Chapter 95: Obsession
“Dang dang dang!” Kakaba ran back to Chu Jiu.
“The big beaver said that beautiful beaver appears at a pond in the Sunny Plateau in the late part of every month. It wants to go see it then!” Kakaba explained cheerfully, waving its little paws.
“Okay, then next month, we’ll go to the Sunny Plateau with it,” Chu Jiu replied definitively.
“Dang dang dang!” Kakaba smiled again, its small eyes narrowing into slits.
While Kakaba made plans with the big beaver, Rawr Rawr Rabbit also completed the [Soil Analysis].
Rawr Rawr Rabbit’s ears clapped together repeatedly like applause: “Roar roar roar no problem! The soil here is suitable for growing bamboo!”
“The weather is still a bit cold now, but when the spring arrives and the temperature rises and there’s enough rain, we can move the bamboo next to the Pioneer Cabin over here, roar roar roar!”
Chu Jiu thought, great.
He planned to go find the old village chief and the others tomorrow and tell them, “We can plant a bamboo forest this year.”
*
“So we’re dividing this piece of land into a ‘bamboo forest,’ right?” Douglas drew a circle on the map, marking a clearing near the Wheat River. Chu Jiu nodded: “That’s right.”
“That way, along this position by the river, we can also build a paper mill.”
“When the time comes, planting bamboo, cutting bamboo, making bamboo pulp, and papermaking can all be done in this area.”
Douglas said with a smile, “That’s indeed more convenient. It’s good that the village also has manpower.”
“I asked Doctor Xiao Ku yesterday—after Eric and the other high-level ability users take Doctor Xiao Ku’s medicine and rest for about another month, they’ll be able to work like normal people.”
“Starting next month, I’ll hand over the work of the bamboo forest and the paper mill to them, so it won’t delay the upcoming spring plowing.”
Douglas talked to Chu Jiu about some other things, and finally lowered his voice slightly: “Xiao Jiu, the message Mr. Lu asked us to send to the city lord has been delivered.”
“The city lord said she will keep a close eye on the association and told us not to worry.”
After the last “meeting” with Lu Qingyan through the mirror, although Chu Jiu was busy with work for penicillin, he didn’t forget to convey Lu Qingyan’s words completely to Douglas.
Even though there was no one else around, Chu Jiu couldn’t help but lower his voice to match Douglas’s: “Okay.”
Douglas paused for a few seconds, looked at Chu Jiu’s face, and still couldn’t resist his gossipy heart: “Xiao Jiu ah…”
Chu Jiu: “Huh?”
Douglas: “Ahem, it’s not really what I wanted to ask… it’s Irene who’s very curious, ahem.”
Chu Jiu: “Huh?”
Douglas: “It’s just, you and Mr. Lu…”
Chu Jiu: “…”
Looking at Chu Jiu’s gradually reddening face, Douglas forcibly changed the words that were about to come out of his mouth: “Cough, you and Mr. Lu, will you still see each other often?”
Chu Jiu: “…N-no. Um, actually, it’s been a long time since we last met.”
“That, it’s getting late, I’ll go back and make dinner for Little Can first.”
After saying that, Chu Jiu hurriedly ran off with Little Can in his arms.
Douglas was left behind, shaking his head and sighing, wondering what on earth these two were doing. Didn’t they know that life was short and they should just say it directly if they met someone they liked?
On the other side, Chu Jiu, who had returned to the Pioneer Cabin, had just placed Little Can on the cat climbing frame and was about to turn around to go to the kitchen when Little Can tugged at his clothes: “Meow! Meow!”—”Look at the little mirror! Look at the little mirror!”
Ever since Little Can learned that “the little mirror could allow Chu Jiu and Lu Qingyan to meet” and “the little mirror was broken again and couldn’t be used for the time being,” except for the period when Chu Jiu was in seclusion making penicillin, Little Can would meow insistently almost every day, asking Chu Jiu to check if the little mirror was fixed.
Chu Jiu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “I just checked this morning, it’s still pitch black and can’t be used.”
