Yongye really was happy.
Only one phrase kept looping through Nick Fury's mind: Motherfucker.
Deep in Yongye's mind, the crisp chime of the system sounded again.
[Ding! Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury tried to lure the host into fighting the Kryptonian with grand promises, then planned to discard him afterward. Instead, his scheme backfired, and he was marked with a Life-and-Death Talisman. His composure has been severely shattered.] [Heartbreak points have gone through the roof. You have received an Advanced Blind Box ×1. Open it now?]
Yongye's smile widened. Open it.
[Ding! Advanced Blind Box opened!] [Congratulations, host! You have received: Heavenly Silkworm Gu from the world of The Legend of Sword and Fairy!]
A flood of memories poured into Yongye's mind: the Black Miao of Nanzhao's secret art of controlling Gu, fed with blood essence and driven by thought. The paired mother and child Gu sustained each other through yin and yang. Once planted in a body, the child Gu lay dormant deep within the Dantian. At a single thought from the holder of the mother Gu, it would bite into its host's Dantian, rupturing their blood vessels and sending their blood and vital energy surging backward.
It was more concealed than the Life-and-Death Talisman, and far more vicious than the Life-and-Death Talisman.
Yongye looked down at Fury, who was still kneeling on the carpet. His smile turned downright unhinged.
"Director, you really do have the worst luck!"
"A deadbeat's worst nightmare, and you get two doses!"
"Your ancestors must be smiling down on you. Not everyone gets a blessing like this!"
Yongye rose from the sofa and walked around Fury toward the door. As he passed, he patted Fury's shoulder twice, his voice as gentle as if he were comforting an old friend after