Chapter 885: Prodigy

Chapter 885: Prodigy

The parrot moved before Dr. Jia this turn—their speeds were comparable. Dr. Jia truly was formidably weak.

The parrot dove at Qin You's eye. He dodged easily, earning only a red scratch across his face.

Then came Dr. Jia's turn. Instead of attacking the enemy, he reached into his bathrobe, producing a brown pill. He rushed toward his parrot and forced it down its throat.

"I've kept you for so long. It's time for you to pay me back..."

"No! No! No!" The parrot thrashed desperately but couldn't resist as the pill slid down its gullet.

Liao Liao's already overclocking brain hit its limit.

Shit! Dr. Jia has a trick up his sleeve!

What did he feed the parrot?

Everything he develops is more dangerous than the last. Is the parrot going to transform into a monster?

Gao Yang alone is nearly impossible to handle. Now the parrot's joining in!

With the parrot's support, what's Gao Yang's next move? Will the parrot defend or attack? If it can protect him, he'll strike without fear. If it can attack, he'll focus on defense. Or is it support? CC? Silence? Buff? Disorientation? Poison? Curse? Illusion... too many possibilities!

What do I do?

What do I do, what do I do, what do I do...

Liao Liao's mind went blank.

Nico took the final turn. As before, he abandoned action to sit cross-legged on the ground, praising God in euphoric reverence.

The second turn ended.

The gray barrier materialized, dividing the factions. The third turn’s thinking time began.

Liao Liao stood frozen, eyes wide with paralysis.

"Liao Liao!"

"What do we do next turn?"

"Do you hear me, Liao Liao? Say something!"

Her teammates' voices reached her as if through water, distant and muffled. It felt like being sealed in a pressurized can—heavy, thick, suffocating.

She embellished the story with details—absurd to an adult, but captivating to children. Her audience became immersed, terror and excitement mingling in their eyes.

Big Fei grew especially animated. He raised his fist high. "We won't let the aliens win! Come on, everyone! Let's conquer their spaceship!"

"Conquer it!"

"The good guys will win!"

"Drive away the aliens and protect Earth!"

The children chorused, echoing lines from their favorite cartoons.

But how does one conquer a pile of concrete bricks?

Big Fei had an idea: they needed to climb up and stomp on the "spaceship's" top to destroy its antenna. Without it, the aliens couldn't contact their main force or find Earth.

Everyone except Liao Liao found this logical.

When Big Fei moved to climb up using just his hands and feet, Liao Liao shouted first: "It's too dangerous! Stop!" She knew the stacked bricks weren't stable. If they toppled...

"Are you scared, Liao Liao?" Big Fei taunted. "We're gonna eliminate the aliens and protect our home!"

"Let's go!"

"Don't be scared! Let's drive the aliens away together!"

As the other children followed Big Fei toward the stack, Liao Liao fumed at being considered a coward. "Silly! Let's make a staircase. Then we can go up and down easily. We can conquer the ship whenever we want!"

"You're right!"

"Whoa, you're smart, Liao Liao!"

Pride swelled in her chest as the children embraced her idea.

They gathered rectangular bricks and carefully constructed tapered stairs along one side of the pile. Reaching the top, they gazed down from four meters up, exhilarated. They jumped and cheered endlessly.

Eventually, boredom set in, and they decided to descend.

"Great success in destroying the alien ship! Come on, let's find our next mission!" Big Fei led the way down like a conquering king.

That's when it happened.

"Ah..."

Big Fei's foot slipped, and he plummeted from four meters up.