"Uh-huh," Yang Qinglan nodded.

To outsiders, she appears aloof and saintly, unapproachable; and indeed it is so.

In the future, she took no interest in those around her, let alone in the past, an era when she shouldn't have had any feelings at all.

It would be absolutely impossible for her to feel sympathy for Beia Triss like Li Qianxia did.

The carriage clattered along, leaving the small town of Monroe Park; Yang Qinglan closed her eyes, sensing the position of the Shadow Cat.

Li Qianxia slightly opened the carriage window, and under the exposure to the sun, everything on Earth became dazzling. It was unknown where big brother was hiding—perhaps even within this small town.

She wanted to transform into a Snowy Owl and circle the town, but such an obvious anomaly would undoubtedly attract the attention of the lurking players.

She closed the window and also shut her eyes, dedicating her whole heart and body to preparing for the upcoming battle—since big brother wasn't there, she could only rely on herself.

It may have been a coincidence, but Penguin, Walrus, and Pegasus, along with Edison, were hiding in the same small forest they had come from.

The small forest had a lake, which Penguin had partially frozen, and now it was leisurely lying on an ice chair, basking in the sun.

The Walrus snored contentedly atop the ice.

Pegasus, meanwhile, took a cool rest under the shade of the trees ashore, using the cold from the ice to beat the heat.

Edison was tied to a tree, his mouth askew as he lay unconscious.

The Walrus comfortably turned over, and for some reason, the sight made Penguin irritable.

"Fat pig!" it cursed under its breath, hugging its "arms" in an attempt to fall asleep.

"Zzzz~~" The Walrus snored.

The Penguin tossed and turned on the ice chair.

"Zzz~" The Walrus inhaled and exhaled once more.

The Penguin started to grind its teeth.

"Zzz—"

"Wake up, you dead fat pig!" Penguin leaped up and kicked the Walrus, who rolled gurgling onto the shore.

"What's the matter? What's the matter?" the Walrus woke with a start, propping up its upper body, looking around nervously.

"You can't sleep before I do!" Penguin roared, faintly spraying sonic waves.

"Delinka!" Pegasus Liss stood up, its voice so handsome it was hard to distinguish between male or female.

Penguin paused, then it dawned on it: "Enemy presence!"

Whenever it felt annoyed, it was a sign of danger.

"Huh? Huh?" The Walrus glanced at Penguin, then at Pegasus, still not fully awake from its nap.

"Prepare to face the enemy? Or escape?" Pegasus asked Penguin.

Penguin spread its "wings" and paced anxiously back and forth on the lake ice, the ice spread further as visible cold emanated from it.

"It's scary, that smoke guy is also very scary!" it muttered to itself as it walked, "Maybe we can get them to fight each other, yes, that's what we'll do!"

Stopping in its tracks, it leaped up, stamping consecutively across the Walrus and Pegasus.

Where the footprints landed, the ice spread, and the Walrus turned into a King Cobra.

Pegasus rose to its feet and transformed into Li Changzhou.

Penguin slowly rose, turning into Bi.

"Listen," it said with its own voice, "The ice mirror form is just a shadow, and it will reveal its true form if someone gets too close. We absolutely can't let them get near, understand?"

"I don't like this," King Cobra moved oddly, propelling itself forward by arching and collapsing, not like a snake, more like an earthworm.

"Bi" walked over and began forcefully stomping it.

"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!"

Seeing it become so irritable, "Li Changzhou" looked around the forest warily; then he stamped on the ground, sending out ripples.

The leaves trembled slightly, and he sensed the vibration with his foot.

There was the sound of footsteps!

"Delinka!" he shouted, "They're coming!"

"Bi" flipped her disheveled blond hair, her small face turned red with effort.

"King Cobra" lay lazily on the ground, as though it hadn't just been bullied, but rather had just received a back massage.

"Remember – Ptui!" Penguin spat out a strand of blond hair, "if they see our faces, we run."

"Where to?" the Walrus asked.

"Idiot!" Penguin kicked it again, "To the research facility, to return Edison! While they're busy fighting, we'll whisk him away! Move it!"

