Chapter 200: The Savior (Completed)
But Ning Wanwan didn't find the atmosphere particularly romantic.
Because all she could imagine was that if the little monster reverted to its non-human form at that moment, a huge pool of dark, shiny mud would engulf her entirely.
"You don't think that's going too far?!"
The little monster raised its voice in disbelief.
Ning Wanwan: "...What?"
“You just abandoned me without a word! You vanished without a trace and never came back to see me! No matter how I call out to you…”
The little monster asked, but the more it spoke, the more it felt something was wrong; it sounded like a wronged accusation. It stopped speaking, gave a cold laugh, its expression filled with hatred and a ferocious look.
"In short, don't think I'll let you off so easily!"
"I'll torture you horribly, just you wait and see!"
After saying that, the little monster turned around and walked away.
The door was firmly closed.
Ning Wanwan waited for a while, but the little monster didn't come back. Confirming that the other party had really left, she got off the bed and walked towards the window.
[You want to run away]
“Of course.” Ning Wanwan frowned. “Under these circumstances, no one would refrain from running away, right?”
[I advise you to give up this idea for now; you can't escape here.] The system's voice was very leisurely.
Ning Wanwan walked to the window and looked outside. She was worried that the window would be locked, but it opened smoothly.
There was nothing outside except for the blue sky and white clouds.
She looked down again.
...So high.
How can it be so tall?
No wonder the little monster just left like that, without worrying at all that she might escape through the window.
[Stop looking, you're a princess trapped in a tower now.] The system chuckled jokingly.
Ning Wanwan was speechless: "Uh, what the heck is 'princess'..."
[Isn't she the perfect princess? She's afraid someone else will snatch you away.]
The system said, "[But don't worry, princes... oh no, princes will come to rescue you.]"
Ning Wanwan: "..."
Ning Wanwan ignored it and continued to peer out the window. After confirming that she really couldn't escape from here, she went to the door and tried to open it, but the door was locked. She didn't have the key, so naturally she failed.
Ning Wanwan returned to the bedside and sighed.
Then I started to think seriously about what the little monster wanted to do by bringing me here.
Revenge... how will he retaliate?
Many bloody images flashed through her mind, but the system popped up again as if it couldn't stand being ignored.
Don't overthink it; just be gentle with it, and it will be fine.
Ning Wanwan found it hard to believe; how could it be so easy?
[Trust me, it's true.] The system said calmly, then fell silent.
Ning Wanwan was skeptical, but since the system had said so, she decided to give it a try. That evening, the little monster came again.
This time, the little monster had some injuries. When it saw Ning Wanwan obediently staying in the room and looking at it, its expression softened for a moment, but it quickly became fierce again.
"What are you looking at? These injuries were all caused by your men. Aren't you happy?"
Ning Wanwan retorted earnestly: "They are not my men."
"Oh." The girl actually looked directly at it and answered its question in a calm tone, which made the little monster feel a little uncomfortable.
After uttering a dry interjection, it didn't know what else to say.
Ning Wanwan thought for a moment and asked, "Do you want to rest?"
"……What"
"Are you here so late to rest?" Ning Wanwan asked again, without showing any impatience.
The little monster paused for a moment.
It knew that Ning Wanwan's sudden change of attitude meant something was wrong, and she might be plotting something bad.
but……
"want."
She walked stiffly to the bedside, lay down on it, and thought resentfully, "Why didn't she ask me to come? I'm already here, and she invited me herself."
The blanket was very clean; it had been carefully selected and prepared by the little monster. It still seemed to carry the girl's unique, faint scent.
The little monster liked it very much.
It suppressed the urge to revert to a gelatinous liquid and devour the entire bed, and coldly asked Ning Wanwan, "Aren't you coming up?"
Ning Wanwan hesitated for a moment, then took off her shoes and got into bed.
It smells so good, so good, so good!
I love it so much!
Sister... Wanwan...
The little monster felt as if its tentacles were about to materialize, and it longed to tightly wrap around the humans beside it, to entwine them into its body, and never separate them again.
I don't know why I like a human little monster so much.
But I just really like it.
But this human must not find out, otherwise she will definitely use this information to escape from its side again.
The little monster sensed that the girl seemed to be moving a little closer to it.
It said with a mixture of delight and feigned indifference and ferocity, "Don't think you can please me like this."
[Pretending.] The system scoffed.
Ning Wanwan, who was just feeling a little cold and pulled the blanket a little closer, said, "Huh? Ah... okay."
She tried to please it, but she didn't do anything special.
But since it feels it has pleased it, then so be it.
