The Apocalypse of the Book: So What If I'm Just a Cannon Fodder? I Can Still Have Fun

66: EnemyAs soon as Little White Mouse heard Xu Qing’s words, it immediately ran to him, its eyes sparkling, practically begging him to put the nuts directly into its mouth.

Xu Qing placed the nuts on the table, and Little White Mouse hugged them and began to gnaw.

”It’s so small, what’s it good for?”

”It can’t kill zombies, can it?”

Xu Qing gestured with his hand, comparing it to Little White Mouse’s size, and shook his head, looking curious.

Su Jinxuan glanced at Su Mianmian; he figured since she let it form a contract with them, it must have some extraordinary qualities.

”It’s still small now, and its abilities aren’t prominent yet, but once it grows up, it can change its size.”

”Moreover, its sense of smell and taste are very powerful, and it’s also the most sensitive mutated animal for sensing danger.”

”With it, we can be a bit safer when we go out in the future.”

Su Mianmian explained calmly.

Xu Qing listened, his face filled with disbelief.

Such a small creature actually possessed so many extraordinary qualities; he had truly learned something new today.

”It would be great if there were more mutated animals in the future; I want one too.”

Xu Huan looked at Su Jinxuan with envy, indicating that he also liked spirit pets.

Su Jinxuan smiled proudly; sure enough, he was the one liked by small animals!

Su Mianmian said nothing; she turned and returned to her room without disturbing anyone.

As soon as she was back in her room, she immediately flashed into her space.

”Master, hurry, hurry, the dragon egg is about to hatch!”

As soon as book book saw Su Mianmian, it immediately shouted.

Su Mianmian walked to its side and looked with it at the dragon egg that was hatching nearby.

Several cracks had already appeared on its shell, and from time to time, struggling sounds from inside could be heard as it tried to break out.

Su Mianmian felt it was a bit like a chick hatching.

She smiled, not understanding why she thought of that.

”Master, look, look, its head seems to be coming out!”

book book had been staring at the dragon egg and, upon seeing a hole pecked in it, immediately reported to Su Mianmian.

Su Mianmian snapped back to reality and looked, indeed seeing a hole at the top of the dragon egg.

The little guy inside might have been tired; after pecking open the hole, it quieted down.

Su Mianmian waited patiently for a few minutes, and then finally, there was movement again inside.

She silently let out a sigh of relief; if there had been no more movement, she would have gone over to see what was going on.

A dragon head with two tufts of silly hair on its head suddenly appeared in Su Mianmian’s line of sight; she was stunned, not expecting a dragon to look like this.

It wasn’t like the dragons she had seen in paintings before; its face was a bit round, unlike the angular ones in the paintings.

Su Mianmian reasonably suspected it had absorbed too much spiritual energy and gotten fat.

”Master, pull me out!”

”Why are you just watching and not coming to help me?”

The little dragon inside the dragon egg suddenly looked at Su Mianmian, feeling wronged.

Su Mianmian was stunned; she turned to look at book book. Didn’t it say that the dragon should come out of the dragon egg by itself to be healthier?

How did it turn into her not helping the dragon now?

Su Mianmian felt like she was going to faint... book book saw Su Mianmian looking at it with a puzzled expression, and all the leaves on its body awkwardly rustled.

”Haha, isn’t this training it?”

”Little Dragon, you’re all grown up now; you need to learn to be self-reliant.”

book book said with a serious expression.

Upon closer inspection, one could see it was just pretending to be serious.

Su Mianmian ignored it; she walked to the little dragon, who had a wronged expression, and reached out to pick it up.

When she saw its entire body, she realized it was truly very long.

Even though it had just hatched, it was over a meter long.

Its scales were a bit prickly, and Su Mianmian almost wanted to put it down.

”Alright, you’re out. Can you fly?”

Su Mianmian squatted down and placed it on the ground, looking puzzled.

She didn’t know if real dragons could fly, and seeing no wings on its body, she was a bit confused.

”Master, of course I can fly.”

”It’s just that I’m still small now, so I might fly a bit strangely.”

