自創小說的集合地

You should know that although this is a city, there are quite a few wild beasts hidden in the sewers. After spiritual energy appeared, the mutations worldwide weren't just among humans, but affected birds, beasts, fish, insects, and even plants. Not to mention the sewer rats that ordinary medicine can't kill. It's fine when you're inside a house, as the indoor air is filled with the scent of humans and their companion beasts, deterring weaker wild animals from invading. However, even a weak wild animal is stronger than a child who has just awakened. This incident caused a huge stir and was even made a typical case study by the government, directly publicized across various units. Fortunately, due to the need to fight beasts in this era, there are many disabled individuals, leading to advanced prosthetic technology. It won't significantly impact the little girl's future quality of life, but her psychological trauma is another matter. This time, luckily, someone passed by. If no one had discovered her, she might have just been reported as a missing person. What if the attacker wasn't a rabid rat, but a flying bird? Rescue might not have arrived in time, and she could have been carried off by the bird as takeout.

The reason for this situation is that after the age of five, children begin to come into contact with the outside world, and before the age of five, they are protected at home by their parents. Once they start interacting with the outside world, it's perfectly normal for them to become curious about it. So, usually, their parents come to pick up and drop off their children from school. Some parents who are busier might rush out to work again after picking up their children and bringing them home. Therefore, it's common for children to be home alone after school, as their parents' companion beasts have also left with their masters. Children who have experienced the outside world and are home alone, after these school days, no longer believe the concept their parents used to warn them about: that the outside is dangerous. And so, the incident happened. At that time, Hou Taotao and I were picked up by Aunt Lin and taken to her house, where we were diligently reviewing the knowledge taught in the academy that day. Suddenly, we heard noisy crying and the anxious clamor of several adults from outside. The noise gradually subsided only after the sound of the rescue team arrived. Later, I learned from my mother chatting with Aunt Lin. It turned out that a little girl in the neighborhood, whose parents were not at home, had sneaked out of her house. She was bitten on the leg by a wild rat hiding in the sewer. Fortunately, she was rescued by a passing elderly man, but her leg was bitten off and dragged back into the sewer. Since the limb was not severed, the medical team couldn't reattach it, and she became disabled from then on.

The formation of this duo, of course, had its reasons, and the members were none other than Di Pi and myself. First, as I've introduced before, the energy for companion beasts comes from their masters, so they don't usually need to eat. However, in the entire academy, only two people's companion beasts needed to eat. That's right! It was Di Pi and me. My little furball only eats meat (which he stores in his spatial dimension). And Di Pi's black ball accepts anything, regardless of whether it's edible or not, as long as it can go into his mouth. Plus, whenever Hou Tao Tao wasn't by my side, Di Pi would pop out from some unknown location and, relying on his physical advantage, would swagger through the world with me (down the classroom corridors). What else could I do? He insisted on walking side-by-side with me, and when the two of us occupied the corridor, no one could pass. Wasn't that enough to swagger? Moreover, our companion beasts look similar, both round with eyes. Except one has fur and the other doesn't, one is silver and the other is black, my furball has big Kaz-blue eyes, while his black ball has beady eyes. With our names matching like this, we were forcibly tied together and compelled to form the 'Thug Duo'. And this nickname accompanied us throughout our entire academic careers, even spreading to various prestigious higher learning institutions. Not to mention how many legends of us there were in the higher learning institution I graduated from, and the shackles (school rules) we imposed on the underclassmen.

And I can now receive information from the little furball at any time without needing to pay extra attention. The space inside the furball has grown to three square meters through three years of feeding it meat. How do I know? Because for these three years, not only could I communicate normally with the furball, but I could also see the situation within its internal space through it. For example: how the meat is digested after being stored in the furball's space, and how much the space has increased due to the digestion and absorption of the meat. Of course, some things happened during these three years of basic education. There were good and bad. Among them were the formation of the thug combination and the neighborhood scare.

