Chapter 437 - In the Name of Cultivators (1/2)
Tears glint in Lin Luoran’s eyes when she sees the cyan little fox for the first time since they parted three hundred years ago. She murmurs, “Cyan little fox… Cyan little fox, I’ve found you at long last.”
She can’t help crying, and the little fox gazing at her also has tears in its eyes. Fearing that everything in front of her is but an illusion, Lin Luoran puts down the stone tablet and throws her arms around the little fox.
The cyan little fox is stunned and blushes up to its ears.
“Hey, you woman are talking nonsense. I had found you, not the other way around, okay?”
The warmth of reunion is instantly diluted by these words. Actually, the cyan little fox is mischievous by nature despite its charming appearance. Lin Luoran is about to pinch its cheeks as a punishment when she finds something unusual—
“Why, can you talk now?” Not only can it speak, but it’s speaking in a lad’s voice, Lin Luoran says to herself. Remembering that she’s still holding the cyan little fox in her arms, she’s a little embarra.s.sed.
The cyan fox combs its fur which is disturbed by Lin Luoran, and then shows the whites of its cute eyes, which look harmless.
“I knew a little bit about human language, but just didn’t bother to talk to you.”
As the cyan fox reveals its mischievous nature, Lin Luoran wants to pick it up by its neck and beat it. However, considering that they haven’t seen each other for more than three hundred years, she softens and lowers her voice.
“You, where have you been in all these years?”
The Lin family worried about it for long, but it turns out to be in the underground world. Has the little fox been hiding here? Before she can ask many questions, Lin Luoran gets a glimpse of the stone tablet which is plunging into the dirt. Shocked at the scene, Lin Luoran tries to catch it but in vain. It falls through despite her quick action!
The cyan fox purses its lips. “Forget it. The d.a.m.n saintess ran away long ago, so it’s useless to hold the stone tablet.”
Ran away? Lin Luoran stands up at once. “What did you say?!”
The cyan fox clasps its ears with its paws to minimize the impact of Lin Luoran’s loud voice. “The saintess ran away three days ago! It occurred when you seized the stone tablet and were put in jail in place of her.”
Lin Luoran has a headache. She wonders if she should praise herself for finding the cyan little fox or just punish herself for letting go of the fake saintess.
Cyan little fox wants to laugh at Lin Luoran, but it suddenly gets serious as it smells the sulfur in the air. “Without the Ba, the magma in the underground world will cause an eruption! Let’s go!”
It rushes out very quickly, signifying that Lin Luoran should follow it.
Looking at its back, Lin Luoran discovers that this little fox which hasn’t grown up during the past three hundred years has an extra tail. As the fox runs, its two tails are waving. It’s so funny.
But then she sighs secretly. In fact, Lin Luoran guesses that cyan little fox probably comes here to look for the White Fox.
Unlike the Lin family who were missing, the White Fox was on the verge of extinction three hundred years ago. In this respect, the cyan little fox is all the more pitiful.
The cyan fox disappeared at the entrance of the Green Mountains three hundred years ago. Have it found any fox of its own race?
…
The little fox with two tails is not only faster in speed, but has become stronger and more powerful. The monsters of the underground world have to evade it as it pa.s.ses by. Actually, the fox king has gained authority with the growth of the second tail.
In fact, the fox has run through these intersected tunnels three hundred years ago. Following it, Lin Luoran asks hesitantly, “We will escape, but these animals…?”
The cyan little fox is speechless whenever dealing with this silly kind person. It slows down a little bit. “The fittest will survive. Some of them are destined to be swallowed by magma. Otherwise, the multiplying species in the underground world would have destroyed the balance of nature long ago and all would have died.”
A biology cla.s.s by a young nine-tailed fox! Lin Luoran looks embarra.s.sed, but then resumes running with the fox.
They reach a slope which remains the same as it was long before. A huge army of animals huddle together on it. In fact, this place is very close to the ground. Thinking about this, Lin Luoran picks up the little fox and jumps up with a sword. She splits the thick soil layer overhead and transfers to the ground through the theurgy of Earth Escape.
On the desert are mutant monsters galloping nervously in the heavily polluted air… Besides, there are countless blue energy barrels.
Xiaozhi comes into contact with Lin Luoran as soon as she emerges from the underground world. But for such connection, Luoran would have thought that Xiaozhi has become a traitor with a consciousness of its own.
“Be careful. The Alliance has come to take revenge on you. They have also taken over the stars.h.i.+p. I am afraid my secret will be discovered by them, so I am playing the fool… ”
To the Alliance, artificial intelligence with an independent consciousness is probably a greater threat than such a capable cultivator as Lin Luoran. Therefore, Xiaozhi has made the best choice to protect itself.
Lin Luoran narrows her eyes. The siblings of the Ma family are still on the stars.h.i.+p. Are they hidden in a safe place by Xiaozhi?
“Ah, I’m not talking to you anymore. The Alliance is starting to run antivirus software again…”
The Alpha Alliance has every reason to suspect that the stars.h.i.+p was captured by a cultivator because the intelligent brain program has been hacked. Indeed, Xiaozhi hasn’t fared well since it lost contact with Lin Luoran three days ago. The Alliance boarded the stars.h.i.+p and has run dozens of antivirus scans a day to detect any system vulnerabilities, which makes Xiaozhi miserable.
“The cultivator on the ground, you have been discovered. Please lay down your weapon. The cultivator on the ground, you have been discovered. Please lay down your weapon.”