Chapter 62

In the deep silence, Yun Yuxi calmly stared at the "red moon" in the sky, and looked fearlessly at the giant beast blinking in the dark. The cat-eared man next to her had already squeezed towards them with his fur standing on end, ignoring her warning, and grabbed the corner of her clothes miserably, as if to say, "I won't let go even if you kill me now."

The younger sister was still lying in his arms, with her eyes closed and her brow furrowed. The god reached out and casually pushed aside the branches that had already danced in front of him. Seeing that this thing was extending towards him relentlessly, he grabbed it.

The cat-eared man was shocked to see her bold and wanton behavior, which caused the nearby branches to rub against each other and make a sharp "squeaking" sound that made his teeth ache. With tears in his eyes, he wanted to kneel down on the spot and hug her thighs to beg her to stop.

The fearless god curled his lips, his expression cold, thinking to himself, "Who are you to dare to be so presumptuous in my presence?" A hint of disdain and impatience appeared between his brows. Starlight flickered between his palms that touched the branches. A dazzling pure silver light climbed onto the black branches, slowly drowning out the restless eyes and gradually invading them.

The branches retreated in a sign of weakness, as if threatened by the silver starlight, twisting and huddling together, like a giant snake nailed at seven inches, it could only dance around but could not escape.

Suddenly, Yun Yuxi felt her sister in her arms pulling at her sleeve.

She loosened her hand, and the starlight devoured the original color of the branches like an out-of-control virus. In a short moment, the surrounding area turned into a silver-white light curtain. The branches screamed silently and retreated. They were safe for the time being.

As soon as she had some energy left, she lowered her head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Wen Yuxiao half-opened her eyes, with a tear still hanging in the corner of her eye. She grabbed Yun Yuxi's wrist and stood up firmly. She heard someone's voice in her ears, pleading and pain intertwined together, forming the most sad and desolate music in the universe, which echoed in her brain. When she listened carefully, she found that it was coming from these branches.

She had just stood firm and let go of her sister's hand when she felt a wet and soft touch on her ankle. Looking down, she saw a small and slender branch that had turned into the same silver-white as the starlight. It had broken through the protective barrier from somewhere, and after going through many difficulties, it entangled itself around her with grievance, just like a child who had been bullied outside, and went home to hug the mother he had not seen for many days and burst into tears.

Because the colors were so close, no one would have noticed if they hadn't suddenly wrapped around her.

Yun Yuxi followed her gaze and found this little monster that was fighting stubbornly. He assumed that it was at the end of its strength and was about to reach out to pull it off and throw it aside.

At the moment when everyone's eyes moved downwards, a twinkling eye opened silently in the silver starlight above.

"I..." Before she could even utter the second word, everyone's attention was focused on the dying little branch. The flexible tentacles that quietly hung down from above wrapped around Wen Yuxiao's waist several times at lightning speed and pulled her away before she could make a sound. The speed was so fast that even light could not catch up.

Yun Yuxi was caught off guard. She was so shocked that she could no longer see her sister. Filled with resentment, she was about to use her magical powers to make her suffer, when she saw a crack appear in all the starlight above, below, left and right. Eyeballs intertwined with red and white struggled to break through and emerged, staring straight at her with no blind spots in their sight.

The light barrier woven by starlight was no longer effective and was instead assimilated.

The cat-eared man who had been silently pretending not to exist finally couldn't hold it in anymore. He hugged Yun Yuxi's thighs through the cloth, tears streaming down his face, and meowed for help.

Wen Yuxiao, who was abducted, did not encounter any danger. For her, it was just a moment of distraction, or a blink of an eye, and she escaped from the light curtain. The tentacles wrapped around her waist were very light and did not hurt her. After the silver light disappeared from her sight, He gently placed her in a semicircular container. When she looked up, she could see the red eyes as big as the moon casting a longing and admiring look at her.

The container beneath him was made of an unknown material. It felt very soft when he sat on it, as if he had fallen onto a small bed made of sticky slime through a layer of smooth and delicate cloth. When a few branches extended from the side of the red eyes, Wen Yuxiao realized that the eyes were indeed growing on some living creature.

This discovery immediately made her feel a chill all over her body. She felt like she had turned into a sweet and delicious dessert, placed on exquisite and beautiful tableware, waiting for the monster in front of her, whose true identity she didn't know, to open its bloody mouth and chew her up and swallow her in one bite.

Wen Yuxiao would never sit and wait for death or wait for Yun Yuxi to save her. She had witnessed the unreliability of the latter in two lifetimes, so naturally she would not have any expectations. She decided to strike first and concentrate on the complicated lifelines that made her head hurt.

