Chapter 204: Long Yi's Conversation with the System

Chapter 204: Chapter 200: Long Yi’s Conversation with the System

Nan Zishi said in pleasant surprise, “Wow, that’s amazing?!”

“Mhm!”

Chi Xiao snuggled closer, and Nan Zishi stroked his totem.

The next moment, the massive totem instantly turned its back, its face beet red.

“…” Nan Zishi tilted her head and looked at him.

The Chi Xiao totem’s face grew even redder.

‘After all this time together, Chi Xiao is still so innocent.’

After a while, once the totem felt the heat in its face subside a little, it slowly shuffled over to snuggle against her.

The big male cooed, “Female master, did you come to the Divine Space to see me this time?”

“Yes,” Nan Zishi said. “Chi Xiao, can you come to Ten Thousand Beasts City to help me?”

“Of course, no problem!” Chi Xiao’s voice rose with excitement, as if he couldn’t wait. “Just wait, I’ll fly over right away!”

His tone made it sound like he wanted to teleport to Nan Zishi’s side that very instant.

Nan Zishi smiled softly.

Chi Xiao sat snuggled warmly against her.

…

She couldn’t delay the matter of the Beast God any longer.

She had to find a way to get the Beast God’s Heart and then leave.

‘I haven’t found it after all these days. What should I do?’

Just as she was trying to come up with a plan, an opportunity presented itself.

Nan Zishi had caught a chill and developed a fever.

…

Long Yi returned to the Priest Hall after handling matters outside.

As he walked, he looked down and asked a Little Priestess, “How is Zhi Nan the Sage today?”

The Little Priestess replied with some concern, “My Lord, the Sage hasn’t left his room all day, and he hasn’t touched the food we sent over.”

Long Yi’s expression darkened. He strode into his own palace, and upon seeing Nan Zishi’s small figure curled up on the bed, he quickened his pace and walked over.

Nan Zishi felt like she was swallowing razor blades.

Her face was scorching, her breaths were dry and hot, and she had already started talking nonsense.

Long Yi pressed his large hand to her forehead and immediately shouted, “Go get the Great Witch Doctor!”

In the Beast World, a fever was no small matter. Many a Beastman had lost their life because they couldn’t endure one.

Before long, the Great Witch Doctor of Ten Thousand Beasts City arrived in a hurry.

He pried open Nan Zishi’s eyes to take a look, then observed her complexion and breathing.

Afterward, the witch doctor and Long Yi stepped out of the palace, and he said in a low voice, “Zhi Nan the Sage has likely caught a chill, a common cold.”

“A fever from a cold?”

The witch doctor took out a board made of beast horn and said, “High Priest, scraping the back can reduce a fever. Should I do it, or will you?”

Long Yi snatched the beast horn board, his voice steady but tinged with a hint of panic. “I’ll do it.”

The witch doctor left.

Long Yi returned to Nan Zishi’s side with the scraping board. He turned her over and was about to lift her shirt.

The patient on the bed grabbed his wrist with a small, burning hand.

Her eyes were bloodshot, and she looked like a pitiful little beast.

“Zhinan, I’m going to perform scraping to treat you. Be good.”

Nan Zishi didn’t let go of his hand and shook her head.

“I’m a witch doctor myself. I can treat myself…”

‘I have ibuprofen in my space; I just haven’t taken it yet.’

Long Yi let out an exasperated laugh. “You’re a witch doctor too?”

Nan Zishi nodded, her face flushed. “Yes, the illness just needs to run its course. I’ll be fine in a few days.”

‘I can’t let him see my back. If he does, he’ll immediately know I’m a female.’

She was burning up.

Long Yi stared at the hand gripping his own. He frowned.

But in the end, he didn’t force her.

“Fine.”

He let go of Nan Zishi, left the main hall, and returned a moment later with a bowl of Witch Medicine, which he helped her drink.

Nan Zishi drank it obediently.

She felt awful and lay back down.

Looking at this miserable, stubborn little thing, Long Yi’s heart filled with a dense tangle of pity and helplessness.

Overwhelmed, Long Yi acted on impulse, turning to leave. He walked to a corner of the room.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Long Yi open a secret room.

