Arknights, But Terra is Domestication Chapter 18

Chen Ran even wondered if these two continued fighting, would they eventually end up throwing galaxies around like frisbees.

"Hmm... probably not."

"One is a Sea Creature that wants to destroy the world, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi, and the other is a Demon King Rabbit that freezes time with Originium. While they are both at the peak of combat power, they wouldn't go that far."

So, after glancing at the planet model and watching the two fight intensely, Chen Ran first checked the new ability he had just obtained, confirming that the Originium couldn't harm him—

Only then did Chen Ran reach out his hand, probing into the planet model and grabbing towards the two of them.

The sky had fallen.

This was Amiya's most direct feeling.

Illuminating the entire land with light, covering the entire planet with Originium.

But a giant hand, without any regard for reason, tore through the Originium barrier in an instant.

Like a shattered skylight, sunlight poured down from above, and the indestructible Originium scattered like fragments.

The giant hand, radiating light, descended with overwhelming force, leaving no room for resistance.

With a single grasp, it seized Amiya.

It didn't hurt; the hand had clearly controlled its strength.

But Amiya was still panicked. She kept waving her hands, and the Originium cones she created continuously attacked the giant hand.

However, they had no effect.

It was as if it were immune to Originium, or perhaps it was simply Originium itself—how could it harm a divine body?

Because of Amiya's constant commotion, the second hand that the divine being had extended towards Heart of the Corrupted Skadi paused for a moment. It then changed direction and also reached towards Amiya.

But the second hand didn't grab her. Instead, it brought itself close to Amiya's little head, bent a finger, and flicked her forehead.

"Oof..."

In pain, Amiya let out a cry, and her rabbit ears drooped.

Amiya didn't even notice that the lost sound had returned. She was too busy feeling wronged, clenching her small fists and hitting the hand.

027. Sea Creatures: Dinner time again, everyone!

Perhaps in the eyes of Amiya, the Demon King Rabbit, she had fought with all her might, unleashed all her trump cards, and still couldn't defeat this celestial divine being. She was caught and refined in an instant.

But in Chen Ran's eyes—

"I feel like I'm in a pet store, saw a cute little rabbit, and wanted to pick it up and play with it. But this little rabbit got scared and started squeaking and thrashing around in its cage."

"Oh, this little rabbit even bites."

So he flicked her forehead.

Seeing that Amiya immediately calmed down because of this, Chen Ran nodded with satisfaction. Then, he reached out to grab the Heart of the Corrupted Skadi beside her.

Compared to the Demon King Rabbit, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi was much more well-behaved.

She let Chen Ran grab her, and then she let him take her and the Demon King Rabbit away from the planet's surface.

As the planet model continuously shrank until it became a marble again, Chen Ran finally focused his attention on his hands.

Releasing his fingers, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi floated up first and landed on Chen Ran's shoulder.

Amiya, the Demon King Rabbit, however, remained obediently seated in his palm, her little face slightly puffed out, as if sulking.

But she wasn't.

Because Chen Ran simply extended the fingertip of his other hand and gently poked Amiya's cheek.

Amiya let out a puff of air and then quickly covered her small mouth with her hand.

After a few seconds, Amiya, as if realizing it belatedly, revealed a confused little look: "I can breathe in a vacuum...?"

This completely defied Amiya's understanding, but even when she searched for answers through the black crown on her head, she received no explanation.

Finally, after ruling out all possibilities, Amiya looked at Chen Ran through the black veil on her face.

"You are..." Amiya, with numbness and an anger she herself didn't understand, asked, "The source of all this tragedy, the god who created me?"

"I'm not taking the blame for this."

Chen Ran immediately denied it. "And I'm not a god. Why does it feel like I have to say this every time someone new shows up?"

But Amiya's face clearly read "disbelief."

She had traveled through many timelines and seen many who claimed to be gods. But compared to the being before her... calling those guys false gods would be an exaggeration.

"Forget it, search for yourself."

Chen Ran had some experience with this.

So this time, Chen Ran didn't waste any more words. He walked to the table, placed Amiya on the tabletop, and handed Amiya a mobile phone. Chen Ran then said, "You know how to use a phone, right? Go and see for yourself."

Then, seeing Amiya, though looking confused, holding the phone and sliding her little hands across the screen—

"Alright, let's talk about you, Red T."

Chen Ran turned his head, looking at Heart of the Corrupted Skadi sitting on his shoulder.

But just as he was about to speak, he saw Heart of the Corrupted Skadi staring intently at the phone Amiya was holding.

Then Heart of the Corrupted Skadi suddenly floated up and swooped towards Amiya—

Although Chen Ran was mentally prepared this time, the moment Heart of the Corrupted Skadi floated up, he reached out and pulled her back.

"That phone isn't yours. I gave the little rabbit a new phone. I'm not so stingy as to make you two share one."

