Chapter 19 Empathy [Hey, we're a proper system...]
[Hey, we're a legitimate system, we won't take over other people's bodies~ 166 can only control unwanted containers!]
166 kept rambling in Du Yu's mind, but its movements were not slow. As soon as Du Yu finished speaking, his consciousness entered an unfamiliar body.
As soon as she entered, Du Yu noticed the difference between You Shi and "Xiao Ran". A powerful repulsive force suddenly surged from her body, squeezing her mental energy.
At the same time, Yu Shi's surprised voice rang in his mind, as if playing in 360-degree surround sound: "Who are you? How did you do this? Who ordered you to come?"
Du Yu suspected she could even hear the echo. She roughly estimated she could only control this body for three seconds. Ignoring You Shi, she manipulated the body, the mouth beneath the vortex moving rapidly:
"Time traveler in the eroding rift, six-winged white dove devouring the riddles of time, listener at both ends! I beg for your mercy!"
"Huh? Whose new false god's prayer is this? They're quite bold in making it up. Are they really that desperate for followers? But this is just a vessel; you can't possibly gain their faith..."
You Shi continued rambling on, trying to strike up a conversation with Du Yu. Du Yu ignored her. She knew after possessing "Xiao Ran" that a vessel wouldn't gain faith, and she quickly recited the last sentence:
"I am willing to offer you my entire being as a sacrifice! I am willing to offer you all the useless things in this body!"
"you!"
Yu Shi called out in surprise and doubt, and seemed to add something, but Du Yu received a notification that something had been added to his backpack, and without any hesitation, he ended the projection and jumped back into "Xiao Ran's" body.
Her actions were correct, because in the next instant, the vortex that was faintly fluctuating in space stopped, and a force locked onto Du Yu. It seemed that You Shi had given up running away and was going to catch her!
Seriously? You've been playing me for so long, and you're already getting defensive because I stole something from you? You're so petty?
While inwardly grumbling, Du Yu was also getting to know "Xiao Ran's" body again and quickly calculating the skills he could use.
Chen Xingzhi seemed to have sensed You Shi's intention. The black flames that were about to hit her rapidly condensed and transformed into a huge black palm in front of the vortex, slapping You Shi back!
"Chen, Xing, Zhi!"
As the angry voices faded into the distance, the vortex suddenly accelerated its rotation, distorting the space around it. The lower end of the vortex folded upwards, and the entire vortex eventually collapsed into a small dot, which was mercilessly burned away by the black flames.
Thanks.
Du Yu raised an eyebrow and thanked Chen Xingzhi sincerely. Judging from You Shi's posture, he had stolen something good, all thanks to Chen Xingzhi's tip.
"Interfering in things you shouldn't will bring you bad luck."
Chen Xingzhi remained calm, as if the anger that had just risen had never appeared. He continued to warm his hands over the fire, and the terrifying black flames silently dissipated in mid-air.
Her indifference was already quite obvious, but some people are just too shameless to resist a little encouragement, and Du Yu continued Chen Xingzhi's words:
"Do you want to make her even more unlucky?"
Du Yu, controlling "Xiao Ran," rubbed her hands together and continued to deceive her:
“Look, even though You Shi is gone, she still managed to do what she wanted to do in the end. Why don’t you tell me what she wanted to do? I’ll even interfere with this whole thing, wouldn’t that be better?”
Chen Xingzhi stared at her expressionlessly, her eyelids drooping to cover most of her eyes. Even ignoring her strength, such a gaze would be enough to make ordinary people tremble. Unfortunately, Du Yu's skin was far thicker than that of ordinary people.
She glanced at the monster, which seemed to be nearing completion of its evolution, and even urged it on a few times.
Chen Xingzhi: ...
She withdrew her gaze, watching the flames beneath her palm gradually dim, revealing charred, black ash, and suddenly spoke:
“If you hadn’t entered this container, they would all have died in the sample room.”
Du Yu suddenly realized why she felt the dream was too peaceful before Tianxin made her move; it turned out she had inadvertently helped the group defeat the early boss.
Indeed, given how much Catbeard and his group valued their teammates, if it weren't for her manipulating "Xiao Ran," they probably would have been tricked to death by "Xiao Ran" without even realizing that the danger in their dream came from their "comrades."
[Lost in the Mind] She has authority over matters of the mind; perhaps this was her original plan?
Chen Xingzhi turned his hand over and warmed it evenly over the fire. "After discovering that the vessel had been occupied, He then used knowledge to corrupt the believers of [Truth], but even when her consciousness was on the verge of collapse, the worm failed to refine her into a vessel."
The believer in "Truth" should refer to Wenren Qiu. Indeed, although she exhibited unusual behavior during the corruption, she never harmed her companions.
"Once they arrived here, the remnants of the worm from the dream were completely consumed. They only needed to reach the central laboratory to find the exit, and that's when Yushi appeared."
No wonder, Yushi really did suddenly jump out of the sample room. Her appearance was very abrupt, and even the group of people whose minds were twisted could not trust her.
Chen Xingzhi's eyes reflected the gradually fading firelight. What she didn't say was that she entered the dream after discovering You Shi's appearance.
"It sounds like Yuuto wants to help that being hunt; she believes in that being?"
That being said, Du Yu felt that when You Shi looked around, there was always a hint of disdain in his eyes, which didn't seem like he had any faith.
"No."
Chen Xingzhi's eyes remained unchanged. The monster beside him, which had already begun to move, suddenly froze, and a thin ring of black flames tightly surrounded it.
"This dream was the worm's illusion before it died... It is dead, and this is its remains."
"He is dead?"
