The girls are multiplying infinitely, and my numbers have become a disaster.

A small blade of grass was pierced.

With a flick of her finger, the Spirit Threads returned, as if nothing had happened.

Ye Xin glanced at her own palm and nodded to herself.

"From the feeling just now, dealing with something as fragile as a leaf is no problem. At this rate, piercing flesh shouldn't be too difficult either."

This meant the Spirit Threads could serve as Ye Qian's killing move.

The strength of this second body was not to be underestimated.

"Let's go out and buy some food to celebrate."

With the test complete, Ye Xin was in high spirits. She picked up her main body's phone and walked out the door.

Now that she had become an incredibly stunning beauty, the head-turning rate on the street was truly ridiculous.

She forced herself to ignore the stares, silently bought a large pile of food, scanned the code to pay the young lady at the counter, and walked out the door with a calm expression.

Her footsteps carried her out of the supermarket, and before she had gone far, she passed by a nearby alley.

Ye Xin suddenly felt a strange sensation.

With a flick of her finger, two Spirit Threads pierced through the adjacent wall and reached twenty meters away.

This was already the limit of her current detection range.

Her senses swept out, and she quickly spotted two unfamiliar men.

Their conversation immediately came through.

"Sure enough, it's a newbie, doesn't know how to hide her aura yet. This is a good prey."

"Let's give it a try. I've already seen her—a very pretty little girl, harmless. If handled well, we might even gain a puppet." The young man who replied took out a silver mask and put it on.

Due to the angle, she couldn't see clearly, but judging by the direction and the words, it seemed like they were targeting her?

The threads swept to both sides, finding no one else and no cameras.

Ye Xin immediately stepped forward and entered the alley.

At that moment, the two men began walking southwest—toward her home.

"Someone's really got their eyes on me?"

The main body, still in the house, was startled. She quickly closed the window and drew the curtains.

The clone cautiously followed behind until she was sure the target was her. Then she gritted her teeth, raised her hand, and released several Spirit Threads, wrapping them tightly around the two men's bodies.

At that moment, she used almost all her strength, making the threads display a toughness that was almost tangible.

Two of them completely bound the left man's body. With a movement of her fingertips, a powerful force erupted, dragging him out and slamming him heavily into a tree seven or eight meters away.

The other two Spirit Threads tangled and twisted around the second man's flesh, suddenly tightening, cutting into his skin instantly, and strangling his neck.

Blood from the carotid artery dyed the entire patch of grass red like a fountain.

"One's dead." Ye Xin's heart skipped a beat.

To be honest, she wasn't mentally prepared to kill someone.

Even though it was self-defense, this kind of act would undoubtedly bring her a lot of trouble later on.

Without a doubt, the one with the broken neck had already stopped breathing. On the other hand, the Black-Robed Man who had crashed into the tree was completely unharmed. His body suddenly ignited with pitch-black flames, melting Ye Xin's threads on the spot.

"Who are you?"

He staggered to his feet and asked in a cold tone.

Ye Xin didn't answer at all. She immediately stepped forward and circled to the Black-Robed Man's left.

But almost instantly, an unprecedented sense of crisis surged in her heart. She quickly rolled to the side, using all her strength to control the Spirit Threads and fling her body several meters away.

A strange aura swept past her, grazing her left calf and bringing an indescribable pain.

Stumbling two steps, she had no time to check her left leg. Ye Xin immediately rolled down the nearby slope and hid behind a concrete staircase.

The man staggered over and met her gaze.

"Hiss~"

Ye Xin's scalp went numb, especially when she saw the pitted face revealed under the fallen mask. Countless disgusting worms crawled in and out of the dense holes, sending chills down her spine.

Chapter 6: Hospital Mission

"What the hell is this?"

Ye Xin was startled by the man's face, but she knew she had no time to think. She immediately raised her finger and released several more Spirit Threads.

The invisible threads, like venomous snakes, viciously bit into his heart and throat.

She didn't stop moving either. While he prepared to counterattack, she quickly circled behind a house and simultaneously tightened the threads in her hand.

The man immediately clutched his throat, letting out a somewhat muffled scream.

He tried to struggle, but his entire body was pulled to the edge of the wall. Under the control of the threads, his body was forcibly pinned against the wall. With a crack, it was sliced into a pile of meat chunks. Limbs and internal organs clattered to the ground.

