Tying Up Loose Ends

"My god, this…"

Liu Daimei felt a wave of lingering fear. Although the term Revival Era had appeared in the previous announcement, most Reincarnators hadn’t paid much attention to it. Those who were interested usually gave up after seeing the price.

The first-stage information on the Revival Era cost one hundred points. For Reincarnators who had only just started out, most weren’t even guaranteed to earn one hundred points in a single mission. Who would spend that many points to buy information that might not even be useful to them?

"This is troublesome!"

Gu Sheng let out a long sigh. Spiritual Energy Revival was a good thing for extraordinary people like him and Liu Daimei, but for ordinary people, or even the entire world, it might not be a good thing.

The series of extraordinary life-forms spawned by Spiritual Energy Revival would deal a tremendous blow to the existing order. Perhaps there wouldn’t be many peaceful days left.

"If it’s really as the message described, then the cities won’t be safe either. And there are our families and friends in the real world!"

Liu Daimei’s expression grew even uglier. Unlike Gu Sheng, who had no family in this Lifetime and very few friends, she came from a wealthy merchant family and had plenty of relatives and friends.

"Now that we know this news…"

After thinking for a moment, Gu Sheng beckoned to Liu Daimei. Once she came over, he leaned close to her ear and whispered, "You should…"

"That’s a good idea. I’ll make the arrangements right away!"

Liu Daimei’s eyes lit up. Gu Sheng’s suggestion had given her a great deal of inspiration.

"How did that little brain of yours get so clever? Mwah!"

Liu Daimei smiled brightly. She hugged Gu Sheng’s head and kissed him on the forehead. "This is Big Sister thanking you. Don’t get any funny ideas!"

"Are you sure what you’re doing won’t make me get any funny ideas?"

Gu Sheng was speechless. The way the two of them were positioned now made it difficult not to think suggestively.

"Right, how did you discover that something was wrong?"

Liu Daimei didn’t feel that there was anything wrong with what she had done.

Gu Sheng pointed at the tropical fish that was still ramming itself against the glass. "You didn’t notice that fish? Didn’t it react when you stayed here yesterday?"

"So that’s why it was so noisy yesterday. I couldn’t sleep properly. It was this thing!"

Liu Daimei suddenly understood, then asked blankly, "Right, but why is it acting like this? Did it catch a virus?"

"Aren’t you a vampire? Didn’t you sense anything from it?"

Gu Sheng found it strange. He could sense that the energy inside the tropical fish was unusual. As a vampire whose senses were far beyond those of ordinary people and whose strength had reached the Second Star Level, Liu Daimei couldn’t possibly have failed to notice anything.

"Little Brother, you’re confused. It’s broad daylight now. I’m not a Daywalker from the legends!"

Liu Daimei rolled her eyes at Gu Sheng. "If I activate my bloodline ability and transform into a vampire in broad daylight, even a single touch of sunlight will cause my entire skin to rot."

The systems Reincarnators in this world obtained from otherworldly realms weren’t the castrated versions found in certain novels. They were genuine bloodline systems, with both advantages and disadvantages.

Moreover, when they weren’t using their bloodlines, Reincarnators wouldn’t suffer the side effects brought by those bloodlines. Vampires feared sunlight and bloodlust, and they couldn’t eat other kinds of food.

Vampires were similar to fairies. A martial artist’s vigorous yang blood was highly beneficial to them. Gu Sheng was an Internal Fist grandmaster with the strongest vitality and blood among martial artists, so his attraction to vampires was extraordinarily great.

Among the Chosen Ones in Lord God Space, there were quite a few vampires and Werewolves because their first world had been Underworld. More than a few of them had been attracted by Gu Sheng’s vital blood.

Unfortunately, they were scattered all over the world and couldn’t make it to Hangcheng. After the incident with Wang Lin, those who could come didn’t dare to, afraid that Gu Sheng might kill them all if he happened to be in a bad mood. Only Liu Daimei had managed to come over, relying on her relationship with Chu Xin.

Liu Daimei’s feelings toward Gu Sheng were somewhat complicated. At first, she had simply refused to admit defeat. Later, she had taken an interest in Gu Sheng’s blood. Then, through her series of interactions with Gu Sheng, faintly unusual emotions had begun to develop.

Although they had known each other for barely more than a day, she now enjoyed teasing Gu Sheng. She even secretly hoped that he really would…

"Don’t play with fire! I’m going to take a shower!"

Gu Sheng rolled over and pushed Liu Daimei away. He shook his head and took several deep breaths to calm himself before leaving the sofa and heading toward the bathroom.

"Hehehe! What an interesting little brother!"

Liu Daimei lay on the bed in a daze for a while. Then she watched Gu Sheng’s back and burst out laughing.

"Phew…"

Cool shower water poured over Gu Sheng, and a cloud of white vapor instantly rose. As he felt the temperature drop, he finally relaxed somewhat.

"If I didn’t still not understand her, I’d definitely have taken her!"

Gu Sheng cursed inwardly. The reason he had remained unmoved by Liu Daimei was entirely because he didn’t know her well enough. He didn’t know what kind of person she was or what would happen if something really happened between them. If the person beside him just now had been Chu Xin, Gu Sheng would have thought of a way to completely devour the little girl long ago.

Gu Sheng was a very principled person in certain matters. He didn’t know Liu Daimei well enough yet. What if he rashly did that with her and ended up tied down for life?

"Ah~"

While Gu Sheng was lost in thought, Liu Daimei suddenly screamed outside the bathroom. Without thinking, Gu Sheng rushed out wrapped in a bathrobe, not even bothering to wipe the water from his body.

"What happened?"

As soon as Gu Sheng rushed out, Liu Daimei threw herself into his arms, her head pressed completely against him. "A snake! There’s a snake! I’m most afraid of snakes!"

"Hissss!"

Jade Azure Serpent Qing Ling suddenly appeared in Gu Sheng’s field of vision. A streak of azure light shot through the air, and it landed securely in Gu Sheng’s palm.

"What’s going on? Why did Qing Ling wake up?"

Gu Sheng muttered inwardly. Jade Azure Serpent Qing Ling was stronger than he was, and he had already felt extremely uncomfortable after arriving in the real world.

Qing Ling’s reaction after arriving in the real world was even more severe than his. Perhaps it was because the Spiritual Qi concentration was too low. The little fellow had become much lazier. Every day, it did nothing but drink Vermillion Fruit Wine or sleep, barely moving at all. Yet now, it had woken up.

"Hissss!"

Jade Azure Serpent Qing Ling hissed at Gu Sheng several times, swaying its body excitedly as if searching for something.

"There’s something here that can help you?"

Gu Sheng more or less understood what Qing Ling meant. There was something here that was useful to it.

"Hissss!"

Qing Ling hurriedly nodded and hissed, seemingly saying, "Exactly, exactly. There’s something here!"

"Could it be… that?"

His gaze shifted, and he immediately looked toward the tropical fish that was continuously ramming the glass wall.

"Is it really that?"

Gu Sheng walked over to the glass fish tank. As he approached, Qing Ling grew increasingly excited, while the tropical fish inside the tank became even more restless. It began ramming the glass panel with greater force, as if it had gone mad.