"Mhm!~"
Xiao Xiao nodded at Ye Feng.
"Are you an angel? Are there really angels in this world?"
Ye Feng looked at the woman with white wings in astonishment.
"Of course~"
With that, the white-winged woman turned, facing Ye Feng, removed her semi-transparent veil, revealing her exceptionally beautiful face.
The woman wore a crimson gown and white inner garments. Her skin was as fair as solidified fat, her delicate eyebrows like distant mountains, and her beautiful eyes, like clear autumn water, sparkled with life with every blink.
Beneath her small, jade-like nose were full, rosy lips, revealing pearly white teeth. She was a living image of a celestial maiden stepped out of a painting.
Her golden hair cascaded to her shoulders, and her expression held a touch of heroism...
For a moment, Ye Feng was lost in her beauty!
"Hello, my name is Ling Xi~"
The woman smiled slightly at Ye Feng and introduced herself.
"Hello... hello, my... my name is Ye Feng~"
Meeting Ling Xi's gaze, Ye Feng's face turned slightly red.
"Big sister, you're so beautiful!~"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao's admiring voice also rang out.
"Xiao Xiao, you'll be just as beautiful when you grow up~!"
Ling Xi smiled at Xiao Xiao.
"Really?"
Naturally pretty and charming, Xiao Xiao clearly relished Ling Xi's compliment, her large eyes showing obvious anticipation.
"Mhm!"
Ling Xi nodded at Xiao Xiao, then turned her head, continuing to gaze at Ye Feng, seemingly quite curious about him.
Sensing Ling Xi's gaze, Ye Feng's face flushed again, yet he didn't know what to say.
Xiao Xiao remained silent.
For a moment, the atmosphere became somewhat awkward!
"Gurgle~"
Suddenly, the sound of Ye Feng's hungry stomach broke the silence.
"Damn..."
As the sound echoed, Ye Feng felt as if his stomach was stuck to his back.
He habitually reached out to retrieve something from his spatial warehouse, but with a thought, nothing appeared, nor could he access the spatial warehouse.
"What's going on? Is the spatial warehouse unusable?"
Ye Feng grew anxious.
Immediately, Ye Feng intended to open the [Shop] to see if any food had been refreshed.
But to Ye Feng's surprise, he couldn't even see the [Personal Information] panel, let alone the [Shop].
"This... is the system malfunctioning?"
"Ah... ugh..."
After repeatedly trying to contact his spatial warehouse and the system, Ye Feng suddenly let out a pained groan.
His entire head throbbed as if countless needles were piercing it, forcing him to clutch his head, breaking out in a cold sweat.
"Big brother, what's wrong?"
Seeing this, Xiao Xiao immediately looked worried.
"Let me see!~"
Ling Xi stepped forward, bent slightly, and placed her hand on Ye Feng's forehead. White fluorescence began to emanate from her palm.
"Your spirit seems to have suffered severe damage. For now, refrain from extensive thinking or recalling things~"
"Otherwise, the pain will intensify!"
"And it might even lead to extremely serious consequences, such as complete amnesia and brain death..."
After a while, Ling Xi withdrew her hand and said sternly to Ye Feng.
"Mental damage?"
In just a few minutes, Ye Feng's t-shirt was soaked with sweat due to the intense pain.
"Mhm, you were likely hit by Cerberus's mental attack!"
Ling Xi nodded.
"Cerberus? That dog-headed strongman?"
Ye Feng thought for a moment and recalled.
"Yes, to be precise, it was a defective product of Cerberus... but I didn't expect you to withstand his mental attack!"
"And it seems you weren't too badly injured!"
"A normal person would have probably..."
Ling Xi looked at Ye Feng with considerable surprise.
"Huh?"
Ye Feng frowned.
Although the dog-headed strongman named Cerberus had indeed tried to kill him, he didn't believe the other party had used any mental attacks on him.
His current state, he thought, was likely due to that Tang dao... At the time, he felt as if the Tang dao had drained all his "things" away.
"Body emptied..."
Ye Feng pondered for a long time before finding a more accurate description.
"Are you discussing Cer... berus? Isn't that the three-headed dog of hell?"
"But the dog monster that attacked us only had one head!?"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao's slightly confused voice sounded.
"Xiao Xiao, you know Cerberus?"
Ye Feng was very surprised.
"Mhm!~"
Xiao Xiao nodded, "I heard my sister talk about it when I was little..."
"This... Gurgle~"
Ye Feng was about to say something when his stomach's protest sounded again.
"Let's eat first~"
With that, Ling Xi walked towards the campfire not far away.
"Big brother, here, these apples were picked by Sister Ling Xi these past few days. They're very sweet!"
"Have some to fill your stomach first!~"
Saying this, Xiao Xiao handed a few bright red apples to Ye Feng.
"Oh, okay!~"
Ye Feng, who was starving, immediately picked up an apple, took a large bite, and ate it quickly.
"It's really sweet~ and juicy!~"
After finishing one apple, Ye Feng no longer felt the desperate hunger.
At this time, Ling Xi also walked over with a steaming pot, the same pot Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao had used to cook earlier.
"Big brother, hurry up and eat. This is fish that Sister Ling Xi hunted. The soup is delicious, and the meat is tender!"
Xiao Xiao spoke again.
"Oh oh!~"
Smelling the aroma, Ye Feng eagerly served himself a bowl and ate heartily.
...
Half an hour later,
Ye Feng let out a small burp and looked somewhat embarrassed at Ling Xi and Xiao Xiao.
The small pot could only hold a little more than one person's portion of food. When he and Xiao Xiao had eaten it with other food, it hadn't been an issue.
But with three people eating, the food was clearly insufficient!
The ravenously hungry Ye Feng hadn't considered this and had been eating voraciously.
As a result, he had consumed the vast majority of the food, leaving Ling Xi and Xiao Xiao with only a bit of fish soup.
"Big brother, I had breakfast, so I'm not hungry now, and I still have some apples!~"
Xiao Xiao, clearly sensing Ye Feng's embarrassment, immediately comforted him.
"I'll go get some more food later, for us to eat tonight~"
Ling Xi also said.
"I'll help with hunting later!"
Ye Feng scratched his head awkwardly. As he stood up, his body suddenly went weak, and he collapsed to the ground with a "thud," powerless.
"Ah~ Big brother, are you okay?"
Seeing this, Xiao Xiao couldn't help but exclaim.
"I... I'm fine... I'll be fine after a rest~"
Ye Feng was utterly dejected at this moment.
Because the Tang dao had drained his strength, he couldn't exert any force, and even standing up was a struggle.
"By the way, do angels need to eat too?"
Ye Feng, now sitting in the shade of a tree, supported by Ling Xi and Xiao Xiao, asked curiously.
Earlier, Ye Feng had been too hungry to even remember that Ling Xi seemed to be an angel, not human, and had eaten fish soup with them.
"Originally, I didn't have to eat~"
Ling Xi spread her hands with a helpless expression.
"What do you mean?"
Ye Feng looked at Ling Xi, puzzled.
"Awooo!~"
Before Ling Xi could answer, a long wolf howl reached Ye Feng's ears.
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