Chapter 40: The “loophole” In The Free-ride System
In the room filled with the smell of disinfectant, Xiao Qing timidly walked in. Wu Fei, like a doctor, held a stethoscope to check her heartbeat and pulse, and looked at her tongue coating.
Speaking of which, after using the Restoration Gem, she became more and more like a human, even her former scales were no longer visible.
Then, for the private examination, Wu Fei handed it over to San Gu on the side.
Regarding the things to do, San Gu was also very interested, fully complying with Wu Fei’s requests and making records.
And this kind of examination was already the fifth time. During this period, Wu Fei required Xiao Qing to transform five times, and recorded her physical condition after each transformation. Overall, every time after transforming and reverting to human form, she became more like a human than before, to the point that her heartbeat and pulse were approaching those of a real human, not the Snake Tribe.
But! Another form was different, developing in another direction.
“Transform.” After Wu Fei gave the order, Xiao Qing nodded and closed her eyes. Immediately, a glow from her Inner Core rotating appeared in her abdomen, and her entire body instantly began to “rise slowly,” because her lower body started to swell and enlarge under an unknown power, growing thick scales, thereby supporting her upper body.
The room suddenly became crowded, with the coiling snake body occupying half of the room.
Now Wu Fei could confirm that after Xiao Qing transformed into a half-snake half-human state, she was becoming bigger and bigger, Xiao Qing’s snake hair became more and more prominent, and the fangs on the snake hair became sharper.
Even these snake hairs, like their owner, began to go mad in thought. Xiao Qing lowered her body, probing with a tongue like a snake’s, trying to touch Wu Fei. Wu Fei blocked the Snake Woman’s goodwill, raised his hand, and a mechanical arm popped out from the mechanism box in the room, suppressing her.
Oh, after turning into a Snake Woman, she was already one-third mad. For example, right now, after being stopped from licking and then pinned by the mechanical arm, she actually showed an expression of enjoyment, her huge snake body twisting around like an eel caught by the head.
Wu Fei began measuring the scales, using a drill to pry open the tail scales, finding that the hardness had strengthened, and at the same time, the scales could flexibly rub against each other, producing a pleasant sound.
Just as Wu Fei started groping to see how long it had grown and walked to her upper body, the Snake Woman stretched out her slender long tongue, trying to lick her master. Wu Fei’s Killing Intent unfolded, instantly stiffening the Snake Woman.
For Xiao Qing’s thoughts, Wu Fei maintained propriety.
After the nearly one-ton heavy Snake Woman was securely bound by a sturdier mechanical frame, Wu Fei roughly got to work, prying open scales and taking slices.
Under microscope observation, Wu Fei discovered that its tissue activity was a hundred times stronger than in human state.
After the inspection ended, Wu Fei took a deep breath and said to San Gu: “Begin, first draw a shallow round of Essence.”
San Gu nodded, took out a bronze box, from which red incense-like flames emerged. Then the red flames flowed out, entering the Snake Woman’s skin, turning into branding iron-like patterns covering Xiao Qing’s body.
Moans appeared in the prison cell, and this expression, um, ahegao?
Wu Fei felt a bit heated up, to prevent the Physical Test Instrument from prompting instability, he plugged his ears, picked up bamboo slips to read. After the hourglass on the side timed out, Wu Fei shouted to stop.
The flame patterns withdrew from Xiao Qing’s body. In that instant, Wu Fei seemed to feel that this Snake Woman was still not satisfied? Meanwhile, San Gu looked at the full red flame ashes in the bronze box with a strange expression, as if seeing something incomprehensible.
…Three hours later…
San Gu over there turned the burning ashes into “Flowing Ash Pills,” with an especially confused expression. Meanwhile, Xiao Qing had reverted to human form, still the delicate young girl, with no issues in the physical examination. As for what happened in the Snake People state just now, she confusedly told Wu Fei: shortly after turning into a Snake Person, she seemed to have been pinned on the stage by the mechanism arm and fell asleep, with no memory at all.
