Chapter 61 – The light of day

The next day, Tang Qing woke up feeling like he had been torn apart from the waist down.

Due to kneeling for a long time, his once fair knees now showed a pink hue.

He had seen and been forced to measure Gu Mijing’s size, and had personally experienced it last night… he couldn’t understand why it needed to be so big, wasn’t it enough? This led to the unmentionable place behind him feeling a lingering sensation of overuse.

In any case, they had really gone from head to tail, from strands of hair to the tip of the tail. His whole body was soaked, even the sheets had been changed several times. Finally, even his ears were so played with that they could barely stand up, and his tail could only droop sadly.

How could someone do such things to a pure and innocent furry tail?

Was Gu Mijing’s stamina really normal?

Even when Tang Qing’s eyes were brimming with tears and he cried pitifully for mercy, the man, who had been fierce as if he wanted to devour him, showed no mercy.

What the man had said before, “you’ll suffer for it”, turned out to mean this.

After being bullied inside out for several days, Tang Qing finally reached the point where they had to assist the military.

Gu Mijing, along with Chen Ji and a small group of Level 3 ability users, boarded the military’s arranged helicopter and finally arrived in the South Sea.

The giant sea monster turned out to be a large squid, several tens of meters high, with tentacles over ten meters long. Physiologically, these tentacled creatures were indeed the most difficult to deal with for humans. If it had been a shark or a giant whale, creatures with only one mouth to bite, things would have been much simpler. No wonder the military sought help from the Xuanming City.

Everyone was engaged in a fierce battle. A tentacle of the giant squid, over ten meters long, swept towards the crowd, knocking down many people. Gu Mijing stood in front of Tang Qing, but even Tang Qing was knocked down by the aftermath.

“Tang Tang, you should stay back.”

Gu Mijing couldn’t attend to the area behind him, so he could only let Tang Qing retreat first.

While Gu Mijing and the others were busy fighting, someone grabbed Tang Qing and started running.

“Tang Tang, while the villain is away, let your gege take you away.” It was Tang Bo.

Tang Qing watched the intense battle, reluctant to leave.

“Tang Tang, you can’t help here, come with me to the back.”

[Host! You’re only Level 2, you can’t help, and the villain will have to worry about you.] System 99 also advised.

Tang Qing was lifted onto Tang Bo’s back and they ran into the forest by the seaside.

“Wait, gege, I want to see them finish the fight,” Tang Qing shouted on Tang Bo’s back, “They need to win for my mission to be complete, let me watch.”

Tang Bo set down his stubborn little brother, sternly saying, “Tang Tang, then you promise me, once they finish, you will leave with me.”

Tang Qing focused his eyes on the distant battling crowd, not answering.

At that moment, Gu Mijing was lifted high by a tentacle, piercing into his arm and spinning, cutting a gory wound. Chen Ji rushed forward to intercept a blow for Gu Mijing, but was also thrown several meters away.

“Gu Mijing!” Tang Qing watched nervously, his nails digging deep into the tree bark.

Shen Miao launched a water column attack, pushing the squid back several tens of meters, giving everyone a moment to catch their breath. Qi Jingsheng went up to Shen Miao and helped her bandage her wounds.

Chen Ji had no good spot on his body, after blocking a blow for Lord Xuan, he fell to the ground, clutching his wound.

Tang Qing looked at the man sitting on the ground, his face calm but covered in blood, feeling an indescribable pain. He could tell that Gu Mijing’s abilities were nearly depleted, his face devoid of color.

At this moment, the giant king squid recovered and emerged from the sea again, having evolved intelligence and knowing which among the humans was the strongest.

It decided to ambush Gu Mijing.

A thick tentacle over ten meters long suddenly accelerated, snatching Gu Mijing and lifting him high before smashing him back to the ground. The man was already at his limit, using his abilities to barely cushion the impact, but still spitting out a mouthful of blood.

“Gu Mijing!”

Tang Qing’s heart was wrenched, his fingers digging into the tree bark, not noticing the blood. Without hesitation, he broke free from Tang Bo and rushed quickly towards the man.

“Gege, I need to go find him.”

“Tang Tang! Don’t you want to go back?” Tang Bo’s voice rang out from behind.

[Host! What are you doing, it’s too dangerous!] System 99 also urgently shouted.

But Tang Qing didn’t hear anything, he just wanted to reach the man as soon as possible and help him with his injuries.

He ran wildly, his only thought was to get there faster, even faster.

A sudden branch tripped him, causing him to fall hard to the ground, his arm scraping and blood blossoming.

The tentacle lifted Gu Mijing again, holding him high in the air, swinging him as if to demonstrate to the humans that this was the extent of their strongest fighting force.

What to do? He needed to be faster, or Gu Mijing would be in danger.

Tang Qing tried to get up from the ground, but suddenly, his limbs turned into cat paws. Without even thinking about why this happened, he just controlled his limbs and ran off.

The surroundings in his vision seemed to be shrinking, and he realized it was because he was growing larger.

