ARIWLBBC Chapter 24

Sending a giant panda to protect oneself?

Gu Gu wanted to give this person a standing ovation for such a brilliant idea.

“Can you tell me who came up with this ingenious idea?” Bo Ge’s eyes were filled with curiosity. Who was it that wanted to protect Gu Gu?

“Sorry, can’t tell you.” The giant panda glanced at the light brain on its wrist. “You’ll have to follow me today; I have a mission yet to be completed.”

“No problem!” Gu Gu excitedly stepped out of the courtyard, following alongside the giant panda. His gaze couldn’t help but drift towards the big white ball of a short tail on the panda.

“My surname is Xiong; you can call me whatever you like.” The giant panda walked in front, and its tail swayed. “If you don’t mind, please don’t look at my bu-tt anymore; that comes with an additional cost.”

Gu Gu quickly averted his gaze, unable to contain his curiosity. “I’m sorry. May I ask about your race? Are there many of you now?”

“Because our race has low reproductive capabilities, we rank outside the top 300 in the Beastmen race. However, due to the fact that most humans like us, we still have status among the Beastmen.” The giant panda answered in great detail.

“Do you still drink basin milk now?” Gu Gu asked with a look of admiration. Using basin milk could deceive Roll Hundred times, a secret revealed by the Hua country in the previous life.

“Basin milk is a popular delicacy in our race.” The giant panda turned its head to look at the youth, blinked, and said, “Of course, the one fed by humans is the most delicious.”

Wu Wu! Bo Ge was almost overwhelmed by cuteness.

“We’ll be going to the arena in a moment. I might go guide my warriors, so you just sit in the spectator stand. No one dares to touch you.” The giant panda tapped Bo Ge’s wrist with its light brain. “If anything happens, you can contact me, and I’ll be there immediately.”

“Thank you.” Bo Ge looked at the giant panda’s round ears and couldn’t help but reach out with a sinful hand.

“Don’t.” The giant panda said not to do it with its mouth, but its body honestly leaned towards the youth’s hand. “When we get to the arena later, please don’t touch me. If he finds out, I’ll be in big trouble.”

“Discovered by whom?” Bo Ge fulfilled his wish and touched the giant panda’s fluffy ears, his face full of happiness. This was Gu Gu’s wish from the previous life!

“I can’t say.” The giant panda had an intoxicated expression. At some point in the past, there used to be a “Fluffiest Creatures” list hosted and judged by humans, and the giant panda always topped the list. It was the pride of the race, a badge of honor, the unadulterated love of humans for the panda!

However, later on, humans stopped organizing such events and started judging the “Most Beautiful Elves in the Prime.” Those annoying elves even used enchantment spells to steal humans’ love for the beastmen!

Despicable, shameless!

Bo Ge happily rubbed the giant panda as they entered the arena. The moment they entered, the giant panda quickly distanced itself from the youth, somewhat reluctant, but it approached the human youth once again.

The unique sensation under his touch disappeared, and Gu Gu felt a bit reluctant, but in order not to make the giant panda miserable, he tried hard to restrain the urge to rub the panda.

“Next, we’re entering the military arena under the management of the First Legion.” The giant panda was scanned all over, and the gate opened, revealing a metal passage. “This area is public, players can also watch, and they can even challenge legion soldiers, of course, with my consent.”

Passing through the metal passage, the giant panda stood beside the youth. One human and one panda stood on the teleportation platform. In the next moment, the teleportation platform opened, and the vast arena in front of Bo Ge made him widen his eyes.

As far as the eye could see, the spectator seats were full, not a single empty seat. A wave of excitement hit him, but there was no cheering in the stands, only silence and bubbles constantly floating up from the spectator seats.

“[Commander Xiong is here?]”

“[I saw him; today he’s in beast form, and there’s a young man with him.]”

“[I saw that too. Isn’t that the recently popular human player? He actually has a connection with the First Legion. Look at his nickname; he’s quite arrogant.]”

Bo Ge couldn’t help but glance at his own nickname, “Player has not set a nickname,” he was just too lazy to come up with one.

“Reporting, Commander.” A man in a black uniform ran over with a standard running posture, saluting the giant panda. “There should be 3,560 participants in this arena match, and indeed, there are 3,560 participants. There are 1,379,000 spectators. We estimate to conduct 1,780 single-player matches, and currently, we have completed 590 matches. Ten soldiers have performed exceptionally well, defeating their opponents within three minutes. Report complete.”

“You’ve worked hard.” The giant panda stood up straight and introduced the youth to the newcomer.

“Major General Song, this is the protection target assigned to me recently. Arrange a spectator seat for him. When I leave, you must ensure his safety.”

