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Chapter 241 Tingyun: I'll fight a genius?

Gazing at Qiong, who was holding the fox-woman girl and extending his arms to invite her into his embrace, Ruan Mei glanced at him after a moment of silence.

"A very interesting power."

murmuring softly, Ruan Mei slowly extended her index finger and gently touched a falling crimson feather.

The point where Akabane and Ruan Mei's fingers touched rippled in circles.

"Influence brain signals, no, we need to go even deeper, to the level of consciousness, to connect with consciousness, and intervene in her struggle against the will to destroy..."

A brief touch was enough to provide an initial analysis of Yu Duchen.

This is the intellectual madness... cough, the true value of genius!

Ruan Mei blinked, looked at Qiong, and parted her red lips slightly:

"Darling, what is this?"

There are many abilities and objects in the world that can manipulate consciousness. Ruan Mei can easily create a potion that manipulates consciousness, and its true nature can be seen through its appearance.

The source of this ability, the core of the Crimson Lotus that Qiong took out, was something Ruan Mei couldn't fathom.

"Feather Crossing the Dust".

"Honey?"

Ruo Tingyun, leaning against Qiong's chest, paused slightly with a smile, her narrow fox eyes gradually narrowing into slits.

Where did that woman come from?

She calls her benefactor "darling" all the time!

Tingyun's thoughts raced as she searched through her recovered memories, but she couldn't find any friends who matched the woman in front of her.

Wild fox spirit... ugh, a philandering cat!

"My benefactor, who is this gentleman...?"

Like a loving couple, Tingyun gently took Qiong's arm, and with every smile and frown, she perfectly displayed the tenderness and charm of a fox woman.

"Let me introduce you, this is Ruan Mei."

Qiong looked at the fox spirit beside her with a gentle smile, but in reality, she couldn't suppress the urge to smile.

Couldn't he see why Tingyun was suddenly acting intimately?

“Ruan Mei…Ruan Mei…”

As Tingyun pondered the familiar name, her brows gradually furrowed.

"My God, a genius?"

"Yes, she's a member of the Genius Club."

Upon hearing Qiong's admission, Tingyun's charming smile froze, and her expression gradually turned strange.

She hasn't fully recovered her memories yet; chronologically, she has recovered about half of her memory fragments so far.

In those memories, there was indeed no woman before me who looked so extraordinary and beautiful, as if she had stepped out of a painting. However, I did have this name!

Ruan Mei, a renowned genius in the galaxy, is practically a household name.

Not only her, but every member of the Genius Club is renowned throughout the galaxy because they are the most outstanding geniuses and brains in the universe, whose wisdom transcends the limits of ordinary people.

The geniuses who are noticed by the Venerable One, whether or not they are messengers, possess the authority to mobilize the energy of destiny, and their influence on various forces in the galaxy and universe is no less than that of messengers of other destiny paths.

On a cosmic level, it even far surpasses that!

Rupert II, with his flesh and blood, attempted to destroy half the universe with his computational power.

Neither the Seven Immortal Ships nor the Interstellar Peace Company dared to underestimate the attitude of a true genius.

As an excellent ferryman of the Tianbo Bureau who was adept at navigating social situations, he founded the Minghuo Merchant Guild and led it to grow stronger by virtue of his shrewdness, eloquence, and intelligence.

Tingyun understood even more clearly the true value of genius!

But why is Ms. Ruan Mei now calling her husband, her benefactor, "darling"?

Tingyun's head was buzzing; he couldn't understand at all.

It should be noted that Tingyun's memories are stuck at the moment she was attacked by the Great Lord of Annihilation. Her self-perception is that she is just a slightly shrewd and opportunistic merchant.

She was just a weak fox spirit!

Being targeted by the Great Lord of Annihilation is bad enough, but why does a genius have to come along and steal her man?!

On Earth, it's like you're a department manager at a Xiaomi branch, and your rival is the president of a Fortune 100 company, and a dictatorial one at that!

Me, I'm going to beat a genius?

Under Ruan Mei's gaze, which was imprinted with pink plum blossoms, Ting Yun restrained her foxy demeanor and became noticeably more reserved, but she still did not let go of Qiong.

After all, her benefactor claimed to be her husband, so they must have been legally married. Even if he was a genius, she couldn't just force herself on him, could she?

While feeling worried, Tingyun also felt a sense of pride.

Even geniuses admire their benefactors, which speaks volumes about the benefactors' charisma, and the benefactors' own!

Even without using the Feather Dust technique, Qiong, with her natural acting skills, could guess the reason for Tingyun's change in expression, and couldn't help but feel even more pleased.

"By the way, didn't you say you couldn't get in?"

Qiong smiled and looked at Ruan Mei, asking a question.

Ruan Mei nodded slightly and said softly, "Under normal circumstances, I cannot enter her mental world. All I can do is wait for her to awaken and guide her through this journey."

“But once my dear gathers and reassembles her shattered consciousness, I can come here.”

Ruan Mei mainly explores the essence of life; the level of will is only a small branch within the scope of life. She has done some research, but it is just ordinary projects.

While certain creations and technologies can influence consciousness, they are naturally no match for the Divine Key, Feathered Dust, which specializes in willpower, in terms of flexibility.

"If we keep going and piece together Tingyun's memory fragments, her consciousness should be fine, right?"

Qiong Kaiyan's performance wasn't entirely for his own amusement; even with Yu Duchen's help, Tingyun's personal will was still quite important.

