Chapter 4
After the dazzling light completely dissipated, Shen Jiangxing opened his eyes.
He was no longer in that white space that seemed to be suspended, nor had he returned to the familiar world.
He was in... the ruins.
At first he thought it was an earthquake or demolition, but soon he saw the charred marks on the rubble, which looked more like a fire.
However, all I could see were collapsed buildings, stretching for kilometers.
What kind of fire would burn down half a city?
Or some kind of chain explosion?
The student girl, the man with the eyebrow stud, and others he had seen before glanced at him.
Even though I really didn't want to bother with him, out of humanitarianism, I still reminded him, "Hey, you idiot over there, run! Are you just standing there waiting to die?"
Shen Jiangxing was stunned, realizing that this was the "game" they had been talking about before, and it had officially begun the moment the world took shape.
He also noticed something else: the golden kitten that the girl had been holding was gone.
Chen Jiangxing didn't know why he paid so much attention to a cat. Maybe it always reminded him of the child he threw into the snow with his own hands, or maybe he just wanted to have someone to take with him when he died.
But it's gone now.
Maybe he was scared, or maybe he quickly found a corner to hide.
Anyway, when you need to hide, especially among the ruins, a palm-sized kitten is much more convenient than a biped over one meter tall.
When Shen Jiangxing turned around, the female students and their group were gone.
Damn, they all left him behind!
The originally gloomy sky above was suddenly covered by a shadow.
Shen Jiangxing originally thought it was a dark cloud, but then he realized that the dark cloud seemed to be moving a little too fast.
In the blink of an eye, it was right in front of him—it was not a cloud at all, but a giant beast with wings that could cover the sky and the sun!
Despite having wings, it doesn't look like an ordinary bird at all.
Its body is covered with pitch-black scales, its wings are like a bat, its claws are like an eagle, its body is like a lion, and its thick and long tail can destroy a building with a flick of its hand.
Suddenly, many people emerged from the originally silent ruins, their faces filled with fear, and they ran away screaming.
“The ghost bird—the ghost bird is coming—!”
“Run, run, run, run, run!!”
"Help, help—"
The giant beast known as the "ghost bird" opened its bloody mouth and spit out blazing black flames, which immediately blocked people's way.
Shen Jiangxing hid behind a fallen billboard and stared blankly.
No matter how you look at it, that thing looks like a dragon, a villain that often appears in movies and TV shows.
A dragon.
Ten minutes ago, he was driving around the city in heavy snow.
Ten minutes later, he was hiding from a dragon in the ruins.
Shen Jiangxing grinned.
I must be dreaming.
The other players who had entered this world together had long since disappeared, and the other nearby shelters had basically all been destroyed by the dragon.
What’s even more terrifying is that the black dragon suddenly stopped “playing” and seemed to have discovered something interesting.
Its target is near Shen Jiangxing.
The man realized that he was completely isolated and helpless, and he didn't dare to breathe.
Not only him, but all the people who escaped fell silent at the same time.
No one wants to make even the slightest noise at this moment and become a target of the "ghost bird".
A bug crawled into Shen Jiangxing's trouser leg and gnawed at his skin.
This was the most excruciating pain he had ever experienced in his life. He thought his leg might have begun to fester.
However, he didn't dare to make any sound of pain.
He still knows which is more important, pain or death.
The black dragon fell to the ground, raising a cloud of choking dust.
Every step it takes makes the earth tremble, and it wanders among the ruins, searching.
It smells.
That unusual, enticing smell.
Sweet.
Like milk, but also like the fragrance of flowers.
Where.
Where?
"Meow, meow~"
In the utter silence, the soft, baby-like voice was like a drop of ink on white paper; no matter how tiny, it seemed so out of place.
Shen Jiangxing got goosebumps all over his body.
Because the sound was right under his feet.
He lowered his head tremblingly and saw a tuft of golden hair beside his shoe.
——It’s the little kitten that I thought was gone.
The kitten felt his gaze, wagged its tail, and greeted him happily: "Meow!"
This sound was clearer.
Shen Jiangxing wished he could faint.
He was about to grab the kitten and throw it away when he was paralyzed by the sudden approaching heat.
The black dragon... was right behind him.
The human hair stood on end.
So this is what it feels like to have death hanging over your head.
He didn't know whether holding his breath and pretending to be dead (although he was half-squatting) would be of any use.
Even though the poisonous insect that had crawled into his pants had bitten his blood vessels and blood was dripping down his thigh, he didn't dare to move at all.
The hand that was about to grab the cat was frozen in place.
The golden tabby kitten rubbed the two-legged beast's hand, hoping that he could scratch it like the sister did before.
Strangely, the two-legged beast didn't react at all.
Li Jue tilted his head, not understanding what was wrong with him.
Since this one doesn't work, let's try another one~
The black and big one looks good too.
The kitten walked around the two-legged beast and ran briskly behind him.
The kitten, which is less than two months old, is about the same size as the dragon pupil of the giant beast.
Li Jue sat down in front of it and swept his tail in a friendly manner.
"Meow~"
Hello~
The black dragon lowered its head and sniffed around the kitten with its nose, which was much larger than the cub's.
...Hmm, that's the taste.
Sweet...a mixture of milk and floral scent.
Is it this little thing the size of a sesame seed?
The black dragon became interested.
He lowered his head a little more, and the tip of his nose finally touched the small thing.
