Anger

Just like yesterday, Liu Shiling and Little Apple, under Lao Xia's care, ran around and played everywhere in the village and on the mountainside with Egg Pie and Gold Glitter during the day.

After sunset, they begin rehearsing their crosstalk performance.

Being with the Little Chubby Girl, Little Apple's creative inspiration for crosstalk exploded, or rather, her goofy spirit, which had been suppressed for more than ten years, was ignited, and new jokes kept coming out.

The Little Chubby Girl, as the straight man, naturally couldn't handle overly complicated jokes, and if the punchline was too long or complex, she would often be a beat slow to respond.

However, it is precisely this natural cuteness that creates a very special comedic effect. The jokes created by Little Apple specifically utilize and highlight this comedic effect.

Alice would often encounter words she didn't understand, so she would teach her to read directly through the computer.

This method of integrating education with crosstalk, which makes learning immediately useful, also helped the Little Chubby Girl quickly recognize several complex characters.

In the evening, Professor Li Yang had a video call with Little Apple and was able to watch several crosstalk performances by the "Bell Apple" duo, which made him laugh until he cried and his stomach hurt.

Li Yang had always known that his daughter loved listening to crosstalk. She had enjoyed listening to it on the radio since she was very young, laughing heartily. He just never expected that this girl would actually create such funny crosstalk routines herself, and that she could coordinate so well with the Little Bell next to her.

He could tell that his daughter was genuinely happy in Chongyun Village; her face was radiant, and she exuded confidence and positivity.

He secretly thanked Xiang Kun, Xia Libing, Tang Baona, Yang Zhen'er, and others, including the cute Little Chubby Girl who performed crosstalk with Little Apple.

He truly hoped that his daughter could always be so happy and cheerful.

Little Chubby Girl and Little Apple studied crosstalk until after 10 p. m. before Xia Libing finally stopped them, saying that Little Chubby Girl needed to study math.

Then she first had the two girls, one older and one younger, wash up. After they finished washing up, they lay down on the bed and started studying math on their tablets.

The Little Chubby Girl learns, Lao Xia teaches, while Little Apple lies on the side, cosplaying as a classmate who studies with the Little Chubby Girl.

Then, in less than twenty minutes, both the Little Chubby Girl and the Little Apple were fast asleep.

After its little masters fall asleep, Gold Glitter sneaks out to play as usual—going to the mountains at night to play, gathering and training its various "little bird brothers" has become Gold Glitter's habit.

It was supposed to bring its new "little cat brother," Egg Pie, along, but Egg Pie had been bathed early tonight, so it was placed under "grounding" for the night and wasn't allowed to sneak out to play, otherwise it would get all dirty—after all, it couldn't fly like Gold Glitter, and if it went into the mountains, its fur would definitely come back covered in stuff.

Gold Glitter didn't venture too far into Chongyun Mountain. After all, with its small wings and legs, it would get tired if it flew too far. It stood on a relatively tall tree branch in the mountains near Chongyun Village, opened its beak, and made a sound that didn't sound like a canary.

The call sounded muffled and much unpleasant than its normal call.

But soon, other birds began to respond with their calls and started flying over.

Gold Glitter doesn't just take any bird as its follower. It doesn't care about the species of the bird, but rather its individual "understanding". When it plays, it teaches its followers to do things. Sometimes they sing together, sometimes they fly in formation, and sometimes they hunt together, such as getting rid of field mice in the fields.

Gold Glitter would occasionally bring some food to share with the little birds who understood its commands quickly, accurately, and well, thus winning their favor.

Of course, there were raptors who were not convinced and wanted to challenge the Gold Glitter's dominance, but it was no longer an ordinary little canary. It did not need to rely on physical combat to demonstrate its dominance. It had its own special way of releasing its intimidation. Under this intimidation, all birds, whether owls or other raptors, had no ability to resist.

Just as Gold Glitter was about to take his little bird brothers on a "patrol" over Chongyun Village and then teach them what to do, he suddenly noticed something unusual.

Perched on a branch, it tilted its head, gazing in a certain direction within the forest.

Its night vision is actually quite average, but as Little Apple's "eyes," especially after arriving in Chongyun Village and being able to make some limited contact with Alice, it was "modified" by Xiang Kun and was able to sense the twenty "Super-Linked Object" beads on its ankles to some extent. This greatly enhanced its ability to move around at night and its ability to sense living things.

