It's okay for me to bully my wife for the sake of the young master's dignity, right?

Chapter 116 [045] The Labyrinth of Death, the Rush of the Dwarf Ratman

The dwarf rat man was born in a major regeneration chamber accident 80 years ago. After investigation, it was found that the shell of the regeneration chamber was damaged and the universal cells were contaminated by acid rain.

It is smaller in size than a domestic cat, and its fighting power is not as strong as that of a weak mutant mouse.

At first, this upright talking mouse was not treated harshly. A rich lady even adopted it as a pet, saying that she wanted to experience the forbidden fun of "Disneyland".

But as the young lady became pregnant and gave birth, problems arose.

The people of Ringstone City discovered that no matter what race the mating partner was, the offspring of the dwarf ratmen would definitely be dwarf ratmen.

This violates statistical laws: the beast transformation of the Fury people comes from universal cells, which will be activated during the reproductive process, so the cat girl's child has only a 50% chance of having cat ears, and may also become other types of Fury people.

Over the years, everyone reached a consensus: the dwarf rat people were born from contaminated universal cells, and their own DNA was also contaminated.

Gradually, no one wanted to associate with the dwarf rats anymore, and they literally became "street rats". They hid in the sewers and picked up garbage to make a living. If inner-city residents saw dwarf rats, they could call the police to "eliminate the rat infestation".

Humans look down on the dwarf ratmen, and even the Furui people regard the dwarf ratmen as a shame to their own race.

Hunted, sold, enslaved, and killed...

The sewers were no longer safe, and the dwarf ratmen undertook a difficult expedition, eventually settling in the reptile-infested underground lairs.

Due to food shortage and dangers everywhere, the number of dwarf ratmen gradually decreased, and finally there were less than a hundred people left.

They thought they would die quietly, but the cowboys invaded their only remaining home and took them all as slaves. Half of the tribe died of exhaustion from the hard work of mining day after day.

A Ku was released from the pet cage-like prison. Under the light of the mining lamp on the top of the cave, she looked up and saw the tall members of the cowboy team around her and felt dizzy.

Her parents were released from another cage, and the three of them embraced each other.

The miners all wore white, ultra-small work gloves and ultra-small work shoes. The cowboys forced them to crawl into a narrow space and carry the crushed ore by hand.

There is a special rule for collecting phlogiston crystals: the more primitive the tools used, the higher the purity of the phlogiston crystals. High-purity phlogiston crystals are at risk of being degraded when mined with high-tech equipment.

It is very ironic that the work gloves and work shoes given by the slave owner are the most advanced equipment for the three people. They originally lived in an underground nest and had only a piece of rag to cover their bodies.

Aku has medium-length grayish-white soft fur, while her parents' fur is darker. The three of them hugged each other, their paws sinking into each other's fur.

No one spoke. After the miners' uprising failed, the remaining members of the tribe were executed. They were the last family.

Jefferson, who was very fat, sat on the metal box and lowered his narrow eyes to observe the rat man:

"Mice, it's time for you to dance! Please us and please the customers who buy the video!"

Aku was much smaller than her parents, but she bravely raised her head to the slave owner, with an unyielding light flashing in her round eyes:
"Kill us if you want. We won't be your playthings! You demons will not have a good end!"

"Hehehehe!"

"Hahahaha!"

The minotaurs and fat guys around them laughed their tonsils out of their throats, and they mercilessly mocked the weakness of the dwarf ratmen.

Jefferson took a proud puff of his cigar:
"The weak are our playthings, let alone you. Don't dream of such absurd things as we will be punished. That is purely useless mental exhaustion. You should love your current life!"

Jefferson's shamelessness made A Ku clench her teeth. She was willing to pay any price just to take a bite of Jefferson's fat face.

"Hurry up and light up the area around the maze!" The skinny minotaur next to Jefferson clapped his hands, looking like a bully:

"Two cameramen, get in position! The shots must have a sense of presence and story! You can have chicken legs tonight after you finish filming!"

A fat guy grabbed Aku's family from the ground and threw them to the entrance of the maze that had been prepared on the west side of the open space. During the process, Aku turned his head and bit them, but his tiny fangs could not penetrate the other party's thick leather gloves.

"Alright!" The skinny minotaur clapped his hands again. "The Minoan Labyrinth is different from yesterday's Pinball Execution Ground. It's a smaller amusement project that's more suitable for family reunions!"

A Ku couldn't help but recall that during yesterday's execution, more than 10 of his compatriots died tragically and only one person survived.

"The rules are simple." The thin minotaur continued:
“As long as you enter the maze from the entrance and run out from the exit, you will win. This maze is not much different from the one where mice look for cheese, except that there are angle grinders hidden in many corners... hehehehehe!”

A Ku and his parents were not surprised. During their days as miners, the Cowboys had done countless evil things.

Jefferson finally finished his cigar and threw the rest directly next to the skinny minotaur's shoes: "Mice, I lifted you up from the ground just now to give you the only chance to overlook the structure of the maze from a high place... Did you remember it well?"

