The woods where Jun Lu was was considered a relatively large area. It was lush with a variety of tree species, but few large animals.
At least so far, Jun Lu had not encountered the level of intelligence like the big tiger.
He walked silently through the forest, as if looking for something.
Moonlight poured down from the gap between the leaves and fell on the little boy’s face, reflecting his white face that was flawless like jade.
In the quiet woods, the little boy with a pacifier in his mouth walked and halted every so often. The breeze blew his soft hair, gentle and silent.
Finally, he stopped under a tree.
This tree was not very tall, its leaves were sparse and as large as cattail leaf fans. When it was blown by the wind, it emitted a smell of burnt plastic.
Jun Lu leaned close to the trunk and sniffed. After he was sure that there was nothing wrong, he grabbed Laura’s dagger from the shadow cage.
The dagger was very sharp. The blade flashed slightly under the moon; one could even see a trace of dried blood.
The boy held the dagger with both hands and thrusted it into the crevice of the bark, then cut a slit following the bark’s grain.
As the bark was cut open, a milky white liquid slowly seeped out from the gap. Unlike the pungent smell earlier, the milky white sticky liquid emitted a faint aroma.
The little boy pulled the dagger out.
A shadow tentacle poked out from under his feet and caught the liquid. There wasn’t much resin that oozed out, just enough to roll into a small round ball.
Jun Lu, who was sucking on his pacifier, did not forget to watch his surroundings vigilantly, keeping an eye on the wind and grass in the forest.
He brought his attention back when nothing unusual happened. He looked at the ball carefully, then stretched out his little hand and groped into the shadow.
Not long after, the small hand retracted and a transparent red bead was pinched between the thumb and index finger.
The smooth surface of the bead is missing a small corner.
If Yu Xingqiao was here, he would have noticed that this was the candy he had rewarded the cub after completing the command release quest that time.
Because of the cub’s sudden tantrum, the candy was thrown on the ground and a corner was chipped off.
After apologizing, Jun Lu picked it up again, but it was knocked to the ground by Yu Xingqiao, who thought it was dirty. Later, Jun Lu did not pick it up again, but locked it into the shadow cage.
After the candy was taken out, he used his fingertips to gently wipe away the dust on the surface. Cautiously, cherishing it like a fragile object.
Only when it was wiped clean did he lightly squeeze it with his fingertips and looked at it against the moonlight.
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The blood red pupils of his eyes flickered slightly. Jun Lu manipulated the shadow tentacles to present the small ball of resin that had just been formed in front of him.
He knew how to make it last.
The shadow tentacles were stretched and smoothed out.
Without the pressure, the resin ball slowly deformed and flowed slowly above the shadow.
Jun Lu then squeezed the red candy and placed it gently on top of the resin, then manipulated the shadow and let the candy roll until the whole thing was covered in creamy resin.
The resin was so sticky that if one touched it with their hand, it would stick to their hand like glue.
With the shadow tentacles, it really saved a lot of trouble.
Holding the milky white ball, Jun Lu turned around and walked deeper into the forest.
He stopped sporadically as he walked. Finally, he found a small rock pool.
Spring water seeped from the cracks of the low mountain rocks and cascaded down into the rock pool. When a breeze swept across its surface, the pool gave off ripples in the moonlight.
Jun Lu first used his spiritual power to sweep the surroundings.
There were no particularly powerful magical beasts nearby, plus he had a pacifier to conceal him. There shouldn’t be a problem.
He came towards the small stone pool. The clear water reflected the little boy’s reflection, only to reflect him manipulating the shadow tentacles and completely soaking the prepared milky white ball in the water.
The shadow, which was originally solid, became transparent. Then water poured from all directions, surrounding the milky white ball.
After coming into contact with water, the milky white resin, which was originally soft and sticky, began to harden and then slowly turned into transparent crystals.
When Jun Lu took it out again, it had turned crystalline.
The outer layer glowed faintly with a light blue light, while further inside, a red bead was embedded. A tiny corner of the bead is missing.
Surrounded by a layer of blue crystal on the outside, no one could tell that the red bead encased inside was actually a fruit candy.
“System, what is the cub doing?”
Yu Xingqiao looked at the game screen with a face filled with curiosity.
Now in real-time, it was already the next morning. He finished breakfast and rushed to get online. On one hand, he was worried that the cub would encounter danger, on the other hand, he was afraid that his four thousand diamonds would not be preserved.