Little Can: “Awoo!”—”Doesn’t matter, want to see!”
Chu Jiu helplessly took the mirror out of his backpack, and unsurprisingly saw a patch of black: “See, it’s still black, right?” Little Can’s eyes drooped instantly.
It listlessly curled up into a ball on the cat climbing frame, secretly thinking: Lu Qingyan, you’re useless!
Chu Jiu didn’t know what the little black cat was thinking.
He sighed softly and patted the little black cat’s head: “Grilled fish for dinner?”
Little Can: “Meow!”
Lu Qingyan, if you don’t show up again, all the fish Chu Jiu makes will be mine!
*
A month later.
Bean Village.
Eric, wearing a linen robe with his sleeves rolled up, was in the clinic helping Doctor Xiao Ku tidy up the clean cotton cloth that could be made into bandages.
He was one of the first ability users to recover his strength.
At first, watching the little skeleton doctor busily flying around in circles, Eric took the initiative to stay and help.
Together with the physicians who had come from Sea Moon City, he prepared medicinal materials, decocted medicines, cleaned wounds for patients, cleaned up, and prepared food…
Later, when Chu Jiu brought over the facility blueprints for the [Xiao Ku Doctor’s Exclusive Clinic], Eric also helped the little squirrels who came to build the clinic mix mud, build stone walls, connect bamboo water pipes, and install glass windows…
Until the clinic was completed.
At this time, the ability users who were originally as thin as sticks and bedridden had gradually been able to walk on the ground and slowly able to lift hoes to work.
However, there was a steady stream of new patients in the clinic.
Some of them were ability users found in Haiyue City who had similar situations to Eric and the others.
These people were all first sprayed by the big beaver until they regained consciousness, and then sent to Doctor Xiao Ku for treatment.
There were also some patients whose conditions other physicians had no idea how to treat.
Doctor Xiao Ku treated people while teaching the physicians from Haiyue City, telling them in detail what the disease was, what medicine to use, or what part needed to be cut open for what kind of surgery…
Gradually, in addition to these two physicians, other young people also came to this village to learn medicine from Doctor Xiao Ku.
The clinic was always busy.
Eric also continued to stay here to help.
Although he didn’t understand medicine at all and had no ambition to pick up a scalpel like Doctor Xiao Ku, he could still help with many things.
Like now.
He noticed that the “bamboo paper” that Doctor Xiao Ku used to write prescriptions was running out.
This “bamboo paper” was light and thin and very convenient to write on.
Throughout the entire Carrot Continent, only one person could make this “bamboo paper.”
Eric walked out of the clinic, preparing to find Chu Jiu to get some more bamboo paper.
Just then, he saw Chu Jiu walking towards the clinic with a backpack on his back.
“Eric!” Chu Jiu called out to him, “I’m bringing Tata to the clinic.”
“Coincidentally, I just made a new batch of paper. I gave some to the ‘dining hall’ and have a few stacks left. Does your clinic need them?”
Eric: “Yes, yes.”
He took the thick stack of paper from Chu Jiu’s hands, gratefully:
“That’s great. The newly arrived ‘assistant physician’ is planning to record all of Doctor Xiao Ku’s lectures.”
“With this paper, it should be enough for her to record.”
Chu Jiu said, “I can produce another batch in a few days. Tell her to record without worry, and don’t worry about not having enough.”
He thought for a moment and then told Eric, “After the village’s ‘paper mill’ opens in a while, you can directly go to the paper mill to exchange for paper, so you won’t have to worry about it anymore.”
Now the demand for “paper” in Bean Village was increasing.
At the beginning, they only needed to make handwritten books for the children in the village to read.
Later, the prescriptions and notes from the clinic were also changed to using paper.
Now, Chu Jiu was already pondering making more “books” and slowly circulating them out of Bean Village…
In this way, even more “paper” would be needed.
Fortunately, the “paper mill” by the Wheat River was almost finished.
