131. Saving the World? No Thanks!
Ruo Xiaoxi clenched her teeth, her body trembling uncontrollably. Tears streamed down her round cheeks. Her healing magic probably wouldn’t work on such metal.
The bronze giant did not attack her, but a hundred-meter-tall monster appearing before a loli barely 1.5 meters tall left her utterly bewildered.
The bronze giant lowered its head and looked at Ruo Xiaoxi. It slowly raised its massive steel arm, seemingly wanting to open its palm, inviting her to step on, and take Ruo Xiaoxi away from here.
“Go away…” Ruo Xiaoxi said, her voice trembling, her tender, glistening lips parting slightly.
Don’t come closer, don’t come closer… Go away! I want to go home!
Suddenly, even with such a small voice, the bronze giant seemed to hear her words. Its eyes, glowing with crimson light, flickered as if receiving a command.
It tried to stop its arm in mid-air, then its entire body erupted in a scorching white steam. The giant’s posture once again stood tall upon the earth, with the high-rise buildings only reaching its shoulders.
The bronze giant turned around, the ground trembling with each heavy step.
Gradually, its figure was re-covered by the mist, and its sounds grew more distant, until it vanished…
“It… left?” Little Radish took a long time to react, swallowing hard.
In that instant, both Cythia and Little Radish froze. They had thought Ruo Xiaoxi would likely not survive, but for some reason, the bronze giant before them did not harm Ruo Xiaoxi.
It seemed to merely squat down and look at her, then left alone.
Looking at the large Beyond Beast, the giant yak instantly crushed and killed in a shocking scene, Cythia had even given up hope. This bronze giant was a guardian wandering this city.
It was said that within the ruined city, there was an extremely powerful Beyond Beast, like the monarch of this Land of Silence.
The birth of this enclosed space must also be related to it. And the bronze giant was a guard by the monarch’s side, or its retinue. Cythia had never truly seen it before, only heard the heavy tremor of the earth.
“Big Cutie!” After dumbly watching the bronze giant leave, Little Radish quickly ran over.
Ruo Xiaoxi, who was already terrified, plopped directly onto the ground. Her mind was blank, but she knew she seemed to be saved.
“Big Cutie… you, you were that powerful?!”
“Eh… wh-what?” Ruo Xiaoxi, looking as if she were about to die of fright, heard Little Radish praising her strength. What strength did she have…? She almost perished.
“First, you single-handedly crippled that large Beyond Beast, putting it at a disadvantage, and then you even deterred this guardian! I didn’t realize you were such a powerful person!”
“W-was it because of me?” Could it be that because she was so cute, even the Beyond Beasts wouldn’t attack her?
Cythia clutched her wildly pounding chest, let out a long breath, and quickly drove out the off-road vehicle that had been thrown by the giant yak.
Fortunately, the vehicle was as sturdy as an armored car. Only the car door was dented, but it could still start.
“Get in quickly, Radish, Ruo Xiaoxi, we need to leave here as soon as possible.”
“Okay, Big Cutie, let’s go quickly. We were really too close to the fog this time, it’s truly dangerous. If we don’t leave, there might be more Beyond Beasts coming soon. Hurry.”
Little Radish pulled Ruo Xiaoxi up from the ground, and they both got into the car.
In the car, Little Radish wiped Ruo Xiaoxi’s tears and also noticed that the camera she had been clutching was perfectly intact.
However, Ruo Xiaoxi obviously couldn’t have taken photos in that situation. The bronze giant remained an unsolved mystery. If Cythia hadn’t lost her memory, perhaps she would know more.
And Ruo Xiaoxi seemed to recover quickly. Once she knew she was safe, she gradually broke into a smile through her tears.
“O-oh my god… I was so scared, but that’s nothing in front of me, the great Vampire Queen!” She even became proud, perhaps because she had deterred the bronze giant.
She had fantasized about encountering powerful and terrifying opponents before, but her mind had always been stuck at the slime stage, at most slightly larger slimes that would melt clothes but cause no harm.
But truly experiencing such a colossal being standing before her, staring at her, the oppressive feeling was simply overwhelming. She felt it might even be a good thing that her magic wasn’t very good.
Senior Yifulan had once told her that if she was ready, she would be welcomed into the world of magic. Now, she didn’t want to come. What magic world? It wasn’t as warm as the big sister’s embrace!
Going back to the sweet campus was surely better than staying in this place of wailing ghosts!
Saving the world? No thanks!
Now, if anyone came to her door and said she was the only hope to save the world, she’d immediately grab a hammer and hit them with it. Not saving. Get lost!
If dating could save the world, then she might give it a try. But only if the big boss of darkness was a beautiful villainess, like… the Witch of Calamity Latona mentioned!
“Who was it that was crying so hard just now?” Little Radish secretly teased her.
“You’d cry too! And you’d cry louder than me!”
“Hehe, that’s certainly possible. But anyway, we’re home safe!”
Finally, after some twists and turns, encountering attacks from Beyond Beast wolf packs, and even meeting a terrifying guardian, fortunately, all three safely rode the car back home.
This trip to the abandoned supermarket yielded a full harvest, but such dangerous deep exploration should probably not be attempted again.
Cythia was also a bit startled. For a moment, she felt many fragmented images suddenly appear in her mind, like scattered puzzle pieces piled together.
About this ruined city, what had happened here before, and what mysteries it held…
Ruo Xiaoxi enthusiastically said she wanted to help her regain her memories. Cythia had initially dismissed it, but now she seemed to feel some of her past emotions. She seemed to have… something lost that she wanted to recover.
And before dark, they successfully returned to the cottage.
………………
But the night in the ruined city was still not peaceful.
Thump… thump… thump…
Heavy footsteps still echoed in the silent city, and in the darkness, countless blood-red eyes appeared, gathered together. They snarled fiercely at the large metal structure before them.
The other low-level Beyond Beasts in this city seemed angered by the bronze giant killing their companion.
At the same time, they couldn’t understand, so they provoked it. A battle between Beyond Beasts was about to unfold in this ruined city under the curtain of night.
The bronze giant lowered its head and looked at those foolish things, as if they were not the same kind of creature.
It grabbed a building with two hands, effortlessly uprooting a tall building beside it. Then, with a thunderous crash like a bomb exploding, it smashed it down, turning it into a graveyard for countless Beyond Beasts.
“Howl…” The other Beyond Beasts whimpered, then retreated in fear.
The bronze giant continued to lift its head, walking steadily into the night.
And its actions, with this flowing blood, made all the beasts wandering the city streets secretly understand that no one could covet or attack the white-haired girl again.
Otherwise, this would be their next graveyard.