Wu Fei asked with great interest: “Did you have memory when you turned into snake form before?”
Xiao Qing: “Yes, I was aware of my actions and purposes.” At this, she glanced at Wu Fei: “General, after turning into a snake, I can still fight for you!”
Wu Fei called San Gu in to continue the examination, finally confirming that when Xiao Qing was in human form, her body had no abnormalities, and there was no loss in cell activity.
Wu Fei clicked his tongue in wonder, saying to Xiao Qing: “Now you are exceptionally gifted.”
For normal people, lost Essence is irreversible, which is why the “Ash Flow Pill” is an Evil Path pill.
After Xiao Qing transformed into a Snake Woman, the Essence seemed regenerable. Of course, this regeneration made her snake body continuously enlarge within half a year, even suddenly bulging a lot after the last battle. This increasing size and Mutation making her madder and madder made Wu Fei feel somewhat dangerous.
After all, every time the Snake Woman transformed, she stared straight at him, which wouldn’t do; it needed to be adjusted, um, harmonized.
Originally, Wu Fei thought the “Essence” relationship between Xiao Qing’s human body and snake body was linked. When he used “Blood Flame” to reduce Xiao Qing’s Snake People form Essence, it might adversely affect her human form.
Thus, at the beginning, Wu Fei’s extraction of Xiao Qing’s snake body Essence was quite cautious. Of course, the snake body state had reached the point where it must be weakened, because the snake body was getting stronger, and Wu Fei felt Xiao Qing was becoming harder to control that madness. This madness currently didn’t seem to affect Xiao Qing’s human psychology. But who knows about the future.
Wu Fei treated it as chemotherapy for Xiao Qing. But the “chemotherapy” results were different from what Wu Fei thought.
After several tests, Wu Fei discovered: Xiao Qing’s human form seemed completely unaffected by the weakening in Snake Woman state. The Snake Woman’s Essence was weakened, but the human form was full of Essence, and when transforming into snake next time, the Essence was fully replenished again, continuing to grow larger.
But after this whole process, the extracted “Ash Flow Pill” was real.
Wu Fei: The System has a bug, this transformation allows eternal farming for pills that increase “Spirit”? — Wu Fei was like an elementary school kid playing a mobile game discovering a system exploit to farm resources.
…Six days later…
Xiao Qing transformed six more times, was examined six times, and the Blood Flame attachment scale grew larger and larger. If the first time was just a small drink, later it was dead drunk. Red patterns covered every inch of scales and skin, presenting golden-red, with burning wax-like fire droplets continuously spraying from all seven orifices.
Of course, the experiments became bolder because every time Xiao Qing’s vital energy was burned to near exhaustion like black charcoal by the flames, after ending the transformation and reverting to human body, she had no scars at all, not even memories. And upon transforming again, it was like snake shedding, reborn anew, and even larger.
The Snake Woman, even after being bound, excitedly shouted in a coquettish voice: “Come on, come on!”
Wu Fei had to plug her mouth.
Now there was no turning back, because if not burning this snake body, even if Xiao Qing transformed normally, each time into Snake Person would stack irrationality. Only after burning, the second Snake Person transformation’s mental state would format.
Wu Fei guessed this was related to the Restoration Gem forcibly deleting memories of “giant snake form Essence extraction.”
Previously without burning, Xiao Qing could inherit Snake Person state memories, and memories stacking caused added madness upon snake transformation. Now directly deleting memories actually helped her stay rational.
Wu Fei secretly rejoiced in his heart: This Restoration Gem exploit is great, infinite free ride.
After the thought bubbled up, Wu Fei quietly checked the System’s reaction. Confirming no reaction from the System, he became even more smug.
Wu Fei continued secretly rejoicing: Free riding is great.
At this time, the System popup said: “Are you calling me?”
