Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Three gunshots rang out in quick succession, shattering the glass window beside Yu Zhuo. Yu Zhuo rolled out of bed; he had activated his defenses the moment he sensed the danger.

The bullets fired at him were just ordinary micro-bullets, and none of them were aimed at his vital organs.

It seems that the attack on him was not launched by a specific system.

Yu Zhuo's expression grew cold. He placed his hand on the drawer next to him and took out a small pistol from it.

This pistol was left to him by Zhou Yanshu for self-defense.

As the saying goes, different species require different approaches. When dealing with an ordinary person, Yu Zhuo wouldn't even need to use his system energy.

“The windows are broken, come in if you want.” Yu Zhuo was mostly hidden in the shadows, holding a pistol and staring intently at the edge of the window. “I don’t think you’re planning to kill me. What do you want? Come in and tell me… Brother.”

Just as Yu Zhuo uttered the last word, someone hiding outside immediately jumped into the room.

As Yu Zhuo had expected, the person who entered was still wearing the silver-white military uniform. He had a stern face and walked towards Yu Zhuo's direction with a clear purpose after entering the room.

"You guessed it was me, so you're not as stupid as you've been." Yu Xiangwan pointed the gun at Yu Zhuo, stopping two or three meters away, and said coldly, "Come out."

"Brother, I didn't do anything to upset you, did I? We haven't seen each other for so long, and you're trying to shoot me all over right away?"

Yu Zhuo didn't react. In front of Yu Xiangwan, he threw the pistol onto the cabinet next to him and slowly stood up: "Are you going to keep pointing this gun at me?"

"Heh..." Yu Xiangwan sneered. In just a few months, his aura had become twice as cold, and it was also mixed with many inexplicable emotions towards Yu Zhuo.

"Yu Zhuo, how did that carp skull get into the kitchen? Who secretly instructed the guards... do you think no one knows?"

Yu Zhuo raised an eyebrow and said slowly, "Oh—so, you were sent by Lin Shuang?"

“He did want me to finish you off, but… I don’t need to listen to him.” Yu Xiangwan glanced at the devices in the room, still pointing the gun at Yu Zhuo. “Your parents are sick, do you know that?”

He changed the subject too quickly, and there was no connection between the two parts. Yu Zhuo was a little taken aback when he heard this.

Seeing that Yu Zhuo did not speak, Yu Xiangwan immediately showed a mocking expression: "As expected... you never care about them. You don't care about anything our clan has done for you."

Yu Zhuo's expression changed slightly: "What did you say?"

“It’s actually quite normal, I can understand.” Yu Xiangwan stared at Yu Zhuo, her eyes becoming even sharper. “You’re not related to us by blood, but we’ve been preparing for your return for generations. Shouldn’t you help us now?”

"Our king who died a hundred years ago."

The mermaid royal family initially ruled only the deep sea. They were cautious and sensitive by nature and would not easily approach the land.

Yu Zhuo, however, did not have such worries. At that time, he liked to wander around various corners of the world and naturally came into contact with many creatures beyond the deep sea.

His abilities were extraordinary, and many Alphas with weaker spiritual bodies on the land sought his protection. Over time, Yu Zhuo also established a small kingdom on the land under his rule.

After marrying Zhou Yanshu, the two kingdoms, one on land and one in the sea, were merged and ultimately handed over to the merman royal family. However, the creatures on land only nominally submitted to the merman king; they had their own leaders and in reality only recognized Yu Zhuo as their king.

Otherwise, given their individual temperaments as cats and fish, it's impossible for them to belong to the same tribe.

Until Yu Zhuo died.

After his death, the land-based species truly came under the rule of the merman royal family.

Yu Zhuo suspected that things weren't as simple as they seemed. He cracked his knuckles and said, "I've felt before that this body is somewhat different from a normal person's. Could it be that you...?"

“That’s right. After you died five hundred years ago, our ancestors took your remains back with them.” Yu Xiangwan chuckled inexplicably. “It took a very long time and a lot of effort to recreate your body.”

Yu Xiangwan had seen Yu Zhuo when she was very young. At that time, Yu Zhuo was carefully hidden in a small room upstairs. He was almost covered with IV tubes, and an unidentified nutrient solution flowed down the tubes into his body.

He was only the size of an infant at that time. His great-grandfather, grandfather, father and other relatives would come into the room every night to check on Yu Zhuo's condition and ensure that Yu Zhuo's body was developing well.

This went on for who knows how many years until recently when their parents fell ill, at which point they finally told Yu Xiangwan the whole truth.

They instructed Yu Xiangwan to protect Yu Zhuo with his life.

Because Yu Zhuo is their king.

Yu Zhuo's pupils trembled. His body used to be made entirely of machinery, but these people had used unknown methods to recreate a real, flesh-and-blood body for him.

No wonder he doesn't look like Yu Xiangwan at all, no wonder his facial features are the same as they were a hundred years ago, no wonder he was able to mark Zhou Yanshu...

It turns out this body originally belonged to him.

"You said Mom and Dad are sick, what do you mean?" Yu Zhuo's Adam's apple bobbed as he looked at Yu Xiangwan and asked, "Not just any ordinary illness?"

"Yu Zhuo, I think you remember everything by now. So I have nothing to hide from you anymore." Yu Xiangwan slightly raised his chin and said coldly.

“I don’t care what kind of king you were before, it has nothing to do with me now. But let me tell you, before this body was created for you, the lifespan of us tabby cats was no less than that of mermaids. But now we only have less than a hundred years to live, or even less.”

Yu Xiangwan's eyes reddened: "This is God's punishment for us."

They lacked a system, were unaware of what lay beyond the world, and were even less aware of the existence of stereoscopic triangulation devices high in the sky.

The main system easily detected their underhanded actions.

Instead of destroying the body they had recreated for Yu Zhuo, he showed rare mercy and spared them, allowing them to continue nurturing and raising Yu Zhuo.

But as punishment, the main system deprived them of most of their lifespan.

“I am not your subject, and I have no obligation to be loyal to you. But I will listen to my parents,” Yu Xiangwan said coldly to Yu Zhuo. “And please… save us.”

Yu Zhuo looked at him silently. After a moment of silence, he said, "You have suffered because of me, so of course I will help you. As for whether or not you are a king... it has been too long, so there is no need to worry about it too much."

"Put the gun away, bro."