Hand over Godzilla, and countries will beg me to eat nuclear waste.

Room 403, Baijiang City Welfare Home.

Luo Yu pushed open the door, threw down his schoolbag, and slumped onto the bed.

His dormitory was tiny, only ten square meters, containing a single bed, a desk, and a wardrobe—that was all his belongings.

A world map was pasted on the wall.

The locations of deep rifts around the world are marked in red.

Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean...

Fifteen years ago,

These fissures appeared suddenly, and countless abyssal behemoths poured out from them, nearly destroying human civilization.

Fortunately, the spiritual energy revived simultaneously, and humans began to awaken various talents, which barely stabilized the defenses.

But the cost was heavy.

The global population has plummeted from eight billion to five billion.

Countless cities were reduced to ruins.

The misuse of nuclear weapons has led to mountains of nuclear waste, a problem even more intractable than the giant beasts themselves.

Luo Yu lay on the bed, closed his eyes, and let his consciousness sink into the depths of his mind.

The system panel reappeared.

[King of Monsters System]

[Host: Luo Yu]

[Rank: F-level Awakener]

[Pet: Godzilla (Juvenile Form)]

Current Status: Not Summoned

[Evolution Level: 0%]

[Countdown: 23 hours and 12 minutes]

Luo Yu took a deep breath and silently chanted, "Summon."

Next second,

A pale blue light suddenly appeared at his feet.

The light faded,

A small black lizard appeared on the floor.

It is about 30 centimeters long, covered with fine scales, with rows of small bone spurs on its back, and a thick and powerful tail.

Its eyes are the most striking feature.

Those were a pair of scarlet vertical pupils, exuding a wild and savage aura.

The little lizard raised its head, looked at Luo Yu, and let out a low hiss.

Luo Yu was stunned.

Although the system says this is Godzilla, this little thing in front of me looks like just an ordinary lizard.

Just then, a strong feeling of hunger suddenly struck.

It wasn't Luo Yu's own hunger.

It comes from pets.

It was an indescribable emptiness, as if there was a bottomless pit inside my body, frantically devouring everything.

Luo Yu's face turned pale instantly.

He felt his life force being slowly drained away.

[Warning: The pet is in a state of extreme hunger and is draining the host's life force!]

Please provide your pet with high-energy radiation as soon as possible!

"Damn it..."

Luo Yu gritted his teeth and got out of bed.

He rushed to the desk and pulled out a small box.

That was a discarded X-ray film that he had secretly taken home during his last medical check-up at the hospital.

Although the radiation level is negligible, it's better than nothing.

Luo Yu threw the X-ray film in front of the little lizard.

The little lizard glanced at it, then... turned its head away disdainfully.

Luo Yu: ? ? ?

[Low-energy radiation source detected, not suitable for the pet's feeding needs.]

[Recommendation: Search for high-energy radiation sources (such as nuclear fuel rods, nuclear waste, highly enriched uranium ore, etc.).]

Luo Yu's lips twitched.

He knew it.

Things won't be that simple.

The hunger grew stronger and stronger, and Luo Yu felt his vision begin to darken. He had to find the source of the radiation as soon as possible, or he would really be killed by the backlash.

Nuclear fuel rods... nuclear waste...

Luo Yu muttered to himself, then suddenly thought of something.

Baijiang City Third Hospital

There seems to be an abandoned radiology department.

The area was sealed off due to a small-scale radiation leak that occurred there before because of aging equipment.

Although the radiation level is not high.

However, there should be some discarded cobalt or cesium sources.

Without thinking twice, Luo Yu grabbed the little lizard, stuffed it into his backpack, and rushed out of the dormitory.

---

Abandoned radiology department of Baijiang City Third Hospital.

As night fell, the area around the hospital was fenced off with barbed wire and signs that read, “Danger! Radiation Zone! Do Not Enter!”

Luo Yu climbed over the barbed wire fence and carefully crept into the abandoned building.

The corridor was pitch black.

The flashlight on his phone emitted a faint light.

The paint on the walls had peeled off, and the floor was covered in dust and broken glass.

The air was filled with a musty and rusty smell.

Luo Yu took out his phone.

