Eat Me, Live On
"Girl, let me go! You're too big, I'm scared!" The gray snake kept writhing, and surprisingly, it spoke in human language.
The towering woman remained expressionless. Having chosen this path, she had no reason to regret it. She placed the gray snake in front of Lu Li and said in a slightly crisp voice, "My brother said he wanted you to study this; it's probably a new species."
"Then please thank the city lord for me!" Lu Li took the gray snake, weighed it in his hand for a moment, then looked at Fang Yi and said to him, "Come in too. I'll give you some initial adjustments to ensure you don't die immediately."
"Research? I hate the word 'research'." The gray snake kept writhing, its body coiling around Lu Li's arm before Lu Li tossed it into a culture tank and closed the lid.
"Let's deal with your problem first." Lu Li turned to look at Fang Yi. He looked alright, since the food crisis was over, but his eyes still betrayed his weariness. The thirteen curses and their side effects had tormented him so much that he couldn't get any proper rest.
"Once the curse on you takes effect, it will harm your body. There are only two ways to survive," Lu Li said slowly, extending his finger. "One is to strengthen yourself so that your body can withstand this damage; the other is to turn the curse from harm into a treasure, transforming it into your power."
"If you want to become powerful quickly, I can perform surgery on you to Implantation the Twisted Core that I've been researching into your body. With the power of the Twisted Core, you will become a half- Correctors. In that case, you might even have a chance to gradually distort the curse. However, my research on the Twisted Core is not yet perfect. After you receive the transplant, you probably won't have a real chance to become Correctors in the future."
"If you choose the second option, thirteen curses are still a bit too few. I will Implantation a large number of curses into your body, and then you will set a personal curse to Aggregation all the curses. In this way, although you will suffer eternal pain, you can also transform the curses into your own power, and even have the possibility of immortality."
"Immortality?" Fang Yi's eyes flickered.
"That's right. I once worked with a vampire queen named Aurora. She Avatar a vampire because of Fairy's curse. I'm not strong enough to cast powerful curses, but if the quality is lacking, I'll make up for it with quantity. My method of casting curses is modeled after Aurora's, but it's mixed with the twisted power of this world, making it more suitable for this world. You might become a new species similar to a vampire."
"So, what's the price?" Fang Yi glanced at the Twisted Core over there and asked with his eyes closed.
"Become as handsome as me!!" the gray snake interjected from the culture tank, but neither of them paid him any attention.
"The power of the curse will torment you for the rest of your life. Your food may also be altered, making you like a vampire, only able to feed on blood. Furthermore, for a period of time after birth, you will be extremely afraid of sunlight and other things."
"Then I'll choose the curse modification!" Fang Yi glanced at the twisted core again, then looked at Lu Li, who was smiling. He understood that if he chose the Twisted Core, his value would plummet, and he would eventually be discarded by Lu Li, who didn't need him.
"You're quite clever. Think about it carefully later. What has kept you alive until now? What gives you power?" Lu Li said with a smile as he cleaned the experimental table. "The Implantation a large number of curses will cause all the curses to erupt again in a short period of time. I can keep your body alive through other means, but if your mind collapses, then there's nothing I can do."
"I understand, I will live!" Fang Yi lay down on the experimental table, closed his eyes, he could not die no matter what. Memories drifted, and the person he dared not even think about appeared in Fang Yi's mind again.
Ten years ago, at the beginning of the Great Cataclysm, Fang Yi, a complete shut-in, fled in panic with the rest of the group. It was during that time that he met that girl. Thanks to her care, Fang Yi survived the very first period of his life. Furthermore, his current cautiousness and other virtues are all things he learned from that girl.
"Marry me, Huang Yi, and I will be good to you for all eternity." Fang Yi knelt on one knee, holding a ring he had picked up from who-knows-where, and said with a face full of happiness. Even after the Great Cataclysm, even though he was constantly on the move, he still felt that it was the happiest time of his life.
As the first curse Implantation, Fang Yi's body convulsed violently, all the curses took effect, his whole body turned red, the curse marks on his hands shattered, the Thorn mark on his neck twisted wildly, absorbing blood, the Bloodworm between his eyebrows burrowed into his brain as if it were gnawing at something, and the plant at his heart began to sprout, its roots tightly wrapped around his heart.
With the Implantation of yet another curse, parts of Fang Yi's body began to rot, and the red marks on both sides of his face spread out. Like a fish out of water, he desperately tried to breathe, but could not get any oxygen.
Various hallucinations appeared in Fang Yi's eyes, and the scene of the marriage proposal appeared before Fang Yi once again. He dared not look up; more than the physical torment, he dared not face this woman.
She wore a blindingly white wedding dress and slowly approached Fang Yi, causing Fang Yi to cry out in anguish, "Don't come any closer! Please, don't come any closer!!"
The third curse was planted, and countless blood vessels wriggled within Fang Yi's body, transforming into worms that gnawed at his flesh, further tormenting Fang Yi nerves with pain.
Lu Li put down another processed document, looked at Fang Yi. Although the other party had a strong will, he estimated that he would break down after a few more curses. But it didn't matter. He had chosen his own path. It seemed that he had overestimated him.
He took out some more materials, used evil magic on them, and transformed the side effects into a curse to Implantation Fang Yi's body. At the same time, he inserted hair into Fang Yi's body to inject life force in reverse, preventing Fang Yi's body from dying, after all, he could not break his promise.
"Don't come any closer!" Fang Yi's tears, snot, and blood flowed out, making him look incredibly disheveled and terrifying. She didn't stop. The skeleton, wearing white shoes, stopped in front of Fang Yi, leaving only its skeletal hand pressed against Fang Yi's head, with clearly visible teeth marks on it.
"Perhaps I should have died then!" Fang Yi's will, which was on the verge of collapse, could no longer withstand the dual torment of his body and mind, and gradually began to break down.
In the hallucination, Fang Yi took out a dagger made from a piece of broken iron that he always carried with him, preparing to kill himself, when he saw the skeleton place its hand on the iron piece and pull it away.
"You want to kill me with your own hands? Fine then." Fang Yi closed his eyes and awaited death, but all he heard was the sound of a piece of metal being thrown aside. He opened his eyes and saw the other person's skull, which was now nothing but white bones.
She hugged Fang Yi, just like when they were trapped underground years ago, pointed to her injured leg, and said with a light laugh, "Ayi, eat me and live."