Chapter 1 The Beginning

Hao Ren had no idea what was happening in渡鸦12345 (Duya 12345)’s mansion after he left, but even if he knew, he probably wouldn't react. Anyway, the goddess's crazy style had long been deeply rooted in people's hearts. None of the popes under her command cared when or where their goddess went mad.

After leaving the "God's Kingdom" and returning to the southern suburbs, Hao Ren didn't go straight home. Instead, he strolled around the nearby streets, bought a bottle of water at the supermarket, and some meat at the butcher shop, just to let the neighbors know that the unemployed youth who disappeared for ten days and a half every now and then hadn't been tricked into a pyramid scheme. Then he went home.

He had just arrived at the door and hadn't even taken out his key when he heard a crash from behind the door, as well as the sound of bare feet pattering on the floor. Then, the door was yanked open, and sure enough, it was Lily's face, excited to the point of shining: "Oh oh, the landlord's back! The landlord's back! Landlord, you even brought back meat?"

Before Hao Ren could react, he felt his hand lighten. Then, Lily ran off with the meat like a gust of wind, shouting as she ran: "Bat, Bat, the landlord's back! We can have dinner! The landlord even bought meat, you hurry up and stew it for me… Hey, I know I can't make it for this meal, can I eat it as a snack after dinner?"

Hao Ren entered the house in a daze, seeing Izhaks sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper. The old demon looked up and smiled: "She's been squatting near the door waiting for you since you left, but now it seems like what she's really waiting for is food…"

Hao Ren twitched his lips: This could be considered a loyal dog attribute, right? Anyway, you can't ask too much of a husky…

The kitchen door opened, and Vivian walked out with an apron around her waist, carrying a steaming pot of vegetable soup. She placed the soup on the dining table and nodded at Hao Ren with a smile: "Was it smooth with the goddess? I knew she definitely wouldn't provide food, so I made some for you too."

"Pretty smooth, I can rest for the next few days," Hao Ren said as he rummaged in his pocket. "Put the stuff down first, and say hello to the little guy—this guy hasn't been back for several days either."

What he took out was the Little Chick, curled up in a small ball and sleeping soundly: this wasn't her usual bedtime, but she was probably under too much mental pressure at渡鸦12345 (Duya 12345)’s place, and she suddenly relaxed after leaving, so she fell asleep on the way. Fortunately, the little guy was quiet all the way, otherwise Hao Ren wouldn't have dared to just put her in his pocket and go shopping…

"Yo yo, Little Chick," Lily crowded over even faster than Vivian, poking the Little Chick's face with her finger. "I really missed her a little after not seeing her for so many days—looks like she had a good time with the goddess."

"When did this thing get the 'good time' attribute," Vivian rolled her eyes. "She's looked like this since she was born… Ah, she's awake."

The sudden appearance of light and the sound of people talking around her startled the Little Chick awake from her sleep. The little thing opened her eyes, dazed, and was so frightened by the circle of big faces around her that she jumped up with a "hiss ha" and looked around warily, gesturing with her hands.

Vivian frowned: "Is she really brainless? How can she not recognize people so quickly?"

The Little Chick paused when she heard Vivian's voice, then frowned as if trying to think, and finally realized who was in front of her. So she stood in front of Vivian and stretched out her hands: "Haaah—"

Hao Ren covered his forehead: "Besides hiss ha, xia pa, biubiubiu, all she knows is sleeping and eating… She just ate at the goddess's place."

"She wants to drink water," Vivian rolled her eyes, casually took a small plate from the table, poured a shallow amount of water on it, and pushed it in front of the Little Chick. She suddenly realized something when she saw the latter lower her head to drink. "Hey, wait a minute, don't you think this little thing is a bit different from before?"

Hao Ren smiled slightly: "Yeah, she's more obedient, right? This time, there wasn't even a 360° biubiubiu, and she didn't even rush up to grab your hair. I was shocked at first—I don't know how渡鸦12345 (Duya 12345) educated her, to be able to train a brainless guy to this extent."

"Whatever, she's the goddess anyway, she's definitely better than us," Vivian didn't care much about this question. She took off her apron and walked towards the dining table. "Let's eat first, the big dog is about to go berserk from hunger. Speaking of which, I made two dishes for lunch today, rice or noodles, which one do you want to eat?"

Hao Ren was just about to speak when he suddenly heard a tiny scream from the table. He looked down and saw the Little Chick darting behind the teapot. The little thing seemed to be greatly frightened, and while hugging the teapot handle, she shivered and peeked out, looking so cowardly and aggrieved that it was hard to believe that she was a reckless person who dared to biubiubiu even at Lao Wang's face not long ago.

Vivian blinked: "I just mentioned noodles, why is she so scared…"

Hao Ren's heart stirred when he heard Vivian's words, and he quickly followed the Little Chick's line of sight. He was shocked to see that the little thing was staring at a plate of cold noodles on the table. Judging from the little thing's trembling appearance, anyone who didn't know would think someone was going to throw her into the pot and stew her.

