Watching his withered body gradually become plump and radiant, as if it had been infused with life force and regained its vitality, Xin Sui felt both sad and happy.
Sadly, his recovery process was the exact opposite of the process by which the spider lost its life force and bloomed into a spider flower.
Upon seeing it, she couldn't help but recall how those spiderlings had died in front of her before.
Needless to say, I was overjoyed.
The male protagonist, Shui Duoduo, survived.
The world won't collapse.
Xin Sui drank a bottle of high-grade healing potion, which repaired the injuries in his body, but he was still in great pain all over his body.
She changed into a clean set of clothes with trembling hands.
I was sweating profusely after putting it on.
He then drank a bottle of nutritional paste, which eliminated his hunger.
Although the nutritional paste tastes so-so, it is indeed very convenient, and she has stocked up on a lot of it in her magic ring.
When needed, like right now, eating just one tube will solve the meal problem.
Xin Sui lay sprawled on the beach for a while, then remembered to ask:
"System, what just happened?! Why can't I suddenly enter the Turtle Bead space?"
[Because the power of the energy ball explosion is too great, the turtle bead space will be affected once it is opened, and may even be shattered.]
[The Turtle Pearl Space is like an egg, with high external defense but a very fragile interior.]
[The moment you open it, the inside is undefended, so the dragon turtle initially refuses your entry.]
[It only activated after the power of the subsequent energy waves had significantly decreased.]
"I see."
Xin Sui murmured, still shaken.
"Was the space around the tortoise pearl unaffected?"
[There was still some impact, but the dragon turtle had absorbed all the soul power from the soul lamp through you, so its energy reserves were quite abundant, which offset the damage it suffered.]
"It seems I'll have to provide the dragon turtle with more energy from now on. The stronger it is, the better I'll be able to be accepted by it and enter its space to hide if I encounter a situation like today again."
That's exactly the point.
After a while, Xin Sui asked, "System, how's it outside?"
[Xuan Tu left with a murderous aura. A short while later, a yellow sparrow flew down and hovered around, presumably searching for the Six Paths Divine Box. Finding nothing, it also left.]
Xin Sui: "How did she know that the Six Paths Divine Box was on Shui Duoduo? Did the Earth Core Clan have their eyes on Shui Duoduo so early on?"
"System, you can now tell me what exactly happened before."
system:[……]
[The host has used up their free inquiry attempts for today. To find out what happened before, please purchase an answer sheet.]
Xin Sui: "..."
She said in a dangerous voice, "Who was it that kept urging me to go and save Shui Duoduo? Who said they would tell me the details later?"
"I wasted an eighth-tier defensive artifact and two resurrection opportunities, and now you want me to buy answer sheets?"
"System, have you lost your conscience?"
"If that's how you are, then I don't think we need to cooperate anymore. You should go find another host as soon as possible. I'm not serving you anymore."
What the hell!
Xin Sui was so angry that he walked back and forth on the beach, kicking the sand all over the place.
The system panicked. Oh no, the host is really angry.
It quickly added, "Haha, I was just joking with you. I'll tell you now."
As he spoke, he painfully used a portion of his energy to rewind time and see what had happened before.
"Say it!"
[Okay, okay, here's what happened: that day, Shui Qingqing was pushed to the ground...]
The system explained the whole story.
Xin Sui understood now.
She sat down thoughtfully. "You said that when Huang Que shook the bracelet on her wrist, Xuan Tu's eyes immediately turned red, and he went berserk, wanting to kill Shui Duoduo?"
[That's right.]
"The novel describes Xuan Tu as a puppet of the Earth Core Clan. I thought it was just a metaphor. Could it be true?"
"Is Xuantu actually being secretly controlled by the Earth Core Clan?"
[Ahem, did I deduct system coins?]
Xin Sui rubbed his forehead. "Keep knocking."
[That's right, Xuan Tu was poisoned with the Heavenly Demon Gu by the leader of the Earth Core Clan, or more accurately, the Star-Picking Alliance, Styx.]
The Heavenly Demon Gu feeds on various filthy and unclean energies such as death energy, yin energy, and resentment energy. The more unclean energy it absorbs, the stronger it becomes.
Once it grows to a certain level, it can take control of Xuan Tu's body.
[Currently, it can only have a certain influence on Xuantu, occasionally causing trouble in Xuantu's mind.]
[When it wreaks havoc, Xuan Tu will suffer from a severe headache and recall unpleasant past events. His dark and negative emotions will be amplified, and his bloodlust will surge, manifesting as madness.]
Xin Sui: "So that's how it is. I thought Xuan Tu's headache was just an illness, but I didn't expect that he had been cursed in the brain."
"But that doesn't make sense. In the later part of the novel, when Xuan Tu went on a killing spree, he slaughtered the entire Star-Picking City. Surely the Earth Core Clan wouldn't use Gu worms to kill their own people?"
[Of course not. The Heavenly Demon Gu ultimately failed to control Xuan Tu, so the Earth Core Clan couldn't stop him from killing.]
Xin Sui collapsed onto the beach, staring blankly at the milky white "sky" above her head.
Things have become more complicated. Can she still complete the mission?
As if to confirm her concerns, the system immediately followed up with:
[Major villain's corruption value +20]
Xin Sui: "..."
Destroy this world!
If I had known, she wouldn't have saved Shui Duoduo.
If you die, I die, we might as well all die together.
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