As soon as Bo Ge came online, he discovered a long list of friend requests. In addition to the strange situation, Cat Ball cheered and rolled over at light speed.
The orange cat hadn’t approached yet. About ten meters away from Bo Ge, a chubby cat came to an abrupt stop, frozen in a prone position. Puzzled, it sniffed the air, and its fur couldn’t help but stand on end.
“Do I have a smell?” Bo Ge lowered his head to sniff himself but couldn’t detect any scent.
“There’s a powerful and frightening smell.” The round-faced orange cat looked serious, and its short legs had started trembling. “Kind benefactor, did you encounter something frightening?”
“It’s not something frightening; I just adopted a leopard.” Bo Ge proudly puffed out his chest. “A living, breathing big leopard.”
Just see if you envy me.
“No wonder the kind benefactor didn’t log in yesterday.” The orange cat circled around the young man. Even though it had constructed a psychological defense, it couldn’t approach Bo Ge with ease.
“This scent is too overpowering.” The orange cat’s mind was in chaos. It really wanted to share good news with Bo Ge, to be held by him, but it didn’t dare to take a step forward. Its two round eyes were full of grievances.
“Is there any way to mask it a bit?” Bo Ge also felt inconvenient. Carrying the scent of a big cat, he couldn’t look fluffy, and without looking fluffy, there were no star coins. Without star coins, how could he support the big cat and himself?
“Kind benefactor, wait a moment.” The orange cat swiped on its virtual panel and soon pulled out a small silver spray.
“Predator scent masking spray, spraying once lasts for two hours.” The orange cat handed the spray to Bo Ge. “Use this spray, it will only mask the scent of the predator, and it won’t affect the lovely fragrance on you, kind benefactor.”
“Thank you.” Bo Ge took the spray and sprayed it twice on himself. The orange cat sniffed and found that the intimidating scent that frightened cats had been masked. It quickly climbed up Bo Ge’s leg, satisfied, and began describing with bared teeth and waving claws.
“Kind benefactor, you didn’t log in yesterday; it’s a real pity!”
“What happened?” Bo Ge looked confused.
“Your suspicion has been cleared!” The orange cat was overjoyed. “Within 24 hours, the inspection team made a judgment. The reports against you failed. Kind benefactor, your comprehensive strength evaluation is genuine. You didn’t take any medicine or cheat!”
No wonder there were so many friend requests.
The orange cat tapped open a page, and there was feedback from the inspection team, a lengthy document filled with various professional terms that Bo Ge couldn’t understand. The only useful thing was the last sentence.
【After inspection, “Player Without Set Nickname” is not involved in any cheating behavior. The player’s report is not valid.】
It could have been explained in just one sentence, but they wrote a whole page. Bo Ge’s eyes hurt from reading it.
“And, kind benefactor.” The orange cat showed its paw pad. “Yesterday, when you didn’t come, I reached Level 5 and bought a skill in the life leisure area. I know a cheap skill merchant. Do you want to buy a skill book from him?”
“How many star coins?” Bo Ge was currently in capital letters “broke.”
“I bought a B-level skill for only nine thousand star coins. If you were in the mall, it would cost at least fifteen thousand star coins.” The orange cat felt like it had made a huge profit.
Bo Ge shook his head without checking the balance. Even if he exchanged all the credit points for star coins, it might be enough to buy himself a skill, but what about the big cat’s food?
“Also, kind benefactor, you should level up quickly. After reaching Level 5, I found that you can enter the life leisure area and draw mainline tasks. The rewards for mainline tasks are greater, and they are arranged based on the player’s own situation, helping us to find our position, determine our profession, and it’s better to choose skills after deciding the profession.”
“What else to say?” Bo Ge took the orange cat into the task center, and he accepted two tasks in one go – one to collect acid thistle beans and the other to eliminate rodent spine thorns. Boldly and arrogantly, he entered the jungle.
Acid thistle beans are corrosive, and it’s necessary to pluck their leaves before picking the beans. In this situation, the orange cat’s paws appeared quite clumsy, but cute. Bo Ge took matters into his own hands.
