Chapter 037 Three Sentences Fill the World-weary Villain with Hope (Part 2)
After careful consideration, Chen Yunli temporarily gave up on breaking down the door. It wasn't that he wanted to let the guy go, but simply breaking down the door would be too easy for him.
Chen Yunli asked the system for the man's information and found that he was not only keen on animal abuse, but also had human lives on his hands. His current job was to act as a black intermediary, deceiving people looking for jobs to fight life-and-death matches in underground arenas. He was a complete scoundrel, and any one of his crimes was enough to be shot with two magazines.
Given that, Chen Yunli wasn't anxious anymore. The priority now was finding Chen Wenjian before that person did, getting him out of the clutches and avoiding the apocalyptic end.
In the plot, Chen Wenjian turned into a vengeful demon after his death, surviving and growing stronger by devouring human desires. He eventually became so powerful that he was invincible and destroyed the Li Kingdom in one fell swoop.
This world is designed to have only one nation, Li. Only the land where Li resides is suitable for human life, while the rest of the world is a vast ocean, a forbidden zone for all living things. Therefore, the destruction of Li is equivalent to the destruction of the world.
After the death of his parents, Chen Wenjian had already developed a strong sense of disgust with the world, and later he was tortured to death, which made him even more disgusted with the entire human civilization.
The first phase of Chen Yunli's review task is to change its view of the world and eliminate its world-weariness and self-loathing mentality.
The second stage of the mission is to return to the original timeline and get Chen Wenjian to agree to rebuild human civilization.
These are all very difficult tasks. No wonder the system puts the task content out in the open from the beginning, without any pretense.
"When I read the papers, I felt this one delved the most deeply. It starts with the birth of the villain in literary creation and extends to the good and evil, beauty and ugliness of human nature and the impact they have. Although it is also a cliché, it is written with great substance."
Chen Yunli suppressed his rage, loosening his grip on the hammer. "The original timeline verified the ugliness of human nature and the extreme evil it brings. This not only includes Chen Wenjian's experience, but also the deeper evil he felt from his own desires. In contrast, what I want to verify is the goodness of human nature—how difficult!"
He scratched his head and lay back on the pillow. The hard pillow jarred his neck. He sat up with a look of resentment on his face, rubbing the back of his neck and saying, "You see, people's hearts are as treacherous as this pillow. They'll always stab you in the back when you least expect it."
"That's not the case," the system gently reminded. "The world is chaotic, a mixture of black and white, good and evil. In most cases, there are no absolute good and evil people. Everyone understands this. When you are in a desperate situation, you face a fork in the road between good and evil. Which path you choose generally depends on which direction the first hand that reaches out to you leads you."
Chen Yunli paused.
Realizing he had gotten stuck in a dead end where extreme evil must correspond to extreme good, he immediately understood: "I, I think I understand. But..."
He had clearly decided to stay away from the emotional life of the protagonist, but now it seemed impossible, especially since the protagonist of this world was also called Chen Wenjian. Even if he had to take a detour to complete the mission, he couldn't bear to ignore it.
"System, let me confirm again, that's a cat, right?"
"Yes."
"good."
Don’t think too much about it, just pretend that you have traveled to another world and raised a cat.
Chen Yunli thought about it, chose a suitable angle, lay back on the pillow, closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep.
Go to bed early and get up early, and go find the cat tomorrow.
…
“Meow… meow…”
"Mimi...Mimi?"
According to the positioning provided by the system, Chen Yunli found the famous garbage alley on Xiangyu Street early in the morning, pinching his nose and calling "Mimi" in a muffled voice.
Garbage Alley is just as its name suggests, filled with all kinds of domestic garbage. Mountains of garbage are scattered all over the place, rotten sewage flows in between, flies are flying around, and the stench is overwhelming, as disgraceful as the evil god Cthulhu.
Rats and cockroaches ran across the ground from time to time, swarms of ants shuttled through the cracks in the garbage dump, and all kinds of unnamed reptiles jumped around, which was both disgusting and terrifying.
Fortunately, Chen Yunli is not afraid of these things. If any blind insect dares to jump over and bite him, he can calmly avoid it and then crush it with his feet.
Who dares to be so arrogant to him?
"Mimi... Mimi... Is there a cat here? If there is, answer me!" Chen Yunli called "Mimi" in a soft voice for dozens of times. He became a little impatient and shouted with his hands on his hips.
He circled around the stinking garbage mountain twice, but couldn't even find Maomao. However, the system positioning clearly showed that he was still there, and the blue marker had not moved. Where did Chen Wenjian hide?
Don't tell him it's hidden in the garbage dump, he will never pick up the household garbage that is oozing black water!
As Chen Yunli thought about it, he frowned, took off his coat, wrapped it around his hands, and stretched it towards the nearest pile of garbage with a look of disgust on his face.
At that time, in a dark corner, a palm-sized ball of fur curled up in a narrow space, its eyes half-drooped, as if taking a nap, but its ears stood up energetically.
It noticed the man the moment he walked into the alley. He was dressed neatly, had fair skin, and was not holding a garbage bag. He was completely different from the scavengers and ordinary garbage throwers. It was obvious that he had other purposes.
But Chen Wenjian didn't care about his purpose. He just thought he was noisy and kept meowing to try to be cute. He never stopped pretending and it was so annoying.
