And as expected, this recording came in handy right now.
"So what exactly is going through that Hakimi's head? If I wanted a woman, would I need to resort to coercion? How undignified. Don't say you know me when we get back."
Kal'tsit: "... ..."
"Look at this dark history. It's just a shame I laughed a bit too early. I should have waited until Kal'tsit, you neatly folded your clothes to the side, and then performed a dogeza. That's when I should have laughed."
Otherwise, Kal'tsit's dark history could have been one point higher.
Chen Ran said with a hint of regret, turning his head to the side, "How about I give you, Savior Kal'tsit, another chance? Let's do it again? I promise I won't laugh this time."
Kal'tsit: "... ..."
Although Kal'tsit didn't quite understand why this evil... Lord God, added the words "Savior" before her name, she didn't care.
Kal'tsit had already broken free from Chen Ran's grasp and was sitting on a nearby table.
She kept a blank expression, silent, simply putting her clothes back on.
It couldn't be helped. With her completely undressed, this Lord God not only didn't use her as a cup but also pointed at her, laughing heartily and saying, "Hakimi, you cat only thinks of yourself."
No matter how she thought about it, Kal'tsit would definitely believe she had misunderstood, rather than that the Lord God was toying with her—
Because only by thinking this way could she save a little face and avoid total humiliation.
However, Kal'tsit, with a straight face, silently put on her clothes amidst Chen Ran's laughter. When she turned her head, she found that for some reason, her shoes were nowhere to be seen.
It couldn't possibly be that this Lord God had secretly hidden them, right?
Having misunderstood the Lord God's intentions once, Kal'tsit was naturally not foolish enough to be so self-righteous again.
So, Kal'tsit could only walk barefoot on the tabletop, tilt her head up, and look back at Chen Ran.
"Lord God."
As if she knew no shame, even after the previous mortifying experience, Kal'tsit's expression didn't change, and her tone remained calm: "I apologize for misunderstanding your intentions and causing you to witness a farce."
"Oh, you're not calling me an evil god this time?" Chen Ran asked deliberately.
"You jest," Kal'tsit replied, having weathered many storms. Her emotions were incredibly stable. "How could beings like us dare to evaluate you? It was merely that we were awestruck by your magnificence, momentarily losing our composure and speaking a few nonsensical words."
"Such flattery," Chen Ran said, as if he had suddenly lost interest. "I thought I'd at least see you, Savior Cat, completely mortified and broken down."
"In your presence, I naturally wouldn't lose my composure like that."
Besides, more than that, Kal'tsit was more curious as to how her name had been shortened to "Savior Cat."
"Oh, what a shame," Chen Ran said, then turned his head. "Skadi! Little Orca! The red one! Come, connect the phone you're holding to— What are you doing?"
He turned his head only to find that Heart of the Corrupted Skadi had somehow stolen a pair of shoes and was floating towards Chen Ran with them in hand.
Upon hearing him, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi tilted her small head in confusion, but this didn't stop her from placing the shoes she held in Chen Ran's palm as if they were treasures.
After placing them, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi put her hands on her hips, as if she had accomplished something incredibly significant.
Meanwhile, Kal'tsit, with a blank expression, silently watched the pair of shoes in Chen Ran's palm, then looked down at her bare feet.
Chen Ran probably guessed whose shoes Heart of the Corrupted Skadi had stolen.
But why would I need these shoes? That Hakimi might even misunderstand me as having some peculiar fetish.
As Chen Ran thought this and put the shoes into his pocket—
Heart of the Corrupted Skadi was also trying to explain, "From that glowing little box..."
"Alright, alright, you don't need to say anything more," Chen Ran interrupted with a wave of his hand after she had only just started.
It was unclear what kind of poison Heart of the Corrupted Skadi had been exposed to.
It seemed that ever since she learned to surf the internet, she hadn't worn shoes.
She only thought about how to stuff her small, black-stocking-clad feet into Chen Ran's mouth.
What? So is this your rule, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi? No shoes allowed in the Lord God's playground?
After glancing a few times and confirming that Heart of the Corrupted Skadi had no intention of finding another pair of stockings to put on Kal'tsit—
"Come here, Red T," Chen Ran finally spoke again. "Go connect the phone to the projector, and then project the dark history of this Savior Cat to the living room... no, to the entire universe, on repeat."
Kal'tsit: "... ..."
Upon hearing this, Kal'tsit's expression remained unchanged, but she took a deep breath. She remained silent but turned her head, clenching her small fists tightly.
This... even if not an evil god, he was certainly no proper god.
Kal'tsit took several deep breaths to prevent her Dao heart from collapsing.
"Lord God," Kal'tsit said again after stabilizing her emotions, "if this will satisfy you, if it will make you show mercy and grant humanity a sliver of hope, then I have no objections."
"It's about the survival of the human race again, isn't it?"
Didn't I already tell you it was about having children?
However, recalling the previous misunderstanding, Chen Ran paused for a moment before reaching out and grabbing towards Kal'tsit.
Although Kal'tsit didn't understand Chen Ran's intentions, with the experience from last time, she didn't choose to resist.
