<h4>Chapter 697: Acting Cute?</h4>


    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Henyee Trantions <strong>Editor: </strong>Henyee Trantions


    “RAWR!” Ling Lan suddenly stopped whaling her fists and looked at the circr body that she had already punched countless of holes in. What she heard just now, was it what she thought?


    “Rawr! Rawr!” Seeing Ling Lan stopping her fists, the circr body suddenly called out excitedly. That excitement seemed as though it was rejoicing that it managed to gain a new lease of life.


    “Dad, did you hear what I did? Ling Lan turned around and asked her father, who was coldly watching from the side, with uncertainty. She could actually understand the creature’s words. Could it be that she had already been possessed by this creature’s father without her noticing?


    Ling Lan shuddered at the thought and immediately examined her body. After finding that everything was normal, she was no longer worried.


    “Mhm, that’s right.” Ling Xiao covered his mouth with his hand and coughed, holding in hisughter as he answered. He seemed to have also understood the meaning of the sound the creature had made. It was too funny.


    “It actually dares to call me ‘dad’. This little sh*t, I will definitely kill it.” Ling Lan instantly exploded in anger. She wasn’t even married yet and did not have any children. Most importantly, she was a woman. A woman. Why not call her ‘mom’ instead of ‘dad’?


    The creature referring to her as ‘dad’ touched Ling Lan’s reverse scale. She clenched her fists and pummeled the creature once again. However, the force behind her punches had decreased a lot. Although Ling Lan was angry, she did not let it get to her head. She knew that in this unknown, if the creature of this could provide them some information, then the road ahead would undoubtedly be much easier. Thus, Ling Lan decided to temporarily keep it alive until it wasn’t useful anymore, then kill it.


    Ling Xiao thought for a moment and said with uncertainty, “It’s possible that during our conversation, it heard you called me dad. It probably thinks “dad’ is a respectful term to address a strong individual.”


    Ling Lan thought about it and thought that seemed right. This creature had never seen humans before and would definitely not know the meaning behind the names they called each other. It only imitated the way she called Ling Xiao. It believed that ‘dad’ was a term for a strong individual because Ling Xiao was clearly stronger than her.


    After understanding what it meant, Ling Lan stopped and let go of the beaten up body of the creature... She nced at the creature, her face twitched a little. It seemed that she may have put too much force into her punches. The circr creature was lying lifelessly at the bottom of the trench with all of its tentacles sprawled on the side... Well, there were still two tentacles moving about, but these two were only unconsciously convulsing.


    Ling Lan covered her face with her hands. “Wuwuwu...” Ever since her dad and her been together on this mission, her behavior was quite insane and barbaric. She didn’t have any bit of her usual calmness or strategic thinking. Could it be because she knew that she had someone to rely on, thus she wasn’t afraid of anything?


    Ling Lan looked at Ling Xiao with frustration. Next time, she wouldn’te out together with her father. Otherwise, she would get used to the habit of relying on her father. If that were to happen, she can kiss being independent in the future goodbye.


    After making a decision, Ling Lan piloted her mecha andnded beside the circr creature. She kicked it, surprising the creature, causing all of its tentacles to move about. Then she coldly asked, “Are you willing to submit?”


    “Rawr?”


    “Submit?” What is that? The creature was confused. This was the first time he spoke with a human and could not understand what the word meant.


    “There is actually a way to talk to that thing. That is to use your spiritual power tomunicate with it. This creature’s spiritual power seems to be pretty high, it should be able to endure the high pressure spiritualmunication method you normally use.”


    This method that Ling Xiao had suggested wasn’t a friendly method with no risks. It was instead an extremely violent way of forcing what one wanted to express into the mindspace of another individual to make them understand.


    Of course, this method had some risk for the individual taking the brunt of the force. These individuals would easily be injured from the immense spiritual power of the aggressor. If these individuals had weaker spiritual power, they might even instantly be mindless zombies.


    Ling Lan heard Ling Xiao suggestion and felt that it was appropriate. Originally, this creature was her prey, so if she destroyed it, she wouldn’t regret it. Thus she forcefully sent over what she wanted to convey using her spiritual power, warning the creature to not go against her, otherwise she would instantly kill it.


    The circr creature knew that its life was being held hostage by this scary and terrifying creature. Additionally, another even more terrifying creature was watching it from above. It wouldn’t dare to go against her.


    Normally creatures withrge bodies were all strong physical attackers with weak spiritual power. This huge circr monster however was an oddball. Aside from its terrifying physical attack power, its spiritual power was also very strong. It easily withstood Ling Lan’s spiritual pressure.


    This way, the two of them could now easilymunicate with each other.


    “Yes dad, I choose to submit to you.” The circr creature still hadn’t realized the term it used to address Ling Lan with had some issues.


