Wen Liuchun felt that she was the unluckiest person in the world.
She had originally planned to take the Chengyun Dynasty train to Xuanyuan, only for a pestilence attack to strike along the way. It was then that Wen Liuchun finally understood just how much the world had changed.
Those once-rare, powerful pestilences came one after another. Even the mighty Six Nations could no longer guarantee the people's safety.
As a Plague Exterminator, although Wen Liuchun could not wield the Plague-Slaying Blade, she still took on the task of leading the survivors to break through. Along the way, she encountered countless horrors. The Pathogenization Index on her body continued to rise, while the survivors around her gradually dwindled.
Despair and fear spread.
The people behind her placed their hopes on her—an ordinary Plague Exterminator who could not even lift a Plague-Slaying Blade.
Wen Liuchun did not know what she should say, and then there was...
The tiny Koala wearing a jeweled crown perched on her shoulder.
"These... should be [Ai]'s zombie puppets, lu."
"Ai's true body isn't here. Don't worry, lu."
Though the tiny Koala had little combat power, it directed them skillfully through the infected zone, making Wen Liuchun feel as though she had divine aid.
What exactly was this little fellow who had sat with her in the Chengyun ruins, blankly watching the sunset?
"Xiaochun, you're staring at me again, lu."
The Koala wiggled its butt. "Do you think I'm handsome, lu?"
Wen Liuchun said softly, "Crown, what kind of pestilence are you, exactly?"
Crown raised its head. "Who knows?"
"My instincts tell me I'm very powerful, lu!"
The Koala looked immensely proud, its tiny paws fluttering. "So, how about becoming my symbiote, lu?"
Since the Dragon Duel, quite a few Plague Exterminators in the Six Nations had