However, she was very gentle with the girls and was even quite popular among them, showing signs of becoming the most popular 'school heartthrob' in the entire academy. And the content of the academy's teaching wasn't actually difficult, so except for Di Pi, everyone in the class had good grades. Di Pi's poor grades weren't because he didn't study well, but because his companion beast would often eat his desk and stationery during exams, causing his scores to be zeroed out. When it came to nurturing and training companion beasts, the chubby Di Pi was truly lacking. Even after several years, he still couldn't properly control its appetite. His companion beast looked like something from an old game from a past life – Pac-Man. Its mouth was terrifyingly large, and when fully opened, it looked like half its body was splitting open. It had no other body; when its mouth wasn't open, it was just a black sphere. It's hard to imagine where it all went. Meanwhile, Hou Taotao could already control it well, transforming into a small monkey and no longer randomly using its abilities. Looking at the little monkey accompanying Hou Taotao, it had soft, flowing golden fur, somewhat resembling a golden snub-nosed monkey from a past life, but much more mischievous and lacking the elegance of a golden snub-nosed monkey.

After the twilight of the gods, the world sank into eternal night. 'Gray Shadow,' a descendant of the great wolf Fenrir, stood at the edge of the abyss, the boiling void churning beneath its paws. It had been hungry for nine hundred years, the fire in its belly enough to consume stars. "Are you sure about this?" a whisper echoed from the depths, the voice of the imprisoned Loki, like the grinding of rusted chains. Gray Shadow didn't turn back. "The gods are dead, the world tree has withered, even time itself is rotting. What else do I have to lose?" "Your sanity." Loki laughed, the sound stirring giant waves in the abyss. "Leap in, and you'll become pure destruction. No form, no name, just endless hunger." Gray Shadow paused. It remembered the day its father, Fenrir, was betrayed by the gods and pierced through the throat with a sword. It was young then, hiding deep in the forest, watching its father's blood stain the entire land. "Those gods," Gray Shadow growled, "they treated my father with lies and chains. And now they are dead, leaving behind a broken world." "So you seek revenge?" "No." The chaos swirling in the abyss reflected in Gray Shadow's eyes. "I will rewrite everything." It took a step forward. The void immediately seized its claws, like thousands of knives cutting at once. "You'll regret this!" Loki shouted. Gray Shadow could no longer hear. Its form was dissolving, its fur turning to stardust, its bones to lightning. Pain surged like a tide, but it gritted its teeth—no, it no longer had teeth. In the last moment before consciousness faded, Gray Shadow saw everything: the gods of the past, the ruins of the future.

The day Chen Cheng checked into the hospital, an old man was already lying in the bed next to him. The old man was very quiet, facing the wall all day, not speaking or turning over. Chen Cheng was a little scared, but a passing nurse said it was a long-term patient whose family rarely visited, so he'd get used to it. On the first night, Chen Cheng couldn't sleep. Past two in the morning, he heard a faint sound from next door, like someone counting. "...twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine..." It stopped at thirty. The next morning, Chen Cheng casually asked the on-duty nurse, "What's wrong with the old man in the next bed?" The nurse paused for a moment. "Which old man?" "The one in the bed next to me." The nurse flipped through the records, her face changing. "The bed next to you... has been empty since last month. No one has occupied it." Chen Cheng froze and slowly turned his head to look at the next bed. The blanket was neatly made, and there wasn't even an indentation on the pillow. He didn't dare to sleep that night, staring at the ceiling until dawn. Exactly at two AM, the sound came again, this time closer, right by his ear. "...twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine..." Then there was silence. Chen Cheng felt a corner of the blanket being gently lifted, and a hoarse voice whispered by his ear: "Thirty. Your turn."

