Delicate slug (10)

"Wow! The flowers blooming in the green shade are so beautiful, aren't they?" Yuan Huai couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the green shade flowers blooming like flowers in a light show.

Jun Xiaoyi stood beside him, also showing a look of surprise. The colorful green shade flowers were reflected in his dark pupils, and he was completely immersed in the magnificent scene of the green shade flowers blooming.

Shi Jianxia looked at the two of them, his brows unconsciously furrowed.

Although she thought the scene of green shade and blooming flowers was beautiful, she had no interest in viewing it and even had a strange thought of "Why am I here?"

And deep in her heart, she had the answer.

Yuan Huai invited her and Jun Xiaoyi to take a hot spring bath. It happened to be the time when the green shade flowers bloomed once every ten years. The hot spring villa held a lantern flower show for this occasion and invited all tourists in the villa to participate in the flower show. The three of them came together.

But she still felt strange, and for some unknown reason, she took out the jade hairpin given to her by Master Shen from her space bracelet.

She stared at the carvings on the hairpin that were exactly the same as the green shade flowers, and deep in her mind she felt something was about to break free.

But at this moment, Yuan Huai turned around and pointed to the green path ahead and said excitedly, "Xia Xia! Look, there's a classical dance performance over there."

Shi Jianxia's thoughts were interrupted. When she met his bright eyes, she had no choice but to look in the direction of his finger.

A stage suddenly appeared in the middle of the green avenue. A young girl in a fairy-like long dress was dancing on the stage, and the sound of orchestral music could be heard from afar.

Just then a gust of wind blew by, making the leaves rustle. Petals with a faint glow fell from the branches as the branches swayed, dancing in the wind, swirling and brushing against the corners of tourists' clothes and hair, and bursts of fragrance filled the air.

Shi Jianxia raised her hand and gently held a petal, and also touched the black hair blown behind her shoulder. The hair was soft and flew along the lines of her hand all the way to her fingertips.

She looked at the black hair.

Suddenly, Shi Jianxia turned around, ignoring Yuan Huai and Jun Xiaoyi who were calling her loudly behind her, and walked quickly towards the stall where she was selling jade hairpins.

The stall was still there, and Master Shen, in his green robe and jade hairpin, was there, but his wife was nowhere to be seen.

He lowered his eyes, holding a fist-sized piece of white jade, and slowly carving it with a chisel.

"Are you carving a jade hairpin?" Shi Jianxia asked.

Manor Master Shen looked up and was a little surprised to see her, but he smiled naturally and said, "No, I was carving my wife. Fifty years ago today was the first time I met her."

Shi Jianxia picked up a small jade figurine that was not on the stall before. It was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, had a crew cut, and was wearing a pair of slippers. It looked very similar to Master Shen.

Master Shen laughed and said, “That’s how I looked at that time.”

He didn't seem to mind who was standing in front of him, but simply wanted to talk about something that had been weighing on his heart for a long time.

"I don't like studying ancient culture, nor do I like dressing myself up to be out of tune with others, but my father and grandfather told me that I have to like it even if I don't like it. This is our family's mission."

"How ridiculous! How could a family's mission be to study ancient culture?" He sneered, his tone inconsistent with his elegant and dignified appearance.

"Then why did you become like this?" Shi Jianxia asked calmly, like the best listener.

"Because I met Wanwan, my wife." Master Shen lowered his brows and carved the jade in his hand one stroke at a time, using just the right amount of force to ensure that the jade would not be damaged.

"That day, a lantern flower festival was also held here. My father invited many people to come and enjoy the magnificent spectacle of greenery and blossoms. Wanwan came with her mother. She was only eighteen years old at the time, wearing a green Liuxian dress, like a goddess descended from the sky."

"At that time, my father punished me by making me carve 100 hairpins and sell them to guests at the Lantern Festival."

"I didn't want to obey him, so I dressed shabbily on purpose, looking out of place, and even carved my hairpin into something hideous."

At this point, Master Chen chuckled, as if he felt that he was really a middle school student when he was young.

Shi Jianxia listened to him continue.

"But then Wanwan showed up at my stall, praised the hairpins I carved and said they were beautiful, and bought all of them."

"I remembered her, I started paying attention to her, ran into her by chance, and pursued her."

The carving knife gently touched the jade surface, bringing down a piece of jade chips. The fluttering skirt gradually took shape, and each strand of hair was clearly visible.

"We're married."

There was a smile in Master Shen's eyes, and Shi Jianxia could almost imagine his happiness and joy at that time.

But the next second, the smile on his face disappeared completely, and no emotion could be seen in his drooping eyebrows. "But the good times didn't last long. We encountered the Zerg invasion. Wanwan is just an ordinary person."

"She was parasitized by the Zerg." Shi Jianxia took over the conversation calmly.

Master Shen fell silent.

"She became a semi-parasite. To save her, you opened this hot spring resort and made a lot of money."

Manor Master Shen remained silent.

Shi Jianxia continued, "But now it seems that the situation is not that simple."

"Is this an illusion? You tried to tamper with my memory, but failed. You can only let me continue to stay in the illusion."

