Rabbit Must Die
Chapter 253 - 250 The Rabbit’s Conscience [Subscribe Please]_1

Chapter 253: Chapter 250 The Rabbit’s Conscience [Subscribe Please]_1

Silverhorn also said, "What in the world is that Eight Trigrams Furnace up to? He isn’t really helping with cooking the dishes, is he?!"

As the two of them were cursing, they suddenly saw a white shadow at the doorway—it was the rabbit!

"Rabbit, come out here!" Golden Horn shouted loudly.

Following suit, Silverhorn said, "Come out and see if I don’t stew you!"

Qin Shou curled his lips and did not respond, just in case he accidentally agreed and got taken by the gourd, which would be a major loss.

Qin Shou had initially just come out to look, to see if these two guys were really guarding the entrance, and sure enough, these two had some perseverance.

Having no choice, Qin Shou turned around and left, flying a big circle around the Imperial Garden. To his surprise, he discovered that various plants had begun to grow again in the Imperial Garden. In less than a day, the Earth was cloaked in a layer of green anew...

Upon closer inspection, far away, he saw a sapling standing in a barren land. Then its roots penetrated into the Earth, and after a while, green leaves started growing atop its head, with colorful, stunning flowers blooming among the foliage.

Then, the sapling shook its head vigorously, and with a ’pfft’ sound, the flowers on its head transformed into a sky full of white dandelions, flying away with the wind and scattering onto the ground...

Following that, the sapling continued to wave its trunk, flinging droplets of water from its body onto the ground and upon those seeds. These seeds then rapidly breached the soil and sprouted...

It was only upon witnessing this scene that Qin Shou understood how those saplings and plants on the ground came to be—they were all planted by the sapling itself!

At the same time, Qin Shou also noticed a problem. Each time the sapling sprinkled water, its trunk would grow a little more wrinkled, and after doing it many times, it was clearly exhausted, squatting motionless as its bark began to crack and peel away in chunks...

Clearly, such extensive planting was also a substantial burden for it.

However, after resting for a while, it resumed the previous actions and gradually moved on. Amidst the desolation of the world, only it was diligently spreading that trace of life’s green... Facing such a vast Imperial Garden, it persevered forward, growing more and more weary, but unwilling to stop.

Curious, Qin Shou followed it.

This time, the sapling did not run away in fear or perhaps, it could no longer run.

The sapling glanced at Qin Shou, who grinned back with a toothy smile. The sapling, with a look of weariness in its naive big eyes, turned away, ignoring the rabbit, and continued planting...

When the sapling sprinkled water again, Qin Shou suddenly jumped up and caught a droplet...

Seeing this, the sapling immediately stared at Qin Shou, furious.

Looking at the droplet in his hand, then at the sapling, Qin Shou sighed, "Why do this? This isn’t water, this is Yuan Qi! You are dispersing your own Yuan Qi to them... If you keep going like this, you will die."

After speaking, Qin Shou sprinkled the droplet onto a seed...

The seed seemed to come instantly to life, rooting and sprouting, growing strong...

Seeing this, the anger in the sapling’s eyes finally subsided.

The sapling seemed truly tired, sitting on the ground, looking up at the distant mountains with eyes filled with anger and fear...

Brazenly, Qin Shou sat down beside the sapling, saying, "Are you blaming the people on the mountain for destroying your home?"

The sapling lowered its head and extended a branch, on which glimmering green specks of light appeared. The lights flew into the air, turning into bubbles...

Qin Shou saw that each bubble contained a scene.

In one of them, the sapling had just been planted, weathering wind and rain with the grass, watching butterflies among the flowers...

In another, amid the raging wind, a large tree beside it stretched out its branches, and for a time, the storm ceased...

In the darkness, fireflies danced, accompanied by the twinkling stars in the sky, creating a dreamlike beauty...

The sapling grew day by day, originally nurtured by the larger trees, but as it grew taller and larger, it began to protect the other plants and flowers...

A tiger napped under its branches, wolves hunted in the distance, birds nested on its branches, with little birds chirping away...

The sapling thoroughly enjoyed all of this; it would cover the sleeping tiger with fallen leaves, trip the passing wolf pack, making them tumble over themselves and fail to catch the deer, and in the thunderstorms, it would shield the birds from the rain...

He was doing what the other animals and plants had done for him—protecting.

Of course, in the Imperial Garden, the law of natural selection played out, but wasn’t that a part of nature’s way of life too?

The sapling had never aspired to be a Saint; what it did was simply to keep this home going...

However, one day, two massive balls of light suddenly appeared in the sky and after a clash, the heavens collapsed, the earth split asunder, and all things shattered...

The sapling spread its canopy wide, making itself as large as possible, trying to protect everything...

Yet, against that terrifying, irresistible force, its body turned to ash in the blink of an eye. Before death, it saw its home fracturing, those familiar voices dying...

All it could do was to disperse its last bit of strength to collect the seeds of its friends and bury them deep in the earth as a last hope for life.

