Chapter 1 The Start

Hao Ren had no idea that the two goddesses were whispering and plotting his future work arrangements in the garden. At this moment, he had returned home with a mouth full of numbness (a sequela of "Imperial Astonishment"). As soon as he pushed open the door, he saw Gun squatting on the coffee table in the center of the living room.

The cat girl was intently staring at the ground in front of the coffee table, where a bright spot was swaying back and forth. The stupid cat's eyes were glued to the spot, its head shaking from side to side. The source of the light was a laser pointer in Lily's hand not far away. The husky girl was smiling innocently, seemingly forgetting her cowardly appearance when she first came to this house. Perhaps in her mind, a cat walking upright didn't count as a cat. In any case, the cat and dog were playing happily together.

Everyone knows the consequences of playing with a laser pointer in front of a cat. Anyway, "Gun" only lasted for less than five seconds on the coffee table before it darted down and pounced on the bright spot. Then, Lily started waving the laser pointer everywhere, and the cat girl followed the light spot, jumping up and down all over the living room. Hao Ren was originally standing at the door watching the fun—it was quite pleasing to see the two silly girls messing around—but the fun turned into chaos in a few seconds. He watched the stupid cat kick over the trash can next to the sofa, followed by the electric fan on the small table, and then all sorts of other things. The living room instantly became a clanging mess!

A husky that gets excited and a cat that goes crazy together are a disaster of mass destruction. Lily used a laser pointer to direct the stupid cat to dart around, and the speed of the cat demon was so fast that it could create sixteen afterimages. The whole living room was like a typhoon passing through, with constant joyful shouts from the two silly girls: "Wahahaha, higher, higher!" "Meow—what's going on, I can't stop meow!" "Awoo—woof!" "Meow! Meow!" "Awoo awoo awoo..." "Meow... ah! Big big cat!"

The noise in the living room instantly became as lively as a cat and dog market, and then it suddenly quieted down completely because the cat girl bumped her head into Hao Ren's leg as he stood at the door, and Lily also keenly noticed the landlord who had just returned home.

Hao Ren could understand how those people who kept bear-dogs and crazy cats felt when they returned home and found the house turned upside down. His mood should be even worse because he didn't keep cats and dogs, but cats and dogs who had become spirits! The destructive power of these two was multiplied hundreds of times! What happened in the last three seconds was enough for other people's cats and dogs to busy themselves with all day, and he didn't even think about stopping them.

A white light flashed, and Lily darted over from the other side of the living room. The husky and the cat demon stood side by side in front of Hao Ren. Even if these two were silly, they knew they had caused trouble. The two girls lowered their heads and waited silently for a scolding. Hao Ren looked at them for a while with bulging veins on his head, but suddenly the corners of his mouth turned up, and he reached into his personal space and took out two "grapes": "Come, I'll give you two something good to eat..."

Lily wasn't completely stupid. She didn't believe that Hao Ren, with a smiling face, would hand over anything normal after she caused trouble. So she hesitated for a moment. The cat girl next to her was much simpler. She was used to being fed by Hao Ren, so she reached out and grabbed the small fruit and stuffed it into her mouth: "Thank you, big big cat, meow wants to eat!"

Hao Ren took advantage of Lily's turning her head to observe the cat girl's reaction and quickly stuffed a fruit into the husky girl's mouth.

Then he began to wait for the reaction with a smile on his face...

Thirty minutes later, Vivian, who had gone out for a walk, returned home. As soon as the vampire girl entered the door, she found Gun and Lily running around the living room cleaning, while Hao Ren was lying on the sofa watching TV. She was quite surprised: "Hao Ren, you're back? Why are these two so well-behaved today?"

Before Hao Ren could say anything, Lily threw down the broom in her hand and ran to Vivian, mysteriously holding out her hand: "Bat, open your mouth, I'll give you something good to eat..."

Vivian would be damned if she believed Lily. Putting aside their love-hate relationship, under normal circumstances, have you ever seen a dog actively handing over the food it's about to eat to someone else? But it didn't matter if she didn't believe it because Gun also came over. The cat girl also mysteriously held out her hand: "Vivian, I'll give you something good to eat. The big big cat brought it back today!"

So Vivian believed it...

After a while, Izhaks and his son, who had gone out to collect old appliances, returned home triumphantly. As soon as the old and young demons entered the door, they heard a very enthusiastic voice: "Big guy, Elizabeth, I'll give you something good to eat!"

...

Facts have proved that it's quick to learn to be bad, and it's the same for non-humans—the gang around Hao Ren, after being together for a long time, became more and more cunning!

