[Survival points: 7320]
Zeng Shen looked at his current survival points, his spirits soaring. He turned and walked toward the five kittens sheltered in the middle of the stray cats.
At that moment, Big Black Cat and several others, including a large white cat with black spots, were tugging at the ropes around the kittens' hind legs with their teeth, trying to free them.
As he approached, Big Black Cat stopped biting and turned around, joining the other strays in growling warily at him. They seemed unwilling to let him come closer.
"Don't worry, I'm not a bad person. You can't bite through those ropes. Let me help untie them."
Zeng Shen spoke softly.
But the strays did not seem to understand him. They remained on guard, unwilling to let him approach.
"Meow."
Just as Zeng Shen was wondering whether he should simply step forward and undo the loops, the little black cat ran over from the side. He rubbed against Big Black Cat, then let out an affectionate meow.
Then Zeng Shen saw the wary hostility in Big Black Cat's eyes soften. Finally, he shifted a little to let him through.
When the other strays saw Big Black Cat move aside,
they all took a step back as well.
Good job, Xiao Hei.
Zeng Shen praised Xiao Hei inwardly, then hurried over and reached out to free the five frightened, mewling kittens from the rope loops, one by one.
As soon as the five kittens were free, they let out meows filled with both joy and lingering fear, then bounded toward Big Black Cat.
"Meow~ meow."
Seeing that the kittens were unharmed, Big Black Cat meowed his thanks to Zeng Shen, then gave the kittens a tender, motherly call. He licked their disheveled fur one by one, soothing them.
Zeng Shen smiled in relief at the sight. He took out a large bag of cat food, tore it open, and poured some beside Big Black Cat and the six kittens.
Smelling the cat food, the five kittens turned to look at it, then pounced on it and began eating.
Big Black Cat lifted his head to look at Zeng Shen. Only after about ten seconds did he lower his head slightly and start eating the tempting food. Clearly, he was hungry too, and he seemed less wary of Zeng Shen now.
"Meow."
The surrounding strays smelled the food, and some could not help crying out.
One or two wanted to come over and eat, but they were too intimidated by Big Black Cat's long-established authority to approach. They could only gaze longingly at the bag in Zeng Shen's hand, which still held some food.
"Haha, there's enough for everyone."
Zeng Shen laughed and scattered the remaining cat food among the strays.
"Meow."
The ten adult strays startled at first.
But a moment later,
once they saw what Zeng Shen had scattered toward them,
they scrambled for the cat food. One or two even fought over the same piece.
"Don't fight. There's more."
Smiling, Zeng Shen took out another bag of cat food and gently scattered it toward them.
Big Black Cat quietly ate a few mouthfuls of the food in front of him, then raised his head to look at Zeng Shen feeding the strays. He glanced at the six kittens eating their food as well.
A glimmer seemed to flash through his round, golden eyes. As though he had made some decision, he opened his mouth and let out a meow like a bugle call.
Immediately afterward,
Zeng Shen saw streams of pale white light emerge from his body and those of the surrounding strays, flying toward him.
[The host's sincerity has moved the chief of the Bastet tribe. He has decided to lead his tribe in following you. Survival points +3000.] [Congratulations, host. You have gained 16 casual believers. Faith +160.]
"Ah!"
Hearing the system notifications, Zeng Shen was overjoyed.
These strays had finally all joined him, and he had earned three thousand points too. That was enough for another ten-pull.
Immediately,
without giving it another thought, Zeng Shen quickly opened the prize wheel.
"Draw. Ten-pull."
In an instant, the enormous virtual wheel before him began spinning amid blue, green, and white light, with a hint of gold shining through.
At the sight of that golden gleam,
a spark of anticipation rose in Zeng Shen's heart once more.
But remembering that golden light had appeared last time without yielding a gold card, he shook his head slightly.
"The guaranteed gold card only comes after a thousand pulls."
"It can't be that easy to get one."
"This gold light probably isn't like the pulls in Genshin Impact or Honkai: Star Rail. A gold glow doesn't mean a gold card. It's just a visual effect."
As Zeng Shen murmured to himself, the wheel suddenly blazed with golden radiance. A streak of gold shot out and flowed into him.
[Congratulations, host. You have drawn a gold card: Divine Domain Card-Divinely Chosen Land.]
Zeng Shen's eyes widened in disbelief.
"I... I got gold?"
He immediately opened his inventory slots.
A gilded card floated quietly in one of the slots, shimmering with a dazzling, transcendent aura.
[Divinely Chosen Land: Gold card. Creates a divine domain belonging to the host within the void. This domain's coordinates cannot be detected by any deity, and as the host grows, it will develop countless rare miracles, traits...]
"It really is a gold card, and a divine domain card at that!"
Zeng Shen stared at the card in overwhelming excitement.
With this divine domain card, he would not have to wait until he had a million faith to activate a divine domain.
It would save him untold amounts of time and spare him countless risks.
This is amazing.
Zeng Shen cheered inwardly, then began studying the details on the gold card.
According to its description,
the divine domain granted by this card far surpassed ordinary divine domains.
In other words,
the divine domains everyone activated in the future would come in different grades.
His own divine domain should belong to the highest grade.
In the future, it would offer benefits far beyond the ordinary.
Just as Zeng Shen was working backward from the information on the divine domain card to deduce the grades of divine domains, five streaks of white light suddenly shot out of the prize wheel and flowed into his body.
[Congratulations, host. You have drawn 2 white cards: Plankton Colony Cards.] [Congratulations, host. You have drawn 1 white card: Freshwater River Shrimp Card.] [Congratulations, host. You have drawn 1 white card: Freshwater Carp Card.] [Congratulations, host. You have drawn 1 white card: Small Jade and Gemstone Mine Card.]
Zeng Shen looked toward the inventory slots holding the white cards.
[Plankton Colony Card: A colony of plankton containing faint divine energy. Placing it in a divine domain ensures the survival chances of young fish fry and shrimp within the domain and increases aquatic food production.] [Freshwater River Shrimp Card: Placing it in a divine domain's fresh water allows a population of freshwater river shrimp containing divine energy to breed. Long-term consumption of freshwater river shrimp containing divine energy can slightly increase the divine energy within the body.] [Freshwater Carp Card: Placing it in a divine domain's fresh water allows a population of freshwater carp containing divine energy to breed. Long-term consumption of freshwater carp containing divine energy can slightly increase the divine energy within the body.] [Small Jade and Gemstone Mine Card: Placing it in a divine domain allows the mining of jade containing divine energy, as well as small quantities of gemstone materials imbued with certain elemental energies.]