After Jiang Hong shouted "Stop!", Su Bai, who had been struggling to get up, froze on the bed.
To Jiang Hong and Kong Rui, Su Bai's body looked as though it had been bound by invisible ropes. He stiffened at an unnatural angle, holding that half-risen position without moving again.
No ordinary person could have held that pose without moving. No amount of acting skill could have made it possible.
Jiang Hong and Kong Rui exchanged a glance, sharing a tacit delight. The sudden freezing of Su Bai's body signaled their success. The smugness in their eyes was almost completely undisguised. Clearly, they were already convinced that "Su Heng" was entirely under their control.
Su Bai could still see Jiang Hong's and Kong Rui's expressions. Their reactions all along had genuinely puzzled him. Was getting him to sign the contract and seeing him controlled by it really something worth celebrating so much?
Or was immortality not their only goal? Was what mattered more to them the pleasure of enslaving others?
Judging by Jiang Hong's and Kong Rui's delight, Su Bai felt his guess was not entirely unfounded.
He recalled all the details along the way, particularly the true purpose Jiang Hong and Kong Rui had never explicitly mentioned. Rather than persuading Su Bai to join the experiment, what the two seemed to look forward to most was simply getting him to sign the contract.
Yao's voice rang out in Su Bai's mind again-
"Even when standing or sitting, holding perfectly still is quite difficult."
*"But don't worry. We made a fake contract, and I'll control your body for now. Of course, this is only a temporary fake. It has no binding force. If you want to move again, just find the contract's node and devour it... just like you did