267: Chapter 267 Your adorable pet has arrived, please check.

On the way back, Li Ming stepped on the BMPT's accelerator, driving quietly.

Although he didn't actually need to do anything and could just sit there and control it with his consciousness, he still had to pretend since they were watching him.

Meanwhile, he was also looking for Logic... or more accurately, talking to The Governing Body.

"Some special cute pets?" The Governing Body's voice carried a hint of confusion. "It's not a big problem, but you wouldn't come to me for a normal cute pet. Speak, what do you want?"

"So you're agreeing to help me with this favor?" Li Ming teased in his mind.

"As long as it doesn't touch on matters of principle, I don't mind providing a service for you."

"That's good. Can I have a Dehydrated Ghast Cube?"

"Leave it to me... wait, a what?"

"A Dehydrated Ghast Cube."

"...Li Ming, I now know why there's a separate sentence in the report from my clone that says 'behavioral thoughts are occasionally incomprehensible.'"

"So, are you helping or not?"

"Fine, fine, fine, I'll help, okay... It's just a Dehydrated Ghast Cube..." The Governing Body hung up the communication.

Despite saying that, The Governing Body, separated by an entire world, began to scratch its head; this matter was actually a bit troublesome.

How to adapt to the rules of a different world? This would take some effort...

Fortunately, it had redundant computing power.

It picked a world, kicked away the Guardian of Rules first, and then sent a clone inside to look for the item. After being burned several times by lava and normal Ghasts, it finally found what it wanted.

"Hmph, finally got it." The Governing Body squeezed the shriveled little fellow. "Li Ming, oh Li Ming, you really know how to find trouble for me. No, I have to get even..."

The Governing Body began to tinker with the little fellow, appearing to modify something...

On the other side, Li Ming had just stopped the vehicle and was leaning on the driver's hatch waiting for them to come out, to avoid letting them see how he retrieved the vehicle.

Kuznetsov jumped down from the tank with some difficulty and then walked toward the gate.

"Kuzna, be careful..." Ushakov hurriedly followed.

"I'm not that delicate, Wu Sha."

Seeing that they weren't looking at him, Li Ming began to use his consciousness to retrieve the vehicle.

The next moment, a white thing suddenly slammed into the BMPT's upper glacis, which was covered in explosive reactive armor, and then bounced onto Li Ming's face.

"Whoa—"

Li Ming stumbled and fell to the ground along with the liquid metal, allowing Ushakov and Kuznetsov, who had turned back, to see the process of him retrieving the vehicle clearly.

"Ow, holy crap..."

Li Ming struggled to get up, looking at the head-sized block with feet next to him.

"Li Ming, are you okay?" Ushakov trotted over through the snow and also saw the little thing. "What is this?"

"Umm..."

Li Ming picked the thing up.

It was soft.

It let out a faint, barely audible whimper.

"Suka, it's alive?" Ushakov's eyes widened. "What kind of creature is this?"

"Let's take it inside first."

Li Ming held it and looked at Kuznetsov.

Kuznetsov nodded and then pushed open the door.

He placed it on the table, and Ushakov leaned in, curiously poking the thing.

It had a small face with its mouth downturned, looking very unhappy.

A note was tied to its leg, and Ushakov took it off.

"Your cute pet has been delivered, please sign for it! —Ms. Luo"

Kuznetsov glanced at them from a distance and then walked over. "Li Ming, is this for you?"

"Not entirely..." Li Ming ground his teeth; this Logic was really... petty. "Sister Kuz, can we keep a pet at home?"

A pet?

Kuznetsov looked at the strange little creature, thought for a moment, and said, "Then you have to be responsible for raising it."

"No problem." Li Ming gave an OK sign. "Can I use the bathtub for a bit?"

"Go ahead."

"Alright then."

Li Ming carried the little block inside.

Ushakov blinked and looked at Kuznetsov. "Want to go take a look?"

"I'm not interested..." Kuznetsov looked away.

"Mm-hmm?"

"..."

Kuznetsov slowly paced toward the bathroom, watching Li Ming put it into the bathtub and start running cold water.

"What is he doing?" she asked.

"It's currently in a dehydrated state," Li Ming said. "As for when it will wake up... I don't know either."

"Fine then." Kuznetsov turned and left the bathroom.

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"Sister, our opinion is to bring him back to Eastern Radiance. Of course, this matter is currently limited to a few people. If you have other arrangements, we will still prioritize your decision. After all, according to our database, he is not an Eastern Radiance citizen..."

Kuznetsov turned off her phone screen and then looked at Li Ming, who was sleeping with the documents she had found for him covering his face, drool trailing from the corner of his mouth.

This little brat, if he wanted to sleep, he should have gone to lie down...

She glanced to the other side.

Ushakov had taken over the sofa in the room, spread out like a starfish. She seemed to have drunk a bit more beer and then fell asleep while scrolling through her phone.

"..."

For some reason, Kuznetsov felt a sense of helplessness.

After hesitating for a while, Kuznetsov still shook Li Ming. "If you want to sleep, go back and sleep."

"Mmm... okay...?"

Li Ming sat up and then looked at Ushakov on the sofa.

Kuznetsov turned back and lightly kicked Ushakov's calf.

No reaction.

Kicked again.

Still no reaction.

"Suka..." Kuznetsov's teeth itched with annoyance.

"Maybe just let her sleep..." Li Ming was caught between laughter and tears. "At worst, I'll sleep on the floor or go next door..."

"You sleep on my bed."

"...Huh?"

Li Ming stared at her with wide eyes. Wait, sister, is this really okay?

At this moment, our esteemed Marshal's face had an unusual flush, but she still stubbornly said, "If I tell you to sleep there, then sleep there. I'm an old woman and I don't care, so why do you?"

"First of all, you don't look old at all. Secondly, men and women shouldn't be so intimate."

"Then go sleep outside the house."

"Got it, sister."

Li Ming stood up and prepared to walk out.

"Get back here, Suka!" Kuznetsov punched Li Ming's head. "You go sleep with Ushakov."

"Got it, boss."

"Hmm?"

"Sister, sister, my good sister..." Li Ming quickly surrendered.

"Hmph... calling me Kuzna is also fine."

"Emmm... alright..."

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