Arknights, But Raising Terra Chapter 15

"And it's a second life, and it's blocking damage... Why do I feel like it's constantly giving me more life-saving measures?"

There are ways to verify it, too.

Chen Ran turned his head and glanced at the Heart of the Corrupted Skadi floating around.

Alright, let's look at the next item—

"Tomorrow's achievement?"

Seeing this message, Chen Ran finally understood and looked out the window.

Oh, wow, it's really dark outside.

So Chen Ran clapped his hands, dusting off the food crumbs, then turned to look at the Heart of the Corrupted Skadi, who was inexplicably floating around with a small biscuit again, and said:

"Alright, it's time to sleep."

"I'll grab some late-night snacks and test out the appetite of my half Kroos."

"As for Red T, play by yourself."

After speaking, Chen Ran turned and left.

The Heart of the Corrupted Skadi, floating around with the small biscuit, watched as the living room went from lively to quiet.

Against the backdrop of the slowly rotating galaxy model, the Heart of the Corrupted Skadi took a bite of the biscuit, then she quietly followed behind Chen Ran, floating slowly, until she was stopped by an invisible barrier at the living room door.

This time, the Heart of the Corrupted Skadi didn't bump into it, but she reached out her small hand and pressed against the barrier, her small eyes staring expressionlessly at Chen Ran's departing back.

Until Chen Ran's figure could no longer be seen—

The Heart of the Corrupted Skadi decisively turned her head and floated back to the desk.

She put down the biscuit in her hand, then found the phone she had hidden under some books earlier.

She skillfully unlocked the screen, and the Heart of the Corrupted Skadi began to surf the internet.

"So that's why I couldn't find my phone for so long just now."

"Did Red T learn to steal and play with phones?"

After an unknown amount of time, the Heart of the Corrupted Skadi felt someone grab her by the scruff of her neck and lift her up.

Turning her head, she saw it was her Lord God, Chen Ran, who had returned at some point.

However, even though she was caught red-handed, the Heart of the Corrupted Skadi showed no signs of guilt, because she hadn't learned how to yet.

The Heart of the Corrupted Skadi just blinked her small eyes innocently and said, "Lord God? Aren't you going to sleep?"

"I said, Red T, it's time for you to sleep."

Chen Ran took the phone, flipped through the browsing history of the Heart of the Corrupted Skadi playing with the phone, and replied casually, "I don't have to work, why would I sleep so early?"

Then Chen Ran raised an eyebrow, because the browsing history read:

"What does sleep mean?"

"What does physiological need mean?"

"What does sex mean?"

"What does happiness mean?"

"Why do only humans and dolphins pursue happiness?"

"What does Little Orca mean?"

"Are killer whales dolphins?"

And then it stopped.

It was likely that Chen Ran's sudden appearance had prevented the Heart of the Corrupted Skadi from searching further.

However, judging by the search method, "Are killer whales dolphins?" would yield the answer "Yes,"

and then the question would return to "Why do only humans and dolphins pursue happiness?"

Chen Ran didn't know whether to say, "Red T, you're still young, you shouldn't look at these things," or "Who says Red T is young? Red T is quite old"...

Oh, wait, it should be "What does human morality have to do with me, a Sea Creature?"

"Never mind."

Chen Ran looked at the Heart of the Corrupted Skadi, who had a pure expression, and put down the phone.

As the Heart of the Corrupted Skadi looked at the phone, then at Chen Ran, unsure whether to continue surfing the internet—

"Here."

Chen Ran reached out and placed a finely crafted miniature princess bed, only the size of his palm, in front of the Heart of the Corrupted Skadi.

Chen Ran didn't explain, just said, "You can sleep here."

"What about you, Lord God?" the Heart of the Corrupted Skadi asked.

Chen Ran remained silent, merely pointing to the sofa behind him.

What else? This was the living room, which could also be considered his studio. Did he really need to bring in a 200-square-meter bed like in those overbearing CEO novels?

"Oh."

Heart of the Corrupted Skadi didn't understand the joke, nor did she understand beds. Since her Lord God had said so, she obediently nodded her little head.

Finally, after tidying up the vegetables, refreshing the initial account, and playing a farming game for a while, and then planning to craft a planetary model by hand, Chen Ran, having stayed up almost all night, went to wash up with satisfaction.

"Goodnight."

"Goodnight, Lord God."

After exchanging goodnights, and with Heart of the Corrupted Skadi lying on her princess bed, pulling the small quilt tight and only revealing her little head, Chen Ran also lay down on the sofa.

As the sky gradually brightened, Chen Ran fell into a deep sleep.

Meanwhile, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi, who had been lying on the small bed with her eyes closed, now opened her little eyes.

She got up, glanced at the sleeping Chen Ran, then lifted the covers and floated towards him.

She floated all the way to Chen Ran's front and picked up the mobile phone placed by his pillow.

But for some reason, from Heart of the Corrupted Skadi's perspective, this time, it seemed like an invisible string was connected to the back of the glowing little box, preventing her from taking it directly.

But it didn't matter. Heart of the Corrupted Skadi simply sat down on the pillow, and after browsing the internet on her phone for a while, she glanced at Chen Ran again.

Then, mimicking what she had learned from the glowing little box, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi lifted her little feet, clad in black stockings, and gently stepped on Chen Ran's cheek.

