Chapter 102 The sweetness of the candy slowly melted on her tongue.
Lu Jin's data transmission is complete.
Sang Li also woke up.
I was in a daze.
It looks like he just woke up.
She actually discovered that her body was very accustomed to pain; it seemed that after a lot of pain, she became numb and didn't feel uncomfortable at all.
But this numbness made Sang Li feel uneasy, which she attributed to being pricked with needles too many times when she was a child.
I never imagined that the anesthetic injected by Bai Heng later would take effect.
She looked at Lu Jin, who was shirtless, his muscles appearing somewhat like the distinct textures of an ancient Greek sculpture under the cold white light.
And, a touch of just the right amount of red.
Sang Li swallowed.
She wasn't actually interested in men getting hurt, but Lu Jin was different. She had never seen him injured, but she had secretly imagined him looking dazed and limp in the middle of the night, and had even drawn him in her private folder. Although Lu Jin wouldn't go through her iPad, she felt guilty after all.
However, Lu Jin's appearance when he was injured was completely different from what she had imagined. His back was still straight, and his eyes were sharp.
There's still a sense of sacredness and inviolability about him.
The red accents are just right.
Sang Li pushed open the door: "Are you bleeding?"
Next sentence.
"It smells so good. Why are you bleeding so much?"
Lu Jin: ?
Sang Li looked very excited.
This isn't a war wound; such injuries are like needle pricks—inevitable, so there's no point in sympathizing with them.
Sang Li leaned closer, sniffed it, and her eyes were filled with a strange fascination.
For a fleeting moment, Lu Jin seemed to genuinely believe that he was Sang Li's cure.
That sense of pride suddenly welled up within me.
but.
He could also take this opportunity to vent his dissatisfaction.
Sang Li asked, "Does it hurt?"
Lu Jin originally wanted to say it didn't hurt, but suddenly, he found a better answer.
"pain."
Sang Li opened her eyes wide; she thought Lu Jin would say it was nothing serious.
ah?
The wound looks like it was cut and stitched up.
No wonder.
“It was an accident,” Lu Jin said with a wry smile, seemingly taking a deep breath. “Bai Heng wasn’t very skilled at operating the equipment, which made things a bit difficult for me.”
Bai Heng: ?
This person is sick in the head!
Bai Heng was about to say something.
Lu Jin suddenly said to the screen, "Call me if you need anything."
Then, the call was disconnected.
Bai Heng was stunned for half a second, then seemed to have been doused with a bucket of cold water, and the smile on his face instantly disappeared.
His fingers suddenly became stiff as he typed on the keyboard. He rarely swore, but now he really couldn't hold it in anymore.
How could this person be so kind!
Even being injured can be used as a reason to provoke someone; it's shameless and infuriating.
But he didn't curse out loud. He kept it inside, staring at the black communication screen, and now he felt increasingly uncomfortable.
Frustrating!
Inside the medical room.
Sang Li circled around Lu Jin to observe him and asked, "Then why do you need to have your blood drawn too? Aren't you fine?"
Lu Jin looked down at her, his eyes misty with a hint of amusement due to the moisture from the medical pod: "What if our blood is a perfect match? Wouldn't that just prove dual cultivation?"
"..."
Sang Li wanted to say that it felt really out of place for Lu Jin to say such words, and was about to make a joke.
Suddenly, his expression changed.
My legs went limp as if they had been drained of all their energy, and I fell forward.
Lu Jin reacted swiftly and decisively, supporting her firmly with one hand and pulling Sang Li into his arms.
"What's wrong?"
Sang Li felt as if her heart had skipped a beat. She leaned heavily against his chest, her forehead as hot as a shard of pottery fresh from the kiln, her breathing heavy and unsteady.
I'm not feeling well.
Could it be because he was exhausted?
Surely they couldn't have been completely drained, could they?
Lu Jin's brows furrowed suddenly, and he placed his palm on her forehead, the heat of her touch making his heart sink.
The temperature... is exactly the same as last time.
Just then, Bai Heng's voice came through the communicator: "What's going on?"
Even if the video is turned off, he can still contact Lu Jin.
I didn't want to say anything, but Sang Li's stats suddenly spiked.
He had no choice but to force himself to make the call.
In less than half a minute, why is Sang Li like this?
Her body isn't in such a state, could it be that another "black hole" has appeared?
Does this lead to insufficient energy in the body?
Is the anomalous ability collapsing?
Bai Heng: "Lu Jin!"
Lu Jin's eyes darkened: "I know!"
He almost instantly came up with a risky idea.
Without hesitation, Lu Jin raised his hand and made a cut on his wrist. Blood instantly seeped out, meandering along his skin in a thin stream.
He helped Sang Li up, letting the warm blood flow down her lips.