A Ku was stunned and regretted that she had just spent her energy on biting the gloves, but her parents nodded to her, indicating that they had memorized part of the maze.

"Dad, Mom, why do we have to perform for them?" A Ku asked, "We're all going to die in the end, so why do we have to enter this torturous maze?"

There is no obvious difference in the body size between the father and mother, and the same determination is condensed in their eyes:
"Aku, if you live even one more minute, there is still hope. Just remember to run forward as hard as you can. Your mother and I have a solution."

Mom didn't say anything else, just nodded with tears in her eyes.

"That's right!" Jefferson interrupted the farewell between his family members, "Aku, you and your parents must work hard to pass the level! I don't want to exterminate your clan. After yesterday's level, didn't I let the winner go?"

A Ku became a little excited:
"Did you really let Huahua go? Did you give her weapons to protect herself and enough food?!"

Huahua is Aku's good friend. She has pure white soft fur and is agile, which is why she managed to survive the life-threatening "Pinball Execution Ground" to the end.

Jefferson began to rub the new wound on the side of his face. Although he had applied a biochemical bandage, he still felt a psychological tingling sensation:

"Hmm...Is her name Huahua? It's not easy for you rat people to tell the difference between boys and girls. I gave her a cute little spear and a bag of bread crumbs. There is underground water in the tunnel. If she is lucky enough, she can survive."

A Ku was silent. There were many risks in the spider web tunnel. The weak dwarf ratmen could not only face the floating jellyfish, but even the mutant rats could eat them for dinner.

But Huahua will be fine! Huahua is the most agile child in the family! She has a unique pure white fur color. Some people even say that Huahua will become the savior of the dwarf rat people in the future!

After receiving the news that her good friend might have survived, Aku mustered up her confidence. She and her parents nodded to each other in confirmation, and then they had no choice but to rush into the terrifying maze!

Jefferson smiled grimly, and several minotaurs shouted excitedly, "Great!"

The photographers on both sides of the maze were fat guys, who aimed their cameras at the dwarf ratmen running quickly on their short legs.

“Ahhhhh——!! I must survive! Dad, Mom!”

Ah Ku, who had not seen the structure of the maze beforehand, rushed forward instinctively. The maze was made of 1.5-meter-high solid steel sheets, and the surface was smooth and impossible to climb. He could only move forward along the route, hoping not to encounter a dead end.

The cowboys put down their work and gathered to watch. They loved to watch the wailing of the weak, and the joy they felt from that was so pleasing to the body and mind that even taking the company's dream pills could not compare to it.

The small angle grinders hidden in every corner are activated! The angle grinders that can cut rocks are equipped with infrared detection and automatic path finding functions. Once they detect the movement of objects in front, they will chase them closely!
“Squeak, squeak, squeak—”

“Kala, ka, ka—”

The horrible cutting sound filled the dwarf ratman's ears, and Aku suddenly realized that this maze full of traps might not have an exit at all.

"Hahahaha!"

"Dead! One is dead! Record it now! Record it now, idiot!"

Ah Ku shed tears while running, she didn't know whether it was her father or her mother who died. She didn't hear any screams, was it because the angle grinder was too loud, or was it because her father and mother didn't want to make her sad, so they forced themselves to endure the huge pain when their flesh was cut open?
"Are they mentally retarded? Why are they deliberately running towards their own death?"

Jefferson stood up from the metal box. He was fat and tall, like three walls stacked on top of each other, dwarfing the skinny minotaur next to him.

As the deputy of the Cowboys, Jefferson, although narrow-minded, was able to see facts that other subordinates could not easily see:
“Fatherly and motherly love are really interesting! They just memorized the structure of the maze and knew that it was impossible for the whole family to survive, so they simply attracted more angle grinders and ran into a dead end!”

"They are sacrificing for their children! They even managed to hold back from screaming when they were being chopped into pieces! Hahahaha, Aku, if you don't run faster, your parents' hard work will be in vain!"

Ah Ku burst into tears, but she could not turn back or stop. The metal plate at the back of the maze was stained with blood, and several movable angle grinders collided and became useless. The gears of the angle grinders might be stuck with the bones of her parents...

Squeezing out all the adrenaline in her tiny body, Ah Ku dodged the angular grinders that attacked her from both sides, suffering multiple scratches. Her protective gloves were scratched by the sharp teeth of the angular grinder, nearly shattering her to pieces. Ah Ku took off both gloves and continued running, covered in blood.

"Dad, Mom! I'm out... I'm out!"

After leaping out of the maze exit with all her might, A Ku fell to the ground exhausted, her two claws supporting the ground, tears and blood falling continuously.

The huge death trap behind me, the angle grinder is still turning non-stop, this is where my parents are buried...

"Let me go!" Ah Ku raised her tortured and broken face, "I have passed through the maze. You must let me go as agreed and let me go to find Huahua!"

(End of this chapter)