Chapter 162

"And it's so fast!"

Along the way, many people naturally witnessed the Demon King Rabbit's flying posture.

Most of them thought the Demon King Rabbit was reinforcements, someone who had come to help... well... at least to help that Ayao.

But the Great Higashi army was the only exception.

The Higashi army did not cheer or rejoice; instead, their faces were ashen, and they remained silent, maintaining military discipline.

Even the Old Heavenly Master's expression shifted between light and dark.

Even after confirming that the Demon King Rabbit was indeed flying straight towards them, the Old Heavenly Master issued the order, "All troops retreat! Withdraw from the battlefield! Quickly!"

When someone asked her why she issued such an order, she was puzzled.

The Old Heavenly Master answered in this way, "When the human body is invaded by a virus, the immune system will exert its strength. Theoretically speaking, when a person has a fever of 41 or 42 degrees Celsius or above, most viruses will be eliminated. However, the human body will not be able to withstand it. But the immune system will not care about these things. For the immune system, the human body and the virus must die today."

Similarly, since the Year Beast has been identified by that deity as a virus and a pest, the Demon King Rabbit's role is to act as the immune system, solely to completely eliminate the virus.

Whether there is only one virus or a group of viruses, it doesn't matter to the immune system; just kill them all.

That's why the Old Heavenly Master ordered the Higashi army to withdraw from the battlefield. After all, if the Demon King Rabbit got carried out with the extermination operation, it wasn't impossible that it might also wipe out the Higashi in the process.

However, it was somewhat different from what the Old Heavenly Master had imagined—

After flying straight towards it, the Demon King Rabbit didn't choose to crash into it head-on. Instead, it transformed into a human missile and blasted the Year Beast half to death first.

The Demon King Rabbit, on the contrary, landed gracefully in front of the Year Beast.

Facing the Year Beast that was thousands or tens of thousands of times larger than her, the Demon King Rabbit simply floated in mid-air, then stretched out her little hand and gently pressed down in the direction from which the Year Beast was attacking.

Then, a pure white light flickered from the Demon King Rabbit's fingertips, and jet-black Originium grew out of thin air on the Year Beast's limbs.

Then, at a visible pace, it began to spread rapidly and frantically upwards along the skin of the Year Beast.

In just a few breaths, the Originium fragments seemed to envelop and cover the entire body of the Year Beast, even spreading to the ground beneath its feet, the sky, and everything in sight.

This scene sent chills down the Old Heavenly Master's spine.

You should know that the size of that Year Beast was enormous, stretching for hundreds of kilometers, like a mountain range, yet this area was merely the distance between the Demon King Rabbit's hand and foot.

The Old Heavenly Master even felt that if the Demon King Rabbit wanted to, it could cover the entire Higashi with Originium in just a few hours.

"This isn't reinforcements... it's just another little tyrant..."

The Old Heavenly Master looked on with a grimacing expression and muttered to himself.

Unexpectedly, the Demon King Rabbit, which had been facing away from them, suddenly twitched its rabbit ears and turned its head to look in the direction of the Old Heavenly Master with an indifferent expression.

This startled the Old Heavenly Master.

He wondered if that Demon King Rabbit had super hearing. How could it hear him from such a distance?

But that's not the case.

The Demon King Rabbit was simply curious: why hadn't anyone pleaded for the Year Beast yet? Not even a shout of "Spare his life!" had been heard.

Looking at it this way, one can't help but feel a little sorry for this Year Beast.

But this has nothing to do with the Demon King Rabbit.

The Demon King Rabbit didn't come down to kill this Year Beast; otherwise, it would have already conjured an Originium Greatsword and beheaded the Year Beast with a single stroke.

The Originium covering its entire body does look terrifying, but it's actually just a way to seal the time of this Year Beast. There's absolutely no danger to its life; even if the seal is lifted afterward, it will emerge unscathed.

Even at the very beginning, the pure white light emanating from the Demon King Rabbit's fingertips was a means of healing the Year Beast's injuries.

After all, the Black Crown on the Demon King Rabbit's head told her that this Year Beast was related to the Pre-Civilization, and that Precise, who gave her a second life, was also related to the Pre-Civilization.

