Fu Wenli wanted to come closer.
First, the little girl's face closely resembled his mother and younger sister as he remembered them. Second, a very comfortable energy coming from her drew him in.
Just then, the Anomaly he had suppressed inside his body began acting up again.
Eat her. With her energy, you'll become even stronger.
As long as you eat her, you can bring your teammates back to life.
Chaotic, beguiling voices relentlessly assaulted his mind.
Fu Wenli stopped less than a meter from Qin Yan, Weird Qi seeping from his body.
The face beneath his mask was contorted with pain as he kept shifting between reason and the madness of being controlled by the Anomaly.
He even reached out uncontrollably, his trembling hand grasping toward Qin Yan.
"Meow!"
Lingti jumped onto Qin Yan's shoulder, a pair of golden eyes fixed intently on Fu Wenli.
Lingti had not detected any malice from this man earlier and had therefore stayed still. Now, something was wrong with him.
"Meow, meow..."
Lingti's cries gradually grew eerie and shrill, as though calling for something.
Two eerie shadows rose from the ground on either side of Qin Yan.
"Fourth."
Fu Wenzi's sudden voice broke the tense atmosphere.
Both people and the cat looked toward Fu Wenzi.
The shadows that had been about to take shape suddenly dispersed.
Lingti gave a sweet, delicate meow, as though nothing had happened.
"Third Uncle."
Seeing Third Uncle was like finding her pillar of support. Holding Meimei and Lingti, Qin Yan hurried over with pattering footsteps.
She slipped behind Third Uncle with practiced ease, then peeked out furtively like a cat to look at the masked man.
That call of "Fourth" also brought Fu Wenli fully back to his senses.
He slowly turned to look at Fu Wenzi.
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