The overlord of the gods is interrogating the alien female spy.

　Chen Lingxu, looking for fun, slowly shifted his gaze from the rooftop to the dozing Shu on the other side.

　After hearing Ji's story, he couldn't resist coming to the Great Wilderness to see for himself. The other side of that great river was where the fragments of the demon were buried, but seeing the river ignited Chen Lingxu's fishing urge. After all, in that environment, no one could resist trying their luck with a fishing rod, so he started fishing on the riverbank under the pretext of monitoring the other side.

　Unexpectedly, the film he was looking for had come across as the same one. Chen Lingxu thought about the image Ji had described and spent some time with her.

　This encounter almost cost him his life because of a meal.

　"Looks good."

　The eyes travel from the dragon horns of this Sleeping Beauty all the way to her lips. Her features and face can be described as those of a beauty, and coupled with her really nice personality, she must have many fans.

　After eating her food, Chen Lingxu now likes her too.

　However, she is not without flaws...

　Chen Lingxu's gaze moved unobstructed from her chest to her waist.

　Although his robe was a bit too big, it wasn't so big that it wouldn't leave any curves on a woman's body, unless she was truly naked.

　I feel like even my external chest armor from the pre-civilization era was thicker than hers.

　"Is its tail this big...?"

　Chen Lingxu had met the people from the Sui family before. Shu's tail, in terms of both length and size, was among the top five, and could even contend for the top three. Undoubtedly, Shuo had the longest and largest tail, but compared to Shuo's tail, Shu's tail possessed beautiful, jade-white scales that gradually changed to a dazzling gold, and incredibly soft, golden-yellow and sky-blue mane resembling ears of wheat. Especially striking was the fluffy tuft at the tip of her tail, which looked so inviting that one wanted to bury their face in it and take a few deep breaths.

　Thus, millet is the winner.

　Secondly, "黍" represents a great beauty, and "朔" represents a young man; thus, "黍" is the second most beautiful character.

　Thirdly, millet wins twice, so it wins three times. This continues indefinitely, making millet's chances of winning endless. It truly deserves the title of the best ending to the year's culinary experience.

　"I really want to touch it."

　Chen Lingxu's eyes darted back and forth across her face, and after a long while, he sighed with a sense of loss.

　"How can someone cook so well and be so beautiful? If I could marry someone like that, I'd be willing to eat her cooking for the rest of my life."

　"..."

　The tip of the tail hidden under the robe twitched. It seemed to be an illusion, but the sleeping person's face was pressed down slightly, making it impossible to see the shape of her mouth or her expression.

　One person gets all the good things, from eating to taking bribes.

　Shu's drowsiness gradually dissipated after waking up, but it would be impolite for her to wake up again so soon after being covered with clothes. While she was meditating with her eyes closed, she felt those burning eyes roaming over her body, and soon she heard those sighs.

　He kept saying things like how pretty she was, how he wanted to pet her big tail, and how delicious her cooking was… His face remained expressionless, but in his mind, Shu was practically grinning from ear to ear. It wasn't until he heard his last sentence that Shu almost burst out laughing.

　But after the laughter faded, she belatedly realized how embarrassing those words were, and blushed all over, from her fair ears to the tip of her delicate nose, like a ripe apple, exuding an intoxicating fragrance.

　Honestly... Is he really just a kid? He gets easily attracted to pretty girls. If he knew his true identity and real age, he'd probably be shocked.

　Shu wanted to tease him a little to see if he would still say he wanted to marry her.

　"—"

　The sudden, violent clap of thunder outside the window snapped Shu out of her thoughts.

　"What a huge thunderbolt..."

　A sense of unease welled up within her, and she stopped pretending to be asleep. She sat up and looked directly out the window. The rain was pouring down again, and it seemed endless.

　"Where are you going?"

　Seeing her get out of bed and put on her shoes, Chen Lingxu asked her a question.

　"We need to go check the fields and the riverbank. With this much rain, the water might rise, and it would be bad if the fields were flooded."

　"so……"

　"Xiao Xu, where are you going? Staying here is fine, I'll be back soon."

　Seeing that he was also getting up, Shu couldn't help but speak up to stop him.

　"What are you thinking? My fishing gear is still there. If we don't go and retrieve it, what if it gets washed away in this heavy rain?"

　Oh, he's going to get his fishing gear... Shu thought he was going to watch over her fields. Turns out she was overthinking it.

　But Chen Lingxu's next words warmed her heart again.

　"You can go directly to the fields; I'll take a look at the river on the way."

　"Okay, then be careful. Take this umbrella. And wear a raincoat too. It's not good to get your clothes wet."

　Shu noticed that his clothes looked very expensive, and that they would be difficult to wash if they got dirty.

　"No need. You can take it and use it yourself."

　Chen Lingxu returned the raincoat to her, but still took the umbrella.

　.

　The rain suddenly intensified, turning the ground black like ink, obscuring one's vision so that one could only see what was in front of them and under their feet.

　"Such heavy rain, could it be a natural disaster...?"

　Shu was somewhat worried. This was the first time in a hundred years that he had seen such heavy rain.

　"Sigh... I hope it's not a natural disaster."

　If it truly is a natural disaster, she can only try to defeat it. The crops this season are almost ripe; they can't be destroyed like this. Besides, the Great Wilderness hasn't undergone any mobile city reconstruction yet, so the people in Great Wilderness City can't escape even if they want to during a natural disaster.

　"And...on the other side of the river."

　She looked worriedly at the great river in the distance of the wilderness.

　She knew all too well how hateful the things on the other side of the river were. Normally, the river flowed continuously, preventing the spread of pollution, but if there was a flood, it might give them a chance to cross over.

