In cartoons, anthropomorphic objects were adorable.
Of course, that didn't mean turning a phone into a beautiful girl with a keyboard on her chest who needed the protagonist to charge her through a plug. Nor did it mean a white-haired refrigerator lady feeding you drinks mouth-to-mouth and cooking your meals while she was at it.
Those ideas were fun too, but they weren't suitable for children.
But teacups, teapots, chairs, and tables with eyes and mouths, capable of talking and walking, always brought a sense of innocent fun to cartoons.
In reality, though...
"Hii-yah!"
Katie threw a punch, smashing the chair lunging at her into pieces, then rammed forward headfirst and broke through the closed door. Li Wei casually swung his wooden club like a baseball bat, shattering a cup that came flying at them from behind.
The cup let out a heartbroken wail, then fell completely silent.
Yes, in a cartoon, Li Wei and Katie would have looked like two terrifying killers, mercilessly smashing those adorable, soulful objects to pieces.
But as far as Li Wei was concerned, he was suffering too.
These things were just too loud!
Anyone with children at home knew that even one noisy child could be unbearable. Make it two or three, and their shrieks would leave your ears ringing. A whole crowd turned into a sonic weapon, the kind that could kill. Even now, Li Wei's ears were ringing so badly that he couldn't hear what Katie was shouting.
Perhaps because this monster had taken shape from the children's nursery rhyme, the objects inside behaved almost exactly like children. At the sight of strangers, they bounced around and desperately tried to stop Li Wei and Katie from advancing. Whether they were hit themselves or saw their companions being hit, they let out screams