It seems that the villain is targeting me.

【By the way, how did you become like this? 】

Lao Liu was amazed: [This is the first time I've seen a system that transforms into a cat... Are you bound to this damn cat?]

Number Four wagged his tail vigorously, expressing his dissatisfaction in a cat-like way.

"Alas, I won't talk about you anymore. My number is three times higher than yours, but I've ended up in this mess now," Lao Liu sighed. "Life is tough."

Having said that, Lu Yao waved her hand cheerfully and raised the cup in her hand.

[No more talking, come and drink! ]

Number Four meowed again and slumped over, with his front paws straight and his hind legs tucked under him, sitting in an upright position with great discomfort.

The two were currently sitting outside a shop that sold milk tea drinks. Lu Yao was holding a cup of Yuanyang milk tea with ice and pearls, while Cat No. 4 was holding... a half-bottle of fresh milk in a plastic cup.

When Lao Liu walked into the store with it, he started shouting, "Give my brother the best drink here," which attracted the looks of lunatics from the customers around him.

However, just as the shop owner came out to ask the crazy woman to leave, Lao Liu took out two blue hundred-yuan bills and slammed them on the table...

The proprietress's attitude immediately became amiable. She gently invited the grumpy God to sit down, and even brought a cushion for Number Four to sit on.

By the way, the money spent here is Lu Yao’s last pocket money.

Cat No. 4 is usually timid at home and has basically accepted the bird's low-key behavior outside. Now he is being paid attention from different directions and is so confused that he almost becomes autistic.

"Can't we communicate with our minds?" Cat Number Four suggested weakly, "Wouldn't that be too conspicuous..."

"I need to save some energy. I don't have a host to replenish my energy regularly now," Lao Liu muttered. "The luck I have left is running out..."

[You've become like this, so this must be a mission failure, right? ]

It looked at the cat with sympathy, as if it were a fellow sufferer. "I didn't expect this to happen. If I had known, I would have found an animal to bind to..."

Number Four didn't dare say a word.

It is a good student and is currently strictly following the precautions in the "Field Manual" regarding encountering unbound or unidentified wild systems.

It probably reminds the host to stay away from the other party and to protect itself - there is a chance that the wild system will snatch the host.

As long as there is a host bound, there will be a constant supply of energy, which can maintain survival at a minimum.

As for whether the mission is completed or whether the host can return to the real world, this is not within the consideration of the wild system.

Cat No. 4 was determined to conceal the existence of the bird. It wagged its tail and carefully asked Old Six for information: "Hmm...Brother, what do you want to do by bringing me here..."

Lao Liu said: [Oh, yes, I was just about to tell you.]

[I was also a conqueror of this small world before... before the host died.]

Cat number four straightened its back all of a sudden, and its ears stood up straight, as if it was listening attentively.

Lao Liu sat on the opposite side of the chair, pressing the table with a gloomy expression, silently recounting his past experiences.

My host is very young and inexperienced. It took a long time for me to slowly figure out the laws of this world, and I suffered a lot in the process.

"I was very relieved at the time," Lao Liu murmured. "She really is a natural-born conqueror... but she's a little homesick."

[But this is nothing. At most, I can just let her take some time off after completing a few missions.]

But we ultimately failed.

41006 controlled Lu Yao to lower her head, with an indescribable anger and unwillingness.

This emotion made Lu Yao's body tremble - it was her trembling, not 41006's.

[My host, in order to stabilize this small world and prevent it from being destroyed, collected evidence from all sides and suppressed the male protagonist's criminal behavior.]

Lu Yao revealed a nostalgic expression: [Hmm... She collected a lot of incriminating evidence and disclosed it in a way that absolutely couldn't be covered up...]

This method is also simple, just flyers.

Tons of leaflets were loaded onto a hot air balloon used for scientific research and flew from the northernmost to the southernmost end of the city at the end of the working day on Friday.

Countless pieces of paper fell from the sky, so many that they could almost bury a person's feet.

The hot air balloon cannot land at will, it can only follow the wind and follow the predetermined route. When Gu Tianjiao's people found the hot air balloon in frustration, they only saw an empty basket.