Since there wasn’t much effort required for acid thistle beans, the orange cat volunteered to single-handedly deal with rodent spine thorns, resembling a large hedgehog.
Bo Ge crouched by the grass, quietly waiting for support. After a minute of the orange cat entering the rodent spine thorn cave, a swollen and unidentified cat, covered in thorns, emerged, frantically shouting for help. It tearfully escaped, closely followed by the enraged rodent spine thorns.
Rushing over, Gugu used a stick to temporarily block the frenzied rodent spine thorns, allowing the orange cat to escape. However, more and more rodent spine thorns surged out of the cave, surrounding both Bo Ge and the cat.
“Wuwuwu, it shouldn’t be like this, meow.” The orange cat whimpered, shedding tears. “Are you all legendary ‘Rong Mama’ with such fierce thorns, meow?”
After a second of contemplation about why ‘Rong Mama’ became a legendary figure, Bo Ge tightened his grip on the scepter, quickly considering how to escape this perilous situation.
The group of rodent spine thorns swayed with brown thorns all over their bodies, locking onto their target and ready to shoot thorns at any moment.
Taking a deep breath, Bo Ge tightened his grip on the scepter once again but suddenly felt a cool sensation under his hand.
Curious, he looked down and saw that the originally transparent scepter had a faint blue glow rising from its center, seemingly accumulating power.
“Get down!” A loud shout came from above. Without much thought, Bo Ge quickly crouched down, and a large chunk of sticky jelly-like substance fell from the sky, covering both Bo Ge and the orange cat with a “plop.”
Following that, several hidden sticks in the surrounding grass suddenly stood upright, connecting rapidly with electric sparks. Accompanied by a burnt smell, a large number of rodent spine thorns fell, with a few of them even catching fire.
The sticky jelly slowly spat out Bo Ge and the orange cat, conveniently helping the orange cat remove the thorns from its body.
The sky suddenly disappeared, replaced by the undercarriage of a massive floating vehicle. Several people jumped down from the vehicle, wearing gloves and starting to collect the thorns from the rodent spine thorns.
“Are you two okay?” the soft jelly-like substance spoke.
“We’re fine, thank you,” Bo Ge removed a piece of jelly stuck to his hair and used it to stick back a chunk to the big jelly. He glanced at the scepter again, and the blue light in the center hadn’t dissipated yet.
“We received a big order for our team to collect three thousand thorns from rodent spine thorns. We set bait here, and luckily you guys came.” The big jelly swayed its body. “What mission are you on?”
“Eliminate ten rodent spine thorns.” The orange cat lay on Bo Ge’s feet, looking wronged. “I just entered not long ago, and even before I could use my skills, they started attacking me. The heavens are envious of meow, meow, meow.”
The orange cat’s face resembled a bun, pierced by thorns. Bo Ge suppressed a laugh and comforted the cat by gently stroking it with one hand.
“What happened there?” A charming voice, accompanied by a subtle orchid fragrance, came from a woman with an extremely eye-catching figure. She gracefully leaped down from the floating vehicle, moving with seductive steps like a lazy cat, and walked over.
“Deputy captain, these two players accidentally entered our encirclement,” the jelly-like substance shivered and reported to the woman.
Bo Ge and the orange cat looked up at the woman, their eyes blinking without pause.
The woman was extraordinarily beautiful, with vivid colors. She had captivating fox-like eyes, slightly raised at the corners, snow-white skin, red lips, and a slim waist with long legs. The woman was alluring to the extreme, yet she didn’t appear vulgar at all.
“Two youngsters?” The woman raised an eyebrow, and her fingertip traced over the young man’s chin. “Are you a human?”
Bo Ge’s face felt a bit hot, and he shyly nodded.
“That nickname looks a bit familiar.” The woman looked at the young man’s nickname above his head and suddenly remembered something. “You’re that recently popular human? Ranked fifth among the races?”
“Yes, that’s me.”
Before Bo Ge could speak, the orange cat, with its bun-like face, looked up at the beautiful woman with round eyes, nodding repeatedly, nearly drooling.