Although Chen Ran's palms were slightly large, and whether it was intentional or accidental, his touch or caress in certain places caused Kal'tsit to bite her lip more than once. Fortunately, Chen Ran quickly placed her back into his palm.
"I can help," Chen Ran said, looking at Kal'tsit, who was barefoot and standing in his palm. "So, what's the price? Savior Cat."
Hearing this, Kal'tsit really wanted to say she could give everything she had.
But on second thought, this question seemed to have returned to the very beginning.
So Kal'tsit wouldn't be like last time, foolishly undressing and saying something like, "Then I will offer you my loyalty."
Kal'tsit had learned her lesson. She retorted, "Lord God, what do you want?"
"Very simple," Chen Ran replied. "Just 'meow' once."
Kal'tsit: "?"
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Kal'tsit was stunned, then her eyes showed incomprehension.
As if unsure if she had heard correctly, Kal'tsit remained silent for a while before tentatively asking, "What... did you just say?"
"Meow once."
Chen Ran gave an affirmative reply. "Meow once, I'll give you food. Meow twice, I'll give you spring water. Meow three times, I'll give you a house and shelter—and so on. It's very easy to understand, isn't it?"
Kal'tsit: "... ..."
Indeed.
It was like kowtowing during Lunar New Year for a red envelope, or shouting 'Dad' during an argument for a hundred yuan—very easy to understand.
Her rational mind told her this was an almost free, immense fortune.
But her emotions told her that, just like offering loyalty before, it was definitely a trap.
However, Chen Ran didn't think that much about it.
Because the so-called bestowal of food and spring water was truly just a casual matter for Chen Ran.
Crush a small biscuit and sprinkle it into that planet model. Unscrew a bottle of mineral water and pour it into that planet model.
That was it.
How difficult could that be?
At worst, he could create another gourmet planet with his own hands and let these survivors live next door to the Sea Creatures.
But Chen Ran didn't want to be a sucker, nor did he want to be taken for granted. Otherwise, if these survivors just ate and drank their fill and then reached out their hands, saying, "Lord God!"
Then they wouldn't be survivors, they'd be unruly peasants, and he'd have to strike them hard.
So, a price had to be paid, but it didn't need to be too much, just something harmless.
"So, have you decided?"
Chen Ran waited for a while and then asked, "Meow or not?"
Kal'tsit looked up, glanced at Chen Ran, who seemed to have her cornered, then looked away at Heart of the Corrupted Skadi, who was holding her phone, sitting on Chen Ran's shoulder, and diligently activating the recording function.
Kal'tsit: "... ..."
... ... ...
... ...
"Doctor! Doctor ahhhhh!!!"
The Doctor was not an immortal being, so to extend their lifespan indirectly, the Doctor had already begun to frequently lie in the Sarcophagus.
Generally, without any unusually severe changes, the Doctor would not be easily woken up.
But today, the Doctor was disturbed by a commotion that sounded like a funeral dirge and a soul-calling cry.
Opening their eyes, they found the Sarcophagus had been lifted.
Several medical operators were leaning over the edge of the Sarcophagus, crying and shouting, trying to wake them up.
Ah... the last time... it seems Amiya called them awake like this...
Where is Amiya? Amiya she...
The Doctor subconsciously thought this, then inexplicably fell silent.
Until—
"Doctor ahhhhh!!!"
"I'm awake... I'm really awake... Stop shouting..."
The Doctor felt their head buzzing and had to speak up to interrupt the funeral dirges of these medical operators.
And the Doctor knew what being woken up meant, so without further ado, the Doctor got straight to the point: "What happened? Where's Kal'tsit? What's the current situation?"
Upon hearing this, the medical operators quickly began to explain the current situation.
But their chatter was too noisy, forcing the Doctor to passively extract the key information.
"God! We saw God!"
Oh... a theological revival.
"A fanatic said the Sea Creatures were the correct evolutionary path, and then Doctor Kal'tsit kicked him out!"
Oh... a religious uprising.
"Then the Sea Creatures actually returned! And they took that fanatic away!"
Oh wow, the Sea Creatures have returned.
"Then Doctor Kal'tsit was captured by the Lord God!"
Oh wow, the Lord God ap— wait, hold on a second?
The Doctor, jolted awake as if from a deathbed illness, interrupted: "What did you just say... Kal'tsit was taken? By whom? Where was she taken?"
"God! God! It's a real Lord God!"
The medical operator seemed to realize something, and quickly reached out to point outside: "That moon! The moon is the Lord God's eye! Really! If you don't believe me, Doctor, go look!"
"No... one eyeball is as big as the moon, this isn't a Lord God, this is at least Creator-level..."
The Doctor didn't quite believe it yet, after all, a Lord God... it was too ethereal.
Maybe it was just some giant beast?
Thinking this, the Doctor, supported by the medical operator, got up from the Sarcophagus, walked to the window, and looked at the moon in the sky.
Then the moon winked at the Doctor.
Doctor: "... ..."
The Doctor said nothing. Though they needed help to stand up earlier, the Doctor now turned around alone, walked back to the Sarcophagus, lay down, and reached out to close the lid again.
"Doctor?! Doctor, what are you doing?!"