The Godslayer, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon

Di Qiu'er: Chen Ming! Chen Ming!

Chen Ming was making an iron farm when he suddenly saw Di Qiu'er calling for him in the chat. He immediately asked what was wrong.

Chen Ming: What happened?

Di Qiu'er: I saw Uncle Di Tian!

Chen Ming: What?

He froze for a moment when he saw the message, then teleported over using the Mini-map. There, he saw Di Qiu'er excitedly pointing at a ten-thousand-year-old Golden-Eyed Black Dragon.

"Chen Ming, look! One of Uncle Di Tian's kind spawned near our house! Should we raise it?"

"Uh... do whatever you want."

Chen Ming glanced at the ten-thousand-year-old, pixelated Golden-Eyed Black Dragon Soul Beast. After a bit of effort, he moved it to an empty patch of land in the palace.

"Chen Ming, do you think I might run into Uncle Xiong Jun's or Aunt Bi Ji's kind, too? We should raise them all!"

Di Qiu'er seemed to like raising Soul Beasts. Chen Ming thought that since the palace was so big, keeping a few Soul Beasts wouldn't hurt, and nodded.

"Just handle it however you like."

"I'm going to build Uncle Di Tian a little shelter. It's raining."

The weather suddenly changed. The clear sky became overcast in an instant, and raindrops began falling on them, soaking their clothes.

Di Qiu'er didn't seem to mind. Instead, she went to build a rain shelter for the ten-thousand-year-old Golden-Eyed Black Dragon.

"What am I even doing..."

Seeing this, Chen Ming followed to make sure Di Qiu'er didn't catch a cold. He casually formed a wooden umbrella and held it over her.

"Don't catch a cold."

"I'm the mighty Auspicious Beast. There's no way I'd catch a cold! If I do, I'll write my name backward!"

Di Qiu'er laughed as if she'd heard a hilarious joke. How could the mighty Auspicious Beast of Star Dou Forest possibly catch a cold?

While Di Qiu'er built the shelter and Chen Ming held the umbrella and helped her, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon beside them slowly crept closer.

[Chen Ming was defeated by the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon (Ten-Thousand-Year)]

"What's going on?!"

Di Qiu'er froze at the message and turned around. The ten-thousand-year-old Golden-Eyed Black Dragon she'd locked up had already crept up behind her.

It launched an attack, and a third of her health bar vanished in an instant. Di Qiu'er turned and ran.

"Uncle Di Tian, you're so mean! How could you kill my friend?!"

Unfortunately, it was only an AI. Chen Ming emerged from the bedroom with a dark expression. Fine, fine! A sneak attack, huh? The Golden-Eyed Black Dragon clan really had some nerve.

It had just killed Chen Ming, who possessed the Creation Grass Block, the Dragon God's avatar—the Golden Dragon King—the Silver Dragon King Martial Soul, the two Supreme Law Enforcement Gods of the Divine Realm, the Source of Destruction, and the Life Tree Martial Soul.

He really had become a godslayer. The ten-thousand-year-old Golden-Eyed Black Dragon chased Di Qiu'er all over the place. Rain soaked her clothes, leaving her looking utterly miserable.

"I'll finish it off right now!"

Chen Ming pulled out the Silver Dragon Spear and climbed over the fence, ready to slaughter the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon. Di Qiu'er immediately stopped him.

"No, no! They're just AIs. It's not worth it!"

After a lot of effort, they finally finished building the little Di Tian a shelter. They dried themselves off, then collapsed onto the bed, exhausted.

"...Chen Ming... I don't feel well..."

Di Qiu'er's soft voice sounded a little uncomfortable. Chen Ming propped himself up and looked over to see a flush on her cheeks.

She looked utterly listless and weak. Chen Ming was feeling a little unwell himself, so he reached out and placed a hand on her forehead.

Her skin was clearly hotter than normal. Chen Ming frowned. Seriously? She'd really caught a cold? Wasn't a Soul Master's constitution supposed to be amazing?

Chen Ming checked his status panel and saw that he'd caught a cold, too. He was stunned, and immediately read through the details.

Soon, Chen Ming found the [Natural Survival] mod. It had added cold, heat, and dehydration levels, among other things.

For example... staying alone for too long gave someone the [Lonely] debuff, making them irritable and depressed.

Spending too long in an icy place caused [Frostbite], while extreme heat caused [Heatstroke]. Getting soaked in the rain caused [Cold].

"What a useless mod... Is this just here to make things harder for me?"

Chen Ming grumbled. He'd now gained the level-one Cold and level-one Weakness debuffs because he'd spent less time in the rain.

Di Qiu'er had been in the rain longer, so she had Cold Level 3, Fatigue 3, and Weakness 3. Fortunately, these effects disappeared as soon as they left My World. Chen Ming said at once:

"Wait here. I'll be right back."

"Chen Ming, where are you going? It's still raining outside!"

Seeing Chen Ming put on a hat and take an umbrella before heading out, Di Qiu'er tried to get up and follow him, but her whole body felt limp and weak.

Unfortunately, Chen Ming's Life Tree Martial Soul didn't have the ability to remove debuffs yet. It could only heal.

About ten minutes later, Di Qiu'er saw Chen Ming teleport back, soaked through, with two buckets of milk in his hands.

Chen Ming took out a few tools and got to work. After a bit of tinkering, he came over with six Glass Bottles filled with hot milk tea.

"Drink up. You'll be fine once you've finished."

Chen Ming's status had gone from Cold 1 to Cold 2. He set four bottles of milk tea on the bedside table, then sat on the edge of the bed and handed one to Di Qiu'er. He looked a little tired, too.

"Thanks."

Di Qiu'er took it and gulped it down. As soon as she finished, her weakness, fatigue, and cold disappeared.

"Delicious!"

Di Qiu'er praised it and immediately perked up again. Chen Ming felt much better after drinking his, too. He pointed at the four bottles of milk tea on the bedside table.

"I knew you were greedy, so I made extra for you."

"Thanks, Chen Ming. You're a really good human."

Hearing that all of it was for her, Di Qiu'er bared her teeth in a big grin and gave Chen Ming a "good person" card.

"Think whatever you want. I'm going to lie down for a bit. Oh, and I'm heading out tomorrow. It should be almost dawn in the outside world, on Douluo Continent."

"I'm coming with you!"

At that, Di Qiu'er stopped what she was doing. She wanted to go out with Chen Ming, but he refused outright.

"No! For now, you can only stay in the Pokeball. I'll let you out after class."

Wouldn't Di Qiu'er just be asking for trouble if she went out now? She was undocumented, and dealing with that could get complicated.

Di Qiu'er was reluctant, but she knew she had to listen to him for now, for her own safety...

"Fine..."

"That's more like it. I'll bring you lots of food, and you can take plenty of fun things with you, too."

Chen Ming handed her some food and things to keep her entertained. Di Qiu'er sighed and polished off all the milk tea.

After finishing it, she lifted the blanket and burrowed into Chen Ming's arms. She was instantly more comfortable.

Di Qiu'er found a comfortable position and rested her head on Chen Ming's arm, her petite frame pressed tightly against him. The two of them really did have the air of siblings relying on each other to survive.

P.S. The third update for February 23, bringing the total to six thousand words.