If you were made a mascot, you would become a legend in the police force.

The air deep in the sewers was so murky it felt like it had been mixed with glue; every breath felt like a layer of lard was smeared inside your lungs.

Li Tuantuan leaned against the narrow pipe wall, his chest heaving violently. That bulldozing charge, though impressive in appearance, had been a catastrophic drain on his 300-pound frame. He felt his stomach was completely empty, and now stomach acid was corroding his stomach lining, gurgling in protest.

"Big brother, there's no road ahead, it's a dead end." Coal Ball flapped its wings and flew back, landing on Li Tuantuan's dusty head, rubbing its claws against it in disgust. "But there's a small hole over there, and it's making a lot of noise inside, like they're having a party."

Li Tuantuan rolled her eyes in annoyance, thinking to herself, what kind of party can be held in this lousy place? Are rats having a feast and eating garbage?

He straightened up and moved in the direction the coal ball was pointing. It was a corner hidden by a collapsed concrete slab, with a small gap just big enough for a person to stick their head through.

The scene inside, seen through the crack, made Li Tuantuan pause in surprise.

This isn't a rat feast; it's a scene of school bullying.

In the corner, five or six enormous, mutated black rats with black fur like steel needles were forming a circle. They were squeaking and laughing, their long tails whipping around like whips, occasionally striking the trembling little figure in the middle.

The one surrounded in the middle was also a mouse.

But this guy's style is completely off.

It was only the size of a palm, and compared to the giant mutant rats around it that were as big as cats, it was practically a kindergarten kid. The most outrageous thing was that its entire body was covered in golden fur, so smooth that it looked like it had just had a hair treatment, and it even reflected light in the dim sewer.

Especially those eyes, not the disgusting blood red of mutated creatures, but as clear and bright as sapphires, watery, making you... want to pinch them.

At this moment, the little golden mouse was tightly clutching a metal lump the size of a fingernail, curled up in a ball. The metal lump was also golden, looking like gold.

"Squeak!" A black rat, clearly impatient, swung its paw and sent the little golden rat tumbling over.

The little golden mouse shuddered in pain, tears welling up in its eyes, but it still held tightly to the thing in its arms with its two front paws, refusing to let go.

"Oh, so this is a miser," Li Tuantuan muttered to herself.

Normally, if he saw mice fighting, he would have turned and walked away. After all, he wasn't a cat, so why should he meddle in other people's business? But the little golden mouse's "money over life" attitude inexplicably reminded him of himself in his past life, when he went to work while sick in order to get a perfect attendance bonus.

We're all working hard in the same place, why make things difficult for each other?

More importantly, the system, which never speaks, suddenly popped up a window in his mind.

[Ding! Rare biological unit detected. Host is advised to intercept it.]

[Note: The metal in the creature's bosom is high-purity byproduct gold, which is quite valuable.]

Upon hearing "valuable", Li Tuantuan's previously dazed eyes instantly focused.

money!

That's money!

Although he has no worries about food and drink now, who would complain about having too much money? When he retires, this will all be his pension!

"Get out of the way!"

Li Tuantuan let out a low growl, raised his bear paw—enough to split stone tablets—and slapped the concrete slab blocking his path.

"boom!"

The already precarious concrete slab was smashed to pieces, sending debris flying everywhere.

The black rats inside were having a good time when suddenly they felt darkness above them, and a terrifying sense of oppression descended from the sky. Before they could even look up, they saw a huge, black and white furry monster squeeze in.

"Squeak squeak squeak!" (What is that?!)

The black rats were startled and instinctively bared their teeth, wanting to attack the uninvited guest.

Li Tuantuan didn't give them a chance at all. He was furious, both because he was hungry and because he couldn't stand seeing the bullying.

"Snapped!"

He grabbed the nearest black rat and slammed it to the ground like a rag doll. The rat didn't even have time to scream before it turned into a pile of minced meat.

The remaining black rats were terrified when they saw this, and they tucked their tails between their legs and tried to scramble out of their holes to escape.

"Run? Did you ask me?"

Although Li Tuantuan was overweight, he possessed explosive power. He took a step forward, and his massive bear paw left a trail of afterimages in the air.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

With three muffled thuds, the three black rats slammed against the wall like baseballs, twitched twice, and then lay still.

The whole process took less than three seconds.

The world is peaceful now.

