310: Year

Time flowed like water, and in a blink, another three to five days passed.

Yang Dian, who had only been idle for a few days, felt as if only a few blinks had gone by, and it was already New Year's Eve.

Early in the morning, while the sky was still dimly lit, Chicken Bro, wearing a red scarf, flew to the rooftop and crowed loudly.

“Ooh ooh ooh~~~”

As the clear crowing spread throughout the small village, lights gradually appeared in the windows of every household.

After several months of Cultivation, martial arts had become ingrained in many people's bones.

Even on New Year's Eve, this group of people would not stop their martial arts practice.

Chicken Bro's early morning crowing had long become the village's alarm clock.

The rooster's crowing was equivalent to an alarm clock, reminding everyone to get up and Cultivate.

The Moose, also wearing a red scarf and lying by the Plum Tree, was woken by the crowing. After stretching, it walked to a specially made treadmill and tapped its hooves a couple of times.

The treadmill, controlled by a smart AI, began to turn slowly, then faster and faster.

The Moose started running on the treadmill, its four legs moving so fast they became a blur.

Fitness had also become a part of Mogui Jinrou Lu (Devil Muscle Deer)'s daily routine.

In the doghouse, Big Yellow Dog, also wearing a red scarf, kicked Little Yellow, who was still snoring, awake. It then carried its food bowl to the eaves, waiting for its owner to feed it.

Yangs Mother was very punctual.

As soon as Da Huang put down its food bowl, she appeared at the door with the leftover food she had intentionally made extra of the previous night.

After being fed, Da Huang picked out a meaty bone from its own bowl and carried it to Little Yellow's bowl.

Little Yellow didn't care about anything else; it just ate and ate when it saw meat in its bowl.

Just after breakfast, Yang Dian, carrying the Little Black Cat, who was high from licking catnip right on schedule, came out and saw this scene. He couldn't help but pat Big Yellow Dog's head, which was wagging its tail at him:

“Little Yellow isn't little anymore; don't spoil him too much.”

Da Huang just wagged its tail and didn't speak.

But Yang Dian knew it understood him.

This dog was also quite human-like.

Looking up at the large rooster on the rooftop, its chest rising and falling with the early morning sun, Yang Dian raised an eyebrow again.

“Chicken Bro has also started Cultivating.”

“He's even achieved getting Started in Heaven and Man Unity Skill.”

“That's truly a bit outrageous.”

With a sigh, Yang Dian drove a three-wheeled vehicle out from under the carport and gestured to Yang Lele, who had just come out, and Lin Ling, who was holding Tongtong:

“Let's go, I'll take you to buy fireworks and firecrackers.”

Yang Lele blinked:

“Brother, do you always have to be so unconventional? Didn't you get your driver's license? Why aren't you driving a car!”

Yang Dian slapped the handlebars:

“What's wrong with a three-wheeled vehicle?”

“Hurry up and get in!”

... Leaving at Chen Shi and returning at Yu Zhong.

Yang Dian returned home with a large cart of fireworks, arriving in his yard just before lunch.

Before the vehicle had even come to a complete stop, a whimpering sound came from the sky.

The Little Orca, flapping its wings, followed Yang Dian, wanting to land in the yard.

But seeing the size of the yard and comparing it to its own body, it immediately whimpered in distress.

Yang Dian couldn't do anything about it and could only wave at it.

The next moment, the Little Orca's body began to shrink.

It wasn't that its body was shrinking; rather, the space where its body was located was shrinking.

Yang Dian folded the space it occupied, reducing the original size of its space to palm-sized.

If placed in Xianxia mythology, this move of his would be called 'a vast universe in a sleeve'.

As for 'a long moon in a pot', that refers to the power of time.

‘Speaking of which.’

‘Will that little Dimension Butterfly awaken a time talent after its second evolution?’

He pushed the randomly arising thought to the back of his mind.

Regardless of what abilities it would awaken in the next evolution, 9999 star core fragments were not something that could be obtained in a short amount of time.

On the other side, the Little Orca spun its shrunken body twice, then happily flapped its wings and rushed towards Yang Dian.

