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After receiving the bet money from the matched battle and the Ten Consecutive Wins prize money, Luo Ning immediately scooped up the cat Xiao Ye without a second word, and had Yin Yue use “Moonlight Teleport” to flash away!
That Green Tea Bitch named Lin Xiaoyin, a masochistic beast tamer, wasn’t just eyeing her Xiao Ye anymore—she was actually eyeing her too!
Wasn’t she calling her “evil pink hair” at first?
Who knows what was going on in her head!
After the battle ended, she immediately knelt down on the spot, acknowledging her as the Big Sister of all spiritual little sisters, rambling about how half her life had drifted by without finding a worthy master, and begging that whenever the Big Sister threw a party, she’d be invited, and so on and so forth.
“…” Luo Ning.
In the end, under Lin Xiaoyin’s burning gaze of fanatical longing—like she couldn’t wait to follow her to the ends of the earth—Luo Ning quickly had Yin Yue hold her, while she held Xiao Ye, and fled the Battle Arena branch hall at lightning speed.
Too scary! Society really had all kinds of people!
Did someone as pure, kind, and adorable as her look like the type to throw those kinds of wild parties?
Hmph! As if!
Luo Ning immediately pulled out her phone and transferred another 50,000 coins to Su Wanwan as food money.
[Su Wanwan (bro who shares my hardships, I’ve become a hardship-sharing bro): ?]
“?” Luo Ning.
[Not Eating Lemons: What the heck, Su Wanwan, what kind of thunderous abstract net name is that?!]
[Su Wanwan: Sending money again? You won?]
[Not Eating Lemons: Loli with hands on hips jpg. It was simply easy!]
[Not Eating Lemons: Lao Su, you won’t believe it! That person I just battled—it was actually that Green Tea Bitch we ran into at the mall! She not only… this and that, so and so…]
Luo Ning vented all the thunderous details of the battle to Su Wanwan.
“…” Su Wanwan.
Su Wanwan looked at the messages on her phone, the corner of her mouth twitching unconsciously. She never thought there were people in real life even more abstract than her net name…
Su Wanwan hadn’t accompanied Luo Ning to the Battle Arena. Lately, she’d been feeling the pressure, and to avoid falling too far behind Luo Ning, she’d taken Leaf Slug to the Jiangcheng People and Beast Hospital to work part-time.
She could earn some pocket money while also training Leaf Slug’s healing skills.
Over the past few days, she and Leaf Slug had made great progress.
Su Wanwan thought for a moment, then typed out a question.
[Su Wanwan (bro who shares…hardships…): What do you want to eat tonight? Ask those two unruly girls next to you. Send me what you want to eat later. First come, first served.]
[Su Wanwan (my hardship-sharing bro): Also, Shuo Ling should be coming home today, right? Ask her for me too. There have been a lot of patients bitten by insect-type creatures lately. I need to get back to work.]
[Not Eating Lemons: Alrighty then.]
Luo Ning put away her phone and habitually stroked the black cat Xiao Ye in her arms.
“Meow ha~ purr purr purr~”
At this moment, Xiao Ye was a completely soft little ball of fluff nestled in Luo Ning’s arm, its sleek pitch-black fur being gently stroked, so content that even its blue-gold heterochromatic eyes narrowed into thin, elegant vertical slits—just two slivers of gold and blue. It activated its purring “Emperor Engine” and turned into a soft, squishy black furball.
The dainty, refined cat face nuzzled against Luo Ning’s palm, the soft black fur on its ear tips tickling her hand.
Moonlight flickered.
Yin Yue princess-carried Luo Ning to the ruined Unfinished Building suburb that had become rubble.
Yin Yue’s wolf ears twitched slightly, her clear amber eyes blinking. Mimicking the way Luo Ning petted Xiao Ye, she ruffled Luo Ning’s head.
Yin Yue wore an extremely satisfied expression, her fluffy wolf tail swishing playfully beneath her raised skirt.