Li Tuantuan patted the dust off her paws and looked down at the little golden thing in the corner.

The little golden mouse was clearly terrified. It stared blankly as the black mice that had been so arrogant just moments before suddenly died, then looked up at the enormous black and white monster that looked like a mountain. Its two front paws loosened, and the golden nugget in its arms fell to the ground with a clatter.

It trembled all over, its two little paws clasped together, and it actually bowed to Li Tuantuan in a human-like manner, making a soft "whimpering" sound, as if begging for mercy.

"She's quite sensible," Li Tuantuan said with a smile.

Just then, Coal Ball flew in. It landed on the black rat's carcass, pecked at it with its beak, and then spat out a mouthful of saliva in disgust: "Pah, stinky. This little thing is much more pleasing to the eye."

It flew up to the little golden mouse, tilted its head, and sized it up. Suddenly, it flapped its wing on the mouse's head and said, "Where did this punk come from? Is that dyed fur? I think you're trying to infiltrate our alternative culture?"

The little golden mouse was slapped so hard it landed on its bottom, covering its head and looking at the fierce-looking crow with a pitiful expression, not daring to utter a sound.

Li Tuantuan glared at Meiqiu: "Don't bully the newbie."

He stretched out a finger and gently poked the little golden mouse's belly. It was soft, warm, and felt quite nice.

The little golden mouse closed its eyes in fright, thinking it was about to be eaten. But after waiting for a long time, the expected pain didn't come; instead, it smelled... the aroma of meat?

It cautiously opened one eye and saw a half-eaten sausage lying in front of it.

That was Li Tuantuan's last bit of food, which she originally planned to save for a late-night snack.

"Eat up," Li Tuantuan said to himself. Although the other person couldn't understand, he pointed to the sausage and then to his mouth.

The little golden mouse was stunned. It looked at the sausage, then at Li Tuantuan, and its sapphire-like eyes suddenly welled up with tears. In this dog-eat-dog underground world, where there was only robbery and killing, when had it ever been treated like this?

It pounced on it, grabbed the sausage that was thicker than its body, and began to devour it. While eating, it would occasionally glance up at Li Tuantuan, as if afraid he might change his mind.

"Eat slowly, no one's going to take it from you." Looking at the little guy's disheveled appearance, Li Tuantuan's anger caused by hunger dissipated considerably.

He picked up the gold nugget from the ground. The system hadn't lied; it was heavy, and although small, it was definitely high-purity gold.

"From now on, you'll be following me." Li Tuantuan looked at the little golden mouse that was gnawing on a sausage, thought for a moment, and said, "Look at how golden you are, and how small you are, I'll call you 'Golden Bean'."

"Golden Bean?" Coal Ball chuckled strangely from the side. "That name is so corny, it would be better to call him 'Second Dog'."

Li Tuantuan flicked the coal ball on the forehead: "What do you know? This is called wealth and status."

At this moment, Lin Wan and the special police team also caught up.

"Tuantuan, what's wrong? Is something going on?" Lin Wan rushed in with a gun in hand, and was stunned when she saw the dead rat on the ground and Jin Dou, who was frantically gnawing on a sausage.

"This...this is also a mutated rat?" Captain Zhao Gang looked at Jin Dou with a wary expression. "Be careful, this thing looks pretty, but it might be poisonous."

Li Tuantuan waved his hand, indicating that everything was alright. He stretched out his palm and laid it on the ground.

Jin Dou, who was eating a sausage, hesitated for a moment, then stuffed the remaining half of the sausage into her mouth, puffed out her cheeks, crawled into Li Tuantuan's palm, and obediently lay down.

This scene left everyone dumbfounded.

"Amazing..." Lin Wan put away her gun, her eyes filled with complex emotions. "Tuantuan, are you planning to open a zoo? First crows, now rats?"

Li Tuantuan ignored everyone's surprise. He felt Jin Dou in his palm suddenly become agitated after finishing the last bite of the sausage. It stood up, grabbed the fur on Li Tuantuan's thumb, and desperately dragged it into an inconspicuous crack in the corner of the wall.

"Squeak! Squeak!"

Jin Dou pointed at the crack, then at the wide main passage outside, shaking her head frantically, her eyes filled with fear.

Li Tuantuan squinted her eyes.

Is the little guy telling him that he can't walk on that road outside?