Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

Pei Du suddenly woke up with a start.

The surrounding walls were grayish-white, and the smell of medicine lingered in Pei Du's nose. Pei Du frowned and turned his head, hearing the occasional footsteps of nurses outside.

Pei Du twitched his fingertips, sensing the warmth and weight covering the back of his hand.

"Envy of the prosperous times..."

Sheng Shixian was lying next to the hospital bed. When he heard Pei Du's voice, he immediately raised his head.

His beast ears were now showing, unlike before when he tried to hide them. His hair was a mess, his eyes were bloodshot, and there were dark circles under his eyes, making him look extremely tired.

"Awake?" Sheng Shixian saw Pei Du staring blankly at him and reached out to ruffle his black hair. "The doctor said you fainted from shock. Pei Du, you were unconscious for a whole day? Are you that timid?"

Pei Du's Adam's apple bobbed. Sheng Shixian's face was still fair and clean, without the wrinkles and vicissitudes of old age. He spoke with a hint of helplessness and arrogance.

Pei Du gripped Sheng Shixian's palm tightly, lowered his eyes, and said in a hoarse voice, "...Hold me."

Sheng Shixian was taken aback. He didn't know what Pei Du meant, but he still hugged Pei Du tightly through the blanket. "Are you cold?"

He remembered that Pei Du was most afraid of the cold, and in winter he would wrap himself up in layers of clothes, practically turning himself into a ball.

Sheng Shixian sighed, "Pei Du is so weak, I don't know how much medicine I'll have to give him to get back to normal."

She even fainted from fright, which shows she has a weak mentality.

Sheng Shixian secretly thought that she should be more tolerant of him in the future, so that Pei Du would not suffer another psychological blow and remain unconscious in the hospital for several days.

Pei Du's cheek was pressed against the artery in Sheng Shixian's neck, a warm spot that held the breath of life. After a long while, Pei Du touched Sheng Shixian's chin with the tip of his nose, relaxing his nerves.

"Sheng Shixian, why did you oppose me before?" Pei Du's voice came from Sheng Shixian's neck. He reached down and pinched the base of Sheng Shixian's long tail before he could answer. "I didn't step on you on purpose."

Sheng Shixian's body stiffened slightly. It was something he had never mentioned to Pei Du, and Pei Du had never remembered it either.

Now he actually remembered.

Sheng Shixian's eyes welled up with tears. He blinked, as if he found it difficult to speak, "You didn't mean to step on it, but you did. That was my newly grown tail, and you didn't even apologize to me."

Sheng Shixian's tail has many uses: attacking, wrapping around, and even using it for courtship. Therefore, Sheng Shixian carefully washes his tail every day, making the fur fluffy, soft, and elegant.

But Pei Du was walking along the main road and had to step on his foot.

As a result, Sheng Shixian's tail was injured and some fur fell out. One area of ​​the fur was noticeably duller than the rest, and it wasn't pretty at all.

Pei Du neither apologized to Sheng Shixian nor spoke to him. He simply turned and left, and afterwards, he couldn't even remember Sheng Shixian's existence.

So annoying.

Pei Du finally understood why Sheng Shixian had always been at odds with him; he had actually held a grudge against him for so many years because of this.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Sheng, I know I was wrong." Pei Du lifted his eyelids to look up, his eyebrows curved, his dark eyes filled with a mixture of genuine innocence and apology. "I'll massage your tail every night from now on, will you forgive me?"

Sheng Shixian knew that Pei Du was trying to get away with it again, so he pressed down on Pei Du's back and closed his eyes slightly, "Let's see how you do."

Pei Du: "You'll forgive me if I behave well?"

Sheng Shixian: "..."

I'll forgive you even if you don't perform well.

"Of course, why should I forgive you if you don't perform well?" Sheng Shixian said coldly, then added, "I'll only give you three chances to make amends."

Pei Du almost burst out laughing. He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go learn massage tomorrow."

Sheng Shixian hummed in response but didn't reply further. He rested his head on Pei Du's shoulder, his long tail swaying back and forth as if to express his pleasure.

"Sheng Shixian, I've been wearing the jade pendant you gave me all this time." Pei Du kissed Sheng Shixian's earlobe. "Let's get married."

Sheng Shixian looked up in surprise. He looked at Pei Du and paused for a few seconds before saying, "Humans and other species cannot marry."

“I’m not human, I’m just like you.” Pei Du pulled up his sleeve, exposing the red veins on his arm.

