Chapter 97 – Cat Dad Makes Friends
DING
Xiaomao’s crypto wallet sent him a message in-game, telling him that three million USDT was transferred to his wallet ount.
Xiaomao gave the spell book to Hl as promised. Thetter was so happy that he almost groveled to the cat.
“Thank you, friend! You have no idea how much this spellbook means to me! With this spell, my guild can take on a raid quest, and we can get a clue on the story quest!”
Hearing that Hl was tackling the story quest, Xiaomao was rmed.
“Story quest, munya?”
“Oh, right.”
Because of his happiness, Hl didn’t bother hiding his secrets, “I’ve got my hands on an unidentified ck stone from a boss raid, and we gave it to the local adventurer guild. The guild branch manager of this town returned the stone and warned us not to show the stone anywhere. Then, he gave us a quest to bring the stone to Yeet City’s Pangu Church.”<sub>.</sub>
“…”
The quest seemed simr to what Xiaomao had nned to do in the past. However, Hl was luckier as he didn’t meet a corrupted guild branch manager.
Still, this main storyline would follow the path of the Pangu Church, and they might be Cernun’s enemies in the future. Xiaomao didn’t want anybody to trigger Pangu’s story quests right now.
‘What to do? Should I lie to him? Should I sabotage him? Or should I recruit these people? Come to think of it, they are rich kids that will be the first batch of superhumans. Earth needs them to protect humanity from the first invasion and curb the second generation from piging regr humans, but Pangu will enve them in the process.’
Xiaomao had a dilemma. His logic told him that leaving them be was the right choice, but his instinct wanted him to pull them to Chaos Demon Goddess’ side.
Because Xiaomao couldn’t decide, he asked Hl and his friends.
“Say, munya. Hypothetically speaking, there are two gods and one goddess. The first god is the local maniptive god that wants to enve every human and protect the Earth from the second god and the goddess. The second god wants to kill the first god and destroy Earth, and he is a colleague of the goddess. However, the goddess’s motive is always a mystery, but serving her will bring you bad luck. Everybody in the world will be your enemy. You must choose one god to serve. Who will you choose, munya?”
Xiaomao tested Hl with the truth behind the three gods. He needed to know Hl’s stance as his next decision might affect the number of superhuman poption.<sub></sub>
In the future, the most dangerous invasion came from the second world’s cultivators, who were Chaos Demon God loc’s followers. Xiaomao and the rest of the first-generation superhumans would be forced toe out as the UN’s armies would have no chance against the superpower of the cultivators.
In addition, the Cathulhu Invasion happened after the first invasion, but Xiaomao didn’t know all the detail since all fights afterward were kept a secret among the superhumanmunity. Still, he heard a rumor that Cathulhu spared regr humans and only killed superhumans that didn’t join Chang’e Faction.
“…”
Hl and his friends were stunned. A few of them giggled as they thought that Xiaomao was toying with them.
“What kind of question is that, kitty?”
“Is that a trick question?”
“What’s the point of that?”
Although the guild mates didn’t bother thinking it through, Hl figured out the hidden meaning of Xiaomao’s question.<sub></sub>
“Is that rted to the quest, friend?”
Xiaomao took a deep breath and decided to be bold, “You’re not the only one with the main scenario quest’s clues, munya.”
Hl gave Xiaomao a meaningful look, “So, is the question based on your quest?”
“You can say that, munya.”
“Can you tell me more?”
“Answer my question honestly, munya. If you’re on my side, I’ll help you. If you pick the wrong choice, we part way here, munya.”
“…”
The giggling friends of Hl stoppedughing. They finally realized that there was something unusual in Xiaomao’s trick question.
It might not be just a trick question!
“Three gods, eh?” Hl cupped his chin and looked up. He repeated the description of the three gods.
“So you’re saying, the first god is a tyrant, but he protects the Earth. The second is an evil god, and the third one is the goddess of bad luck?”
Xiaomao didn’t answer as he also didn’t know much about Chaos Demon Goddess Chang’e. However, he left it up to Hl’s imagination to prevent a misunderstanding,
Seeing Xiaomao’s nk expression, Hl sighed. He turned toward his friends.
“Give me your opinion. Which god will you pick?”
Hl’s friends looked at each other, but they didn’t answer. As his friends didn’t have the courage to speak, Hl took the initiative.
“I’m going with the goddess.”
The others shrugged, “Do we even have a choice? The first god and the second god are both bad. It’s a question that forces everyone to pick the third answer.”
“Yeah, but I think something remains to be seen. We don’t have enough clues, and his clues aren’t clear either.”
“So, his story quest’s cluees from the bad luck goddess’s side?”
“I believe so.”
Xiaomao listened to their brainstorm and pped his forehead. He didn’t know why he revealed such secrets to the outsiders. Still, it was for pulling the innocent soon-to-be superhumans to the right faction.
Hl noticed the grim look on Xiaomao’s face. He stopped talking to his friend and approached the cat.
“We’ve decided. We’ll pick the third option.”
Xiaomao tested them again, “You’re not thinking outside the box anding up with the fourth option, munya? Are you sure?”
“Fourth option is tempting, but weck information. If we have to pick between the three, the obvious choice is the goddess of bad luck.”
“You’ll regret it. The entire world’s NPCs and yers will be your enemies, munya.”
“That sounds like what Batman would do. I’ll dly take the thorny heroic path with you, friend.”