Sang Li smelled the blood.
She didn't actually like eating blood tofu or duck blood vermicelli soup, but just like animals instinctively seek out herbs after being injured, Lu Jin's blood had that effect on her.
Bai Heng's eyes twitched as he watched from the other end. He said coldly, "Don't waste your time. There's a data transmission conduit on her left that connects to her wrist. You still think your blood is some kind of magic potion? Your blood is only good enough to alleviate the most basic symptoms. She'll drain you dry, and then you'll both die."
Sang Li mumbled, still half-asleep: "Squeeze it dry...?"
Lu Jin: ...
Sang Li: "Hehe."
When she laughs, she looks like she's drunk.
She swayed unsteadily, her limbs weak, and struggled erratically in Lu Jin's arms.
"Stop fooling around."
Upon hearing Bai Heng's instructions, Lu Jin swiftly inserted the catheter into Sang Li's vein, and the system immediately began analysis.
Bai Heng's fingers flew across the keyboard, and data curves kept appearing on the screen, eventually settling into a set of glaring red waveforms.
“A magnetic black hole has appeared inside her body,” Bai Heng said in a deep voice, “and energy is rapidly being lost.”
Lu Jin looked down at her pale face, his heart tightening.
"Let me look at your data. Your blood isn't replenishing properly, probably because you lost too much blood just now, and the supply is insufficient."
Lu Jin didn't say anything, but he gripped Sang Li's hand tightly, his knuckles turning white from the force.
Sang Li trembled slightly in Lu Jin's arms: "You, your body, you're not really having a problem, are you...?"
She trembled slightly in Lu Jin's arms, her eyelashes fluttering gently.
The next second, he opened his eyes, and his deep face was reflected in his clear pupils.
"Her emotions are fluctuating," Bai Heng's voice came from the other end of the communication, speaking very quickly.
Her emotions began to fluctuate.
Just like every time I'm on the verge of collapse.
The first breakdown occurred when Sang Li believed that Lu Jin had killed Amber.
The second time, she wanted to sleep with Lu Jin for no reason.
Who knows what will happen the third time?
Indeed, it seems that she is losing control of her emotions more and more frequently.
I've been doing whatever I want all this time.
Why is it out of control?
At first, I thought it was because I was sentimental and melancholic, but that's not actually the case.
It's an instinctive reaction.
Lu Jin lowered his head: "It's nothing."
He saw the sudden welling up of tears in her eyes.
Without warning or reason, her tears silently slid down her cheeks and into his palm, burning his heart with their heat.
"Sang Li?"
Lu Jin's pupils contracted slightly.
At that moment, Sang Li herself was stunned.
She didn't want to cry.
Why are you crying?
But I couldn't stop the tears!
It was as if a floodgate had been silently opened, and a torrent of emotions surged forth.
Sadness, panic, longing, the bewilderment of being deprived...
They didn't belong to her, yet at this moment they were intimately intertwined with her breath and heartbeat, as if they had grown from the depths of her bones and blood.
She raised her hand and gripped Lu Jin's shirt tightly, her knuckles clenched, as if she were trying to hold onto her only support.
My throat tightened, but I couldn't find any words to say.
It's not sadness...not entirely.
A kind of loneliness, as if abandoned by the whole world and adrift on a dark sea.
Sang Li's breath hitched, and she suddenly understood.
This is not her emotion.
It was the loneliness of the Day Witch that, along some unseen vein, pierced her nerves with unparalleled precision, forcing her to endure that desolation and solitude.
It's as if I've been immersed in the life of another being for thousands of years.
That's why she was so desperate for companionship during her emotional breakdown.
And, the fear of losing.
“Lu Jin…” Sang Li opened her mouth.
"I am here."
"It hurts, it hurts so much."
Lu Jin's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, but his fingertips stiffened for a moment.
He could block bullets and carve a path through blood, but he didn't know how to deal with Sang Li in his arms.
Bai Heng's voice suddenly broke through the communication, though he was also reluctant to mention the matter: "Candy."
He was also very distressed.
But only someone like Lu Jin is unable to maintain his rationality.
candy?
Lu Jin frowned slightly, subconsciously thinking of the small iron box in the pocket at his waist.
That was something Chi Du had given him before, saying it was "to be kept for a critical moment."
He scoffed.
He and Bai Heng analyzed it and found that it was full of concentrated abnormal energy.
One piece of candy corresponds to one S-class anomaly that has already died.
This is medicine that Chi Du specially prepared for Sang Li to relieve her physical discomfort.
He doesn't want to use it.
I don't want to admit that I'm not good enough.
but.
Sang Li's face was so pale it was almost transparent. He gritted his teeth and still reached out to take it out.
The lid was opened, and inside lay five bright red candies, like amber solidified by sunlight.
