[Ding! Host meets the criteria for the system's malicious target. Godly Rich System binding successful.]
[Newbie Mission: Please spend 1,000,000.00 Star Coins on five Beast Husbands within three hours.]
[Mission Reward: Unlock a tenfold reward—a Federation luxury mansion worth ten million Star Coins, plus 1,000,000.00 Star Coins.]
[A Black Card exclusive to the Godly Rich System has been placed in the Host's bag. Please check for it.]
A mechanical voice suddenly echoed in her mind.
Hearing the voice, Bai Zhi's eyes shot open. "Who's talking?!"
The strange sensations in her body made Bai Zhi frown. 'Didn't I die of a heart attack? Can you still feel things after you're dead?'
Before Bai Zhi could even process what the "system" had just said, she looked down and saw a devastatingly beautiful, naked stranger lying beneath her.
Her hands were wrapped around the man's neck, strangling him. His handsome face was contorted, flushed beet red from her actions.
Bai Zhi instantly jerked her hands back, her mind going blank. "I-I'm sorry," she stammered.
Only then did she realize they were both completely naked, with her on top of him. The strange sensation beneath her made her face heat up instantly.
'I may have never been with a man, but I've seen how it works!'
She quickly scrambled off him.
Her movement caused Hu Yan to let out a short groan, a sound caught somewhere between pain and pleasure.
With quick reflexes, she wrapped the blanket around herself and tossed the other half to him, covering his more... intimate parts.
Able to breathe again, Hu Yan instantly broke into a violent fit of coughing—COUGH, COUGH, COUGH—while taking huge gulps of fresh air.
Bai Zhi pinched herself. "Hiss—"
'It hurts. So this isn't a dream.'
Bai Zhi took in the unfamiliar surroundings and the handsome stranger, quickly trying to analyze the situation.
A flood of memories that weren't hers suddenly filled her mind. Before she could react, she saw a transparent panel materialize before her, displaying a countdown timer: [179:59:01].
It was only then that she remembered the voice in her head. 'Godly Rich System? Spend money on my Beast Husbands? Complete the mission and get a Federation mansion worth ten million Star Coins?!'
Just then, the mechanical voice sounded in her mind again.
[Host, please complete the mission as soon as possible. Failure to complete the mission within the allotted time will result in erasure by the system.]
Bai Zhi was so shocked she leaped out of bed. 'Erased by the system for failing the mission?!'
Between being erased and getting a ten-million-Star-Coin mansion, Bai Zhi, a former 997 corporate slave, chose the latter without a moment's hesitation!
But…
If her new memories served her right, the man in bed with her, Hu Yan, the one who had just been nearly strangled to death by her—no, by this body's original owner—was one of her Beast Husbands.
Bai Zhi: "..."
She looked at his body, covered from head to toe in injuries. Every single mark had been inflicted by the original owner, and just a moment ago, she had been in the middle of continuing that abuse.
Bai Zhi swallowed hard. 'This is going to be difficult,' she thought.
Given how much he must hate her now, on top of the original owner's long history of abuse, he would probably suspect she had ulterior motives no matter what she did.
As Bai Zhi was lost in thought, a sharp pain suddenly shot through her arm. She looked down and saw a fox-shaped tattoo glowing on her skin. At the same time, the tattoo showed faint signs of fading away.
Whenever a female takes a Beast Husband, a tattoo of his beast form appears on her body. This was the tattoo of Hu Yan's original form.
She snapped her gaze to Hu Yan and saw that his eyes, already bloodshot, were now glowing a frightening scarlet. His pupils had narrowed into fox-like slits, and his gorgeous face was contorted in agony. In an instant, his spiritual power swept through the room, raging wildly and even beginning to spread outside.
Three words surfaced in Bai Zhi's mind: spirit sea collapse.
Bai Zhi's expression changed drastically. 'This is bad!'
Hu Yan's spiritual power had gone berserk today. The original owner had used the excuse of needing to soothe him to send Lang Qin, Yan Yichen, and Yue Junxiao to Zone C to hunt for High-level Crystal Cores. But instead, she had taken advantage of Hu Yan's unstable state to attack him, pushing his already rampant spirit sea to the brink of collapse.
Bai Zhi frantically asked the system, "What do I do about his condition?"
System: [Host, please unite with your Beast Husband as soon as possible. Use your spiritual power to restructure his spirit sea and establish a nexus.]
Bai Zhi: "...?"
'Unite? Does it mean *unite* in the way I think it does?'
[If the Host is unwilling, you can also find a Comforter of Level 3S or higher to treat him. Otherwise, he will die in two hours at most.]
Hearing this, Bai Zhi's brow furrowed. 'I just barely managed to get a second chance at life. If he dies, who am I supposed to spend money on?!'
'If I don't spend money on my Beast Husbands, I'll die too!'
Comforters of Level 3S and above were not only extremely rare, but even if she found one, there was no way she could afford the exorbitant treatment fees.
This was the very reason so many Beastmen died after their spiritual power went berserk and they were unable to receive comfort.
Aside from Level 3S or higher Comforters, the only other method was for a Beastman's female to use her own spiritual power to soothe him through physical union. This was why females held such high status in society.
But no matter how high that status was, looking at the countdown on the panel, she had no time to enjoy it!
Although Bai Zhi already knew the answer, she made one last desperate attempt. "Do I have to spend money on all five of them?"
[Yes.]
'It must be because the original owner had five Beast Husbands when I was bound to the system. That's why I have to spend money on all five of them to survive.'
At this thought, Bai Zhi gritted her teeth. 'It's just sex!'
'With a face and body like that, it's not like I'm getting the short end of the stick!'
And with that, she threw off the blanket and pounced!
The moment their bodies touched, Bai Zhi's dominant position was instantly reversed.
In that instant, all she saw was a flash of Hu Yan's scarlet eyes. His hair fanned out to either side, and though the arrow was already on the string, a flicker of hesitation still crossed his beautiful face, a ghost of all their past troubles.
Bai Zhi sighed, took the initiative, and wrapped her arms around his neck, offering herself to him.
A gentle wisp of spiritual power filled the air. When his rampaging spiritual power met this new force, it was instantly soothed, becoming as docile as a lamb.
As time passed, Hu Yan's spiritual power gradually settled down.
Following the instructions in her new memories, Bai Zhi painstakingly re-established the nexus for him, bit by bit, until his spiritual power was stable.
After successfully soothing Hu Yan's spiritual power, the crimson flush on Bai Zhi's face had faded, leaving her looking a little pale.
Hu Yan's eyes gradually returned to their normal color, though the corners were still tinged with red. A flicker of confusion now lay in their depths.
'Didn't she just try to strangle me to death? Could she have really soothed my berserk spirit sea? Or has she just thought of a new way to torture me, and that's why she can't let me die yet?'
'What is this Bai Zhi really up to?'
Bai Zhi got up to get dressed, feeling a bit like a scumbag who hits it and quits it. Just then, a deep, cool voice came from behind her. "What are you planning now?"