking on the chubby cheeks of the little milk dumpling.

"Damn it..."

The rescue team members' hearts pounded with anxiety, and they swallowed hard in silence.

They recognized the beast.

The White Spirit Bear, a mutated black bear, has distinctive white fur and is also known as the Forest Ghost. However, black bears have always roamed the far other side of South Ridge; how did they end up here today?

Slurp slurp—

Chaochao, her hair puffed up like a mango pit, landed in the hands of the white spirit bear, which was more than ten times her size, and looked like an adorable, miniature, scrawled figurine.

In the middle of the afternoon, wearing a thick, fluffy bearskin coat, Chaochao was covered in sticky sweat from the heat. As soon as she came out, the white bear stuck out its tongue and licked her clean. A while later, when she started sweating again, the bear licked her clean again.

After breaking free from most of the restraints while cursing, the system's electronic music flowed much smoother, but it was still more lethal when it uttered few words at a time:

"You started by licking someone's face! How rude of you!"

"World consciousness...that's amazing!"

Ultimately, they were actually from the same organization.

Damn it, no wonder it's felt all creepy these days, there really is something watching them!

It was all because it was careless, sob sob... It's so sorry to Chaochao... The system regrets its actions.

No wonder the senior warned that among the high-difficulty missions of A-level and above, the most dangerous ones are those world origins that have developed self-awareness.

At this moment, Chaochao, whose face was covered in saliva, took advantage of Xiong Fang's inattention and quickly raised her hand to wipe her eyes. Her almond-shaped eyes, still groggy, opened a crack again, and she suddenly saw that most familiar figure not far away.

Her mouth was slightly open, and her dark, grape-like eyes were wide open.

“Daddy…”

A dark shadow was moving in its field of vision, and the white spirit bear immediately looked up alertly. Its wild, beastly eyes suddenly narrowed as it stared intently at the group of people slowly approaching from the opposite side—especially the man in the middle dressed in black with a cold and stern face. It bared its teeth fiercely and let out a low, thunderous growl from its throat.

Despite the others being armed with dangerous weapons, White Spirit Bear harbored the greatest hostility and sense of crisis towards Huo Qin, who was empty-handed.

"Roar—"

System: Hehe.

How could the world consciousness, the biggest villain in the original book, not be hated?

The rescue team members became even more tense as they aimed at their target.

At this moment, both sides were on edge.

"etc!"

"Calm down, calm down."

The hostage, Chaochao, patted the soft, warm belly beneath her seat.

"He's my dad, from my own family."

Then she turned and gazed at Huo Qin, who was twenty or thirty meters away, her clear almond-shaped eyes full of reassurance:

"Daddy, it doesn't want to eat me, don't be afraid."

In fact, Xiongxiong was actually quite nice to her.

Clinging to the tree trunk, Chaochao thought she was doomed. But then she felt a chill on her bottom, sobbed, closed her eyes, and pretended to be dead for a while before finally mustering the courage to look down.

She discovered that the polar bear was licking her butt, then it half-stood up, bit her coat hood, and started off with her in its mouth.

Along the way, a wild boar was scared away and ran away.

Along the way, he even used his bear paw to smash trees so she could pick up fruit to quench her thirst.

Aside from being carried around and feeling a bit dizzy from the bear, and the lack of a canopy above to block the polar bear's drooling, Chaochao actually found the experience quite enjoyable.

The system flew into a rage and slammed its fist on the table!

Pah! This bear is the most shameless of all!

In an attempt to steer the plot back on track and get the world back on its original course, they resort to tricks in the shadows, recklessly testing the limits of what's to come.

Not only did they lose their cub, they also used a trick to make Chaochao, who thought she was always going left, wander around aimlessly!

God knows, when it heard the countdown to the world's self-destruct program, the whole system felt like it was going to shatter! It was terrifying!

Although this world has rarely seen the birth of self-awareness, it is unfortunately stubborn and almost ruined itself.

The Time and Space Bureau had already calculated that Chaochao was the key to saving the world, so how could they treat their savior like this?!

The system vowed that it would never give the brat a kind look again.

Moreover, this bear is a hypocrite and a fence-sitter!

The system angrily activated the voice mute, frantically outputting a fast-paced, bear-cursing rap in the background, although all that reached Chaochao's ears was a "buzzing" dynamic current.

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