Chapter 33: The heroine’s best friend

Northern Sea Double Fish stared blankly, watching as Ye Kui lowered his right leg and walked toward her.

Although Northern Sea Double Fish was a bit confused and didn’t know who he was, it didn’t look like he was one of them…

Northern Sea Double Fish’s eyes widened, bloodshot, and she suddenly coughed violently, spitting out blood and fragments of her internal organs.

The breath she was holding onto dissipated, and Northern Sea Double Fish instantly weakened, her eyes turning dim and cloudy, as if shrouded in a layer of haze.

Her vision was already blurred; she couldn’t see clearly anymore.

She could only vaguely make out the figure stopping in front of her.

“Save… save them.”

Northern Sea Double Fish gently pushed the child in her arms away, then her body went limp, collapsing heavily to the ground!

She gasped for air, like a broken bellows wheezing, and more blood surged up, spewing out.

Her scarred hand slowly reached forward in the pool of blood, grabbing the hem of his pants.

Fresh blood on her hand stained a small bundle red, and it continued to spread.

“Save them, they… they’re all good children.”

Northern Sea Double Fish had no more choices.

She knew very well how severely her life was fading—she had only a minute or two left.

So, she could only gamble!

Did Northern Sea Double Fish regret it?

If she hadn’t come here because of that message; if she hadn’t exposed her identity when a little girl was about to be dismembered; if she hadn’t been greedy and tried to save a few more…

Maybe she wouldn’t have been trapped in this life-and-death crisis.

Northern Sea Double Fish lowered her eyes, her gaze gradually extinguishing.

She wouldn’t regret it.

She was worthy of the badge on her chest.

“Big sister!”

The little girls all began to cry in pain!

But soon, they used their dirty, scarred little hands to cover their mouths.

Their bodies trembled, and tears kept flowing, but they didn’t dare to make a loud sound.

Because, in the past, if they cried or made noise, they would be “punished.”

The disabled children dragged their bodies, surrounding Northern Sea Double Fish, as if wanting to protect her in this way.

Ye Kui’s expression was complicated as he looked at the children with missing arms and legs, some even with scales and horns.

Clearly, they had suffered unimaginably cruel experiments.

Fear and dread filled their eyes, with tears brimming, but… almost all of them met his gaze, not backing away.

Ye Kui crouched down, looking at the wound on Northern Sea Double Fish’s waist—it looked as if some creature had bitten it off.

Such a death was extremely cruel.

Because it wasn’t quick.

It must have been one of the black-clothed man’s twisted amusements, wanting to see Northern Sea Double Fish’s face in despair.

But unexpectedly, Northern Sea Double Fish’s spirit was incredibly strong, her willpower unyielding.

It even made the other party seem a bit like a ridiculous clown.

This best friend of the heroine should, by all rights, have died long ago.

However, Ye Kui wasn’t too surprised.

After all, due to the influence of his own Virus, some Butterfly Effects were bound to happen.

Ye Kui felt that the bloody smell around him was too pungent, so he snapped his fingers.

In an instant, the blood vanished!

All the incomplete and mutated little girls in the room emitted a white light, and in their startled cries, they discovered that their “afflictions” had disappeared.

Lost limbs grew back!

The wound on Northern Sea Double Fish’s waist squirmed with new flesh, and her missing half-body quickly regenerated.

The Great Alchemical Power manifested here!

Ye Kui was very sure he could never become someone like Northern Sea Double Fish, but he admired her.

Because it was a good thing to have more idiots like her in the world.

However, her strength was a bit weak.

Ye Kui happily decided to enhance her a bit—Human Transmutation, Life Evolution.

Otherwise, if she encountered another crisis, she might just be wiped out.

Ye Kui also had some selfish motives.

He had his eye on Northern Sea Double Fish’s status as the heroine Luo Qiongyin’s best friend!

In the future, if his online romance went awry, and Luo Qiongyin discovered his true identity and tried to kill him for playing with her feelings, maybe Northern Sea Double Fish would block Luo Qiongyin for him on account of having saved her life?

He would just hide behind Northern Sea Double Fish.

Kekekeke, your best friend is nice, but now she’s mine!

Ye Kui imagined the scene and found it quite pleasing~

He needed to enhance his risk resistance.

And prepare more backup plans.

Anyway… for Ye Kui, it was just a casual effort.

Ye Kui’s lips couldn’t help but curl up.

At that moment, he smiled like a villain.

