Arknights, But Caging Terra Chapter 41

He thought her little belly must be soft to the touch, so Chen Ran, feeling mischievous, reached out a fingertip and gently poked the Demon King Rabbit's tummy.

"Oh, it really is soft."

"Mmm..."

Unlike Chen Ran's satisfied exclamation, the Demon King Rabbit stirred as if startled awake.

"L-Lord God, please don't do that..."

The Demon King Rabbit wriggled, seemingly trying to escape the ticklish sensation as Chen Ran's finger grazed her belly.

But with a larger movement, the Demon King Rabbit quickly covered her mouth, "Mmm... it-it feels like it's going to overflow... it's a bit uncomfortable..."

"Little rabbit, if you're so stuffed that it's coming up your throat, of course you'll be uncomfortable," Chen Ran said with a smile, retracting his hand. "No one's snatching it from you, so eat smaller meals more often. How could a little rabbit like you stuff yourself so full that you can't even move?"

"Because it's really tasty... so I couldn't help myself... Ehehe..."

Without Chen Ran's finger poking her, the Demon King Rabbit felt much better.

But upon hearing Chen Ran's question, she sheepishly scratched her cheek.

What a hard life she used to have. Forget small cakes, even candy was a luxury.

Now that she could eat her fill without limits, the Demon King Rabbit felt like she had to compensate for all the hardship she'd endured before, so she couldn't help but...

"Um... Lord God," the Demon King Rabbit seemed to feel a bit embarrassed by her state and quickly changed the subject. "I think I heard Miss Yelagund mumbling in her sleep just now? She sounded quite distressed. Do you want to go check on her?"

"Yelagund? Oh, alright."

Hearing this, Chen Ran looked towards Yelagund, nodded, and turned to leave.

However, before he left, Chen Ran took advantage of the Demon King Rabbit's inattention and poked her little belly again with his fingertip, adding with a smile, "Little fatty rabbit."

"L-Lord God?!"

As the Demon King Rabbit's embarrassed and flustered voice faded behind him, Chen Ran had already arrived at Yelagund's side.

Seeing that Yelagund was still sound asleep, Chen Ran leaned in and listened closely, catching Yelagund's dream-muttering: "Children... my children... not one... not one could be saved... Woo..."

He had a feeling that if Yelagund ever woke up, she might try to fight Heart of the Corrupted Skadi.

"But when Yelagund will wake up is still a question."

Chen Ran briefly checked Yelagund and found that her wounds were healing quite well.

She wasn't awake now; he wondered if these giant beasts naturally slept for long periods, or if she simply didn't want to wake up.

He'd remind Heart of the Corrupted Skadi later.

With that thought, Chen Ran reached out and pulled the small blanket over Yelagund.

Then, turning around, he walked back to the food planet model. He first peered into the model.

After confirming there was nothing of concern, Chen Ran tossed the small snacks he'd grabbed from the fruit platter into the food planet.

... ... ...

... ...

"So hungry..."

Due to the rotation speed of the planet model, Only a short time had passed for Chen Ran, just enough to tease the little rabbit and tuck Yelagund in.

However, several days had passed on this food planet.

Skadi, swept along by the Sea Creatures, had arrived on this completely unfamiliar planet. She had remained vigilant day after day.

This was because Sargol had told her that the Sea Creatures were enemies, monsters, beasts devoid of any intelligence.

Therefore, Skadi had been prepared to fight these Sea Creatures to the death from the very beginning, Especially since the Lord God hadn't taken her with him, and her last escape route had been cut off.

But after several days, not only had the Sea Creatures not attacked her, but they had also been feeding her more and more frequently, piling more and more food in front of her.

Some Sea Creatures even squatted in the distance, looking worried.

Sea Creature 1: "Family, what should we do? This sister can't hunt, and she doesn't even know how to eat. I'm worried she'll starve to death."

Sea Creature 2: "Is the food not to this sister's liking?"

Sea Creature 3: "But we've caught everything that flies in the sky, swims in the sea, and runs on land for her. We've piled it all in front of her, but she won't even glance at it."

Sea Creature 4: "This won't do. I've heard this sister's stomach rumbling for a long time."

Sea Creature 5: "If she won't eat the food, how about I tear off my arm for her to eat?"

This was the nature of the Sea Creatures.

When their species faced hardship, or when one of their powerful individuals was injured, Some Sea Creatures would voluntarily sacrifice themselves, becoming food to nourish the Great Swarm.

And so—

Rip.

The sound of flesh and skin being torn apart was enough to jolt Skadi, who was so hungry she was on the verge of losing consciousness, instantly awake.

But before she could even get wary, she saw a Sea Creature walk up to her.

Then, that Sea Creature tore off its own arm, blood gushing all over, and offered the mangled limb to Skadi:

"Sister, food, eat."

Skadi was stunned.

