Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

Shen Yu should have entered the next world because of this. Unexpectedly, after his death, he encountered Gouqie Tiaosheng and Meiqiu, and the two forces actually teleported him back to the space where he originally grew up.

He also met Wen Yu, a man whose world had not yet truly reached its end.

Shen Yu felt a headache coming on. He remembered all those complicated matters and turned to look at the cowardly survivor who was still working late into the night loading data.

"You're just trying to survive, why aren't you asleep yet?"

The creature, which had been keeping an eye on Shen Yu's situation, saw Shen Yu turn his gaze towards him and immediately put down its data tablet and floated over: "My work is not finished yet, I can't sleep."

Shen Yu: "Are you working so hard?"

"Sigh, life forces me to do this." After a few seconds of melancholy and a sense of despair, he saw Shen Yu hesitate and asked, "What do you want from me?"

Shen Yu paused for a moment, then, holding Wen Yu in his arms, he lowered his eyes and asked, "After I died... what was the situation over there?"

"You mean the apocalypse?" After a moment of thought, Gouqie, the creature that had been stealing life, understood the meaning behind Shen Yu's words. It pondered for a few minutes before saying helplessly, "I'm sorry, Gouqie is not capable enough right now to monitor the situation in two worlds at the same time. I'll ask it again when Coal Ball comes back."

Shen Yu remained silent. Seeing his silence, the creature that had been clinging to life floated down beside his pillow and comforted him, "It's alright! You already killed the zombie king, so the biggest threat has been eliminated! Those people should all be alive and well now!"

Shen Yu hummed in agreement.

After a long silence, he couldn't help but say, "If you ever have the chance to go back, please go and check on someone for me. I'm a little worried about him."

clinging to life: "Who is it?"

“Shen Yisui, my younger brother,” Shen Yu said. “He is a friend who grew up with me in the orphanage. He has always been in poor health and has a disability. I don’t know how he is now.”

"Oh—" the cowardly survivor said knowingly, "You're worried someone will bully him?"

"That's still considered good." Shen Yu rubbed his temples. "I was worried that someone would bully him to death."

The creature, barely surviving, was enveloped in a flash of purple light, truly surprised that its performance had so suddenly improved. It quickly wrote Shen Yisui's name on its data board, then patted Shen Yu's head with feigned sadness.

"It's alright. I'll go back again once you've sorted things out here. After all, your brother is my brother, and I treat you all like my own children!"

Shen Yu: "..."

"The idiom 'to live a life of ignominy' isn't used like that," Shen Yu said speechlessly.

After he finished speaking, he didn't explain further to Gouqie Tousheng, but simply described Shen Yisui's appearance and personality. Then he sighed to Gouqie Tousheng and said, "Thank you for your trouble."

"No trouble at all, you are my host, it's only right that I help you!" Gouqiechoesong is very good at socializing. It sat on the edge of Shen Yu's bed, feeling inexplicably smug.

Shen Yu frowned and glanced at it. Knowing that clinging to life was not an option, he quickly retracted his spherical shape and deliberately changed the subject: "Our situation isn't much better right now. How long has Coal Ball been gone? Why hasn't it come back yet? Has it contacted you during this time?"

Shen Yu was an orphan abandoned by a coal briquette. After hearing this, he remained indifferent and said, "No, I've never seen it."

Sighing inwardly at its precarious existence, it had no idea what the hidden dangers in this world that Coal Ball had mentioned were. At this moment, all it wanted to do was cling to Shen Yu's coattails.

After all, Shen Yu had the highest yang energy value among all his hosts.

“But Coal Ball gave me a golden diary before, and there are traces of its energy in it.” Shen Yu suddenly remembered what had happened before, and he said to Gouqie, “I have never written anything in that diary. You can see if that notebook is of any use to you.”

The survivor, barely surviving, was shocked: "Really?! It even gave you a gold book? Where is it?"

“…” Shen Yu continued, “It’s under my bed, together with two other books.”

The creature, barely able to survive, immediately leaped out of bed, flung open the beaded curtain, and pulled out the golden notebook from Shen Yu's old bed.

"Wow—" Gu Qie, who was barely surviving, was immediately filled with envy when he saw the golden powder on the cover of the diary.

It had never given such a lavish diary to its host before; Coal Ball was indeed a wealthy ball.

The creature, barely surviving, touched the surface of the diary. The fine gold powder shimmered and glowed in the darkness, like sparkling pearls. The creature marveled at this, and as it peeled back the cover of the golden notebook to look inside, it suddenly heard a soft cracking sound.

Startled, it put the diary back and saw a deep crack running through the gold cover.

The diary that Coal Ball gave to Shen Yu has cracked.

*

Shen Yu barely managed to fall asleep in the early hours of the morning. He had many complicated thoughts on his mind, all of which were now mixed together, making his head feel foggy.

Wen Yu was clearly unaffected by these unexplained troubles. He kept his eyes closed, only showing a docile demeanor when he was asleep, lying quietly in front of Shen Yu without moving.

Shen Yu gently stroked the scars on Wen Yu's face with his palm, applying very little pressure, and soon withdrew his hand.

Time passed quickly, and after about an hour or two, Shen Yu threw off the covers and got out of bed.

Whether in the apocalypse or now, Shen Yu's biological clock has always been set around seven o'clock. He moved quietly, and just as he lifted a corner of the blanket, he heard a noise behind him.

"Where are you going?" Wen Yu's long hair was disheveled. He looked like he was still not fully awake, and he just squinted at Shen Yu.

Shen Yu turned his head, and asked hesitantly, "Lan Yu, you were awake a long time ago?"

"I just woke up." Wen Yu lied without hesitation. As he spoke, he leaned closer and pinched Shen Yu's chin. "Where are you going?"

Shen Yu chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, I am now just a lowly palace maid. I will be going out to clean the outer hall according to the rules in a little while."

Wen Yu glanced at him sideways: "Really?"

"Otherwise what? I don't dare to run around." Shen Yu turned and kissed his cheek, then asked softly, "Don't you want to sleep a little longer?"

Wen Yu's lips curled up as he followed Shen Yu to get dressed. He said, "I feel much better from my wound today and want to walk around a bit. Will you come with me later?"

Before Wen Yu could finish speaking, the person outside seemed to have noticed the commotion inside and stood at the entrance of the inner palace, speaking in a low voice: "Your Majesty, please forgive us, Commander Mu Yuyuan is waiting at the palace gate by imperial decree. We would be grateful if Your Majesty would go there quickly."

Wen Yu's words were abruptly cut off in mid-air. Shen Yu turned his gaze and saw that Wen Yu's initially kind expression had visibly darkened.

Wen Yu's voice was rather cold and hard: "What is he doing here?"