Major General Song exchanged a brief glance with the giant panda, and when he looked at the youth, his eyes lit up astonishingly, as if he had discovered a monumental secret.

Under the curious gaze of Major General Song, Gu Gu followed the giant panda and sat in the internal spectator seat. Everyone seated here wore black uniforms. After saluting the giant panda, they sat back down.

Bo Ge noticed that these people all had exceptionally straight postures, and their sitting positions were almost identical, showing no signs of slouching.

Involuntarily, Gu Gu also straightened up, focusing on the ongoing arena match before him.

Multiple matches were happening simultaneously, and Bo Ge felt like he was flipping through photos on his phone from his past life. With a simple swipe, he could see another ongoing match, and the arena seemed right in front of him, with the ability to adjust the viewing distance.

Anticipating his upcoming match with Fang Ge, who enjoyed singing and drinking, Bo Ge earnestly chose to study a match that had just started.

Before the formal fight, a basic information page would pop up on both sides, displaying nicknames, races, and genders.

None of the people here had nicknames, only a numerical code starting with F, totaling six digits.

The arena could be randomly selected, featuring locations like beaches, professional arenas, forests, urban areas, snowfields, volcanoes, and even oceans, skies, swamps… summarizing all possible terrains, overwhelming Bo Ge.

Not only did the terrains vary, but the competition modes were also different, including direct hand-to-hand combat, cold weapons, hot weapons, laser weapons, information warfare, and various other competitive modes, catering to both the literary and the martial.

Fortunately, some modes were labeled “Legion Exclusive,” which regular players probably couldn’t access. Gu Gu breathed a sigh of relief; if Fang Ge were better at singing and drinking than coding, Gu Gu would be in trouble.

After watching a cold weapons duel in the forest, Bo Ge couldn’t help but marvel. Truly the First Legion, the soldiers were excellent to the extreme, agile, mentally sharp, and incredibly adaptable. Watching them was like witnessing immortals fighting.

Unable to resist, Bo Ge glanced at the giant panda sitting beside him. It felt a bit surreal—here was a living national treasure, Roll Hundred, sitting right next to him!

The internal spectator seats were shielded from the outside, and seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Gu Gu secretly reached out with a sinful hand towards Roll Hundred.

“No.” The giant panda shifted to the side.

Bo Ge dejectedly retracted his hand, watching as the giant panda focused on the match. Carefully, he raised a finger.

“No.” The giant panda remained steadfast, not looking away.

Could he notice even this? Gu Gu slightly moved his pinky in defiance.

“No, means, no!” The giant panda spoke firmly, emanating an unmistakable “unruly” aura.

Gu Gu gave up entirely. Who was preventing him from rubbing Roll Hundred!

After watching the Legion tournament for a while, gaining over a thousand experience points, Bo Ge smoothly advanced from level 8 to level 9. As lunchtime approached, Bo Ge bid farewell to the giant panda and rose from the gaming pod.

“It’s really strange.” Bo Ge, while ordering food for the big cat, recounted today’s magical experience. “There’s a giant panda who’s very good to… um, play with, and he said he’s been entrusted to protect me. However, he doesn’t dare to let me play with him when there are people around. He said it would be very bad if someone sees him. Why is that?” The big cat sat quietly on the smart chair, and its fluffy tail flickered in front of the youth’s eyes. Bo Ge’s entire attention was drawn to the long tail in front of him, unable to resist, he pounced forward, grabbing the big cat’s tail.

Feeling the fluffy tail in his hand attempting to escape, it was pleasantly ticklish. After Bo Ge let go and the tail escaped, it brushed past his cheek several times. Bo Ge tried to grab it multiple times but couldn’t. When the cat’s tail once again brushed across his cheek, in a moment of urgency, he lightly bit the tip of the big cat’s tail.

In that instant, Bo Ge clearly saw the big cat almost jumping up, its claws raised. But in the next moment, it immediately retracted its claws, and the emotions in its golden eyes were unusually complex.

The tail is very sensitive for felines, and feeling a bit guilty, Bo Ge loosened his grip, holding the fluffy tail and offering it to the big cat’s mouth.

“Do… do you want to taste it too?”

The big cat flicked its tail and turned its head away.

Bo Ge ordered three portions of lunch for the big cat, and while Little Ferry went to fetch the meals, Bo Ge’s light brain made a “ding” sound. Checking the light brain, it was a message.

“Hello, can we talk at some point?” Bo Ge read the message content, puzzled about the sender.

“Who is Lie Lanyang?”

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  TL: YSIAD “You can support me if you like my translations by leaving a comment below, or by sending me a Ko-fi. Thank you ❤️”