Ning Wanwan had thought she would have a hard time sleeping tonight, or that the little monster would do something else to make things difficult for her. But unexpectedly, she slept very well.
The little monster made some tough threats, but when she lay down next to it, it didn't move at all and was incredibly obedient.
You've softened your heart.
"No."
In the following days, Ning Wanwan became much nicer to the little monster. Actually, she didn't do anything else, just smiled at it when it came and said a few words to it.
Just by doing this, the little monster's aura softened considerably, and it seemed less wary of her.
Ning Wanwan felt her chance had come. One night, while they were sharing a bed, she secretly took the key from the little monster and tried to open the door and leave.
It can be opened! She was pleasantly surprised.
But as soon as she stepped out the door, the little monster grabbed her waist and pulled her back.
"Didn't you ever consider that the key is also a part of me?"
Ning Wanwan was stunned for a moment, looking at the key in her hand, which had now turned into a soft black tentacle, still wriggling in her palm.
Ning Wanwan's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly threw it away.
"You, you..." The Beast King's intelligence is actually quite high...
The little monster had a fierce and cold expression, as if it were very angry. The force with which it gripped her waist was so strong that she was almost suffocating. Ning Wanwan closed her eyes, thinking she was about to be killed.
And then... even though it was so angry, it didn't do anything to her.
I just held her even tighter when we slept at night.
After that, the little monster's injuries increased every day. It would return to Ning Wanwan to recover from its injuries and then go out to fight again the next day.
"Your men are quite strong, they actually managed to hurt me like this," the little monster said.
Ning Wanwan was too lazy to argue that those people weren't her men.
But she didn't understand why they had to do something so pointless. If they weren't going to kill her or do anything else, why did they have to kidnap her and bring her here? They would rather fight every day and get injured than give her up.
Ning Wanwan had asked about this before, but the little monster would only coldly reply, "Don't ask too many questions about monsters."
"I'm making plans, playing a very big game, and I have my own rhythm."
"You don't understand the scale of the Beast King."
Ning Wanwan: "…………"
She had originally intended to persuade the little monster to let her go, but had to give up on that idea. She was very worried about Qi Lin and the others' safety, and after searching through the entire story, she couldn't find a way to defeat the Beast King at this point.
[No need to go through the plot.] The system said, [When you went back in time before, weren't you still frustrated, feeling that trying to tame it was a failed attempt?]
But actually, taming it is the only way.
[And the only one who can tame it is you.]
When the system said this, it wasn't teaching, but rather a kind of insight, or perhaps... a resigned sigh.
Ning Wanwan remained silent for a long time.
One day, when the little monster hadn't returned for a long time, Ning Wanwan was wondering if something had happened when she suddenly heard a faint noise outside the window.
Ning Wanwan walked to the window and opened it. Zhou Yanyao's fluffy black head poked in.
"Wanwan! We've finally found you! We've come to rescue you!"
Ning Wanwan was stunned for a moment. Zhou Yanyao had already climbed in through the window, and he wasn't alone. Following him were Qi Lin, Jiang Chengran, Xiao Zhou, Ansil, Shen Wu, and even some other people whom Ning Wanwan didn't think she had much of an acquaintance with...
“It took a long time just to break through the defenses that guy set up here. Ning Wanwan, you humans have really brought a lot of trouble,” Jeremy said, arms crossed.
"Long time no see, Ning Wanwan. I didn't expect you to cause such a big problem without saying a word. Your teacher has been worried for a long time."
Mu Xijue waved to Ning Wanwan with her almond-shaped eyes curved, but dark circles were visible under her eyes, indicating that she hadn't had a proper rest in a long time.
"Hurry up," Jiang Yuyuan's calm voice rang out. "We're just trying to distract them temporarily; they'll probably be back soon."
"Wanwan, come with us." Zhou Yanyao reached out his hand to Ning Wanwan.
Just as Ning Wanwan was about to reach out in response, a strange, sticky hissing sound resounded through the sky, and darkness instantly fell outside the window. A huge black monster squeezed in through the window cracks, firmly blocking all the exits.
"Don't go! Anyone who dares to take her away—"
"I'll kill you all, kill you all, for daring to walk right into my trap—"
The little monster was enraged. It swelled up to a size that blotted out the sky, determined to leave the lives of these people on its territory.
Qi Lin and the others wore solemn expressions. If this was a game, then the big boss before them had clearly entered a berserk state. They would inevitably have to pay a huge price, perhaps even their lives, to kill him.
But no one retreated here.
