“I want to make those two bastards go to hell! I want everyone in that village to die a horrible death!!”
“If possible, I hope there will never be human traffickers in this world again!!”
The next second, a solemn and majestic female voice rang out.
“As you wish.”
When Xuan He opened her eyes, she found her entire body bound by something.
Looking down, she saw she was tightly tied up by a double-finger-thick hemp rope.
Xuan He gave a gentle struggle, and the hemp rope snapped as easily as a fine thread.
Because she had been bound for a long time, the circulation in her legs and hands was somewhat cut off.
Xuan He stood up, steadying herself against a wall with peeling plaster, but staggered a couple of steps due to her numb legs.
Fortunately, she managed to stabilize herself in the end and avoided a miserable close encounter with the ground.
Her legs felt tingly and numb, accompanied by a needle-like soreness. This sensation felt quite novel to Xuan He.
At that moment, a small ball of light flew over: “Lord Main God, Lord Main God! I am here!”
“Hmm,” Xuan He replied coldly.
It was not that Xuan He was aloof, but rather that a cramping sensation in her abdomen, accompanied by a gurgling sound, diverted her attention.
Was she hungry?
Xuan He, experiencing being human for the very first time, raised an eyebrow in surprise.
So this was what hunger felt like. It certainly was not very comfortable.
Xuan He was the Main God who managed the three thousand minor worlds. Ever since she had memories, she knew her responsibility was to complete and maintain the three thousand minor worlds, ensuring they operated reasonably.
For millennia, she had lacked excessive emotions and desires, living a monotonous and unchanging life.
Fortunately, she also had a system named Qianyun to assist her in running and maintaining these three thousand minor worlds.
After a thousand years of operation, Qianyun had upgraded to become the master system, serving as Xuan He’s right-hand person and her only close friend.
Qianyun commanded millions of minor systems scattered across various worlds to repair loopholes in the minor worlds, thus earning Qianyun some time off.
Some time ago, her friend Qianyun took a vacation, traveled around, and upon returning, told Xuan He: “Main God, if you haven’t tasted the food of the three thousand minor worlds, you have lived in vain!”
Whether it was a specific word in that sentence or something else, it inexplicably stirred a ripple in Xuan He’s heart.
Thus, she accepted Qianyun’s suggestion and decided to take a vacation to taste the food in the three thousand minor worlds.
Qianyun was very gratified, specially arranging a minor system named Light Ball to assist Xuan He and guide her into the minor worlds.
After the small light ball brought Xuan He into the minor world, Qianyun’s eyes held hope: “I hope you can find her again.”
Hearing Xuan He’s stomach begin to rumble, the small light ball perked up!
Its usefulness was about to be put on display!
“Lord Main God, Lord Main God, you must be hungry. Light Ball will take you to find something to eat!”
Xuan He nodded.
After a brief moment, the numbness in her legs almost vanished, allowing her to walk normally.
Strutting with high-spirited confidence, the small light ball floated out of the house and began scanning everywhere to see if there was any edible food.
It had been preparing to upgrade, but upon learning that the master system needed a system to assist the Main God, it rushed forward to volunteer without even waiting for the upgrade to finish.
Therefore, it had not actually upgraded yet, and some world knowledge had not been acquired; searching for food relied entirely on scanning and analyzing components.
Beside the courtyard fence stood an iron bucket. The small light ball scanned the contents of the iron bucket and found it rich in carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, and minerals—elements that made up food.
It shouted excitedly, forgetting even to take a look: “Lord Main God, there is food over there! That is food!”
With a cool, aloof expression and an aura of mortals dare not approach, Xuan He walked over.
She looked down at the soupy, mushy substance in the iron bucket, on top of which floated some unidentifiable green vegetable leaves.
“Lord Main God, Light Ball has scanned this. It is food and can fill your stomach! Please eat it, my Lord!” The small light ball puffed out its chest proudly, feeling immensely accomplished.
Look at that! It found food right away and got the Main God to eat!
Xuan He squatted in front of the iron bucket with a tangled expression, a flood of thoughts running through her mind.
Why did that soupy, mushy mess inside emit a faint, sour, and spoiled odor, completely lacking the aroma her friend had described food to have?
And why was the vessel holding this food so crude?
If she ate it, this faint, spoiled scent made it impossible for her to swallow. But if she did not, her hunger was gnawing at her, and it was obvious this body had not eaten anything in a long time.
She stretched out her delicate, slender hand, intending to reach into the iron bucket.
Hrumph.
A grunt caught Xuan He’s attention.
She looked up and saw a pig staring at her hostilely by the courtyard fence.
Xuan He locked eyes with the pig, which made it even more agitated, causing it to emit oinking sounds.
Hmph! Human, how dare you covet Lord Pig’s dinner!!
Xuan He frowned slightly.
Why did a pig harbor such great hostility toward her?
The pig glared at Xuan He, then its gaze fell back into the iron bucket, filled with longing and expectation as it kept making oinking sounds.
Seeing Xuan He make no move, it met her eyes again and smacked its lips.
Eye to eye, Xuan He caught a look of utter contempt in the pig’s eyes.
Hmph! She, the majestic Main God of the three thousand minor worlds, was actually being looked down upon by a pig!!!
Xuan He frowned slightly, attempting to maintain her dignity.
The atmosphere grew intensely taut, causing the nearby small light ball to swallow its non-existent saliva unconsciously.
