In the livestream.
The viewers looked at Tang Xiaoling holding up the cat to offer it away, then at the Evil Spirit kneeling in a daze. They all rubbed their eyes furiously.
The scene before them was absurdity knocking on absurdity's front door-it had truly come home!
"Guys, I don't think one brain is enough anymore. Can someone lend me another two?"
"No chance. My whole family of five doesn't have enough brains to process this!"
"Take my advice: you might as well donate your brains. They're no use here!"
"No, stop acting so calm! You're scaring me! This is fucking bizarre!"
"What else can we do? Being targeted by an Evil Spirit and raised like a venomous insect was bad enough. Now she's broken the rules and nothing happened, and the Evil Spirit even knelt before her! Is she the Buddha reincarnated?"
"Honestly, what I care about most is those two huge wardrobes full of pocket money... Is her dad really that obscenely rich?!"
"Stop guessing. If you don't understand, ask the expert! @Eerie Knowledge Explainer, what's going on here?"
Despite the comments calling for him, Eerie Knowledge Explainer gave no response.
He merely stared at the scene in the livestream, frozen in a stupor.
What's going on? How the fuck would I know?!
She broke the rules and didn't die. This Tang Xiaoling is defying all reason!
The scene before him had completely overturned everything he knew, right down to his worldview!
Even if he wanted to make something up, he wouldn't have known where to start!
Forget the viewers-even Wu Qian, who was inside the Instance and closest to Tang Xiaoling, was utterly bewildered.
Had this Evil Spirit converted to Buddhism?
Why was it acting like a doting parent toward Tang Xiaoling, a child barely old enough to understand things?
No!
It was even worse than a doting parent!
That kneeling, groveling posture looked like outright fear!
Then, suddenly, Wu Qian seemed to remember something!
"Could Tang Xiaoling have some kind of Magic Treasure on her?!"
Once that thought surfaced, she couldn't get it out of her head!
The more she considered it, the more likely it seemed!
Otherwise, how could a child like Tang Xiaoling frighten an Evil Spirit so badly?
And there had been that earlier incident with the Carousel!
At the time, she had simply assumed the Evil Spirit was full and didn't want to eat Tang Xiaoling.
But thinking back now, Evil Spirits were insatiably greedy. How could one ever be satisfied?
Forget eating just Wu Fan-even after devouring every other player, it could still have swallowed this little girl!
Yet Tang Xiaoling had survived!
There was only one explanation for all these incidents.
Tang Xiaoling had to be carrying some kind of protective Magic Treasure!
"Could it really be that cat?!"
Wu Qian stared at the little yellow cat being held in the air, and her breathing quickened.
Before entering, she had clearly heard the conversation between Tang Xiaoling and her father.
This little yellow cat could protect its owner!
She had simply been too nervous at the time to pay any attention.
Now it seemed very likely that this little yellow cat was the key!
"To think Tang Xiaoling's father was telling the truth!"
"Could this girl's dad really be someone important?!"
Wu Qian's heart trembled, and countless thoughts raced through her mind.
If the little yellow cat really could protect its owner, Tang Xiaoling's father certainly couldn't be an ordinary man!
Then he must have seen everything she had done earlier!
And once she got out...
At that thought, panic filled Wu Qian's heart!
But she soon regained her composure, her gaze gradually turning vicious as she said:
"So what if he's powerful? He's just some lucky bastard who cleared an Instance!"
"Maybe this cat was his reward back then. That would explain why it's so amazing!"
"As long as I snatch this cat and clear this Instance safely, I might end up just as strong as her father!"
By the time she finished speaking, a vicious plan had already formed in her mind.
Kill the girl and take the cat!
The Instance's restrictions prevented players from killing one another.
But that didn't mean she couldn't use someone else to do the killing!
Tang Xiaoling had broken the rules. Her death should have been inevitable.
If not for that little yellow cat, the Evil Spirit might already have eaten her!
All Wu Qian had to do was go over and snatch the cat.
With the threat gone, the Evil Spirit would naturally attack Tang Xiaoling.
And with this divine cat protecting her, she wouldn't have to keep making a fool of herself as some Doll Performer!
Of course, Tang Xiaoling's father would most likely come after her once she got out.
But by then, she would have received her clearance rewards too.
Not only would her physical abilities improve dramatically, she might even get an Eerie Item. There would be nothing to fear!
Besides, she and Tang Xiaoling were already irreconcilable enemies.
Even if she went over to curry favor now, she might not survive long enough to clear the Instance, much less earn her father's forgiveness!
For a moment, malice gave Wu Qian courage!
She hardened her resolve, suppressed her fear, and walked toward Tang Xiaoling!
Meanwhile.
Tang Xiaoling kept holding Tiantian up, but the Evil Spirit stallholder still wouldn't take the cat.
Assuming the stallholder didn't want Tiantian, she took another step forward and hurriedly said:
"Uncle, Tiantian is really well-behaved. Tiantian won't cause you any trouble."
"You just have to give Tiantian some food and water every day."
"I promise I'll come back to buy Tiantian back as soon as I have money!"
With Tiantian practically pressed against its face, the Evil Spirit stallholder trembled violently, almost managing to draw a breath and come back to life!
Mom, would you listen to what you're saying?
Lord Sky Dog won't cause me any trouble?
Just give Lord Sky Dog some food and water?
Ha... You think far too highly of me!
Please, your son is begging you. Just leave!
It's only ten spirit coins!
Are you really going to take your son's life over that?!
Yet just as the Evil Spirit stallholder was at a complete loss.
A pair of hands suddenly appeared and grabbed Tiantian.
Then, with a sharp tug, they snatched the cat away!
The Evil Spirit: "Ack!"
At the sight, the Evil Spirit stallholder's eyes rolled back, and it collapsed in convulsions.
Seeing this after snatching the cat, Wu Qian became even more certain of her theory.
This little yellow cat really was something divine!
It had actually scared the Evil Spirit into convulsions!
But just as she was silently celebrating, Tang Xiaoling's anxious voice rang out:
"Big sister, give Tiantian back!"
Looking at Tang Xiaoling's panicked face, Wu Qian gave a cold, sinister smile:
"Give it back? Give what back?"
"This little yellow cat is mine now!"
At those words, Tang Xiaoling panicked and said in a tearful voice:
"No! You're a bad big sister! Tiantian is my best friend!"
"Tiantian grew up with me! I won't give Tiantian to anyone!"
As she spoke, Tang Xiaoling jumped with all her might, reaching out to snatch Tiantian back.
But she was so frantic that she leaped two meters into the air!
Her tiny body suddenly became weightless, and she tumbled toward the ground!
At the sight, Wu Qian, who had still been looking smug a moment earlier, froze on the spot.
Staring at Tang Xiaoling, who had jumped two meters high, her mouth hung open wide enough to fit an enormous cucumber!
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