"Rogue, why have the little monkeys never managed to steal from you?" Looking at Hou Taotao's chubby cheeks, my hands itched, and I didn't really want to answer. If I had to say, it was because of the excessive experiences from my college roommates in my past life; my body had already developed a conditioned reflex, and now it seemed etched into my soul. Seeing my silence, Hou Taotao thought I was ignoring her and turned to run off to play with other girls. "Bro, why does Hou Taotao only talk to you among the guys?" After Hou Taotao left, Di Bi, who had only just dared to approach me, asked with a fawning tone. I looked at this fatty. Everything about him, except for his straight, fine hair, made him look like a Michelin Man reincarnation. "I don't know." Of course, I knew. The next day after school, when my mom came to pick me up, we were almost home when I realized that Hou Taotao actually lived upstairs from me. At night, I overheard my mom and dad chatting privately and learned about their family situation, so I understood why Hou Taotao disliked guys. As for me, after our mothers discovered we were in the same class, they started interacting and hit it off immediately, feeling like they'd known each other forever, becoming thick as thieves... in short, they quickly upgraded to best friends. So, whenever one of them was busy, the other would help pick up or look after the kids, and gradually, she didn't treat me like she did other boys. During these three years, because my mom also started getting busy after I went to school, Aunt Lin (Hou Taotao's mom) often picked me up and dropped me off, so I spent more time with Hou Taotao. Therefore, in front of outsiders, we were practically inseparable childhood sweethearts. So, it was quite normal for Hou Taotao to treat me differently.

After the self-introductions in the first class, I only remembered the girl with the 'peach stealing' ability, whose name was Hou Taotao, truly living up to her name. And there was another one. Like me, she belonged to the special category - 'Devour'. Her name was Di Pi. I heard her family was very wealthy, and her companion beast's ability was to eat, could eat, and had a huge appetite. Besides basic literacy, arithmetic, physical fitness, and legal knowledge, the class content mainly focused on cultivating tacit understanding with companion beasts. According to academy regulations, from the moment one enters the campus environment, companion beasts must be released and kept close to their masters. This is to allow both parties to get used to each other's presence, thereby increasing their rapport. As for literacy, I had already been exposed to and self-taught it. As for arithmetic and other aspects, except for physical fitness, none of them posed any significant challenge to me. Therefore, I mainly focused on cultivating rapport with my 'Little Fur Ball'. Since Little Fur Ball has no vocal organs, I also had to constantly pay attention to listening to the messages Little Fur Ball conveyed. As our rapport improved, listening to messages required less and less concentration, gradually becoming a state where I could receive them at any time. However, there were some points to note in class. For example, Hou Taotao's monkey, perhaps due to its naturally mischievous nature, was not very harmonious in communication and bonding. As a result, all the boys in the class (except me) had their peaches stolen, and the male classmates paid a painful price. Also, with Di Pi's companion beast, if you weren't careful, your desk might disappear. Others who awakened abilities like stealing, rage, or sleep also caused considerable commotion.

Shen Li woke up cold in the middle of the night. As she turned over, she felt something next to her pillow. She opened her eyes and saw a strange woman lying on her side, facing her, eyes wide open and unblinking. Shen Li screamed and fell off the bed, then turned on the light— There was nothing on the bed. She panted, reassuring herself she'd misread. She lay back down but didn't dare turn off the light. The next night, she felt it again. This time, the woman was closer, her nose almost touching Shen Li's face, her lips slowly curling upwards. Shen Li rushed out of the room and sat in the living room until dawn. On the third night, she decided not to sleep at all, staying up all night scrolling on her phone. At 3 AM, the phone screen suddenly went black, reflecting the scene behind her— The woman was standing right behind her, looking down at her, her mouth opening and closing as if saying something. Shen Li read her lips: "You're sleeping in my spot." She suddenly remembered that the previous tenant of this studio apartment was a single woman who had died suddenly in her sleep. And when Shen Li moved in, the landlord had given her one fewer key. The spare key had never been found. Now she knew. That woman crawled out of the closet every night to return to her original spot. Tonight, Shen Li didn't dare go back to her room. But she didn't know—the woman had followed her out and was now sitting beside her, waiting for her to fall asleep.