Her directness was chilling, and she continued, "Dream Technology has already achieved research results that allow semi-parasites to generate conscious feedback in the virtual world. With your financial resources, and the fact that the executive chairman of Dream Technology is a frequent visitor here, there's no way you couldn't secure a spot for your wife."

"You added something you shouldn't have to Yu Linglong, and you took my friend away. This shows that your wife is more than just a half-parasite."

Shi Jianxia lowered her eyes to look at Master Chen, who had stopped carving jade, and said indifferently, "Perhaps she was a semi-parasite at first, but over time, her body became diseased and turned from a semi-parasite into a parasite."

Bang!

The carving knife in Master Shen's hand fell to the ground.

"Yu Linglong was probably trying to build the reputation of the hot spring resort so as to maintain a stable customer base and earn enough revenue to continue treating your wife. And you took my friend away because your wife, after becoming a parasite, needed to 'feed.'"

The word "eating" was too cruel. Master Shen tightly grasped the half-carved jade sculpture in his hand.

Shi Jianxia remained unmoved. "You are so skilled at tampering with my memory. This must not be the first time you have done this."

"Over the years, the Hot Spring Villa has had an excellent reputation. It's unlikely that you would easily attack the tourists who come here. Otherwise, even if you have the ability to tamper with people's memories, it would easily cause trouble."

"With so many tourists here today, I'm curious why you chose her as your target. Wouldn't ordinary people without mimicry be easier to deal with?"

Shi Jianxia stared straight at Master Chen, who lowered his head and remained silent, and made his next guess, "You can't control her anymore, right?"

"We were here before, and my friend just got a little closer to your wife, and there was a strange sticky substance on her trouser legs. She was targeting my friend and treating her as prey."

Shi Jianxia narrowed his eyes. "Your wife is dead. What's alive now is a bug. It has taken over your wife's body and is controlling you to find food for it. When it grows up, the first person it will eat will be you."

Manor Master Shen's drooping eyelashes trembled, and he moved his lips to refute, but he couldn't say a word.

Shi Jianxia added fuel to the fire, "You can't refute me because you know this clearly."

Snap!

Something shattered, and the sky slowly sank, as if a disaster was about to collapse.

Shi Jianxia looked at the jade carving in his hand and finally said, "If Wanwan knew that you harmed someone for a bug wearing her skin, what do you think she would think?"

"She would be disappointed and sad. She would rather die in the Zerg invasion than become a burden to you and drag you into the abyss of hell."

Snap! Snap! Snap!

The sky became fragile glass. Under the impact of some force, it quickly climbed up the spider web and shattered and disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

On the green path, the colorful flowers like lanterns still exuded fragrance. All the tourists who came to participate in the lantern flower festival fell to the ground. The stalls displaying the hostas were still there, but Master Chen was nowhere to be found.

No one knew where Wen Qiuqiu, Jun Xiaoyi and Yuan Huai had gone.

Master Chen was able to tamper with other people's memories and weave illusions within just one minute after the lights on the Green Avenue were turned off. His mimicry potential and combat level must be very high. The three of them were no match for him. It would be terrible if they were really caught by him and fed to the bugs.

We must find someone as soon as possible!

Let Meng Ji go find it?

No, it's too slow.

After a moment's thought, Shi Jianxia flipped through the table of contents of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, his gaze fixed on the fourth mimicry added to the mythology chapter, in addition to Changxi, Gonggong, and Zhulong.

Yinglong, the creator of the world.

She took a deep breath and decisively summoned Yinglong.

Roar!

A dragon roar resounded through the sky, the stars fell, and the moon was as bright as a mirror.

Someone was shocked and immediately looked up at the sky.

Under the moonlight, a giant blue-black dragon rolled through the thin clouds. The moment the huge wings on its back spread out, the world was shrouded in darkness.

It came from a distant galaxy, its sharp dragon claws seemed to be able to cut through time and space, its gorgeous dragon scales glowed with a cold light, and its red-gold vertical pupils looked down at the world with compassion and indifference.

In the blink of an eye, it flapped its wings and dived down from the clouds. Its huge body was infinitely close to the ground, and when it was about to step on the tiny mountain top, it suddenly flew upwards.

Xia was seen standing on the dragon's head, her long black hair draped over her shoulders rustling in the night wind.

She looked at the brightly lit hot spring villa from afar and said indifferently, "Yinglong, flood it."

It was as if the gods had brought down divine punishment, and the heaven and earth were reduced to ants!

Yinglong flapped his wings, looked up to the sky and roared. The dragon's roar spread in all directions, intimidating the world.

Darkness instantly enveloped the entire hot spring villa. Dark clouds gathered in the sky, and heavy rain fell in a moment. The rain seeped into every corner of the villa, marking everyone it touched. Soft bubbles lifted them up and accurately fed back their appearance and location to Yinglong.

In an open-air hot spring pool, a woman with black hair like algae held a red wine glass in her hand, her dark pupils narrowed slightly, and she snorted coldly: "The doctor is really biased."

She has a very gorgeous appearance, with a very outstanding complexion. She is as beautiful as a painting without any makeup. Her skin is as white as porcelain and snow, as if it would drip with moist water with a slight touch.

Next to the hot spring pool, a black cat squatted on a blanket and meowed at the woman, as if to comfort her or to act coquettishly, then gracefully combed its soft fur.