Chapter One Hundred and Twelve: Survivor

  Due to his own weakness, Jiǔ Mìng's ability to 'digest' had weakened a lot, but it was still better than that passive recovery. That annoying feeling of wanting to find a place to sleep again arose, and after looking around at the ground that seemed to have been ravaged by cannon fire, Jiǔ Mìng knew he couldn't rest yet.

  Leave here first, don't worry, there will be Moon Fox soldiers or monsters coming to explore soon. That kind of movement can be detected even tens of miles away.

  After wandering for a while, Jiǔ Mìng became more and more confused about the current situation. The demons he encountered were mostly in small groups, as if they had divided their forces. Since it was an invasion, there was no need to do so, dividing forces would only weaken one's own strength. The best way should be to charge forward with a mighty force, crushing the opponent's city gate...

  Alright... maybe it's a bit difficult. After seeing the technological advancements of the Moon Soldiers, I have to admit that my nine lives aren't enough. They don't have any brutal defensive turrets or anything like that.

  A faint sound of battle was heard, and Jiǔ Mìng hesitated for a moment before deciding to go take a look. If there were familiar faces, he might be able to lend a hand. However, by the time he arrived, the fighting seemed to have already ended. The temporary base of Yuèzhīduō was now mostly shrouded in flames, with many fallen yāoguài and Yuètù soldiers on the ground.

  He furrowed his brow, and Jiǔ Mìng really didn't want to see this scene. He skirted around the corpses on the ground and headed towards the interior of this temporary base. Along the way, he saw that the number of demons was several times that of the Moon Rabbit soldiers. Just a temporary base... could take down several times the number of demons. The disparity was quite large.

  Is there any news?

  Jiǔ Mìng pushed open the iron door in front of him. He saw a rabbit-eared girl with disheveled ears and pale purple long hair, crouched in the corner of the wall. The room was filled with a fresh bloody smell, which came from this rabbit-eared girl.

  After the door was opened, the light that came in made her see clearly who the person was. As soon as she saw Jiǔ Mìng, she showed a terrified expression, ignoring the pain on her body, trembling with both hands holding out a small handgun aimed at Jiǔ Mìng, "You you you...you can't come over here!"

  "Hey, don't worry, I didn't mean it..."

  "I don't believe it! I won't believe it!" The girl's voice was shaking with agitation as she cut off Jiumeng's words. Her team had been suddenly attacked by monsters, and now she was the only survivor, only managing to stay alive because of her own cowardice... finding a place to hide.

  It has been discovered now, and it's even a demon she knows...

  It's safe to say that all Moon Rabbit soldiers know about Jiuming now.

  "Alright, you know this thing is useless against me, so put down your weapon and surrender quietly. After all, it's no fun if you're dead." Jiǔ Mìng shrugged his shoulders, completely ignoring the threat of her handgun.

  "What's going on?!"

  "Hey? What? Of course it's you." Jiǔ Mìng Xié? A wicked smile. The rabbit-eared girl was startled and her hand slipped, directly pulling the trigger, a beam of light shot out towards his head, Ah no, not real bullets!?

  A swift lift of his hand, Jiǔ Mìng felt a scorching pain in the palm of his hand, this powerful energy beam almost pierced through his own palm... Had he already become so weak?

  "Don't come any closer!" Looking at the approaching Nine Lives, the rabbit-eared girl thought about the terrible things she would have to face next. She let out a silent scream, or should she just kill herself? She looked at the weapon in her hand, if she aimed it at her own head and fired, there was no way Nine Lives could block it with his hands, it would be a surefire way to die.

  But... it can't be done. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been hiding and living until now because of her cowardice, but would have died in battle a long time ago.

  "Hah! It's too late to say anything now." The nine-tailed fox smiled gloomily. As if to increase the pressure on the rabbit-eared girl, he walked even slower, but in reality, he was afraid that this rabbit would not be able to withstand it and directly commit suicide... Ah, although it's already quite stimulating for her now, it hasn't reached the point where the rabbit is so anxious that she bites people.

  "You can't...do this..." Looking at the nine lives that had already walked to her front, the rabbit-eared girl, who was both shocked and severely injured, finally couldn't bear it anymore. Her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.

  "Hey, that's not going to work." The deliberately wicked expression was put away, Jiǔ Mìng scratched his head, this was too weak. He just wanted to scare her a little, Jiǔ Mìng half squatted down, the rabbit-eared girl who had fallen to the ground was also very pretty, however, he had seen enough beauties.

  He gently brushed the hair away from her face, and with a light touch, pinched her cheek. There was no reaction at all; she was completely out cold. He then furrowed his brow slightly as he looked at the large pool of blood on the ground - this injury was quite severe.

  She picked her up horizontally, and I don't know what the rabbit-eared girl felt or had a nightmare about. Compared to pinching her face earlier, she didn't fight back this time, but instead struggled weakly for a moment, which was really heartbreaking.