The scene was very big at that time, and almost half of the people in the city were involved in the incident because of such overly modern propaganda methods.

At that time, Gu Tianjiao was even forced to go to jail voluntarily to avoid being splashed with feces on the street by the angry crowd.

He brought this upon himself.

Lao Liu curled his lips, [You don't even know luck.

How outrageous was the son's actions? To describe him as lawless was an understatement—in this worldview, gouging out hearts, kidneys, and eyes was as common as buying pig offal wholesale at the market...]

Number Four swallowed silently.

It could empathize with this kind of thing - as a system that had studied the world of romance for so many years, it understood that what 41006 said was no lie.

"But my host still failed," 41006 said expressionlessly. "The will of the world was like a madman, desperately trying to protect its son, completely disregarding logic and ethics."

Gu Tianjiao, who was only the vice president of the company at that time, was put in prison, and the Gu Group was also pushed to the forefront. The progress of the task was slowly filling up, and victory was at hand.

Suddenly, a group of people sympathized with him emerged in society.

Then came all kinds of true and false news and rumors, people divided into different factions and opposed each other, and the conflict was gradually pulled onto larger issues.

Witnesses often regret and change their testimony on the spot, and in serious cases, they push their subordinates to serve as scapegoats.

Finally, there was even a voice saying that Gu Tianjiao was so young and promising, and even if he was a bad guy, he should be released to make more contributions to society and atone for his sins.

At that time, its host hated such remarks to the point of gnashing his teeth.

Give such people a chance to redeem themselves? She asked, "What about those who have never committed a crime? What about those who abide by the law and work diligently? Are their lives worthless?"

[…In the end, she died at the hands of this world’s destiny child.]

41006's voice lowered, as if he had reached the extreme of grief.

[That brat hired a killer to run her over to death.]

Chapter 88: She and the Heavy Rain in Its Memory (Part 1)

Surprisingly, when recalling past mission experiences, what impressed 41006 the most was not the moment when the host died.

Perhaps it was because everything happened too quickly, in just a few seconds, the person who was still alive and kicking the previous moment fell in a pool of blood the next second.

41006 made an almost desperate effort to save the host's life, but it only temporarily relieved her pain and allowed her to hold on for a few more minutes.

The situation was so chaotic at the time that my heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure were almost all in the red.

As a system itself, it is inevitably on the verge of collapse with the demise of the host's consciousness.

Perhaps because of this, 41006 doesn't have much impression of what happened at that time.

When it thought back, it realized that the most profound memory in its record was actually a rainy day.

At that time, it was not the system Lao Liu who was full of hostility, but the newbie Xiao Liu who had just completed his first task.

It remembered that it was just the beginning of winter.

The rain started after ten o'clock in the evening, and it started as a drizzle and then gradually turned into a heavy downpour.

Dark clouds rolled in and thunder rumbled.

Every drop of rain, tempered by the cold air, looked like a hidden weapon, mixed with the howling cold wind at night that swept through the streets, making people feel cold even in the cracks between their bones.

It was almost midnight when she went out, took an umbrella from the umbrella stand at the door, and hurriedly put on her coat.

"Which way to go?"

Its host came down the stairs panting, his steps still pacing.

"It's over there in the old city. I'll show you the way," Xiaoliu replied calmly. "Her location is now fixed."

Let's go, Xiaoniao.

It seems always difficult to get a taxi in such weather, let alone in such a small county town. Xiao Niao waited on the roadside for a long time before she met a driver who was willing to take her.

"Go to the old town's tube-shaped buildings," she said. "Please drive faster, driver."

There were few pedestrians on the streets in the early morning, and the taxi's glass windows were covered with water droplets, which gradually turned into water marks extending backwards as the car sped away.

"We should have dealt with Chen Zhengkang then." Xiaoliu seemed a little irritated by going out in the middle of the night. "If he died, it would be a relief for the people. It would save everyone a lot of trouble."

Xiao Niao was sitting in the back seat, rolling up his rain-soaked sleeves. Hearing this, he felt somewhat helpless: "If only it were as simple as you say."