Wu Fei paused slightly, hurriedly shaking his head, “No, no.” — Afraid the System would fix the exploit in time, Wu Fei denied it outright. Don’t cut off his free riding channel.
However, what Wu Fei didn’t notice was a flyhead small print flashing at the bottom of the System interface: “What you’re free riding isn’t me.”
…Someone always has to get hurt…
After the sixth time ended, Wu Fei said to the woman who reverted to human form: “Wu Qing, stop spacing out, put on your clothes and come with me.” After being called, Xiao Qing immediately started dressing. When putting on clothes, she glanced at the “Military Master,” but found Wu Fei had his back turned to her. The two left the prison cell together, passed through the corridor, and arrived at a new prison cell.
Wu Qing sniffed: “Isn’t this where that pretty boy is held? Master, are we going to~ teach him a lesson?”
In the hotel-level prison cell, Wu Fei handed a gourd containing the freshly refined “Ash Flow Pills” to Jia Mude.
Jia Mude looked at these pills with a confused expression. Of course, Xiao Qing on the side was slightly stunned. She originally thought the Essence Wu Fei extracted from her to refine pills was for Wu Fei himself, but unexpectedly it was for this captive she caught to use. For a moment, a sour grievance condensed in her heart.
Wu Qing: So she was originally just a servant girl. Yet amid the bitterness, there was an inexplicable feeling.
However, at this moment, Wu Fei interrupted Xiao Qing’s self-brewing emotions, turned around and said: “Now, he is your slave.”
Wu Qing was slightly stunned, while Jia Mude on the side surprisedly said: “What did you say, slave, who is the slave?!”
Wu Fei pinched a finger incantation, and the metal collar on Jia Mude’s neck immediately tightened, preventing him from speaking.
Wu Fei sat to the side and said to Wu Qing: “According to merit matching, you now have fifteen merits. I’ve been thinking about how to redeem for you. Um, this guy is a direct disciple of Li Huo Sect, mastering quite a bit of knowledge. These half-month experiments and the recent situation, you know too. If from now on he relies on the ‘Ash Flow Pill’ refined from your Essence to survive, then you can control him.”
Wu Qing: “This servant girl doesn’t want a slave. If Master wants to use him, this servant girl can provide Essence.”
Wu Fei stood up: “Since you earned merit, you are no longer a servant girl. This is the military camp’s rule.” — (Mentally adding: Blood Reward can redeem anything, including partners.)
Wu Fei patted his hand and said to Xiao Qing: “Everything you exchanged with blood needs an heir in the future to inherit. His bloodline is good. If you have an heir with him, the Wu Family will arrange it.”
With that, Wu Fei pinched Jia Mude’s mouth and, amid his struggling resistant gaze, directly stuffed him an Ash Flow Pill.
Looking at the soulless Jia Mude, Wu Fei sneered coldly at him: “You’ve done plenty of Evil Path methods yourself, what orthodox sect are you pretending to be!”
After swallowing the pill, Jia Mude’s pupils turned golden-red, a sign of Spirit overflow. San Gu on the side carefully observed Jia Mude’s state.
Shackles unlocked, Jia Mude crouched on the ground coughing. He glared angrily at Wu Fei, who coldly looked at him: “I don’t want you to die because you are valuable, your bloodline, your position in Li Huo Sect are all valuable. If you’re unhappy with your current slave status, contribute your value as much as possible. Here with me, as long as you put in Blood Labor, you can absolutely exchange for Blood Reward! Also, Xiao Qing is my sister, treat her well.”
Xiao Qing, oh, now she should be called Wu Qing, reverently watched Xuan Chong on the side.
Wu Fei turned to Wu Qing: “He is a slave, not your burden. If one day you don’t like him anymore, or have completed the heir task and find him useless, just cut off his pill supply, and finding a new one is fine too.”
Wu Fei coldly glanced at Jia Mude. — Da Yao has cases of “keeping the child discarding the mother,” and here with Wu Fei, according to the most utilitarian “Blood Reward exchange principle,” it can also be “keep child discard father.”
