Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Han Senâs continued traversal of the core area was free from strife. Although many people sought to follow him, none of them sought trouble.
That was what depressed Han Sen, though. Not even the Demons came looking to start a fight. Han Sen wanted more of those Demon Dolls, and he wasnât getting another chance to procure one.
The next day, Han Sen decided to let Autumn Wind go. He didnât really need another person to pull the rickshaw for him, and if the Demon werenât going to come, there was no point in doing any of this.
âBrother Wind, youâve fulfilled your promise. You can leave now.â
Autumn Wind was actually pretty nice, so Han Sen didnât want to trouble him too much.
After Autumn Wind heard this, he shook his head determinedly. He said, âNo! No! Since I lost, I must uphold my end of the bargain.â
âYouâve already pulled it all day. Thatâs plenty,â Han Sen replied with shock.
âOne day is not enough,â Autumn Wind said. âI have to help you and these two ladies for at least year. No, ten years! It is my pleasure to help you three out.â
Ji Yang Sheng was so angry, and he thought to himself, âYou are such an idiot. Why would you want to be a rickshaw boy?â
Han Sen looked at Autumn Wind and said emotionlessly, âWe donât need this rickshaw anymore. You may leave. Perhaps we will meet again one day.â
Autumn Wind still didnât look willing to leave. He said, âEven if you donât need a rickshaw, there must be some other service I can do for you. I can hunt down xenogeneics and cook well. Let me work for you.â
âJust go while weâre letting you live. Stop talking crap!â Elysian Moon said in annoyance.
Autumn Wind sighed and said, âIf you insist on me leaving, then I will. I hope I can see you both again someday.â
After that, Autumn Wind dropped the rope and departed. He kept looking back as he was leaving as if he didnât want to go. People would think that being a rickshaw boy had been a luxurious vacation for him, not an arduous task that he was conscripted into.
âThis Autumn Wind would do anything for pretty girls. What a player.â Han Sen laughed. He knew that Autumn Wind was only there for Elysian Moon and Gu Qingcheng.
After Autumn Wind left, Ji Yang Sheng saw Han Sen look at him. He thought to himself, âLet me go... let me go... let me go now...â
âWhat are you waiting for? Hurry up and pull our rickshaw,â Han Sen said with a cruel stare.
âF*ck!â Ji Yang Sheng was furious. He wanted to slap Han Sen more than a few times, but all he could do was pull the carriage.
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In a distant corner of a dark world, a dim light was shining amidst the old ruins of a palace.
âOld Cat, are you sure Little Sacred Leader can go to the sanctuaries now?â Auntie Mei asked, looking at Nine Life Cat.
âOld Cat, you better think this through. If something happens to Little Sacred Leader, I will kill you,â Old Vulture said to Old Cat with a fearsome gaze.
Old Cat laughed. âDonât worry. Iâm not wrong about this. Little Sacred Leader is going to be King class. This is the best time for him to earn genes in the sanctuaries. If he reaches King class, his self-cogwheel will be complete. Then, it will be too late for him to earn the genes he requires. He must reset his bodyâs genes before he becomes King class, then he can use his self-cogwheel to become King class.â
âBut Little Sacred Leader is already a Duke. Are you sure it is safe for him to go to the sanctuaries?â Auntie Mei asked.
âOthers might not fare well, but Little Sacred Leader wonât have any trouble.â Old Cat paused and then went on to say, âDonât worry. I will be following behind Little Sacred Leader. I wonât allow anything bad to happen to him.â
âYou better... Otherwise...â Auntie Mei coldly grunted.
Those scary people said goodbye to Littleflower. Not long after, a man and a cat took a lantern with them as they left the ruins. They ventured out into the darkness.
âOld Cat, I want to see my mother,â Littleflower said to Old Cat. He was holding the lantern as he walked.
âOf course. You can now go anywhere, but you must know that your mother loves you so much. When you are back, she will want to keep you and not allow you to go anywhere. But this world is going to end, and when that happens, your mother, family, and friends will all die. If you donât level up and save all of existence, then your mother and your father will leave you. Even your cute sister will die. You saw the video of her, right? Do you really want them to be killed?â Old Cat said.
âOnly I can save the world? Is there no other way?â Littleflower asked, looking at Old Cat.
âYes, you are the savior of this world. Only you can save everybody,â the Old Cat answered seriously.
âFine. We will go to the sanctuaries. I wonât let my parents or my sister get hurt. I will save the world.â Littleflowerâs face looked certain of this.
âYes. Just like that. Save the world, and then you can be with your family,â the Old Cat said with a nod and a blink.
Standing in the First Godâs Sanctuary, Tang Mingâer happily clutched her knife and rushed forward. She headed for the fields, wanting to kill creatures. She had just turned sixteen, and this was her first time in the sanctuaries, but the weird thing was, the shelter she resided in was empty. She was the only person there.
That didnât matter to Tang Mingâer, though. She had the Tang familyâs positive personality, and she was confident in her abilities. She didnât care if there was no one there. She just wanted to kill creatures quickly.
After running for a short while, she saw two creatures running across the fields. Tang Mingâer was happy about this. She sprinted toward them with her z-steel knife.
But when Tang Mingâer drew close, she was given a fright. The two creatures were a twelve-year-old boy and a beast that resembled a cat.
The boy had red lips and white teeth. He was beautiful, and he looked like a human.
People couldnât enter the sanctuaries until they were sixteen, though. If they entered before their sixteenth birthday, their bodies would be damaged. With that in mind, he couldnât have been a human.
âAre you a human or what?â Tang Mingâer asked, raising her knife as she drew close to the boy.
âIâm human. Youâre a human too, right, big sister?â Littleflower looked at Tang Mingâer with curiosity. He hadnât seen another human in years.
Tang Mingâer felt relieved to hear he was a human, but she didnât think that could be true. She pulled out her knife and pointed it at Littleflower. She said, âDonât lie to me. Humans can only enter the sanctuaries when they are sixteen. You are so small. How did you enter the sanctuaries before that?â
Littleflower was about to respond when he heard something tearing its way out of the soil. Grass and dirt fountained up, and a ten-meter-long centipede came out of the ground. It was going to attack Tang Mingâer and Littleflower.
âRun!â Tang Mingâerâs face went pale. She picked up Littleflower and ran toward her shelter.
Before she entered the sanctuaries, she had read about the creatures that lived there. She immediately knew this was a sacred-blood demon centipede. She had just entered the sanctuaries, and so she couldnât beat it.