IBO -Chapter 128 Xiao Zhong’er Turns Human

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Not long before this, Xiao Zhong’er had been playing games with the other kids. Song Chiyu was leaning beside him, and his tail brushed against Xiao Zhong’er by accident—only to discover that Xiao Zhong’er’s body was extremely hot.

“Fifth Brother, you’re so hot! Are you sick?”

Song Chiyu looked worried as he reached out with his little paw to touch Xiao Zhong’er’s forehead.

His forehead was burning hot as well, so much so that Song Chiyu quickly pulled his paw back.

The other children immediately logged out of their light-brains and gathered around to check on Xiao Zhong’er.

Xiao Zhong’er scanned his own body—good grief! His temperature had soared to fifty degrees!

He instantly felt dizzy, and in the next second, he collapsed straight onto the bed.

The children were terrified by the scene. They loudly called Xiao Zhong’er’s name, but no matter how they called, he didn’t open his eyes again.

At the time, Song Yutu had been in his room, using the pollen of dye-flowers to paint Kalen flower patterns between his toes. Halfway through, he suddenly heard wave after wave of heart-wrenching cries.

“Fifth Brother! Don’t die!”

“Waaah… Fifth Brother, wake up!”

“Waaah! What do we do? Let’s go find Brother!”

Thinking something terrible had happened, Song Yutu didn’t even bother putting on shoes. He ran barefoot toward the source of the noise, straight into Song An and Song Yang’s room.

When he rushed in, he saw the children sitting on the bed, wailing. He hurriedly asked, “What’s wrong? What happened?”

“Waaah… Fifth Brother’s body got really hot, and then he suddenly fell asleep. No matter how we call him, he doesn’t respond…”

As they cried and explained what had happened, the children stepped aside, revealing Xiao Zhong’er, whom they had been blocking.

Song Yutu strode forward and scooped Xiao Zhong’er up. His body temperature was scorching—far beyond what a normal fever could reach.

Song Yutu knew that Xiao Zhong’er was a system. Systems didn’t get fevers. Yet his temperature was this high—something was seriously wrong.

Holding Xiao Zhong’er, Song Yutu headed off to find Song Yiran. As soon as he reached the corridor, he ran straight into him.

The children had originally followed behind Song Yutu to help, but upon seeing Song Yiran, it was as if they had found their pillar of support. They immediately surrounded him and told him about Xiao Zhong’er’s condition.

After listening, Song Yiran was shocked as well. Had Xiao Zhong’er malfunctioned?

He quickly took Xiao Zhong’er from Song Yutu’s arms and gently patted his cheeks. “Xiao Zhong’er? Xiao Zhong’er? 555?”

Xiao Zhong’er, who hadn’t responded no matter how much the others called him, finally struggled to open his beady eyes at Song Yiran’s voice.

His voice was extremely weak. “Song Yiran… I… I think…”

Hearing this, Song Yiran’s heart sank halfway. Usually, lines like that were death flags—after saying them, a character wouldn’t last long.

“Don’t say it! You’ll be fine! I’ll take you to get treatment! You’ll definitely be okay—you’ll get better!”

Song Yiran cut off Xiao Zhong’er’s flag and planned to seek help from Wang Hu’s system, 554.

Given how sick Xiao Zhong’er was, he probably didn’t even have the strength to buy items from the system mall. Song Yiran could ask 554 to purchase some useful items to save him.

After spending so much time together, Xiao Zhong’er could tell what Song Yiran was thinking with just a look. He hurriedly interrupted him.

“No, I’m not sick. I just think… I’m about to turn into human form!”

Song Yiran: “Huh?”

Song Yutu: “Mm?”

Children: “Waaah!”

Xiao Zhong’er was carried to his own bed, and everyone gathered around it, faces full of anticipation as they waited for him to transform into human form.

Song Buli asked curiously, “What will Fifth Brother look like after he turns human?”

Song Fu tilted his head. “Maybe he’ll become really strong? Or really tall?”

Song An didn’t join the discussion openly, but he quietly chatted with Song Yang in his mind. “Fifth Brother’s body is round—will he be round in human form too?”

Song Yang thought about it. “I think that’s possible!”

Song Chiyu’s voice carried a bit of longing. “Maybe Fifth Brother will become really good-looking after he turns human!”

Song Xianyue asked curiously, “How good-looking? As good-looking as Brother?”

Song Yuexin thought of another question. “Fifth Brother can fly—will he grow wings after turning human?”

Song Xiuhu gently swished his tail. “Probably not. He doesn’t have wings to begin with.”

Song Yinyun turned to look at Song Yutu. “Brother Tutu, how did it feel when you turned human? Did it hurt?”

Among all of them, the only one who had experienced transforming into human form was Song Yutu.

He pinched his chin thoughtfully before answering. “It didn’t hurt when I turned human. It was just like eating or drinking—nothing special.”

Song Yiran was still cheering Xiao Zhong’er on from the side: “Go! Go! You can do it—we all believe in you!”

The little kids also followed Song Yiran’s lead and cheered for Xiao Zhong’er: “Go! Go! Go!”

Even Song Yutu joined in the cheering.

Xiao Zhong’er felt immensely encouraged inside. Waaah, everyone is really so nice to me!

