That simple sentence was like a bucket of ice water poured over her head, instantly fading most of the sickly flush from Feng Lingyi's face.

The burning, mad flames in her eyes froze, stiffened, and finally turned into a trace of dishevelment and panic after being caught off guard and seen through.

"I...I don't know what you're talking about."

She subconsciously looked away, not daring to meet Qin Xiao's gaze. Her fingers nervously adjusted the slightly disheveled straps of her nightgown, trying to hide the shock in her heart.

"Yeah?"

Qin Xiao's tone remained calm. He picked up another untouched glass of red wine on the table and elegantly handed it to Feng Lingyi.

"Are you sure that all you want is simply revenge?"

Feng Lingyi did not reach out to take the glass of wine.

Her gaze involuntarily fell on the man on the ground, who should have been her perfect tool for revenge, and the inexplicable unease in her heart grew stronger.

It's too quiet.

No, that's not right.

This is not simply quiet.

Rather, it was a kind of... an extreme, suffocating stillness, like the calm before a storm.

An ominous premonition, like a venomous snake, coiled around her heart.

"Mmm...uh..."

A faint sound, as if squeezed out with difficulty from the deepest part of a throat, abruptly broke the eerie silence in the room.

The sound was filled with indescribable pain, yet strangely mixed with a faint hint of...satisfaction? Or even...enjoyment?

The moment the thought crossed Feng Lingyi's mind, she shivered.

At the same time, Qin Xiao and Feng Lingyi's gazes suddenly focused on the source of the sound—Ye Chen on the ground.

Ye Chen, who had been "dead still," was now twitching slightly, almost imperceptibly.

The curve of his lips was no longer the eerie, satisfied smile he had shown before, but rather a more twisted and grotesque upward grin, like a cheap mask about to crack.

His eyes remained tightly closed, but what slowly slid down from the corners of his eyes was no longer tears of humiliation, but strands of dark red, viscous blood, leaving shocking marks on the pale carpet.

He exuded a chilling and indescribable aura of evil from head to toe.

This aura was cold, insane, and carried a primal, beast-like ferocity.

"He...what happened to him?"

Feng Lingyi's voice trembled uncontrollably, revealing an undisguised fear.

The scene before her eyes had completely exceeded her expectations and was beyond her control.

This is not the revenge she wanted at all!

Qin Xiao's brows furrowed tightly, his handsome eyebrows twisting into a "川" shape.

A strong sense of foreboding quickly spread and swelled in his heart, like a boulder pressing on his chest.

Something's wrong!

"One by one! Immediately check Ye Chen's current status!" Qin Xiao commanded in his mind.

"Host! No...this is terrible! The situation is extremely bad!"

Yun Yiyi's voice screamed almost immediately in Qin Xiao's mind, filled with unprecedented horror and panic, and even her virtual image was shaking violently.

"Ye Chen's... his luck value... it didn't disappear! It... after falling below the theoretical minimum limit of 'zero,' it actually... actually became a negative number! And, and it's skyrocketing at an incomprehensible speed! -10... -50... -200... and it's still rising! The system... the system's core analysis module just gave an unprecedented, highest-danger-level label... 'Rebellious Demonic Embryo'! He... he's using your humiliation of him, and Miss Feng Lingyi's betrayal, as... as nourishment for his growth! He's... he's enjoying all of this! He's undergoing some kind of terrifying mutation!"

Almost the instant Yun Yiyi finished speaking in utter shock—

On the carpet, Ye Chen's eyes, which had been tightly closed for a long time, suddenly opened!

What kind of eyes are those?

There was no trace of anger left, no more of the deep-seated resentment, and not even a trace of normal human emotion.

Instead, there was a pitch-black, bottomless vortex, as if it could devour all light and soul.

And... a kind of excitement that comes from viewing prey waiting to be devoured, with a morbid fascination and an extreme possessiveness!

An exhilarating thrill that sends shivers down your spine!

He stared intently at Qin Xiao, his gaze almost tangible, thick with malice.

Then, slowly, inch by inch, as if appraising a rare treasure, he fixed his gaze on Feng Lingyi, whose face was deathly pale and whose body was stiff.

Then he laughed.

It was a smile that was a mixture of endless pain and extreme pleasure, twisted and manic, which, combined with the bloodshot eyes that kept seeping from the corners of his eyes, made him look incredibly ferocious and terrifying.

He spoke in a voice so hoarse it was almost inaudible, yet crystal clear, each word carrying a chilling invitation.

"continue……"

"...Don't stop."