Hearing Xu Le say that, Wang Shu merely fell silent for a moment, then lit himself a cigarette.
"When did you start smoking, Brother Shu?"
"I felt like it, so I did. No particular reason. Are you asking so many questions because you're afraid I'll undergo an Aberration? You're pretty cautious."
Xu Le sensed something wrong with Wang Shu's mood and hurriedly said:
"I have to be cautious. Your current condition is unusual. The Light Tree's energy will make you attract Oddities from the Black Tide. I don't have any information on hand, and Gu Jianuo is dead. Without any information, I can't be sure whether you only attract Oddities during the Black Tide or whether it happens on ordinary days too."
Wang Shu himself had yet to figure out exactly what was going on with his current condition.
After waking up, a golden energy of light had awakened inside him.
He had seen this energy before, in those people who had used the Light Guide Potion.
He had some guesses about his condition, but Xu Le was really the only person who understood the specific cause.
"I fought Oddities after going to Tianrui Lifeng. As things stand, I shouldn't have any additional ability to attract them. But what exactly happened to me back then?"
Hearing Wang Shu say he did not attract Oddities under normal circumstances put Xu Le somewhat at ease.
If Wang Shu attracted Oddities even under normal circumstances, they really would be finished.
"You were dying, or perhaps already dead, and I had no way to heal you. In desperation, I could only resort to a last-ditch method: a rule Gu Jianuo and I had discovered together before. It's called the Oddity Formula."
"The Oddity Formula?"
"Red Moon plus Guyinduo plus Heart Energy. Injecting these three