It hopes that the man will leave this damn place as soon as possible. It is dirty and smelly, which will dirty his clothes and shoes, and will also make him smell a stinky smell that cannot be washed off. When he goes out, he will be despised by people on the street.
Is he here to look for the cat? The one in his mouth?
Chen Wenjian thought in self-loathing, don't look for it anymore. I've been here for many days. I couldn't sleep all night because of the pain from the internal injuries caused by the monster catcher's weapon. I even counted the number of ants on the ground, and I haven't seen another cat at all.
It's just a cat. If it's lost, you can just buy another one. Or there are plenty of stray cats on the roadside. You can just pick one up and raise it. It can also be a good deed. What a good thing.
Perhaps because of the severe torture of the injuries, Chen Wenjian was upset. Every time the man outside shouted, his annoyance increased. If he was not so injured that he could not move, he would definitely jump in front of him and yell at him to drive him away.
Thinking of this, Chen Wenjian inexplicably felt some strength in his body and forced himself to open his eyes.
At this time, the man no longer called out "Mimi", but stood there, not knowing what he was thinking - maybe he was giving up?
Chen Wenjian breathed a sigh of relief, his ears drooping beside his head. He felt that this world was so terrible and boring that he could see the end of it at a glance. If it were to be destroyed one day, there would be nothing more worth regretting except the sunshine.
Chen Wenjian thought of this and was about to close his eyes and take a nap after the man left, but he suddenly saw him take off his coat and wrap it around his hands, then stretch his hand forward.
What is he doing? !
What is he going to do? !
Is he trying to find his tits in the garbage dump?!
Is this man's head filled with steel, cement and concrete?!
Chen Wenjian's eyes suddenly widened. An inexplicable anxiety overwhelmed the severe pain in his body. He propped himself up and stood up. A hoarse cry came out of his throat again:
"Meow, wow, wow—"
Before Chen Yunli's hand touched the garbage mountain, he was frightened by the broken and distorted shouting behind him and retracted his hand, his whole body trembling.
If it weren't for the "meow" sound at the beginning, he would never have dreamed that there were cats in the world that meowed so unpleasantly. It was to the point where the original sound could be used as a horror movie sound effect. It was both terrifying and magical, and only the fading ending sound brought out a bit of soft texture.
Chen Yunli ran over to the sound and found a section of drainage ditch in the corner between two garbage mountains. Both ends of the ditch were mostly filled with garbage, leaving only this section empty, but it was also filled with a thick layer of sewage, which was extremely smelly.
There was a tilted baffle on the right side of the drainage ditch. Chen Yunli pinched his nose and took a closer look. From the gap in the baffle, he saw a black...tail?
He was afraid that he had seen it wrong, so he looked carefully. After a while, the tail-like thing swung left and right. The amplitude was very small, but he immediately caught it accurately.
Chen Yunli quickly lifted the baffle, and the sunlight and wind poured into the space below from above his head. He met a pair of cat eyes that were squinted by the strong light, and the small figure that was standing tremblingly, only the size of his palm, suddenly came into his sight.
What a small cat.
It was dirty and skinny, not even as big as the rat that just passed by Chen Yunli's feet.
His eyes were very round, almost taking up half of his head. They were the same deep blue as the sea, reflecting the sunlight and the clear sky. Even the weakest state could not obscure his original brightness and clarity.
"Congratulations to the reviewer for successfully finding the protagonist of the plot." The system prompted.
Chen Wenjian bathed in the scorching sun, and the strong warmth of his presence invaded every corner of his body, forcefully suppressing the pain in his body.
Because of the backlight, it couldn't see the face of the person in front of it. It only saw that he suddenly curved his eyes, like a traveler who had traveled thousands of miles and finally found the desperate situation he had been longing for. He smiled particularly brightly and happily.
"You're such a good hider! I finally found you!"
Chen Wenjian was stunned when he heard his joyful voice. He was unable to avoid his outstretched hand, which he carefully wrapped up in his coat and then put into his arms.
It blinked blankly, wanting to break free and tell him that it was not the Mimi he was looking for - maybe they were a little similar, but the cat that was cherished and cared for so much could never be an incompetent, weak and stupid cat demon like it.
But the sun is too warm, and so is this embrace.
Chen Wenjian couldn't help but curl up his limbs and lean his head on the man's arm, feeling his body temperature continuously ironing his fur, then seeping into his flesh, slowly removing the cold and pain that was like a thorn in his side.
Anyway... his cat isn't here.
He was the one who found me, I didn't deceive him.
When he finds out, I'll leave.
Chen Wenjian let his weak emotions grow wildly, nestled contentedly in Chen Yunli's arms, and closed his eyes peacefully.
It felt two fingers gently tickling its ears and chin, and without any instinctive resistance, a purring sound escaped its throat.
“How cute.”
The man's voice was full of laughter.
…
"So cute." Chen Yunli rubbed the little black cat's soft ears with a smile.
No wonder so many people love to keep cats, and some keep several at a time. These fluffy and soft little creatures are so healing!
"Congratulations to the reviewer. The protagonist's mentality has changed by 10%. His positive mentality is now 10%, his negative mentality is 70%, and his sick, sick, and yandere values are 20%. "The system's prompt came so suddenly that it even froze the machine.
Chen Yunli was stunned: "Yandere? What did I do to make him become yandere?"
The system remained strangely silent for a moment. "Perhaps it misunderstood the auditor's purpose, or perhaps... uh... it's a cat after all, and whatever a cat does is justified."
"……ah?"
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