"I can't help but laugh."
"Under the mask, she licked her lips and said, "You are so fragrant now..."
She snapped her fingers, and a surge of dark clouds concealed the bright moon, covering up everything that was happening in this sea area.
Lu Qi stood arrogantly, looking down at this tiny human, and his voice no longer had the hoarseness of a dying man, but was rather majestic and ancient, like the true roar of a dragon.
"What are you exactly?"
Gui Mian Zheng He laughed happily, his eyes full of mocking playfulness, "What am I?"
"hahahaha..."
The laughter, dense and thick as the wind, engulfed the heavens and the earth, as if for a moment there were countless Zheng Ho's whispering loudly in Lu Qi's ears.
"I have given you a heart, given you flesh and blood, given you living limbs, given you power. Everything about you is mine to give. So in this calculation, obedient son, you should call me mother."
Lu Qi couldn't feel the humor in it. Hearing this, he was filled with rage and let out a roar towards the sky. His dragon scales bulged, and his giant eyes reflected the figure of Guo Mian Zheng He standing blood-soaked. White waves surged up in the secluded sea around him, like blades, charging towards Guo Mian Zheng He!
The immense size disparity made his attack akin to an elephant trampling an ant, or a whale lunging at a shrimp, where merely a breath could annihilate the opponent.
"Hè rǔ qū."
Ghost-Faced Zheng He casually flicked a finger, and yet Lu Qi, in mid-air, ceased all his attacks. His body suddenly stalled, losing the ability to float freely in the air, plummeting straight into the secluded sea.
In the instant he plunged into the sea, Lu Qi instinctively held his breath.
However, this is a human reaction, not a dragon's.
He was terrified to realize that his body suddenly was beyond his control.
"What have you done to me!"
He opened his mouth to roar, but instead of human words, there were continuous dragon howls.
"La rǔ gàn."
Lu Qi's body abruptly twisted, twisted by an invisible force into a tangled knot, squeezing out countless streaks of bright red plasma.
Lu Qi was rolling and struggling in the sea water, twisting like a giant python, but could only emit angry and powerless roars.
"Jiě rǔ ròu."
"Chōu rǔ fèi cháng."
The huge, vibrant dragon heart directly jumped out of Lu Qi's chest, flying towards Ghost-Faced Zheng He with a fierce look in his eyes.
"You do not hurry, you shall be my food."
After losing his dragon heart, Lu Qi could no longer support his own form, and the majestic dragon body was twisted into a mass of rotten flesh. His body fell straight down, yet it stopped helplessly in mid-air without anything to rely on.
Ghost-Faced Zheng He inspected the heart that clearly did not belong to a human, laughing happily, "hahahaha..."
Lu Qi's eyes were about to burst, "Stop! That's mine! It's mine... My heart!"
She grabbed the heart, held it above her head, blocking the bright moon behind the clouds, and with a squint of her eyes, without any regret, she simply crushed it.
Chī——
Squeezed from the heart were countless streams of scorching liquid, directly poured into Ghost-Faced Zheng He's throat. These golden liquids didn't follow the veins into the intestines, but instead dribbled slowly and settled in the thoracic cavity, merging with the scattered flesh buds around.
She slowly grew another heart.
Dòng——
Dòng dòng——
The dark clouds obscured the moon, the winds were silent, and over the secluded sea, besides her heartbeat, there were no other sounds.
【Congratulations! You have found your heart!】
【Now, the rewards will be given to you, and a new mask card will be awakened for you.】
【Please note that only the Benevolent Nuo can awaken other Nuo masks. The Benevolent Nuo is currently in a state of hibernation. Please come back to the Golden Scale Treasure Land after successfully wearing the Benevolent Nuo and then awaken the new Nuo mask. Otherwise, it will trigger a destructive effect.】
Zheng He, with a mouth full of oil, was staring in confusion, how did he find the heart?
Through the suddenly appeared Ghost Nuo face on her own face, it seemed that she had temporarily left the secluded sea, everything before her was as true as it was illusionary, just like playing a game with an AR real-time glasses on.
In this illusion created by the Ghost Nuo mask, she saw herself sitting at home eating a spicy grilled fish.
The fish belly is white and soft, with a bouncy texture, best when soaked in soup; the meat on the back of the fish is slightly thinner, with many small bones, but when fried thoroughly, it has a dry fragrance, and even the small bones have become crispy; the meat under the fish head is the softest, and she usually reserves this piece for Zheng Dangwu.
Today, for some reason, the fish was particularly fragrant when roasted, and just looking at the white eyes of the fish, Zheng He felt a craving.
What does the taste of fish eyes taste like?
Anyway, Zheng Dangwu doesn't like these either. She swallowed the hot and spicy fish meat in her mouth with a chew and a swallow, then couldn't wait to pick up the fish eye with her chopsticks.
Peng——
Looking at the dry fish eye suddenly bursting out a lot of fresh and sweet juice in her mouth!
Zheng He widened her eyes and swallowed the fish eyes, which melted in her mouth, in a single breath.
How can it be so delicious!
Thinking about the scene of being bullied by those golden big carp on the ship, Zheng He felt indignant and started to bite into the fish.
After her appetite was satisfied, as she looked at the remaining fish bones, Zheng He's eyes gradually softened.
Cruelty, hunger, curiosity, and gradually fading away. The fish became increasingly wet and attractive, even the remaining fish bones shone with enticing oil sheen.
What kind of fish is this?
It's time for Zheng Dangwu to try some too.
Zheng He licked her lips longingly.
There were still the most tender pieces of meat left in the dish. They were for Zheng Dangwu.
Where is Zheng Dangwu?
Why hasn't he come home yet?
She was just removing the bones, when suddenly the dish's food residue twisted and transformed, saying that they had found a heart. Zheng He swallowed the last bite of fish meat, realizing something was a bit off.
The consciousness, driven away by the aroma of the meat, slowly returned to her body, and before her eyes, the light and shadow changed, and she returned to the Golden Scale Treasure Land.
So the detachment value was not detaching from the world, but detaching from a Nuo mask?
After the detachment value is full, she will switch to another Nuo mask. So why is she still in the Golden Scale Treasure Land now?
Lu Qi is still outside!
That darn big spider!
Thinking about Zheng Dangwu who might be in danger inside the cabin, Zheng He felt a chill in her heart and wanted to slap herself.
Damn, how can I be so addicted to it!
How can she get out of the Golden Scale Treasure Land?
Previously, entering and exiting had seemed to be automatic, but now, regardless of what Zheng Ho does, she can only wander around this barren land like a lost ant, unable to find an exit.
Is it because of the evil Nuo mask?
Zheng He ran breathless, and the pain gave her a sense of being alive.
She touched her increasingly strong heartbeat.
"I haven't died yet?"
But she distinctly remembers five bright roses piercing her entire chest.
She remembers that she had already died, breaking the blood alliance before her death and ordering Old Wen and the others to run away with Zheng Dangwu.
Have they run away?
The sweat on her temples slid down, causing ripples in the shallow puddles, scattering countless broken images.
She saw herself with the evil Nuo mask make a loud snap of her fingers, dark clouds covering the sky and the sun, and Lu Qi really transforming into a dragon under her control. She saw herself reaching out without hesitation to pluck out that noisy heart. She saw the deformed dragon body, an old man named Wen in fear in the sea water, and also saw the Jiaomu Jiao struggling to maintain stability in the waves······
"This... is I?"
This was a wondrous feeling, but Zheng He was acutely aware that it was not her.
The eyes beneath the mask were a crimson mess, which were not at all like Zheng Ho's own eyes.