Although the woodland by the river couldn’t grow quickly without supernatural powers and would need to wait two or three years to become a bamboo forest that could be harvested and utilized annually, using the bamboo forest next to the Pioneer Cabin first would be enough to support this paper mill.
Hearing this good news, Eric was both moved and excited: “That’s great—that way we won’t have to trouble Chu Jiu every time.”
Chu Jiu quickly said, “It’s no trouble.”
“Providing Doctor Xiao Ku with a suitable clinic was originally something I promised Doctor Xiao Ku. Making some paper for writing prescriptions is no trouble at all.”
Having said that, he turned his head to Tata, who was hanging on his backpack: “Tata, we’ve arrived at the clinic, let’s go in!”
The little jellyfish rubbed its eyes, floated above Chu Jiu’s head, and smiled at Eric: “Eric! Good afternoon!”
Eric smiled and reached out to take Tata:
“Good afternoon.”
“It’s very bright today too.”
Tata happily wiggled its tentacles:
“Mmm! Because I ate a lot!”
“Let’s go!”
The little jellyfish Tata had come to serve as a “lamp.”
Chu Jiu had designed this [Doctor Xiao Ku’s Exclusive Clinic] with the need for “good lighting” in mind as much as possible.
For example, the windows of this clinic were “glass windows” specially made by the little squirrels, using quartz glass fired from pure quartz, with even better light transmission than ordinary glass.
Such glass windows, not to mention that there wasn’t a second one on the Carrot Continent, were not even common on Blue Star due to their high cost.
Unfortunately, no matter how bright the windows were, they couldn’t produce light at night.
Chu Jiu had initially prepared enough beeswax candles for Xiao Ku—compared to torches and oil candles, beeswax candles burned brighter and had no odor, which was already extremely rare.
Unfortunately, such brightness was still not enough when emergency surgery was needed at night.
To have Xiao Ku cut open a patient’s abdomen by candlelight and then use thread to suture under the flickering light—Chu Jiu felt a cold sweat break out just thinking about such a scene.
He thought of all sorts of ways, even considering making potatoes into natural batteries and then asking the little squirrels to make tungsten into filaments to create the simplest light bulbs.
However, after trying, Chu Jiu discovered that the manufacturing process of light bulbs exceeded his current capabilities.
To evacuate a glass bulb, fill it with inert gas, install a tungsten filament, connect wires, and then seal it. None of these steps could be achieved with the existing equipment.
Without the seemingly simple glass cover of a “light bulb,” the tungsten filament would break in the air in minutes, making continuous lighting impossible.
Helplessly, Chu Jiu decided to find another way:
The little jellyfish Tata ate very well every day and was like a floating little light bulb at home, brighter than a regular incandescent lamp.
Moreover, the little jellyfish and the little skeleton were both of the “spirit” race and got along exceptionally well, able to play hide-and-seek at home for the entire day.
He might as well let the little jellyfish Tata be an “eco-friendly electric light”!
Tata gladly accepted this arrangement and was sent to the clinic “to work” by Chu Jiu or the little gray bird every afternoon.
The little guy not only didn’t feel tired but was quite proud of it.
Just a few days ago, it had floated over to tell Chu Jiu that it could sense that the range from which it absorbed nutrients had become even wider!
Previously, Tata could only get enough nutrients when the children of Bean Village were reading.
Now this range had expanded to Emerald Town and Amber Town!
When the children in these towns started reading books, Tata could also have a full meal!
However…
The children in the towns didn’t have any books to read yet.
This was also why Chu Jiu was pondering secretly sending “handwritten books” out—to feed Tata this little one and keep it bright at all times!
*
Just as Tata floated into the clinic, Rawr Rawr Rabbit and Kakaba also returned from the Wheat River.
Rawr Rawr Rabbit: “Roar roar roar the transplanted bamboo is growing very well! I saw bamboo shoots sprouting! This bamboo forest will definitely survive, roar roar roar!”
Chu Jiu: “Good, good! That’s great news!”
Kakaba: “Dang dang dang! The big beaver said that the beautiful beaver will go to the pond in a few more days. It wants to set off tomorrow!”
