True Confusing (1/4)
Before death, the body had frantically secreted compounds. Extreme pleasure washed everything away. Gray Serpent felt her fragile human brain assaulted by a jumble of scenes; nothing mattered anymore. Death was incomparably close at that instant. She could smell it.
The human body—this was the human body.
Having used a metal prosthetic body for so long, Gray Serpent had even forgotten the joys of being human. Now that she had regained them, she was utterly unable to resist this fatal temptation.
What was going on?
She wanted to move forward, but her body could not budge. Her frail flesh seemed as though it had been filled with metal. Gray Serpent was bewildered, but she soon realized that her thoughts had drifted too far ahead, leaving her body completely unable to keep up. The final result would be unconsciousness. Gray Serpent calculated sharply that, in seven seconds, she would pass out from this pleasure and collapse before Zhao Bai.
The king's sword stood before her, yet his subordinate fell. That was truly discourteous.
Zhao Bai stepped forward, intending to inspect the ordinary civilian he had rescued. His scorching presence teased Gray Serpent, and her heartbeat grew faster and faster.
If she was discovered, she would be killed. Her body would die.
She was about to die.
Die!
Hahahaha.
Zhao Bai looked at her strangely. Before he could approach, the green-eyed little girl collapsed to the ground. He saw a strange glimmer flash through her pupils as her gaze scattered. As she lost consciousness, her bizarre and twisted expression gradually returned to normal.
"She fainted from fright."
"She passed out just like that? She could forcibly break hypnosis—I thought she was the kind of person with exceptionally strong mental fortitude."
Bronya calmly refuted him. "Strong mental power and being