"After all, I don't want to go to jail for this kind of scum."

After arriving at the destination, she quickly jumped out of the car, took out a fare that was higher than the normal price from her wallet and handed it to the driver, asking him to wait here for a while and give them a ride after she picked up someone.

She knew very well that on such rainy days, it would be extremely troublesome to go anywhere without transportation.

The driver would stay up late to drive just to earn money to supplement the family income. Xiao Niao was willing to pay an extra fee, so there was naturally no reason for him to refuse. He happily reached out to take the money.

Xiao Niao then opened the umbrella in his hand and trotted towards the building shrouded in rain.

The lights in the corridor were broken and flickered. She could not see the road ahead clearly and could only walk up the stairs based on her feeling.

The umbrella in his hand hung down, and water droplets dripped onto the old steps.

Xiao Niao was a little confused, but she still went forward. She looked over the corner wall and saw the dark staircase.

There was a shadow squatting in the room.

...The effect is really midnight horror.

She was a little scared, and only after Xiaoliu reminded her did she notice that the person squatting on the ground was the person she was looking for.

"Ah Chen," Xiao Niao put the umbrella against the wall and walked over to the dejected, huddled figure. "Ah Chen? Are you okay?"

Chen Xiaoyue is not good at all.

She lowered her head and buried it between her arms, her hair sticking together wetly - Xiao Niao noticed that she was only wearing a single layer of clothing in such weather - and her clothes were also soaked, leaving a small puddle on the corridor floor.

This look gave people a headache. She wondered how long had this kid been standing in the rain?

"Chen Zhengkang is gone," Xiaoliu suddenly said. "He's not home right now... Judging from the signs, he probably never even entered the house."

Xiao Niao could almost imagine the scene.

On the way home, Ah Chen met her father, and a conflict broke out between the two, which ended in a fight and injuries.

She might have beaten the other person off, or Chen Zhengkang might have failed to extort money from the house and finally left cursing.

Then, Chen Xiaoyue staggered up the stairs step by step and leaned against the door of her house.

Xiao Niao didn't know why she didn't go in.

Was the key lost during the fight?

Or is it simply that you no longer have the strength to walk into the house?

A few seconds later, there was a muffled sound of thunder in the sky. Xiao Niao clearly saw that Chen Xiaoyue's curled up body trembled violently.

Only then did she notice the other person's abnormality and reached out to move his head which was buried tightly.

Xiao Niao squatted down and looked at her.

Originally, Xiaoniao thought that the kid was still being stubborn and refused to get up, but when he got closer, he found that Chen Xiaoyue's breathing was rapid and heavy, his cheeks were red, and his neck was covered with cold sweat.

There were signs of a fight on her body. The left corner of her eye was completely bruised, and there was a bleeding wound on her chin.

Xiao Niao put his hand against her forehead again and found that the skin under his palm was also hot.

This is a bit too hot, and there are heavy noises when breathing. It doesn't seem like the symptoms of a common cold at all.

Chen Xiaoyue's eyelids drooped, and she reflexively grabbed Xiaoniao's hand because she was touched - and the latter cooperated and held her hand.

Ah Chen was burned so badly that he was confused. It took him a long time to vaguely recognize the person in front of him.

"Old, teacher..."

The kid had an ugly expression on his face, and it was hard to tell whether he was crying or laughing.

Despite such a high body temperature, his hands were ice-cold, and his knuckles were trembling as he clenched them.

There was another rumbling of thunder outside, so loud that it vibrated the handrails in the stairwell, as if God was pouring out his wrath on the earth.

Xiao Niao hugged Chen Xiaoyue before she shivered again.

At this time, Chen Xiaoyue was two centimeters taller than the bird, and weighed over 100 pounds, but the latter easily lifted her up by holding her knees.

Xiaoliu was quite satisfied: "Well, I just said that regular exercise is effective."

Xiao Niao took time out of her busy schedule to respond. She picked up Chen Xiaoyue and ran downstairs, forgetting even to take the umbrella leaning against the wall.