Lu Yao walked out of the residential complex. The street outside was completely deserted.
The city at night would usually have drunks and stray dogs, but tonight there was nothing—not even the chirping of insects. A cuckoo, hidden somewhere, was letting out shrill cries.
Cuckoo, cuckoo.
It sounded like a distant call.
Perched on Lu Yao's left shoulder was Concorde, shaped like a butterfly ornament. On his right shoulder sat Arbiter, shaped like a penguin plushie.
Isabelle still stayed close to him, keeping watch in every direction.
Lu Yao looked at the Luban Counter in his hand. The numbers on the black-and-white screen kept jumping above and below 12.
This meant the nearby space was highly distorted, and dimensional interference and overlap had already appeared around them.
A black cat appeared at the street corner. The cat glanced toward Lu Yao, then trotted lightly all the way over.
After approaching Lu Yao, it crouched on the ground, its tail swaying left and right, and spoke in an almost boyish voice.
"Join the Orbit. The Orbit is your source and your destination. Wake up."
Lu Yao coldly sized up the cat in front of him.
[Si Guai Star] [weakness] Health Points: 3.11 million/3.11 million Damage: 500 (-500) Defense: 500 (-500) Speed: 10 (-10) [Immortal-Class] [Zodiacal Orbit] [Star's Shadow] The shadow cast into this world by "Tian Yue Si Guai Star." [Si Guai] [Si Guai Star exclusive ability] Si Guai Star possessed the ability to synchronously transform into various forms of life and rapidly blend into their communities.
Changeling.
Lu Yao's gaze locked onto the black cat. Arbiter leapt down from his shoulder and instantly swelled into a long-beaked, grinning monster with a balloon head.
The colored pupils in Arbiter's eyes flickered. The white stone chain beneath its neck instantly