With only three days left before she was to travel back in time, Lin Qianqian asked Qi Lier and Tang Yingying to be her guides and show her around the world of superpowers.
However, after only half a day, she began to regret her decision. The grotesque, colorful forests and mountains were far from beautiful.
Watching for a while made me uncomfortable. But seeing how Qi Lier and Tang Yingying had already gotten used to it, I couldn't help but marvel at how terrifyingly adaptable people are!
The three-day plan was cut short in just one day. On the way back, she was lucky enough to find a pet, a level nine Earth Bear, or more precisely, an Earth Bear cub.
The Earth Bear, as its name suggests, is an earth-type creature, and the king of the earth.
At that time, Lin Qianqian and her two companions were on their way back. In a forest, a level nine Earth Bear was fighting a level nine Titan Python. The two giant beasts, each twenty or thirty meters long, had the power to split mountains and shatter waterfalls with every strike.
Lin Qianqian and the others were nearby at the time. They wouldn't interfere in this battle between giant beasts; in fact, they couldn't interfere at all.
After a long battle, the nine-headed serpent had all its heads smashed by the Earth Bear and was finally defeated.
But it wasn't much better off. Its abdomen had been pierced by the python's tail, exposing its shattered core. Its internal organs had long been broken by the python's strangulation and constriction, and most of its bones had been crushed. Now it was not far from death.
Just as the Earth Bear collapsed from exhaustion, a cub rushed out of the tree hole and cried desperately beside its mother.
Ignoring Qi Lier and Tang Yingying's attempts to stop her, Lin Qianqian walked over. As she approached, the Earth Bear suddenly opened its bloodshot giant eyes, its gaze fierce and sharp.
After sensing Lin Qianqian's vibrant life force and the gentle, all-encompassing power emanating from her, its fierce gaze gradually softened and calmed.
Lin Qianqian couldn't bear it, so she took out a pill and put it in its mouth, keeping it alive until it was barely clinging to life. With such severe injuries, unless Lin Qianqian possessed the resurrection abilities of a Jumang-level being, it would be impossible to save it.
Prolonging its death so it can say goodbye to its cubs is the best we can do.
The Earth Bear laboriously raised its head, licked its cub a few times, and then looked at Lin Qianqian. It turned to its cub and called out softly, as if giving it instructions, before finally pushing the cub toward Lin Qianqian with its head.
This ninth-tier Earth Bear unilaterally entrusted its cub to Lin Qianqian without even asking if she was willing to raise it.
Lin Qianqian looked at the cub that was still desperately calling for its mother, and bent down to pick it up. Perhaps it was at its mother's command, or perhaps it was because of Lin Qianqian's strength attribute, but it did not reject Lin Qianqian's affection.
At this moment, Qi Li'er and the others came over and introduced that the Earth Bear has a very high intelligence, is an intelligent creature, and has a high combat power. When it grows up, it is level nine. It is said that as long as it stands on the ground, its power will never run out and it is invincible among its peers.
If it weren't for the cubs hiding nearby, and the fact that it didn't dare to hit them with all its might, it might not have been so badly injured.
Although this cub is not yet an adult, it seems to be quite intelligent. Just in case, Lin Qianqian asked the system if taking it away was against the rules.
The system determined that it voluntarily followed Lin Qianqian, only charging her a time-travel fee and deducting 10 points from its account. This 10-point time-travel fee wasn't a one-time payment; after signing a pet contract with Lin Qianqian, it could continue to follow her on time-travel trips within the mall without taking up an employee slot.
She collected the corpses of the two giant beasts on the ground, and gave the little cub the cracked beast core of the Earth Bear, gently stroking it. "From now on, you will follow me. This is your mother's beast core. I'll keep it for you as a souvenir."
By the time they returned to the mall, it was already evening. Lin Qianqian took out the remaining tables of food from her storage ring and had a lively meal with the Qiming Squad. The Qiming Squad left the mall at 11:30 PM.
The mall will return to Blue Star at midnight. Lin Qianqian closed the doors and windows and, taking advantage of the remaining time, checked the items she had traded one last time.
Especially those mutant beasts, she was worried that some of them might have become intelligent. After checking them herself, she was a little unsure, because several of them were quite clever.
The rule against trading intelligent life (except voluntarily) is really hard to enforce. Just to be on the safe side, please have the system scan and check everything!
As soon as Lin Qianqian sent her request, the system "dinged" and a service pop-up window immediately appeared on the panel, showing the pricing for this inspection service!
Lin Qianqian reluctantly paid five points to have the system conduct a comprehensive check, only feeling relieved after ensuring everything met the standards.
She had reason to suspect that the mall's rule was set up to charge more fees.
In the final moments, she sat idly at the cashier, the quiet atmosphere making Lin Qianqian feel somewhat lonely.
For some reason, she thought of Yunze again. If only he could be by her side right now.
She patted her cheeks, telling herself she couldn't be so weak. To distract herself, she randomly opened drawers and rummaged through storage bags, counting her recent transaction results over and over again.
At exactly twelve o'clock, the mall vibrated slightly. Looking out through the glass this time, all that could be seen was the same gray passageway and the transparent barrier that enveloped the building.
It is impossible to time the passage; here, space and time seem to move at the speed of light, yet also seem to stand still, making accurate calculation impossible.
Staring out the window for too long makes her dizzy. She'll walk this path countless times. Through it, she'll reach many different worlds, encountering all sorts of people and things…
Before she could dwell on her thoughts for long, she was back on Earth, the mall building perfectly positioned in the same crater as before. Outside, the lights were bright, and the area was packed with people.
Lin Qianqian opened the door, but before she could even step out, a staff member outside, holding a megaphone, shouted at her, "Director Lin, please stay where you are. We need to thoroughly disinfect the mall and you."
Lin Qianqian hadn't realized who Director Lin was yet.
Disinfection vehicles, which had been prepared from all directions, sprayed the building relentlessly, washing every nook and cranny more than ten times. Then, more than twenty fully equipped people rushed into the mall and carefully disinfected every corner.
Lin Qianqian was also taken into a campervan not far from the entrance for a thorough disinfection, shower, and inspection. Even her robes and jewelry were required to be removed and disinfected, which almost triggered the defensive restrictions on them.
Lin Qianqian had already said that she had a system protection shield and wouldn't get infected with viruses or bacteria, but Tang Dezhong and Chen Dinghai insisted on disinfection, so Lin Qianqian had no choice but to go along with them.
After a chaotic commotion, Lin Qianqian was finally able to sit down and tell Tang Dezhong and Chen Dinghai about her time-travel experience.
Upon hearing that they had been transported to the world of superpowers, their eyes lit up immediately.
Tang Dezhong asked excitedly, "Is there any? Is there any...?"
"Yes!" Lin Qianqian answered with a smile...
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