In his pocket, Zina poked out her head, her eyes sparkling as she watched everything unfold.

Because in this moment, Ye Kui was incredibly cool, radiant, and full of positive energy!

He looked full of life—not the type to casually destroy the world.

Zina saw a long and blissful life with her master!

Ye Kui waved his hand, and a mass of blood mist appeared out of thin air, then reformed, growing bones and flesh, quickly becoming a humanoid shape.

It was the black-clothed man from earlier.

His eyes were filled with fanaticism and loyalty toward Ye Kui.

He knelt on one knee, head bowed respectfully.

“Master.”

The black-clothed man’s appearance looked the same, but everything inside had been replaced; it was merely a similar shell.

The mysteries of Alchemy are beyond the understanding of ordinary people.

Ye Kui nodded.

Compared to taming and controlling, he preferred to create things himself, so he didn’t have to worry about any hidden dangers lurking in soul or flesh.

Loyalty remained at one hundred percent.

Ye Kui looked over the little girls; their injuries had healed, and all the scales and horns had vanished.

Still, he felt something was missing.

Ye Kui thought for a moment, and his eyes flashed!

He snapped his fingers.

At once, the now fresh, fair-skinned little lolis were dressed in puffy skirts and adorned with pretty butterfly bows, each one looking like a tiny fairy.

This was just right.

Ye Kui smiled in satisfaction, his eyes cleansed by the sight of adorable little lolis, completely content.

He took out more than ten large lollipops from his arms and handed them out with a grin, placing them in their small hands.

“Children, stay quietly in this room from now on, okay? Don’t wander off, understood?”

They stared at Ye Kui in a daze, gazing at this man who brought miracles, and hope began to light in their eyes.

They gripped the lollipops tightly in their hands, bright and colorful.

But they preferred black.

Because Ye Kui wore black.

If miracles had a color, it would surely be black.

The little lolis nodded, the fear in their eyes gradually fading.

A couple of bolder ones carefully reached out with their soft white hands and tugged gently at Ye Kui’s sleeve.

“Um… big brother, thank you.”

The childish gratitude warmed Ye Kui’s heart.

“But, big brother, our big sister…”

Seeing that they were still worried about Northern Sea Double Fish lying on the ground, Ye Kui felt even more satisfied.

Gratitude was good.

“Don’t worry, Northern Sea Double Fish… Ah, your big sister is fine. She’s just tired and fell asleep.”

“She didn’t die and become a Star in the sky.”

“I never lie.”

“Look, her legs have already been restored by big brother. If you’re not sure, you can reach out and touch.”

A few little lolis, hearing this, cautiously knelt down and placed their hands on Northern Sea Double Fish’s long, pale legs, pressing down.

The soft flesh surprised them.

She really… recovered.

Tears of joy appeared at the corners of their eyes, and they wanted to chatter around Ye Kui in gratitude.

But when they saw the black-clothed man kneeling on one knee, fear returned, and they dared not move.

Ye Kui noticed their inner conflict, but didn’t mind, instead glancing at the claws and various torture devices on the walls.

Ye Kui snapped his fingers again.

At once, the mystery of Alchemy flooded the entire room.

The walls, floor, and ceiling turned pink, and countless plush dolls and little toys appeared…

The once cold torture chamber became a dreamy Fairy-tale Castle.

Seeing the little lolis with their mouths agape and eyes sparkling, Ye Kui smiled and conjured several small robots, hiding them in secret places to protect them.

Then he picked up Northern Sea Double Fish and placed her on a pink soft couch.

He looked her over from head to toe—her figure was quite good.

Of course, Ye Kui wasn’t the vulgar type; he had refined tastes.

Thus, the torn white clothes barely covering her thighs disintegrated, replaced by black light that wrapped around her.

When it faded, she was dressed in a form-fitting black qipao, long black silk stockings on her legs, a beautiful rose blooming on the chest, its stem extending from the waist of the qipao to merge perfectly with the embroidered roots on one of the black stockings.

Several small rose tattoos adorned her ankles.

The other stocking was plain.

Ye Kui’s sense of aesthetics was on point.

Looking at her swan-like neck, he waved his hand and conjured a small black leather choker, gently placing it around her neck.

This neck was too perfect not to be adorned.

Besides decoration, the collar also housed tiny needles that could inject anesthesia into Northern Sea Double Fish, making her sleep.

After all… if she woke up and tried to run outside, it would be troublesome.

She’d have to endure a few more times of baby-like sleep.