Hearing this, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi turned her little head and blinked, as if doubting if Chen Ran was lying to her.

Only after Chen Ran took out another phone from his pocket, did Heart of the Corrupted Skadi happily float back, holding the phone, and sit back on Chen Ran's shoulder.

"I feel like I'm raising a teenager addicted to the internet."

Chen Ran poked Heart of the Corrupted Skadi's little head with his fingertip and then said, "So? Red T, why did you suddenly rush out so excitedly just now? And you even fought with that Demon King Rabbit?"

"... ..." Heart of the Corrupted Skadi glanced at the phone, then at Chen Ran, and said, "The enemy attacks, loyal protection of the master, guarding the house, extra chicken legs..."

"Alright, alright, stop talking."

It was fine at first, but why was it getting more and more ridiculous?

You've been ruined by phones your whole life.

As Chen Ran couldn't help but sigh, his peripheral vision caught sight of a large patch of white clouds floating out from the planet model from before, drifting back towards their food planet along the same path.

"Oh, I forgot about those Sea Creatures."

So Chen Ran, for the first time in a long time, opened the Hive Cluster Mind (Sea Creature Version), to see if those Sea Creatures, like Heart of the Corrupted Skadi, had also mobilized their entire force out of so-called loyalty to their master.

「Sea Creature 1: Sisters! Someone is attacking our Lord God!」

「Sea Creature 2: Is this attacking the Lord God? This is attacking our feeder!」

「Sea Creature 3: She's smashing our rice bowls!」

「Sea Creature 4: This is no longer a general enemy, we need to hit them hard!」

「Sea Creature 5: For the meal!」

「Sea Creature 6: For extra portions!」

「... ... ...」

「Sea Creature 7: Sisters! We won!」

「Sea Creature 8: Yay!」

「Sea Creature 9: Will the Lord God give us extra chicken legs?」

Chen Ran: "... ..."

Fine, I shouldn't have expected anything from you.

However, this was quite in line with the usual behavior of these Sea Creatures.

So Chen Ran casually grabbed a handful of fruit from the fruit platter, walked to the food planet model, enlarged and shrunk it, and then threw the food in his hand into it.

「Sea Creature 1: Yay! It's mealtime again, everyone!」

「Sea Creature 2: Praise the Lord God!」

「Sea Creature 3: Praise the Lord God!」

「Sea Creature 4: Praise— Who let you eat first! Let me eat first!」

After feeding them, Chen Ran turned his head again, and saw the faith points on the semi-transparent pop-up window scrolling rapidly.

"Is it that easy to rack up faith points?"

Chen Ran muttered, then turned his head and looked at Heart of the Corrupted Skadi, who was sitting on his shoulder, also striking a "Praise the Lord God" pose:

"Stop praising the Lord God. I wanted to say earlier, Red T, even if you wanted to strike with all your might, why did you have to go in for close-quarters combat?"

Chen Ran felt like he had watched a sci-fi movie produced by Hollywood.

With such a vast gap in power, close-quarters combat was truly the most foolish approach.

Chen Ran tossed a walnut in his hand and said, "Just stand here and throw this walnut in my hand at that planet model. As long as it hits, it's no less than a—"

Chen Ran was explaining, but not demonstrating.

After all, a planet model the size of a glass marble couldn't withstand a walnut hitting it, and—

In his peripheral vision, Chen Ran noticed that Amiya, sitting at the table holding her phone, was looking at him with a small expression of panic.

Let's spank Amiya's little bottom as punishment.

The survival of a world, a planet, could be easily decided by a god's whim.

Amiya could even hear her home planet, terrified, screaming, shouting for help.

So Amiya couldn't help but show a look of panic in her eyes.

She was truly afraid Chen Ran would say, "Here, Red T, I'll temporarily give you something called a 'Two-Dimensional Fold',"

And then reach out and flatten her home planet into a piece of paper.

Fortunately, Chen Ran noticed her.

"What's wrong?"

Chen Ran casually tossed a walnut he was fiddling with to Heart of the Corrupted Skadi on his shoulder.

After Heart of the Corrupted Skadi started gnawing on it like a little hamster, Chen Ran walked back to Amiya.

"Finished playing on your phone? Did you find the answers you were looking for?"

Amiya didn't answer. She merely put down her phone, stood up, lifted her skirt, curtsied like a lady, and clearly called out, "Lord God, I apologize, I misunderstood you."

Chen Ran: "..."

Ah, fine.

As soon as she said "Lord God," Chen Ran knew that all the time Amiya spent on her phone was for nothing.

Seriously? Even if you didn't know Arknights or Hypergryph, You could have just opened your browser, typed your name "Amiya" into the search bar, and found out everything, couldn't you?

Or was it a matter of perspective again?