At that moment, it suddenly felt that there was something in that direction, but its senses were a bit vague and it couldn't be sure.

Moreover, judging from the feedback from the other birds in the vicinity, it seems that none of them noticed anything unusual about that place.

Just as it was wondering whether it should fly over to check, the thing suddenly pounced on it at lightning speed.

Gold Glitter was startled and instinctively wanted to flap its wings and take off, but it immediately realized that it was right next to Chongyun Village!

Then, Gold Glitter spread its wings, opened its beak wide, and all its feathers trembled strangely, emitting a sound wave that ordinary people could not hear, trying to intimidate the thing that was attacking.

But the thing's speed didn't decrease at all; it was completely unaffected and rushed straight towards them.

At this moment, Gold Glitter tried to flap its wings and escape, but it was too late; it was pounced on.

If someone were under the tree and witnessed this scene, they would see that the plump canary seemed to have been struck by something, leaping directly from the tree, but it would be impossible to see what had struck it.

Gold Glitter fell from the tree and landed on the ground. It tried to struggle to get up, but found that it couldn't.

On its body, a strange raptor, the size of a rooster and with a head like a hawk, slowly appeared, its body surrounded by surging seven-colored light.

It was invisible when it attacked.

Its Gold Glitter left wing and body were pierced by three sharp claws, pinning it to the ground, where it cried out in pain.

As for the surrounding birds, they had all flapped their wings and fled by this time, and not a single one dared to come to their elder brother's rescue.

On the ground, the strange Gold Glitter raptor that had ambushed and subdued it tilted its head, seemingly looking at it with some surprise; clearly, it possessed an intelligence far superior to that of other birds.

However, the strange raptor couldn't figure out what Gold Glitter was. Just as it was about to finish Gold Glitter off with its beak, arcs of electricity suddenly appeared between Gold Glitter's ankles, accompanied by crackling sounds.

This sudden turn of events startled the strange raptor, which instinctively flung away the Gold Glitter and took flight itself, creating distance.

After tumbling a few times on the mountainside, Gold Glitter struggled to its feet and flew unsteadily towards Chongyun Village.

It knew that as long as it reached Chongyun Village, it would be saved.

Fortunately, it wasn't far from the village to begin with.

The strange raptor was only slightly startled, but after realizing that the electric arc didn't seem to be able to harm it, it became intensely interested in the Gold Glitter and swooped down again.

Gold Glitter was injured and had great difficulty flying, while the strange raptor was extremely fast and caught up with her in the blink of an eye, and it looked like she was about to be pounced on again.

A lovely girl in a white princess dress, her eyes wide with anger, suddenly appeared in the air, holding a scalpel, blocking the way between the Gold Glitter and the strange bird of prey—it was Alice incarnate.

Alice let out a sweet "Ha!" and lunged forward, thrusting the scalpel into the mutated bird of prey with a selfless and fearless spirit.

The strange raptor, startled by the sprinting attack, abruptly changed direction and nearly crashed into a nearby tree.

When it recovered and went to look for the white figure that had appeared out of nowhere, it found that it had vanished without a trace, while the little yellow bird it had injured was still struggling to escape into the distance.

The strange raptor tilted its head and hesitated for a moment, seemingly annoyed, before finally flapping its wings and continuing its pursuit.

This time, it went into stealth mode as soon as it took off.

Gold Glitter was severely injured. Its strong will to survive drove it to try to escape, but it soon lost control of its body and fell from the sky into an empty courtyard.

Fortunately, it has already entered the area of Chongyun Village.

The moment Gold Glitter was attacked, Little Apple, who had a strong connection with Gold Glitter, was instantly awakened from her slumber, opened her eyes, and sat up, somewhat at a loss.

Egg Pie, who was dozing off in its little master's room, immediately jumped up, opened the window, and slipped out.

Egg Pie had already become very familiar with Little Chubby Girl, Little Apple, and Gold Glitter in most parts of the village. He ran wildly on all fours, leaping quickly along the walls and rooftops, like an orange lightning bolt, rushing towards where Gold Glitter had landed.

When the strange raptor, in its invisibility state, flew over Chongyun Village, it saw an orange cat carrying the large yellow bird away.

Are they here to steal the prey?

