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Chapter 441 Playing Dead

Lin Xiyue witnessed this scene and her face turned extremely ugly.

She was completely unaware of all this, and even when that mysterious thing was draining her energy, she was oblivious.

This is absolutely terrifying, even more so than being bitten by a mosquito.

After all, when bitten by a mosquito, a person feels itchy and their skin swells up as red welts. But this thing doesn't make a sound; you might not even realize what's happening until your body is completely drained.

"Don't look, nothing will happen."

Melos's voice was deep and gentle; he seemed to sense Lin Xiyue's tension and unease.

He gently covered her eyes with the hand that was around her waist, as if trying to shut her out of everything outside.

At the same time, Meros's gaze sharpened as he glared fiercely at the system.

Although the system existed in Lin Xiyue's mind, Moros had forcibly extracted it before.

That glance was filled with authority and warning, making the system shiver and almost cry out.

[I, I, I didn't do it willingly! Yes, the host told me to scan! o(╥﹏╥)o]

The system's voice was choked with sobs, sounding flustered and aggrieved. It hurriedly explained to Meros, afraid that Meros would be angry with it.

Fortunately, a communication channel had already been established between the system and Meros.

Otherwise, the system was genuinely worried that Meros would pull it out of Lin Xiyue's body in order to get it to respond.

After all, the system had experienced that feeling of incompleteness before, and it was a nightmare.

At that time, Meros only pulled out two-thirds of its data, and it felt extremely uncomfortable, as if a person with OCD had been thrown into a pit full of cockroaches.

The system still feels lingering fear from the dual torment of physical and mental suffering.

【That's not it. How could you bring her here?】

Meros stared at the system with a gloomy expression, skillfully connected to the channel, and roared angrily at the system.

His voice betrayed his anger; clearly, he was furious about the matter.

[Ah, well... I didn't want to either. But... but she gave me just too much.]

The system seemed somewhat afraid of Meros's reaction, and hesitated for a moment before answering: At this point, the system's voice became a little stuttering, and it also added a "fingers.jpg" emoticon, clearly feeling very embarrassed about its behavior.

"Heh, I'll settle the score with you after this is over."

Upon hearing the system's explanation, Meros snorted coldly, becoming even angrier.

His tone was cold and resolute, clearly indicating that he would not let the system off easily.

After saying that, he unilaterally cut off communication with the system without hesitation, leaving the system at a loss on the other end of the channel.

The system felt a little panicked as it watched Meros suddenly disappear from the screen.

[Well, it's not that I didn't want to say it, it's that you didn't tell me to.]

It muttered quickly.

The system figured it wouldn't be responsible for anything that came up when asked. After all, it was Boss Mo who didn't give it a chance to explain, so how could it be blamed?

However, the system knew Meros's temperament, so it decided not to dwell on the matter any longer.

So it stressed this point again in its mind, telling itself that it absolutely couldn't be blamed if something went wrong, and then it gradually relaxed.

"What exactly is this thing? And what is its other end connected to?"

At the same moment, Lin Xiyue broke the silence, her voice clear and questioning.

Due to the limited scanning range of the system, Lin Xiyue was unable to discern the origin of the mysterious line connecting her to herself.

So, although the more she looked at the line, the more familiar it seemed, no matter how hard she tried to recall, she could never remember its origin.

Left with no other option, Lin Xiyue turned her attention to Molos, hoping to get some clues from him.

“This… is the thing Earl was holding earlier.”

Meros's voice was slightly low, as if he had some indescribable emotion towards this thing.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiyue's heart tightened. She stared at Molos, a hint of doubt and curiosity flashing in her eyes.

"That thing? Wasn't it dead?"

Lin Xiyue's words revealed a hint of disbelief as the image of that thing flashed through her mind.

In the images shared by the system, the thing appeared unusually active when it was first unearthed, struggling desperately.

However, after Li Si inserted the ball of light into its opening, just a few seconds later, the thing suddenly twitched a few times and then became completely still.

Lin Xiyue remembered this vividly, because after that, Earl and Li Si seemed to have simply held the thing casually and never paid any attention to it again.

During the struggle with Fei Bo, neither Lin Xiyue herself nor the system noticed any movement from the object.

Therefore, she naturally assumed that the thing was dead.

And now, this thing that had died in her heart, its long thread, without her even noticing, has silently connected to her body and is now drawing energy from her.

"It didn't die; it was just knocked unconscious and controlled. If nothing unexpected had happened, Li Si and the others should have completely trapped it and sealed off all its movements. However, an accident occurred later."

Meros shook his head, a helpless expression on his face. His voice was low and slow, as if he were recalling the scene at that time.

"That thing had already woken up before Li Si left; it was just pretending. So, after Li Si left, it began to act. And then..."

Meros hesitated before speaking, as if he felt quite ashamed.

"Then that thing attacked Earl, who was completely unprepared and was hit directly in the energy core, becoming its energy provider."

But because of Lin Xiyue's question, he continued.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiyue's face turned pale, and her lips trembled slightly, clearly frightened by Molos's words.

The image of Earl being attacked kept flashing through her mind, and she was filled with worry.

"And what about Earl? How...how is he now?"

Lin Xiyue's voice trembled slightly as she gripped Molos's arm tightly, as if that would reassure her a little.

In fact, if Lin Xiyue hadn't just gone through so many complicated things, she should have been able to easily notice the clues much earlier.

After all, Earl had previously acted like a chatterbox, always ready to criticize and ramble on about everything.

However, just now, Earl suddenly fell silent, which was obviously very abnormal, and it was obvious at a glance that there must be a problem.

……