I opened a radiation detection app.

Although this thing isn't very accurate, it's better than nothing.

As he walked down the corridor, his test results gradually increased.

0.5 microsieverts... 1 microsievert... 5 microsieverts...

When he reached a room at the end of the corridor, the reading suddenly spiked to 50 microsieverts.

Luo Yu pushed open the door and found himself in a storage room filled with discarded medical equipment.

In the corner, there was a lead box labeled "Danger! Cobalt-60!"

Luo Yu's eyes lit up.

He walked over and carefully opened the lead box.

Inside was a metal rod about the thickness of a thumb, its surface already rusted.

This is an abandoned cobalt source. Although the radiation level has decreased by more than half, it should be enough for the small lizard now.

Luo Yu opened his backpack, and the little lizard immediately jumped out.

The moment it saw the cobalt source, its eyes burst forth with a blinding red light.

then,

It opened its mouth,

They seized the cobalt source.

Click.

Click.

Click.

The little lizard chewed the metal rod up like it was a cookie.

Luo Yu was dumbfounded.

That's metal!

Moreover, it was made of radioactive metal. After the little lizard finished eating, it let out a burp.

immediately,

Luo Yu felt the sensation of being devoured by his life force... disappear!

Instead, a warm current slowly flowed back from the pet, nourishing his parched body.

[Ding! The pet is absorbing high-energy radiation (Cobalt-60), evolution progress +0.01%... +0.02%...]

[Host gains 10% energy conversion, Spiritual Power +1... +2...]

After absorption is complete,

[Congratulations, host! Your pet has successfully eaten!]

[Evolution progress +0.1%]

[Unlock Skill: Atomic Particle Breath (Beginner)]

The notification sound had just finished when

A pale blue flame suddenly shot out of Godzilla's mouth.

boom!

The flames struck the wall.

It burned through a hole the size of a bowl in an instant.

Luo Yu stared dumbfounded at the wall that had been shot through, then looked at the innocent-looking Godzilla at his feet, his heart pounding wildly.

This...this power!

Having ingested just a tiny amount of medical waste, he possessed destructive power comparable to a high-energy laser gun?

What if... what if it devoured a nuclear power plant?

Luo Yu dared not think any further.

Just then, footsteps suddenly came from the corridor.

"Who's there?!"

A beam of light shone over.

He's a security guard at the hospital.

Luo Yu's expression changed, he grabbed the little lizard, stuffed it into his backpack, and turned to run.

"stop!"

The security guards chased after them.

Luo Yu rushed out of the building, climbed over the barbed wire fence, and ran all the way back to the welfare home.

Back in his dorm, he collapsed onto his bed, panting heavily.

The little lizard crawled out of his backpack, perched on his shoulder, and tilted its head to look at him.

Luo Yu looked at it and said with a wry smile, "Brother, this meal you gave me almost landed me in jail."

The little lizard hissed, as if to say, "I can't help it, I'm hungry."

Luo Yu rubbed his temples.

It's only just begun, and it's already this troublesome.

Moreover, this is just a discarded cobalt source, only enough for one meal.

What about next time?

And the next time?

Luo Yu opened his phone and searched for the price of "high-energy radiation sources".

A new cobalt source: 50.

One nuclear fuel rod: 500 million.

One kilogram of enriched uranium: 5000 million.

Luo Yu stared at the numbers, lost in thought.

His entire net worth is only 327 yuan.

Forget about buying nuclear fuel rods, they can't even afford a fraction of a cobalt source.

Moreover, these items are strategic materials controlled by the state and cannot be purchased on the market at all.

Luo Yu looked at the little lizard on his shoulder and sighed.

"Godzilla, are you trying to eat me out of house and home?"

The little lizard tilted its head, as if to say, "If you can't afford to keep me, then don't."

Luo Yu smiled.

Can't afford it?

Then let those who can afford it take care of it.

Who is the richest person in the world?

Who has the least shortage of nuclear waste?

Of course, it's the country.

"It's better to earn a government salary openly than to be secretly executed!"

"Since we can't afford to support them, we'll just hand them over to the state. Anyway... the state will never let me starve."