Since it's related, the Demon King Rabbit will naturally show mercy to the Year Beast.

Furthermore, her brother Chen Ran never said anything like, "Little Rabbit, go and slap that Year Beast twice." Chen Ran simply let her come down and play.

The Demon King Rabbit naturally followed her own preferences.

So--

The Demon King Rabbit stretched out its little hand.

In an instant, the Originium fragments covered the entire body of the Year Beast, completely enveloping it and turning it into a giant 'egg'.

Then the Demon King Rabbit gently lifted its fingertips upwards again.

The 'egg' then flew into the sky like a celestial explosion.

Chapter 247 Why does this Year Beast seem to really treat Xi like its own little cub?

In short—

First, deliver this Year Beast to her brother Chen Ran.

As for whether Chen Ran will kill, dismember, or play with the Sui Year Beast like a bracelet after receiving Year Beast, that's entirely up to Chen Ran to decide.

The Demon King Rabbit was just a middleman; she didn't get involved in this.

So when they saw the 'egg' sealed by the Originium fly into the sky, and then Chen Ran reached out his large hand and snatched the 'egg' away,

The Demon King Rabbit then lowered its little hand.

Alright, her brother has completed the task he assigned her. What should she do next?

Although the Demon King Rabbit wanted to go straight back to eat the little cake Chen Ran had prepared for her...

But Chen Ran also told her to have some fun.

So the Demon King Rabbit turned around and looked around, wondering if he should go to Kazdel to see if Theresia from this Worldline was still alive.

Or should we go to Columbia or Victoria and see if Precise in this Worldline has woken up yet?

But as the Demon King Rabbit was thinking this, she turned her head and found that the Higashi army and the Old Heavenly Master in the distance were all looking at her warily.

There's no way around it. For Demon King Rabbit, who is one of the top fighters, capturing the Year Beast and handing it over to Chen Ran is almost no different from throwing a Poké Ball and catching a Pokémon.

But to the natives of Terra, this was not the case at all.

The Demon King Rabbit is a hero who makes a powerful entrance, suppressing everything with ease. The Year Beast that required almost the entire nation's strength to fight against couldn't even withstand a single move from the Demon King Rabbit, and was even packaged up like takeout and sent away.

Now the Demon King Rabbit has turned to look at them again, and who knows if it intends to eat Demon King Rabbit all and take them as snacks as well.

But the Demon King Rabbit just thought they were pretty boring.

The Demon King Rabbit simply looked around to make sure there were no familiar faces before taking flight and heading towards Kazdel.

Let's see... whether Theresia is still alive in this Worldline.

The Demon King Rabbit left without a second thought, but the Higashi army and the Old Heavenly Master who remained behind looked at each other in bewilderment.

"This... this solves the problem...?"

"Um... excuse me... who are you...?"

Although Chen Ran pulled off a switcheroo, the Demon King Rabbit seemed to have a lot of fun after going down there.

But Amiya, who had been dragged up by Chen Ran, was completely bewildered at the moment.

Amiya's mind went blank for a moment when she first saw Chen Ran, a being she couldn't comprehend.

Then, upon seeing the Demon King Rabbit who looked exactly like her, she was momentarily stunned.

When Amiya saw Wishdale, Skadi, and even three Kal'tsit that she knew, she was even more confused.

But they were already used to Chen Ran randomly rescuing people like he was playing a claw machine, so in the end only a few Kal'tsit came forward to soothe Amiya's emotions.

Only after Amiya was appeased did the Little Rabbit become slightly reserved and ask Chen Ran in a tentative tone.

"I'm your warm, cheerful, handsome, and wealthy older brother next door, aren't I?" Chen Ran reached out and teased Amiya's long donkey... uh... rabbit ears on her head, and said with a smile.

Amiya: "???"

No... um... I don't remember having an older brother.

And could you please stop playing with my bunny ears? They're so itchy...

Chen Ran's answer did not reassure Amiya; instead, it made her even more reserved.

Fortunately, Chen Ran had already amassed enough connections to handle such situations with ease.

So Chen Ran didn't try to coax the child anymore. Instead, he turned his head and said, "That cat, yes, you, normal cat, go and catch Amiya from your Worldline too. These two Little Rabbit definitely have something in common."