Du Yu was surprised. Chen Xingzhi waved his hand, and the flames gathered the remains in one place, raising the temperature to a terrifying level. Everything was burned to ashes in the distorted high temperature, leaving only a few particles the size of an eyeball shimmering with a faint light.
As the flames died down, Chen Xingzhi took out the gem-like particle with his bare hands, stared at it for a few seconds with a strange expression, and then pinned it to his right ear.
"Although the star is dead, its embers have fallen into the 'past.' Yushi wants to rekindle the remnants with his faith, find the remaining remnants of that insect, and offer them to [Fate] to receive a reward."
"I see," Du Yu's eyelids twitched. Fate had been appearing in her life far too frequently lately. "The element of [Fate] is now under the control of a deity?"
Chen Xingzhi put her hands in her pockets, and black flames suddenly rose at her feet. Her entire body became ethereal under the scorching heat of the flames. She neither confirmed nor denied anything, leaving only a vague hint before departing:
"Only one person can pass at the end of the road... Beware of [fate]."
Without the restraint of the black flames, the monster, which had been enhanced by You Shi, resumed its movements. Its three heads, which had been squeezed out of shape, opened their eyes, filled with resentment and malice.
Du Yu silently noted down Chen Xingzhi's advice, which was essentially meaningless. Having already hypnotized all her teammates, Shen Xijing, who was watching over them as they awoke, suddenly looked up and rubbed her throbbing temples.
"...I think I heard it saying they were in pain..."
You heard right.
Du Yu stared at the increasingly swollen monster before him, its expression growing more ferocious and pained, an invisible force gathering on the blade: "So let us work together to end their suffering."
"Jingjing, can your ability hold it off? Just for a second."
With her mental energy nearly depleted and signs of backlash from overusing her special abilities, Shen Xijing shivered. Just as she was about to grit her teeth and agree, a warm, smooth object appeared in her left hand.
"Don't overthink it, this is just a temporary loan, you'll have to pay it back later."
Shen Xijing's excitement was dampened by a sudden burst of cold water, but it also calmed her down.
If Bishop D really just casually handed her something so precious, then she would start to worry whether that mysterious deity had ulterior motives.
"Sure! With this, I can definitely control it for three seconds—five seconds, uh, three seconds!"
Nonsense. If even a core of a Fallen Species with the [Mind] element couldn't restrain that monster for a second, then Shen Xijing shouldn't be a Mist Hunter who lives on the edge of a knife.
Shen Xijing solemnly held the egg-sized crystal in both hands. She didn't dare to probe it with her mental energy, but simply hovered it over the surface of the crystal for a while. Her mental energy recovered by more than half, and her mental space even felt a bloated feeling as if she had eaten too much.
Shen Xijing knew that this was a sign that her superpower was about to advance. After awakening her superpower, the craving for similar energy became almost instinctive, and a strong urge to devour this core surged deep within her consciousness.
Even among the leaders of several organizations exploring the mist, Catbeard was the most generous to her subordinates, but the core of a Fallen Species of the Dark-level was something she couldn't possess.
This tiny crystal is almost equivalent to their entire group's annual income!
Shen Xijing restrained herself, averting her gaze and forcibly suppressing the surging greed within her. She pressed the crystal against her left chest, near her heart, and slowly closed her eyes.
"Listen to your heart with my own, and put yourself in their shoes!"
The tentacles that were about to strike Du Yu with a steel whip froze in mid-air. The entire monster fell silent, then began to tremble. The three heads coiled behind it opened their mouths at the same time, emitting a silent shriek.
Du Yu seized the opportunity to dodge the tentacle attack, twisted his waist, flashed to the side of the monster, and leaped onto the table. Suddenly, a huge, painful head appeared in his sight!
Those basketball-sized pupils stared straight at her, countless tiny tendrils churning and twisting within them. Perhaps it was due to their faith, but at that moment, the image in Shen Xijing's mind also appeared before Du Yu's eyes—
Sold to a remote, desolate area... the nausea and swelling from eating raw slugs... the endless agony of being repeatedly cut and stitched up... consciousness sinking into eternal darkness in its depravity...
Du Yu raised his sword, his spiritual power burning wildly. Bright and arrogant purple flames ignited the golden blade. The eyes of the non-human monster in front of him overlapped with a pair of numb eyes. His hand, gripping the hilt of the sword, did not tremble at all. He slashed straight at the monster's head!
Chop, hack, and thrust!
A bloated, tormented human head hovered in mid-air. For a rare moment, the enormous pupils, composed of over a hundred eyeballs, seemed to lose their focus. The relentless, churning pain seemed to recede in that instant, as if it were the end they had prayed for with the rest of their lives—
The monster's blood splattered all over his body, and white smoke hissed from his exposed flesh. His hand holding the knife remained unwavering as he continued forward, gouging out the remaining two human heads!
"Clatter".
Shen Xijing slumped to the ground, staring blankly ahead.
Three seconds had passed when the monster's tentacles drooped limply to the ground, blood raining down from the open wound. Only a faint golden light could be seen as a wounded figure leaped down, knife in hand.
Shen Xijing suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. The monster was dead, but she was still alive. They could all live.
"Cough... Level-3 monsters aren't so easy to kill."
A weak voice came from behind her, but Shen Xijing had no time to pay attention. Her eyes widened in horror as she saw a bright red tentacle rising from behind the figure standing before the human head—
It slashed heavily at that figure!
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Author's Note: Shen Xijing: Use the skill "Put Yourself in Someone Else's Shoes" on monsters!
Du Yu: Are all the traits and skills of your [Mind] type so inspirational?
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I overestimated myself. Next chapter, the dungeon will end, and the MVP rewards will be announced. (orz)
Guess what Dudu got from Youshi?
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