This isn't a souls-like game at all.

Chapter 187 Commitment

"Yiyi...are you asleep?"

Facing the girl's gentle call, Ye Yiyi's breathing remained steady, without any fluctuations.

He seemed to be really asleep and didn't notice any movement in the outside world.

Alice pouted slightly, feeling a little aggrieved.

I should be a woman, right?

Although I have a cute name that is everywhere and a handsome face, I still have short hair that is not very feminine.

But I am a woman, right?

I still think I'm quite attractive, but why can you sleep so soundly, you idiot!

You are actually feeling guilty and are just pretending, right?

That's why you turned your back to me and pretended to sleep. You were afraid that I would find out, right?

"Well……"

Ye Yiyi made a slight sound, and Alice immediately widened her eyes and watched him turn over and lie on his side facing her.

For a moment, even her breathing became quieter.

She lay down quietly on her side, not daring to make the slightest sound.

Then he stared at Ye Yiyi's peaceful sleeping face and counted her long eyelashes.

By the way, are there really men in the world with such long eyelashes?

"I really want it. I wish I could have some of these long eyelashes."

She muttered softly, her heart speeding up silently as she smelled the warm breath coming from her nose.

She was a little flustered and wanted to look away but couldn't help looking back.

The gentle breathing sound was close to her ear, echoing in the small space, and melodiously passed into her mind, like an unavoidable burning fire.

Finally she tried to distract herself by talking to herself.

"Yeah, you must be very tired today, right?"

“He carried me across half the swamp and fought a battle with the shell of a stone-gold earth dragon.

"That battle was really cool, because that shell was so powerful. It could generate fire and thunder, and it could even burrow around in the swamp like a Burgundy loach.

"By the way, Burgundy loach is a loach species that can only be found in the Burgundy wetlands of Leftgard~

“It was a large white loach, swimming in the white mud, covered with a thick layer of white calcium armor.

"The calcium salt armor is very hard, but also very brittle. It can be easily broken with a sharp blunt object, such as your pickaxe, so that you can see the white loach meat underneath.

“That’s because the Burangan Wetlands were originally a reservoir of volcanic ash, so even the loaches that grow there are different from those found in other places.

"It's delicious, highly nutritious, and can treat infertility, nourish yin, and replenish yang... What am I even talking about?"

Alice covered her face in despair.

Why did the topic suddenly turn to nourishing yin and replenishing yang?

But the effect of diverting attention was extremely significant. Once she talked about biology science, she suddenly became less shy.

"Talk about replenishing yang in detail."

The sudden calm voice from the front of her made Alice completely freeze.

She quietly opened her fingers a little, and then saw Ye Yiyi blinking her green eyes with long eyelashes.

Alice closed her fingers stiffly, pretending to be dead.

Because then there would be no need to go into detail about replenishing yang.

"Why don't you continue talking?"

Ye Yiyi was very confused. She reached out and pried her fingers off, looking at her smooth wheat-colored skin, her tightly closed eyes, her high nose bridge, and her pink lips pursed into a line.

"Not only did you wake me up, but you also kept me in suspense?"

He gave a wicked smile, took out a thin feather with his backhand, and quietly poked it into Alice's nostrils.

"Ugh...Ahhh!"

The girl frowned, raised her forehead, and sneezed heartily at Ye Yiyi's face!

"Ah...!"

Ye Yiyi frowned and took out a piece of linen to wipe his face.

When he took off the sackcloth again, he saw Alice puffing out her cheeks and glaring at him fiercely.

"You're so annoying!!" she said angrily.

"Please, don't blame others, okay? Who was the one who disturbed my sleep first..."

Ye Yiyi rolled her eyes, and Alice's anger immediately subsided.

She pouted and lowered her head, looking aggrieved, but her cheeks suddenly turned red.

"I'm sorry for disturbing you..." She apologized softly: "I'm sorry."

"A good child is one who can correct his mistakes."

"But I'm obviously older than you..."

“…but he’s more childish than me.”

"But...but I'm a girl...so what if I'm a little childish?"

Ye Yiyi stretched out his hand to support his head and looked at Alice with a smile on his face.

"Yeah, you're a girl, but you have short hair and look more handsome than a man... You remind me of a friend I just met recently."

"Is she also a woman?" Alice raised her slender eyebrows, her tone vaguely unfriendly.

"Yes, a White Feather Knight of Darthgard."

Ye Yiyi answered with some surprise. He felt that there was something wrong with the tone of Alice's words.

What happened to my female friends?

Is it really necessary to have such a big resentment?

"It's actually the White Feather Knight..."

