A clear summer day.
The school infirmary was quiet and bright, the air conditioner humming as it blew out cool air.
Kiana's throat bobbed with difficulty, sweat dripping from her chin and pooling into a small puddle on the tiled floor.
"I'm not eating anymore!"
Kiana suddenly stood up, wiping the corner of her mouth with the back of her fair, delicate hand.
A single black, slightly curled strand of hair clung to the smooth, pale skin of her hand—glaringly obvious.
"You never actually had a way to deal with Chiyou, did you?!"
Kiana planted her hands on her hips and demanded an answer.
The little dummy had learned to think for herself.
She was so smart now.
Recalling their earlier conversation, Kiana realized Ye Feng had never actually said he would "tell her the solution."
Ye Feng chuckled. "I just pointed downward, and the little dummy got on her knees all on her own."
"Damn you, Ye Feng, you dog!"
Kiana was furious, having even picked up some new vocabulary from Hellmaru.
Kiana hadn't actually met the real Hellmaru, but the "Hellmaru NPC" could often be seen sprinting across the schoolyard on full moon nights, shouting "Ye Feng, you dog!" with every step.
Kiana had been lucky enough to hear it once.
"Little dummy, no swearing."
Ye Feng pressed down on Kiana's head and gently flicked her forehead.
The Kaslana knight wiped her face disdainfully and stubbornly raised her head.
"You've been toying with me for so long, and I'm not even allowed to be angry?!"
"Sigh." Ye Feng sighed. "My dear dummy, why is your head always full of lewd thoughts?"
"Huh? Me?"
Kiana pointed at herself in disbelief.
"Yeah. Didn't I already tell you the method?"
The little dummy blinked in confusion. "When?"
"When I said, 'keep eating.'"
"What do you mean?"
"Right now, Chiyou is probably in a 'passive devouring' state, swallowing everything in its path.
Theoretically, it could 'devour infinitely,' but is it really 'infinite'? Could it eventually swallow even the 'Tree and the Sea'?
I don't think so. The 'Tree and Sea' cosmology wouldn't allow such an overpowered Honkai beast to exist.
No—it wouldn't even need to reach the 'Tree and Sea.' It wouldn't make it past the 'Cocoon of Finality.'
Therefore, Chiyou's 'devouring' must have an upper limit."
Ye Feng paused.
Kiana stared blankly, completely lost. What was all this about trees and seas?
But she could vaguely grasp that Ye Feng had a plan.
"So, from the start, I told you to 'let it keep eating' and mold Chiyou into the shape we want. Who knew you'd just drop to your knees and—"
"Ahhh—! Stop talking, I get it now!"
Kiana's face burned red as she waved her hands frantically.
This was beyond embarrassing.
Kiana took a deep breath, exhaled, and repeated the process several times before finally calming down.
Wait, no—she still didn't understand.
What did "mold it into the shape we want" even mean?
It sounded so sketchy.
"So, what do we do? Aunt Theresa said Chiyou might swallow the entire planet."
"You got Hellmaru's message, right?"
"Yeah."
"She'll head over soon, let Chiyou eat her, and then corrode it from the inside. Make sure to tell Theresa to take Hellmaru in afterward."
"Wait, Hellmaru? That girl with the big belly?"
The little dummy frowned. "Can she really do it?"
Kiana still didn't know Hellmaru's true identity.
Ye Feng gently wiped the sticky sweat from Kiana's lips and whispered,
"She'll win."
...
Three hours later, with no sign of Cang Xuan or Dan Zhu disappearing, it seemed the plan was going smoothly.
The Chiyou incident wasn't a big deal.
If an Herrscher of Corruption from the previous era couldn't even corrode a mere Judgment-class Honkai beast from this era, Ye Feng would never let Hellmaru hear the end of it.
At this point, Ye Feng finally approached Ji Lin.
Ji Lin, also known as Ji Xuanyuan, the ancestral mother of Shenzhou.
A peerlessly beautiful young woman.
Her features were dignified and lovely, her temperament gentle and virtuous, with an almost divine aura.
Her hair was tied up in a bun, with a small braid draped over her right chest... Hmm, that was a dangerous hairstyle.
"Ji Lin counts as a wife, right?"
With that thought, Ye Feng scrutinized the ethereal beauty from head to toe, then reached out to confirm something.
Huh?
Her skin was as taut as Kiana's on a Monday.
Ye Feng's gaze then fell to her robes. The noble gold embroidery symbolized her exalted status, but the smooth, flat plane of her chest made it hard to believe she was a wife.
"So flat... just like Fu Hua."
No, there was a difference.
Fu Hua embodied violent beauty.
Ji Lin's was soft, supple—like cherries dipped in water.
Yin and yang.
"If it were bigger, it'd definitely feel amazing, right?"
Ye Feng pondered, then opened the attribute panel and activated [Body Modification].
Instantly, the curves beneath her ruqun became noticeably more pronounced.
However, [Body Modification] wasn't permanent—everything would reset to the default on Monday.
"Mm, now she's got that proper wife vibe."
Nighttime.
It was still early, the summer night's chorus of insects yet to begin.
Ji Lin "awakened" here.
The moment her consciousness returned, she felt deeply uncomfortable.
The discomfort came from multiple sources—aches in her body, the slight constriction of some tight garment pressing against her, but most of all, the inexplicable weight on her chest. Something heavy was pressing down on her ribcage, making it hard to breathe.
This was a sensation she had never experienced before.
Her mind was still a scrambled mess, her thoughts stalled, so all she could do upon waking was gasp for air, struggling to adjust to her current state.
"What is this...?"
Ji Lin slowly sat up from the floor, which was strewn with shredded stockings and unknown fabrics. This seemed to be the interior of a tall building, but nothing like anything she recognized.
The ceiling above was almost entirely gone, revealing a starry night sky.
The walls had been replaced with full-length mirrors, and even in the darkness, she could clearly see her reflection: clad in strange garments, sitting on a large circular bed.
In her dazed state, Ji Lin's mind snapped back to clarity instantly.
Because these clothes were... utterly shameless.
Her arms and legs were covered in sheer, embroidered silk, light as gauze, with more wrapped around her neck and waist.
A silver bell, delicate and tiny, was tied to her ankle with a red string, chiming softly with even the slightest movement.
And it wasn't just her ankle—another bell was tied to the one place Ji Lin cared about most.
And that was the source of the pressure on her chest.
"This is... me?"
Ji Lin stared blankly at her reflection, her clear mind lapsing back into confusion.
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