Chapter 2: Treating the cubs as food reserves? System, you are crazy!
Bai Li didn't know how many times she jumped before she finally climbed up to the top window.
He looked at the dying little life in the cardboard box.
My heart felt like it was being gripped tightly by an invisible hand.
The fear, hunger and loneliness of struggling to survive in the apocalypse for three days suddenly flooded into my heart.
She remembered when she first crossed over,
The helplessness and despair when facing those hideous zombies.
This baby is even weaker and more helpless than her!
If she doesn't care about him, he will definitely not survive tonight!
【An unknown baby of endangered life form was discovered. 】
Please make your choice.
[Option 1: Pretend not to see it and let it die on its own (Risk: None, Reward: None)]
[Option 2: Use it as emergency food reserve (Warning: This action may lead to unknown serious consequences, reward: ???)]
[Option 3: Adopt the baby and assume responsibility for its survival (a heavy responsibility! Reward: Primary Purification (can purify small amounts of contaminated water/food), Weak Spiritual Energy +1)]
Reserve food?!
System, are you a devil?!
Bai Li looked at option two and felt her stomach churning.
Looking at the baby in the cardboard box, who was barely breathing and could die at any time, a hint of determination flashed in her eyes.
"Screw the food reserves! I may be an animal now, but I'm not crazy enough to eat children!"
Bai Li roared in his heart,
"Isn't it just raising a baby? It's better than a person (cat) going crazy in this damn place! Choose three!"
[Congratulations on choosing three. Reward: Primary Purification (can purify small amounts of contaminated water/food), Weak Spirit +1.]
A warm current instantly flowed into Bai Li's body.
She felt her senses sharpen a little.
There was also a faint but real spiritual power in the body.
The ability of the primary purification technique also appeared in her mind.
Using a basic purification technique once requires completely consuming the limited spiritual energy in the body.
It's just that it will take her a long time to replenish that bit of spiritual power from the outside world.
Bai Li jumped down from the window,
Immediately jumped to the broken cardboard box,
I got closer to look at the baby.
The little guy seemed to sense the movement.
The long eyelashes trembled a few times,
He opened his eyes a crack with great difficulty.
His eyes are big.
But because of his extreme weakness, he looked dull and his eyes were unfocused, as if covered by a layer of gray fog.
Bai Li felt a pain in her heart and tried hard to express her kindness.
She grinned, trying to reveal a gentle smile that said, "Don't be afraid, sister is here to save you."
She even tried to lower her voice.
Make the softest "meow" sound you think.
However, in the eyes of the dying Immortal Emperor Ling Xiao,
What I saw was,
A large, white beast covered in dirt and dust, looking extremely ferocious,
Baring his teeth, a low, threatening whimper came from his throat.
The pair of animal eyes that shone with a faint light in the dim light,
He was staring at his helpless food!
"It's over!"
This was the only thought left in Ling Xiao's remaining consciousness.
"In the end, I still can't escape the fate of being buried in the beast's belly! I, Ling Xiao, have roamed the world...but ended up like this...like this..."
Extreme fear, dizziness caused by hunger, and a body on the verge of collapse,
Under the stimulation of this "fatal threat",
It instantly destroyed his last bit of consciousness.
His eyes rolled back, his little head tilted, and he became completely motionless.
Even the slightest rise and fall of breathing seemed to have stagnated.
Bai Li:!!!
She was scared out of her wits!
No way?
She had just arrived, and the little guy...died?
She hurriedly stretched out her paw and carefully placed it under the baby's little nose.
There was also a very faint, almost imperceptible trace of heat.
"I was so scared! Still breathing! Still breathing!"
Bai Li breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the "peacefully" sleeping baby with confusion.
"Huh? She was crying so hard just now, but how come she stopped crying and fell asleep as soon as I came? And she slept so 'well'?"
A thought instantly struck her soft heart.
"Could it be... he sensed me? He knew I was here to save him? So he fell asleep peacefully?"
Bai Li looked at the baby's pale and thin face.
A huge sense of pity and responsibility arose spontaneously.
In this desperate end times,
She struggled alone for three days, fear, hunger and loneliness gnawing at her like poisonous snakes.
Now, this fragile little life in front of me,
It seemed to be the only bright light in this dark ruin.
A faint hope that kept her going.
She is no longer a wild animal running for a bite of food.
She has a little one who needs her protection!
This feels... a little heavy,
But it seems... not bad?
"Meow."
"Little guy, just follow your sister from now on!"
"Although my sister is a little miserable now, I will definitely try my best to keep you alive!"
Bai Li used her furry head to rub the baby's cold face very gently.
Her eyes were filled with what she considered to be maternal radiance.
She was immersed in an atmosphere of self-admiration, and the more she looked at the well-behaved sleeping baby, the more she liked him.
"What a sensible little fellow! He knows his sister is having a hard time, so he stopped making a fuss."
Bai Li thought with relief.
At this moment,
An extremely faint but clear "gurgling..." sound came from the baby's deflated belly.
Bai Li: ...
The "maternal glow" on her face froze instantly.
Wait... this sound... doesn't seem to be tears of emotion,
But... the stomach movements caused by extreme hunger?
She lowered her head suddenly.
Get close to the baby's face and observe it carefully.
His face was horribly pale, his lips were dry and chapped.
My breathing is so weak that I can hardly feel it...
How can this be considered a peaceful sleep?
It's obvious that he fainted from hunger!
That "well-behaved" sleep just now,
It's not that he fell asleep peacefully after sensing her kindness.
I was so hungry that I didn't even have the energy to cry or be afraid!
As for her self-proclaimed "gentle smile" and "meow of comfort"... I guess in the eyes of the baby,
It's like a ferocious beast preparing to eat!
Bai Li felt her cat face getting a little hot.
“Ahem…”
She scratched her ears awkwardly.
"Okay, I was being sentimental... but it doesn't matter!"
She quickly cheered up, the result was the same anyway,
This little guy is under her protection!
The most urgent thing is to get him something to eat!
Otherwise I'd starve to death.
She will be unemployed before she even starts her job as a wet nurse!
"Eat! Drink! Hurry!"
She turned around twice, her tail slapping the ground anxiously.
A small cloud of dust was raised.
The baby's belly made another faint "gurgling" sound.
It was like a silent urging to her.
Bai Li forced herself to calm down.
This is the end of the world, not a supermarket!
Baby food…Baby food…
The baby is in critical condition and urgently needs food and clean water.
Please make your choice:
[Option 1: Leave alone, find food, and return (Risk: The baby may die during this time or be discovered by other creatures. Reward: Weak Spiritual Power +1)]
[Option 2: Take the baby away and find a safe place and food (Risks: Inconvenient movement, easy exposure, additional risks required, Rewards: Primary Affinity Aura (slightly increases initial favorability towards non-hostile creatures), weak spiritual energy +1)]
[Option 3: Wait and pray for a miracle (Risk: Extremely high, tantamount to waiting for death, Reward: Hunger Resistance +1)]
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