The sudden pause made Jean's heart jump into her throat.
"You want this, don't you?"
She pulled out a red orb of light, within which was the image of a dragon girl.
"This is the body used as a sacrifice, and also a top-tier vessel that just carried my power without breaking."
"What do you want?" Jean asked. Whether it was a normal god or an evil god, sacrifices were special things; they almost never gave them away for free.
"Information. Child of an evil god from beyond the world, since the world you reside in has his aura, he must have already escaped the confines of a single world. Find him, and tell me."
[evil god contract · Designated 1]
Objective: Find traces of Nyarlathotep and inform Cthugha.
Description: Find him! Find him! Find him! Find him! Find him! Find him! Find him...
Reward: Vessel (Talulah) (Prepaid), Living Flame.
Client: Cthugha
The resentment was so strong that Jean could feel it just standing there. As for what Cthugha would do once she found him, Jean didn't know and didn't dare to ask.
"Just the body? Where did her soul go?"
Cthugha tossed the red light orb to Jean: "A sacrificed soul finds it very difficult to penetrate the world barrier anyway. Besides, compared to the vessel, the soul is not even worth mentioning."
The contract was established, and the prepaid reward was delivered. Cthugha no longer maintained her hold on Jean; it seemed that pulling people across worlds was also very difficult for her.
In an instant, everything changed again, and Jean's consciousness returned to its original place.
According to her observation, only two or three seconds had passed.
Fortunately, it wasn't like the legend of Wang Zhi at Lanke Mountain, where watching a game of chess meant centuries had passed back home; she'd have nowhere to cry then.
The once solid core in front of her had shattered. The lower half still floated in the air, looking like solid ground.
Then the orb of light began to expand, turning into Talulah's form, lying there as if dead.
Jean performed a close-up inspection of Talulah's body.
The soul had been sacrificed, the life force burned away by the fire. The body that was once filled with two conflicting souls now had nothing left.
She thought of the kind dragon girl who had originally fought for the Infected with her youth and shed her blood—only to have her body occupied by the person she hated most, forced to harm her own loved ones and friends.
And in the end, meeting such a fate made Jean feel a bit heavy-hearted and sad.
Just as Jean was agonizing over whether she should return the body to the family, a page of paper suddenly drifted down from the sky.
[evil god contract 15-1]
Objective: Kill Talulah.
Description: Please do not let my hands hurt my brothers and sisters anymore.
Reward: Everything I possess (Note: Her only possession is her own soul).
Client: Talulah
Jean looked at the large red words marked on it: COMPLETED. She suddenly felt like cursing someone out.
Then, through the back of the paper, there seemed to be words. She flipped it over to see: "Remember to bring the body back. By: 'D'"
"*Lungmen Profanity*" The newly learned Lungmen curse escaped her lips, but then the corners of her mouth curled up slightly as she stored Talulah's body into her spatial pouch.
Next came the harvest time. Here, the outer walls of the core that formed the ground were entirely made of the concept of flame condensed into a solid state.
All the heat was locked inside the crystals; they felt neither cold nor hot to the touch, only radiating a sense of surging energy and life force ready to burst.
This was Living Flame, a projection of Cthugha, imbuing the concept of 'living' into fire, forming an incomprehensible state.
Though she couldn't understand it, it didn't stop her from taking it. She filled the remaining space in her spatial pouch as much as possible, even discarding her motorcycle to make room.
Unfortunately, even with such effort, the 27m³ spatial pouch couldn't hold much. A large amount of flame crystals mixed with life force and energy remained.
Although Jean wasn't an expert in politics, she instinctively felt that these crystals couldn't be left behind—not even for the Infected.
An innocent man gets into trouble because of his wealth; moreover, the Reunion Movement's current position wasn't exactly 'innocent'.
She picked up a crystal and examined it closely when suddenly an idea flashed through her mind.
She began to use the Stardust Wind to touch the crystal. Sure enough, after a moment, the crystal transformed into something similar to the Stardust Wind, containing life force and stardust crystals.
The silver wind the crystals had turned into was now the best medicine for treating the Infected. While it couldn't remove Originium deep within the body, it could at least significantly alleviate their symptoms, prolong their lives, and ease their pain.
At this thought, Jean's lips curled up. Stirring up trouble was more pleasant than anything—whether it was the Sonic Skateboard or freezing the Imperial Capital, those were for destruction, but this was for salvation.
This made Jean even more excited. The Dragon Wings constructed from stardust crystals unfurled once more, and a vast amount of wind swirled around following Jean's will.
Gradually, the crystals on the ground began to resonate. Having lost the original will poured into them and encountering the Stardust Wind, it was like ink dropping onto white paper, spreading rapidly.
The entire wreckage of the fireball floating in the sky began to pulse with the rhythm of Jean's will.
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