In the most prestigious private hospital in the Demon City, within a VIP ward.
Jiang Chen lay quietly on the hospital bed, his eyes hollow, like an exquisite doll from which the soul had been extracted.
Anya, Mu Xing, and Dongfang Yue, the three sisters, silently guarded him, the atmosphere in the entire room somewhat oppressive… In this silence, the door to the ward was gently pushed open from the outside.
Lu Cheng walked in.
His arrival was like a stone thrown into water, instantly stirring up ripples.
"Lu Cheng…"
The moment Anya saw Lu Cheng, a light rekindled in her eyes, which had been dim with sorrow and self-reproach.
Since they had already been intimate, she no longer cared about modesty or propriety.
She directly threw herself into Lu Cheng's arms, holding him tightly, as if holding the entire world!
"Lu Cheng… thank you… thank you for saving Mu Xing…"
Her voice was filled with a deep sob and lingering fear.
"I… I was so scared…"
Mu Xing followed closely, hugging Lu Cheng's arm from the other side and resting her fluffy little head on his shoulder.
"Brother Cheng… thank you."
"Thank you for protecting me…"
Lu Cheng, with an arm around each, fully enjoyed the reliance of these two stunning sisters, then turned his playful gaze towards Dongfang Yue, the only one still standing there with a complex expression… Dongfang Yue looked at the "warm" scene unfolding before her, her heart extremely conflicted.
There was gratitude, there was apprehension, but more than that, there was a sense of… powerlessness.
She took a deep breath, then spoke coldly, asking the question that had been swirling in her mind:
"You knew he would make a move all along?"
While the two women were still in Lu Cheng's arms, wondering why Dongfang Yue would ask such a question.
Lu Cheng's mind stirred, and he activated the Love-Binding Gu that was connected to her consciousness!
Dongfang Yue's delicate body trembled violently!
But this time, what she felt was not the scorching heat that had previously made her feel ashamed to death.
Instead, it was a… bone-chilling killing intent!
This killing intent, however, seemed to give her a familiar feeling… Yes!
It was exactly the same as the killing intent she had released towards Lu Cheng in the study earlier!
At this moment, Lu Cheng's whisper, transmitted directly into her mind through the Love-Binding Gu, also rang out:
"Do you feel it, Yue'er?"
"This is… the emotion you had when you tried to kill me that night."
He activated the Gu worm again!
This time, what Dongfang Yue felt was… the "reliance" of surviving a catastrophe and the "love" etched into her bones that Anya felt when she threw herself into his arms!
"This is… your big sister's current emotion."
Finally, he also transmitted his current "pleasure" of manipulating everything and his strong possessiveness towards Dongfang Yue, this disobedient "little wildcat," through the Gu worm.
"And this…"
"Is my current mood."
Dongfang Yue's defenses gradually crumbled as Lu Cheng's emotions were transmitted… Her face changed constantly, and she finally understood the true terrifying aspect of the Love-Binding Gu, this legendary treasure!
It could not only make one's body betray one's will!
It could also… force "emotions" to be shared!
And allow "spirit" to be mercilessly invaded!
Under this man's will, she was forced to feel her sister's love for him, forced to feel his desire for her… All her secrets, all her emotions, had nowhere to hide before this man!
She had become a completely "transparent" person!
All that remained was a surging admiration for Lu Cheng, which was constantly growing stronger!
…After gradually eroding Dongfang Yue's psychological defenses.
Lu Cheng finally walked to Jiang Chen's bedside.
He leaned down, looking at the "child prodigy protagonist" who had reverted to an ordinary child.
To be precise, he couldn't even be considered an ordinary child.
Because Jiang Chen's system stripping had also destroyed his memories from when he had the system, his intelligence had now regressed to a 3-year-old level… In medical terms, Jiang Chen was now in a state of intellectual developmental delay, which could also be called "intellectual disability."
Lu Cheng's voice remained gentle, carrying sarcasm that Jiang Chen, in his current state, couldn't understand.
"Little friend, the game is over."
"See, I will take good care of your sisters."
Afterward, he kindly suggested to Anya… "It's better to inform Jiang Chen's parents; they should know."
"Observe for a period of time, and if there's no improvement, send Jiang Chen abroad for treatment…"
Since Lu Cheng had said so, Anya and Mu Xing, of course, were completely obedient to him… As for Dongfang Yue?
After a complex emotional struggle, she could only agree to this arrangement.
After all, no matter what Lu Cheng did that led to Jiang Chen becoming like this.
It was Jiang Chen who had first tried to harm Mu Xing, which led to this outcome!
[Ding! Successfully terminated the Son of Destiny Jiang Chen, obtaining the ultimate reward: System Smelting Furnace!]
…When they left the hospital, Anya and Mu Xing naturally linked arms with Lu Cheng, one on each side.
Dongfang Yue struggled for a moment, looking at the back of that devil-like man, and finally, she succumbed to the emotion within her heart and followed.
She knew that resistance was already meaningless.
Just as Lu Cheng got into the car with his three freshly acquired spoils, his phone suddenly rang.
"Young Master Lu, urgent intelligence."
"Miss Ji Yao has just completed the preliminary reverse analysis of the [Nano Combat Suit Shard]."
"Data shows that a terrifying energy body, whose energy level far surpasses Ji Tianxing's previous battle armor by several times, has been activated and is about to arrive in Demon City."
"Miss Ji Yao's final judgment is…"
"Ji Tianxing might have created a god-slaying weapon."
…Lu Cheng hung up the phone, looking at the streetscape rapidly receding outside the window, then glanced at the three Jiang family sisters beside him, docile as cats.
With a thought, he brought up the system interface.
Before him, a profoundly deep miniature black vortex appeared!
This was the system's new form after he dealt with Jiang Chen.
The System Smelting Furnace!
He took out the golden orb representing Jiang Chen's Shocking System.
However, the orb, upon seeing the Smelting Furnace, let out an unprecedented shriek of terror.
It tried to escape but was slowly dragged into the dark vortex by an irresistible gravitational pull!
As the orb was completely devoured, a series of new system prompts rang out in Lu Cheng's mind!
[Ding! Successfully plundered the core code of the Shocking System! Now smelting…]
[Ding! Smelting successful! Congratulations to the host for acquiring a new ability module: Emotion Energy Conversion, which can convert strong emotions generated by a designated target into Villain Points!]
[Ding! [System Smelting Furnace] has been activated! The host has now unlocked System Manufacturing Authority! — Can consume Villain Points to create and unlock sub-systems for designated targets!]
Feeling the new abilities in his mind, Lu Cheng's eyes gleamed with fervent light!
"Is this the real way to play?"
"Emotion conversion is irrelevant…"
"The important thing is, not only can I plunder destiny, but I can also… mass-produce Sons of Destiny?"
"Let them work for me, and then, harvest them with my own hands!"
"This city will gradually become my leek farm!"