Reborn as Xiao in another world, targeted by the little red bird

What is this?

Looking at the sphere in front of him formed by layers of feathers, Xiao began to wonder.

He placed his hand on the sphere and almost instantly confirmed that the red goblin was inside.

The sphere looked fluffy, but he couldn't press his hand into it, let alone go in to see what was happening with the red goblin.

So what to do?

Just as he was studying the sphere in front of him, a voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"He consumed too much energy and damaged his essence, so he fell into a deep sleep."

Xiao turned his head suddenly and found a vengeful spirit approaching him at some point.

This vengeful spirit is not in the form of a ghost, but a rare human form with clear limbs, but the facial features are still blurry.

Xiao took a few steps back and stared at the vengeful spirit vigilantly.

In fact, without it saying anything, Xiao had roughly guessed the reason why Red Xiao became like this.

He subconsciously asked: "Do you have a way to wake him up?"

"Since it is over-consumption, it is natural to replenish it." said the human-shaped resentful spirit.

Xiao's gaze was moving between the humanoid ghost and the other ghostly ghosts. So far, the other ghosts were still surrounding him from a distance, only this humanoid ghost came closer and behaved very unusually.

Xiao felt an indescribable weirdness in it, but...

There seems to be nothing wrong with what it says.

"How to replenish?" Xiao asked.

"Isn't this obvious?" The humanoid ghost raised a finger.

Seeing the finger pointing at himself, Xiao was slightly stunned, then he realized that this meant that he could replenish the energy consumed by Red Xiao.

Reasonable.

This can be said to be a very common plot, and it seems...there is nothing wrong with it.

Xiao thought about it again and again and decided to give it a try first. If something went wrong, he would stop immediately.

He placed his hand on the sphere again, and with a thought, the power of his soul flowed into it.

With his palm as the center, faint red light gradually lit up in the feathers, the down feathers stretched out, and the entire sphere seemed like a heart beating again.

Xiao's attention was still on the humanoid ghost, which just stood there quietly without saying a word, as if it was really just an NPC who came to deliver reminders.

Is it really just that I am worrying too much?

Just as he was doubting himself, he suddenly felt a force on his hand and staggered.

He stood firm, turned around and found that his palm had sunk into the sphere without him noticing.

elf:"?"

Before he could react, a stronger suction force came from his arm, swallowing him in little by little.

His original idea was to enter the inside of the sphere. Now he started to go in, but the way of entering seemed a bit strange. He couldn't make up his mind whether to go in or retreat.

The power of the soul passed through layer after layer of feathers and converged towards the center of the sphere. There, the unconscious red goblin was like a fish dying of thirst, eagerly absorbing the power.

A very timely supplement. Why is there a familiar aura in this power?

Wait, what is this aura...? !

boom!

An invisible wave of air spread out, and the resentful souls who were originally watching seemed to have sensed some terrifying existence and instantly fled in all directions.

Xiao was also "spitted out" by the sphere and fell to the side. He felt weak and it was obvious that a lot of his strength had been drained away.

At the same time, the voice he had been waiting for for a long time came from the sphere.

"You've been through so much, why are you still so stupid? You believe whatever outsiders say?" There was a hint of disgust in Hong Xiao's tone.

Hearing the red goblin pointing at him, the humanoid ghost defended himself, "I didn't lie."

Red Xiao dispersed the humanoid resentful spirits with a single word "Shut up", and the other resentful spirits had already dispersed. In the blink of an eye, only two Xiaos were left here.

Xiao got up from the ground, looked at the green smoke left by the humanoid ghost, and asked, "Who is this guy?"

Red Xiao snorted coldly: "It's just a little noisy sound."

Seeing that Red Xiao was unwilling to answer, Xiao went straight to the point: "How are you doing?"

"Thanks to you, I can communicate with you like this for the time being."

"For now? Do you mean I will fall into a deep sleep later?"

"What else do you think?"

"How can I help you?"

Hearing this, Red Xiao sneered and said jokingly, "You actually came here to help me. Why, do you need me so much?"

"You hid away and fell into a deep sleep without saying a word. This has never happened before. I was worried about you."

"..."

"What the vengeful spirit said just now was true, right?"

Red Goblin was silent for a moment, and finally said "hmm".

"so what?"

"How can I help you?" Xiao asked.

"You really want to know?"

Xiao nodded.

"It's simple. If you let me eat it, I will be back to my peak condition."

Xiao was slightly stunned.

"That's the effect we wanted from that thing just now." Hong Xiao sneered, "Idiot, do you know what a stupid thing you were doing just now?"

"Is this the only way?" Xiao asked thoughtfully.

"You don't really want to do this, do you?" Hong Xiao's tone was a little unhappy.

He paused, then continued, "Maybe there is another way. Don't you want to help me? Go find it."

"it is good."

"Also, in this space, you are not allowed to trust anyone except me." Red Xiao threatened, "You don't want to see a mad dog without a leash, do you? Anyway, I don't care. I am happy without you holding me back."

"Well, I'll just listen to you."

