Gourd's eyes had been red, and she had felt a little like crying. After hearing Zhang Ming's improper request, she immediately crouched beside him, cupped her cheeks in both hands, fixed her sparkling eyes on him, and began counting: [1, 2, 3, 4...]
"What are you counting?"
[I'm counting down until you die...]
Old Zhang used his "Soul Split" ability, deliberately splitting himself in half very slowly. "Ah, I really am dying... dying..."
Gourd was frightened and hurriedly said: [Don't die. I'll grant your wish for a panda maid right now.]
[Look, this panda happens to be female. I'll make her your maid. Now you can cuddle her to sleep.]
Seeing the bamboo-munching giant panda actually lumber over to hug him, Old Zhang could only dodge sideways. What kind of bullshit female maid was this? He had no words.
"Well... don't worry too much. You have to trust Bai Ze, Stone Mama, and the others. They'll find us a suitable world to recuperate in."
"It's been so many days. Surely they haven't done nothing all this time."
Maintaining the giant panda's image consumed Gourd Lady's mental energy. Soon, she waved a hand, and the endearingly clumsy panda vanished before them.
Zhang Ming continued, "As things stand, [Dusk]'s power keeps pouring in, and the dream is full of monsters. We can only rely on them. Don't worry. They're companions who've been with me for so many years. They'll definitely do something."
Gourd Lady said somewhat dejectedly: [What if they haven't found a world?]
"Then... I'll be the only one to die. You just need to escape. I'll give you that moon wife of mine. Just avenge me."
[That wife of yours... doesn't mean much to me, because I have my own rules. I probably won't have any use for what's on