The delicate little kitten fell to the ground with its four legs in the air after being touched by him.
Li Jue has been a cat for a while now and has gradually become familiar with how to use his four paws. He is no longer like the little turtle that couldn't turn over before, but can crawl up flexibly.
Seems like fun, meow!
The kitten stood up and tried to hold the giant's nose with its two front paws.
Its soft little claws slapped the black dragon's nose, like feathers, without any strength.
General Shen watched this scene with trepidation, and finally understood what it meant to be a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger.
However, the next second he could no longer be a spectator, and he "flew" up on his own——
The giant dragon, feeling that the bipeds were too much of a hindrance in front of it, wrapped its barbed tail around the human, and the barbs pierced directly into his body, even into his bones, like the sharpest daggers.
Shen Jiangxing couldn't even scream and fainted from the pain.
The black dragon flicked its tail, and the wrapped biped was thrown directly a hundred meters away.
As for where it will land, or whether it is dead or alive, it does not care.
“Woo…”
It nudged the kitten with its nose and purred softly in its throat.
That was clearly the dragon's voice that should have made people's bodies and minds tremble, but when it fell into the kitten's ears, it sounded like a gesture of goodwill.
The little cub is completely defenseless towards others: "Meow, mimi!"
Do you want to play together? Sure!
Momo, realizing the small system's language function hadn't yet connected to the dragon, panicked and quickly acted as a translator: "Baby, he's asking who you are, not asking to play with you!"
The kitten rubbed its head against the black dragon's cold scales that covered its face: "Meow, meow."
I am Li Jue.
[Ahhh, baby, he's not asking for your name, he's asking for your identity! ]
'identity? '
[That's right, you have to tell him that you're here to work&%**&——] Momo was stunned and repeated, [I mean, you have to introduce yourself as...+...&%!]
It's over.
There's a big problem.
The infinite space dispatching center was in chaos in the past, and it actually blocked the word "system" from the sub-world!
This means that even if the bosses see the baby, they will not know his true identity and may think he is some new built-in NPC or even a player.
Then even the last bit of awe will be gone.
However, if you think about it from another angle, maybe it can also make those bosses who always like to play tricks on the system show mercy to the baby?
Anyway, the system is a staff member of the infinite space and is a special existence in itself.
Even if there are precedents of people being scared to tears or even crawling on the ground to submit their resignation reports by their boss, they will not be truly hurt.
[Baby, don't worry, I'll find a solution. I'll report this bug to my boss right now. We'll definitely—]
Crunch.
Its communication with the small system was terminated.
Li Jue was still waiting for it to speak, but after a while, there was no follow-up, so he curiously called out in his mind: "Mmmmm...Mmmmm?"
Momo always likes to ask him questions and keeps calling him "baby", "baby", "baby", and has never been so quiet.
The little cub didn't think there was anything wrong with it and thought it had suddenly fallen asleep while playing; this is a common occurrence for cubs.
As for Momo, it accumulated strength at the last moment before being killed and did something big: unifying the language of Li Jue and this sub-world.
"You smell different," the deep voice said. "You don't belong to this world, little one. Where are you from?"
The little kitten turned its head and found that it was the giant beast who was speaking; or rather, it suddenly understood what the giant beast said.
It looked at its own black little paws—kitten paws, not human palms—and asked the same question: "Where did I come from?"
"So you can talk." The black dragon laughed softly, "I thought you could only meow."
The cub meowed in a baby voice and then said seriously, "You can meow too."
The black dragon was amused by him: "You are really interesting. Come on, follow me back to the nest."
Li Jue had no objection to the suggestion of going to someone else's house to play.
But the black dragon encountered a problem: it was so big and the cat was so small, how to get it back?
Dragons carry things using their claws and tails, but both of these methods will cause a certain degree of damage, and it doesn't think this tiny thing can withstand it.
What should I do? Should I hold it in my mouth?
...It smells so good and is so sweet. What if I accidentally eat it?
Actually, there won’t be anything.
But there is no way to find new fun for the boss who is getting angry because of boredom.
After thinking about it, I decided to try carrying it in my mouth.
When a baby dragon hatches, its hard scales don't grow immediately, and its skin is almost soft. During this period, parents have to carefully hold it by the scruff of the neck, controlling the force so that it doesn't slip out of their mouths or get hurt by its sharp teeth.
The dragon clan had not had any cubs for hundreds of years, and the black dragon had no experience in this, so he had to try several times using the billboards and stones nearby.
The little kitten sat there obediently, tilting its head to watch the animal bite this and nibble that.
Li Jue asked softly, "Excuse me, are you playing games?"
If so, I want to play too!
Black Dragon: “…”
The kitten didn't get a response, so it imitated the kitten and bit this and that.
But its teeth are too small, so metal and stone are out of the question.
The kitten bit a flower, squinted its eyes, and used its four little paws to push back, exerting all its strength - and successfully pulled the petals off.
Li Jue chewed it contentedly.
Then he vomited it all out.
Bah, bah, bah, it's bitter and not tasty QmQ
Black Dragon looked at the kitten's wrinkled face and laughed out of his nose.
Looking at the stone in front of him without any tooth marks, he was convinced that his skills had reached perfection.
It gritted its teeth and decided to advance from the trial to actual combat.
The behemoth opened its abyssal mouth, wide enough to swallow the heavens and earth and crush the lava.
Carefully and carefully, he picked up a little kitten that was just one month old.
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