A very cute little girl - although she has tentacles and wings - stands alone in front of you and timidly says to you, "Can I eat you?"
What kind of weird situation is this?
Cheng Peng was a little troubled.
He had just assessed the opponent's strength and found that this girl, who didn't know whether she was a human or a monster, was weaker than him.
This seems to mean there is no need to worry about being eaten.[
But... the instinct of the innate warrior told him that the girl's accomplice was lying in ambush nearby, in the woods.
If those accomplices had similar strength to this girl, then he would probably be doomed today.
As a player, death is not a big deal, but being eaten is a strange way of death that he doesn't want to experience.
So what to do?
Options: Okay, eat me. - No one would choose this except Levi.
Option b: Is it a monster attacking humans? Kill you! - It would be a bit disgraceful to shout and kill in this beautiful place.
"Sure enough, I'm not Wen De's kind of genius who can come up with the right dialogue as soon as he sees a woman." He couldn't help but sigh and tried to dial Wen De's private chat, but found that the channel was temporarily unavailable.
That guy was probably picking up girls again. Whenever he was about to seduce a girl into bed, he would close the private chat channel to avoid disturbing her.
This beast! Half an hour ago, he swore to everyone that he would not mess around with women in Gensokyo, but as soon as he turned around, his aura was in full swing...
To hell with him!
Cheng Peng secretly made up his mind that when Wen De was chased and hacked by a group of jealous men, he would definitely watch and videotape the whole process inhumanely, and even put the video on the forum for everyone to see!
Since I can't find a consultant, I have to find a way on my own.
"Are you hungry?" He looked at the little girl with tentacles - she didn't look very hungry and she was in good spirits.
The girl's tentacles trembled twice and shook her head.
"Since you're not hungry, why do you want to eat me?"
The girl blinked her eyes and looked at him innocently.
"Don't humans eat when they're not hungry?" she asked.
Cheng Peng choked.
"Humans often eat something even if their stomachs are full, right?" Her expression was pure and innocent, "Since humans can do this, why do I have to eat people when I'm hungry?" [
It does make sense...
The problem is that now it is Cheng Peng who wants to be eaten!
After thinking for about five seconds, Cheng Peng decided to look at the problem from another angle.
"You want to eat me, right?" He didn't wait for the girl to answer, and said directly, "I have a little question. It depends on our body size. You are so small, how much can you eat at one time?"
The girl pondered for a while, then raised her hands and made some gestures, making a circle about half a foot in diameter.
"The meatloaf is delicious," she said, "I can eat so much at one time!"
It can be seen that she is quite proud of her food intake.
Cheng Peng finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
"Okay, so do you think you can eat one of my arms at a time? Or one leg?" He gestured at those parts of his body, "I think one arm can hold up to the sky... What are you going to do with the rest?"
?Should it be frozen and used as food storage? Or should it be abandoned and given to passing beasts or something like a snack?"
The girl had obviously never met such a person before, and was immediately stunned.
She looked Cheng Peng up and down again, a distressed expression gradually appeared on her face.
"Yes, there are too many, I can't finish them all!" The tentacles kept trembling, and the girl's wings also vibrated slightly, as if reflecting her inner depression, "I have no friendship with them, such as freezing;
Abandonment...wasting food is a shameful act..."
"So what you need to find is not a large prey like me, but something smaller, such as a rabbit or something." Cheng Peng laughed, and he felt that he was already safe.
The girl is in distress...
Just when Cheng Peng was about to take out the Norwegian barbecue brought from the dark world. Greco was very proud of his barbecue skills and gave him a lot of them. The girl looked up and smiled.
"Although I can't finish eating, I must attack humans."
ah?!
"so what"
Before he finished speaking, there was a vibration in the surrounding trees, and a group of heavily armed players rushed out.
"Run!" The man at the head rushed towards Cheng Peng in a hurry. At the same time, many people carrying shields stood between him and the girl. "This is a very vicious monster. If you don't run, you will be eaten!"
Cheng Peng didn't move.
He has already seen that the trick is coming.[
The player who was wearing old armor, weapons, and there were many bloodstains on the armor, and it was obvious at first glance that he had experienced many battles, rushed to Cheng Peng, and was a little surprised when he saw that he hadn't started to run away yet.
"Why don't you run away? It's very dangerous!"
"Oh." Cheng Peng responded noncommittally.
The man became anxious and grabbed Cheng Peng's arm, trying to drag him away.
Of course, he couldn't hold Cheng Peng back.
How could he possibly be able to pull the three-star player who is the number one player?
"Are you crazy?" The man looked very anxious, "That guy... we can't stop him for long!"
As if in response to his words, the players who were holding shields to stop the girl let out shrill screams.
Players fell out one after another like kites with broken strings. One of them happened to fly over their heads and sprayed out a rain of blood, which was truly spectacular.
"Ah! I can't stand it anymore!"
"Help!"
"Weird...monster!"
The players who tried to stop the girl collapsed and fled in all directions.
"Hurry up! If you don't leave, it will be too late!" The player in the worn-out armor yelled, pulled out the same worn-out long sword, and faced the girl who came from the pool of blood with a tragic face, "I'll delay it!"