Fortunately, after coming here, the voice echoing in her mind has gradually become weaker and is about to disappear. She doesn't know whether she will become as twisted and delirious as other contaminated people. After all, this body was made for her by Yun Yuxi. Although it can be replaced if it is broken, she doubts the strength of her body.

The eyes in front of her were actually made up of lifelines, which almost blinded her at first sight. Fortunately, after she looked away, she found that the container she was in also had lifelines. There were quite a few of them, and she couldn't see where the end was. However, the distance was close, and she could touch it with her hand.

She reached out, grabbed the lines that were dangling leisurely in the air without any defense, and pulled them hard - at this moment, even if the end of these lifelines was a huge ball of wool that could never be pulled apart, she would still tear off a layer of skin from it.

The result was beyond Wen Yuxiao's expectations. These lifelines, shimmering with gold amidst the blood-red, were incredibly fragile. With every push, the handfuls of them snapped. The grass roots, which she had thought impossible to pull out, turned out to be as brittle as a cookie, breaking apart at the slightest bump. The lines, shifting from a ethereal state to a solid form, were held in her hands, still unsure of what was happening, and she was stunned.

After the lines were disconnected, they slowly shrank and shortened, and finally condensed into small round golden beads in her palms and between her fingers.

Before she could subconsciously throw away these strange-looking things, the water droplets mixed with silver in the golden color directly merged into her skin and penetrated deep into her soul. This power seemed to be the divine power that she had accidentally lost somewhere else. It did not assimilate her, but instead became her strength.

It was a very warm feeling, as if being nourished. Wen Yuxiao stared blankly at his palms which had become white and smooth again. He clenched his claws. The strange touch from before seemed to still remain, but there was indeed nothing on them.

Squeak, squeak—

There was a light rubbing sound, and the branches extending from behind the eyes spread in front of her, pointed at her abdomen, and then lifted up, vividly turning into the shape of a question mark, and shook it in front of her, as if asking her something.

A question mark also popped up in Wen Yuxiao's head. She tilted her head and did not touch the other person. Instead, she took two steps back vigilantly.

Although they did not speak the same language, the branch thought it understood what she meant. It turned its head flexibly under her nose, and its sharp tip and branches grabbed its lifeline. It ruthlessly broke these precious lines that represented vigorous vitality, turning them into a pile of golden beads, which fell in front of Wen Yuxiao like rain, and rolled to her feet.

The branch withered quickly. After all, it had pulled its own lifeline, and fell limply. Under Wen Yuxiao's shocked and helpless gaze, it turned into a light ball of ash.

The monster didn't seem to harbor any ill will towards her, but was instead... feeding itself? Wen Yuxiao was puzzled, cautiously watching the other branches watching as they picked up the golden beads from the ground, twisted themselves into the shape of a plate, and held them in front of her.

After much hesitation, she reached out to touch it. The divine power, originally from the same source, quickly merged into her soul, creating a warm sensation. She also discerned the silver specks of golden light; they were Yun Yuxi's divine power.

Wen Yuxiao began to think. Yun Yuxi had said before that the Black Domain was originally a world that exploded after the guy she abandoned it failed to stop him, leaving an unspeakable psychological shadow on the gods. The monster in front of her had the power of both of them in its life. Could it be that it was born from the divine power they left here?

As everyone knows, she is the god who controls the power of life. Any species created by her divine power will do their best to love her.

"Are you one of us?" Instead of keeping him guessing for a long time, it's better to ask directly. After Wen Yuxiao figured it out, he was not as resistant as at the beginning, and his attitude softened a lot.

But she didn't expect that as soon as she opened her mouth, the branches seemed to think that she was not full yet, and began to pull their lifelines again, competing to see who could pull faster as if they were offering treasures. Some even pulled their companions together. Golden beads fell from the sky, but none of them hit her. They piled up into a dazzling hill on the plate and were pushed in front of her.

Wen Yuxiao fell silent, trying to communicate with these clumsy yet adorable little monsters: "No, that's not what I want. My companions, can you take me to them?"

The red eyes hanging in the sky blinked twice, and the branches tapped the ground. It slowly crawled to her feet, hooked onto the corner of her clothes like a kitten, and climbed up, finally gently wrapping around her wrist. The voice echoing in her mind was extremely clear, finally no longer a chaotic and disordered murmur. The clear voice of a young man with a bit of hoarseness and shyness rang in her ears: "Mom... I'm hungry. I need to eat."

Seeing that she didn't respond for a long time, as if thinking that she didn't understand what he said, the boy's voice rang out again: "Eat me, I'm delicious."