Suddenly, light footsteps came from behind, and in the basement outside, it seemed something had returned.
Jiang Si and Zheng Fan turned to look at the doorway, just in time to see that dinosaur poke its head into the room from outside to check the situation.
It looked like an Oviraptor, with a distinct crest, but its size was still uncommonly large. This Oviraptor was somewhat different from the dinosaurs they had seen before.
A faint blue flame burned in its eyes. Its forelimbs were clasped to its chest, and what it held was not an egg, but the faint outline of a child.
In early research, Oviraptors were believed to be dinosaurs that stole other creatures' eggs for food, hence the name.
However, with the passage of time and the progress of research, different discussions have emerged, with some studies suggesting that Oviraptor eggs might not have been stolen from other dinosaurs, but were its own eggs. The Oviraptor was merely protecting or incubating its own eggs.
A dinosaur that was slandered.
The atmosphere of this basement made one think that something much more unsettling would exist here, but they didn't expect the first dinosaur they saw here to be it.
Jiang Si vigilantly watched the dinosaur in front of her. The Killing demon's intuition showed nothing abnormal; the other party seemed to have no aggressive intent.
"What are you holding?" Zheng Fan asked directly.
The Oviraptor's gaze was primarily on Zheng Fan. In response to Zheng Fan's question, it retreated slightly, then its sharp mouth opened slightly, and what came out was actually the voice of a mature woman: "He's asleep."
"A dinosaur spoke!" Jiang Si exclaimed in surprise.
Zheng Fan, however, didn't think so.
This was not a dinosaur produced by an event distortion, but a panic Illusion existing in the form of a dinosaur.
It was the source of panic for all current event distortions.
It held a sleeping child in its arms.
"What happened here?" Zheng Fan asked.
"They wanted a mature Illusion, so they found a child who could come into contact with that Illusion, and through artificial control, guided the Illusion's growth," the Oviraptor said slowly.
Jiang Si asked strangely, "So you've become its mother now?"
"A fragile heart yearns for maternal protection. When his emotions are stable, I can maintain this form and still communicate peacefully with you," the Oviraptor replied.
It looked at Zheng Fan: "You are not like them."
"What do you think?" Zheng Fan asked back with a smile.
"If they had you, there would be no need to try and cultivate me," the Oviraptor's reason was simple.
Zheng Fan said, "I'll accept the compliment."
"Wait, if you have the ability to mess things up like this here, why didn't you take this child and leave earlier?" Jiang Si suddenly noticed something.
"I, myself, had no intention of leaving," the Oviraptor continued to say slowly, "I need to grow, and this human child can also help me grow. My staying here with this child and following their arrangements is also part of my transaction with them."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Si couldn't help but say, "As expected, it's still an Evil Mr."
This Illusion seemed to be maternally caring for the child, but it was merely one manifestation of responding to the host's needs. In reality, it was still only seeking its own growth, feigning compliance, and using the child as nourishment.
It was the same as this Life Gene company.
"Then why are you suddenly going back on your word now?" Zheng Fan asked.
"Because of you."
"Hmm?"
Zheng Fan raised an eyebrow slightly.
"The sub-bodies I lent them to spread the influence of my power are closely connected to me, and I am closely connected to this child. Children are excellent nourishment, but also very fragile and highly unstable. Just now, the sight of you eliminating my sub-bodies startled us," the Oviraptor explained the reason, looking at Zheng Fan.
Jiang Si also silently shifted her gaze to Zheng Fan.
There was silence in the room for a while. Zheng Fan looked at Jiang Si and then at the Oviraptor, spreading his hands: "Are you blaming me then?"
He didn't think it was his problem.
"How cute are little birds, little cats, and little dogs? Are you sure it's not that your sub-bodies were too timid and overreacted, scaring the child?"
Oviraptor: "Cats and dogs spitting bazookas and heavy machine guns, little birds dropping bombs like miniature bombers?"
Zheng Fan scratched his head: "Isn't that a perfect combination of cute and cool?"
Jiang Si: "Really? Then I'd quite like it. Evil Mr., go back and transform for me to see."
"Since you want to see it so much, I won't transform."
"Why are you like this again!?"
The Oviraptor interrupted their suddenly off-topic conversation: "So, what brings you here?"
"Dragon Bird!" Jiang Si immediately responded. After running for so long, they finally got to the point!
Oviraptor: ?
"That little Dragon Bird your sub-bodies made earlier, it was about this big, could kill lots of stray cats and dogs, the really cute kind," Jiang Si gestured with her hands.
The Oviraptor understood her meaning, then found it somewhat difficult to comprehend: "You like distorted products used to create panic?"
"Whatever it is, its appearance and behavior genuinely make me like it," Jiang Si stated her opinion frankly.
Zheng Fan nodded, silently indicating agreement.
Oviraptor: "It's a pity, the product of event distortion is ultimately not reality, and I am not yet sufficient to maintain a distortion forever. Furthermore, the blueprint for my power comes entirely from this child, from a momentary fragment of his consciousness. Common dinosaurs can be easily extracted, but a juvenile Dragon Bird is very difficult, probably just an accident."
After all, if you want to create panic, the bigger the commotion, the better. Who would be in the mood to create a cute little Dragon Bird for you? Are you here to create panic?
"How can this be?" Jiang Si was very disappointed.
"Of course, you can also help me..."
The Oviraptor was about to say something else when Zheng Fan interrupted: "Alright, it's enough to know you can't do it now. If you're trying to win us over with such an excuse, you're thinking a bit too beautifully."
Seeing this, the Oviraptor also turned away without lingering: "Then there's no need for further communication."
It clutched the child in its arms tightly, preparing to leave.
Jiang Si watched this scene, inexplicably feeling a strange discomfort.
Although she was just a Killing demon from a Violent World.
In the basement, the sound of rain from the surface could faintly be heard; it seemed to have gotten heavier.
Zheng Fan unexpectedly glanced at Jiang Si.
Fluctuations of thought.
Not good at receiving, better at giving. Past regrets and reflections were touched by this Oviraptor's protective yet exploitative behavior towards the child.
Just like the unbalanced, strange manifestations in the Violent World.
Illusion is also an abstract and distorted existence.
Thump!
Suddenly, a loud noise came from outside; it seemed the basement door had been smashed open, and multiple footsteps approached.
"Roar!" The Oviraptor let out a roar at the stairwell, rushing straight up, and in a flurry, clashed with the people who had arrived.
Zheng Fan and Jiang Si quickly came out of the room, only to see several torn bodies, a smashed door, and a chaotic stairwell.
These people should have been members of the Life Gene company who had just arrived.
Zheng Fan originally thought so, but upon closer inspection, he found that they had no characteristics related to Life Gene; they even seemed more like they came from another faction.