"Are you Chu Keying?"
Wu Heng looked at the aged woman before him and asked calmly.
"Doctor, don't I look disgusting like this? I can even smell the strong old-person odor on myself!"
The old woman gave a miserable smile at his words, then revealed her number. Only then did Wu Heng confirm her identity. No amount of questioning was as reliable as checking someone's number.
Wu Heng did not say much. Tower Guardians underwent far too many mutations in scenario worlds; no one knew what might happen.
There were plenty who had turned into monsters. What did growing old amount to?
"You have two choices now."
"One is for me to turn you into a mist-form evil ghost. Your abilities will grow somewhat, but only to a limited extent. You'll still need to enter scenario worlds yourself and find your own path."
"The other is for me to grant you my power. You will be bound by me, but you'll become much stronger instantly."
"You don't need to consider anything else. I have no shortage of people to enslave. Just choose according to what your heart tells you!"
Because Chu Keying's current rank was still low, only equivalent to an intermediate Cursed Disciple, her transformation came with the additional option of becoming a Mist Ghost.
"I choose the second one!"
After hesitating for a moment, Chu Keying took a deep breath and made her choice.
She had gone through two solo scenario worlds. During the first, she had barely survived by relying on the low-grade artifacts and talisman papers Wu Heng had given her, but she had failed to uncover the main storyline.
During the second, she had become what she was now.
She had faced death twice, yet gained very little from it. This had already left her