Bai Qiu couldn’t understand it.
All he wanted was to be a peaceful PvE player.
So why did so many clueless idiots keep trying to drag him into PvP?
“Forget it. Since things have come to this… might as well eat first.”
Muttering to himself, Bai Qiu looked around to make sure no one was nearby before deciding to enjoy his lunch here.
He summoned both A’Yuan and A’Yan, then took out the pot of prepared Truffle Sea Urchin Soup and served each of them a bowl.
Although A’Yuan was gradually evolving into an elemental lifeform, this soup happened to contain no elemental properties whatsoever.
Its only effect was to enhance one’s physical capabilities, making it equally suitable for both A’Yuan and A’Yan.
A’Yuan obediently opened her mouth, waiting for Bai Qiu to feed her.
After he poured an entire bowl of soup into her mouth, her eyes immediately lit up.
“Delicious! Thank you, Master!”
As for A’Yan, he did what he always did—embedding himself halfway into the ground.
Only the bulging shell protruding from the soil could be seen.
He poked his head out, glanced around, shook the dirt off his face, and let out a puzzled growl toward Bai Qiu.
“Roar?”
Is something the matter?
It had to be said that, unlike A’Yuan—who constantly wanted to come outside for fresh air and cuddle up to Bai Qiu—this homebody turtle usually hid inside the Contract Space, happily gnawing on rocks.
As long as there were still rocks left to chew on, he had absolutely no desire to come out.
“Here, have a bowl too.” Bai Qiu smiled.
For some reason, every time he summoned A’Yan, he found the sight oddly amusing.
Watching the giant turtle crash into the ground and leave behind a huge crater was strangely therapeutic.
Understanding Bai Qiu’s intentions, A’Yan obediently opened his mouth and waited to be fed.
Unexpectedly, his reaction after finishing the soup was far more dramatic than A’Yuan’s.
The soil here was too soft for him, leaving him unable to push himself back up.
“Snort… snort…”
All he could do was stretch out his neck and rub affectionately against Bai Qiu while making pig-like snorting noises, acting completely spoiled.
The sight made Bai Qiu burst into laughter.
“Hahaha… A’Yan, stop trying to make your voice sound cute! A’Yuan’s much more reserved.”
As he spoke, he served each of them three more brimming bowls.
After eating his fill, A’Yan simply retracted his head back underground to continue resting.
It perfectly matched his identity as a chubby homebody turtle.
A’Yuan, meanwhile, lay beside Bai Qiu and chatted with him.
“You’re asking why A’Yan sinks into the ground every time he appears? Ahem… I’d say it’s because the ground quality is just too poor.”
“Wuu Wuu…”
“Roar.”
At that moment, half of A’Yan’s head emerged from the ground again.
He let out a protesting growl at A’Yuan, objecting to the implication that he was fat.
By chance, Bai Qiu glanced at A’Yan’s loyalty and affection stats.
His loyalty had already reached 100, while his affection had risen to 95.
Apparently, a lifestyle of free room and board—plus the occasional “surprise snack”—had filled the giant turtle with genuine happiness.
Before he knew it, evening had arrived.
After feeding the two of them another meal, Bai Qiu said, “Alright, you two. It’s getting late. Time to head back and get some sleep.”
“Wuu~”
“Roar~”
A’Yuan and A’Yan answered in unison before obediently returning to their Contract Space cards.
Judging from their emotional responses, A’Yuan still wanted to stay outside a while longer, whereas A’Yan had wanted to go back the moment he finished eating.
After all, once the snacks were gone, there was still dinner waiting later.
Just as Bai Qiu was about to set off toward the deeper regions of the Aminos Archipelago, the tearful cries of a young girl calling for help reached his ears, drawing his attention.
“Hm?”
He turned toward the sound.
Several hundred meters away, a silver-haired girl was running frantically in his direction while shouting for help.
She wasn’t very tall, though she was surprisingly well-developed for her age.
However, her youthful face and voice allowed Bai Qiu to judge that she was most likely under fifteen years old.
She wore a headband-like hair accessory, with the hair on either side naturally tied into two small ponytails.
The moment Bai Qiu got a clear look at her, one thought immediately crossed his mind.
Whose child is this? She’s so adorable.
Looking beyond her, he saw the people chasing after her.
It was a group dressed like Eastern samurai.
Well… if a person’s appearance could really determine whether they were good or evil, then this bunch looked evil beyond redemption.
The girl spotted Bai Qiu, and her eyes immediately brightened.
But when she realized he was standing there all alone, her expression instantly turned anxious instead.
“Run! Hurry! They’re bad people!”
Yet Bai Qiu remained completely unmoved, calmly watching as the girl sprinted toward him.
The people chasing her were, in theory, faster than she was.
Yet every time they were about to catch up, one of them would inexplicably stumble and fall.
Seeing that Bai Qiu had no intention of moving, the girl tried to grab his hand and pull him along.
Instead of moving him, she tripped and fell to the ground herself.
“Haha! Finally caught you!” one of the pursuers laughed viciously as they caught up.
However, instead of rushing to seize the girl, they formed a circle around the two of them, staring at Bai Qiu warily.
“Hey, you… what country are you from?”
“Country?” Bai Qiu frowned slightly.
At a time like this, what difference does nationality make?
“He’s from Xia! Kill him!”
“Leave the girl alive. We’ll have some fun with her first. I’ve never seen one this pretty before!”
“Exactly! With a face like hers, why don’t we keep her as our military prostitute?”
As they charged at Bai Qiu with their weapons drawn, the aura around him changed instantly.
He drew a blood-red katana.
Just as Bai Qiu was about to use the demonic blade to butcher this group of scum who disgusted him merely by existing, he noticed the attackers suddenly freeze in their tracks.
“Th-That’s… Lord Ryunosuke’s demon sword?” One of them cried out in terror.
The moment they recognized the weapon in Bai Qiu’s hand, not a single one of them dared take another step forward.
“Tch.” Bai Qiu clicked his tongue.
Looking at the trembling group before him, unpleasant memories resurfaced in his mind.
That overwhelming sense of being surrounded by villains…
He had experienced it before, back on Earth.
“My lord…”
Seeing that Bai Qiu hadn’t moved, one of them cautiously tried to speak.
But before he could utter more than those two words, the world suddenly spun around him.
His eyes widened in horror.
He saw not only his own body but the bodies of many others as well—
All of them had lost their heads.
Like grotesque fountains, blood gushed from their necks across the wilderness.
“Ahhh!”
The girl had never witnessed such a horrifying scene.
She immediately covered her eyes and screamed.
Bai Qiu merely glanced at the loot before saying disdainfully, “Not a single one of them was even level thirty. They’re all trash.”
With that, he used all of their Storage Cards to upgrade his own.
His Storage Card’s capacity increased to 570 slots, allowing him to store 570 different kinds of items without restriction.
He looked at the child crouching on the ground, trembling uncontrollably.
Shaking his head, Bai Qiu walked past her and continued deeper into the archipelago.
When she had seen him standing there alone, her first instinct had been to tell him to run.
That alone showed she was kind-hearted.
But they had only met by chance.
Bai Qiu wasn’t so sentimental that he felt compelled to comfort her.
Besides, a killer trying to console someone…
No matter how he looked at it, it would only seem strange.
Just then, however, the voice behind him brought him to a halt.
“W-Wait! U-Uncle… big brother… please… please save my sister and my friends!”
— The end of the Chapter–
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