But the normal cat thought Chen Ran was just lazy, and besides, teasing Amiya was nowhere near as fun as teasing that Little Watermelon.

However, even though that's what they say, normal cats don't actually refuse.

It's better if she's not interested, otherwise Kal'tsit would imagine Amiya doing something like this. "She'd gently lift her skirt with her fingertips, then all her gentle cuteness would vanish, leaving only her little eyes sparkling with hearts, saying something like, 'Brother~ Little Rabbit's tail can actually be pulled really long, you know? Want to touch it?'"

Kal'tsit just felt her eyelids twitching.

Amiya is just a child, okay?

So when Kal'tsit heard that Chen Ran had left Amiya with her, she immediately stepped forward, took Amiya's little hand, and led the still bewildered Amiya away.

"I always felt that these few Kai Meow Meows weren't exactly pure in their thinking."

Watching the two figures disappear into the distance, Chen Ran muttered, "But speaking of which, if this cat and rabbit were together, would it be considered sisterly incest, or a parent-child donburi?"

Before Chen Ran could think much of it, he saw an 'egg' fly out of the planet model in front of him.

"What is this?" Chen Ran was stunned for a moment, then he understood the truth from the semi-transparent pop-up. "Didn't I tell Demon King Rabbit to go play? Why did she bring that Year Beast back to me in a bag?"

Upon learning that the 'egg' was the Year Beast sealed by the Originium, Chen Ran naturally reached out and took the 'egg' into his hand.

But holding it between his fingers and looking at it from left to right, Chen Ran couldn't help but think, "Apart from the color being a bit off, why does this 'egg' look so much like a chicken egg?"

Thinking of this, Chen Ran picked up the 'egg' and tapped it on the table.

Only after hearing the cracking sound of the eggshell breaking did Chen Ran bring the 'egg' back to his eyes.

Then you can see that the pointed end of that round 'egg' is broken.

Then a tiny paw emerged from the broken part, pried around a few times, and the Year Beast, with the broken eggshell on its head, poked its little head out of the 'egg'.

"It gives me the feeling of watching chicks hatch from their shells."

Unfortunately, the Year Beast doesn't have any so-called chick complex.

Even though the first thing the Year Beast saw after hatching was Chen Ran, it still turned its little head, looking around with a rather human-like anxious expression, and opened its little mouth to let out a dragon roar.

"So what are you yelling about?" Chen Ran leaned closer to take a look and asked, "Can you understand me?"

But the Year Beast still didn't reply, it just kept calling out.

Until Xi, who was sitting upright on Chen Ran's other palm, revealed a subtle expression. "She... she's calling me..."

Chen Ran: "?"

Chen Ran glanced at Xi, then at the Year Beast, and said uncertainly, "Wait a minute? Could I have been misunderstanding something all along? Could it be that the Year Beast's self-awareness hasn't been fully developed due to premature revival, and its actions are now entirely based on physical instincts?"

The reason it keeps calling Xi's name is because this Year Beast truly considers Xi its own little cub.

What loli mom?

Chapter 248 Sui protected her own little cub and bared her teeth and claws at Chen Ran.

Originally, Chen Ran wanted to bring the Year Beast closer to examine it more closely.

As a result, after the Year Beast hatched, it darted out of the eggshell and crawled around while making noise.

Seeing this, Chen Ran naturally wanted to catch the Year Beast in his hand first, to prevent it from running away or falling from his grasp.

But this Year Beast is like an eel, slippery and elusive.

No matter how Chen Ran tried to catch her, she could always wriggle around in Chen Ran hands like a pupa.

Even though Chen Ran had a hard time holding her, the Year Beast still managed to squeeze its little head out from between Chen Ran's fingers and peek out.

Furthermore, since the Year Beast was already only half the size of Chen Ran's palm, its claws appeared even smaller after being scaled down proportionally.

It doesn't hurt when it scratches, but those little paws scratching like you're scratching your palm is incredibly itchy.

So Chen Ran laughed as he grabbed at it.

In the end, they even managed to drive the Year Beast to its wits' end.

'I'm in a hurry to find my little one! Why are you always bothering me?'

With roughly the same emotion in mind, the Year Beast coiled its slender dragon body around Chen Ran's index finger.