The strange raptor tilted its head in mid-air, preparing to swoop down again and take down the cat as well.

Just then, on the rooftop of an uninhabited three-story building, relatively close to the cat and bird, a white figure appeared, gazing up at its location in the sky.

The strange raptor immediately shifted its target. It noticed that the white figure was the same one that had suddenly appeared and nearly caused it to crash into a tree, and judging from its location, it seemed to be able to spot it?

The strange bird of prey did not swoop down rashly, but circled in the air, observing the white, solitary figure, while watching where the cat carrying the bird went.

On the ground, Alice appeared, gazing at the sky, a scalpel in her right hand and a crispy pork knuckle in her left, tossing it up and down with the movement of her wrist.

The center of this pork knuckle actually contains a "Super-Linked Object" sphere, waiting for its opportunity.

Although the strange raptor was invisible, she could pinpoint its location using her extrasensory perception, and even determine that it was a "Mutated Creature."

This is Chongyun Village, the territory she protects. Here, she fears nothing except her boss.

Inside the bedroom.

After Little Apple sat up in bed, the Little Chubby Girl also sat up groggily, rubbed her eyes, turned to look at Little Apple, and mumbled, "Little Apple, I dreamt that Egg Pie sneaked out to play. Achoo! It's so cold! Oh no, the window's open! Huh? Where's my Egg Pie?"

Then Xia Libing sat up, got up, turned on the light, and stood by the window.

Only then did the Little Chubby Girl notice that her older sister, Little Apple, had tears welling up in her wide eyes.

"Little Apple, what's wrong?" The Little Chubby Girl was startled and quickly got up from the bed, went to Little Apple's side, and hugged her head.

"Sister Bing, Gold Glitter..." Little Apple's voice trembled slightly. After waking up, she had learned some things through the connection she had established with Alice.

Standing by the window, Xia Libing looked at the white figure on a building in the distance and said, "Gold Glitter was injured by something. Egg Pie has gone to pick it up. Don't worry, Alice will be keeping an eye on it."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Egg Pie, carrying Gold Glitter in its mouth, slipped back through the window.

Seeing the Gold Glitter Egg Pie lying on the ground, covered in blood and dirt, barely alive, the Little Chubby Girl burst into tears. She jumped off the bed, squatted down next to the Gold Glitter, and wanted to touch it but dared not.

"Roast Chicken Wing Sister, who did this to the Gold Glitter? Was it a bad person? Was it a monster? Why did they do this?" Liu Shiling asked, tilting her little face up.

Little Apple got out of bed, picked up the Gold Glitter, and carefully placed it on the bed, large tears already rolling down her face.

Xia Libing looked up at the sky above Chongyun Village from the window and said, "It's still there."

Suddenly, the room was plunged into darkness.

Or rather, the entire Chongyun Village was plunged into darkness.

Even in the night sky, winds and clouds began to rise, and the moonlight and starlight were slowly obscured.

Xia Libing looked down and found that Liu Shiling had stood barefoot beside her without her noticing. Her chubby little fists were clenched at her sides, and she was looking up at the outside world with Xia Libing. Her cheeks were red, her eyes were filled with tears, she was biting her lip, and she was sniffling the snot that was about to flow. Her eyes were full of anger, determination, sadness, and a little bit of fear.

Five Coin, with which she had established a deep connection, were swirling around her, Coin even radiating a faint, soft glow, clearly indicating that she was in a state of hyperexcitation.

However, Xia Libing knew very well that the reason why the Little Chubby Girl was able to create such a thunderstorm in her hometown was because Xiang Kun's dormant consciousness was awakened, sensed, and then amplified under his "Hyper-Sensory State".

Without Xiang Kun's encouragement, it would have been difficult for the Little Chubby Girl to create such a stir on her own, simply by bringing the five Coin into a super-excited state.

However, this place is Chongyun Village, and the massive number of "Super-Linked Object" that Xiang Kun has deployed in various locations is a huge variable.

Xia Libing was not yet clear on what had injured Gold Glitter, but she felt that with her and Alice there, protecting Chongyun Village would be more than enough and there wouldn't be any major problems.

However, keeping that flying thing is quite difficult.

Xia Libing glanced at the Little Chubby Girl and Little Apple, quickly weighing the options in her mind: should she let the two little girls do their thing?

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