“Host! Everyone who enters a secret realm will transform into their bloodline beast form!”
The system’s answer was matter-of-fact.
Shen Qingyao was stunned.
“But I’m one hundred percent human!”
When had she ever become a monster?
“Ding! After examination, the host possesses 0.002% Tiger bloodline. After enhancement, you are capable of awakening a Tiger beast form!”
“No! I’m a descendant of the Dragon!”
That’s right!
If she really had any non-human genes, the only one she would acknowledge was the Dragon!
They, the people of Huaxia, were descendants of the Dragon!
The system paused, as if scanning her body once again, before replying:
“After examination, the host does not possess Dragon bloodline!”
Shen Qingyao finally had no way to argue.
She crouched on the ground and scratched at a stone with her furry paws.
“So my beast form is a big tiger?”
No!
“Host, your beast form is a White Tiger. You can click on the system to view it!”
Shen Qingyao opened the system, and sure enough, her avatar had turned into a fluffy white creature covered in long, soft fur. Two tiny tufts of pink fur decorated the tips of its ears, while its eyes were as blue as sapphires.
There was even a 王-shaped marking on its forehead, making it impossible to mistake it for an ordinary cat.
“This… is my beast form?”
It was ridiculously cute!
This was supposed to be a big tiger?
Even kittens weren’t this adorable!
But white… among the feline species, wasn’t that supposed to be at the very bottom of the pecking order?
“Host, White Tigers are members of the interstellar nobility!”
Hearing that, Shen Qingyao’s mood finally improved somewhat.
Nobility, huh?
Then she could reluctantly accept this beast form!
“System, can I return to my human form after I leave?”
A human body was the ultimate configuration for farming!
What could these tiny furry paws possibly do?
Catch butterflies?
“Host, the secret realm is a projection of your spiritual body. Your physical body has not actually awakened a beast form!”
“That’s good!”
She had almost thought that entering a secret realm would actually turn her into a non-human!
“System, what is the secret realm’s mission?”
There had to be some kind of mission. Surely she hadn’t come all the way into a secret realm for nothing?
Unexpectedly, the system bluntly replied:
“Please explore on your own. After eight hours, your rewards will be calculated according to your exploration progress!”
Shen Qingyao was speechless.
But there was nothing she could do about it. She could only spread her little legs and begin exploring the flower fields.
Fortunately, although her paws weren’t very dexterous, she could still wield a sickle. The moment she swung it down, the system’s notification sounded:
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained 1,243 cosmos flowers!”
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained 25,349 cosmos flower seeds!”
Cosmos flowers could be used medicinally, while their seeds could also be pressed for oil.
The Spirit-grade sickle was indeed impressive. With a single swing, she had cleared an entire mu of land around her!
And when the butterflies realized that their flowers had disappeared, they began shrieking and charging toward her.
Shen Qingyao hurriedly pulled out her Spirit-grade bow and arrows. Holding the bow with her not-so-nimble little paws, she fired!
Although her accuracy was somewhat lacking, the butterflies were enormous, so she could still hit them.
She shot while running toward a nearby patch of flowers. The butterflies’ shrieks pierced into her mind like needles, making it extremely difficult for her to concentrate.
It wasn’t until she killed those few butterflies that her mind finally became quiet again.
She realized that she couldn’t recklessly cut down the cosmos flowers anymore. The flower fields were her natural cover.
So from then on, she searched for a way forward while staying among the flowers. Whenever she encountered butterflies, she hunted them down; when there were none, she harvested the cosmos flowers.
When she finally reached the only enormous flower tree in the secret realm, she was stunned by the gigantic butterfly wings resting upon it!
Beautiful.
Absolutely beautiful.
The enormous butterfly wings, shimmering with golden specks, glowed faintly beneath the sunlight. Its huge insect body was sprawled across the flower tree, feeding on the nectar.
Shen Qingyao felt almost reluctant to shatter such a beautiful scene.
But she knew that this was a secret realm. If she really gave up attacking, she’d be an idiot!
However, the moment she stepped into the flower tree’s territory, the fragrant scent carried by the breeze caused her mind to grow hazy.
“Qingyao, my marriage to Yiyi won’t affect my relationship with you. Why are you making such a fuss?”
“You should have understood from the beginning that I could never marry you!”
Who was that?
In her daze, Shen Qingyao once again remembered that humiliating scene.
“Zhou Mingli! There’s no way I’m going to be your mistress. Give up on that idea!”
Xu Yiyi leaned against Zhou Mingli’s side and spoke mockingly:
“Second Young Master Zhou, your little sparrow certainly has quite the ambitions. If you can’t handle her properly, perhaps we should just call off our engagement.”
Zhou Mingli’s brows furrowed tightly.
“What are you trying to do?”
Xu Yiyi chuckled.
“It’s not about what I want to do! I don’t really care about a little thing like this. But what about you? You need to make your attitude clear to me, don’t you?”
Zhou Mingli took a deep breath.
“You’re right. I should make my position clear.”
“Shen Qingyao, since you can’t recognize your own place, then from now on, all your rations are cut off! Once you leave me, just wait to starve to death!”
Xu Yiyi smiled in satisfaction.
“Someone who doesn’t know how to respect herself really doesn’t deserve to receive rations.”
Shen Qingyao stared at them in disbelief.
“The rations belong to me. What right do you have to take them away?”
In the apocalypse, everyone depended on rations for food because there was no longer any way to obtain food from outside!
Without her rations, she would starve to death!
Xu Yiyi giggled.
“Second Young Master Zhou, it seems your little sparrow isn’t very happy!”
Zhou Mingli patted her hand reassuringly.
“Don’t worry! She absolutely won’t appear in front of you and get in your way. I’ll take care of everything!”
Zhou Mingli put his arm around Xu Yiyi and left. Before departing, he turned to Shen Qingyao and said:
“Behave yourself, and I won’t really let you starve to death! Understand?”
Shen Qingyao replied word by word:
“Dream on! Even if I starve to death, I will never submit to you!”
Zhou Mingli angrily flung his sleeve.
“Stubborn and incorrigible! I’ll wait for the day you come begging for mercy!”
After that came endless mockery.
“Shen Qingyao, you don’t seriously think Young Master Zhou is going to marry you, do you? Why don’t you take a good look at yourself first!”
“Heh! Some people really think they can transform from a pheasant into a phoenix just because they have a pretty face? Dream on!”
“You think you’re worthy of being compared with Miss Xu? What a joke!”
“Hehe, I posted all her ugly behavior online! A homewrecker like her deserves to die!”
“Hahaha, you’re ruthless! Let me take a look too!”
Shen Qingyao covered her ears, not wanting to hear any of it.
“No! I don’t want to listen!”
“That isn’t how it happened!”
“You’re all accusing me unfairly!”
“I’m hungry… So hungry…”
“It hurts… It hurts so much…”
Somewhere in the void, someone sighed.
“Did it… fail?”
“Looks like it!”
The person beside them cautiously agreed.
“She can’t even withstand this little setback?”
“After all, it’s a youngling.”
“That’s true! Since it’s a youngling, we should be a little more lenient with it. Let me take a look… Huh?”
At some point, Shen Qingyao had already begun bleeding from all seven orifices, lying weakly on the ground.
And that golden-tailed butterfly had actually driven its proboscis straight into the center of her brow!