97: You dare to sleep in front of a bully? [Gift +1 update]
"Sigh..."
It let out a slow sigh, its voice filled with helplessness.
"Young people, always so hot-headed."
"Why all the fighting and killing? Can't we just sit down, soak in a hot spring, eat some oranges, and have a good talk?"
As it spoke, it pulled out a... steaming wooden bucket from its fluffy fur?
Inside the bucket, there were actually a few pieces of orange peel floating around.
??????
For the first time, Su Jue's footsteps came to a halt.
The smile on his face also froze.
Even the system in his mind went silent for a rare 0.01 seconds.
[Ding!]
[Warning! Unknown spatial technology detected!]
[This creature... has extracted a portable teleportation device in a 'quantum entanglement' state, connected to a certain sub-space, from its body hair!]
[Warning! This creature's technological level far exceeds the Host's current understanding!]
[Devouring Recommendation: ...It is suggested that the Host... try courtesy before force?]
Courtesy before force?
Su Jue's mouth twitched.
This was the first time he had heard such a civilized term from his system, which usually only knew how to "Devour, Devour, Devour."
However, this also proved that the Capybara in front of him was anything but ordinary.
"You aren't afraid of me?"
Su Jue tilted his small head and asked in a childish, milky voice.
The Capybara—or rather, Capybara—glanced at him lazily.
It reached out a short front paw, fished a piece of orange peel from the wooden bucket, and stuffed it into its mouth to chew slowly.
"Afraid?"
"Why should I be afraid?"
"You may look fierce, but your soul smells like milk."
"And..."
A stream of blue Data flashed through its half-squinted eyes.
"...According to my preliminary analysis, your genetic sequence is very interesting. It's a mixture of at least two Mythical-grade biological templates, and it carries a hint of... 'Source' aura."
"If I'm not mistaken, you shouldn't be a native product of this universe, right?"
?!!
Capybara's words were like a thunderclap exploding in Su Jue's mind!
His golden pupils suddenly constricted to the size of pinpricks!
This guy... what on earth is it?!
It could actually see through his greatest secret at a glance?!
One had to know that even his adoptive father, the Dragon Emperor of the Saint King Realm, only felt his bloodline was special; he had never been able to analyze his essence as precisely as this Capybara!
"What... are you exactly?"
Su Jue's voice gradually became solemn.
Looking at his 'facing a great enemy' expression, Capybara simply shrugged.
"Me? I'm just an ordinary Capybara who longs for peace and sleep."
As it spoke, it pulled out a... pillow from its fur?
Then, right in front of Su Jue, it placed its head on the pillow and closed its eyes.
*Hooo...*
*Snore...*
It actually... fell asleep?!
"?"
A question mark slowly appeared over Su Jue's head.
He felt ignored.
Blatantly ignored by a Capybara!
A surge of nameless fire flared up from his heart.
In all his years, this was the first time Su Jue had encountered such an arrogant creature!
It was even more arrogant than him, the grand street-wanderer of the universe!
"Very well."
He said through gritted teeth.
"It seems if I don't show you some colors, you won't know how the word 'death' is written!"
He slowly raised his right hand.
The gray Power of Decay began to condense in his palm.
"Oh no!"
Niu Tuo and Mao Xiaomeng, watching from behind a rock, felt as if their souls were being sucked in just by looking from afar.
The two were scared out of their wits, scrambling back another hundred meters, wishing they could bury their heads directly into the dirt.
Too terrifying!
The Master is truly enraged!
This death-seeking Capybara is finished!
However, facing this Power of Decay that could make even a Saint turn pale.
The Capybara lying on the pillow, who should have been snoring away, simply... rolled over.
"Mmm..."
It smacked its lips, seemingly having a sweet dream.
"Oranges... hot springs..."
It even stretched out a short hind leg to scratch its round belly.
That leisurely and carefree appearance made it seem as if the energy in Su Jue's palm, which was enough to destroy a small planet, was just a harmless little nightlight.
"..."
The gray airflow in Su Jue's palm stagnated.
The expression on his face froze once again.
He was now facing an unprecedented dilemma.
—When you want to kill a guy, but that guy falls asleep right in front of you and sleeps very soundly, what should you do?
Attack directly?
That seems a bit... like an unfair victory?
Moreover, looking at the other's defenseless, even slightly silly smiling sleeping face, Su Jue found that he actually couldn't bring himself to do it.
What the hell is this?!
He, the grand foster son of the Demonic Dragon Emperor, who had faced the Saint Realm head-on and trampled on Kings, was actually being stumped by a Capybara?
"Hey! Wake up!"
Su Jue eventually dispersed the Power of Decay in his palm and kicked the Capybara's butt with the tip of his foot in annoyance.
It was soft and bouncy, extremely elastic.
"Hmm?"
Capybara dizzily opened one eye.
It looked at the grumpy Infant in front of it and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Is it dawn? Is it mealtime?"
Su Jue's mouth twitched frantically upon hearing this.
He took a deep breath, trying to make his voice sound a bit more stable.
"I'm asking you, those people in black armor just now, what's their background?"
He had originally intended to ask this question after beating the Capybara half to death and then interrogating it.
But now it seemed... he could just ask directly.
"Oh, them."
Capybara seemed to finally wake up a bit.
It sat up lazily and stuffed the pillow back into its fur.
"They're a bunch of lunatics from the 'Machine God Cult'."
"They spend all day acting all mysterious, calling themselves apostles of technology and believers in logic, searching the whole world for the relics of their dead Machine God."
"So annoying."
Machine God Cult?
Su Jue raised an eyebrow.
He had some impression of this name.
Back in Shelter No. 73, prometheus had mentioned that the previous civilization of planet Gliese 436b was the Machine God Cult.
A bunch of unlucky bastards who were ultimately wiped out by the supreme ai they created, 'Odin'.
He didn't expect their remnants would actually end up on this Barbaric Star.
"What were they looking for you for?" Su Jue continued to ask.
"Looking for me?"
Capybara stretched and showed a very human-like expression of disdain.
"Those idiots who only have gears and code in their heads, what do they know?"
"They think I'm some ancient relic of the 'Ark Project' and were crying and shouting to take me back to be their 'Holy Body'."
"I told them I'm just a Capybara, but they didn't believe me."
"They insisted on catching me. Don't you think it's annoying?"