Chapter 1 The Strange Cat-Girl

The "Roll," now in human form, still retained all the characteristics of a cat, such as her odd personality, her fondness for curling up in nooks and crannies, her love of cat food, her need to sleep on a mat—and calling her master a "shit-shoveling officer."

The last bit was a truly sad fact.

After communicating with "Roll" for a while, Hao Ren had to recognize the facts and accept his fate: nothing around him would develop normally. In other stories, you see cat-girls as cute and cuddly creatures, but after "Roll" transformed, she was nothing but a headache. She lay on the sofa, arching and rolling as she used to, quickly messing up the cushions and fabric sofa cover, and then started clamoring for food, or someone to play with her, or to play while eating. After her size increased, her ability to cause trouble had grown three or four times.

Hao Ren sighed. "I didn't feel that 'Roll' was so difficult to serve before. Did her personality become worse after transforming?"

Vivian twitched her lips. "Tsk, that's because you couldn't understand what she was saying before. Did you think she was greeting you when she meowed on your legs?"

The cat-girl across the coffee table raised her eyelids, looked at the people around her, stretched, and continued to howl, "I want dried fish! Give me dried fish!"

Nangong Sanba glanced at Hao Ren. "Vivian is right. Just deal with this cat as you did before. What did you do when she used to act like a spoiled brat and howl at you?"

Hao Ren thought for a while. "Pick her up by the scruff of the neck and throw her out."

Immediately, everyone present perked up. Several pairs of eyes swept back and forth between Hao Ren and the cat-girl. Izhaks even smacked his lips and sighed, "That's quite the style of demon parenting. Are you still embarrassed to throw her now?"

Hao Ren glanced at "Roll" and made a gesture to grab her neck. The latter immediately shrank her neck and shut up: a completely conditioned reflex. Hao Ren smiled triumphantly at the sight. "Hey, look at my remaining power..."

At this time, Lily sized up "Roll" and sniffed her a few times. The cat-girl immediately bristled. "What are you doing, you stupid big cat?!"

"I've discovered something," Lily scratched her hair. "After she became like this, I'm not afraid of her anymore... She's just like a person."

"Roll" immediately arched her body, raised her tail, and hissed threateningly at Lily, who was completely unmoved. She even reached out and patted the former's cat ears. Hao Ren was amazed by this and also had a question. "Speaking of which, I've never understood. You're a husky spirit at the very least, so why are you afraid of cats?"

Lily patted the cat-girl's head while muttering, "How would I know why? Some people are incredibly capable but still afraid of cockroaches."

Just like that, "Roll's" reign over Lily in the Hao family's courtyard finally came to an end, and that silly cat had no idea what had happened.

Just then, Doudou was attracted by the commotion and jumped onto the coffee table to watch the fun. When "Roll" saw this demonic little mermaid, she immediately meowed as a conditioned reflex, and then sat up straight respectfully, ready to take orders. Doudou tilted her head curiously: she didn't recognize her follower all of a sudden.

Hao Ren sighed at the sight. This stupid cat really hasn't made any progress. After transforming into a human, her position in the family has plummeted...

"I should take this thing to see Raven 12345," Hao Ren stood up and patted Nangong Sanba's shoulder. "I'll take you along too. I was originally planning to wait until tomorrow... Now it seems that 'Roll's' matter can't be delayed. Who knows what else she can transform into."

The others in the family expressed their agreement, but Vivian put her hands on her hips. "Eat first before you go! Look at how late it's gotten!"

After breakfast, Hao Ren took Nangong Sanba, who was slightly excited, and "Roll," who was lying on the sofa and refusing to move, and the party of three stepped into the light curtain that teleported to the Celestial Realm.

A white light flashed, and the three arrived in front of the magnificent mansion located in a certain other space. Hao Ren was pleased to find that the mansion had finally been renovated, and it didn't look like it had been damaged again: the white walls and blue tiles were brand new and bright, and the luxurious decorations outside the mansion were shining in the sunlight. Several blurry clusters of arcane light were flying around the outer walls of the house, doing daily maintenance. Raven 12345's house rarely looked so peaceful.

