"Shushu..."
Ding Xiuqi opened his eyes and looked around in confusion.
What greeted him was a man standing leisurely beside him, eating a white fruit and greeting him with a smile.
"Yo, you're awake."
"A-Altos, sir? I... you saved me! Ah, Shushu!"
Ding Xiuqi immediately got to his feet and looked around.
He soon spotted the golden Mousey, with Demon Raven and Azure Roar Thunder Eagle perched on her head and shoulders.
"Relax. That item of yours is pretty impressive."
Ye Qiyan swallowed the fruit in his mouth. Looking at the relieved Ding Xiuqi, he couldn't help teasing him:
"Instead of using an item that powerful on yourself, you used it on a Mousey. Looks like you two have quite the relationship."
Ding Xiuqi smiled sheepishly and tapped the air a few times, evidently bringing up his system Light Screen to operate it.
The golden color gradually faded.
Mousey broke free of her frozen state.
"Yow! B-boss! Run! I'll hold them... huh?"
Shushu came to her senses. She saw that the mutated flesh around them had vanished, and saw Ye Qiyan, Ding Xiuqi, and a large crowd of demons and mechanical life.
"We ain't dead? Boss, we ain't dead!"
"We're not dead! You stupid mouse, Lord Altos saved us!"
Ding Xiuqi pulled Shushu over to Ye Qiyan, and the man and mouse bowed deeply.
"Sir! Thank you for your help!"
Ye Qiyan waved a hand.
"All right, there's nothing else to do here. Your train's over there. I'm leaving too."
He spread his Valstrax Drive.
He led his companions away from what had once been the abyss.
Only Shushu and Ding Xiuqi remained.
Shushu rubbed her eyes, her face full of disbelief.
"Well, boss, that lord's a real good fella, ain't he? How come he didn't ask fer anythin' in