"Hoo—cough, cough."

Confirming the target was dead, Ye Xin sat down directly on the ground, gasping for air.

She glanced at her injured left leg; the stockings were torn, revealing a patch of completely charred skin.

"It's fine, just a minor wound."

She patted her chest in lingering fear, endured the nausea, and slowly climbed to her feet.

Having seen the Black-Robed Man's appearance up close, she seriously doubted whether those two even counted as human.

The site of the fight was only a dozen meters from her home.

"I can't believe I actually killed two people in a row."

Having never even killed a chicken, managing to do this much made Ye Xin a little proud of herself.

If there was any discomfort... it was mainly the sheer disgust. This was far more intense than anything she'd seen in movies, especially the man covered head to toe in bugs—it nearly made her San value plummet.

Why were there such bizarre beings?

Chen Ning had been right—someone was targeting her?

Turning to glance at the corpse, she gagged again.

The ground was littered with shredded flesh and insects; the visual was nothing short of overwhelming.

"If I don't deal with this, it'll be a huge problem."

And that wasn't all—there was another decapitated corpse ten meters away.

Just as she started thinking about what to do, she noticed black smoke rising from the chunks of flesh.

Then, at a visible rate, the blood and meat began to shrink.

She stepped back, looked at the other corpse—it was shrinking too.

"..."

[LV7 player slain.]

[Extracting energy...]

[Extraction complete. You have gained 45 Life Energy.]

[LV9 player slain.]

[Extracting energy...]

[Extraction complete. You have gained 58 Life Energy.]

A notification came through, but since this was reality, nothing dropped.

"Is it because the Life Energy was absorbed? No—maybe the bodies are self-destructing."

She released a few threads, hooked a small pouch from one of the bodies, gave it a light tug, and retrieved its contents.

Three black metal rings and a piece of parchment imprinted with a special pattern fell into her hand.

"Explosion Ring Crafting Method?"

She skimmed the contents—it was quite detailed.

It described how to craft a magical item: inscribe characters, infuse mental energy, and the ring would possess a strong explosive effect.

Ye Xin looked at the three rings in her hand, then tucked them away.

These were spoils of war.

These guys came after her, talking about turning her into a puppet—so taking a few rings was no problem, right?

As she thought this, the corpses and their clothes had completely vanished.

"Hoo."

She relaxed a little.

Still, the fact that the targets had died right next to her home was a bit unsettling.

"Time to head back, before anything else happens."

Seeing no one around, she pretended to be calm and returned home, poured a glass of water, and had her main body dip a finger in to purify it for a few seconds before letting the clone drink.

Not long after, the injury on her leg visibly disappeared.

"Just as I thought—Water of Purification has this effect too."

Of course, Ye Qian wasn't twisted enough to soak her own white-stockinged little feet in it.

Well, maybe a little (strikethrough).8

At this point, perhaps thanks to having two bodies, she realized she could freely store and use Life Energy.

So she raised her main body's level to LV5.

Then she raised her clone's level to LV4.

Remaining Life Energy: 23 points.

"It seems I can Proliferate again."

Considering the need to conserve strength for dealing with danger, she decided to wait until her main body was in better condition before attempting it.

She took out her phone, hesitated for a moment, then decided not to tell her other two teammates about what had happened.

"Forget it, I'll keep it buried for now."

Ye Xin walked over to the floor-length mirror, glanced at her reflection, and let out a helpless sigh.

"Time to change clothes again."

Opening the wardrobe, she looked at the full rack of clothes, chose a set similar in style to the previous one, and put it on.

The old clothes went into the washing machine, and the torn socks were thrown away.

At the same time, she casually released a few Spirit Threads outside the house to keep constant watch.

Unexpectedly, half an hour later, two strangers arrived at this place.

"He's dead!"

"Let's see who killed him."

Using some kind of device, a blurry image appeared before their eyes, reconstructing the death scene from earlier.

The Black-Robed Man was constricted by invisible threads, blood seeping from the wounds. Then, completely helpless, he was pulled against the wall and finally, wretchedly, sliced into countless pieces.

After the image finished playing, both of their faces turned grim.

"What kind of technique is this?"

"This way of dying is too bizarre. Let's go. This place isn't safe to stay in."

Seeming frightened, the two left the scene.