The core is, in one’s “Blood Labor exchange Blood Reward” system, bias toward whoever is in it.
Wu Fei walked out the door, while San Gu paused, looked at Jia Mude again as if confirming something! Xiao Qing spat out her transformation Inner Core from her mouth. This Inner Core was originally pure purple, now firmly locked by a hexagonal grid gold.
…In reality, when an exploit allows infinite arbitrage, it’s just the straw inserted somewhere…
In space, the purple space that was half scorching planet surface was rapidly rotating.
This space was filled with processes of spikes contacting flesh, mixed with sounds of pain and pleasure. The source of the sounds was the opening and closing flesh contact in the space. Of course, every such phenomenon came from real-world lives sinking.
Whenever the purple space approaches a life-bearing planet, it bestows blessings on real lives already fallen into its Roads, guiding these pitiful beings toward continuous development in “pain and pleasure.”
But now, this purple space was stubbornly invaded by another force. This golden force formed a diamond shape, unaffected by any purple spikes or flesh. All profane tentacles trying to wrap this golden force were burned cooked.
The golden force had strong radioactivity, sweeping the purple space every period, turning the “spikes and flesh” here back to magma and dust on real celestial bodies.
Recent sweeps were a bit too many, six times. The purple space clearly wanted to pull out this thorn, but! To no avail.
Endless blessings were absorbed by the loophole right in the center of the golden diamond, then tampered with.
…One Cthulhu encountering another Cthulhu, ultimately competing on authority…
Here, Wu Fei, having just resolved a worry, was very relaxed now.
This cold old era actually gave considerable pressure to Wu Fei as a modern person. Wu Fei knew his fragility. Despite grasping military power and to some extent deciding many lives and deaths! And gaining loyalty from many people. But Wu Fei understood there is no loyalty without reason. If not giving enough Blood Reward to those loyalists wielding blades, it would eventually be a hidden danger.
As for Xiao Qing, as a Foreign Race, she had always been extremely “loyal” to him, her absolute loyalty even to an irrational extent, making him afraid. And now, um, giving her what she deserves, and planning her power and influence into a controllable direction for himself, a stone in his heart finally fell.
And next was, Wu Fei turned his head to look at San Gu,
At this time, San Gu was lowering her head as if thinking something. After glancing at Xuan Chong, she dodged her gaze and retreated backward.
…Night…
San Gu stared at a “Flowing Ash Pill.” Others didn’t know what was the source of the infinite recovery and ever-strengthening power from Xiao Qing’s snake body? She knew, it was “blessing,” but all “blessings” would be tainted by the blessing-granting god.
However, not only did Xiao Qing show no taint from that “purple” power after reverting to human form, even Jia Mude who swallowed the Flowing Ash Pill, aside from the pill’s original side effects, was not corrupted by “purple.” It was as if a terrifying order force had completely whitewashed the primordial gods’ power.
San Gu looked at the Flowing Ash Pill in her hand, revealing infinite Curiosity, blue flames in her pupils wavering between rising and suppressing.
Finally, San Gu couldn’t resist, swallowed a Flowing Ash Pill, and in that instant, she seemed to hear her faith’s lord rebuking her depravity.
A wisp of gold appeared in San Gu’s pupils.
San Gu was surprised, and in her own view appeared a popup: “Issued mandatory task: Wed Wu Yuanchang, success rewards a wisp of self-origin, failure performs mind erasure!”
San Gu: “Who are you, what is mind erasure?!”
Popup: “Mind erasure means you will become a true silly sweet girl. As for the first question, taboo, additional punishment: from now on you will gradually forget!”
As soon as the words fell, huge fear surged in San Gu’s heart, because she felt the many profound Knowledge and memories in her mind uncontrollably fading.
Something named Recycle Bin was crunching and pulverizing files.
