Transformed into Hyper Zetton, the school beauty was terrified in the second playthrough.

Above the Cloud Field.

A floating island.

Several pure white palaces inlaid with gold stand on the island.

Inside the largest hall.

Three people, their faces obscured by purple robes, stood in the central pool of the hall, surrounding the Emperor, who was lying in the holy water receiving treatment.

"What a sorry sight, Your Majesty. You look so weak that any of the black-robed members could easily take you down," one of the purple-robed figures said in a cold, clear voice.

The Emperor Wansui gritted his teeth: "Hmph, don't be so smug, Qianhe. If you were facing that mad cat, I don't think you'd be any better than me."

"Stop arguing, all of you. The Laughing Cat is one of the stronger ones among the Dragon Peak cultivators. It's already quite good that it ended up with both sides suffering heavy losses. You should know that we've been known as the Dragon Peak for far less time than those monsters." Another purple-robed man spoke in a deep voice.

The purple-robed man beside him, who had remained silent until now, sighed at this moment: "One of the four great bishops ended up like this in the very first battle against Dragon Peak. I'm afraid the Supreme Leader will come to hold him accountable soon."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a figure draped in white robes appeared at the entrance of the temple.

The three bishops immediately turned around and bowed slightly in greeting.

"Welcome, Holy Envoy."

The Holy Messenger is the messenger of the Supreme Leader.

The four cardinals, as the most senior members of the imperial organization, had never seen the mysterious supreme leader. All important matters were conveyed by the holy messenger.

The girl in white robes walked up to the three of them and said in a solemn tone, "The Supreme Leader has decreed that you are still too weak. Suspend all external expansion operations, consume this bottle of thousand tons of concentrated blood crystals, and resume operations to revitalize the Imperial Organization after you have fully absorbed it."

As he spoke, the white-robed envoy waved his hand, and four glass bottles, each the size of a thumb, flew out.

The three bishops in purple robes reached out and caught the blood crystal concentrate filled with red liquid.

The severely injured Emperor Wansui could only endure the excruciating pain and raise his hand to catch it.

After distributing the blood crystal concentrate, the holy envoy turned and left the temple.

"That lord has once again bestowed power upon us; we must work hard to repay him." Chizuru gripped the glass bottle and stepped back first.

"We'll be going now, Long Live the Emperor. You'll be almost fully recovered after soaking in the Holy Water Pool for three days," the smoky-voiced, purple-robed bishop said to the Long Live the Emperor beneath the pool.

He then left the temple with another bishop in purple robes.

After everyone left, the Emperor gripped the glass bottle tightly and uttered a harsh threat: "Laughing Cat... just you wait, soon I'll be able to trample you under my feet!"

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Two hours later, on the outskirts of the Death Forest...

Jiang Yihe held the white cat, while Lin Chengfeng carried two sacks of various kinds of fruit back into the cabin.

Gu Wanxue, Xia Qi, and Teng Qianfan all focused their attention on the white cat that Jiang Yihe was holding.

"This cat?"

"Oh, its name is 'The Cat That Doesn't Smile.' I found it while I was out foraging for food. It must be the remains of some combatant or necromancer. It's pitiful to leave it in the wild. Besides, Lin Chengfeng said he wanted to adopt the Cat That Doesn't Smile, so I brought it back," Jiang Yihe explained.

She rejected the name Lin Chengfeng had chosen for the cat, Yao'ao, and seeing that the white cat always had a stern face and didn't seem to be good at smiling, she named it the Cat Who Doesn't Smile.

Gu Wanxue looked at Lin Chengfeng with slight surprise and smiled, "I didn't expect you to like small animals too."

Lin Chengfeng shrugged. "The old house has a lot of rats, and I was just thinking about getting a cat. There's one here right now, so why not take it?"

The cat squinted and stared at Lin Chengfeng.

You brat, just wait until you're all alone, and see if I don't eat you up!

"Now that the food problem is solved, should we continue to hide in the Monster House?" Jiang Yihe asked.