Ning Wanwan's heart clenched. In the original plot, the male lead was able to kill the Beast King because he eventually became the strongest. But now, it was very likely because of her interference that the boss battle between the protagonist and the main antagonist had been brought forward far too much...
Even if there are so many people now, can they really win?
Ning Wanwan couldn't take that risk. If someone died here because of her, she would feel guilty for the rest of her life.
Ning Wanwan snatched a weapon from Zhou Yanyao's waist—a dagger. Zhou Yanyao was taken aback, but because it was Ning Wanwan, he trusted her and did not resist.
Who knew that the next second, the dagger would be pressed against her neck.
"Let them go," Ning Wanwan said to the monster.
"Wanwan, you mustn't hurt yourself!"
Everyone was stunned and tried to stop her, but Ning Wanwan remained motionless, staring only at the little monster.
The little monster remained motionless, its cold voice rang out: "Do you think I care?"
Ning Wanwan applied a little force to the dagger pressed against her neck, leaving a shallow bloodstain.
The dark, shiny tentacles trembled violently and retreated rapidly like a tide.
Qi Lin and the others had complicated expressions. They never expected that the obstacle of the Beast King, which they had been so wary of, would be resolved so easily.
But—"Wanwan, this is too much! You can't treat your body like a game!"
The dagger was quickly taken away, and the wound on the neck was quickly treated.
Ning Wanwan lowered her head and gave an awkward smile: "It's just that extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures... Don't worry, it won't happen again."
She never expected that her gamble would actually make the little monster care about her so much that he couldn't bear to see her get hurt in the slightest.
"Wanwan, come with us quickly."
Just as Ning Wanwan was about to leave with them, the little monster that had been cowering there suddenly let out a miserable and sorrowful cry, full of despair.
"Wanwan, Wanwan—don't go—"
"This is the second time, don't abandon me again—I'll be very obedient—"
Ning Wanwan was stunned and couldn't help but turn her head back.
This seems to be a glimmer of hope.
The little monster seemed to have abandoned all pride and defenses, slowly dragging itself to her feet, tightly wrapping around her legs, crying and sobbing.
"Wanwan, Wanwan—don't leave me—"
Ning Wanwan hesitated for a moment before deciding not to kick it off her.
She remembered what the system had said.
Is it only oneself who can tame it?
“You can’t…” Ning Wanwan was about to say the rules of human society that she had once taught to the little monster.
"I won't kill anyone again!" The little monster answered unexpectedly. It recalled the panic of losing her back then, its tentacles trembled, and it wrapped itself around her even tighter.
"I won't make that mistake again... I was wrong back then... I'll listen to you, I'll never hurt anyone again, please don't abandon me..."
The little monster cried terribly, its whole body like a pool of boiling black glue, scalding hot and trembling incessantly, as if the events of that year had caused it PTSD.
Ning Wanwan: "...Okay, I'll take you away. First, let go of my leg."
The little monster was instantly delighted and clung tightly to her wrist again, its black tentacles sticking out noticeably against the girl's fair skin.
Ning Wanwan turned her head and saw a group of men staring at her with different expressions.
"Hmm... I still want to try, to keep it under control... that should be the best way for the world."
Ning Wanwan pulled her wrist back, feeling inexplicably uncomfortable. She felt like she was cheating on someone else in front of a group of boyfriends... What a ridiculous analogy! Anyway, she continued to explain.
They all nodded, though their expressions might not have reflected it, but they all said it was fine.
"This guy is impossible to kill, and only Wanwan has the ability to keep an eye on him. She really is capable."
"Without the Beast King, the pressure on the human side is much less. Wanwan can now be considered a savior!"
"But Wanwan, you can't get too close to it normally. After all, it's a strange beast, not a good thing."
These humans were subtly and overtly trying to sow discord between the little monster and the monster, which grew increasingly agitated, finally snapped.
"How am I not a good person! You are not allowed to ruin my reputation!"
The little monster wriggled its body unhappily, trying to argue with them, but how could a single monster withstand the cunning of a group of humans? It was quickly defeated.
The men sneered; they couldn't deal with the other rivals for the time being, and they couldn't even subdue this monster.
As always, Ning Wanwan remained silent in this strange atmosphere, avoiding any involvement or effort to deal with the situation.
Don't put this complicated matter of balancing a chaotic situation on someone with social anxiety...
And so, amidst the chatter of the group, the girl left the tower in a daze, surrounded by people, and embarked on a new life.
Now that the main villain has been defeated and the threat to humanity has been greatly reduced, it can be said that the apocalypse has been successfully prevented.
So this should be considered a happy ending... right?
Ning Wanwan thought uncertainly.
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Author's Note: Not finished yet.
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