’Wait, am I really that in-demand right now?’

’It’s only been a day, and more Star Thieves have already shown up.’

Jiang Zheyu had a feeling they were here for her.

’Hasn’t the female lead developed that remedy to heal a Beastman’s damaged spiritual power yet?’

As things stood, she was the only female capable of healing a Beastman’s damaged spiritual power.

The reason she hadn’t yet pulled the potion for healing a Beastman’s spiritual power from her system was mainly because she wanted to heal more Beastmen to raise her own Spiritual Power Level.

After purifying a laboratory yesterday, her Spiritual Power Level had now reached 8S.

Now that more Star Thieves had arrived, her 8S Spiritual Power Level should be sufficient. She decided to buy a potion for healing a Beastman’s spiritual trauma from the system and hand it over to the people at the Research Institute.

’That way, those Star Thieves will stop coming after me all the time.’

So, she no longer cared whether the female lead could actually produce the reagent for purifying a Beastman’s damaged spiritual power.

In any case, as long as they could fend off this Star Thief attack, she would immediately buy the potion for healing damaged spiritual power from her system and hand it straight to the Research Institute.

’If I wait for the female lead any longer, won’t I be pestered to death by every Star Thief Gang out there?’

So she wasn’t going to wait for the female lead. The female lead could go and stay wherever she pleased for all she cared.

Outside, a fierce firefight was still raging.

Jiang Zheyu tried to probe outside with her spiritual power. She discovered that the Starships and various Mechas surprisingly had no spiritual power fluctuations. This meant there were no Beastmen inside at all—it was all just advanced technology.

This made Jiang Zheyu all the more certain that they were coming for her.

’Otherwise, why would they deliberately avoid sending Beastmen and use advanced technology to attack instead?’

They knew her spiritual power could crush the entire Zerg Race in an instant, so it could naturally do the same to any Beastman’s spiritual power, killing them instantly.

Therefore, to counter her ability, they had chosen to fight using advanced technology, as Jiang Zheyu’s spiritual power was useless against anything that didn’t have a spiritual signature.

Jiang Zheyu immediately pulled her head back from the window, her eyes darting around as she looked for a place to hide.

After all, she was definitely their target. They would surely come looking for her amidst this chaotic battle.

’I can’t hide here anymore,’ she thought. ’They almost certainly know I’m in this room. I have to find another place to hide.’

Jiang Zheyu quickly walked toward the door. Just as she opened it—

A tall man stood in the doorway, completely blocking her path.

He was dressed in a white suit, his long silver hair draped casually over his shoulders.

Jiang Zheyu’s gaze traveled upward, landing on a vaguely familiar face.

A pair of dark green eyes, cold and lifeless, stared down at her. A stud on his brow bone glinted coldly, and his handsome, deep-set features were icy and somber.

Seeing Si Yu’s face again, Jiang Zheyu visibly froze. It felt as if it had been a long time since they’d met, yet also as if she had seen him only yesterday.

His silver hair had grown longer, now falling all the way to his waist.

Yet it didn’t look the least bit effeminate on his handsome, sharply defined face, which held a cold, deathly stare.

She had assumed other Star Thieves were attacking the Research Institute, never expecting it would be Si Yu.

Jiang Zheyu had almost forgotten about him. She never thought he would suddenly appear before her again. The moment he did, memories of their past came flooding back.

’It seems I’ve backstabbed him several times now.’

’I’d always act obedient and compliant, but I’d still run for it the first chance I got.’

’Damn it, how can that be considered backstabbing? I just didn’t like that kind of life with him.’

’If Si Yu could just renounce his criminal life, kill the Zerg Mother, and then pursue me honorably—the way he gets with the female lead in the novel—then I could accept him, too.’

But this wasn’t the time to be thinking about all that.

Jiang Zheyu instinctively tried to slam the door shut.

The next second, a hand slammed against the door, forcing it back open with a loud THUD.

Jiang Zheyu pulled with all her might but couldn’t budge it an inch.

Her spiritual power didn’t detect any spiritual signature from Si Yu, which meant he was currently using the body of a Biorobot.

’He really did his homework on me before coming here.’

If Si Yu had come in his original body, Jiang Zheyu would have already brought him under her control. But he had figured her out and used a Biorobot body instead.

"What? Not happy to see me?" Si Yu asked, his tone unreadable, his dark green eyes swirling with shadows.

Wanting to stall for time, Jiang Zheyu slowly replied, "Not at all, not at all."

Before Si Yu could reply, she hurriedly added, "Actually, I do quite like you, but your status as a Star Thief isn’t exactly respectable. Would you be willing to give it all up for me?"

"Hah..." A low scoff, like a breath of air forced from his throat.

Si Yu grabbed her wrist. Before Jiang Zheyu could even react, he caught her completely off guard. With his other hand, he swiftly plunged a syringe into her neck, injecting its entire contents.

He then casually tossed the empty syringe to the floor with a CLATTER and wrapped that same arm tightly around her waist.

"You weren’t being good," Si Yu said in a very low voice.

Jiang Zheyu felt a sharp pain in her neck and instinctively clapped a hand over the spot. It was a tiny puncture mark. She had no idea what Si Yu had just injected her with.

Panic began to set in. She looked up at Si Yu. "What... what did you inject me with?"

Her mind instantly flooded with thoughts of viruses and poisons.

’I’m screwed, I’m so screwed. I can’t believe Si Yu would pull something like this the moment he showed up.’

’This guy really is sick in the head.’

’I never thought his revenge would be this extreme.’

The next second, Si Yu swiftly swept her into his arms and leaped back. A hail of bullets instantly tore through the spot where he had just been standing.

With his brow tightly furrowed, Shan Xun charged toward Si Yu.

"Don’t come any closer, or the little female’s head will be blown open," Si Yu said, taking a few quick steps back with Jiang Zheyu. His tone was chillingly light and superior as he pressed the muzzle of a silver gun to her head.

Shan Xun’s charge came to a screeching halt. His face was a mask of fury, his voice thick with malice. "Let her go."

Jiang Zheyu screamed internally at her system, ’System, System! Detoxification Pill! Detoxification Pill!’

’First things first, I have to neutralize that injection,’ she thought.

After swallowing the Detoxification Pill from the system, her panic visibly subsided.

However, as she took in her current predicament, her anxiety flared up once more.