It seemed that the neurotic goddess's shopping spree and research enthusiasm had finally come to an end.

As soon as Nangong Sanba completed the teleportation, he looked at the magnificent building in front of him in astonishment, and soon noticed that a certain supernatural atmosphere was hidden in the surrounding hazy mist. He was guessing whether this place was shrouded in a barrier or something even more advanced. On the other side, "Roll" also opened her eyes in surprise. She had been lying in her "territory" dozing off a moment ago, and in the blink of an eye, she had arrived in some inexplicable place, which made her cat-level logical ability a little stuck. The cat-girl vigilantly turned over, landed on all fours, arched her body in a vigilant manner, and muttered, "Shit-shoveler, where is this... Don't be afraid, I'll protect you..."

Hao Ren looked at the cat-girl in surprise. He really didn't expect the other party to suddenly say such a thing—did this stupid cat have a conscience?

But as soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but add a roar in his heart: Then why does she still call me "shit-shoveler"!!

An arcane servant soon emerged from the air, leading the guests to the place where the goddess worked. Nangong Sanba followed this blue humanoid creature into the mansion in amazement, while lowering his voice and asking Hao Ren in a low voice, "What is this thing?"

"A guardian created by Raven 12345. According to religious terms, it should be called an envoy of the divine realm," Hao Ren searched through the knowledge he had crammed. "It's responsible for receiving visitors who come here, and occasionally it will go to the human world as an executor."

The arcane servant led the three of them deeper into the mansion. Hao Ren suddenly realized that the direction they were going this time was different from usual, so he asked curiously, "Isn't Raven 12345 in the office?"

The arcane servant replied with a series of buzzing sounds that were difficult for outsiders to understand: "The mistress is at the Star Gazing Peak."

Hao Ren hadn't heard of this place before, but he thought it should be a functional area in the mansion. This big house was far more complex than it looked. It was connected to many mysterious other spaces, and some rooms didn't even seem to exist from a normal three-dimensional structure. Just from what Hao Ren knew, there was a clock tower more than ten stories high in the mansion: this clock tower couldn't be seen from outside the house at all.

So he wouldn't be surprised to hear that there were any strange places in this big house.

They came to the end of a corridor, and the arcane servant pushed open the shining door depicting the sun, moon, stars, and strange symbols, signaling the guests to go in on their own, and then disappeared into the air.

Hao Ren stepped through the door and found himself standing on a floating mountain peak suspended in the vast universe.

Around him was the deep and vast space, the stars of the universe shone in the space, and under his feet was a wonderful mountain peak made of silvery-white metal. At the top of the mountain peak was a platform, and models of stars and various wonderful holographic images were suspended on the platform, which seemed to be displaying glimpses of every corner of this universe. Raven 12345's figure was standing not far in front, with her back to the three of them, gazing at the universe in a daze, her silver hair shining with the light from the stars.

Hao Ren originally planned to greet her casually as usual, but when he saw this situation, he swallowed his words back, and even Nangong Sanba and "Roll" next to him became serious.

"This is the watchtower of the universe, close to the center," Raven 12345's voice came from in front of them. "Here, you can see the entire universe, in every detail."

"Are you... handling official business?" Hao Ren asked cautiously, while thinking that he had finally encountered Raven 12345 exercising the power of a goddess, and he should be serious at this time.

"Three hundred years ago, I created a new star in the star-forming furnace here and sent it into the universe. It was my best masterpiece ever," Raven 12345 did not directly answer Hao Ren's question, but seemed to be talking to herself. "Now, the star-formers of the God Realm are choosing the most perfect new star, so I have been thinking about a question here these days..."

Raven 12345 raised her head and looked at a galaxy. "...Where the hell did I throw that unlucky child back then?"

Hao Ren: "..."

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