”You won’t laugh at me, right?”

The little dragon looked at Su Mianmian with an innocent expression and said.

Su Mianmian nodded, indicating that she wouldn’t mock it.

She thought to herself, how strangely could it fly?

However, after seeing how it flew, Su Mianmian struggled terribly to hold back her laughter.

When it flew, tiny wings appeared, a small pair that couldn’t support its body at all.

It swayed unsteadily, one side high and one side low, and its feet, unaccustomed to it, flailed wildly.

Coupled with its frightened expression, Su Mianmian found it truly hard to endure.

She hugged it tightly, not letting it continue to fly.

If it kept flying, her promise not to laugh would surely fail.

”Aren’t you going to eat those dragon eggs?”

”Hurry up and eat them!”

Su Mianmian still remembered book book saying that only one of these dragon eggs would live; she pointed to the other dragon eggs and urged it.

It should leave quickly; she needed to have a silent laugh.

The little dragon’s eyes lit up when it heard Su Mianmian say that.

”Master, after I eat them, my abilities will definitely increase, and then I can protect you!”

The little dragon finished speaking, full of confidence.

Su Mianmian nodded, signaling it to go quickly.

After the little dragon left, Su Mianmian finally couldn’t help but laugh.

book book looked at her laughter, not understanding why.

”Master, what are you laughing at?”

”Is there anything funny?”

book book shook the leaves on its body, and a few unexpectedly fell onto Su Mianmian’s head.

Su Mianmian wasn’t angry; she laughed as she removed the leaves from her head.

”You wouldn’t understand.”

”Teach it well during this time; I’m leaving first.”

”Don’t quarrel!”

Before leaving, Su Mianmian didn’t forget to instruct book book to get along well with the little dragon.

book book nodded, watching her leave.

Seeing her disappear, book book couldn’t help but feel lost, wondering when it would be able to go out.

Su Mianmian flashed out of the space and saw Shi Xu in the room; she almost suspected she had entered the wrong space.

”Shi Xu, why are you in my room?”

”You scared me.”

Su Mianmian patted her chest, her face showing a startled expression.

Seeing her like this, Shi Xu couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed.

”I have something important to tell you. When I saw you weren’t here, I knew you went to the space, so I waited for you here.”

”Why are you so easily scared?”

Shi Xu walked up to Su Mianmian, rubbed her head, and smiled.

Su Mianmian rolled her eyes at him. He still asked why she was so easily scared; anyone who suddenly found an extra person in their room would be scared, right!

Shi Xu really needed a good scolding.

Su Mianmian was too lazy to discuss this with him; she felt that the important matter he just mentioned was more interesting.

She gestured with her eyes for him to speak.

Shi Xu nodded; he looked outside, his expression deep, and said, ”A ship just arrived, carrying an army.”

”I know one of the leaders. That person has a grudge against me and Su Jinxuan. If he knows we’re here, he’ll definitely cause us trouble.”

”It’s very troublesome.”

Shi Xu finished speaking, a hint of killing intent appearing in his eyes.

Su Mianmian looked at his expression; she felt that person was in for it.

However, a soldier who held grudges against both Shi Xu and Su Jinxuan... The name ”Yao Yin” suddenly surfaced in Su Mianmian’s mind.

This person was Shi Xu and Su Jinxuan’s superior. Their last mission was orchestrated by him, with the aim of eliminating both of them.

Shi Xu had reported to Yao Yin at that time that their military rations were substandard. Yao Yin, worried that his collusion with others to embezzle public funds would be discovered by Shi Xu, wanted to nip the problem in the bud to avoid future trouble.

Unexpectedly, Shi Xu and Su Jinxuan were lucky; not only did they survive, but they also understood that this matter was orchestrated by Yao Yin.

It was unclear how the two sides argued at that time, but the final outcome was that Shi Xu and Su Jinxuan withdrew, and he continued to be their army commander.

Su Mianmian felt that Shi Xu must have compromised to protect Su Jinxuan.

Otherwise, given his personality, he would have exposed the matter no matter what.