"Bi" kicked "King Cobra" again, but ended up toppling herself.

Just as it stood up angrily, mouth agape, showing off a mouthful of razor-sharp fangs, ready to throw a tantrum, "Li Changzhou" interjected, "Enough, the enemy is nearly here!"

"Damn it, damn it!" "Bi" gave "King Cobra" another hard kick.

"King Cobra" licked its own face with its tongue and said in a simple and honest voice, utterly contrary to its sinister image, "This body really is no good, I don't have hands, I can't—"

"Li Changzhou" picked up Edison and rushed over.

"Bi" leapt up and sat on "Li Changzhou's" shoulder, while the "King Cobra" coiled around Edison.

Just then, the Demon Hunters and the nuns emerged from the forest and came to the lakeside.

"Over there!" Brixi shouted.

"Don't let them get away!" The old Demon Hunter bent his bow and set an arrow.

"Ah!" Li Qianxia exclaimed in surprise.

Yang Qinglan, who knew the inside story but couldn't speak out, looked strangely.

Well, following this group of animal Players, she should be able to see Li Changzhou.

But why was there another blonde Princess beside him?

Yang Qinglan apparently forgot that the last blonde Princess (Beia Triss) was by her side.

Poison-tipped arrows and brief incantations, all hurled into the sky.

The "King Cobra" swept its tail, knocking away the arrows and incantations as easily as swatting balloons.

"What?!" The young Demon Hunters cried out in disbelief.

"Don't panic, chase them!" The old Demon Hunter, with sharp eyes, saw clearly under the sun that there were scorch marks left on the snake's body.

The enemy was not invincible!

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The King Cobra roamed the research institute.

The boss (Li Changzhou), smoking all over, came back and said he would go down to the basement to sleep, leaving the snake in charge of the guard.

The little girl next to him, complaining about the heat, also followed along.

The King Cobra took its duties seriously this time, swearing that no matter how cold, it would not yawn again!

Though the boss said nothing about the earlier incident, as a gold-star employee, it would not allow its work record to bear—

Hmm?

"Hiss~" The King Cobra raised its upper body, golden vertical pupils constricting.

Sharing the boss's powerful constitution, it could feel the rapid approach of life forms.

Its neck slowly unfurled, coiled and ready to strike with a thunderbolt blow.

A figure rushed over.

"Hiss hiss!" The King Cobra withdrew its attack posture.

It was actually Li Qianxia and Yang Qinglan!

The two, in a peculiar posture, descended from the sky, carrying along a little girl (the young nun) and the missing Edison.

The King Cobra joyfully slithered over.

Thump, "Li Qianxia" raised her foot and kicked it.

That strength didn't affect the King Cobra, but the next moment, its golden vertical pupil faintly discerned the overlapping shadows of "Li Qianxia" with a penguin and "Yang Qinglan" with a horse.

It blinked, puzzled by what was happening, then the little girl kicked it too, with great force.

Thud!

The King Cobra was smashed away, brick walls collapsed, and tiles and wood scattered.

It flung its tail and hooked itself onto a pillar, stopping its momentum.

"Hiss—"

Fakes!

They were impostors!

It had been deceived! And it had almost fallen into the cellar, disturbing the boss's rest!

Unforgivable.

The King Cobra gathered its strength again, like a dragon leaving its lair, it rose from the bombarded institute, its mouth fierce, fangs glinting in the harsh sunlight.

"Watch out!"

"It's a demon!"

"Wait!"

The attacks landed on its body causing severe pain, the King Cobra's cold, golden vertical pupil swept across, seeing "Yang Qinglan," seeing "Li Qianxia," seeing the "little girl," and also seeing a group of humans attacking it with silver swords.

"Hiss!"

The snake's mouth opened wide.

Whoosh! A fierce spray of purple poison gas.

Amidst the purple mist, the cobra's head struck as fast as lightning towards the neck of the nearest person wielding a silver sword.

All the scenery of the world trembled in the summer day, as if in a dream.

Down in the cellar, Bi lay on Li Changzhou's coffin lid, sprawling in a spread-eagle pose.

She scratched her sweaty neck, smacked her lips, and continued her nap.

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