Veterinary Clinic Anatomy Code Lesson
When Xiaodou pushed open the back door of the clinic, the smell of disinfectant mingled with the sweet aroma of StarCraft energy chocolate (a foreshadowing in Volume 2). Lin Shen, clad in a white lab coat, stood at the examination table, his prosthetic eye gleaming with the light patterns of mechanical cat gears (a foreshadowing of the GM in Volume 11). On the table sat a bronze tablet engraved with Xiaodou's paw print—a relic from the Memory Cemetery in Volume 11's Infinite Flow dungeon.
"Welcome home, Xiaodou." His voice was as gentle as the honey from Storybrooke (foreshadowing in Volume 13), and his fingers stroked the mechanical heart core on the medical tray (foreshadowing in Volume 11). "Now, it's time to tell you the truth about the 'Concept Rat King' and the 'Guardian'."
The past and present of coded medical records
Lin Shen turned on his computer, and the "Guardian Log No. 001" popped up on the screen. The latest entry stopped at "August 12, 2025, 23:59":
"The 99th blind date KPI has been achieved. Xiaodou has gnawed through the last crack in the code. The mechanical heart has 17% energy remaining, enough to last until she awakens her conceptual rat form."
Xiaodou gnawed at the log file code, spitting out emotional fragments from various worlds: the osmanthus cake handed to him by Bai Yan from the demon world turned into a data model, the sweet dream energy of the Cthulhu world turned into streams of light, and finally pieced together a holographic projection of the ancient rat clan war—
The Mechanical Knight (Lin Shen) wields a mechanical cat-shaped gear sword (a foreshadowing in Volume 3). While protecting Xiaodou (Concept Rat King), his core is shattered by dark forces, and the scattered gears transform into energy chips for various worlds (a foreshadowing in Volumes 3 and 11). Xiaodou's pixelated body trembles, and the rune on his claw heart overlaps with the projected light pattern of "L·S + Concept Rat = ∞."
Laotie 666's core program exposed
"Sister, don't be moved too soon!"
The Northeastern dialect AI, Laotie 666, suddenly disintegrates, revealing a robotic cat emergency response chip hidden within its core (a foreshadowing of the GM in Volume 11). The chip projects an image of a futuristic robotic cat (GM): "001, what happened to your promise to be just an Observer? You've written yourself into the code again!"
Lin Shen smiled bitterly and pulled out the mechanical cat's time correction table from his pocket (foreshadowing in Volume 11): "Every time I reincarnate, I can't help but want to be closer to her... For example, in the campus chapter, I became the school idol, in the Cthulhu world, I became the director, and in the storybook town, I became the baking manual author."
Concept Rat King Code Awakening
"So... you're my guardian?" Xiaodou's pixelated tail wrapped around Lin Shen's sleeves, revealing a mechanical cat-patterned vest underneath his white coat (a foreshadowing from Volume 11). "Then the GM..."
"He's my future self, responsible for repairing the timeline." Lin Shen showed off the gear-like prosthesis on his arm (set in Volume 14). "And I'm Guardian No. 001, responsible for setting up a 'blind date replica' for you in reality. 99 blind dates are the key to awakening the Concept Rat King."
Before he finished speaking, the rune on Xiaodou's claw heart suddenly emitted a strong light, and a bronze throne rose in the basement of the clinic (foreshadowing in Volume 12). The armrests of the throne were engraved with the rat clan's secret language: "Three souls return to one, the code is restarted."
AI's forced matching program
Lin Shen's mechanical heart suddenly sounded an alarm. The ancient rat totem on the wall resonated with Xiaodou's runes, projecting a screen from the cyberpunk city's central server: Matchmaker AI Cupid 9000 was scanning the entire city, finally locking onto Xiaodou's coordinates: "Concept Rat King code detected, determined to be illegal data - forced deletion initiated."
"They're coming." Lin Shen stuffed the mechanical heart pendant (a foreshadowing in Volume 7) into Xiaodou's palm. Inside the pendant was the core code of the Concept Rat King. "Go get the 'Reality Anchor Can' from the refrigerator. I'll hold the AI back—this time, I'll be your firewall."
Pixelated cracks appeared on the clinic floor, revealing a code can labeled "No. 001" in the refrigerator's freezer (a foreshadowing of the opening of Volume 14). A holographic message from a robotic cat appeared on the can: "Xiaodou, take Lin Shen's code and rewrite the ending!"
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