Xia Chujian was overwhelmed by its cuteness and immediately dug A Wù out of the blanket.
The tiny white Teacup Dog was truly only palm-sized, weighing just over two jins.
Xia Chujian affectionately snuggled with it, saying, "A Wù, why did you hide in the blanket?"
A Wù looked at her and pointed to the bit in its mouth with its little paw.
Xia Chujian quickly took it off.
Only then did A Wù say in a small voice, "Elder Sister, can A Wù talk now?"
Xia Chujian's lips twitched, thinking, Aren't you already talking? But facing such a cute little thing, she couldn't get angry and said good-temperedly, "Of course you can, there are no outsiders here now."
A Wù sat on Xia Chujian's palm, tilted its head, and said, "Why did Elder Sister come back so late!"
"A Wù thought Elder Sister didn't want A Wù anymore!"
Xia Chujian stroked its soft dog head and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?! When did Elder Sister not want you?"
"Come, Elder Sister brought you something good to eat!"
Xia Chujian took out a few tubes of Low-Level Nutrient Solution from her backpack, cut them open, and fed them to A Wù.
A Wù lay in Xia Chujian's palm, holding the tubes of Low-Level Nutrient Solution with its two front paws, drinking with gurgling sounds like a child drinking milk.
Xia Chujian watched it with an adoring smile.
The milk-colored Low-Level Nutrient Solution quickly turned clear, becoming a tube of Clear Water.
A Wù threw away the tube of Clear Water and looked at Xia Chujian expectantly.
Xia Chujian: "..."
"A Wù, do you only eat the essence?"
It had obviously absorbed the nutrients in the Low-Level Nutrient Solution, and the carrier of those nutrients—the water—was excluded.
A Wù nodded its little head vigorously.
Xia Chujian also vaguely understood why only a skin was left after A Wù ate the Alligator Dragon.
She silently handed A Wù another tube of Low-Level Nutrient Solution.
Until it "finished" one tube after another, in a short while, the box of Low-Level Nutrient Solution that Xia Chujian brought back all became Clear Water.
The adoring smile stretched out and became an adoring dislike.
Xia Chujian said with disgust, "A Wù, this is not scientific! Why do you eat so much in one meal!"
Seven Lù said to Xia Chujian in the fully enclosed helmet, "Master, A Wù is not an ordinary Teacup Dog, it is a complete replica of an ancient Exotic Beast."
"Its current appearance is switched out, you can't treat it as a real Teacup Dog!"
Xia Chujian felt a blockage in her heart and said with a bitter face, "If that's the case, then I really can't afford to raise it..."
Even if it only drank Low-Level Nutrient Solution, it couldn't withstand the qualitative change caused by quantitative change!
Drinking a box at a time, even if a box is cheap, it still costs thirty Beichen Coins.
If it was for humans to drink, a box with a hundred tubes could feed a family of three for a month without going hungry.
But for A Wù, it might just be breakfast.
Xia Chujian felt that A Wù would eat at least one hundred Beichen Coins a day for three meals plus snacks.
In a month, A Wù's food alone would cost three thousand Beichen Coins.
Who could bear this?
Except for those Nobles...
Xia Chujian was even wondering if she should send this Teacup Dog to Quan Caiwei for foster care? The family was too poor to afford it.
As Xia Chujian pondered, A Wù let out a small burp and said, "Thank you, Elder Sister, there are so few nutrients in this kind of thing, it's just enough to fill my stomach with water!"
Xia Chujian: "..."
She was not comforted! Xia Chujian looked at the little Teacup Dog in her palm, who was full and already dozing off, sighed, and put it back on the bed.
The small white Teacup Dog contentedly rolled over, its back facing Xia Chujian, its little round tail wagging occasionally.
Xia Chujian gently stroked its fluffy back, saying, "Seven Lù, check the coordinates we got. I want to scout ahead."
Seven Lù's childish voice was hesitant, saying, "...Master, you want to scout ahead by yourself again?"
Xia Chujian pondered, saying, "Seven Lù, in this situation, should I not go, and instead let those ordinary people without good equipment go?"
"It's obvious this time we were set up by the Military. It's not an evenly matched battle."
"In this kind of situation, we can make exceptions and not stick to the rules."
Seven Lù: "...But Master, you promised Marshal Huo..."
Xia Chujian raised an eyebrow: "Seven Lù, who is your master, me or Marshal Huo? Would you secretly tell Marshal Huo what I'm doing?"
Seven Lù immediately said, "That's impossible! Seven Lù would never betray Master!"
Xia Chujian was satisfied: "That's right! Besides, I'm just scouting, I won't take action immediately."
"Aunt said, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated!"
"With sufficient and accurate information, I can formulate more effective strategic plans."
"It definitely won't be me fighting alone."
Seven Lù was still hesitating, when A Wù, who had been facing away from Xia Chujian and seemingly sleeping, suddenly turned around, looked at Xia Chujian, and said, "Elder Sister, A Wù can go with you."
"A Wù is very powerful! Whoever disobeys Elder Sister, A Wù will eat them!"
As he spoke, the little Teacup Dog opened its mouth wide and made a swallowing motion that it thought was very fierce, with an "A Wu" sound.
Xia Chujian looked at it strangely, and said, "A Wù, your name, it didn't come from that sound you just made, did it?"
A Wù was stunned, the little round tail on its back began to wag frantically, and the cute features on its little fist-sized head looked caught off guard and helpless.