Chu Jiu: “Oh! That’s also great news! Okay, let’s set off tomorrow!”
*
That night.
Little Can scratched at Chu Jiu’s clothes as usual: “Meow!”—”Little mirror!”
Chu Jiu took the little mirror out of his backpack, saying, “It must still be…”
“Huh…?”
The mirror surface was finally no longer pitch black.
Could it be… the mirror could be used?
Chu Jiu held the mirror in a daze for a while, his mind suddenly a little chaotic, and he subconsciously sat down on a chair nearby.
Just then, Little Can also let out an unusual “meow”: “Chu Jiu.”
Chu Jiu was startled and turned his head to look at the little black cat sitting upright: “Lu Qingyan!”
The little black cat: “Long time no see.”
“There are some things I need to tell you…”
Chu Jiu was stunned for a second, then held up the mirror: “Meet in here?”
The little black cat sighed softly: “Yes.”
These words could only be said on the other side of the passage.
Chu Jiu nodded: “Okay.”
The messy thoughts in his mind just now seemed to have settled down.
He raised the mirror, his eyes clear as he looked at the surface.
His head drooped forward again, and he unknowingly collapsed onto the table.
*
First time unfamiliar, second time familiar.
Little hamster Chu Jiu skillfully pulled open the small door, and with a “thwack,” landed in Lu Qingyan’s hands.
“Lu Qingyan!” The little hamster, its face red, greeted the black-clad man holding him.
Lu Qingyan’s gaze was so gentle that the little hamster didn’t dare to look at him anymore.
However, the words Lu Qingyan spoke carried a slightly different meaning: “Chu Jiu, this time our time is even shorter than last time.”
“Because there is an upper limit to the usage time of the ‘mirror,’ we must reserve some time for the next activation.”
Chu Jiu: “Next time?—Am I coming over again? Or will you go over there?”
Lu Qingyan: “…Neither.”
Chu Jiu: “Eh?”
Lu Qingyan: “It’s Kakaba.”
Chu Jiu: “…Eh?!”
Lu Qingyan spent a minute telling Chu Jiu that Kakaba, like Little Can, had another “master” in this world.
In this world, Kakaba and Little Can were called “spiritual bodies.” The state of the spiritual body was actually a reflection of the “master’s” state.
He also projected a still image on the screen beside him:
In the picture was a young man with dark skin, a burly build, and a serious expression.
Lu Qingyan said, “This is Kakaba’s ‘master.’ His name is Kang Ruoding. He is my… very important partner.”
Chu Jiu wasn’t surprised by Lu Qingyan’s words.
After all, he had previously guessed that perhaps the other spirit beasts, like Little Can, also had masters in this world.
Lu Qingyan’s words only confirmed this point.
But what followed was something Chu Jiu had never considered before.
Lu Qingyan told him that three years ago, Kang Ruoding was severely injured and fell into a coma. And Kakaba, as Kang Ruoding’s spiritual body, had also nearly died.
But due to certain reasons, Kakaba had transmigrated to Chu Jiu’s world and had begun to gradually recover.
The “growth” in the system that Chu Jiu had often grumbled about to Little Can was precisely the degree of Kakaba’s physical recovery.
And now, according to their observations, Kang Ruoding would wake up soon—correspondingly, Kakaba would also fully recover.
As long as Kang Ruoding awoke, then, due to the natural connection between master and spiritual body, and due to the instinct of the spiritual body, Kakaba would immediately return to Kang Ruoding’s side.
This matter was beyond human control and could not be changed by external forces.
The little hamster was dumbfounded.
Several seconds later, Chu Jiu lowered his head, staring blankly at his pink paws, at the paws that had a slight resemblance to Kakaba’s front paws, and whispered, “Are you saying… Kakaba is leaving?”
Leaving my side, Little Can’s side, Rawr Rawr Rabbit’s and Glup-Glup’s side?
He quickly realized something and shook his head rapidly: “No, no, Kakaba is going home.”
What am I thinking.