He just did not expect, when the game screen lit up, that he would see this scene in front of him.
The little boy with black hair and red pupils stood at the edge of the sparkling small stone pool. His little hand held a small bead that was raised into the air, his little head tilted slightly as he looked.
This crystal bead is just too beautiful.
And what’s even more beautiful is the cub holding the bead.
How can he be so good looking? Really, three hundred and sixty degrees no dead angle ah …… must give the game modeller additional chicken legs!
But did the cub pick up the little bead? It won’t trigger any plot again, right?
Yu Xingqiao manipulated the camera and looked around.
Obviously, during the time he was offline, the cub had changed places again.
This should be somewhere in the woods, surrounded by trees and a small stone pool in the middle. A rare piece of tranquillity.
It was just that according to the perverted nature of this game, Yu Xingqiao always worried that a creature would suddenly jump out from the trees’ black shadows.
However, after looking around and not finding any issues, Yu Xingqiao reluctantly withdrew his sight and opened the cub log to read.
Checking the cub’s log the moment he was online probably became a habit of his.
Fortunately, the cub didn’t blacken again after he went offline. The blackened value was still 6 points, just a little more and his four thousand diamonds would’ve been lost.
Cub is really amazing!
Yu Xingqiao continued to scroll, the front several pages were filled with battle records – in the period he was offline, the cub and Arashi fought for another day, harvesting nearly two hundred points of source power.
Yu Xingqiao quickly scanned through and was relieved to find that they had crushed them most of the time, with a small number of scares. That was a relief.
During his absence, everything in the game still continued to advance according to time.
This is the biggest bummer.
Even if he wasn’t sick, as a normal person, he still needed to eat and sleep, and he couldn’t be online all the time, not to mention that he still had such a physique.
However, this game was so against human nature.
In the time he was offline, what the cub would have encountered, what he would’ve done, not only he couldn’t participate, he couldn’t even protect the cub. He could only know a thing or two after reading the cub log’s records.
Not to mention, there was no safety zone in the game. The cub also had a special physique and was always facing enemies who wanted to eat him.
How can one feel comfortable with this?
Such a dog scheme, in order to ensure the player’s online time, they are really able to do anything!
Yu Xingqiao spat as he scrolled down.
After the battle, the cub sent Arashi back to the pet space. Just after eating a candy, he met Laura who was delivering the meal.
Hmm?
The cub actually took the initiative to eat candy?
Is the candy eaten in human form? How cute that would be! And he actually missed it!
Yu Xingqiao was full of regret.
He continued to watch. After eating neinei and consuming source power to return the three values of health, mana, and stamina back to full, the cub wandered into the forest.
Then, he took a dagger and stabbed a tree, collecting some resin.
[The cub put the candy into the milky resin.]
[The cub found a pool of water.]
[The cub put the resin-coated candy into the water. The resin hardened and crystallized.]
[The cub took out the crystallized candy. It seems he was satisfied.]
Seeing the last line of the cub’s record, Yu Xingqiao put the log away and brought his eyes back to the game screen.
The little boy held the blue “crystal” and placed it gently in his hand. His aloof little face was no longer cold, yet not smiling.
His face carried a hint of vulnerability.
Jun Lu: alone in the forest, surrounded by an air of melancholy, holding a crystallised bead 🙁
Yu Xingqiao: absolutely dying How can the cub be this CUTE (≧ﾛ≦)
Awww he’s ✨ collecting ✨
The translator’s avatar, as always, coincides with my inner state
Thank you very much for the translation
Give him another piece of candy! Look at him, so cute aaaaaa
This chapter is so cuteee! Thanks for the chapter translator-sama! 💕
That piece of candy means so much… Thanks for the chapter ❤️
Give him more candy!! (┙ ≧ V ≦ )┙へ 🍬🍬🍭🍫🍭🍬🍬
If I had a cub raising game like this I’d be so broke it’s not even funny! Ahhhhh!!! So cuuuuuute~! <3
Thanks for your hard work translating!
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
Aaaahhhhh so cute 😭😭😭
ty for picking this up (￣^￣)ゞ
i cant live without these two
Someone please give the baby some candy before I cry
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Thank you for the chapter ;—;
Tysmmmm for the ch >◇<!!
Find someone who CHERISHES every lit stuff like our pop pop cub( >_<)