But Chen Ran didn't react, so Heart of the Corrupted Skadi turned her head back in confusion, continuing to watch how the glowing little box taught her.

PS: PY "Delta is also Arknights!" 3

023. And so, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi played on her phone all night.

Chen Ran woke up naturally after a good night's sleep—

Then all he felt was darkness before his eyes, in a physical sense.

At first, Chen Ran thought he had worn an eye mask before bed and forgotten to take it off.

But when he reached up to his face, his hand met an exceptionally soft touch.

It felt like a woman's thigh-high stockings, creating a bulge of flesh around her thigh. When he pressed down, his fingertips sank into it.

He could even smell a faint feminine scent in his nostrils.

Chen Ran paused his movements for a moment, then understood. He reached out and pulled up the 'eye mask' covering his face.

His vision brightened, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that the 'eye mask' he had pulled up was indeed Heart of the Corrupted Skadi herself.

"No wonder I only felt darkness before my eyes. So you were sleeping on my face, Red T?"

A little person about 10 centimeters tall could indeed cover his eyes perfectly.

"You're quite clever. If you, Red T, had slept by my pillow, and I rolled over in my sleep, I'd probably only see a chibi figure in the morning."

Chen Ran actually wanted to ask why Heart of the Corrupted Skadi had come to his side when he had prepared a small bed for her.

Moreover, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi had changed her stockings, and the ones she was wearing now had a run in them.

"What were you up to last night?"

It couldn't be that you wanted to stuff your foot into my mouth, and then my canine tooth snagged the stocking and caused a run, could it?

Chen Ran wanted to ask, but unfortunately, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi was still sound asleep.

Like a thief who had stolen a chicken, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi lowered her little head. Even when Chen Ran picked her up with his fingertips, she showed no signs of waking up.

"Never mind, you don't have work, so I won't wake you."

Chen Ran found it amusing. He gently placed Heart of the Corrupted Skadi, who was in his hand, back on the pillow, covered her with the small quilt, and let her continue sleeping.

After doing this, Chen Ran checked his mouth for any strange taste and reached for his phone, intending to check the time.

As soon as he picked it up, Chen Ran realized the phone was still hot.

He raised an eyebrow and deliberately opened the phone as if nothing had happened, browsing through it. Then, as he was browsing, he suddenly turned his head and looked towards Heart of the Corrupted Skadi.

As expected, he saw that Heart of the Corrupted Skadi had secretly half-opened her little eyes at some point and was peeking at him. When their gazes met, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi quickly closed her eyes again, pretending to be asleep.

"So you really played on your phone all night, Red T? These tricks are old news to me, you can't fool me."

However, Chen Ran wasn't her father, so he wouldn't say anything.

Besides, Chen Ran was more curious about something else—

"I remember, Sea Creatures aren't supposed to have human emotions and thoughts, right?"

"But your guilty conscience and feigned ignorance when you were caught now are incredibly convincing."

"Did you learn all this from browsing the internet?"

Of course, there was another possibility.

The first ability Chen Ran obtained was the Hive Cluster Mind (Sea Creature version).

The moment his mind was connected, it directly influenced the thought patterns of the entire Sea Creature Great Swarm.

Humanity suppressed divinity, and as time passed, this is what made Heart of the Corrupted Skadi act more and more like a person.

Of course, this possibility couldn't be effectively verified, and Chen Ran wasn't too keen on verifying it anyway.

After all, it had always been the Sea Creatures who eroded and corrupted others' minds and thoughts. Now, the Sea Creatures were being eroded and corrupted by Chen Ran himself?

So, in the eyes of those Sea Creatures, what kind of ineffable entity was he?

Therefore, Chen Ran remained silent, instead pulling a feather from the gap in the pillow and beginning to tease the feigning-sleep Heart of the Corrupted Skadi.

Sea Creatures might not evolve the ability to feel ticklish, but Heart of the Corrupted Skadi was different. Her consciousness was that of the Sea Creature god Isabella, but her body was still Skadi's.

As a result, under Chen Ran's teasing, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi soon began to squirm.

"Lord God, naughty," Heart of the Corrupted Skadi seemed to realize she couldn't keep up the act any longer. She floated up, dodging Chen Ran's feather-teasing attack.

"Is this another new word you learned from surfing the internet?" Chen Ran chuckled, stopping his teasing. "You're not pretending to sleep anymore?"

"It tickles, a very strange feeling."

Heart of the Corrupted Skadi floated to Chen Ran's shoulder, sat down, tilted her little head, and then said, "Good morning, Lord God."

"Morning."

After speaking, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi floated up again and moved closer to him.

At first, Chen Ran thought Heart of the Corrupted Skadi wanted to stuff her little feet into his mouth again, but to his surprise, she didn't. Instead, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi used her little mouth to plant a kiss on Chen Ran's cheek.

Unexpected... but honestly, he didn't feel much.

Because the contact area was so small, if it weren't for Heart of the Corrupted Skadi's soft, jelly-like mouth, Chen Ran might have genuinely thought a small flying insect had bumped into his face.

However, despite the surprise, Chen Ran raised an eyebrow and asked, "This time you're kissing my cheek instead of stuffing your feet in my mouth? Where did you learn that?"

"I already did that, but it's not like what they say in that glowing little box. Lord God, you didn't react."