Wang Lin moved his lips in a daze, his consciousness slipping a little further.
And almost at that very instant.
His elderly father, still caught up in the surgery he had just undergone, let out an agonized scream. He clutched his heart, sweat pouring from his entire body at a visibly alarming rate.
Bzz-
Wang Lin's unfocused pupils instantly widened again.
[Ding! Wang Lin's willpower increased. Insect Swarm erosion frequency decreased by 5%.]
A tremor entered his gaze. He looked at the blood-red thread on his little finger, then at his father, his face slowly paling.
"H-how could this..."
Lynn grabbed him by the collar and stared at him.
"See that? Your dad's life is in your hands now. Since you want him to be healthy so badly, work on keeping yourself alive. If you can't fight off those bugs in your head, you won't be the only one who dies."
Wang Lin shuddered violently, his face deathly pale and his body drenched in cold sweat.
"Who exactly are you?"
Lynn said slowly, "You don't need to know who I am. All you need to know is that I'm working to fight the insect plague spreading through this city. And those bugs should be familiar to you. They're the very culprits that turned you into that monster earlier, and I'm looking for a way to deal with them."
Wang Lin's face was pale as he murmured:
"So... I... I've already been infected by those bugs you're talking about?"
"Yes. I removed most of them from your body, but some are still inside your brain. I haven't found a way to deal with those yet."
"Then... then my father..."
"Your father's fine. He's riddled with cancer. Even the bugs turned up their noses at him."
"..."
His willpower had