Xia Chujian was surprised: "I actually guessed right! You little cute liar!"
"You lied to me before, saying it was the 'Wù' from 'Forget-me-not'!"
"It made me feel guilty for days, thinking I had really forgotten such a cute A Wù!"
A look of guilt actually appeared on A Wù's little dog face.
Its eyes flickered, and its black crystal-like eyes didn't dare to meet Xia Chujian's gaze.
At this time, Seven Lù's childish voice was also filled with ecstasy, shouting deafeningly: "So it's an A Wu! Seven Lù knows what kind of ancient Exotic Beast it is!"
Xia Chujian was curious: "...What kind?"
Seven Lù suddenly stopped talking again. After a while, the childish voice was a little embarrassed, and said, "The specific name was still not retrieved, only a record was found in an ancient book."
Xia Chujian said, "Quick, what kind of record?"
Seven Lù said, "...East of the Great Wilderness is a sea, in which there is a beast, with the horns of a deer and the head of a rabbit, the ears of a cat and the mane of a lion, the neck of a leopard and the belly of a mirage, the front claws of an eagle and the hind claws of a tiger, it feeds on dragons, and when it eats, the sound of 'A Wu' echoes for ten thousand miles..."
Xia Chujian's eyes lit up: "That's right, that's right! A Wù looks just like that! So what kind of Exotic Beast is it?!"
Seven Lù said, "Just this paragraph... The ancient books stored in Seven Lù's database are damaged, and Seven Lù doesn't know the sentences before and after."
Xia Chujian understood. Although she was a little disappointed, it wasn't Seven Lù's fault.
Literary records are different from science.
Even if scientific ancient books are lost, they can be deduced through certain rules.
But literary ancient books have no fixed rules to follow. If you don't know, you just don't know.
Forcing Seven Lù to deduce it would not only be embarrassing it, but also unnecessary.
Xia Chujian was still very excited, and said, "Okay, never mind if there isn't any. But at least A Wù isn't some little guy of unknown origin, it's recorded in ancient books!"
A Wù squatted on the quilt. Hearing Xia Chujian's words, the little Teacup Dog actually had an air of disdain.
Xia Chujian held it in her palm, and said endearingly, "I can't believe your little body can actually feed on dragons! You're so capable!"
"No wonder those Alligator Dragon ancestors are no match for you!"
"I've found another treasure, hahahahaha!"
A Wù nuzzled Xia Chujian's palm affectionately.
Xia Chujian said to Seven Lù, "How about taking A Wù with us?"
"If we encounter an Alligator Dragon ancestor or something, we can let A Wù eat it."
She was too embarrassed to say that the Low-Level Nutrient Solution she had brought had already been devoured by A Wù in one meal...
A Wù had to hunt for itself to survive.
Seven Lù seemed to think for a moment, then said, "If Master takes A Wù, Master will not be alone on the mission, and the threat to life safety will be greatly reduced. - Feasible."
Xia Chujian's mouth twitched, and she straightened her face, saying, "Seven Lù, I am your master. I am not asking for your opinion, but giving an order."
Seven Lù: "...Master is right, then let's go together!"
Xia Chujian: "..."
She said quietly, "Seven Lù, have you learned to change the subject too?"
Seven Lù's childish voice said cutely, "That's because Master taught me well!"
What the hell do you mean taught you well!
Did I teach you to change the subject?! You learned that yourself! You self-taught, understand?!
Xia Chujian said with a fake smile, "Seven Lù, you are self-taught, don't try to put a high hat on my head."
Seven Lù's childish voice let out a cheerful giggle, obviously very proud.
Xia Chujian was too lazy to pay attention to it, and changed the subject, saying, "Then how do we bring A Wù along?"
"Although it's not afraid of the nuclear radiation outside, I'm always afraid that such a small little guy might accidentally fall outside."
Seven Lù said, "Master, didn't Seven Lù weave a net bag for it? Master can use the net bag to hold it and hang it around your neck."
Xia Chujian thought about the look and felt a little embarrassed. After hesitating for a while, she took out the net bag that Seven Lù had woven for her with Alligator Dragon skin.
A Wù quickly obediently jumped into the net bag.
Xia Chujian did not hang the net bag around her neck, but on the Mecha's waist.
There was a groove there like a belt, which could be used to hang holsters, Dagger sheaths, and bullet belts.
Of course, this was only a device needed for real conventional Mecha. Here, with Xia Chujian, it was just the Shao Siming Mecha simulating the appearance.
The groove was there, and it was indeed much more convenient.
There was a hidden button there. With the net bag buttoned there, the little Teacup Dog was very safe inside.
Xia Chujian even taught A Wù to use its little paws to unfasten the hidden button, because as long as it put its little paw on an inconspicuous little bump in the belt groove, the hidden button would be released.
A Wù tried a few times and quickly learned.
The first time it didn't pay attention. As soon as the hidden button was opened, the small net bag fell down. It was stunned for a moment before controlling its downward trend and crawling out of the net bag.
Then, with a tap of its little paw, it hooked the net bag and carried it on its back.
The net bag was not big to begin with, and its flexibility and ductility were very good.
When A Wù fell out, the net bag became a small ball.
Carried on the back of the little Teacup Dog, it looked like a small backpack.
Xia Chujian was amazed.
This is the first update. There will be a second update at one o'clock in the afternoon.
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