  In a daze, the rabbit-eared girl vaguely felt that the only clothes that could give her a sense of security seemed to be stripped off by a pair of hands, and then these hands didn't give up searching her body... this feeling.

  "No!!! It hurts so much!!" The rabbit-eared girl woke up with a start, clutching her body and crying out in pain. It was just a dream, she thought, touching the bandages on her body. Although they were tied unusually tightly, especially around her chest, which made it hard to breathe, they must have been put there by someone trying to help her heal. Ugh... what a nightmare.

  Wait! That silhouette! Looking at the familiar silhouette lighting a fire in the distance, the rabbit girl sitting on the ground became terrified and ignored her injuries. She quickly scanned her surroundings, yes, it was not a hospital room, but still outdoors, she could even see the destroyed temporary base.

  There was a pile of bloody clothes beside her, which were the ones she had been wearing. Now, apart from the tightly wrapped bandages on her body, there was only a blanket that had slipped down to her legs as she sat up.

  The rabbit-eared girl was trembling all over, her mouth opening and closing as she pointed at the nine lives, unable to say anything for a long time. Her heart was filled with shame, anger, and gratitude. If she hadn't been treated promptly, she would have been in danger of losing her life soon. The temporary base had been destroyed, and there were no medical supplies to be found. Now that she had been saved, it seemed like she had lost something very important...

  "Huh, why are you making that face? I didn't do anything to you." Upon hearing the commotion behind him, Jiǔ Mìng knew the rabbit-eared girl had woken up, and when he turned his head around, he saw her richly expressive face.

  "You... are you not going to take responsibility?" The rabbit-eared girl gazed at Jiumeng with a deeply resentful expression, her soft and weak eyes looking like those of an injured little rabbit, making Jiumeng's entire body tremble as if he had really done something wrong to her.

  Is there? Is there? Jiǔ Mìng dares to guarantee that he did nothing else except for taking a few more glances at her when cleaning and treating her wounds.

  "Hey, I didn't do anything except look at you a few more times." Jiǔ Mìng emphasized his words. He wasn't good at handling this kind of thing. Hmm, should he try to smooth things over with nice words or explain the situation? Maybe just telling the truth would be the best choice...

  Hmph, maybe.

  It seems to have had an opposite effect.

  "It's also true, after all you saved my life and are stronger than me. Whatever you want to do, I won't be able to stop you. Now I can only follow you." The rabbit-eared girl said sadly in a low voice.

  "What? You should be going back to your own camp, shouldn't you?" Jiǔ Mìng rubbed his head, on the one hand, he didn't want to bring a troublemaker along, although saying so was a bit hurtful, but that's roughly how things were. On the other hand, it wasn't safe for him to be around either, plus his own condition wasn't at its best, even if he had gnawed on a high-grade energy crystal a few hours ago, he still hadn't recovered to half of his usual combat strength.

  When faced with unexpected events, he worried that he might overlook this injured rabbit-eared girl.

  "How is that possible? I was saved by you, and yet I'll definitely be treated as a traitor. And what you did to me... even if I wanted to go back, I wouldn't be able to..."

  "Wait! I didn't do anything to you." Jiǔ Mìng cut her off, emphasizing once again, "I'm not that kind of despicable person who takes advantage of others in their time of need."

  "You still don't want to admit it......" The rabbit-eared girl said in a low voice.

  "Alas, I'm telling the truth. Anyway, hurry up and recover from your injuries, then go back to wherever you came from. As for the reason, just say that I rescued you for intelligence purposes, and after that, you can think of a way to escape on your own. You can fill in the details yourself, it's fine as long as it sounds plausible." Jiǔ Mìng felt like he had saved a weirdo moon rabbit.

  "Of course not, I won't be able to report back if I return. When this place is destroyed, as the last survivor, I should have reported the situation here in a timely manner. But... why did you invade the Moon Capital?"

  "...I don't know." Jiǔ Mìng fell silent for a moment, then waved his hand at her, "Forget it, just follow me for now..."

  The rabbit-eared girl nodded weakly, feeling a sense of relief, and the corners of her eyes twitched slightly. What's going on? Is that Stockholm syndrome or something?

  Hey, why do you look like a thug or something? You're clearly just a clean-cut young guy.

  "Don't you have clothes?"

  "I don't have this here... how about I help you wash that pile?"

  The rabbit-eared girl wanted to say something, but as soon as she moved slightly, she felt a sharp pain from the wounds on her body. The white bandage had some places stained with blood that had seeped out of the cracked wound. She could only nod lightly and say, "Thank you so much."

  "Ah ha, no big deal. Speaking of which, I'm also doing laundry for the first time." Jiǔ Mìng said with a careless smile, but his words made the rabbit-eared girl feel a sense of unease. Sure enough, accompanied by a tearing sound, Jiǔ Mìng looked at the upper garment in his hand that had been torn into two pieces, his expression slightly stunned.

  This clothes is too fragile, isn't it? It's said that washing clothes requires some force to rub and scrub, but I just used a little bit of force... Hmm, did I use too much strength?