Master’s head feels amazing too~
“…” Luo Ning.
If only Yin Yue would stop pressing her head against her big, warm, soft…
Whatever, as long as Yin Yue was happy.
Luo Ning glanced at the devastated environment with a massive crater blown into the ground, and felt a twinge of guilt.
The “Star Track Repulsion Wave”—also known as “Almighty Push”—that Yin Yue and Shuo Ling had unleashed was just too destructive. Most of the entire Unfinished Building area was gone.
Still, thank goodness Whale Uncle was there to clean up after them. And the other day, Whale… worker… Uncle had been super efficient, actually managing to procure a whole ton of Memory-Silver Iron for them.
Luo Ning was deeply touched by that. From now on, she had to save some good stuff for Whale Uncle!
Also, from now on, she’d reluctantly call him Teacher.
She wondered how Shuo Ling was doing now.
Per Shuo Ling’s request, Whale Uncle had hauled all that Memory-Silver Iron over here.
After Yin Yue had sent Shuo Ling into the Protection Secret Realm, Shuo Ling had started tinkering away, saying she couldn’t come pick her up until today.
She hoped Shuo Ling could unlock some amazing Black Technology. Getting connected with the national network would be the real move!
“Alright, Yin Yue. Put me down first.”
“No way. Xiao Ye won’t get down either~”
Yin Yue held Luo Ning tightly in a princess carry, using Xiao Ye in Luo Ning’s arms as a comparison to refuse.
Luo Ning couldn’t argue with her, so she just let Yin Yue keep holding her.
“Hmph~ Stupid Yin Yue meow! Getting cheap and selling well!”
Xiao Ye, who’d been dragged in as an excuse, was instantly upset.
It was obviously Yin Yue, the stupid dog, who wanted to hold her!
“It’s ‘getting cheap and acting cute’ actually, Xiao Ye.” Yin Yue patiently corrected her.
“M-mind your own business!”
Shyness and embarrassment instantly flooded Xiao Ye’s heart.
Its black cat ears flattened into airplane ears pressed against its head, and its long fluffy tail stiffly coiled around Luo Ning’s forearm, giving a light squeeze, as if trying to hide its awkwardness.
Yin Yue watched the tsundere Xiao Ye in her master’s arms, amber eyes rippling with gentle amusement.
Did their current position count as making Master into a sandwich cookie?
Yin Yue lowered her head slightly, her nose gently brushing against Luo Ning’s hair, warm breath sweeping through the strands. She wore an utterly blissful expression.
“Master is so soft, and feels amazing to hold~ Yin Yue loves holding you~”
“Alright, alright, you can hold me, you can hold me. But let’s go see how Shuo Ling is doing first.”
Luo Ning adjusted her position in Yin Yue’s arms. Fortunately, Yin Yue came with a built-in pillow, so lying here was comfortable…
By comparison, Xiao Ye didn’t seem to have a pillow.
“…” Xiao Ye.
Just as they were talking, a subtle ripple of space rippled through the distant air.
Fragile streams of starlight spilled from the void, and at the center of the once-barren ruins, a semi-transparent Mystic Realm passage slowly materialized.
From deep within the passage, the outline of a colossal Ancient Warship slowly emerged.
After days of repair and modification by Shuo Ling, the once-rugged, mottled cracks hadn’t been completely erased, but they’d been delicately inlaid and gently sealed with the shimmering white light of Memory-Silver Iron, transforming into vein-like patterns of starlight running across the ship’s hull.
The battle scars on the Ship Hull remained faintly visible, preserving its ancient heritage of crossing the sea of stars and waging war across the universe.
From a distance, the ship’s body was sleek and sharp, its metal exterior seeming to flow with dreamlike starlight.
“Looks like Shuo Ling spotted us. Let’s hurry in and take a look!”
Luo Ning could hardly contain her excitement!