Quick Transmigration: Playing the Role of a Devoted Tool
Chapter 091 The Monster's Keeper
Us looked at the family and tactfully reminded them, "It's time to go."
Qi Ran asked Xiao Hei how to settle the five cubs, and then Xiao Hei picked him up and followed Wu Si away.
The five little ones were clearly stunned for a moment. Seeing that Xiao Hei really didn't want them anymore, they chattered and followed one after another.
At first, Qi Ran was worried that they were cubs and might be attacked, but later she felt relieved.
The five were just as strong as Xiao Hei when they were young. They were the ones who bullied others, and no one ever bullied them.
When Qi Ran left by herself, the five little ones clung to her, acting cute and asking for a hug.
Qi Ran could only hold one at a time, and the others were held in turns.
Whenever this happens, Xiao Hei will throw the baby out of Qi Ran's arms to assert its dominance.
Qi Ran didn't quite understand the monster's view of the cubs, but after staying for a while, she understood that Xiao Hei would not raise its own cubs; it only saw the intention to drive them away.
The change occurred a few days later when Us and Black discovered traces of the androids. To distract them, Black and Us needed to work together.
The task of protecting Qi Ran was then handed over to the five little ones.
After they left, the cave was covered by vegetation, and Qi Ran couldn't see anything in the darkness, but he could feel the five little ones moving around him. One was lying next to his waist, and another was in his arms.
The rest were fighting, and it was quite a commotion.
"Stop fighting," Qi Ran said, and the noise immediately subsided.
Then the three of them hugged Qi Ran's feet. They had already learned human language, and their voices were soft and cute, like a toddler learning to speak.
"Mother....."
"Mommy, hug me."
"I want my mom to hold me too."
"I want one too."
"Get down, Mommy will hold me!"
Qi Ran was momentarily careless, and the five little ones started fighting again.
Because it couldn't see, the weakest one was pinned to the ground by several brothers. After breaking free, it immediately shrank into Qi Ran's arms and cried in grievance.
"Mommy, it hurts... They're biting me."
"Petting." Qi Ran picked it up. He remembered that this weakest one had dark red skin, unlike the other four little ones.
Seeing this, the other four stopped fighting and gathered around Qi Ran, starting to cry.
Qi Ran couldn't be coaxed, absolutely couldn't be coaxed.
When Xiao Hei returned, he opened the vegetation at the cave entrance, and light poured in. He saw Qi Ran being held tightly by five little monsters, lying tiredly asleep in the soft moss.
The weakest of the boy's slender arms was a dark red one, while the other two were wrapped around Qi Ran's neck like a scarf. One of them was perched on each of Qi Ran's legs, and the last one, having nowhere else to hug, was perched on the boy's head.
They all woke up when Xiao Hei approached.
Us followed him in and, seeing the boy asleep, opened his mouth and spat out the fruit from his food pouch.
Qi Ran woke up at that moment and saw how the food she usually ate was transported back.
Qi Ran: "......."
He felt that Usda didn't need to put everything into his food bag, since he couldn't eat much anyway.
"Ranran, have something to eat, we'll be leaving soon." Xiao Hei pushed the food towards Qi Ran.
Qi Ran looked at the fruit covered in vesicle fluid and asked, "Did you lure away the androids from the orphanage?"
"I don't know, they have weapons." Xiao Hei replied evasively, not telling the truth, afraid that Qi Ran would escape.
Us, however, was more interested in watching Qi Ran eat, and picked out the reddest one and handed it to Qi Ran.
"It's not poisonous."
"Thank you..." Qi Ran naturally knew there was no poison, but the fruit was covered in the sticky sap from the sac.
"Eat up," Us urged.
"I'm not hungry." Qi Ran smiled and put the fruit down.
"Let's go then, we're still a ways from the Abyss." Us said, and Xiao Hei picked up Qi Ran, and the three of them, along with seven monsters, continued on their way.
As we approached the abyss, the surrounding vegetation changed noticeably.
All the monsters on Granz come from the abyss beneath the planet.
It is said that this place is the lair of monsters.
Upon reaching the edge of the abyss cave, Qi Ran found himself overwhelmed by the sheer number of monsters nearby.
Neither the climate nor the food here is suitable for human habitation. Before going in, Us called Xiao Hei aside.
"You really want to take him down there? Humans can't adapt to the environment in the abyss."
"Then I don't have to go down; I can stay on the edge of the cave," Xiao Hei replied firmly.
Us glanced at the human boy, whose complexion hadn't been good since he started following them, and brought up a topic that would hurt Little Black.
"Hasn't he already been affected by the gas near the abyss?"
"I will protect him," Xiao Hei insisted.
"But he will still die, Xiao Hei. Humans and monsters can't coexist. Besides, the orphanage keeps looking for him. He's too fragile. Any accident could kill him."
"This is none of your business," Xiao Hei warned Wu Si, then turned to look for Qi Ran.
Qi Ran discovered a number of human skeletons at the edge of a cave. Judging from their clothing, these were the remains of the first human ancestors on Grantz.
They were also the caretakers during the first capture of the monsters.
When Xiao Hei came over and saw the densely packed human skeletons, he took Qi Ran's hand and pulled her into his arms.
"You want to leave, don't you?"
Qi Ran didn't say anything, but Xiao Hei understood everything.
His partner never intended to be with him in the first place.
"How about we settle down here?"
"Whatever you want," Qi Ran replied.
Xiao Hei reluctantly released its tentacles to build a nest for Qi Ran.
Qi Ran watched him busy himself and went to rest under a rock behind him.
The five little ones clung to her, and Qi Ran picked up the weakest one, deciding to give them names.
We can't count on their father anymore.
"From now on, your name will be Honghong, and the others will be called Xiaoyi, Xiaoer, Xiaosan, and Xiaosi."
Qi Ran touched each of them one by one, and was stunned after speaking. He couldn't tell the difference between the four. When they were all in a mess, the names didn't matter anymore. No matter who he called, they would all swarm over.
Are you in first grade?
The four below responded in unison.
"Yes, I'm in first grade."
"I am!"
"I am!"
"I'm in first grade!"
Qi Ran: "......."
Well, it's not bad to know Honghong.
When Xiao Hei returned after building the nest, Qi Ran was already asleep.
He gently picked up the boy and placed him in the center of his constructed lair. Us followed him in and told him a cruel question.
Don't you think he's too sleepy?
Xiao Hei knew, but couldn't bear to part with Qi Ran.
"He's been poisoned."
As he spoke, Us walked over and sat down. "There are many gases near the abyss that are toxic. Even if you feed him antidotes every day, you can't completely cleanse his body of all the toxins."
Xiao Hei stroked the sleeping boy, feeling resentment in his heart, but now he had nothing left.
It remembered that the boy had promised to let it leave the orphanage.
He also remembered how it took him that night.
The boy was very obedient, without resistance or struggle, and his compliance with everything was so beautiful.
The monster succumbed instantly.
It wants him, and wants to take him away.
But it didn't want to kill him.
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