Seeing that Skadi still wasn't eating, the Sea Creature used its remaining arm to rip open its chest, pull out its heart, And then yank its head and spine out from its neck, placing them before Skadi:

"Sister, this, soft, delicious."

Skadi: "... ..."

Looking at the spinal sword laid before her, the single remaining head, its small mouth still opening and closing, its eyes staring at her as if it died with unfinished business—

Sanity -1

Sanity -1

Sanity...

"Go, go away!"

Skadi waved her hand forcefully.

Ah... I was scolded...

The Sea Creature heard her, took a few steps back, Then the Sea Creature's neck, where its head had been pulled out, began to heal autonomously.

As if molding clay, it reshaped a new head, and the face of this new head even showed a hint of a wronged expression.

Of course... if one could ignore the spinal sword laid before Skadi, its face also showing a wronged expression... then perhaps they might have softened.

062. Yelagund seems to be awake?

The Sea Creatures were terrified that Skadi would starve to death, and Skadi... was also quite afraid of starving to death herself.

No matter what tricks this group of Sea Creatures was trying to pull, she would only have the strength to deal with them if she ate her fill.

So Skadi lowered her head and looked at the spinal sword and the still-throbbing heart laid before her...

"This can't be eaten, absolutely cannot be eaten."

Skadi, without a second thought, rejected these two items.

But looking at the other 'normal' food...

Thinking that she absolutely would not eat raw flesh and blood like those Sea Creatures, Skadi attempted to start a fire herself.

Starting a fire without any tools was quite difficult, but Skadi had plenty of strength.

Thus, with the birth of the first small flame on this planet of delicacies, Skadi plucked, bled, gutted, cleaned, and then roasted those 'normal' foods over the fire.

As the aroma of the ingredients wafted out, Skadi looked up and suddenly discovered a large group of Sea Creatures that had, at some point, surrounded her.

Skadi instinctively tensed up, ready to open at any moment.

As a result, the group of Sea Creatures merely stood by and watched, looking at her roasting meat with confusion, bewilderment, and curiosity.

If all these Sea Creatures were replaced with puppies and kittens, this scene would have been quite interesting.

But the key was that all these Sea Creatures had the exact same face as hers, which wasn't interesting, it was just creepy.

So Skadi pulled a burning stick from the fire and waved it around: "Go away!"

The surrounding Sea Creatures naturally retreated a few steps, then continued to watch.

"Hurry up and go away!" Skadi waved the wooden stick in her hand again.

The Sea Creatures retreated a few more steps, then continued to watch.

Skadi: "... ..."

Tired.

Skadi stopped paying attention to the Sea Creatures and instead roasted the 'normal' food.

Then she opened her small mouth and took a gentle bite.

The cooked food entered her stomach, and the feeling of hunger was instantly relieved.

But Skadi did not show a happy expression because of this; instead, her small face drooped.

Skadi was just simple-minded, not stupid.

Simple-minded meant being straightforward, having a peculiar thought process, not being able to turn corners, being too direct, having her own set of ideas, belonging to the 'beautiful but dumb' trope, Instead of being stupid as if she had a cognitive defect.

Skadi looked up and glanced at the creatures around her, who were mimicking her actions. Some Sea Creatures were learning to start fires, others were plucking feathers, and some were roasting meat.

There were even Sea Creatures that perfectly imitated Skadi's earlier movements of waving a small wooden stick and shouting, "Go away!" and "Hurry up and go away!"

It made the whole scene look like some essential, mysterious ritual.

Then, one Sea Creature successfully roasted some cooked food. After taking a bite, it became as excited as a multi-ton child.

It then shared the secret to its success with the other Sea Creatures, and the entire Great Swarm of Sea Creatures erupted in cheers.

Watching the boisterous Sea Creatures, Skadi fell silent.

The previous feeding, the suicidal reciprocal feeding, and now this communal sharing of experience...

Were the Sea Creatures truly enemies, monsters, and beasts without any intelligence, as Sargol had claimed?

Skadi felt a flicker of doubt.

But Skadi's stubbornness stemmed from her single-minded nature.

So, Skadi quickly shook her head, believing this must be a cunning ploy by the Sea Creatures.

Don't forget, Sea Creatures could erode a person's consciousness and corrupt their thoughts.

Therefore, she wouldn't be fooled!

Thinking this, Skadi defiantly took a bite of the roasted meat in her hand, a declaration of her firm resolve not to be deceived.

However, in the next second, she heard a rustling sound.

Looking up, she saw that it was raining food from the sky.

Before Skadi could even grasp the situation, she saw the group of Sea Creatures erupt in cheers once more:

"Lord God is sending down relief supplies!"

Skadi watched as the Sea Creatures abandoned the cooked food they were almost done roasting and rushed towards the direction of the food rain, waiting for that Lord God to feed them—