The “Kang Ruoding” over there is Kakaba’s true master.
And it sounded like just as I got a system and could avoid death and live again by completing tasks, Kakaba was also constantly growing and growing, finally reaching certain conditions, and his body slowly recovered, right?
This is a good thing!
I shouldn’t be sad!
I shouldn’t… be sad…
The little hamster tried hard to think this way while raising a paw to wipe its eyes.
Oh dear.
It must be that after becoming a hamster, even the tear glands became fragile.
The little hamster vigorously rubbed its cheeks, forcing itself to calm down and not be so sentimental, while glancing at the background time: ten minutes left.
Lu Qingyan had just said to reserve some time for the next use of the mirror.
Then, then I’ll hurry back and leave enough time for Kakaba.
At this moment, he heard Lu Qingyan’s worried voice: “Chu Jiu?”
The little hamster raised its face, trying hard to make a “I’m fine, nothing’s wrong” expression, and puffed out its chest: “Don’t worry! I’ll be prepared!”
“I… I’ll help Kakaba look in the mirror and make sure it returns safely!”
Lu Qingyan didn’t speak, but used the palm of his other hand to very gently stroke the little hamster’s head.
Such a warm hand.
The little hamster’s body trembled slightly, suddenly remembering another thing: “You said Kakaba’s master was injured, then you, and Rawr Rawr Rabbit and the others?”
Were you all in the same situation?
Before the little hamster could finish speaking, Lu Qingyan had already nodded: “Yes.”
He quickly explained again, “However, my situation is a bit different from theirs.”
“So you don’t have to worry about Little Can leaving…”
Before Lu Qingyan could finish speaking, the little hamster interrupted him anxiously: “Is your injury serious? Does it hurt? Where exactly are you hurt?”
Lu Qingyan’s eyebrows curved slightly, and he lied to the little hamster without changing his expression:
“My injury is not serious, and it doesn’t hurt.”
“I told you, my situation is different from theirs.”
“Don’t worry about me.”
The little hamster was still a bit suspicious.
It raised a small paw and touched Lu Qingyan’s face, whispering, “No lying?”
Lu Qingyan: “No lying.”
Lu Qingyan lowered his head and touched the top of the little hamster’s head with his nose, whispering:
“Rest assured.”
“Now… go back.”
Little hamster: “……Mmm.”
The little hamster closed its eyes.
Soon, the golden fluffy ball in Lu Qingyan’s hand turned into an illusion and finally disappeared.
*
Chu Jiu took a deep breath and sat up straight from the table, subconsciously calling out, “Kakaba!”
A moment later, a furry capybara poked its head down the stairs, rubbing its eyes: “Dang dang dang? Chu Jiu, are you calling me?”
Chu Jiu looked at the little capybara, stunned for several seconds, then twitched the corner of his mouth and said, “Ah, it’s nothing. Just… suddenly thought, tomorrow we’re going to the Sunny Plateau with the big beaver, should we prepare some gifts?”
Kakaba yawned: “Dang dang dang… um, it said it will pick some fresh flowers.”
Chu Jiu: “Okay. Then we’ll bring some fresh vegetables for it later.”
Kakaba: “Dang dang dang… okay… huff…”
Chu Jiu: “It’s okay, it’s okay, go to sleep.”
Kakaba: “Huff… huff…”
It actually fell asleep while hugging the stair railing.
Chu Jiu walked up to Kakaba on the creaking stairs, picked up the miniature capybara, and placed it back in its special water basin, whispering:
“Sleep well…”
“Thank you, Kakaba…”
*
Since the big beaver was too large to squeeze into the underground passage, Chu Jiu rode the Bodo bird, traveling through the Forgotten Forest above ground.
Fortunately, the big beaver wasn’t slow at all when running through the forest.
Looking at Kakaba sitting on the big beaver’s head, chatting excitedly with the big beaver, Chu Jiu sighed again.
Little Can rubbed its face against him in confusion: “Meow? Meow?”—”What’s wrong? Why have you seemed a little down ever since you met Lu Qingyan last night?”