It was only then that the Cat Without Laughter noticed the abyss behind them.

His eyes immediately narrowed into slits.

"These kids went into the Monster House? Are they Monarch?!"

A hint of panic crept into the cat's heart. If Lin Chengfeng and the others were indeed from the Emperor Organization, taking him back would put him in a dangerous situation.

While ordinary dragons might not recognize themselves, they can't hide from the eyes of a dragon at the peak.

The cat, who doesn't smile, tensed its muscles, deciding to wait and see.

When all else fails, they will launch a surprise attack and kill Lin Chengfeng, the only person present without a heterocore, before quickly escaping.

Gu Wanxue glanced at the sky, pondered for a moment, then shook her head and said, "The abyss rift in the sky has closed, which means the monsters have returned to the ruined city. That place is no longer safe, and the future prediction did not foresee what will happen next."

"I just went out and did a quick search, and I found no members of the Monarchy organization in this area. It's highly likely that something happened at headquarters and they were urgently recalled."

"So, we're safer here than at the Monster House."

What happened next did not occur in her previous life, so Gu Wanxue could not predict it, but she understood the habits of monsters and the Monarch organization.

After a fierce battle, both sides will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

It might even attract the attention of top S-class combatants at the Hero Association headquarters.

During this sensitive period, both sides were too busy hiding to even show their faces, fearing that the Hero Association would take them away if they did.

Teng Qianfan nodded, agreeing with Gu Wanxue's opinion.

"Well then, we'll just wait for two days until the evacuation point opens."

"Communications and maps haven't been restored yet, so this is the only option," Lin Chengfeng said, glancing at the bracelet and shrugging.

After listening to their conversation, the Cat Who Doesn't Smile can probably confirm their identities.

"Thank goodness, they're not from Monarch. Wearing that tattered bracelet, they're probably from the Hero Association."

"But... why are these weaklings from the Hero Association here? They even entered the Monster House."

The Unsmiling Cat never suspected that Lin Chengfeng and his group were the "Emperor Organization" that had stolen their home.

Because this is too sci-fi. A group of kids who would be in a life-or-death situation if they encountered a tsunami-level monster, where would they get the guts and ability to do something as big as stealing crystals?

After that, the group cleared a space inside the overgrown house and found some dry grass to use as a mattress.

After dealing with these matters, it was already dark.

Xia Qi wanted to light a fire for illumination, but Gu Wanxue stopped him.

The lively atmosphere easily attracts attention, so the lighting tools were changed to Jiang Yihe's Kingdee.

Although it was dark, at least it could dispel the darkness.

"If there's nothing else, eat your fill and go to sleep. I'll take the night watch tonight." Gu Wanxue volunteered to take on the night watch.

"It's too tiring for Miss Gu to keep watch alone at night. Please wake me up around 2 a.m. and I'll take over the second half of the night," Teng Qianfan suggested.

Gu Wanxue was still thinking about staying up all night to break the final seal on the Azure Rainbow Sword.

But she knew that Teng Qianfan was a stubborn person, and even if she didn't agree verbally, he would wake up on his own when the time came.

"Alright, then I'll leave it to you."

After saying that, Gu Wanxue jumped onto the attic that had split open halfway, revealing the top.

The wide field of vision here allows for better awareness of one's surroundings.

"Come on, Laughing Cat, let's go to sleep!" Jiang Yihe hugged Laughing Cat tightly and lay down near the wall.

"Aaaaah!! You wretched humans!" The Laughing Cat thrashed about like a carp.

The more it resisted, the tighter Jiang Yihe held it.

Looking at Lin Chengfeng lying on the outermost side, Buxiao Mao felt an itch in his teeth.

I was even thinking of launching a surprise attack tonight.

"Damn it! Once I regain my strength, the first thing I'll do is send you, you wretched human girl, to mine blood crystals! Mine until you die of old age!"

The cat who doesn't smile keeps making harsh remarks in its heart.