Chapter 182 Animal World (2) - Targeted by Si Zhong

The moment the thought crossed Ning Shu's mind, she realized how foolish she was. The other person might be a player, but they certainly wouldn't recognize her.

After all, she is now an animal, unable to speak, and her name is not carved on her face.

Another possibility came to mind: if the other person was someone they knew, could it be Cheng Chuan or Wu Yi? After all, they were so close before, it would be normal for them to run into each other as soon as they entered the instance.

She immediately calmed down, turned her head and stared at the white tiger with shining eyes, then froze.

No, these eyes look a lot like someone else's. One eye is amber and the other is grayish-blue. Do tigers have heterochromia?

Could it be a whale (someone who spends a lot of money on in-game purchases)? That was Ning Shu's first thought, but he quickly dismissed it, thinking it couldn't be such a coincidence.

Besides, she's a rabbit now, so her eyes are probably red. A tiger with heterochromia doesn't prove anything.

After analyzing it over and over, she felt that perhaps it was because she was used to being abused by big spenders that she developed this paranoia. Whenever she encountered anything related to him, she would assume it was him.

The world is so big, how could you possibly keep running into the same person? Just kidding.

Ning Shu's thoughts returned to the present, wondering how likely it was that he was Cheng Chuan or Wu Yi, and she wanted to test the waters.

She stretched out her two little paws and tried to pull herself up to the ground. Si Zhong thought she was trying to escape, so he pressed her down even tighter.

She finally managed to move her body to an open space without grass, scratched at the ground with one paw a few times, and then stopped, looking at the white tiger hopefully.

Si Zhong looked at the three marks that had been dug out on the open ground, which resembled the Chinese character "川" (river).

He frowned. Was this person asking if he was the man named Cheng Chuan?

Haha, she really is always thinking about other people.

Si Zhong pretended not to understand and increased the force of his front paws, almost making Ning Shu vomit blood.

It seems not; Cheng Chuan wouldn't treat anyone like that, including small animals.

Ning Shu convulsed all over and almost died.

Si Zhong quickly released her; he didn't want to kill her, otherwise it wouldn't be fun.

He gently stroked Ning Shu's rabbit head with his front paws, as if to soothe her, yet also as if to threaten her.

Ning Shu seemed to understand what it meant: it wasn't hungry and didn't want to eat her, but it also didn't want to let her go.

Whether the other party is an NPC animal or a player, they are probably not friendly to her, and probably treat her as a food reserve.

Tigers can eat anything, so when they're hungry, they might even eat players; they can't exactly eat grass.

Thinking this way, Ning Shu was even more distressed. It would be better to be eaten directly than to be stored as food. At least then, it would be a quick death, wouldn't it?

The white tiger seemed to have lost interest in sleeping. It nudged her, urging her to walk forward, and followed behind.

Ning Shu had no choice but to obediently do as she was told. She hopped and skipped ahead, and after a few steps, she still wanted to try to escape the tiger's mouth.

So he sped up and ran forward as fast as he could, without caring what he might encounter beyond the bushes ahead.

As she ran, she remembered a popular meme from before—"Have you ever risked your life for yourself in your life?"

She has it! She really does!

Now, in order to escape the tiger's jaws, she is running desperately, still using all four legs!

But she underestimated the White Tiger. With a leap, the White Tiger appeared in front of her the next second, blocking her way.

Before it could turn around, Ning Shu made a sharp turn and disappeared into the dense bushes on the left.

She had misunderstood before. She couldn't outrun the White Tiger on flat ground with no cover, but it would be a different story if there were some obstacles to cover her.

First, it can't see her.

Second, obstacles will slow it down.

But she still miscalculated. The white tiger did not slow down at all, treating the dense bushes as nothing, and crushed them like a bulldozer.

He pushed a path through the bushes and chased straight after her.

Ning Shu was like a locator at this moment; wherever she went, a path would open up, and in the end, she was still pinned to the ground by the relentlessly pursuing White Tiger.

The once snow-white downy fur was now covered in mud, making it look rather dirty.

The white tiger opened its mouth and bit down on Ning Shu's neck.

Ning Shu watched as the shadow on the ground grew larger and larger, and felt something was wrong. She turned her head to look up and saw a gaping maw coming towards her.

Oh my god, no!

Huh? It hurts a little, but it's bearable.

She saw herself getting higher and higher off the ground and realized that the white tiger had picked her up.

She figured the white tiger in front of her definitely wasn't a whale (someone who spends a lot of money on in-game purchases), because whales are germaphobes and would take a shower even in dungeons.

She's all dirty right now, and big shots would usually find her repulsive; it's unlikely they'd actually put her in their mouths.

Si Zhong did indeed despise her, but there was nothing he could do. He was a tiger now and couldn't use his front paws to grab people as nimbly as a human; he could only use his mouth.

He now understands why animals like to carry their young in their mouths; what else can they do? They don't have hands.

Si Zhong listened intently for a while, found the place he wanted, and then carried her away quickly.

Ning Shu was being held in his mouth and swayed back and forth with his movements. No, although the pain was bearable, he couldn't keep going like this.

Finally, the white tiger stopped, and she was overjoyed, but the next second she fell down.

She let out a rabbit-like scream, then swallowed a mouthful of water... she had fallen into the river.

The white tiger threw her into the river; was it trying to drown her?

Confused, she struggled in the water until finally, the white tiger stuck its head underwater and pulled her out.

Ning Shu felt saved; she had almost suffocated. She was afraid of water, and that last moment had nearly sent her to her death!

She then thought, what if the white tiger isn't satisfied and wants to do it again? It would be better to send her away.

After the white tiger picked her up, it threw her to the ground. Ning Shu felt a little cold, so she quickly shook her body to dry off the water.

This is the rabbit's animal instinct, not hers.

After shaking off the water, she felt a bit cold, so cold that she was shivering all over. Fortunately, the sun was still quite hot, and she could dry her fur in the sun for a while.

Rabbits are actually quite fragile animals and don't have an advantage in the food chain. She's so pitiful!

Seeing her shivering violently, Si Zhong remembered something. Rabbits shouldn't get wet easily, as they are prone to hypothermia and death. He realized he had been careless.

I was so busy complaining about Ning Shu's dirty fur that I forgot about this.

Seeing that the sun here was quite hot and could dry her off quickly, he didn't leave immediately but lay down and waited for her.

Ning Shu trembled as she watched the white tiger's every move, feeling that its behavior was very strange.

Why did they throw her in there? And now they're just lying there doing nothing, watching her.

This behavior was a bit strange, and she couldn't figure it out.

After she dried off and stopped trembling, the other person stood up and picked her up again.

Ning Shu suddenly realized that the other party had been waiting for her to dry.

Holy crap, this white tiger is definitely a player!