　"No... I have to go check it out."

　The current state of the fields is acceptable. The drainage ditches have been completed long ago, so there will be no situation where rainwater accumulates in the fields and rots the roots of the crops.

　Wearing a straw hat, he waded through the mud and water, heading straight for the river.

　"This is…"

　As she was running, she suddenly stepped on something, making a crisp sound.

　She turned around and looked, her eyes suddenly widening.

　It was a section of the umbrella handle... Although it was covered in mud, she could still tell that it was her umbrella.

　"Xiaoxu...where are they?!"

　Has something happened?!

　Her heart tightened, and without thinking, she shouted and kept walking.

　"Little Ruins! Little..."

　She vaguely saw a figure on the riverbank.

　That's great... it's him.

　Shu breathed a sigh of relief and was about to approach when she realized that he was carrying something in his hand.

　Through the rain, one can see the shape of the object in the Qilin's hand.

　It was a mangled corpse; the face on the corpse's head had disappeared, leaving only a strange glow.

　The corpse emitted an extremely dense black gas, something that Shu was all too familiar with.

　Evil demon.

　Chapter Ninety: Take Responsibility Seriously

　"You damned fiend, how dare you touch my fishing rod!"

　As soon as Chen Lingxu arrived at the riverbank, he witnessed a scene that made his eyes widen in horror.

　His perfectly good fishing gear was chewed into pieces by a twisted thing that made him want to vomit his lunch just by looking at it.

　Now he knows how these things were attracted.

　No wonder he couldn't catch any fish; it was because the river was full of debris contaminated by the demons attracted by the bait, driving all his fish away. And Shu herself was also tainted with the aura of demons; as soon as she arrived, the other weaker collapsed beings were frightened away, which is why she was able to catch fish.

　Without time to think further, Chen Lingxu found the culprit that was preventing the fish from catching anything, and he was determined to teach them a lesson about how powerful and unapproachable even the most powerful figures can be.

　"Xiao Xu! Are you alright? Are you okay?!"

　He heard anxious concern coming from behind him. Chen Lingxu turned around and saw that the Dragon Girl had fallen off her straw hat in her haste. She had run over in the rain, her hair was soaked, and her face was covered in rainwater.

　But when Chen Lingxu turned around, she was startled and took two steps back.

　"It's alright. My fishing gear was destroyed. I'm dealing with the debris that damaged it."

　The energy unleashed from the claws crushed the collapsed object in the hands of the Qilin Celestial Venerable into ashes, and then the Qilin Celestial Venerable's body transformed back into human form from its beastman form.

　"What, are you intimidated by my heroic appearance?"

　"It was a bit... Was that your magic just now?"

　The atmosphere was eerie amidst the torrential rain. If someone you knew suddenly turned around and turned out to be the head of a ferocious beast, no one could withstand it. The fact that Shu didn't immediately use magic to attack was a testament to her composure and experience.

　"I suppose so. I've noticed something's off about this rain."

　"Something's not quite right."

　The collapsed bodies have all come ashore... Logically speaking, the Celestial Masters guarding the opposite side of the Great Wilderness should have disposed of the corpses, so where did these collapsed bodies come from?

　"You're a local, what's your opinion?"

　Chen Lingxu looked at her and asked for her advice.

　"Well……"

　Over the years, Shu had simply stayed behind in the wilderness, without taking the initiative to investigate or trace the source of the pollution. Now that Chen Lingxu had suddenly come to ask her, she was at a loss for words.

　"I believe that to find out where these guys came from, we should go upstream and see the source of this great river."

　"The source of the great river?"

　"What? Don't tell me you've lived here for so many years and don't even know where the river in front of your house comes from?"

　"Um, I don't know."

　The Qilin's face showed a look of 'useless,' and when the millet saw his gaze, it was so ashamed that it barely wagged its tail anymore.

　"But the rain is so heavy, let's go back and wait for it to stop before we go look for it."

　"What nonsense are you talking about? If we don't take advantage of the situation and pursue them, how do you know they won't run off somewhere else once this rain stops?"

　"right……"

　Shu tapped her head. She wasn't usually this stupid. How come she couldn't even think of something like this?

　"Then let's go now... huh?"

　Why did you suddenly touch her face?

　The tall boy in front of her suddenly leaned in and raised his hand to rub her face. Shu didn't react for a moment, and was thus cupped in his palm, which was so hot that even the cold rain couldn't wash it away.

　He covered his face.

　Where is your straw hat?

　"I accidentally... dropped it on the road."

　Yes, it's out of concern for her...

　"You're not a child anymore, how can you still be so reckless?"

　Is it rash?

　She was just being a little too worried. In such heavy rain, anyone would be terrified if their child suddenly stepped on a broken umbrella and was worried that something might happen to them.

　"Put it on."

　Qilin removed his robe, and with a few quick undone and undone buttons at the back, the shawl transformed into a hood. His body temperature was incredibly high; even after being soaked by the rain for so long, wearing it felt like feeling the warmth of a burning ember. Qilin's horns were larger than Shu's, but they had a zipper she had never seen before. Tightening the zipper allowed the hood to stay securely in place with the horns, keeping them dry.

　"And what about you, Xiaoxu?"

　If such a magical raincoat is given to her, won't the person in front of her get soaked in the rain?

　"What kind of constitution do I have, and what kind of constitution do you have? Just wear what I tell you to wear. If you get it dirty, go back and wash it clean for me."

　The Qilin before her suddenly grew larger, transforming once again into the beast-headed, giant-clawed, and arched-legged form she had just witnessed. It was now twice her size, truly tall and powerful.

　"let's go."