Chapter 152
As the tension eased, the little girl finally broke free from the constraints of the fishing rod's system rules, and the hook that had snagged her kelp vest vanished along with it.
“Don’t cry, what’s your name...”
Ye Bai was about to ask when the little girl suddenly burst forth with astonishing speed, darting toward her like a tiny cannonball.
“Hmm?!”
Ye Bai’s heart skipped a beat, and a wave of regret washed over her. She had let her guard down! She shouldn’t have been so easily lulled into complacency by the girl’s cuteness.
In the next moment—
“Thud…”
The little girl wrapped her arms around Ye Bai’s leg before she could react.
With a sound like that, Ye Bai felt a soft, damp bundle cling to her leg.
Caught off guard, Ye Bai looked down, and the little girl lifted her head to meet her gaze.
Their eyes locked, and Ye Bai was met with a pair of clear, emerald-green eyes, brimming with innocence and anticipation, with tear streaks still visible at the corners.
“Gasp…”
So, so cute!
It was no wonder Ye Bai had let her guard down; anyone would have succumbed to such adorableness!
Ye Bai hesitated again, “You…”
“Hungry!”
The little girl chimed in with a bright voice, a glimmer of drool even trickling down her chin.
After saying this, Ye Bai noticed the little girl’s eyes suddenly light up, her head turning to the side, fixating on something not far behind her.
Then, the little girl released Ye Bai’s leg and slid down.
It wasn’t an exaggeration; Ye Bai truly felt the little girl slide off her leg. The girl’s body was damp and surprisingly soft, as if she had no bones at all.
Once on the ground, the little girl once again unleashed an astonishing speed, using both hands and feet to dash toward the direction she had just been staring at.
Ye Bai followed her gaze and saw a small blur rush past, disappearing in a single breath into a—
Fish basket.
“Splash!”
The little girl’s figure vanished into the fish basket.
Ye Bai’s pupils constricted, a bad feeling creeping in.
She hurried over to the fish basket, and before she could touch the magical item, a small red head popped out from within.
The little girl was clinging to the edge of the basket, licking her lips, looking at Ye Bai with the same innocent expression in her bright green eyes.
No way it could be gone that quickly…
Seeing the girl lick her lips, Ye Bai felt an even stronger sense of foreboding.
Then, Ye Bai touched the fish basket—
A separate grid page appeared, and the three rare sea fish, each weighing over a hundred pounds, had vanished without a trace. Now, the entire infinitely capacious fish basket contained only one “fish.”
The very image of the red-haired little girl smiling at Ye Bai.
Seeing Ye Bai approach, the little girl stretched out her hands from the side of the fish basket, clearly wanting a hug. However, the words that came out of her mouth were:
“Hungry!”
Ye Bai: “…”
Goodness, she could eat an entire day’s worth of fish in one go, and it was all gone in an instant!
This was not behavior typical of a deep-sea creature. To eat so much without any information, could it be that—
Even though she was incredibly cute, Ye Bai still didn’t pick her up as the girl wished.
The little girl remained trapped in the fish basket, and it was clear that this situation wasn’t because she didn’t want to come out, but rather because she was also a water creature, bound by the magical fish basket—though she was different from the other fish trapped inside, able to poke her head out, she still couldn’t escape.
Taking advantage of the girl’s confinement, Ye Bai adopted a serious expression and asked, “Who exactly are you?”
Seeing Ye Bai’s grave demeanor, the little girl tilted her head in confusion, still looking dazed: “Hungry?”
Ye Bai’s mouth twitched: “…”
Could it be that the only word this little one knows is “hungry”?
“What’s your, um, name?”
Ye Bai asked slowly again.
The little girl seemed not to understand, her long red eyelashes drooping in a pout, casting a shadow under her eyes.
“Hungry…”
Ye Bai scratched her head, feeling like she was bullying a child.
What was she supposed to do with a girl who could only say “hungry”?
After a moment, Ye Bai’s gaze shifted, and she pulled out a portion of the fish she had grilled earlier—she had cooked a lot while setting up the campfire.
Upon seeing the grilled fish, the little girl’s eyes immediately lit up, and her lips sparkled once more.
This gluttonous trait…
As Ye Bai handed a skewer of grilled fish to the little girl, the next moment, the fish meat, along with the bones, vanished from Ye Bai’s hand.
“…” Even Ottofis knows not to eat the bones!
“Can you tell me who you are now?”
The little girl, having devoured the grilled fish, blinked her emerald eyes, a glimmer of starlight appearing, as if she finally understood Ye Bai’s question.
“Hungry… Kraken!”
Ye Bai: “Uh??? ”
Just like that, she admitted it?!
Although Ye Bai had suspected this in her heart, hearing it confirmed left her momentarily speechless.
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Chapter 109
The atmosphere was utterly quiet.
Ye Bai sat on a bench, gazing at the Kraken, who appeared as a three- or four-year-old girl.
The Kraken, peeking out from the fish basket, looked back at Ye Bai.
After a moment of eye contact, it was Ye Bai who faltered first, unable to decide whether to scoff or to burst into laughter. She couldn’t help but repeat, “You really are a Kraken?”
The Kraken tilted her little face up, looking at Ye Bai with an expectant expression: “Hungry!”
That must mean “yes,” right?
Ye Bai’s mouth twitched, feeling that the Kraken had answered her question while also not forgetting to express her hunger, which indeed aligned with the trait of “insatiable hunger.”
But… how could the Sea God Kraken look like this? Where was the promised deep-sea behemoth?
After a pause, Ye Bai asked the most puzzling question at the moment: “Why are you so small?”
In any race, the strongest would be the ruler, and the deep-sea creatures were no exception. Their strength was often reflected in their size, and Ye Bai had just seen that the Kraken was only at level 1.
Upon hearing Ye Bai’s question, the Kraken seemed to think of something, her expression suddenly turning pitiful: “Hungry… hungry…”
Seeing this, Ye Bai felt like crying without tears. Aside from just giving her a name, it seemed this girl could only say “hungry.”
But looking at the Kraken’s expression, an idea suddenly struck Ye Bai.
Could it be… she’s just a hungry little one?
Ye Bai recalled the ruins of the Sea God’s altar. Normally, there should be deep-sea creatures offering sacrifices to the Kraken regularly, satisfying her insatiable hunger.
The deep sea had mysteriously vanished from the surface of the divine realm and appeared in the layers of the purgatory space, with no sign of the deep-sea creatures. Could it be that the deep-sea race had encountered some calamity, leaving the Kraken without offerings and thus starving?
The earlier speculation flowed smoothly, but as she reached this point, Ye Bai shook her head. This logic didn’t hold.
The Kraken appeared to be merely young, not foolish, and even if she were foolish, living beings have an instinct to seek food. Without offerings, the Kraken would surely not starve without trying to hunt for herself—
This was evidenced by the existence of the Sea God’s altar, which inherently suggested, “We’re trying our best to feed you, please don’t cause a ruckus.” Given the Kraken’s gluttonous nature, if she were allowed to eat “millions” of meals, the consequences would surely be something the deep-sea creatures would not want to witness.
For the Kraken to have starved to the point of becoming a level 1 being, there must be a deeper reason.
However, judging by the Kraken’s current behavior, the once-mighty Sea God had been reduced to a level 1 little girl, likely due to her hunger not being satisfied.
Thus, Ye Bai continued to inquire, “If you’re hungry, why don’t you find something to eat in the sea?”
“Hungry!”
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