Absorbing the Data Disorder Flow

Meow? Meow! (Not this way? Then it must be the other way!)

Woof woof! (Wait! Here goes old Peppy!)

After throwing who knew how many rings, Lin Feng couldn't spin his cat tail anymore. He was truly exhausted.

But exhausted as he was, he couldn't withstand Peppy's enthusiasm!

The dog was going at it like his life depended on it. Never mind his boundless energy: those four stubby little legs of his had more power than a nuclear-powered donkey.

Once he started pattering around, he never stopped.

"I can't do this anymore. If this keeps up, Peppy will have his fun, but I'll be exhausted to death."

Lin Feng's Cat Cake body finally gave out. With a puff, he slumped sideways like a deflating balloon.

Meow... (Bro Peppy, spare me. I really don't have a single drop left...)

Woof—woof! (Can you do it or not, little bro?!)

Peppy: Do you know why the ocean floor is covered in sand?

Lin Feng: ?

Peppy: Because there aren't any rocks, bro. You've got no strength left.

Lin Feng stared with his beady little eyes as Peppy rolled his tiny eyes upward, turned his head to the side, and glared at him with the whites of his eyes showing.

He froze for a moment, not understanding what was happening at first. Then it quickly dawned on him.

It's over. Did a dog just look down on me!?

Is that even right?

Damn it!

No matter what, he couldn't let a dog look down on him.

I have to pull myself together today. Stand tall! Stand tall—

The urge in Lin Feng's heart was becoming impossible to suppress, but his body remained obediently slumped to one side.

Forget it. Let him look down on me.

I'm only being looked down on by a dog.

It's not a big deal.

Lin Feng entered sage mode, his Cat Cake tail lying limply to one side. No matter how Peppy barked beside him, he flatly refused to get up.

He didn't want to be exhausted to death by a dog before he'd even experienced life as a human. To die before his campaign had even begun?

Oh, heavens! Someone, just come and take me away.

Taking him away would work too!

Lin Feng kept screaming hysterically inside.

"Huh? Is that Peppy?"

An unfamiliar voice reached Lin Feng's ears. His previously deflated body immediately puffed up as if injected with chicken blood.

His savior was here. Someone had finally remembered him, a poor little Cat Cake.

He propped up his Cat Cake body, his tail springing upright from where it had drooped against the ground. He scooted around with a puff, and a flash of gray nearly dazzled his eyes shut.

"My savior is here!"

Woof woof!

When Peppy saw who it was, he barked twice in excitement. Before leaving, he didn't forget to give Lin Feng another look of disdain.

Then he picked up the ring at his feet and charged toward the gray figure on his four short legs.

"Woof woof!"

Though familiar with the space station, our dear Stelle didn't know where Peppy was, so she had no choice but to follow the bond she felt with him (in reality, she was wandering around at random). Sure enough, the familiar barking made her eyes light up.

When she saw that familiar yellow, she couldn't help smiling smugly, because she saw only Peppy, with no sign of March 7th or Asta.

"Knew I could do it!"

As the exuberant Peppy ran over with the ring in his mouth, our dear Stelle had just reached out to take it when she caught sight of a Cat Cake with blue markings ahead of her.

She promptly stood up and, under Peppy's astonished gaze, walked over to the Cat Cake and picked him up with both hands.

(Peppy: So love does disappear, doesn't it?)

"A color pattern I haven't seen before? And the colors look so good together! A body with blue markings and a purple tail... tsk, tsk, tsk, Ruan Mei's come up with something new again."

Our dear Stelle didn't recognize this Cat Cake, but the Cat Cake himself knew her.

Lin Feng blinked his beady eyes vigorously and leaned his soft body as far back as he could, trying to get a clear look at the owner of the voice.

The next second, a pair of gentle hands lifted his body, and his view rose higher and higher until he was held close to the person's chest.

Only then did he get a clear look at her.

She wore a white shirt under a black jacket, with an Astral Express badge on the left side of her chest, closest to him.

Below that, she wore a black skirt that reached mid-thigh and a pair of black ankle boots.

It was definitely Stelle!

The protagonist was here!

[Absorbable data disorder flow detected...]

[Beginning absorption of data disorder flow...]

[Current absorption progress: 1.99%]

"Data disorder flow? What's that?"

The sudden notification and the painfully slow progress bar left Lin Feng puzzled.

He'd been here for so long before without any response from the system, but now that the protagonist had picked him up, he'd actually gotten an unexpected surprise.

So the protagonist really did have a halo wherever she went, unlike him, who had transmigrated only to become a creation. Not only did he have to protect himself in constant fear all day, but he was also at the mercy of that woman Herta.

What a miserable cake life!

Lin Feng wriggled his Cat Cake body and settled as comfortably as he could in Stelle's hands. As for her turning him left and right, up and down, and examining him carefully, he was already used to it.

Turn me however you like. I'll lie flat and let you play.

His little Cat Cake eyes, however, remained fixed on the progress bar in front of him.

[Current absorption progress: 4.99%]

Being amazed by Stelle's protagonist halo was one thing; giving some thought to why the Disordered Data Flow was on her was another.

Could it be because of the Stellaron inside Stelle?

Lin Feng turned his beady eyes and twisted his body to look up, staring fixedly at her chest for a long while.

It was only because Lin Feng was a Cat Cake that no one could tell where he was looking, no matter how he moved his beady eyes.

Otherwise, staring at a lady's chest for so long would definitely get him arrested by the cops.

"This position really does seem a little perverted..."

After looking for ages without finding anything wrong, Lin Feng looked away.

Could it really be because of the Stellaron?

After all, Stellarons were supposed to be weapons of mass destruction.

They contained immense energy, and whenever one appeared, a terrifying disaster would follow.

"Holy crap! If what I'm absorbing really is the Stellaron, won't I become a second Stellaron spirit?!"

Lin Feng's cake body jolted, his heart full of disbelief. If his guess was right, once he'd absorbed the Stellaron's energy, never mind taking on an Aeon head-on—even Re-Creation would be no problem.

"So this is the evolution sequence the system mentioned? This is incredible!"

"Hajimi, you little guy."

[Ding—]

Before Lin Feng could let out a villainous "Heh heh heh," a notification popped up before his eyes.

[O_o...]

[Host, you're overthinking it. Power on the level of a Stellaron has long since surpassed the range of normal data flows. The devouring skill cannot take effect.]

[This Disordered Data Flow probably came from a certain data meme.]

It was as if a bucket of cold water had been dumped over Lin Feng's mood.

If he couldn't absorb it, then he couldn't. He didn't need that bit of energy anyway. Growing slowly and steadily was Lin Feng's goal.

For now, he could only comfort himself like this.

But if this Disordered Data Flow wasn't the Stellaron, what could it be?

Lin Feng twisted his body, trying to get a little closer, when two sets of footsteps approached from behind Stelle.

At the same time, Stelle gently set him back on the ground. The progress bar in front of him displayed [Absorption terminated: current progress 6.91%].

Before he could complain about who had ruined his opportunity, a pretty figure in pink flashed into view before him.

A clear female voice rang out:

"What an adorable Cat Cake~"