After the Magic Book was closed, about seven or eight minutes passed before Cui Xiya gradually recovered from her ravenous state and realized what she had done.
"I... I just..."
Yang Yi had wrapped her in strips of cloth, leaving only her head exposed. Now that realization had belatedly dawned on her, horror appeared on her face, as though she had never expected that she would want to eat someone.
"Does anything feel abnormal in your body?"
Yang Yi asked. After all, Cui Xiya had just bitten him, so there was a risk of transmitting the Death Plague.
"No..." Cui Xiya tried to recall. "After I bit down, the piece of flesh in my mouth quickly disappeared. It never went into my stomach."
Yang Yi nodded.
This matched Su Na's earlier conjecture: his body now possessed the ability to restore itself at the atomic level.
But just in case, Cui Xiya still needed to be isolated and observed for a while. The Death Plague had an incubation period, during which even the system information would show no abnormalities, not until the Death Plague broke out.
"Don't leave the Captain's Quarters for now, and don't take off your Protective Suit. We'll observe you for a while."
Yang Yi gave her these instructions and untied her. He did not blame her, merely putting away the somewhat dangerous Magic Book.
She, meanwhile, was utterly dejected. She sat on the desk with her head drooping, occasionally pinching the flesh that was nearly bulging out of her Protective Suit.
"I almost caused a disaster. This can't go on..."
Cui Xiya muttered to herself, then suddenly stood up and looked intently at Yang Yi, a rare expression of determination appearing on her face.
"This can't go on anymore. This time, I'm definitely going to lose weight.