If Tingyun's will is eliminated and she doesn't have a strong enough will to live, even if Qiong forcibly uses Yu Duchen to knead her consciousness, she will not be able to be saved.

Playing the role of her husband, building her favorability, and giving her a clear hope to live made the process much smoother.

"As for her physical injuries, how long will it take to heal?"

Qiong was thinking about the criteria for judging system tasks. It shouldn't be that the system needs to completely recover before settlement is possible, so he casually asked about the time.

"I can't be sure."

Ruan Mei shook her head slightly and whispered:

"Her body was completely ravaged and destroyed, suffering the most severe damage. This trauma is deep in her genes, and even I cannot erase it."

"To prevent it from resurfacing, or even to gain further control over it, I need to modify, um, optimize, her body."

Ruan Mei looked at Ting Yun. Although she had a smile on her face, the deepest part of her beautiful eyes was cold indifference, as if she were looking at an ordinary animal.

"The process takes an incalculable amount of time. It requires ancient beast genes that are compatible with her. Among the materials I obtained from the Black Tower, some meet the compatibility criteria, but the specific degree of compatibility still needs to be compared through experiments."

"Ancient beast genes?"

Qiong became somewhat interested.

It is said that from the birth of the universe until the appearance of the Star God, there were strange creatures called Ancient Beasts that roamed the universe. At that time, they were the masters of the Milky Way.

Later, for unknown reasons, an unprecedented war broke out between humans and ancient beasts. With the help of the Star God, humans won the war and wiped out the ancient beast race.

There are no living ancient beasts in the universe now, at least not on the surface, but the bodies of those ancient beasts that died in the past, which contained great power, are difficult to be erased by time and still wander in some corner of the starry sea.

Qiong was actually quite curious about that powerful creature.

Standing quietly beside Qiong, Tingyun pieced together the conversation between the two, gaining a deeper understanding of her current situation.

At the same time, Tingyun also realized that she was able to survive not only because of her benefactor's help, or rather, that her benefactor was not only Qiong.

Ruan Mei was also her savior.

Tingyun felt conflicted; what could she do?

After a brief silence, Tingyun stepped forward during a break in their conversation, gracefully bowing and curtsying to Ruan Mei.

“Ms. Ruan Mei… In any case, thank you for saving my life.”

"No need to thank me. I only helped because of a deal with my dear, it has nothing to do with you."

Ruan Mei still had a faint smile on her face and spoke softly, but the words that came out of her red lips didn't sound like they were spoken at all, which really made Ting Yun a little uneasy.

In an instant, she realized that Qiong, in order to get Ruan Mei to save him, was in so much pain that he made a deal with Ruan Mei, who was lusting after his body.

Forced to become Ruan Mei's lover, he could only be touched and abused by her, suffering a miserable fate.

However, Tingyun dismissed the thought in less than a second; it must have been an absurd idea born out of anxiety and surprise.

Ms. Ruan Mei... she shouldn't be that kind of person.

"Hey!"

Just as Tingyun was thinking about what she was saying, she suddenly felt a touch on her face, not from Qiong, but from a silk-like touch.

Tingyun looked up in surprise, only to find that Ruan Mei had appeared in front of her at some point.

Ruan Mei's slender fingers seemingly casually glided across Ting Yun's cheeks and chin a few times.

"Ms. Ruan Mei, what brings you here?"

Tingyun asked cautiously.

"you."

Ruan Mei lowered her hand, looked at the slightly flustered fox girl, and parted her thin lips slightly, "Are you willing to accept the genes of an ancient beast?"

With only half of her memories remaining, Tingyun's impression of the ancient beast was still unclear, but after overhearing her benefactor's conversation with Ruan Mei, the naturally intelligent and perceptive girl understood the meaning behind Ruan Mei's words.

Only in this way can I survive.

"This humble woman longs to... inherit my benefactor's genes!"

Tingyun answered without much hesitation, but the next second, she blinked in surprise.

Qiong blinked and looked at Tingyun. His gaze was like two brushes, making Tingyun's pretty face blush.

What did I just say?

Although she was willing in her heart, she would never say it out loud!

Noticing Tingyun's astonishment, Ruan Mei explained calmly:

"I find it hard to trust anyone but myself, and I don't want others to know about my research project on ancient beasts. You can't say anything about ancient beasts and my connection to me right now. You will answer with your true thoughts."

If replaced with medication, it would be equivalent to a combination of a talk-avoidant and a truth serum.

My true thoughts...

These words made Tingyun pause slightly. After noticing Qiong's gaze, a blush instantly spread from her face to her ears, and her fox tail swayed rapidly back and forth.

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Chapter 242 A Small Gift of Gratitude

Approximately two system hours later.

Under the cool white light of the laboratory, the crimson on Tingyun's ear tips was like cinnabar dripping into clear water, spreading to even her neck with a faint blush.

Her knuckles unconsciously twisted the edge of the plain gauze sleeve. Tingyun opened and closed her lips several times but couldn't say a word. Instead, she bit her lower lip, and a trace of moisture seeped out.

The fox-girl, with an awkward and stiff smile, gazed intently at the polite-looking gray-haired youth.

"I am deeply grateful for your kindness, and I hope you will not hold my previous rudeness against me."

Tingyun took a step forward, lifted the hem of her skirt and bowed slightly, her fox tail swaying, exuding a captivating charm that could bring ruin to a country.

"It's alright, I'll make it up to you double when you come to repay my kindness."

Qiong waved his hand casually, displaying a magnanimous attitude that it was nothing to worry about.