On the shattered land, a seed struggled to rise from the deep earth, and upon seeing all that lay before it, the sapling wept...

But it felt even more afraid, for in its hands it still held hope, and it feared that hope would be destroyed by the terror from the mountain, so it hid, afraid to meet others.

Yet it couldn’t wait to rebuild its home, so it released the seeds, nourishing them with its own Yuan Qi and life to take root and sprout...

It didn’t harbor extravagant wishes, nor did it seek revenge, it merely wished—to go home!

Qin Shou saw this and sighed, patting the sapling’s trunk, "Everything has passed, that woman has had her fill of madness, she won’t destroy your home again."

The sapling hung its head, looking pitifully at the tender shoots that had just sprung from the soil behind it...

Qin Shou chuckled, "Don’t look so pitiful, you’re making even me feel teary-eyed! It takes ten years to cultivate a tree and a hundred to cultivate a person, but with the dense Yuan Qi in Heaven, it won’t take a year for this place to bustle with lush greenery. Rest assured!"

The sapling looked up at Qin Shou in surprise, as if curious how this Rabbit could be so kindhearted in helping it—it isn’t a good person, right...

Qin Shou grinned, "Indeed, I’m not exactly a good person, but I am an exemplar among Rabbits!"

As Qin Shou spoke, he stood up and struck a forward-marching pose in red.

The sapling cocked its head, its large eyes turning crescent as if it were smiling.

Qin Shou slapped his chest, "Alright then, since I’ve got nothing much to do now, I’ll help plant trees for you, help water your flowers, and from now on, I’ll be a true and proper gardener!"

The sapling smiled too, stood up, and mimicked the Rabbit’s forward-marching red pose, striding, bending its knees, raising its arms...

Qin Shou looked at its strange form and stroked his chin, "You’re not passing muster! As a member of our proletariat, it’s okay to be poor, but the spirit must not be weak! Come on, puff out your chest, lift your head, and hitch your hips, er, where are your chest and hips anyway..."

The sapling: "..."

With a wave of his hand, Qin Shou’s ten fingers began to spray water, and then he climbed atop the sapling’s crown. As the sapling moved around, Qin Shou flailed his paws wildly, transforming into a Rabbit version of a sprinkler, starting to water the flowers and grass of the Imperial Garden...

Running about, the Rabbit would sometimes let out strange cries, occasionally telling a joke to the sapling, which would shake from time to time in amusement...

Qin Shou burst into laughter, "If you’re going to laugh, just laugh, don’t shake so violently. We know it’s laughter, but others might think you’re having a fit... By the way, can’t you show a bit of reaction? With such a large surface area on your trunk, you could easily grow another mouth!"

The sapling continued to tremble...

Qin Shou was lost for words and thought for a moment before saying, "Sapling, can I discuss something with you?"

The sapling didn’t make a sound, but its branches shook, which seemed to be an agreement.

Qin Shou said, "When you’ve grown into a towering tree, how about letting me build a nest up there too? And you can carry me around here for walks... How’s that?"

The sapling waved its branches eagerly, indicating it was quite willing.

Qin Shou clapped his hands, elated with laughter, "Fantastic! Once I can go home, anyone who tries to boast to me, about car vibrations or horse shakes, I’ll spit in their face! No matter how impressive they are, can they beat my tree shakes? My tree, faster than their cars, hahaha..."

The sapling didn’t understand the meaning of Qin Shou’s words, but seeing his joy, it also began to tremble, with a line of text hidden deep within its large eyes, a promise with Qin Shou. The promise was etched deeply in its heart...

That afternoon, a Rabbit and a tree were watering the flowers in the Imperial Garden.

The soil of the Imperial Garden was extremely fertile, and with the Jade Emperor and the woman having turned the ground upside down, there was no need for fertilization now; with ample water and Yuan Qi, the tender seedlings shot up rapidly!

By evening, some were already as tall as small legs!

Looking out over the vast grasslands, Qin Shou wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, remarking, "How beautiful."

The sapling nodded in agreement...

Meanwhile, atop the mountain, the woman sat on a protrusion of the high peak, quietly watching below, her gaze falling on Qin Shou and the sapling, the corners of her mouth curling slightly before she pursed her lips and said, "Rabbit, dinner time!"

As soon as the woman’s voice rang out, the sapling shivered all over; this time it wasn’t laughter, it was clearly fear...

Qin Shou quickly patted the sapling’s head, "Don’t be afraid, I’m here. And well, she just looks fierce... Once I’ve got enough strength, I’ll help you hit... ahem, scold her!"

No sooner had Qin Shou spoken than he sensed a cold chill settling down and hastily changed his choice of words...

Even so, Qin Shou felt that the consequences of showing off were about to catch up with him...

With Qin Shou’s reassurance, the sapling’s mood somewhat stabilized.

Qin Shou chuckled, "Now you’ve got to help me out."

The sapling was puzzled.

Qin Shou whispered something.

The sapling had a sudden realization and then grabbed Qin Shou, hurling him with force...