Lethal Stunner: Kicking Off with Five Beast Husbands-Chapter 165 We Exist Forever in the Cosmic River

[Star-breaking Pill? This thing consumes the life force of Beastmen whenever superpowers are used, doesn’t it?] Bai Yan’s voice trembled.

Insect Brain chuckled lightly: [From what I know, you’ve already fed Star-breaking Pills to Ying Fei and Xi Qu, those two Beastmen.]

Insect Brain: [After the apocalypse, humans on Mist Continent awakened their superpowers, and their lifespans have now extended significantly, living for four or five hundred years is no problem.]

Insect Brain: [For pre-apocalypse humans, reaching the age of eighty was considered longevity.]

Insect Brain: [Even after taking the Star-breaking Pill, the impact on a four to five hundred-year lifespan is negligible.]

Bai Yan listened to Insect Brain’s words with her heart wavering.

Insect Brain stared at her hand hovering over the Star-breaking Pill, hesitating whether to touch it.

Its tone became alluring: [Don’t you want revenge? Are you willing to always remain under Xiao Jinsheng’s shadow, letting her and even her Beast Husband outshine yours?]

Insect Brain: [System 1.0 bound to you because you’re the heroine of this world.]

Insect Brain: [From the beginning, you were meant to dominate this world—to replace the Terminal and take command of Mist Continent.]

Insect Brain: [Your future changed only because of Xiao Jinsheng’s arrival.]

Bai Yan hesitated further.

She had eight Beast Husbands.

Kui Mao died when Xiao Jinsheng’s poisoned dagger shredded his heart.

Now she only had seven left, of which two had already taken the Star-breaking Pill.

Such a power-enhancing tool came with a deadly cost, like a ticking time bomb.

In desperation to survive, fearing Xiao Jinsheng would kill her, Bai Yan had Ying Fei and Xi Qu swallow the pills, but now she lived each day in constant dread.

Daily, when clearing Fog Corpses and Mutant Beasts, whenever superpowers were involved, Bai Yan tried her best to keep Ying Fei and Xi Qu away from these tasks.

This led to complaints from the other Beast Husbands, who believed Bai Yan was biased and caused domestic strife several times.

Thinking of the new rules under the Terminal’s protection, Bai Yan reassured herself that Xiao Jinsheng couldn’t kill her.

Feeling relieved, she declared: [Now that I’ve moved away, I’ll just collect more Star Stones to boost my Beast Husbands’ Superpower Levels.]

Someday, her strength would surpass Xiao Jinsheng’s, and then she’d seize the opportunity for revenge.

Hearing Bai Yan’s refusal, Insect Brain reacted as if hearing a joke.

It spoke mockingly: [Do you really think, with the Terminal’s new rules, Xiao Jinsheng wouldn’t dare kill you?]

Insect Brain: [Don’t you know about borrowing a knife to kill someone?]

Insect Brain: [She may not kill you with her own hands, but Mist Continent is filled with dangerous creatures to exploit.]

Insect Brain: [Fog Corpses, Zombies, Mutant Beasts, Fallen Beastmen, and even other females or Beastmen.]

Insect Brain: [As long as you don’t die by Xiao Jinsheng or her Beast Husband’s hand, the Terminal’s punishment won’t reach her.]

Insect Brain: [I inherited System 1.0’s memory; you and it altered Xiao Jinsheng’s memory for a span of fifteen years.]

Insect Brain: [Don’t forget—Xiao Jinsheng already took two of your lives today. She knows of your memory tampering. System 1.0’s grudge is avenged; her next target will be you.]

Insect Brain: [Ever wonder why Xiao Jinsheng has superpowers of different Star Levels? Because her second awakened superpower is Plundering—she can replicate anyone’s superpower and Star Level.]

Insect Brain: [Currently, Xiao Jinsheng’s power alone rivals that of two Eleven-Star Beastmen. If you lack the resolve to confront your enemy, I’ll bind myself to another female and continue completing the Main Brain’s mission.]

Insect Brain: [But if you’re unwilling to yield and choose to fight back, then your Beast Husbands need to elevate their Superpower Levels.]

