Generally speaking, in games, pets and followers are not considered the primary combat units. They usually serve to support players during gameplay, provide rich interactive experiences, offer mental entertainment, and alleviate the loneliness single players may feel when playing alone.

Among these, roles like Hunters and Beast Kings, which enhance combat power by taming pet babies, often struggle to hold a primary status in a team.

But this is in "Starry Abyss."

The "Spirit Doll" Beatrice, a top-tier pet discovered in version 14.0, with her exquisite and cute appearance, excellent stats, unbelievable mechanisms, and exclusive effects against the Void, quickly became a fan favorite as soon as the 14.0 version of the "previous life" launched. Countless secondary creations, fanbooks, and crazy quotes have been produced around her.

Especially as one of the rare Lolita-type characters in Starry Abyss, even the big scientist Hawking from Earth couldn't keep calm after seeing her.

With a petite figure of only 160 centimeters, she embodies the delicate white, slender beauty that angers feminists, and her slightly baby-faced cheeks along with her simple blank face make her look like an angel.

Crucially, she is a humanoid figure without life, allowing players to dress, disassemble, and modify her at will without breaking the law.

The subject of the law is the Natural People, and Beatrice is at most considered a figurine.

Her seemingly fair skin, which looks fragile, can actually withstand the high temperatures and pressure of a stellar core. She speaks gently and softly, addressing you as "Sovereign" in a way that feels bone-melting.

What, you say 160 centimeters is too tall and not really a Lolita?

Oh, my friend, you have to consider this across different worlds. Starry Abyss has six layers, each universe is different, and the gravity varies. There's no standard template for you to ramble on about, ah nang si gei.

In Starry Abyss, a world where the starting height for women is 175 centimeters, Beatrice, at only 160 centimeters, is as petite and cute as a pearl bird, and everyone finds her irresistible.

As an authority figure from the Frost Plated Republic, Li Aozi defined it: Women in Starry Abyss below 170 centimeters are either underage or disabled.

So, 160 centimeters is a Lolita!

Of course, if it were just about being cute, it would have no attraction for someone like Li Aozi, who is obsessed with strength.

As someone who seeks the utmost strength even when playing ero-games, the reason Li Aozi values Beatrice is simple:

She is very strong.

Not just ordinarily strong.

She was the absolutely popular pet on the leaderboard for 27 weeks!

She has intrinsic charging and sustainability, but pets that can stack spell damage along with charging and sustainability are really rare.

Especially since Beatrice's role is a spell turret. Nominally, she is a Spellcaster focused on continuous output, but in reality, when her passive "Gear Rebellion" stacks, the damage begins to transform qualitatively.

So, a little reflection reveals how terrifying Beatrice's skill combination is.

Her passive talent returns cooldown time and mana for casting the next spell, ensuring sustainability while connecting firepower density simultaneously.

Combined with the effect of Gear Rebellion, Beatrice exhibits extremely frightening suppression power against multiple units.

Additionally, releasing more skills allows unlocking two Finishing Moves with stacked layers.

One of them inherently executes, which is effective against hard-to-kill enemies like Xides, Canyue, Mingji Professor, and even Glina. It delivers a decisive blow, ensuring no fish escape the net.

The other tends towards crowd control and survival, eliminating potential energy laws, representing the incapacitation of all melee units and applying a significantly strong damage reduction healing effect.

Handling the "Destroyer" Pathway's heavy armor blade and the "Redemption" Pathway's healing warrior is like child's play.

Of course, Beatrice is not perfect.

One of her biggest flaws is... she is incompatible with the Meteor Fall Technique, and their functions overlap significantly.

That's why in the "previous life," Starry Abyss Masters hardly ever chose her as a pet.

However, the situation is now different.

Li Aozi's main body was just killed by Qixi Lei once and was being body-camped, making resurrection impossible. In contrast, the True General from the Pure Dragon Sect conveniently lacked mass destruction capabilities.

Instead of wasting experience and time learning related skills to compensate for this shortcoming—

Why not directly choose Beatrice to fill the gap?

Li Aozi closed the panel, stepped forward, and patted Beatrice's head:

"You're called Beatrice, right? For a long time from now, I'll be relying on your assistance."

"(Void Speech) Sovereign's will, I must fulfill."

Beatrice looked up and said woodenly:

"(Void Speech) Detected language discrepancy, switching language module..."

"(Void Speech) Searching..."

"(Void Speech) Search failed, couldn't find the relevant language module, please give Beatrice the related knowledge products."

"Almost forgot, considering the setting you were shipped directly from the Void, without any localization modifications yet."

Li Aozi scratched his head:

"Just wait a bit; follow me for now. Once we reach the town, I'll buy you a couple of dictionaries."

