How did I get here? I only remember Jin being carried away in the village chief's cyst-ridden sack. I rushed forward to rescue him, and everything after that is a blur.
Did I lose? Why am I still alive?
Yi Chen hung upside down, lowering his head to examine his body. He immediately noticed the enormous hole in his chest. The blood had already coagulated.
My heart!
"Hey! What are you panicking about? So what if someone dug out your heart? You're lucky. As long as your brain wasn't damaged, this Grape can serve as a temporary replacement."
Little Grape's voice rang out at that moment. At the same time, Yi Chen sensed a faint tremor coming from the right side of his chest.
Yi Chen immediately controlled the plants inside his body and sent them to inspect his right chest.
Little Grape had transformed into a heart-like structure covered in black fur. It was connected to the major blood vessels and perfectly replaced the function of his original heart.
It even felt more vigorous than his original heart. His body was incredibly light.
Little Grape continued, "Fortunately, the village chief was fast enough to send you here within five minutes. Otherwise, if too much time had passed, your brain would have died from lack of oxygen... At that point, all I could do was eat your grapes through my tears, turn you into a controllable Living Dead, and send you to Easton Graveyard to bury yourself."
Yi Chen gently slid his Plant Root Tendrils across the surface of the black-furred heart, as though stroking Little Grape.
Of course, the gesture disgusted Little Grape immensely, and it directly stopped Yi Chen's heart for one second.
"Whoa! Don't— Well, if I really die, I'll leave the burial to you."
"Stop talking