Just when the small light ball thought Xuan He was going to reach out and kill this pig, Xuan He picked up the iron bucket, shook it in front of the pig across the fence, and under the pig’s hopeful little gaze, carried the iron bucket of pig slop even further away.
Small Light Ball: “…”
Pig: “#*&@#”
Watching the furious appearance of the pig inside the fence, Xuan He curved her lips slightly, lowering her head to look at the contents of the bucket as if she were about to taste a bite.
“Wait.”
A hurried yet timid voice came from behind.
A frail little girl stood frozen in the courtyard upon seeing this scene.
She watched as Xuan He seemingly was fighting a pig for its slop???
Could this person possibly be an idiot?
Hearing the voice, Xuan He stood up and looked at the little girl.
The girl’s skin was tanned a reddish-brown, and she was very thin and small. She wore oversized, worn-out patched clothes, and her hair was tied up messily, but a pair of bright, dark eyes peeked out as she looked at Xuan He in surprise.
She bit her lip and hesitated for a long time, unsure whether she should walk over.
She had originally intended to bring the leftover food from yesterday and the day before mixed with pig grass to feed the pig. Because she forgot to light the fire in the kitchen, she had first left the iron bucket of pig slop in the courtyard to hurry and start the fire to heat up food.
She never expected that upon returning, she would see Xuan He—the woman who should have been tied up in the room—standing safely in the courtyard.
Gurgle.
While the girl was hesitating, she heard Xuan He’s stomach let out a mournful cry.
She hesitated for a few seconds, turned around, and went back into the kitchen. When she came out, she was holding half a sweet potato, which she held out toward Xuan He.
Xuan He looked down at the dark, grimy little hand holding something with a black exterior, momentarily confused about its meaning.
The small light ball cautiously crept closer. Because of its earlier blunder that almost made the Main God eat pig slop, it had to redeem itself!!
“Big, Big Lord, this, this should be food!” the small light ball tried hard to prove itself. “Light Ball detected via composition that this is something called a sweet potato, and it really is edible!”
Xuan He glanced coldly at the small light ball without a word.
That single glance, however, was enough to make every single component of the small light ball tremble.
“It is, edible,” the girl uttered in a thin, slightly hoarse voice.
Seeing that Xuan He still had not moved, the little girl bit her lip tightly and carefully peeled away the blackened outer skin of the half-baked sweet potato, revealing the golden flesh inside.
The golden flesh of the sweet potato looked very appetizing, exuding a sweet aroma that made Xuan He’s stomach rumble even louder.
A flash crossed Xuan He’s eyes. She could tell that this skinny girl was genuinely offering her food, and there was nothing wrong with it. Only then did she take it and gracefully take a bite.
The sweet fragrance of the sweet potato instantly filled her mouth and rushed straight to her head.
As soon as the flesh entered her mouth, it melted with a gentle press of her tongue against the roof of her mouth—like dense, melted sugar, full of sweet flavor that warmed straight down into her stomach.
With food in her stomach, Xuan He felt completely comfortable all over.
Pity that this sweet potato was only the size of half a palm; having gone without food for a long time, she was far from full.
Seeing Xuan He finish the sweet potato, the girl opened her mouth as if to say something, but no words came out.
Her time was limited; she had to feed the pig quickly, apply fertilizer to the vegetables in the field, and then come back to cook. If she did not finish cooking in time, she would not escape a beating.
Ignoring Xuan He further, she walked over, picked up the iron bucket, and poured the pig slop inside into the trough.
The pig happily oinked away as it devoured the food, its little tail wagging merrily, not forgetting to lift its eyes to cast a disdainful look at Xuan He standing not far away.
Small Light Ball: “…” This pig’s life is getting a bit too short for its liking.
Xuan He did not notice the pig’s disdainful little glance, as she was still savoring the scorched, sweet taste of the baked sweet potato.
This was the first food she had ever tasted. It made her agree with her friend’s description that the food in the three thousand minor worlds was indeed good, and it made her look forward even more to the subsequent delicacies.
Unfortunately, the sweet potato was too small to fill her up at all. Not only did her stomach not quiet down, but with a little food introduced, its protest grew even louder.
Hearing the rumbling of Xuan He’s stomach, the girl paused, pretended not to hear it, and turned away to continue her busy work.
She had no more food left either; that sweet potato was one she had secretly hidden.
With a silent sigh in her heart, she quickly walked into a low shed.
The small light ball wondered what was inside that shed and began scanning, discovering that the things inside also contained carbohydrates, organic matter, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and so on.
Anxious to correct its earlier mistake of mistaking pig slop for food, it eagerly blurted out, “Lord Main God, Lord Main God, there, there is foo—”
Before it could finish, the girl walked out carrying two heavy wooden buckets.
The wooden buckets had covers, but they could not block the foul stench emanating from within.
Xuan He stepped back and covered her nose.
The small light ball did not react for a second because systems do not have noses.
“Lord Main God, there is food in there.”
As soon as the words left its mouth, it finally realized what was inside that shed.
That shed turned out to be a rural outhouse.
Frightened and stiff all over, it did not even dare to turn around and look at Xuan He.
The girl carried the two buckets of nightsoil, preparing to fertilize the edges of the fields.
Turning her head to look at Xuan He in the courtyard, she saw Xuan He expressionlessly extending both hands, fiercely kneading something in empty space.
The girl grew even more suspicious in her heart.
Is this really not an idiot?