Insect Brain: [If you possess seven Eleven-Star Beastmen, together you could even use Fog Corpses to eliminate Xiao Jinsheng.]

Bai Yan felt tempted but furrowed her brows in thought.

Suspiciously, Bai Yan questioned: [If Xiao Jinsheng’s Plundering superpower lets her copy others’ superpowers and Star Levels, won’t upgrading my Beast Husbands to Eleven-Star just forge seven Eleven-Star enemies for myself?]

Insect Brain fell silent.

Soon, it explained: [Star-breaking Pills and Star Stone upgrades differ.]

Insect Brain: [Star Stone upgrades rely on Star Stone Energy.]

Insect Brain: [Star-breaking Pill upgrades rely on life force.]

Insect Brain: [Xiao Jinsheng’s Plundering superpower operates based on Star Stone Energy, so she can only replicate energy-based upgrades.]

Insect Brain: [For you, enhancing your Beast Husbands with Star-breaking Pills is actually safer and suppresses Xiao Jinsheng’s superpower.]

Bai Yan eagerly asked: [Really?]

Insect Brain laughed affirmatively: [Of course it’s true. I’m a system, bound by rules—I cannot lie.]

Still, Bai Yan hesitated.

She recalled that after Kui Mao’s death, her spiritual power had been damaged, dropping from Seven-Star to Six-Star.

This realization sparked an idea in Bai Yan.

With hope in her voice, Bai Yan asked: [Is there an antidote for Star-breaking Pills? If the cost is a reduction in the Star-breaking Pill’s upgraded Star Level, I can accept that.]

Bai Yan: [You’re System 2.0, so your functions and tools should be more reliable than System 1.0, right?]

Insect Brain hesitated for a moment at her request.

It hadn’t anticipated this human to ask for so much.

From an angle Bai Yan couldn’t see, a limp black insect emitted a sinister laugh.

Insect Brain responded: [Of course, I outrank System 1.0. Complete the Main Brain’s tasks, and you can earn points to exchange for the Star-breaking Pill antidote from me.]

Insect Brain then sent Bai Yan a list of items available for points exchange within her Star Map.

The catalog included high-tech gadgets Bai Yan had never seen, even in the Terminal’s blind box openings.

Some functionalities were indeed better than what System 1.0 had offered.

Insect Brain: [By the way, my memory modification skill has a cooldown period of ten days.]

This revelation brought Bai Yan extreme joy.

System 1.0’s skill had required a cooldown of fifteen days.

Now, with System 2.0, Bai Yan realized she could modify memories thrice a month.

Yet this encounter prompted Bai Yan to rethink how she’d always imagined the system’s appearance as insect-like.

With System 2.0’s arrival, Bai Yan grew wary. ƒreewebɳovel.com

She asked: [System 1.0 tasked me with enhancing my strength to become the top figure on Mist Continent.]

Bai Yan: [Is your mission the same as 1.0’s?]

Insect Brain: [Naturally, but with increased difficulty.]

Insect Brain: [This world is under the Terminal’s control. Even at peak strength, one remains suppressed by the Terminal. Why not eliminate the Terminal and take its place?]

Insect Brain: [Your mission is to become the ruler of Mist Continent.]

Listening to Insect Brain’s words, Bai Yan envisioned herself as the supreme being of this world—a breathtaking sight where Fog Corpses, humans, and Mutant Beasts alike obeyed her command.

In that moment, Bai Yan hesitated no longer.

She took the box containing five Star-breaking Pills: [I will dutifully complete the Main Brain’s mission.]

Insect Brain smiled approvingly: [I knew I wasn’t wrong about you. You’re brilliant—far superior to Xiao Jinsheng!]

Hearing this, Bai Yan’s lips curled into a subtle smile.

Insect Brain then lamented: [It’s unfortunate—you’re human.]

Bai Yan frowned: [What do you mean?]

Insect Brain: [Because my species will forever reign above all creation.]

Insect Brain: [We command time, traverse space, persist across the cosmic river; we are the true masters of existence.]

Insect Brain whispered: [I eagerly await the day you wholly join us.]

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