Chapter 423 Double Standards
The newcomer was a woman with oval pupils, a long, forked tongue that hissed, and a slightly contorted body that exuded a chilling aura.
That's right, it was Zhou Tao.
Ruan Qingyu was startled by the sudden appearance of the woman, especially since the woman's facial features were clearly different from those of a human.
She glanced at the car window subconsciously to calm herself down. It's okay, it's okay, with Boss Meng here, what is she afraid of?
But wasn't the person who wanted to trade with her from the Abyss? Why is it Strawberry Tea who came instead?
After calming herself down, Ruan Qingyu asked, "Where's Abyss? Wasn't it Abyss who wanted to buy the Spirit Pearl?"
Zhou Tao stared intently at her, and instead of answering, asked, "Where's the Spirit Pearl?"
Ruan Qingyu was still completely confused when she heard this and said, "Sister, listen to my advice, the side effects of the Spirit Pearl are unknown, you'd better not..."
"Stop arguing, hand over the Spirit Pearl!" Zhou Tao suddenly pressed the tip of her sword against Ruan Qingyu's neck, her face full of impatience. "Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"
Ruan Qingyu's face immediately turned pale. "Let's talk this out, don't hit me..."
Zhou Tao's eyes were sinister. "The tip of the sword is coated with deadly poison. If it even scratches your skin, you will die instantly. Hand over the Spirit Pearl now!"
As she spoke, she deliberately pressed down on the sword, the tip of which was about to slice through Ruan Qingyu's neck...
“Zhou Tao,” Meng Qingyin suddenly appeared behind Zhou Tao, her elbow around her neck, “So it was you.”
It turns out that Strawberry Tea is Zhou Tao—the same Zhou Tao who used to bully other children in the orphanage.
Zhou Tao recognized Meng Qingyin just by her voice. Her face turned bright red as her neck was tightly gripped, but this could not hide the shock in her heart.
Why is Meng Qingyin here?
Also, why was she so fast? So fast that she was controlled as soon as she noticed something was wrong?
Zhou Tao opened her mouth wide, trying to breathe more air, which also exposed her fangs completely to Ruan Qingyu.
Ruan Qingyu's eyes widened: "Boss Mengmeng, her teeth look like snakes, sharp and thin!"
How can human teeth be like this?
Considering Strawberry Tea's appearance, Ruan Qingyu was startled and blurted out, "Are you a human or a snake?!"
Meng Qingyin said with certainty, "She swallowed a spirit pearl related to snakes, and the characteristics of these snakes are the side effects of swallowing the spirit pearl."
So that's what the description of the Spirit Pearl meant when it says "no longer human"!
However, will this side effect maintain the current characteristics, or will it continue to erode human characteristics until...?
Meng Qingyin's gaze suddenly darkened.
Zhou Tao is the perfect target for monitoring!
Zhou Tao knew her trump card had been exposed, and she struggled frantically, trying to break free from Meng Qingyin's control.
However, Meng Qingyin's combat power of over 10,000 is genuine, not like Zhou Tao's inflated combat power built up by consuming spirit pearls.
In particular, her strength attribute was twice that of Zhou Tao. Even though Zhou Tao struggled with all her might, it was all in vain. Instead, Zhou Tao's face turned a little purple.
Zhou Tao was extremely unwilling. Her combat strength was not much different from Meng Qingyin's, so why was she powerless against Meng Qingyin?
It would be one thing if it were anyone else, but it had to be Meng Qingyin!
Meng Qingyin, who has always been inferior to her since childhood!
How could she accept this?
Zhou Tao roared in exasperation, her voice hoarse: "Meng Qingyin, you've been so repulsive since you were a child!"
"Could you please find me a rope?" Meng Qingyin ignored her and said to Ruan Qingyu.
Ruan Qingyu immediately pulled out a thick, long hemp rope from her system inventory.
The two of them worked together to tie Zhou Tao up tightly, making her look like a dumpling, and she could only struggle wildly on the ground.
Even so, she still retorted sharply: "Meng Qingyin, if you have the guts, let me go! Who the hell do you think you are? You weren't even worthy of carrying my shoes before!"
"You're just a piece of trash that nobody loves and everyone bullies! Do you even understand what trash is?!"
Zhou Tao glared at Meng Qingyin with eyes full of hatred, venting her anger.
"Useless?" Meng Qingyin stepped on her face, completely unaffected by her words. "Looking at us now, who's the useless one?"
Zhou Tao forced out a sentence through gritted teeth, "Look at yourself now, how are you any different from us before? Bullying the weak, what's there to be proud of?"
"Bullying the weak?" Meng Qingyin found it amusing. "So when you ganged up on me, you knew it was bullying the weak? Then why can't you stand it when others treat you like that?"
What she is doing for Zhou Tao now is far less than one ten-thousandth of what they once did.
Zhou Tao couldn't stand this level of behavior and even righteously accused her of "bullying the weak," which is quite a double standard.
Even if Ruan Qingyu was slow to notice, she could sense the tense atmosphere between the two.
She tentatively asked, "Well, since you two know each other, I'll leave this person to you..."
Meng Qingyin did not deny it: "We do know each other, but I won't do anything to her for the time being. She is my key monitoring target."
With Zhou Tao by her side, she could observe the effects of the Spirit Pearl on humans very directly.
Moreover, Zhou Tao's current appearance can serve as a warning to other players.
Thinking it over, Meng Qingyin snapped several photos of Zhou Tao, all of them close-ups of the snake-like parts on her face.
After taking the photos, I posted them in the group chat.
Mengmeng: "[Image][Image][Image] This is the initial change after consuming the Spirit Pearl. Please be vigilant!"
Butterflies danced: "I clicked on the picture without warning and was shocked! Why did Mengmeng send a picture of a snake?"
Huiwei Cat (Miscellaneous Circle Version): "Look closely, that's not a snake, it's a person! Her human features are not obvious, but her snake features are very prominent! Is this... a snake woman?"
Zhu9499: "My God, after consuming the Spirit Pearl, it's no longer human? Is this the price of gaining combat power? How terrifying."
Mengmeng: "This is just the initial price. Whether it will continue to move towards the snake's direction remains to be seen."
Ji Chen is a wolf: "Does Boss Mengmeng mean... she might slowly become a real snake?!"
Qi Moli: "So what exactly is this Spirit Orb? What is the main system trying to do? Turn all of us players into animals?"
The Tiger, who always liked to slack off: "But what about elimination in five days? If we don't improve our combat power, 500 players will be eliminated!"
Mengmeng: "Besides spirit orbs, there are many other ways to increase combat power. The combat power increased by consuming spirit orbs is personal combat power. There are also many other factors such as pet combat power, vehicle, weapon, equipment and gold coins. You can start from these factors."
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