    Ling Lan felt her fingers itch, but she endured it. She decided to let it go this time since it didn’t know any better. However, Ling Lan didn’t want to suddenly have a random otherworldly baby in her life. She also felt his circr creature was too ugly and did not meet the requirements of her need for pretty things. She coldly corrected it and said, “Don’t call me ‘dad’. Normally, servants who chose to submit all called me ‘master’.”


    The circr creature immediately changed the term it addressed Ling Lan and shouted, “Master.”


    “Are there any creatures stronger than you in these waters?” This was the first thing Ling Lan had to make sure. After all, this was going to be their 250 Mecha n’s base camp, so she needed to make sure it was safe.


    “There aren’t any others. I am the strongest here. Master, I’m very scared.” Ling Lan didn’t know why, but she detected a hint of fawning and ass-kissing from the creature’s voice. Could it be an instinct of the creature to get it out of dire situations? So this creature that had never seen humans before, yet it knew how to behave itself?


    “Was it your subordinate who attacked my subordinates on the shore?” Ling Lan asked. “How many more subordinates like that do you have? Can you control them?”


    “They aren’t my subordinates. They’re my clones,” replied the creature proudly. “There are countless clones of myself in these waters. Of course I can control them.”


    “Will they attack objects that move closer to them?” Ling Lan asked another question.


    “Of course they won’t. Without my orders, these clones will only stay in the water and eat things. My main body is veryrge, requiring a lot of nutrients to sustain myself. Just relying on my main body, I would definitely starve to death. Thus, I made countless of clones to help me eat,” replied the circr creature earnestly.


    Ever since the apocalypse, only this creature survived in these waters. It was because it had felt a terrifying danger approaching and sent countless clones to protect its main body. In the end, millions of clones were sacrificed to give the main body a chance to live. Due to theck of food, it was unable to return to its original peak in power. This was why it was easily caught by the prey it had set its eyes on. If it was at its peak power, even a scarier creature might not be able to take it on.


    The circr creature was sad after thinking about all that. It was already filled with sadness due to itspanions disappearing, even itself had be the prey of another organism. It only hoped that this organism would be kind enough to let it go, after all it didn’t taste good. Back then, stronger creatures had bitten down on his tentacles before, in the end puked it out and ran away. Yes, this was why it had survived in the beginning. The taste of its flesh was indeed not very good.


    The circr creature rejoiced in its mind and prayed the taste buds of its master wasn’t too odd. Otherwise it wouldn’t know whether or not it could live. If it could live, it would definitely not want to die. This desperate attempt to live was also one of the reasons why it had gotten away from dangerous situations one after the other. It was one of the only organisms that had managed to live through the apocalypse in the end.


    “Then, are there any creatures stronger than you on this?” After knowing there were no more threats in these waters, Ling Lan was relieved. She began to be interested in the ecology of this.


    The circr creature replied earnestly, “Of course there are ones stronger than me. I am only the high ruler of these waters. Other ces have creatures stronger than me. It’s just that I’m not sure whether they survived the apocalypse.” The circr creature’s mood was a bit depressed. Ever since the apocalypse, it hadn’t seen any of itspanions.


    Although the circr creature lived in the water, it was an amphibious organism. It could also live onnd, but every time it crawled onto shore, it would feel an intense sense of danger. It, being the careful creature that it was, would choose to retreat into the water. Althoughpanions were important, its life was more important. Thus it stayed submerged in the water, until today as it was captured by this organism standing in front of it.


    Thinking up to this point, the circr creature regretted its decision. If it wasn’t greedy for the taste of flesh, it would still have its freedom and still be the high ruler of these waters.


    Hearing this, Ling Lan shook her head. As expected, this wasn’t just a simple. She looked towards Ling Xiao and saw Ling Xiao shaking his head. Ling Lan knew what that meant. He came here after hiding his identity only to protect her. Thus, even if other ns met with stronger creatures, he would coldly watch from a distance and wouldn’t make a move.


    Although this seemed cold-blooded, Ling Lan knew her father didn’t have a choice. If enemies knew her father was here, enemies of the Federation would without a doubt not give up on this chance to murder Ling Xiao. Although Ling Xiao was strong and was probably the strongest god-ss operator, even the strongest god-ss operator would not be able to survive the onught of many god-ss operators attacking him at the same time...


    Ling Lan took a deep breath, her eyes glistening with coldness. She was a selfish person. The reason she tried so hard to be stronger was to make sure her family members could live a peaceful life. Thus, she didn’t want to see her father helping others, voluntarily putting himself on a silver tter...


    “Then, Dad, remember to watch over me. Don’t let those stronger creatures hurt me. Otherwise, you should think about how you will n on telling Mom,” Ling Lan said inly.


    Ling Xiao had a nk look on his face...


    “Did my daughter just act cute? Cute? Acting cute? Ling Xiao’s joy flowed through his entire body...