Nangong Sanba, who was holding a bowl and preparing to serve rice, also noticed this. He immediately thought of a certain goddess's super down-to-earth eating habits, and his expression became strange: "Speaking of… this little thing has suddenly become so obedient, could it be related to noodles?"

As soon as he said the word "noodles", the Little Chick exclaimed again. This time, she simply curled up completely in the shadow of the teapot, refusing to stick her head out no matter what…

Everyone: "…"

"I understand what's going on," Hao Ren slapped his forehead. "All she could eat at渡鸦12345 (Duya 12345)’s place was noodles—but she eats meat! Could it be that渡鸦12345 (Duya 12345) forced her to eat every time? And then she forcibly subdued this little madwoman?"

Vivian was skeptical: "Probably… not, right?"

Hao Ren chuckled: "Don't be like that, that's渡鸦12345 (Duya 12345), not only is she crazy, but she's also a noodle fanatic, what can't she do?"

Hao Ren and the others were seriously analyzing渡鸦12345 (Duya 12345)’s education problem, but Lily, who was slurping noodles from a bowl, wasn't happy. She put the bowl on the table: "Hey, you can say whatever you want, but don't involve the noodles, did the noodles offend you?"

Almost forgot there's a noodle lover here…

Sitting at the dining table, looking at the homely yet sumptuous meal in front of him, Hao Ren was filled with emotion.

It was because there was no peace outside that these ordinary days at home seemed so precious, and even a bowl of rice, a plate of vegetables, and a spoonful of soup seemed so rare.

Perhaps it was the sentence he heard after the battle with the giant brain in Amantir that was at work. Hao Ren always had a faint feeling in his heart—

The mist in the Dream Plane was dissipating, but behind the mist was not a clear truth, but a battlefield between order and chaos, a violent turmoil that was very likely to determine the fate of the world.

This turmoil was already very close, so close that Hao Ren could smell a faint smell of smoke even sitting at the dining table at home. That was the smoke of the battlefield, the flames of burning the old world, the fire that Dou Dou rubbed and lit on Nangong Sanba's clothes…

Damn, there really is a smell of smoke!

Nangong Sanba jumped up from his chair in a panic, May quickly rubbed a water ball to help put out the fire, while Vivian grabbed the fish baby's tail and started family education. The Little Chick wasn't afraid at this time either, she came out to watch the fight with great interest, waving her little arms and legs and shouting something, and after shouting for a while, she started biubiubiu everywhere—this problem probably couldn't be changed in her whole life.

The remaining few who were eating seriously didn't bother to pay attention to this situation at all. Hao Ren and Izhaks and his son each avoided the commotion and found a quiet corner to continue filling their stomachs.

Halfway through the meal, Hao Ren saw Lily walking over with a large bowl of noodles, the husky girl's eyes were sparkling, and her face was full of flattering smiles.

"What's up?" He knew from the other party's expression that this girl wanted something from him, otherwise she wouldn't have come over halfway through the meal.

Lily slurped the noodles into her mouth, and said while licking her lips: "Landlord, I found that there is a limit to the power of werewolves…"

"Stop it, you're not a werewolf, it was said more than a thousand chapters ago."

"Grasp the spirit, grasp the spirit, what I mean is that I found my combat power bottleneck…"

"So? Are you planning not to be a werewolf anymore? I'm telling you this is very dangerous, the last person who said this turned into a vampire—if you do this, Vivian will laugh at you for the rest of your life…"

"Landlord, can't you let me finish!" Lily glared at Hao Ren, "I'm saying that I found that my combat methods are very lacking, especially at range—in werewolf form, I can still throw bricks or something, but after full transformation, all my abilities are improved, but the only ranged attack left is a light cannon, the key is that the light cannon is powerful but consumes too much energy. After firing a dozen shots in a row, I'm basically exhausted, this won't do…"

Lily's face was slightly red when she said this, obviously the husky girl herself felt that this was quite embarrassing, and Hao Ren immediately understood what the other party meant.

Lily's dog cannon is her most proud "advanced skill" at present, and it can also be said to be her only reliable ranged attack method (don't take bricks and the like seriously), but the shortcomings of this skill are very obvious.

Lack of sustainability—she has more than once been exhausted and withdrawn from battle due to continuous use of light cannons.

Her close combat ability is of course very strong, even to the point where she can steadily suppress Izhaks in physical skills, but as the activities in the Dream Plane deepen, the enemies everyone has to face become more and more complex, and combat methods that are too monotonous are obviously not good, at least when facing ranged enemies, she can't just have a dozen light cannons as a last resort.

"Landlord, you have a lot of skills, help me," Lily looked at Hao Ren with a smile, "Help me research some firepower upgrades or something…"