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The real world, YC City.
One sunny afternoon in Yunchuan City, the sunlight was almost dazzling. Gu Qingqian held Beibei's leash as she strolled along the sidewalk beneath the shade of the plane trees. She wore a light blue dress today, its hem swaying gently with her steps, while her long black hair was tied into a neat ponytail.
"Beibei, slow down."
She spoke softly, a gentle smile on her lips. The golden retriever wagged its tail happily, occasionally looking back at its owner, its amber eyes full of affection.
The golden retriever was enormous, nearly twice the size of an ordinary one. It was even only slightly shorter than the five-foot-three Gu Qingqian. Yet no one on the street found it strange. At most, when people saw it, a nostalgic look would surface in their eyes.
In the current age of Reiki Revival, pets that had hurt people after mutating had basically all been dealt with, including quite a few that had turned on their owners.
Before the Reiki Revival, people had believed their pets truly regarded them as their masters. But reality proved that they simply had no other choice.
Once they possessed the strength to break free from their "cages," the first thing they did was pursue freedom.
Although a long time had passed, and they had long since come to terms with it—thinking perhaps they had not been good enough owners, or perhaps the pets they had raised simply had not been close to them—every now and then, when they saw someone else walking their pet on the street, they could not help but miss the pet they had once raised.
They even wondered whether they could try raising another pet.
But there was no longer any chance.
All pet shops had now closed. Pets