Upon hearing this, Alice deflated like a balloon.

"Does she look like a tomboy too?" she asked somewhat unwillingly.

"What does it mean to be a shrimp?"

Ye Yiyi felt a little strange.

"Your personality is almost the opposite of hers. She has a military temperament, attaches great importance to honor, and is a real tomboy. As for you..."

He said this while Alice looked at him with a slightly expectant look.

"Although she's a bit of a tomboy... but not too much. Only her appearance fits the bill... Oh, and her job fits the bill, too."

He calmly changed the subject.

"So how did you get into this, Miss Alice, the zoologist?"

"Of course it's because I like it."

Alice smiled with joy and happiness, successfully shifting her focus to her work.

"Actually, my family lives in the Burgundy Wetlands in Leftgard. When I was a child, my mother was pregnant with my sister, so my father took me on a boat to fish for Burgundy loaches to supplement her nutrition.

"The Burangan loach is very strong and it is difficult to catch it with just a fishing rod. At that time, he held the fishing rod and I controlled the harpoon on the side.

"Once a fish takes the bait, I shoot the harpoon, penetrate the loach's calcium armor, and then reel the fish in."

"Playing the fish?" Ye Yiyi was curious. "How do you play the fish with a harpoon?"

"Because it's a harpoon gun, a long one with a steel cable tied to the back, connected to the boat...

“My father would then turn off the boat’s power and let the big loach carry it around in the wetlands, just like a horse-drawn carriage in ancient times.

"When the loach gets tired, we can pull it up."

Alice had a joyful smile on her face, as if she had returned to the days when she let the loaches pull the boat and spent the entire afternoon circling the wetlands.

"A loach that can pull a boat..." Ye Yiyi was stunned. "How big must it be? Aren't you afraid that it will overturn the boat?"

"No, the Burangen Wetlands is the fish pond of Burangen, a member of the Flying Dragon Clan. It patrols the sky, and sometimes if a fish breaks free from the cable and escapes, it will help us catch it back."

"Flying Dragon Buranggen..." Ye Yiyi's mouth twitched slightly.

He suddenly remembered that he had killed Burang's grandson in the game.

A flying dragon that is good at breathing both fire and water.

Alice's smile quickly faded.

She let out a long sigh and continued, “But by the time I was 11, the Burangan loach had become extinct due to environmental pollution.

"That's the toxic contamination from the King's magic. Buranggen usually eats a lot and poops a lot, and he thinks dragon feces can nourish other creatures, so he poops everywhere in the wetland, resulting in irreversible pollution..."

"Ah this..."

Ye Yiyi was greatly shocked.

This is the first time I heard of a flying dragon driving a creature to extinction by shitting.

This is awesome! Is there any more shit like this? Can I order it now and have Burgundy deliver it to me personally?

"So from then on, I decided I wanted to be a zoologist."

Alice said seriously:

"That's why I came to Xiheim. The natural environment here is excellent and there is very little pollution.

“My goal is to minimize animal extinction, maintain diversity, and preserve one more species of life for our world.

"That's why I was blessed by the fairies and can feel the spirits and emotions of living things."

"It's a great ideal," Ye Yiyi said, "but it's difficult to realize it, right?"

"Yes, it's difficult." Alice was a little frustrated. "As long as sentient beings still exist in the border area, the pollution of the King's magic will never stop...

"Although I heard that His Majesty the Dragon King and His Majesty the Chaos Impermanent are already researching this issue, I don't know how long it will take for them to see results."

"Is that so..." Ye Yiyi thought thoughtfully.

"What about you, Yiyi?" Alice asked curiously, "What's your occupation?"

"As you said before, I am a free explorer."

"That's right..." Alice nodded, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she suggested.

"Then after your two years of hard labor are over, how about we go to Roanmoya together and serve as explorers under His Majesty the King of Fraternity?"

"what?"

Ye Yiyi was suddenly stunned. He looked at Alice blankly, meeting her black eyes that were filled with excitement and anticipation.

"So...what about your work here?"

"I can apply for a transfer. After all, all the exotic planets are short of manpower for exploration, so I don't have to worry about work."

"But isn't your goal to protect endangered wildlife? How will you protect them once you're there?"

"Who says we can't protect you there?" Alice raised her chin proudly and snorted.

"I'm a zoologist. To avoid extinction, organisms will spontaneously migrate.

"If the environment in Roenmoya is suitable, we will try our best to migrate them to foreign planets without causing any biological invasion."

"I see." Ye Yiyi suddenly realized, "So there is such a method."

"So what's your answer?" Alice looked at him expectantly.

“…” Ye Yiyi was silent.