NOVEL NEXT Chapter 5: Chapter 5: Your God Has Returned
[The host calmly crossed a sidewalk occupied by beasts without disturbing the powerful deities there. Survival points +10.]
[The host, bold as a lion, traversed a perilous commercial street unscathed. Survival points +10.]
[The host bravely advanced without provoking the hostility of a powerful deity in the park square. Survival points +10.]
After silently walking past the elderly men and women exercising in the park square, Zeng Shen paused at the system's prompt, then turned around and exited the park, only to return once more.
[Warning! You are approaching a group of enslaved humans, stripped of divinity and serving as cheap labor for a Tier 3 Fire Deity. Your presence might provoke hostility, risking enslavement and loss of divinity, becoming an ordinary human.]
Ignoring the system's warning, Zeng Shen once again walked past the elderly exercisers in the square.
[The host bravely advanced without provoking hostility from a powerful deity in the park square. Congratulations.]
"No reward this time?"
"It seems like my guess last night was correct. As long as there are system warnings about danger on the sidewalks, commercial streets, or park squares, survival points can be repeatedly collected, but the most points are given the first time."
"And there's only one opportunity per day to earn repeated survival points. Returning again triggers danger warnings but doesn't reward points."
"I thought I could exploit a bug."
Disappointed, Zeng Shen continued towards the abandoned hospital.
[Warning! A group of intelligent races is entrenched here, with power far beyond the host and his pets. Leave quickly; if discovered, they might enslave you, using various means to extract divine energy, reducing you to a breeding tool if stripped of divinity.]
Climbing over the hospital's iron gate, Zeng Shen heard the familiar system warning, though it seemed slightly different from yesterday.
Yesterday, discovery would lead to enslavement, but today's warning suggested it might be possible.
"Ha-ha, it seems yesterday's feeding had some effect."
"If I keep this up, these wild cats will soon become my followers."
With that thought, Zeng Shen smiled, "Buster Cat Tribe, your god has returned."
Holding Little Black and Little White, Zeng Shen approached the shattered glass doors of the hospital and stopped.
The abandoned hospital was silent.
Zeng Shen placed the kitten and puppy on the ground, taking out five cat bowls and filling them with finely crushed cat food from a bag.
In the morning, both Little Black and Little White were well-fed before leaving, and Little White showed no interest in cat food, sitting and wagging its tail.
However, Little Black, drawn by the cat food's scent, dove into a bowl and began eating happily.
Zeng Shen pulled it out, saying, "Little Black, go fetch your siblings for a meal."
The kitten, its bright eyes reluctant to leave the food, meowed and darted into the hospital.
Soon after, soft meows echoed from the depths of the corridors.
Shortly after, Little Black returned to the bowl, continuing to eat, while five kitten figures appeared at the corridor's end.
Yet, they hesitated, seemingly too timid to approach.
"Woof~"
Suddenly, a bark from the side sent the kittens scurrying back into the corridor.
"Darn it, stupid dog, who told you to bark?"
Zeng Shen scolded Little White before picking it up and tossing it into a nearby abandoned car.
"Stay put here."
Thrown into the car again, the puppy looked at Zeng Shen with a pitiful expression.
"Woof woof~"
"Quiet, or I won't bring you next time."
"Whimper~"
With the puppy dealt with, Zeng Shen turned towards the hospital's glass doors, stopping three meters away and not moving forward.
Inside, many wild cats roamed.
In front of the bowls, a large black cat and the five kittens were eating the cat food.
As for Little Black, it was nursing from the large black cat.
Zeng Shen's presence went unnoticed by the kittens engrossed in eating, but the large black cat stopped and eyed him warily.
"It seems to be Little Black and the kittens' mother."
Zeng Shen thought, glancing beyond the black cat to the hospital lobby.
Inside, other large wild cats watched him warily, their eyes more focused on the cat bowls, a hint of desire visible, yet seemingly fearful of the black cat, not daring to approach.
"Could the black cat be the leader of this group?"
"Having such a gifted kitten, it makes sense for it to be the leader. I wonder what its potential is."
"With twenty faith points, I can check their potential."
Thinking this, Zeng Shen focused on the black cat, activating the Eye of Insight.
[Intelligent Race: Buster Cat Tribe]
[Potential: Lord (Common, Elite, Lord, King, Epic, Legendary, Mythical)]
[Tier 5: 0/100000]
[Name: Not Named.]
[Skill: Not Activated.]
[Believers: No Faith]
[Mood: Vigilant, Confused]
[Analysis: A leader of the Buster Cat Tribe with Bastet bloodline, brave and intelligent, untamed. Despite weakened strength from raising kittens, its long-standing authority remains unchallenged among the tribe.]
"Indeed, the black cat is the leader and mother of these kittens."
"If I can win it over, the other wild cats will follow."
Zeng Shen thought, then glanced at the five kittens, curious about the surprises they might bring.
"Eye of Insight."
With a soft murmur, faint virtual panels appeared above the kittens.
[Intelligent Race: Buster Cat Tribe]
[Potential: Common]
[Tier 0: 0/100]
[Name: Not Named.]
[Skill: Not Activated.]
[Believers: No Faith]
[Mood: Happy]
[Analysis: Buster Cat Tribe kitten with Bastet bloodline, naturally bold and aggressive.]
[Intelligent Race: Buster Cat Tribe]
[Potential: Elite]
[Tier 0: 0/100]
[Name: Not Named.]
[Skill: Not Activated.]
[Believers: No Faith]
[Mood: Happy, Satisfied]
[Analysis: Buster Cat Tribe kitten with Bastet bloodline, naturally lazy.]
[Potential: Common]
[Analysis...]
Staring at the panels, Zeng Shen was stunned.