After Little Can finished speaking, it suddenly let out a fierce “awoo”: “Did Lu Qingyan make you angry? When he comes next time, I’ll let Kakaba beat him up!”
Beat him up like kneading dough!
Chu Jiu smiled: “No, no. I’m just… a little sleepy.”
Little Can looked at Chu Jiu’s slightly red eyes, still feeling a bit strange.
But as a little kitten, it couldn’t really figure out what was wrong with Chu Jiu.
Oh dear, so why isn’t Lu Qingyan coming over!
Little Can complained indignantly while jumping onto the Bodo bird’s head: “I’ll watch the road, you just sleep!”
*
Five days later, the big beaver led Chu Jiu and the others to the edge of a pond.
Since it was a pond in the “Sunny Forest,” the plants in the pond were naturally several times larger than plants elsewhere.
Such as the lotus leaves floating by the shore.
It was no exaggeration to say that they were wider than the bamboo raft Chu Jiu had made.
And the animals jumping around on the lotus leaves were also quite unique:
[Quack Duck: A type of poultry that lives in the Sunny Plateau region.
They are often seen hopping around on the edges of ponds after rain, or on lotus leaves dotted with raindrops.
At nightfall, they raise their necks, puff out their chests, and sing loudly to the sky: Quack quack quack!
Well, in short, ponds where they live are always particularly lively.
Very important knowledge: Their meat combines the tenderness of frog meat and the refreshing taste of duck meat, without any fishy or greasy flavor. It is a delicious duck worth savoring carefully!]
Chu Jiu stared at these ducks for a few more seconds. Over there, Little Can was already asking, “Can eat? Delicious?”
Chu Jiu: “Can. Good. Up.”
With a few snaps, the lively, hopping ducks turned into first-class [Fresh Quack Quack Duck Meat].
While Chu Jiu was replenishing their food supplies, Kakaba was circling the pond with the big beaver, looking for the “beautiful beaver.”
Not long after, Kakaba came running back, looking anxious: “Dang dang dang! Found it, found it!”
“The beautiful beaver is gnawing on a big tree!”
Chu Jiu was also a little nervous: “What about the big beaver?”
Kakaba: “Dang dang dang! It’s hiding behind another big tree!”
Chu Jiu thought to himself, this won’t do!
Back in his dorm, when his roommates confessed their feelings, they wouldn’t hide behind a telephone pole!
Chu Jiu then led Kakaba, tiptoeing, towards the big beaver.
Sure enough, in the distance, they could see a [Giant Forest Beaver] with slightly lighter fur gnawing on a tree, while the grumpy beaver—no, the shy beaver—was hiding in the woods, covering its face with its two paws.
Chu Jiu squatted down and said to Kakaba:
“Kakaba! It’s time for a friend to step in!”
“Rush over there and encourage the big beaver!”
Kakaba said “Mmm!” and rushed to the big beaver’s side, dancing, gesturing, and saying “dang dang dang” non-stop, presumably trying its best to encourage the big beaver.
However, the big beaver still covered its face tightly, looking bashful.
Chu Jiu frowned and told Kakaba, “Tell the big beaver that the tree the beautiful beaver is gnawing on is about to break.”
“If it doesn’t go over there, the tree will fall on the beautiful beaver and turn it into a beaver meat pie!”
Seriously, on Earth, there were quite a few beavers that were crushed into pies by trees they themselves had gnawed down every year.
Kakaba’s expression changed, and it immediately relayed Chu Jiu’s words seriously to the big beaver.
This time, the big beaver couldn’t care about being shy anymore and squeaked as it ran towards the beautiful beaver.
“Squeak?” The beautiful beaver turned around curiously.
Chu Jiu: “Whoa… it turned around, it turned around! It’s starting, it’s starting! Hero saves the beauty!”
Kakaba: “Dang dang dang, it’s starting, it’s starting!”
Rawr Rawr Rabbit: “Roar roar roar!”
Glup-Glup: “Glup glup glup!”
