The Blood That Sustained Her

The deal between Doctor and Yu Xing was that, just before everything ended, he would take Fang Xiao to the Fang Mansion ancestral hall.

The deal also included "killing Fang Deming."

The latter was a task the system had given him; the former came from Yu Xing's own motives.

Yu Xing had long expected that once he showed his true self, Snake Woman wouldn't pass up the chance to use Fang Xiao as leverage against him.

So Fang Xiao wasn't safe anywhere.

But as long as Fang Xiao wasn't on the cargo-container side, there was still a chance to turn things around. For example, someone with a status powerful enough to withstand Snake Woman's cognitive control could forcibly detain him.

They hadn't carried Fang Xiao to the ancestral hall from the start because they didn't want to alert Snake Woman.

But once Fang Xiao showed signs of being controlled, that meant the time had come. Doctor would take him to the ancestral hall, and then the aura left behind by the Fang family ancestors would have to save him.

Yu Xing had seen how pure the ancestral hall was. That ancestor deserved respect, and could conveniently be called upon to save his poor, unlucky descendant.

Yu Xing really did like this cheap older brother of his. At least, he hadn't planned on letting him die.

Besides, seeing Snake Woman so frustrated stirred up a mischievous feeling in him, and made him happy.

The screen, filled with static, shattered.

The cameras, crushed into a pile of broken parts by the branches, could no longer keep "filming." The otherworldly space inside the iron cargo container gradually dimmed, and the screens vanished one after another.

Only a few screens survived, but they couldn't provide much information.

The system needed five more minutes to