The sun rose into the sky, and the white clouds in the blue sky seemed to be burned by the sun burning like a big fireball. The blue sky is monopolized by a basin-sized red sun.

The blazing sun shone down from the sky, distorting everything faintly. But it is hidden by the dense green forest. It can only burrow into the forest through narrow gaps in leaves, declaring its existence.

Stripes of visible light fall on the cool dense forest, on the verdant green leaves, and turn into brilliant mottled spots of light under the refraction of water droplets. It exudes brilliant and dreamy colors, making people feel like falling into a dream.

At this time, there happened to be a ray of sunlight shining on Zheng Ming, who was sleeping. After passing through its translucent pale blue body, it turned into a brilliant light that shone in all directions.

"Xiao Ming? Xiao Ming! Got up. I'm dying of hunger. ”

Lucy, who had already woken up on the side, saw that Zheng Ming was not awake for a long time, so she immediately stretched out her front and grabbed it, and slapped it unceremoniously.

As Lucy's claws fell, Zheng Ming's round body suddenly fluctuated like a balloon filled with water, and the light through its body also distorted and deformed with its fluctuating body, and the shadows around it frequently floated under the brilliance. The beautiful scenery that composes gives the feeling of entering a wonderful wonderland.

"Whew. Ha~ah~~~. Good morning, Lucy. ”

Under the familiar pat, Zheng Ming, who was used to being woken up in this way, finally woke up.

"It's still early? It's all three poles a day. I'm dying of hunger. I'm thinking about leaving you behind. ”

"Is it so heartless? Hungry? Do you need to eat? ”

It was only at this time that Zheng Ming realized that it seemed that after entering this world, he had not eaten seriously except for devouring clothes. However, what puzzled it was that it had not felt hungry again in the years since, except that it had felt hungry at first.

Zheng Ming estimated that it was probably because the energy that he had swallowed before had been supporting his daily consumption, so he didn't feel hungry.

Just when Zheng Ming was thinking about the reason why he was not hungry, Lucy gave it an angry look and took the lead in walking out.

"Nonsense. Do you starve to death if you don't eat? I've lost weight for several laps, and I'm going to starve to death again. ”

Seeing Lucy heading east, Zheng Ming hurriedly followed its pace and asked.

"Where are we going?"

"Nonsense, of course it's looking for food. I know a creek where if you're lucky, you'll be able to eat delicious fish. ”

"Do you know what this place is?"

"What place? Isn't it just a forest? What else could it be? ”

Realizing that Lucy didn't understand the meaning of her words, Zheng Ming changed the question again.

"Do you know how to get out?"

"Get out? Where to? Why go out? ”

"Go to a city with humans! It's better than surviving in the jungle, right? You can also get information about the world. ”

"You mean the two of us? Going to a human city? Communicate with them for information? Get food and shelter from them? ”

Lucy pointed at herself and then at Zheng Ming, and the more she spoke, the more strange her face became.

Seeing Lucy's caring eyes for the mentally retarded, Zheng Ming finally came back to his senses. Now she is a slime, and Lucy is a cat. Although he was able to communicate with humans, his previous expulsion showed that he would not be treated well in a human city, let alone earn money to buy food and shelter.

Thinking of this, Zheng Ming sighed helplessly and said without giving up: "Alas~ This damn body." Still, I think it's better to get out of the jungle. Have you explored this place before? What's the furthest you've been? ”

"Well, I've been to a lot of places before. Walking in the direction of sunset for half a day will encounter many powerful beings, and the further you go in that direction, the more powerful beings will be left behind. Only the direction in which the sun rises is safe. ”

"That means that the further west you go, the stronger the beast you encounter, and the farther east you go, the weaker it becomes, right?"

"Not really. Like a belt, if you go west, you will enter the power zone of the beasts, and the beasts inside are generally stronger than here. And the east side is actually similar to here, the same belt of influence. ”

"Oh. Got it. Maybe we're on the edge of the forest? Isn't it true that the more powerful the beast, the deeper it is in the forest? Does that mean we can get out of here if we go east? ”

"I don't know. Didn't think about it. I just want to eat fish now! ”

Seeing that Lucy was drooling cutely, with only fish in her head, and she didn't have any interest in leaving here, Zheng Ming shook his head helplessly and ended the topic. The priority now is to fill the other person's stomach first, and at the same time store your own energy reserves.

It didn't take long for Zheng Ming to be taken by Lucy to a small stream. Zheng Ming, who had separated several clones along the way and dismissed them, already had a faint feeling of hunger. So it stopped splitting after the last doppelganger.

Zheng Ming ordered the clones to disperse in a free-range manner, allowing them to split themselves after devouring the object to gain energy. Zheng Ming's expansion of the clones was also deliberate. This allows the clone to explore the forest to mark dangerous areas, while increasing the efficiency of gaining energy, killing two birds with one stone.

"How could I be so witty?"

However, Zheng Ming, who was secretly proud, forgot that this was the reason why he was expelled by Master Merlin last time.

After getting the doppelganger, Zheng Ming looked at Lucy, who was fishing on the side. I saw it standing by the stream, far away, stretched out a front paw and quickly hit the water a few times, and then retracted its front paw as if it had been electrocuted, and after shaking off the water droplets on it with a disgusted face, it licked it.

“。。。 What are you doing? ”

"Are you blind? I'm catching fish, huh? ”

"That's how you caught it before?"

"Nonsense. So how do you catch it? Do you want to jump into the water? If you have time to talk about the wind and cool things there, you might as well come over and help. ”

Zheng Ming finally knew why Lucy almost starved to death when she knew the location of the creek where a large number of fish passed. According to its way of catching, it was able to catch a fish, which shocked Zheng Ming even more.

How stupid are those fish that have been caught and killed before? Could it be that he swam out of the water and committed suicide by leaning on Lucy's paws? What happened to those fish? Is it bad to be alive?

With a question mark in his head, Zheng Ming leaned next to Lucy and said to Lucy, who was trying to lick her wet hair clean, "Isn't it superfluous to lick it clean and then poke into the water to get wet?" It's still going to get wet anyway. Is it necessary? ”

"You ate yesterday and you won't eat today? You won't understand the mood of a beautiful woman like me who loves cleanliness. ”

Oh yes. I forgot to mention it. Zheng Ming knew that Lucy was a female cat. So there are no surprises when it calls itself a beauty. Zheng Ming deliberately got up in the middle of the night last night and turned over Lucy's body to confirm that it had the experience of raising a cat and easily identified the gender of the other party. It didn't sleep well for this reason, and this is also the reason for waking up tonight.

What the? Rogue? Wretched? Perverted? Ha? How can this be called a hooligan? Whether it is a human being in a previous life or a slime in this life, what is wrong with simply confirming the gender of a cat? Would you have evil thoughts about a cat?

Thinking of his actions yesterday, Zheng Ming, who was a little weak-hearted, secretly persuaded himself and became justified.

"Alas~ I'll just say it. How can a cat get into the water to fish? Never mind. You'll be watching from the sidelines. ”

Looking at Lucy who was slapping the water with a complicated expression full of expectation and slight disgust, Zheng Ming sighed helplessly, and after waving off the other party, he plunged into the water.