Mysterious Girl

Feng Qi knew very little about the world in the Future Dreamland.

From the Database records at Star City Shelter, he had learned that the world had been completely covered by Domain Fields 1,500 years later.

As for what the world had become after being covered by Domain Fields, he had no way of knowing.

One thing was certain: there were no living humans left in this world.

Feeling the bone-chilling cold emanating from his left arm, he could no longer stay calm.

At that moment, lightning flashed, and he finally saw the small figure beside him clearly.

She resembled a human child, around three or four years old. Beneath her long eyelashes were a pair of large eyes, and her features were exquisite, but the grayish-white color in her pupils made her seem utterly lost.

He also noticed that a shattered Rune Crystal was embedded in the little girl's left arm.

A Domain Creature? A Rune Modifier?

He could not determine whether the little girl was a Domain Creature or a human based on appearances alone.

But he leaned more toward the former.

According to the records in Star City Shelter, human civilization had already perished. Besides, the little girl had no body temperature. Her entire body was ice-cold, and she felt like a... corpse.

Maybe she really was a ghost!

Faced with the narrator's intimidation, he actually began to believe it.

Inside a Domain Field, anything was possible.

Some unusual Domain Fields even operated under natural laws completely different from Earth's.

For instance, gravity in some Domain Fields was several times stronger than Earth's, while in others it was less than one-tenth of Earth's. There were even Domain Creatures that existed solely as consciousness, without physical forms, and could completely ignore any physical damage.

Wang Jinsheng had once told them in class about the Yin Yang Domain Field, a Domain Field that had caused numerous Domain Battle Squads to pay a terrible price. Feng Qi remembered it clearly.

Within the Yin Yang Domain Field, day and night alternated every four hours. Daytime brought scorching heat, while nighttime brought extreme cold. It was like two opposite hells, and even physically powerful cultivators could not survive there for long.

To dispel that Domain Field, humanity had paid a grievous price before finally destroying the Space Core at its center.

The world within the Future Dreamland had already been completely covered by Domain Fields. Perhaps it contained all sorts of bizarre natural laws, so the birth of strange creatures like ghosts seemed perfectly normal.

With that thought, Feng Qi tried shifting to the right.

The little girl scooted to the right with him, clinging tightly to his left arm.

"I... scared," the little girl said in a childish voice.

"I'm even more scared than you are!" Feng Qi could not help retorting.

The vicious dog might still be outside, so he did not dare make any rash moves. Faced with the little girl's clinginess, he could only try to keep his distance.

But the little girl clearly had no intention of letting him go. Every time he shifted, she moved closer.

As time passed, the thunder outside gradually subsided. The dark clouds dispersed, and scarlet light once again shone across the land, restoring color to the world.

After enduring it for what felt like forever, he looked down and discovered that the little girl had actually fallen asleep while hugging his left arm.

Just as he tried to shake her off, the little girl abruptly opened her eyes. Her lost expression looked pitiful and helpless.

But remembering that she might be a Domain Creature, he suppressed the pity in his heart, and even felt a trace of killing intent.

There was clearly no solution in letting the little girl keep clinging to him. Gritting his teeth, he forcibly pulled her away from his left arm, strode to the window, then sent her flying with a kick like a soccer goalkeeper punting the ball.

He then leaned out the window to observe the outside, only to see the little girl spring to her feet at incredible speed after landing. She raced up the wall, then slammed headfirst into his arms, hugging him tightly and sticking to his chest like a suction cup.

After trying to pull her off several times, he discovered that he could not budge her with his strength.

Feng Qi: ...

Faced with the little girl clinging to him like a stubborn adhesive bandage, he looked helpless and asked:

"Narrator, what is this thing?"

I don't know. Seeing how clingy she is, why not call her "Suction Cup"?

Feng Qi: ...

He was too exhausted to even complain about that name.

Just as he was considering how to get rid of the little girl, the corridor outside the door shook. Then a vicious dog three meters tall, with tentacles for a tail, appeared in his sight.

Seeing this, Feng Qi decisively stepped forward, preparing to leap out the window. Staying here meant certain death.

But at that moment, the tentacles on the vicious dog's tail swayed and rushed toward Feng Qi at incredible speed.

He could not react in time. The tentacles wrapped around him, lifting his feet off the ground and dragging him toward the vicious dog.

The vicious dog's head slowly split open, revealing a mouthpart covered in stringy mucus.

Feng Qi struggled fiercely, trying to break free from the tentacles' restraint.

But his strength was utterly powerless against the thick tentacles. Just as he thought he was about to be devoured by the vicious dog, the little girl clinging to his chest like a sloth abruptly opened her eyes. Specks of starlight appeared in her grayish-white pupils. Then she suddenly turned and punched the vicious dog's mucus-covered mouthpart.

Boom!

A deafening blast shook even the air, and the vicious dog was instantly smashed to the ground by that terrifying force.

The cracked floor could no longer bear the strain and collapsed with a roar. Feng Qi fell straight through, crashing heavily onto the floor below.

Amid the billowing dust, he stared dumbfounded at the little girl standing on the ground, starlight swirling in her eyes.

"This thing is that strong?!"

At that moment, the vicious dog that had been knocked down roared as it climbed back to its feet. After shaking its head, the tentacles on its tail suddenly lashed toward Feng Qi.

Having remained alert the entire time, he decisively jumped out the window first.

After landing, he did not care what was happening behind him and immediately turned to run.

After leaving the ruined residential complex, he continued sprinting without pause.

Though he had not witnessed the battle between the little girl and the vicious dog, the tremors from the ground made it clear that the two had already begun fighting fiercely.

He had not run far when he heard a massive crash. Looking back, he saw the ruined residential complex collapse with a thunderous roar, sending clouds of dust soaring into the sky.

"So strong!"

He had never expected that the seemingly pitiful little girl possessed such terrifying strength.

But the power she had displayed only made him more certain that she was a Domain Creature.

After all, how could an ordinary human child possibly possess such terrifying power?

When he had been that age, he could not do anything except babble "aba aba." He even needed his parents to hold his little brother when he peed.

Otherwise, he could never aim straight.

As for why the little girl had protected him, although he was puzzled, he did not dwell on it, figuring it had probably just been a coincidence.

But if the little girl could really protect him in the Future Dreamland, that would be awesome. He could walk around here like he owned the place.

At that moment, the narrator's voice surfaced in his mind.

See? Here came your opportunity.

As the narrator's words fell, a small figure sped over from the distance, slammed into his arms, and firmly attached herself to his chest.

Feng Qi was knocked several meters away by the impact, and the back of his head smashed hard into the ground.

"Fuck!"