Xiaotian watched him, but before he could speak, suddenly-
Thud-
The three turned toward the sound. It was Soup Dumpling. He had collapsed to the floor.
Soup Dumpling himself looked incredulous. He desperately tried to stand, but no matter what he did, he could not get up. The corners of his eyes rapidly drooped, wrinkles crawled across his cheeks, age spots grew at a visible rate, and his eyes swiftly clouded over.
"No... I don't want to die..."
"Help me! I don't want to die!"
Feeling the changes in his body, Soup Dumpling wailed in despair.
How painful was it to die of old age in the prime of life?
Especially for someone with such a strong will to live.
His body aged at an unimaginable speed. The process was utterly irreversible, decades of his life compressed into mere minutes.
He trembled all over, his flesh shriveled, and his vitality drained away. Even his consciousness... grew extremely sluggish.
Watching Soup Dumpling lying on the floor, desperately crawling toward them and trying to stand, Xiaotian and Yezi felt their scalps prickle.
Both instinctively backed away. Shen Hai, however, knelt on one knee, allowing the dying Soup Dumpling to clutch his trouser leg.
"What a shame," Shen Hai said quietly.
Soup Dumpling's eyes were completely clouded now. He could not accept it, nor could he understand. He had clearly fulfilled every task requirement, so why was he still dying of old age... Could it be because he had failed to keep his promise to rescue that woman?
"Help... help... me..."
He clutched Shen Hai's trouser leg with astonishing strength. In his eyes, Shen Hai was now the only person who might possibly save him.
If his exclusive Permanent Item was something like Doctor's, something that could temporarily sustain life, then he could