Just as the giant king squid reached out a tentacle to strike Gu Mijing again, a snow-white giant ball of fur came flying towards them. It was actually a huge ragdoll cat, larger than a lion after its mutation. Its entire body was snow-white, with a V-shaped black pattern on its cheeks, making its face look pretty and delicate. Its two blue-purple heterochromatic eyes were like two huge, beautiful gemstones.

Despite its size, the giant ragdoll cat maintained the agility of a feline, its four pink paw pads landing swiftly and lightly.

Everyone was stunned for a moment. How could such a beautiful creature suddenly appear?

The giant ragdoll cat headed straight for the sea. As the squid attempted to smash the person on its tentacle to the ground, the cat leaped up, its hind legs pushing off the ground, and its front paws accurately catching the over ten-meter-long tentacle. Then, it opened its cat mouth and bit the tentacle, snapping it in half.

Tang Qing landed, stepping in the water. Following his instincts, he let out a roar.

“Meow—!!”

A wave of sound swept through, the voice both fierce and sweet, its power not inferior to Ryan’s lion roar.

The giant king squid retracted its other tentacles, temporarily hesitant to approach. It knew the mutated giant cat in front of it was not as powerful as itself, but the biological instinct ingrained in it made it reluctant to get close to feline creatures.

Especially a cat this large.

While everyone was still amazed, the giant ragdoll cat lowered its head, nuzzled the man lying on the ground, then extended its tongue to lick his injured back.

“Meow~” After lowering its volume, the giant ragdoll cat became sweet and adorable again.

Gu Mijing’s wounds quickly healed, a warm flow entering his body, restoring strength to his limbs and body.

“Tang Tang, I thought you had left with your brother.”

In fact, he had just seen Tang Qing leave. But he knew he couldn’t protect Tang Qing, so he had to let go.

“Meow~” Tang Qing kept licking the man.

Tang Qing seemed to have an increase in ability, his healing power stronger than before. Gu Mijing felt his abilities had also been restored.

Gu Mijing closed his eyes, feeling a wave of heat rushing into his lower abdomen.

He knew he had advanced, finally breaking through to Level 5, becoming a Level 5 ability user.

“Tang Tang, close your eyes.”

Gu Mijing slowly harnessed the energy within him, and a massive golden energy burst out from his body, emitting intense light that shot straight towards the giant king squid’s eyes, causing them to immediately tear up with blood.

The man drew a cross-shaped laser beam in the air, piercing straight towards the giant squid’s head. Its body was torn open, a massive wound splitting its tough outer skin, flesh spilling out.

It screeched, writhing and struggling, before crashing down, staining the sea red.

Everyone closed their eyes. The brilliance of a Level 5 light was too intense, like the rising sun, blinding to the point of tears.

As is widely known, with each advancement, one’s strength undergoes tremendous growth. However, there were only a few Level 4 ability users, and no one had ever broken through to Level 5. So, no one dared to imagine the power of a Level 5 ability user.

Today, those who witnessed this scene were all in awe.

Shen Miao murmured, “This, this isn’t a Dark Ability, right? It’s too cool, like a Light Ability.”

Qi Jingsheng was also deeply shocked, even suspecting if he had the wrong script, incredulously saying, “Gu Mijing broke through Level 4, and the Dark Ability actually evolved into a Light form.”

Wood, the origin of growth and restoration, the source of all things, resurrection.

Only Chen Ji knew that Brother Jing was originally a Wood ability user, but due to forcibly breaking through to Level 3 in the experimental base to protect everyone from illegal experiments, he had forcibly turned into a Dark ability user.

And now, with Tang Qing’s help, he had successfully advanced to Level 5, becoming the first person with a Light Ability.

After the ups and downs, Tang Qing finally returned to his normal cat size. Then, everyone saw the fierce cat that had been roaring at the sea monster a moment ago leap into the man’s arms, proudly meowing like a large white fur collar.

Gu Mijing looked deeply at the little cat in his arms, feeling sorry, “Tang Tang, you’re afraid of water, why did you come back to find me.”

What he didn’t say was, looking at Tang Qing leaving with his brother, at that moment, he had lost his fighting spirit. Winning the world meant nothing if he couldn’t keep the one he loved the most.

The man held the little cat close to his chest, with such force as if he wanted to embed the cat into his blood and bones, never to part.

“In the future, will you still find your brother?” The man’s dark and bright phoenix eyes gazed directly at the little cat.

The little cat couldn’t answer, only placing its front paws on the man’s shoulders, rubbing its furry head against his neck, gently licking the tiny wound on his face.

Tang Qing looked up at the man, his watery blue-purple heterochromatic eyes filled with affection.

Although the man would deceive him, mistreat him, he would also shed blood for him, get into trouble for him, and always protect him from any danger.

Tang Qing had long realized that only when he saw the man would his heart beat wildly, his ears get hot, his cat tail uncontrollable, and his abilities evolve.

Before, it was you protecting me, this time, let me fight for you without fear.

It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that Gu Mijing had become the strongest Light ability user in the apocalypse.

Most importantly, he had his beloved little cat by his side.

After searching and waiting, Gu Mijing finally found his own light.