People returned one after another, and everyone was stuffed with a mouthful of good things. In the end, even Nangong Wudi and Aier Sha, who were watching the store on the street, were not spared—Nangong Sanba directly packed the remaining fruits and sent them to the two elders, returning with a bump the size of a fist on his head...

Even Dou Dou was tricked by Lily into licking a "divine fruit," and the little mermaid burst into tears at that moment...

Hao Ren was satisfied to see that everyone had enjoyed the same experience as him, and his heart suddenly felt much more balanced. He placed the remaining divine fruits and the plate he had swiped together on the coffee table, picked his teeth, leaned back on the sofa, and muttered while watching TV, "Everyone, just try something new, just try something new. You can't find this stuff anywhere else, just treat it as adding to your life experience."

This wasn't just empty talk because Hao Ren was sure that the gang at home definitely had this mentality... of course, only when they were pulling others into the pit.

Nangong Wuyue coiled into a big lump next to the coffee table, conjuring pure water for Dou Dou to rinse her mouth while casually saying, "Actually, I think it's okay, the taste isn't that strong..."

Vivian glanced at her sideways: "Nonsense, the siren's sense of taste is practically useless. You guys are elemental creatures!"

"There's still some stuff left, why aren't you guys eating it?" Hao Ren pointed to the fruit plate on the coffee table and looked around at everyone. As soon as he finished speaking, Gun exclaimed and jumped directly behind the sofa...

"Look at that cowardly look," Hao Ren curled his lips, "Don't worry, the remaining stuff is normal, although the taste and appearance don't match a bit, at least it's not unpalatable. Come on, Lily, try this, this banana-like thing tastes like sweet and sour pork."

Hao Ren brought back so many strange things not to be mischievous—okay, there was that part of the reason, but the bigger reason was that he was sure these were all good things. He had already witnessed the power of the golden apple, so these things, which also came from the Divine Realm and were said to be specially cultivated varieties, wouldn't be bad, and the effect was probably even better. After all, this was what Raven 12345 had specially prepared to deal with the leader's inspection. Many events had happened recently, and Hao Ren had a feeling that a storm was brewing, and the gang around him were always enthusiastically running around with him, so the chances of encountering various dangerous things were naturally not low. Although there was no clear reason, Hao Ren always felt that he should find a way to enhance the combat effectiveness of his little partners...

Eating some natural treasures should work, right?

As for that "Imperial Astonishment"... okay, Hao Ren didn't want to mention this strange name at all, but he did bring this thing back on purpose. It could even be said that he could leave other things behind, but this one had to be brought.

The reason was simple. Although this thing had a huge impact on people's body and mind, after eating it, he felt some changes in himself with 100% certainty. He even felt that this was a change deep in the soul, a level of elevation!

At that time, he knew it was a treasure.

He even suspected that Raven 12345 had prepared this pile of stuff that could wake the dead just for him.

After Lily personally confirmed that the things in the fruit plate were of normal style (relatively normal), the "natural treasures" that Hao Ren brought back were immediately divided up. According to the saying in fantasy novels, everyone should have a purple light on their heads, and everyone should find a place to meditate and refine their bodies to increase their power by sixty years—but Hao Ren's place didn't have that, so the actual situation was that after everyone ate, they said that this little bit wasn't enough to fill them up, and a bunch of bizarre fruits with the flavor of braised ribs, sweet and sour pork, and black pepper steak aroused people's appetite instead. So everyone teamed up and ran to Nangong's restaurant for another meal, and they brought back three large bottles of cola...

"I think this should also be a treasure," Hao Ren, full and satisfied, began to ponder something else. He saw the fruit plate he had thrown on the coffee table and suddenly remembered that this thing was also something he had snatched from Raven 12345's house, and his eyes immediately lit up, "Hey, I knew I had foresight, look at this shape, look at this color, finally something with a higher level of pretension..."

Vivian, who was wiping the table, picked up the plastic-like fruit plate when she heard this, took a look, and threw it back to Hao Ren: "Still happy? Look at it yourself."

Hao Ren took it and looked, and the smile on his face suddenly froze. On the bottom of the fruit plate were the words: Er Li Qiao Plastic Factory No. 5...

"Then this is also a divine artifact," Hao Ren's mouth twitched a few times, still stubbornly saying, "It's still something a goddess used, after all. Gun, come here, this is for you..."

The cat girl glanced at Hao Ren with disdain and tightly hugged her cat bowl: "I don't want it."

Hao Ren: "..."