System, You Set Me Up!

"I guessed as much."

Liu Zheng nodded.

"So Liu Zheng will protect me, meow?"

The Calico Cat raised its head and asked, blinking its big eyes.

"Of course. Even if you didn't come with me this time, I'd still protect you."

He patted the kitten's head.

"My mom said you only follow one master and make one friend in your life. For a friend, you have to save your last turd for them to eat, so they'll save their last bone for you to chew on."

The Calico Cat said.

"From that example, your mother wasn't a cat, was she?"

Liu Zheng twitched his lips.

"Of course not, meow. My mom was a German Shepherd. She was super cool, meow."

The Calico Cat said proudly.

"And you still like dried fish. That just proves genes are powerful."

He narrowed his eyes.

"By the way, she wasn't your biological mother, right?"

"I don't know, meow. I only have one mom, meow."

The Calico Cat shook its head.

"Fine. It's okay. Having one mom is already plenty."

He did not even have one.

"Enough nonsense. Take this."

Pond Master opened his mouth and spat out a palm-sized turtle shell.

"What is this?"

Liu Zheng picked up the shell, but no item description appeared.

"You don't need to care what it is. If you really face a life-or-death crisis, recite, 'When shall I shed my shell and gain a human form?'"

Pond Master said.

"And then?"

"Then you can run away with Salmon. With your recovery ability and the Millennium Turtle Spirit's physique, as long as Peacock doesn't want to destroy Imperial View Estate, she probably won't be able to kill you. You have some extraordinary items for escaping too, right?"

Pond Master asked.

"I do."

Not only did he have them, he