Chapter 6: Carving a Path Through Blood

"Master." The androgynous, bewildered voice echoed in Lu Xiaoyou's head.

Lu Xiaoyou curled up the corners of her lips, "Sky-Annihilating Emperor, you're actually here too!"

"Master, my power is gone and now my body has become very weak."

"It's okay, Sky-Annihilating Emperor, you just need to get me out of here!" There was a shimmer in Lu Xiaoyou's eyes.

The Sky-Annihilating Emperor, as its name suggested, roamed the earth and seas, breached fortresses, and destroyed stars.

As long as the Sky-Annihilating Emperor was there, how could a mere Secret Garden, a cage constructed of steel and concrete, possibly trap Lu Xiaoyou?

"Master, I might not be able to take you out of here…"

Lu Xiaoyou paused, looking around but unable to find where the Sky-Annihilating Emperor was.

"Sky-Annihilating Emperor, come out!"

"Master, I am already in front of you!"

Lu Xiaoyou: "???"

"Master, look down, to the left, I am on the coffee table!"

Lu Xiaoyou looked towards the coffee table, but there was nothing there.

She walked closer to the coffee table and saw a white hamster climbing onto the teapot. The hamster strained to hold itself up with its chubby body, almost as if it was waving at Lu Xiaoyou.

"Master, do you see me now?"

Lu Xiaoyou walked over, picked up the white hamster by the scruff of its neck, and released her grip over the trash bin.

"Pop!" The hamster, resembling a sticky rice ball, fell into the trash bin.

"Sky-Annihilating Emperor, where exactly are you?"

"Master, I am in the trash bin!" The white hamster struggled inside the plastic bag.

"Hehe da~" Lu Xiaoyou walked towards the kitchen.

"Master, where are you going? Don't leave me behind!"

"I'm going to check the kitchen for some spices; we're having roasted mouse today."

Lu Xiaoyou entered the small kitchen and rummaged through the cooking utensils, feeling like she was going to explode with rage!

She had nothing in this world, and even the Sky-Annihilating Emperor, who once ruled over everything, had become a hamster that couldn't even crawl out of a trash bin!

Lu Xiaoyou pushed open the window and looked down. This was the 12th floor—jumping would break her legs. Right now, she couldn't leave this damned place.

"Master, don't worry, squeak, once I regain my power, squeak, I will definitely take you out of here, squeak." Even the voice of the soft white hamster seemed assimilated.

Lu Xiaoyou picked up the hamster from the trash bin; it was only as big as her palm with a body as round and plump as a sticky rice ball.

The white hamster's pair of pitch-black eyes gazed pitifully at Lu Xiaoyou.

Its master, cold-hearted and ruthless, the Sky-Annihilating Emperor was really scared that Lu Xiaoyou would toss it into a pot to boil.

The white hamster trembled under Lu Xiaoyou's fingers. Lu Xiaoyou sighed, sat on the sofa, and placed the white hamster on her lap.

"I'll keep you for now."

"Thank you, Master, for your mercy!"

"When I'm about to starve one day, I'll roast you."

The Sky-Annihilating Emperor: "..."

Lu Xiaoyou lowered her lashes, her dark eyes losing their gleam.

She was considering how to leave the Secret Garden. The original owner was sold to the Secret Garden by her stepmother, and everything she had in the real world had been taken over by her stepmother's two daughters.

She must first get out of the Secret Garden to reclaim everything that belonged to her!

If this brothel didn't offer her a way out, then she would have to carve out a bloody path for herself.

Lu Xiaoyou picked up the little hamster and stood up from the sofa.

"Master! Have you found a way to get out of here?" The voice of the little hamster was excited.