Little Can: “…”
They saw the big beaver rush to the beautiful beaver’s side—
And push the beautiful beaver away, then finish gnawing down the tree for it!
Chu Jiu: …Eh?
The spirit beasts: …What?
Rumble! The big tree fell in the other direction.
The big beaver quickly dragged the tree away!
Chu Jiu: …
The spirit beasts: …
What happened to hero saves the beauty?! This is just a fierce robber, okay!
A minute later, the beautiful beaver, finally coming to its senses, let out an earth-shattering roar, chased after the robber beaver, and started a brawl!
Snap! Thump! Whoosh!
*
Chu Jiu vaguely remembered watching a movie called “King Kong vs. Godzilla.”
Hmm… what a fierce fight…
Half an hour passed.
Half of the woods by the pond were destroyed.
The big beaver returned with a limp.
It started to giggle foolishly at Kakaba: “Squeak squeak squeak!”
Kakaba nodded repeatedly while translating: “It says it lost the fight.”
“But the beautiful beaver praised it, saying it was a strong fighter.”
“It also explained to the beautiful beaver that it didn’t want to steal its wood, but was afraid the wood would fall and crush it.”
“In short, the beautiful beaver said that the big beaver is a good beaver, and the beautiful beaver is willing to visit its home!”
Chu Jiu: “Wow!”
“Great progress!”
Kakaba was also extremely excited: “Dang dang dang dang! Great progress!”
At this moment, the big beaver, both shy and excited, covered in scratches, extended its giant paw, made a fist, and held it out to Kakaba.
Kakaba then raised its small paw, also made a small fist, and bumped it against the big beaver’s.
Big beaver: “Squeak!”
Kakaba: “Dang!”
Even without translation, Chu Jiu could guess what they were saying: Good brother!
Kakaba withdrew its paw, smiling contentedly, and wobbled back to Chu Jiu’s side.
Just then.
[Ding!]
[Spirit Beast No. 4 has triggered “Growth”]
[Current Growth Level of Spirit Beast No. 4: Level 10]
[After interacting with various creatures, Spirit Beast No. 4 has made many friends and fulfilled its initial wish: to play happily in the mud with good friends]
[At this point, Spirit Beast No. 4 has grown to the highest level.]
[The fully grown Spirit Beast No. 4 needs to leave this place and return to where it originally belongs.]
[Please make the necessary preparations for the return of Spirit Beast No. 4.]
After the prompt sound, Kakaba, who had been smiling happily, suddenly trembled slightly and fell to the ground with a muffled thud.
“Squeak squeak squeak!” the big beaver cried out in alarm.
“Kakaba!” Rawr Rawr Rabbit and the others also quickly surrounded it.
Little Can had already darted to Kakaba’s side, anxiously touching Kakaba’s forehead with its paw: “Meow?”
Chu Jiu slowly squatted down and whispered, “Don’t be afraid.” “It’s okay.”
“Kakaba is just… going home.”
“Going home?” Little Can looked at Chu Jiu in surprise.
Although Chu Jiu had long anticipated this scene, and had even guessed that it might happen after the big beaver’s “confession,” he still felt a pang of heartache when he received the message and saw the little capybara fall in front of him.
But he couldn’t show it now.
He didn’t want to worry the other spirit beast babies.
He especially didn’t want the other spirit beast babies to know that he would be sad because of Kakaba’s departure.
After all, the other spirit beast babies would also leave after their bodies recovered.
He didn’t want them to be even sadder at that time because of his sadness.
Chu Jiu smiled: “That’s right, Lu Qingyan told me last time that Kakaba… has to go home.”
Chu Jiu spoke the words he had been preparing for a long time, with a light smile on his face.
But the spirit beast babies, especially Little Can, still looked at Kakaba with worried expressions, then at Chu Jiu.
Chu Jiu gritted his teeth and didn’t explain further.
He took out the little mirror and placed it in front of Kakaba.
In that instant, the little capybara, who had been unconscious, groggily opened its eyes.