Exposing his alien identity is tantamount to putting himself in danger. Pei Du had hesitated for a long time, but now he has finally made a choice.

He didn't want Sheng Shixian to wait any longer.

Sheng Shixian's Adam's apple bobbed. He remained silent for a while before saying, "No, we can't get married now."

He was penniless and entirely dependent on Pei Du for support. Moreover, prejudice against non-human races had not yet been eliminated, and Sheng Shixian was unwilling to let Pei Du take any risks.

Pei Du tilted his head: "Then when do you want to go?"

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Sheng Shixian chuckled.

Pei Du nodded: "President Sheng is so charming, there are plenty of people pursuing you outside, of course I'm anxious."

Back then, Sheng Shixian was very successful in the business world and frequently appeared in various places. Pei Duguang saw more than twenty or thirty scandalous news articles about him in the news.

Sheng Shixian chuckled: "Petty."

He stroked Pei Du's noticeably thin back and said, "One year. We'll get married in a year."

He aims to become a division commander within the year and return under a different identity.

Pei Du's eyes crinkled into a smile, and he said with a helpless smile, "Okay."

*

Most of the work has been completed, with only some finishing touches remaining.

Yan Xuwen had slaughtered countless aliens and ordinary people over the years, and was finally killed by Sheng Shixian and Lin Xuqiu on the edge of the mountain path.

After a nearly three-month search, the military unearthed 68 mutilated corpses beneath Yan Xuwen's residence. Genetic matching confirmed that one of the bodies was that of Qi Sheng.

Pei Du buried Qi Sheng's remains in the place where he used to live and also erected a monument for him. He had few friends over the years, and Qi Sheng was one of the most important among them.

It is now buried underground.

Ling Yu was also arrested and imprisoned shortly afterward. Besides the tax issues concerning Sheng's assets, the case also involved the deaths of Sheng Shixian and the former CEO.

Ling Yu stole specialized drugs from the laboratory, secretly cultivated and domesticated alien species, and plotted to poison former President Sheng. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by the military—he will spend the rest of his life in a military prison for reform.

Nearly 90% of the evidence against Ling Yu was provided by An Jia. An Jia had been with him for many years and revealed every single thing Ling Yu had done over the years.

On the day Ling Yu was sentenced, An Jia made a special trip to see him.

They stared at each other through the thick, cold iron bars. An Jia was without makeup and dressed in ordinary work clothes. Ling Yu was in prison clothes, his chin covered in stubble.

Ling Yu didn't ask An Jia why she did this; he just looked at An Jia and kept sneering.

An Jia seemed oblivious to his gaze. She looked directly at Ling Yu and said calmly, "Ling Yu, I've found a new job. The salary isn't high, I'm just a junior employee now, but I've managed to save some money. Maybe in a few decades I can pay off my debts."

Ling Yu stared at her without saying a word.

An Jia smiled at him: "I'm not as useless as you say. Ling Yu, I will live a good life in the future, but you won't be able to see it."

Ling Yu blinked, gripped the iron bars, and said in a trembling voice, "An Jia... whether you believe it or not, I really like you. I did so much for you, for us..."

"You're doing this for yourself!" An Jia interrupted Ling Yu coldly.

Looking back on her past with Ling Yu, she feels heartache, sadness, but mostly disgust. Ling Yu turned her from a human being into a dog, crushed her self-esteem and then pretended to glue it back together, leaving her to suffer endless torment.

Pei Du is right. She is her own person, and no one can control her. She is also free; she has the right to choose how she wants to live her life.

"Ling Yu, this is our last meeting. I hope you can reform yourself seriously inside." An Jia stood up. She had nothing more to say to Ling Yu. She turned and left the prison. "I'm not seeing you again."

"No...no, An Jia! An Jia!" Ling Yu suddenly couldn't help but pound on the window. He watched An Jia walk away, and an indescribable fear welled up in his heart.

[Ling Yu, you're a piece of trash.]

The sound of PUA balls rang in Ling Yu's ears again. Ling Yu clutched her hair and murmured, "I'm not, I'm not..."

He pounded on the window more violently, and the detective standing guard rushed over, held him down by the neck, and gave him a sedative.

Ling Yu suddenly felt weak and collapsed on the table. He was then pulled by the criminal police to his cell.

"I'm not... a piece of trash..."