Nan Zishi immediately scrambled out of bed.

She quickly swallowed a tablet of ibuprofen and followed him, feeling dizzy and weak.

She followed Long Yi into the secret room.

Inside the secret room was a floating electronic sphere of light. She quickly concealed her presence and hid behind a stone wall.

Then, she heard Long Yi speaking with the sphere of light.

Long Yi’s voice was neither servile nor overbearing. “I need a fast-acting medicine for a fever from a cold.”

Nan Zishi’s hand clenched. ‘This High Priest… is he really involved with the system?’

The sphere of light flickered. “That’s not difficult. Long Yi, have you handled matters on your end?”

Long Yi fell silent. “The Beast God’s physical body was stolen.”

The sphere of light accused him in astonishment, “Long Yi, you actually allowed the Beast God’s physical body to be stolen?”

Long Yi’s eyes suddenly darkened, his aura becoming terrifyingly powerful. “System Main God, you and I are merely partners in cooperation. I get what I want, and I give you what you want. I am not your subordinate.”

The sphere of light chuckled twice and said, “Forget it. The Beast God is already dead, so his stolen body is useless. You still have the Beast God’s Heart sealed away, don’t you?”

Long Yi looked up. “Of course. The Beast God’s Heart has always been sealed.”

Nan Zishi’s eyes widened slightly.

“To seize the Beast God’s power, his physical body, his heart, and his Divine Status are all indispensable.”

Long Yi said coldly, “The Beast God sealed his Divine Status in the Divine Space. I can’t open the Divine Space. Now his physical body has been stolen. If you don’t come to the Beast World soon… Main God System, your grand plan might just fail.”

The sphere of light flickered faintly. “You need not worry about that. After all, this is a major affair for both of us. I will naturally come to help you. You are my best ally, after all.”

“However…”

The sphere of light pulsed as it spoke, “An error occurred with the host of my subordinate, System 006, preventing it from returning. I need to fix this error now. Long Yi, go and eliminate the host of 006.”

The color drained from Nan Zishi’s face.

‘Li Yun is hiding beneath the mining area, and System 006 can’t find her. As a result, a bug occurred, and System 006 has errored and can’t return.’

‘This explanation is very similar to what my little brother, Nan Zhinian, said about exploiting bugs in video games.’

‘It seems you really can deal with the smaller systems by exploiting bugs.’

‘But… it’s useless to deal with the smaller systems. After deploying 006, they can just deploy 007, and after 007, they can deploy 008.’

‘The important thing is to destroy the Main God System.’

‘But the Main God System isn’t even in the Beast World.’

‘To destroy the main system, I have to lure the Main God System to the Beast World.’

Nan Zishi’s pupils constricted slightly.

She suddenly realized that what Long Yi was doing was exactly that.

She just needed to wait for Long Yi to lure the Main God System to the Beast World, and then she and the Beast God could figure out a way to destroy it!

Nan Zishi: “…”

For a brief moment, Nan Zishi hesitated.

Then she heard the conversation inside continue.

The Black Dragon male refused coldly, “I don’t kill females.”

The sphere of light flickered and laughed. “Fine. I have three days left. I will descend upon the Beast World in three days and resolve this error myself. Long Yi, when that time comes, I will help you achieve godhood!”

After speaking, the sphere of light went out, leaving a single pill behind for him.

He had tried it on sick Beastmen before.

The system’s medicine was very advanced. A single dose of the fast-acting pill was all it took to get better.

Long Yi held the pill and stared at it for a moment.

Goosebumps broke out all over Nan Zishi’s skin.

‘Don’t tell me Long Yi is going to give me the system’s medicine? I can’t take that!’

Nan Zishi quickly retreated, lay back on the bed, and tried to figure out what to do.

After coming out with the pill, Long Yi walked to Nan Zishi’s side.

He looked down at her face, flushed with fever, and reached out to touch it gently.

Her little face was very hot, and surprisingly soft and tender.

But…

He clutched the medicine in his hand, hesitating after all.

Just as Nan Zishi thought he was about to give her the medicine, he suddenly pulled his hand back.

He strode out of the palace and crushed the pill from the system into dust in his hand.

He didn’t give her the system’s medicine.