But when it flapped its way to Yang Dian's chest, it phased right through him, entering through his chest and exiting through his back, then plunging into the ground, disappearing without a trace.

Yang Lele's eyes had been sparkling just a moment ago.

But when she blinked and found the Little Orca gone, she too was stunned:

“Brother, where's the orca?”

Yang Dian reached out and scooped up the Little Orca, which had flown deep underground and was flying erratically in the darkness.

“Here, it's here.”

Yang Dian scratched the Little Orca's head. The Little Orca extended its wings, hugged Yang Dian's hand, and began to whimper, as if recounting how wronged it felt.

The useless Little Black Cat, having licked too much catnip, was still lying motionless, not having recovered, otherwise it could translate.

Yang Lele looked at the Little Orca with sparkling eyes:

“Brother, can the Little Orca play with me for a while?”

Lin Ling, behind her, didn't speak, but the meaning in her eyes was identical to Yang Lele's.

Only Tongtong, holding a lamb, was indifferent to the Little Orca.

She only loved her little lamb.

“Want to play with the Little Orca?” Seeing Yang Lele nod frantically, Yang Dian tossed the Little Orca in his hand and chuckled:

“Although the Little Orca has been shrunk by me, its weight hasn't changed.”

“350 tons. An ordinary person would be injured by a touch and killed by a blow. Are you sure you can play with it?”

Yang Lele choked, then turned and walked towards the backyard:

“I'm going to Cultivate!”

Yang Dian was even more amused:

“Remember to practice well, don't let your strength increase slower than the Little Orca's weight increase.”

Yang Lele didn't speak, but her footsteps became a little heavier, and her pace a little faster... Ancestor worship, deity worship, New Year's Eve dinner.

After receiving the New Year's money, Yang Dian carried the somewhat sullen Tongtong back to her room, then activated his wristband.

After two soft clicks, Wang Wu, who hadn't been seen for a long time and appeared quite energetic, materialized as a projection in the room.

“Daddy!”

Wang Wu bent down, reached out and hugged Tongtong, then sat on the bed:

“Daddy's little darling, did you miss Daddy?”

Tongtong nodded seriously:

“Yes!”

“Daddy, when did you come back? Why didn't Tongtong see you? It's New Year's, why aren't we going home?”

Wang Wu playfully pinched Tongtong's nose:

“Daddy is in a very far place right now. Daddy is using the power of technology to be by Tongtong's side, and Daddy has to go back to work soon.”

Tongtong blinked, “Then Daddy, can you use the power of technology to see Tongtong often in the future?”

Wang Wu nodded, “Of course I can...”

Yang Dian leaned against the door, turning his head to look at another figure projected by the communication wristband, whose presence he had concealed with spatial power:

“Director, are you doing alright?”

Wang Wu, with parasites occasionally popping out on his skin, rolled his eyes at Yang Dian.

The next moment, his eyes turned into parasites and let out a hiss towards Yang Dian:

“Do you think I'm doing alright?”

Yang Dian chuckled:

“Being able to roll your eyes at me means you're not bad.”

“But are you really only meeting Tongtong through a virtual image, not seeing her in person?”

Wang Wu was speechless:

“How can I meet a child looking like this?”

“Tongtong is already a bit timid; if I go to see her like this, I'll scare her.”

Yang Dian shook his head:

“You're different; you're Tongtong's daddy.”

“Perhaps Tongtong won't be afraid of you?”

Wang Wu still refused:

“Forget it, let's talk about it after I've completely controlled the parasites.”

Hearing this, Yang Dian couldn't help but look at Wang Wu again:

“Director, do you have confidence in suppressing the parasites now?”

Wang Wu smiled:

“Your 'Spark' is good. If you have a chance, send a copy to Lao Mo.”

“He's having a harder time than I am.”

Yang Dian rubbed his temples:

“I ran into the captain a couple of days ago, but he wouldn't even look at me properly.”

At this point, he suddenly had an idea:

“I've got it.”

“Later, I'll go to the beach with Lin Ling and have Lin Ling burn a copy of 'Spark' for him...”