*

Pei Du retrieved all the fragments of the "Survival of the Fittest" system. The soul of "Survival of the Fittest" had disappeared somewhere, so Pei Du could only spend nearly a week piecing together its shell.

After waiting for nearly twenty days, one night, the "Survival System" slowly began to emit a blue light again.

Pei Du saw it squeak twice, then quickly spin and float into the sky.

"Little Gou Gou is back! Perfection, perfection!" Gou Gou was very proud of itself. The light on its blue ball was so bright that it was almost blinding, but its size did not change much after absorbing energy.

Pei Du watched it wander around aimlessly and said, "Where have you been? You haven't come back for so long, I thought you were dead."

"I won't die!" The creature, barely clinging to life, floated to Pei Du's side. It checked Pei Du's yang energy level and exclaimed in surprise, "How did you get so fat? Your yang energy level is already at 1000!"

Pei Du remained calm: "Perhaps it's because he and Sheng Shixian have done a lot."

To live a life of ignominy: "..."

Pei Du really doesn't treat him like an outsider.

"I promised to give you half of my Yang energy value, and you can take it now."

After he had managed to survive and collect his loot, Pei Du went to Sheng Shixian to get some more.

Having barely survived and gone through a roundabout way, it didn't refuse and decisively took five hundred yang energy points from Pei Du.

After it ended, a layer of blue light enveloped Pei Du's body. He mumbled something unintelligible, barely clinging to life. Pei Du felt the warmth on his body gradually increase, and soon it was filled with the temperature of another kind of life.

"Alright! I promised to give you a brand new body, and I did!" The creature, Kouqietousheng, stopped in front of Pei Du and said happily, "You're a promising kid. You'd better live well from now on!"

Pei Du laughed: "Don't worry, I'll definitely live a good life."

After lingering around for a while, barely surviving, Pei Du looked at it and asked, "Are you preparing to go to the next world?"

"No, I'll stay a little longer. I won't leave until there are no more safety hazards around you. I'm very responsible towards you!"

Pei Du let it be: "Okay."

*

A year later, Sheng Shixian became the new army commander, the first heterogeneous army commander in military history. In the same year, Gong Yuanshen retired, and Pei Du took over his position, taking charge of the operation of the entire experimental zone.

Lu Xun's reforms have yielded significant results. Legal provisions concerning other species have been revised, primarily advocating for mutual assistance and harmonious coexistence between humans and other species.

It's difficult to get everyone to accept this in a short time, but at least the situation is slowly improving.

There are now jobs specifically for people of other races in society. They are also included in the category of citizens, and are considered part of society and humankind.

A year later, Pei Du attended a high-level meeting between the military and the research institute. He walked into the meeting room wearing a white lab coat and saw the army commander sitting half-reclined in a chair, his uniform loose, his lips slightly parted, revealing a deep red color.

Pei Du walked over, and Sheng Shixian also stood up. He took off his military cap and extended a hand to Pei Du, saying, "Director Pei, hello."

The curve of Pei Du's lips was almost imperceptible as he grasped Sheng Shixian's hand and said politely, "Commander Sheng, hello."

Sheng Shixian took the opportunity to hook his palm.

Pei Du gave him a casual glance, and Sheng Shixian withdrew his hand. Under the gaze of everyone, he walked with Pei Du to the center of the venue.

The theme of this meeting is...

*

It eked out a living from above, watching everything unfold. It lingered in this world for nearly five years before finally sensing an energy fluctuation one day.

Lu Xun is dead.

He was ambushed during his mission and tortured by the enemy for nearly nine hours before being hanged from a beam.

Those who had barely survived lay before his corpse. Lu Xun's eyes were still open when he died, and his body was covered with knife and gun wounds, with hardly a piece of good flesh to be seen.

She stood quietly before him, barely clinging to life.

A short while later, a small fragment of a broken soul floated out from Lu Xun's body. The coward used blue light to envelop him, and the fragment of soul merged with him in just a few seconds.

"One more piece is needed..."

It muttered to itself, clinging to life. Its sphere spun, then it quickly drifted into the sky, detaching itself from this world.

The surroundings were silent, with only a whistling sound as the wind slipped through the window frame.

Lin Xuqiu stood with his back against the stone wall, looking up at the sky with a faint smile on his lips.

"Commander, see you in the next world."

With the black muzzle pointed at his temple, Lin Xuqiu closed his eyes slightly and pulled the trigger.

"boom!"