Beatrice nodded, her hands naturally folded in front of her:

"(Void Speech) Everything follows the Sovereign's directive."

Actually, I should prepare some equipment for Beatrice to cover the traces of the void side. As a humanoid pet, it's quite good, and usually, there's no need to custom-make the equipment requirements.

Although he's not good at keeping pets, Li Aozi is not that stingy either.

Just picking up a cheap mage set from the market with free shipping for nine bucks should be enough.

Setting Beatrice to follow mode, Li Aozi rummaged around the mansion ruins for a while, scoring over two thousand Border Abyss kroner and some inconveniently evil items. The former Li Aozi accepted with a smile, intending to use it as funds to tackle Qixi Lei.

As for those evil ritual items, Li Aozi thought for a moment and left them in place so the detectives coming to investigate can see what the Mahmut family has been up to.

"This is pretty much it. Exploiting bugs is awesome, almost got a free pet baby, but there really aren't many bugs, and the Border Abyss doesn't seem to have many opportunities to exploit."

With a sense of regret, Li Aozi took Beatrice back to the surface:

"Niuniu, ready to head back..."

He looked around, but there was no sign of him.

"Niuniu?"

Li Aozi sensed something was off and casually sent a message, only to remember that this guy's system was broken after he sent it.

"Probably went back to the Strange Hotel, right? Without a system, he can't do anything, but getting home should be fine."

Once at the Strange Hotel, he should be safe. With the Overlord watching, the Void likely wouldn't dare disturb him further.

It wasn't a pleasant situation, and Li Aozi could understand, but he hadn't overlooked the issue of non-combat attrition either.

While fighting alone would be more taxing, he couldn't bring along the Caramel Snail, who had no cognition filter or system, and risk his life alongside him.

Moreover, he'd already put the Caramel Snail through several tough spots. Li Aozi wasn't like Leoz, who only focused on efficiency; he had some humanistic concern.

Caramel Snail should take a rest this time.

The most critical thing is, unlike himself, a true transmigrator into the Lower Starry Abyss, the players have been conscripted bodies.

Gio Zieou's consciousness was already trapped in the void, and Li Aozi couldn't guarantee that Caramel Snail wouldn't be affected in reality if something happened.

He trusted the simple, sincere, and dedicated Caramel Snail more than Leoz trusted Gio Zieou.

It would be better for Caramel Snail to stay back safely for a few days, wait for him to return from the East, then slowly address his problems and finally face Qixi Lei together.

As Li Aozi thought about this, Beatrice suddenly lifted her head and proactively stood in front of him.

"(Void Speech) Sovereign, please stand back."

Inside Beatrice, the rapid turning of gears could be heard. Her eyes emitted a faint purple light, and her silver hair moved uninfluenced by wind. The ornate Lolita dress rippled like waves.

In just a moment, dozens of spell arcane glows burst from Beatrice's open hands. She wore a cold expression on her delicate and adorable face, saying icily:

"(Void Speech) There's a high-energy reaction ahead, confirming an extremely powerful void side presence approaching."

"Void side presence?"

Li Aozi frowned; he hadn't sensed any changes.

"Wait, if I can't feel it at all, it means their force is far stronger than mine, and, at this time, in this place—"

Li Aozi's pupils shrank as he grabbed Beatrice's shoulder.

Wham whirr—

The next moment, between the ruins before him, a dazzling radiant glow suddenly exploded, without any loud explosion, only an odd ringing in the ears spreading around.

Birds and beasts fled in panic, trees rustled, the earth cracked, and the land dried up.

Purple radiance soared into the sky, continuing without end, reaching a diameter of over a kilometer, and with constant output, its frequency gradually stabilized.

Gradually, the purple light screen, like a grand door, slowly tore open a gap from the center.

Snap!

Li Aozi landed with Beatrice on a hillock not far away, wiping away the blood at the corner of his mouth. The void's power was too potent; just a glancing brush was enough for the radiation to pierce his lungs.

"Damn, I knew it. Someone definitely triggered the void rift, sparking this aura."

Beatrice raised her hand, promptly releasing healing magic and dispelling the effects of the void curse on him, and reminded him:

"(Void Speech) Sovereign, once the void rift is fully opened, it will cause the inherent time domain of the void to spread locally, with numerous monsters and void overlords passing through the rift to this location."

"I know, a few years back, I just destroyed an overlord—strictly speaking, he committed suicide."

As his health points gradually recovered to full, he raised his head, infusing qi energy into his eyes to enhance vision. Looking down, Li Aozi easily found the initiator:

"Let me see, who exactly—"

But when he saw the silent, solitary figure slowly approaching the void rift's door, Li Aozi's pupils suddenly contracted.

That figure was unmistakably the missing Caramel Snail.

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