Seeing that Shu Ran was so anxious she was actually making little “argh” sounds, the system hurriedly comforted her.
【Because of your arrival, Ranran, the portable space that had originally been dormant inside the original owner’s body has awakened.
There are a lot of good things inside this space, including a spiritual spring!
It’s the water you just drank, Ranran. As long as you can keep drinking it every day from now on, it will be able to clear the virus… although it will take a little longer.】
Knowing there was a way for her to recover and regain her ability to speak, Shu Ran finally relaxed with a relieved sigh.
The fox’s mood improved as well.
She reached out and felt around nearby.
After using the wall to help herself stand up, she began kicking her legs and stretching her arms, checking to see if she was missing any parts.
【Don’t worry, Ranran. When you drank the spiritual spring water just now, all the wounds on your body had already healed. To help you adapt as quickly as possible, you’ll retain your own appearance in every small world.】
Being able to use her own appearance was of course a good thing. Shu Ran’s eyes curved happily.
【Then where is the Supreme God’s divine soul fragment now?】
She was a sensible little fox, after all. No matter how strange this world was, she still remembered the most important reason she had come here!
Find the stone-faced Supreme God’s divine soul fragment and escape from his hold!
【Let me take a look.】
The System opened its interface, and a moment later, someone’s location appeared on the screen.
The Supreme God had been found, but the side quest still hadn’t updated.
The System was starting to get anxious. What use was knowing only the Supreme God’s identity and location?
It needed to be told what to do to collect the Supreme God’s divine soul fragment!
The System was even starting to wonder if it should just take a wrench in there and fix it itself when two lines of text suddenly appeared on the mission interface, which had been completely blank just moments ago.
The mission that had taken so long to appear had actually shown up at just the right moment!
【The Supreme God’s identity and location have been confirmed. I’ll send you the mission first. Once you complete it, you’ll be able to collect the divine soul fragment.】
【Chain Mission: Uncover Shen Yi’s (the Supreme God’s) identity. When the favorability meter reaches its peak, you will receive Divine Soul Fragment ×1.】
【Identity of the Supreme God in this small world: Yu Yan】
Shu Ran looked at the floating screen before her, her long, curled eyelashes trembling lightly a few times.
Uncover Shen Yi’s identity?
Wasn’t Shen Yi’s soul already shattered into fragments? How could he become whole again?
Just as Shu Ran was about to study the mission a little more, the already rickety door was suddenly slammed open with a loud “Bang!”
The zombie at the doorway had been ready to let out a furious roar, but the moment its eyes met Shu Ran’s, it froze mid-snarl.
It stood there and stared at Shu Ran for quite a while.
It finally shut its mouth and wandered off, looking utterly bored.
System: ರ_ರ …
Looks like there are still some benefits to being a zombie.
The system quickly forgot about that zombie and continued,
【The Supreme God isn’t far from us. Let’s hurry over and find him!】
Shu Ran gave a soft hum and followed the system’s directions toward the Supreme God.
Since she had now become a zombie, she encountered no obstacles along the way. In fact, the whole journey was practically like taking a leisurely stroll. She wandered along leisurely until she reached her destination.
Shu Ran lifted her fair, delicate chin and looked up at the shabby six-story building across from her.
Who knew what this building had gone through? It was actually even more run-down than the buildings beside it.
The originally sky-blue exterior walls had been burned completely black, and just from looking at the outside, no one would ever think there might be someone inside.
Looking at the building before her, Shu Ran tugged at her clothes, a little hesitant.
The smell of burning here was so strong. Would it really not collapse after she went inside?
The System, however, had no such concerns at all. As soon as they arrived, it rushed inside first:
【As expected of a place chosen by the Supreme God—it’s just so different! Ranran, let’s hurry inside~】
In one of the rooms on the top floor of the dilapidated building, a tall figure with broad shoulders and a narrow waist reclined in a worn-out office chair, seemingly dozing.
Before long, a gray-blue vine plant swayed its leaves and wrapped itself around his calf, pulling him outward with all its might.
In one of the rooms on the top floor of the dilapidated building, a tall figure with broad shoulders and a narrow waist reclined in a worn-out office chair, seemingly dozing.
Before long, a gray-blue vine plant swayed its leaves and wrapped itself around his calf, pulling him outward with all its might.
After tolerating it for a brief moment, the man directly kicked at the vine-wrapped leg.
But not only did the kick fail to shake off the vine; it only caused it to wrap even tighter.
The man opened his eyes in displeasure. His long, narrow, dark eyes, filled with a thick sense of restlessness, gave the vine a warning look.
Yet under his warning gaze, the little gray-blue vine only swayed even more happily.
While coiling around the man’s calf, it extended another tendril and pointed toward the window.
Seeing its actions, the man raised an eyebrow in surprise.
“You’re saying there’s something outside?”
The little vine nodded its tendril very humanly.
The corners of the man’s lips curled up slightly. Interesting.
Normally, whenever anything entered his territory, his magic vine would attack without fail.
But this time, instead of eliminating the intruder, it had eagerly come to him to report the intruder’s presence.
Even Yu Yan, who had always been indifferent to everything, had his curiosity piqued.
He braced himself against the already-rotted window frame and casually glanced down.
But with just one look, he stopped moving completely.
In front of the empty platform downstairs, a petite figure had appeared at some point.
The little thing wandered around the bottom of the building for a few steps before finally raising her head and looking at the entire high-rise with a conflicted expression.
Her wrinkled little face was dirty, but her eyes were sparkling brightly. As if she had thought of something, she even smacked her moist lips.
Yu Yan quietly observed the girl’s every movement. Holding the inexplicably excited magic vine between his fingers, he lightly pointed at the girl’s pale purple eyes from afar.
“So that’s what you meant—a little zombie.”
And it was a very unusual little zombie at that.
He watched as the little zombie entered his territory, yet for some inexplicable reason, he did not attack her at all. He even let her walk all the way to the floor he was on.
As soon as she reached the sixth floor, Shu Ran was stunned by everything before her.
She hadn’t seen a single lush, healthy plant along the way, yet inside this dilapidated building, there was actually such a large patch hidden away!
Although the colors were somewhat unusual, the plants were still lush and flourishing. It was like a hidden Garden of Eden in a forsaken land, making the little fox, who had always loved nature, completely dazzled by the sight.
She cautiously walked a little farther, and through a crack in a door, she saw the man sitting leisurely in an office chair, dressed in a black shirt and matching black trousers.
The man had striking, sharply defined features, with deep-set, narrow eyes beneath dark brows. His physique was exceptional, and the shirt stretched across his abdomen, clearly revealing the outline of his abdominal muscles.
It was enough to stir the imagination, while at the same time making one want to actually feel them…
At this moment, he was playing with a gray-blue vine in one hand, his narrow eyes occasionally falling upon it.
But for some reason, Shu Ran always felt that those gazes were actually landing on her!
Without the slightest hesitation, she immediately hid to the side, only daring to secretly peek at him.
【Go over there, Ranran. If you don’t go meet the Supreme God, you won’t be able to do the mission or collect the fragment.】
Shu Ran understood that as well.
It was just that her reaction earlier had been out of habit.
Back in the God Realm, whenever the Supreme God encountered her, he would always keep her there. Unless she brought out her tail and begged him to pet her, the Supreme God wouldn’t let her leave.
If it were just simple petting, that would have been fine. But the Supreme God would even hold her on his lap and force her to let him touch her tail.
Every time, he would pet her until all the fur on her tail stood on its end.
So afterward, whenever she encountered the Supreme God, her first reaction was to hide. Although most of the time, he would find her anyway and then carry her out…