“I’m called Amber. You can call me Sister Amber. I’m also the vice captain of the ‘Fox and Friends’ team. Interested in joining my team?” The woman curled her lips, giving the young man a wink.
“I’m willing!” The orange cat raised its paws in excitement. The lamenting cries of the rodent spine thorn group grew even more mournful, nearly drowning out the orange cat’s voice. Bo Ge glanced at the orange cat, emphasizing friendship over romance!
“I haven’t decided yet.” Bo Ge took a deep breath, resisting the temptation.
“How about we add each other as friends and take our time to chat?” Sister Amber extended her wrist, actively touching Bo Ge’s light brain. Then, she casually teased the orange cat.
The orange cat got so excited it vibrated. Before it could roll its eyes, it suddenly felt the staff in its hand being pulled to the right. In an instant, a thick spine thorn grazed the tip of the orange cat’s ear and deeply embedded itself in the opposite tree trunk with great force.
This spine thorn was dozens of times thicker than a regular one, wider than the orange cat’s wrist.
Sister Amber almost instantly reacted and shielded the young man behind her. “Quick! Call other team members! It’s the rodent spine thorn Boss!”
An enraged low roar echoed from the cave, and the ground began to shake continuously. Bo Ge steadied himself by holding onto a nearby tree. Taking advantage of the situation, the orange cat slipped out of Bo Ge’s arms and stood by Sister Amber’s side.
Over a dozen figures were quickly teleported near the cave. Bo Ge saw that these people were well-equipped, with some even wearing mechas.
“Line up! Switch to defensive equipment!” Sister Amber’s originally charming demeanor transformed into astonishing courage, and her eyes were full of determination. “Deploy reconnaissance orbs!”
Several metal orbs flew into the cave, scanned, and began identifying levels after locking on.
Bo Ge stood behind Sister Amber, hearing the mechanical sounds.
【Identification complete.
Rodent Spine Thorn Boss
Gender: Female
Race: Beast Tribe
Level: 80
Life: 250W/250W
Spirit: 68% (Good)
Status Buff: Anger (Critical Hit Probability +18%)
Magical Attack: 2.3W, Physical Attack: 8W, Magical Defense: 1.3W, Physical Defense: 6.8W, Attack Speed: 280%, Movement Speed: 200%, Accuracy: 77%, Evasion: 3%, Critical Hit: 19%.】
Gu Gu glanced at his own data. Life was 220, not bad, just 30 short of a “W.”
Bo Ge saw that everyone’s screens above their wrists were displaying flowing data. The metallic sound rang out again:
【Boss Overall Rating: SS
Team Member Overall Rating: S
Success Kill Rate: 58.1%
Recommendation: Abandon the kill.】
“Sasha, there are still seven slots available. Contact allies from the Old World team. Please send four people, and the remaining three slots put in the world channel, requesting reinforcements!” Amber decisively made a decision.
Bo Ge looked over and saw a girl with braids rapidly operating on the light screen above her wrist, as if dancing with her fingers, the movements pleasing to the eyes and ears.
After a moment, five more people joined the team. Four of them were riding floating skateboards, looking quite cool. The metallic voice continued to reach everyone’s ears:
【Boss Overall Rating: SS
Team Member Overall Rating: S+
Success Kill Rate: 67.2%
Recommendation: Not recommended for killing.】
“Vice captain, the captain is not here, and the win rate can’t be improved. How about giving up?” A tall man in the front frowned and suggested.
“There are two more slots available,” Sasha said, adjusting her small braid. “Because the Boss’s level is too high, there’s been no response on the world channel. Maybe we should wait a bit longer.”
The ground shook more intensely, and something colossal in the dark cave was moving. Several spines pierced out of the cave, and the Boss was about to reveal its true form in the next moment.
“No time.” Amber turned around, lifting the young man and the orange cat. “If it’s a male, get on the car!”
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Author’s note: Amber: DiDi, want to get on the car?
Orange Cat: Yes, yes, yes!
Gu Gu: Gu Gu Gu…
Mao Tao: I heard many little angels ordered roasted pigeon…
Gu Gu: ?!
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