Very soon, Xiao Zhong’er’s body emitted a burst of white light. The light enveloped the entire bed. After a while, the white glow gradually dissipated, and a freshly “baked” humanoid Xiao Zhong’er lay peacefully on the bed.

Xiao Zhong’er’s humanoid form looked like a teenage boy—about 1.5 meters tall by visual estimate. His hair was black, styled in a high ponytail. His build was rather slender, giving him a frail, delicate appearance.

Just a second ago, Xiao Zhong’er had been lying there peacefully. The next second, he sprang up full of energy and lunged straight toward Song Yiran.

Seeing this scene, Song Yiran froze for a moment—it felt oddly familiar. Back then, hadn’t he been knocked unconscious by Xiao Zhong’er in much the same way…?

Wait! Back then, Xiao Zhong’er was so small and could already knock him out. Now that Xiao Zhong’er had turned into a humanoid, if he pounced on him like this, wouldn’t he be crushed to death?! He had to dodge—fast!

By the time Song Yiran reacted, it was already too late. Xiao Zhong’er was about to slam into him.

It was over—he couldn’t dodge! Song Yiran silently lit a candle for himself in his heart.

Hopefully I won’t be crushed to death on the spot…

Luckily, at that critical moment, Song Yutu stepped in and stopped the tragedy. He grabbed Xiao Zhong’er’s high ponytail from behind and yanked him backward by the hair.

Xiao Zhong’er staggered back several steps. Clutching his hair in pain, he glared at Song Yutu and complained indignantly:

“You jerk! Why did you suddenly pull my hair?! Do you know how much that hurts? And if I go bald, how are you going to compensate me?!”

Song Yutu shook his head, exasperated. “Look at your size now. You’re this big and you just jumped straight at my brother—he would definitely get hurt!”

Only then did Xiao Zhong’er realize that he was no longer his former self. After turning humanoid, he couldn’t just casually pounce on Song Yiran anymore, or Song Yiran would get injured.

Feeling a bit embarrassed, Xiao Zhong’er scratched the back of his head and awkwardly apologized to Song Yiran.

“Song Yiran, sorry… I’m just not used to this form yet…”

Song Yiran was amused by his reaction. He reached out and lightly flicked Xiao Zhong’er on the forehead. “Alright, we’re even now!”

After that, the kids surrounded Xiao Zhong’er and bombarded him with questions—what did it feel like to turn humanoid? Did anything feel different from before? Could he still fly after transforming?

Xiao Zhong’er patiently answered all their questions. It soon got late, and the kids returned to their rooms to rest.

Just as Song Yutu was about to head back as well, Song Yiran suddenly noticed that Song Yutu was barefoot.

Song Yiran caught sight of a streak of bright red on Song Yutu’s foot and immediately panicked.
“Yutu, your foot is bleeding!”

“Oh my god, that must hurt a lot! Sit down quickly—I’ll bandage it for you!”

Song Yutu froze for a split second, then explained guiltily, “Brother… that’s not blood. It’s pollen from dye flowers…”

“I was using dye-flower pollen to draw patterns on my feet… then everything happened so suddenly, I didn’t have time to put my shoes on before coming out…”

He felt extremely awkward at that moment. If only he’d known, he should have put his shoes on first.

Besides, people usually draw patterns on their arms or backs. He’d drawn them between his toes—would his brother think he was stupid for that?

He looked pleadingly at Xiao Zhong’er, signaling with his eyes for help.

Xiao Zhong’er caught on immediately and rushed to help him save face.

Putting on a serious expression, Xiao Zhong’er confidently spouted nonsense: “Oh! I know about this. I heard it’s really trendy lately to draw patterns on your feet. You’re quite fashionable!”

Song Yutu nodded rapidly. “Yeah! That’s right! It’s super popular on the star network these days. I’m just keeping up with the trend!”

Song Yiran nodded, half-convinced. “Oh, I see. Following trends is good—young people should follow trends! Brother supports you!”

He couldn’t help wondering if he’d fallen behind the times. He didn’t recall seeing such a trend on the star network… Had he really become outdated?

Even if he didn’t quite understand the trend, as long as his younger brother wanted to do it, that was fine. As an older brother, he would always support him.

Song Yutu quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Great—the crisis is over!

After that, Song Yutu returned to his room. Now only Song Yiran and Xiao Zhong’er were left, one human and one system chatting leisurely.

“So, Xiao Zhong’er, you can actually turn humanoid!”

Song Yiran truly hadn’t expected that Xiao Zhong’er could take on a human form. He’d always thought Xiao Zhong’er only had a system form.

“Hehe, that’s how it works. Usually, in system worlds, we live in our original forms. But when we carry out missions in other worlds, we can turn humanoid!”

“However, turning humanoid also requires a trigger. Some systems can transform as soon as they enter a mission world, while systems like me need certain conditions to be met.”

Xiao Zhong’er said proudly, “Didn’t my appetite increase just a tiny bit recently? That was actually because I was about to turn humanoid—that’s why I started eating more!”

Song Yiran silently complained to himself: A tiny bit? It increased massively!

Xiao Zhong’er was in an absolutely wonderful mood and happily announced, “Anyway, now I can turn humanoid! And I can freely switch between humanoid form and system form too~”