Confessing to someone who thinks I'm a fat otaku, and then crying when monsters descend?

Chen Nian and Su Jinyu walked cautiously toward the wooden house.

The house was built in an extremely simple manner, like a shed hastily erected by primitive people, surrounded by a wooden fence, with a few sparrows hopping around on it.

"etc."

Chen Nian blocked Su Jinyu.

He noticed that a person was lying in the fenced-off yard.

"Is that person asleep...?" Su Jinyu asked softly.

"have no idea."

Suddenly, the two felt the sky darken.

No! It was a large bird flying overhead that blocked the sunlight.

【Wild Beast "Sky-Catching Bird", Tier 5, Level 20】

A fifth-tier bird-like wild beast!

The large bird swooped down, extending its claws sharper than steel, its target the person lying in the yard.

Chen Nian wasn't ready to take action; he wanted to assess the situation first, but Su Jinyu was eager to save lives.

"Whoosh!"

She flicked her finger and unleashed a sword strike that accurately hit the large bird.

A spray of blood appeared on the Sky-Catching Bird's wing as it flew away in pain, quickly disappearing into the horizon.

"Phew... thank goodness, that person was almost eaten." Su Jinyu breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Nian said speechlessly, "I don't think it's that simple. If he were going to be eaten, would he be living in a place like this?"

"But he was completely unprepared just now, lying on the ground without moving..."

As the two were discussing in hushed tones, the sleeping person finally slowly got up.

This is an old man with long, snow-white hair and an upright posture. His face, etched with the marks of time, still shows handsome features, and his brows exude a heroic air. He must have been a handsome man in his youth.

The old man was holding a gourd of wine and swaying unsteadily, as if he were drunk.

"The Yellow River's water... Heaven... Uh, why is there no wine?"

The old man held the wine pot upside down over his mouth, only to find that only two drops fell. He licked his lips and sighed deeply.

"Without alcohol, what's the point of living like this!"

After saying that, he collapsed to the ground again, unconscious.

Chen Nian: ......

Girls are generally kinder, and Su Jinyu hurriedly ran over to help the old man up.

Chen Nian had no choice but to come over and help. The two of them worked together to help the white-haired old man up. They could smell the strong smell of alcohol on him.

"Grandpa! Grandpa, are you alright?"

The old man opened his eyes, still slightly drunk, and upon seeing the two of them, suddenly smiled like a child.

"Little girls... uh, what are you doing here?"

"us......"

Su Jinyu didn't know how to explain.

"This isn't a good place for romance, hiccup..."

As he spoke, he let out a burp, which made Su Jinyu pinch her nose, but she still managed to help him up and sit on the recliner in the yard.

Chen Nian asked, "Grandpa, do you live here alone?"

"Hehe, I see you're destined for romance, you're quite the ladies' man..." The old man revealed a smile that only men could understand.

"Cough cough!" Chen Nian almost choked.

He wasn't going to talk to the drunkard anymore; he'd wait until he sobered up.

Su Jinyu rolled her eyes at Chen Nian, then leaned closer and asked, "Grandpa, what are you doing living here all by yourself?"

"look."

"What are you looking at? There's nothing here."

"Look at the human world, look at the mortal realm, look at the world."

"Oh...that's amazing." Su Jinyu forced a smile.

"Young lady, you like that boy, am I right?"

"Hmm... um." Su Jinyu nodded shyly.

Unexpectedly, the old man suddenly burst into laughter, exclaiming, "Interesting, very interesting!"

Su Jinyu was completely confused and didn't know how to continue the conversation. "Grandpa, do you have any water or tea in your room? I'll go make you a cup to help you sober up."

"No, no! I want to drink, I want to drink!"

"But there's no wine left in your gourd..."

"We have wine! We have wine! Life is good...hehe, let's enjoy it to the fullest!"

The old man then raised the gourd again, and a miraculous thing happened: wine actually came out of it.

He gulped down several large mouthfuls of wine and soon fell asleep drunkenly in the chair.

Chen Nian and Su Jinyu exchanged a glance and shrugged helplessly.

"It seems we can only rely on ourselves. I'll go check out the surrounding area first. Since Ye Hongling mentioned the vicinity, there must be something unusual about it."

Chen Nian used the wooden house as a base to explore the surrounding area. He dared not stray too far, fearing that Xiao Qi might be in danger.

Su Jinyu was responsible for taking care of the elderly man and seeing if she could extract any useful information from him.

.........

Eastern Wilderness, Beast God Palace.

Tiger skins were folded on the chair in the center of the palace. The man sitting on it was wearing a fox fur coat. He had a rugged face and a burly figure, and wore a bone chain around his neck.

The bones of this bone chain did not come from a single wild beast, but were forged from the bones of countless wild beasts, hence the name Hundred Beasts Bone Chain.

The man picked up a large bowl from the table, and saw that it was filled with a thick, dark red liquid.

This is not blood, but "holy spring"!

The Holy Spring is a place where the flesh and blood of countless powerful beasts and humans are fused together. If the Vermilion Bird is captured, it will also become part of the Holy Spring.

Newborn babies of the Eastern Wilderness who bathe in the sacred spring will inevitably become powerful warriors.

And now this man is the only one who can drink the holy spring water.

"Lord Beast God!"

A man from the Eastern Wilderness knelt on the ground, saying, "The troops we sent to hunt down the Vermilion Bird all returned empty-handed. Several tribes even died there. It was the Western Humans who did it!"

The Beast God drank the holy spring water in the bowl in one gulp, and the few drops that splashed from the corner of his mouth made his subordinates around him drool.

"The humans in the west are quite capable! Even Black Sun is dead; it seems they've produced some powerful figures."

"Very well, since that's the case, I'll take over Black Sun's territory. Let that land be completely destroyed first, and then it will be reborn."

The Beast God stood up and walked outside.

One step, two steps, three steps.

With each step he took, he would teleport a great distance, and in just seven steps, he had already walked out of the city gate.

"The Beast God is going to personally take action? The people of the West are doomed!"

"The invincible Beast God... it's time to let those foolish humans experience despair."

"Congratulations on your triumphant return, Lord Beast God!"

The Beast God traveled south, and of course he had no intention of personally annihilating the human race in the west.

There were too many ants; one foot couldn't possibly kill them all.

He wants to use a simpler method to annihilate all of humanity.

"It's time to open the ancient forbidden zone."

........

Two days have passed.

Chen Nian and Su Jinyu gained nothing.

They were unable to extract any useful information from the old man.

They searched the plains and ancient sites in this area thoroughly but found nothing unusual.

However, over the past two days, Su Jinyu has developed a good relationship with the old man, and she can occasionally cook him a couple of dishes to go with his drinks, using local ingredients sourced from nearby wild beasts.

That night.

The old man lay on the roof drinking and watching the moon.

Chen Nian and Su Jinyu were in the courtyard.

Let's go there tomorrow.

Chen Nian pointed to the large forest behind the plain. He was going to go further and would definitely have to take Su Jinyu with him. He couldn't leave Xiao Qi here alone.

"OK."

"Let me check the situation first."

Chen Nian leaped onto the rooftop, where he could see far from his vantage point.

Open the Heavenly Eye!

The moment Chen Nian opened his third eye, his pupils suddenly contracted, his whole body went cold, and cold sweat broke out involuntarily.