Chapter 51: Simple Tasks (14)(1/2)
The woman opened her eyes, feeling a little confused after feeling dazed.
"Shouldn't I... die..."
The last memory I have is of being tortured by illness and being paralyzed on the bed, unable to move.
After her husband injected her with an analgesic, she fell into a deep sleep. In her dream, she felt light and airy, as if her soul was about to leave this heavy body and fly into the clouds.
But just when she was about to touch the warm clouds, an overbearing gravity came from below, ruthlessly pulling her down and falling to the dark earth!
In panic, she woke up the moment she made contact with the ground.
It's strange that the feeling of pain has disappeared, and my body feels extremely relaxed, as if... I have fully recovered?
But that's impossible.
But although this body is healthy, it always feels a little strange, as if... she is no longer human.
"So, is this the world after death? Am I a soul now?"
The woman got up, walked to the window with bare feet, opened the light gray curtains, and an endless sea of white flowers came into view, making her marvel.
"This must be the Kingdom of Heaven..."
Behind him, the sound of the door opening sounded.
The woman turned around and saw that familiar figure.
His face was full of exhaustion, but his eyes were full of joy: "Honey, you're awake."
"Husband?!" The woman was surprised and immediately realized that she was not dead.
"Where is this? How do I... get better?"
The man held the woman's hand and sat beside the bed: "There are many mysterious powers in this world, and this is one of them. As long as we live here, we will be free from illness and disaster, and live a long life. We only need to abide by a few Irrelevant rules."
"Rules?" The woman was confused.
"Yes." The man said solemnly: "You must abide by the rules. You can walk around the sea of flowers during the day, but you cannot cross the river to the other side; you cannot go out at night, and you can only stay in this house and yard. Activities here.”
"oh……"
The woman didn't understand, but she nodded obediently: "I understand."
They live here.
But everyone is curious, and women always have many questions, such as "What is on the other side of the river", "Why does the sun not move in the sky", "Why do these flowers keep blooming and not wither", "Why do flowers turn into "Red", "I saw a monster with a head like a durian walking in the distance last night, what was it"...
Men always answer women's questions patiently.
The woman just listened silently.
But what a man doesn’t know is that a woman with a delicate mind knows in her heart that he is lying, but she does not expose him.
Gradually, women stopped asking questions because they couldn't get real answers.
She began to observe secretly and think about it all day long.
The cover up that a man thinks is perfect is actually full of loopholes in front of the people closest to him.
As more and more information was collected, the woman gradually pieced together the truth.
A truth she couldn't accept.
So, one day, after seeing her husband off as usual, she cut her wrist with a kitchen knife.
The man seemed to feel that his wife was in danger, so he left and returned, successfully preventing her from committing suicide.
The two confessed.
A fierce quarrel ensued.
In the end, the woman was knocked unconscious by the man and injected with drugs, making her unable to move.
Then the man went out.
This time it took a long time, and it took a full six days before I came back.
When he came back, he brought a woman wrapped in a black robe and wearing a mask.
The woman in black robe looked at Jun Ru.
The man said a little tiredly: "This is the situation. I have no need to deceive you. Can you trade with me?"
The woman in black robe nodded: "You have to know that Shuangsha has a monopoly in the hands of Xu Ling. It is very difficult to get it. The price you gave is too low."
The man frowned: "Let's go out and talk."
The woman in black robe chuckled lightly and said indifferently: "It doesn't matter, she won't remember it later."
The man's eyes widened slightly, showing joy: "Have you agreed to the deal?"
"It can be traded, but the price is not. We need to add another condition."
The man looked solemn: "You say."
The woman in black robe said word by word: "My lord, I need you to control this node."
"Isn't this a fantasy?!" The man became excited: "How can I, a weirdo, control the nodes?!"
"Ha~" the woman in black robe chuckled: "The virtual spirit that controls this node, doesn't it mean that it controls the node?"
"Frost and sand are useless to virtual spirits."
"Shuangsha can't do it, but that ring can." The woman in black robe pointed to the violet gemstone ring on the finger of the woman on the bed.
"That thing is broken."
The woman in black robe took out a round stone filled with five-color brilliance from her arms: "I don't have frost and sand, but as long as you agree to this condition, I will give you this five-color stone. How about it?"
The man did not answer, but stared at the woman in black robe with a stern look: "Are you investigating me?"
"Don't be angry. It's not against you. We will investigate every customer. Besides, your matter is not a secret in Xuanqing City."
"I want frost and sand."
The woman in black robe took back the five-color stone and turned to leave: "It's a pity that this business can't be done."
"Wait a moment!"
The man looked at the woman on the bed with a look of pain on his face.
Closing his eyes, taking a deep breath, he stretched out his hand: "I agree to the deal."
"That's right!" the woman in black robe said with satisfaction.
She handed the five-color stone to the man and took out an animal skin scroll and gave it to him: "After controlling the virtual spirit, whether you coax or use other means, let the virtual spirit arrange this magic circle at the core of the body.
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"What does this magic circle do?"
"You don't need to know that."
"……good!"
"Then...please cooperate!"
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"After that, my memory was tampered with and I forgot everything." After Jun Ru finished speaking, she stood quietly.
The four of them, Long Qisheng, were silent, each digesting this complicated information.
Junru revealed a lot of information about this node.
This node was originally the nest of the huge ethereal spirit before. After his death, this place was assigned to an E-level ethereal spirit under the same lord, which is the current ethereal spirit.
This ethereal spirit is very weak, but it has a skill that is favored by the lord: making anchors.
The lord assigned this good place to him because he wanted him to use certain organs of the dead ethereal spirits to make anchors and turn this node into a fixed node for invading the living world.
This highly active and complete B-level ethereal body is the reward given to him.
As long as he can successfully fuse this body, he can transform from a weak chicken into a powerful B-level ethereal spirit.
These things were told to Che Jingxing after He was controlled by him.
After the virtual spirit arrived, he first drilled several holes in the main body of the body, drained out the body fluids that had turned into strong acid, and freed up several large and small spaces for him to use.
Strong acid flooded the original jungle and turned it into a strong acid lake. All the original creatures died, but some amphibious fish that liked the strong acid environment came to live here, and gradually became what it is today.
Che Jingxing took Jun Ru into the ethereal world and transformed into grotesques. It happened that phantoms were recruiting men, so he followed several other grotesques into the huge plant to work for phantoms.
Of course, after he took control of the virtual spirit, all other weirdos were killed by him in order to prevent the news from leaking out.
"Miss Junru, do you know the origins of those who did business with Che Jingxing?" Mo Xun asked.
Jun Ru shook her head: "I don't know."
"Could they be from the 'unification faction'?" Xin Bailu guessed.
Mo Xun thought for a while: "Probably not. Although the Unification Sect has different ideas from ours, everyone has the same purpose. They want to expel the virtual world from our world. They have no reason to control a node in the virtual world.
To be continued...