Cheng Peng sighed, he only felt full of energy at the moment.
"How long have you been rehearsing?" he asked.
These words were not loud, but they were like a magician's spell, making the noisy and tragic battlefield immediately quiet down.
"The secret is revealed..." The girl who was as fierce as a god and demon just now lowered her head, and her two tentacles drooped, "What is wrong with the acting? You have obviously said it very seriously..."
The player who was probably the leader put away his sword, sighed, and walked back to Cheng Peng.
"That's why I hate you guys with excellent observation skills the most!" He shook his head and asked his "resurrected" companions to pack their things, "What a waste of our feelings!"
What answered him was a bright long sword emitting a faint white light.
"As a price for wasting your feelings, how about using this to make amends?" Cheng Peng smiled happily, "But, I'm a little curious about what you are doing?"
"Where are you going? In the human world? We just have to go back for repairs." The player took the magic sword with added lightning damage and said happily, "Let's talk while walking. You have to hurry up, otherwise it will be really scary.
Something might come out!"
The journey from Hakurei Shrine to Renjianzato is not very long.
But this journey has been enough to make things clear.
The girl with tentacles and wings is named Sidis, and she is a firefly. Of course, she is not an ordinary firefly, but one with powerful magic power.
"monster?"
"No, it can't be considered a monster." Xidis held a short and fat young man in Song Shu's hands. His smile was reminiscent of a squirrel rolling on the ground holding a pine cone. It was the squirrel that just screamed and flew over their heads.
The one who spurted out a mouthful of blood gave her the moonlight dew, and she drank it happily, "In Gensokyo, 'monsters' are very special and unique existences. There can only be one of a race or a phenomenon.
Monster, the current monster among us insects is Rigel."
As an insect monster, Rigel is not friendly to humans. Although her body is a firefly that should have a good relationship with humans, she shows more of the characteristics of the entire insect group and often attacks humans.
Therefore, Sidis, who is also a firefly, hopes to separate the fireflies from the insects because she hopes to live in harmony with humans.
"It sounds like a very good idea." Cheng Peng said, "But it won't be that easy, right?"
Of course.
To become a monster, two conditions must be met: first, to obtain a "group" or concept that belongs only to oneself; second, to be widely recognized.
The insect group is controlled by Rigel. Unless Sidis challenges and defeats her, the "fireflies" cannot be independent from the "insects", and Rigel is indeed stronger than Sidis.
As for widespread recognition, there is no clue at all.
Just when Sidis was distressed, she met a player named Yuan Jiumu.
Yuan Jiumu was also born as an insect, and his race is Locust. He and many players who were also born as insects organized a guild called "Little Insects Have Big Ideals". There are many players in Gensokyo, and there are countless similar guilds, just for insect players.
There are more than a dozen organizations, such as "Hundred Wars of Insects", "Insect Mobilization", "Flying Generals", etc., large and small, and from time to time mergers and crusades by alliances and alliances occur.
Those players who were "little bugs with big ideals" did well in the past and had a place in the bug world. However, since the "Battle of Bugs" incited Ligelu to conquer the wandering bugs, their situation has become increasingly worse.
difficult.
Even if they are born as players, they are still bugs, and they are still the objects of Rigel's control.
"We don't like that guy who attacks humans at every turn!" Yuan Jiumu, the leading actor in shabby armor, waved his fist and said angrily, "Why should we follow that guy who is at best a little smarter than Idiot 9 to attack humans!
Why should we listen to her? I don’t like her at all!”
He was excited, but Cheng Peng felt that Yuan Jiumu was much more convincing in this state than before.
After a while, this guy with a bit of poor acting skills calmed down and continued to talk.
The distressed Sidis met the equally distressed Yuan Jiumu, and the two hit it off.
Yuan Jiumu helped Sidis gain widespread recognition, and Sidis tried to help them reincarnate and change their species.
"So... you have all changed races now?" Cheng Peng asked, "Human?"
"A little bug has big ideals" everyone laughed, and then they all revealed the tentacles and wings that were the same as Sidis's.
A group of fireflies.
"Now we have the last step in our plan, which is to defeat Ligelu and seize the 'Firefly' tribe!" Yuan Jiumu said loudly, "If we fight in a restricted area, together we are no match for Ligelu. After all, it is summer now.
It's the season when 'insects' flourish, and Ligel's condition is currently at its strongest."
"But, the upcoming 'Spell Card War Rules Establishment Ceremony' has given us a God-given opportunity!"
There are great uncertainties in the spell card battle. Using this method of fighting, Sidis has the possibility of defeating Rigel.
As long as she takes the opportunity to watch the ceremony and defeat Rigel in front of all the forces in Gensokyo, Sidis can establish her identity as a "monster" in one fell swoop, and Firefly players can get rid of Rigel's troubles!
"What does that have to do with me?" After hearing this, Cheng Peng asked, "Why did you do that scene?"
As soon as this was asked, everyone immediately lowered their heads in embarrassment.
"It's just for the pension..." Sidis finally spoke up and told the truth, "We are very poor."