Lu Jin picked up a candy with his fingertips, his calloused fingers brushing against the delicate sugar coating, leaving a slightly cool sensation.
He lifted Sang Li's chin, making her look at him.
"Open your mouth." His voice was low and hoarse.
Sang Li stared at him blankly, seemingly still immersed in the aftershocks of that loneliness, without reacting.
So he leaned down, closing the distance between them until he was taking over her breath.
He pushed the candy to her lips, his fingertips applying slight pressure to force her lips to open gently.
His fingertips brushed against the corner of her lips, soft and forbidden.
The cool sugar glides into your mouth, carrying a hint of warmth from your fingertips.
"Keep it in your mouth," he whispered, his gaze fixed on his prey. "Don't bite."
The sweetness slowly melted on her tongue, dispelling the heavy chill in her chest.
It's very sweet.
It felt like a dream.
Lu Jin did not rush to withdraw his hand; his fingertips remained at her lips.
"Relax, shh."
It went down the throat with a sweet, smooth sensation.
Sang Li's chest suddenly heaved rapidly, her breathing felt like it was being pulled by some invisible hand, as if she were about to drown, but that feeling of drowning quickly disappeared.
It looks like it's turned into a marshmallow.
Lu Jin tightened his arms, pressing her back firmly against his chest.
Sang Li's breaths escaped her throat one after another, each one accompanied by a soft, trembling sound, like a kitten's.
Time stretched on until her breathing finally slowed down and her shoulders gradually relaxed.
Like the sea after a storm, it still undulates, but gradually returns to calm.
Bai Heng's voice finally came from the other end of the communication, revealing a suppressed weariness: "It's alright now, I'll find a way to resolve this."
If things continue like this, things are really not looking good for Sang Li.
Sang Li nestled limply in Lu Jin's arms, as if all her strength had been drained, fiddling with the candies in the box.
There was an extra red one.
It seems that a rose is sealed inside.
Sang Li let out a long breath and snuggled closer to Lu Jin.
But the buzzing in my ears continued.
There were countless tiny sounds, like the low murmurs of an underwater current.
These sounds were not language, yet she could perceive them clearly, as if they were speaking to her.
She didn't know how long she had been listening when suddenly her back stiffened slightly.
Something cold and sharp was approaching from afar, and she seemed to instinctively sense that something was amiss.
With her hands supporting Lu Jin's shoulders, Sang Li slowly sat up, her long hair falling down, damp and cascading over his arms.
Her movements were slow, like a predator slowly moving forward in the water, as she looked towards the door.
Staring intently.
That look sent a chill down Lu Jin's spine, like that of a predator or predator.
A cold glint swept away the mist in her eyes, as if she could see further into the distance through the stainless steel door.
The sound was as soft as the tide overflowing onto the beach.
"...Something is coming."
Those marine creatures seemed to be telling her something.
Just as Lu Jin was about to speak, the communicator on his wrist suddenly vibrated.
He turned his head; it was an alarm.
And Bai Heng noticed it too.
It seems that someone has located Lu Jin's chip.
Lu Jin's eyes instantly turned cold, and his brows furrowed slightly: "The people from BEAM are coming towards us."
Bai Heng: "I'll take responsibility for destroying the data. You guys get out of here now."
"Okay, thank you."
The sea breeze, carrying a salty, damp chill, swept over me.
Lu Jin put one arm around Sang Li and half-carried, half-dragged her onto the yacht, while pushing open the cockpit door with his other hand.
The engine roared low, the ship sliced through the dark sea, sending up a series of silvery sprays.
Sang Li was placed at the hatchway, and she looked up into the distance.
The sky was dark and gloomy when suddenly a few clusters of lights flashed on the horizon, like a hunter's scope, coldly suspended in the air.
“They’re chasing us very fast,” Lu Jin said, his voice low as he turned the helm.
There are people everywhere, both in the sky and on the sea; they have nowhere to hide.
Just then, a very slight tremor came from underwater.
Sang Li instinctively leaned forward to look.
Beneath the dark surface of the waves, a silver arc of light suddenly flashed.
Those weren't fish fins, but rather smooth and sharp tail fins, their silver scales reflecting a cold light under the moonlight.
Then, a wave spread out, and a silver tail swirled around them from both sides, forcing them to stop in the middle of the sea.
The next second, a row of eerie shadows appeared on the horizon.
Blood Ship.
It's like a wall.
The ship's hull was blood-red, and its bottom seemed to be seeping out dark red seawater, winding like veins in the waves.
The ships were lined up in a neat array, blocking their path.
Lu Jin paused, his brows and eyes darkening like the night.
Sang Li stared at the gloomy fleet of ships, a name slowly escaping from his lips.
“...Amber”.
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