The little mirror reflected the little capybara’s head.
Waves of white mist surged in the mirror.
Amidst the exclamations of Rawr Rawr Rabbit and Glup-Glup, Kakaba’s body gradually became transparent…
Although Chu Jiu kept whispering, “Don’t worry, it’s going home,” “Don’t be sad, don’t be sad,” tears were already falling drop by drop from the corners of his eyes.
This is terrible.
I’m not a hamster anymore, why are my tear glands still so fragile…
Kakaba’s figure was about to disappear completely.
!
Suddenly, dazzling white light flashed in the mirror! The intensity of this light was as if lightning had directly melted into the ground!
Chu Jiu and the spirit beasts all instinctively raised their arms and closed their eyes.
When they opened their eyes again, Kakaba, who had already become a blurry phantom, was standing perfectly still in front of the mirror!
Awake, eyes open, standing in front of the mirror!
Chu Jiu: ?!
This, what is this…?
Kakaba didn’t go back? Did something go wrong?!
Kakaba raised its little paw and scratched its head in confusion: “Dang dang dang…”
“Just now, I seemed to be dreaming…”
“But, I remembered, I still have very important things I haven’t finished…”
Its eyes hadn’t fully focused yet.
Kakaba’s gaze wandered aimlessly until it saw Little Can.
Its eyes suddenly lit up: “Dang dang dang! That’s right! Little Can! We have a promise!”
“We promised—”
*
Arsa Star.
Major General Kang Ruoding, who had just woken up, looked at the spiritual body beside him that had fallen asleep again with a complex expression.
The moment he woke up, he had been informed that his spiritual body had “split” into two parts, one of which had left this world but was about to return.
He had indeed felt just now that his spiritual body was rapidly merging.
But a second before the fusion was complete, he felt a strong “resistance.”
His subconscious quickly connected with the spiritual body, sensing the source of this “resistance.”
By the time he understood where this “resistance” came from, his subconscious had also begun to resist the fusion.
And so… the spiritual body fusion, which should never have been interrupted, was interrupted.
The physician beside him was sweating profusely: “How could this happen… this, this, a situation that has never occurred before…”
The return of the split spiritual body to its master and the fusion with the other part of the spiritual body was something that external forces could not interfere with at all!
Unless… the spiritual body and the master… both believed that it should not return?
Another physician was rapidly checking the data: “Marshal Lu, Major General Kang, although the fusion was interrupted, all of Major General Kang’s data is completely normal!”
“Not only that, Major General Kang’s spiritual body is also in better condition than before!”
The dark-complexioned Major General Kang rubbed his brow: “No need to check the data, I’ve sat up properly, what problems could there be.”
He patted the Dang Kang beside him: “My spiritual body—this part of the spiritual body, is just asleep.”
As he spoke, he looked at Lu Qingyan beside him, a hint of guilt in his eyes.
Lu Qingyan dismissed the physicians first.
He looked at Kang Ruoding: “What exactly happened?”
Kang Ruoding: “Marshal…”
“You know, when the spiritual body merges, I can see all of the spiritual body’s memories.”
Lu Qingyan: “I know.”
Kang Ruoding: “Then, that, that spiritual body that turned into a little capybara, had a strong attachment.”
“This attachment is its promise with Little Can.”
Lu Qingyan first frowned slightly, then his expression changed drastically.
The tall and sturdy Kang Ruoding shrank his neck slightly but still honestly said, “Its attachment is—”
“Must help Little Can beat up anyone who presumptuously thinks of themselves as Chu Jiu’s wife, leaving only Lu Qingyan.”
“‘Chu Jiu’s wife can only be Lu Qingyan.'”
Lu Qingyan: …
Kang Ruoding secretly glanced at Marshal Lu again and changed his address: “Old Lu ah…”
This was an address they would only use back in their military academy days.
Kang Ruoding, relying on the fact that he was still a “patient,” mustered his courage and fearlessly muttered, “You… you were the one who was the ‘wife’?”
Lu Qingyan: “……Shut. Up.”
