"Fuck, what the hell is this?"
Su Qiao woke up to find herself lying amid a mass of pitch-black, bizarre vines. Her limbs and body were wrapped in vines, and they showed signs of tightening further.
Terrified, she jerked upright, only for the vines to snap and yank her back to the ground.
Perhaps her movement had been too forceful. All the black vines around her awakened, surging toward her at alarming speed like furious black waves.
This is bad!
Su Qiao sensed trouble and immediately began struggling with all her strength.
"Little Four, are you there? Are you still there?"
She pulled desperately at the vines while hurriedly calling for Little Four.
When she received no familiar response, Su Qiao's heart sank.
No way!
Little Four really didn't come with me?
She had just thought that she was doomed and would have no idea where to find that little fellow in the future when a familiar voice suddenly sounded beside her.
However, the voice was somewhat shrill and terrifying.
"Ah, how did I become like this? I'm so ugly! I'm ugly enough to faint!"
Su Qiao froze.
That voice hadn't appeared directly in her mind. Instead, it was...
She quickly turned toward the voice.
She saw a pitch-black creature about the size of a little cat, wagging its tail and hopping around among the vines. It was also crying out in horror, "Why am I so ugly? Why am I so black?"
It looked as though it were jumping on a hot pan—both comical and ridiculous, yet also somewhat cute and amusing.
"Damn! You really are ugly."
Su Qiao looked it over from every angle but couldn't tell what species it was. Being black was one thing, but its surface resembled crocodile hide, and bone spikes grew from its