"Okay, enough chit-chat." Hong Xiao suddenly ended the topic. Without waiting for his other self to speak, he sent the other person out of here, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

He was really scared just now. In his dream, he was eating delicious food with a familiar taste. After savoring it for a while, he woke up instantly and found that the chick he raised had run into his mouth.

The power he absorbed from his other self was not enough to cure the problem, and could only keep him going until this point.

Humph, this idiot should not do such stupid things again. Next time he may not be able to wake up in time to stop it.

The light of the feather gradually dimmed, and the human-shaped resentful spirit condensed again and appeared aside.

It spoke quietly, "Why bother? For the sake of a weak you, I am willing to be imprisoned by this frail body and even face the risk of dissipating.

You only need to pay a moment of separation to achieve 'perfection', and then you can get the knowledge and skills you deserve from me.

By then, all shackles will be broken, all problems will be solved, and after that, you can use your power to create him in your world, a him that looks the way you want. "

The distance between the feathers has become closer.

The humanoid ghost continued to chatter: "Now it's different from before. You are in good condition and can block out my words. Go ahead and escape. Even in a dream, my voice can still reach you."

"In order to continue, follow your original desire and devour him."

......

Xiao returned to his consciousness and saw that he looked listless. He asked with concern, "Didn't find it?"

"Found it." Xiao told what had just happened.

"Let's find a way...what do you have in mind?"

Xiao thought for a moment and said, "Huang Guxuan seems to know a lot of things. Maybe we can go find a fierce beast to ask? But where should we go to find them now?"

"I see that the emissaries have a special attitude towards us. They may know something."

"It's not like they can communicate normally with us."

"……Too."

"The military's information is more connected. Let's see if we can get information about Huang Guxuan from them."

......

The military seemed to be particularly busy recently. Xiao thought that they would send someone to check on his situation and ask some questions, and then he could take the opportunity to inquire about Huang Guxuan's affairs. However, until the time agreed with Luo Xing, none of their people showed up, so he had no choice but to go to the appointment first.

On the way, Luo Xing said mysteriously: "Xiao, this should be your first time here, right? There will be surprises when you soak in the hot springs here for the first time."

"Yeah." Xiao responded absentmindedly.

"Eh? Xiao, why do you look listless? Are you feeling unwell?"

"Hmm? No, I was just thinking about something." Xiao shook his head and asked, "You said before that you were helping in the army. How is the current situation?"

"Not so good. They found 'snow traces' at the foot of the mountain in the northeast, and everyone is very busy now. But don't worry, I have already made an agreement with Uncle Shigemitsu that my only task tonight is to accompany you for a walk, and I will definitely not run away halfway!"

"What is 'Snow Trace'?" Xiao asked.

"It was the fast movement method of the Level 2 Commander who attacked you. He used this method to escape from the hands of the Grandmaster before."

"I see."

……

The two of them came to the outside of the hot spring. There were already some people inside, so it seemed quite spacious.

Looking at the young men and uncles soaking in the pool, Xiao showed some hesitation, but was immediately dragged away by Luoxing.

After changing their clothes, they became one of them.

Not far from Xiao, a middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's a gift from the mountain god. I feel like I've gone back to the time when I first woke up in the morning. Sigh, I don't know how long I can soak in the hot springs."

His companion was a young man. He asked, "Uncle, why do you say that? What's the gossip?"

"No, ordinary people like me don't have any channels for gossip. It's an earthquake. Since those monsters gathered outside the city, there have been more than a dozen earthquakes. Isn't it said that earthquakes are caused by the anger of the mountain god?"

"Isn't this a story that old people tell to entertain children?"

"What story? This is a true story. When monsters invaded a few years ago, the mountain god got angry. The third family from our family said that Da Zhuang lost his arm when he was a soldier fighting monsters. I heard him say that when the earthquake happened, a group of monsters wanted to destroy the mountain and bury us because they couldn't defeat us. The officers found out and sent his team to stop them. But the earthquake made the mountain road difficult to travel. When the earthquake stopped, his team finally caught up with them. Guess what he saw?"

"What did you see?"

"The ground is covered in dust, and there is not a single living thing. Besides, apart from here, is there any other place where rocks don't fall from the mountain during an earthquake? This is because the mountain god clearly distinguishes between gratitude and resentment, and he won't vent his anger on us. But now he has been angry so many times, I am really afraid that he will be too angry."

"What should I do?"

"What else can we do? We can only hope that the mountain god can remain calm, or that the group of soldiers coming from the imperial capital can quickly deal with the things outside the city."

"..."

The hot spring water was warm. Xiao soaked in the pool and felt a warm current flowing through his limbs. His nose stopped itching and his brain naturally emptied. The problem about Red Xiao that had been bothering him for the past two days was temporarily put behind him.

There are many gossips where there are many people. For example, what the middle-aged man said is quite suitable as a bedtime story. Gradually, he felt sleepy.

The voices and the light gradually faded away, and my consciousness sank into the pool water, sinking and sinking until it reached the dark bottom. A vague outline loomed before my eyes, and it seemed that there was some huge creature hidden in the darkness.