Reincarnated as a Mosquito, I Sucked the Reborn Empress to Tears

However!

When Gu Yuexi saw what he was doing, her expression changed drastically. She let out a cry of alarm, almost instinctively.

"You can’t!"

An unprecedented wave of anxiety washed over her!

’The Time Law is completely different from any other Law I know! It’s too strange, too tyrannical!’

’In my experience, no matter how miraculous or heaven-defying that damned mosquito is, it’s absolutely impossible for it to absorb the Power of Time!’

’The very act of absorption requires time! All of your actions are governed by the Time Law, so how could you possibly resist it, let alone absorb it?’

’It’s a complete logical contradiction!’

However, by the time she cried out, it was already too late.

Chu Sheng’s body had already plunged headfirst into the distorted trap.

And so it began...

Just as Gu Yuexi had feared.

The moment Chu Sheng entered the trap, the frequency of his wing beats, his flight Speed, and all his movements became incredibly slow, like a slow-motion scene from a movie.

And he was getting slower and slower!

From two times slower at the start, to five times, then ten times!

After only a few breaths, the motion of his flapping wings had slowed to the point of being nearly motionless!

This time trap... the flow of time on the periphery slowed things down, while deep inside, it sped them up!

Watching this from the outside, Gu Yuexi’s heart sank to the depths of despair.

She was frantic with worry!

Never before had she felt so anxious, so powerless!

But there was absolutely nothing she could do!

In her previous life, despite being the Empress, she had never delved into the two Supreme Laws of Time and Space.

All she could do was watch helplessly.

If that damned mosquito was truly frozen in this stream of time, she would be completely unable to rescue him.

Not unless another expert who had also mastered the Power of Time intervened.

What made her despair even more was...

...that damned mosquito probably had no idea that the flow of time around him had changed.

...

What Gu Yuexi didn’t know was that Chu Sheng had, in fact, mastered the Time Realm.

The last time he had used Time Reincarnation, Gu Yuexi had been in seclusion, so she was unaware.

And at this moment.

Inside the time trap.

For Chu Sheng, who had already reached the Great Success Realm in the Time Realm, he had clearly perceived the change in the flow of time around him the instant he entered the trap.

He immediately activated his own Time Realm, attempting to resist this force.

’It’s working!’

’But not by much!’

His resistance could delay the moment he came to a complete standstill, but it couldn’t stop the process entirely.

’My Time Realm is still only at the Great Success Realm. It’s not nearly enough to fight the Power of Time in this trap!’

’No, I have to do something before I’m completely immobilized!’

In a flash, Chu Sheng made the most correct decision!

He mustered all his strength and plunged his proboscis—the indestructible God-devouring Needle—fiercely into the distorted energy field before him!

’Feed!’

The system’s notification sound rang in his mind almost at the same time.

[Ding! Detected a small amount of Time Origin. Now absorbing...]

’What? This is just the Origin, not even the Law, and it’s this powerful?’

Chu Sheng was stunned.

’The stages of a Realm’s mastery are: Initial, Minor Success, Great Success, Perfection, Great Perfection, then Origin, and finally, Law.’

’This was just a small amount of the Power of Origin, and it almost had me completely locked down?’

’Whatever! As long as I can absorb it, it’s all good!’

’The God-devouring Needle is truly peerless!’

[Ding! Time Realm Comprehension +150!]

[Ding! Time Realm Comprehension +200!]

[...]

’It’s working!’

As the notifications rang out in his mind, Chu Sheng could clearly feel his Time Realm Comprehension rapidly increasing, while the force imprisoning him grew steadily weaker!

As one grew and the other weakened, the infinitely slowed flow of time around his body began to gradually return to normal.

...

Outside the trap.

Gu Yuexi watched as the mosquito’s movements went from nearly static to, bit by bit, resuming their normal motion.

Her cool eyes were filled with utter disbelief!

’That damned mosquito... H-He... when did he master the Time Realm?!’

’And he can actually just... absorb the Power of Time like it’s food!’

’What... what in the world is he...’

Even Gu Yuexi, who thought she had grown accustomed to Chu Sheng’s heaven-defying antics, was once again shocked beyond words.

Because she knew better than anyone just how incredible, how utterly contrary to common sense, the scene that had just unfolded was!

...

Time seemed to stretch on for an eternity, yet it also felt like only an instant had passed.

Finally, under Chu Sheng’s relentless feeding, the distorted energy field dissipated completely.

[Ding! Time Realm Comprehension: 4800 (Great Success)]

Chu Sheng looked at the final number, feeling a little regretful.

’A pity. I was just a little bit away from breaking through to the Perfection Realm.’

His movement fully restored, he sped up and flew over to the astonished Gu Yuexi, buzzing twice smugly.

’Heh heh, don’t be so surprised. Just a routine operation, nothing special.’

Gu Yuexi snapped out of it and snorted irritably.

’So reckless! And you still have the nerve to be smug!’

She couldn’t be bothered with Chu Sheng, her gaze falling on the girl who had just been freed.

At that moment, the girl seemed completely unaware of what had happened. When she saw Gu Yuexi, a surprised look appeared on her face.

"Sister Gu? How did you catch up to me so quickly?"

"Sigh, this place is so strange. I got separated from everyone else as soon as I came in. I’ve been walking for days and haven’t seen a single soul..."

She complained as she spoke.

But as she talked, she suddenly realized something was wrong.

’My voice... why is it so hoarse, so old?’

Then, she looked down and saw her hands, which had become somewhat old and dark-skinned.

She panicked and quickly took a mirror out of her Spatial Ring.

When she saw the stranger in the mirror—a middle-aged woman with graying hair, a wrinkled face, and who looked to be in her fifties or sixties—she completely broke down!

"AH! Who is this?! This isn’t me! W-What happened to me?!"

She dropped the mirror, clutched her head, and squatted on the ground, letting out a desperate, wailing cry.

To go from a beautiful young college student in the prime of her life to a middle-aged woman on the verge of old age in the blink of an eye—it was a blow that no one could possibly accept!

Gu Yuexi looked at her, a trace of pity flashing across her face, but in the end, she spoke calmly:

"Fortunately, we found you early. Otherwise, your situation would likely be even worse."

"I suggest you leave this place as soon as possible."

Without offering any more comfort, she and Chu Sheng bypassed the sobbing, broken girl and continued onward.

Left behind, the girl cried for a long, long time.

Finally, she slowly raised her head.

Her clouded eyes glinted with unwillingness and madness.

’No, I can’t leave like this!’

’If this place can make me old, then there must be a way for it to make me young again!’

’I have to find that way!’

’No matter the cost!’

Thinking this, she wiped away her tears, leaped up from the ground, and, gritting her teeth, stumbled onward into the deeper parts of the Secret Realm!