Chapter 333: I Will Not Leave

Time remaining until the final calamity descends: 31 days 17 hours..

Regarding......

Time is shortening, yet everything remains as usual, except for the ever-growing blue giant tree and the ever-changing strange humans; nothing else has changed.

It's so calm you even doubt whether Boss's prediction is correct, but seeing the organization members' layout not in operation, you can only suppress your doubts deep inside.

Before facing the final calamity, you already have nothing left to prepare; you dare say no one in this world is stronger than you, not even the current top calamity warriors.

The only thing you have to worry about is the big cat Blue Sapphire and your family, so, one month before the calamity descends, you returned to the Empire....

Hah......

Still, home is the most comfortable, meow.

Blue Sapphire lazily stretched, the familiar surroundings letting her feel relaxed after a long time.

The Empire, as the only nation that currently looks normal in style, although inevitably excluded by other regions, is indeed an indispensable part of human combat power.

Although this place also inevitably accepted the wave of modification surgeries, the noble knight knows what restraint means and will not turn himself into that inhuman monstrosity.

The knights here still adhere to the principle that constant training makes one stronger; implanting beast-disaster muscles is to raise the human limit, implanting organs is to strengthen bodily functions—everything is for training and the limit.

Here, Jierte saw for the first time the road that the world's technology should normally develop on, as if this were humanity's last stronghold of humanity.

On the other side, Blue Sapphire finished stretching, and just as she was about to go somewhere to look, she suddenly thought of something, her eyes dimming.

Knight Sir.....

What's wrong?

You say, are the cats I raised still around?

Cats' lifespans... actually, under good conditions, there is a probability of living over twenty years.

But after all, those cats are strays; even if they don't have to worry about food, Blue Sapphire would hardly see them again.

What's more, the world is so chaotic now that human survival isn't guaranteed, let alone cats.

Want to go take a look?

Hmm.....

Ten years later, the Empire has undergone considerable changes, but the streets still reveal a familiar shadow.

Surprisingly, the little cats' extremely hidden shelter still exists!

And the tent Jierte once used, now broken and patched, stands there, with many strays nesting around; it seems it remains the sturdiest shelter for the little cats.

As soon as Jierte arrived here, these little things seemed to sense something and came straight to his side, rubbing against him.

There are actually cats here!

Blue Sapphire looked at a group of cats ignoring her, saying somewhat surprisingly.

At this moment, she caught a familiar figure out of the corner of her eye.

That was an orange cat with somewhat withered fur; just from appearance you could tell it was an extremely old cat.

A Ju!

Blue Sapphire exclaimed in surprise, hurriedly forward and hugged the dirty old cat in her arms.

Meow......

The other let out a weak meow, sticking out its tongue and licking Blue Sapphire twice.

You! You actually still remember me!

Although I don't know how Blue Sapphire could hear so much from that short meow, she indeed could understand the other's meows.

What about the other cats? Banban, Xiaohei, Ama—where did they go?

Meow.....

The orange cat mewed weakly, while Blue Sapphire's expression sank at that moment.

Only you remain....

I understand.... Seeing you again makes me happy....

Meow....

Blue Sapphire and Jierte set up a new tent again, cleaned the small space, and once again felt the feeling they truly knew when they first met.

Coincidentally, it also poured heavily that day, though this was not normal rain.

At this moment, Blue Sapphire was curled up in the tent, gently stroking the sleeping A Ju, tears tracing her eye corners.

She could clearly feel the life in her arms continuously draining away, this time especially fast.

A Ju's life.... not much left.

And she could only transfer some life to it, to make it suffer less.

Knight Sir.....

In this world, is there anything that won't die?

No, everything has a day to pass away.

Just like everyone must eventually part.

Then Knight Sir, will you leave me?

Before I die, I will not leave.

And under Blue Sapphire's life transfer, A Ju seemed comfortable, beginning to purr on her leg.

Then.... I can't do anything?

There are many things in this world you cannot do.

People die, cannot be brought back to life, everything is the same.

After those words, Lan Baoshi looked even more depressed, but the force of life she was transmitting with her hands grew stronger and stronger.

And the cat Little Orange, who was about to die, suddenly perked up; its fur all over became sleek and shiny, and the whole cat regained its youth.

!!!

Lan Baoshi stared at Little Orange in surprise, instinctively cutting off the flow of life, and the next moment she could no longer feel surprised.

Just then, the excited Little Orange suddenly sank its steps, the whole cat rapidly grew old, returning to the state it had been in before, on the verge of dying of old age.

How could this be....

Lan Baoshi felt ever more dejected, remembering when she first saw Little Orange, it was still the youngest kitten here....

Gazing at the exhausted old cat lying down, Lan Baoshi only felt a sense of helplessness, as if she could do nothing right.

"If this day were to befall Knight Sir, what then?"

Lan Baoshi suddenly turned her gaze to Jierte; his youthful face seemed to indicate that this day would be infinitely far off, but who could say for sure?

"Don't think nonsense! How could Knight Sir possibly run into trouble!"

"Knight Sir is the strongest person in the world!"

Lan Baoshi held onto that mindset, and she hugged the rolling Little Orange into her arms.

Since it cannot be changed.... then.... let it be as it is.

She was a bit sleepy....