"Okay, you can stay here first." Xu Xin said to Lou Fei'er who was still browsing the regional channel with interest, "Don't think about running away. I can get your location at any time. If you run away and I catch you, you will stay in the bracelet forever."
Even he himself felt that what he said was a little bit wrong.
Why does this sound like something a bad person would say
Hearing the word "bracelet", Lou Feier shuddered and nodded hurriedly: "I know, I won't run away."
She had no intention of running away in the first place, and when she heard that she would be locked in a bracelet, she had even less intention of running away.
"I'll take your watch for now, and I'll give it back to you later depending on your performance."
"Watch? Oh, by the way! Can my watch still connect to Area 187?" Lou Feier asked curiously.
"Well enough."
"That means my previous tree house can also be used!" Lou Feier's eyes lit up, and then she suggested to Xu Xin, "Hey, have you ever thought about using my tree house to trade the resources of District 187? If we exchange all their resources, wouldn't it be equivalent to weakening District 187 and strengthening our District 188!"
Xu Xin did have this idea. He was going to go to the salt mine cave in the hilly resource area to see if the tree house had been restored to its original state after its upgrade and enhanced protection capabilities.
If the salt mine could continue to be mined, then he could indeed use the salt to plunder another wave of supplies from Area 187.
However, he didn't expect to hear this idea from Lou Feier.
"You, return us to District 188. Why are you betraying us so soon? Your boss, Zhang Daoguang, once saved your life." Xu Xin wanted to laugh. Her betrayal was so smooth that people who didn't know her would think she was originally from District 188.
"What's the matter with treason? He saved my life, and I helped him kill a man from District 188. It's a life for a life, so I don't owe him anything." Lou Feier said indifferently.
"Besides, I even sacrificed myself because of this." She glanced at Xu Xin dimly, "Besides, I am already a member of District 188 now. In order for me to survive, I have to help District 188 as well."
She pointed to the channel in Zone 188 on the screen, then frowned.
"No, the watch still works? Then I... am also from District 187? Which district am I from?"
Lou Feier herself was confused.
"You are from District 188 now, because I am from District 188." Xu Xin pointed at himself and said, "If I die, you will die too, understand?"
"I understand." Lou Feier nodded, but her eyes rolled around as if she was thinking about something.
"By the way, take that out." Xu Xin pointed at the core of the tree house on the ground.
"This? I've been wanting to take it down and take a look... Hey, what's going on?"
Lou Feier was very interested in the glowing core on the ground. She reached out to pick up the core. However, after spending a long time and trying several angles, she still couldn't lift it.
Xu Xin also reached out to take it. The core of the tree house was installed very loosely. Xu Xin moved it lightly, and it turned smoothly in the groove, making a sound like a pulley. With a slight force, he took it down.
"... I can't possibly take this thing down." Lou Fei'er was speechless.
Xu Xin didn't believe her. He was afraid that this woman was pretending again. He put the core in it, pulled Lou Feier's arm, and controlled her hand to touch the glowing core.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Sure enough, when Lou Feier touched it with her hand, no matter how hard she tried, the core wouldn't even turn.
“… Can you let go? It hurts.” Lou Feier’s eyes became watery again, as if she was about to cry again.
"Don't act with me." Xu Xin let go, touched his chin and thought for a while.
Although he has made Lou Feier the owner of the tree house, only he can place and take out the core.
Come to think of it, if other people can take out such a precious item at will, then the core of the tree house would be cheap for the dependents living in the parasitic tree house.
He had originally thought that if Lou Feier could take out the core, he would take it away first. Anyway, he now had steel and could make steel bars, so he could build a small house for her to live in on the ground, and the parasitic tree house would be used specifically for "hatching eggs."
However, it seems that there is no need for this now.
"Okay, then I'll go back. We can talk about it tomorrow if there's anything." Xu Xin said to Lou Feier.
She has difficulty walking now and will not recover until tomorrow night, so there is no need to worry about what she might do.
Seeing Xu Xin was about to leave, Lou Feier immediately looked anxious and wanted to get up from her seat, but because her legs were weak, she fell directly to the ground and let out a cry of pain.
She grabbed Xu Xin's trouser leg and said pitifully, "I don't have any power at all right now. How can you leave me here so confidently? I can't handle anyone in this three-meter-high tree house. Besides, this place is small and dark. I..."
Still acting with him. However, what she said made sense. Although the possibility was small, it would be difficult to deal with if there was real danger.
Xu Xin thought for a moment, then came to the window and shouted to the main tree house, "Afu, come here."
Ah Fu let out a shrill cry, flapped his wings and flew over from under the main tree house, flew in through the window, and landed on his shoulder.
"... Mutated bat? Is it called Ah Fu? Why... did you call it over here?" When Lou Feier saw this big bat that looked very similar to a mouse, she instinctively wanted to avoid it, but the contract made her feel a little close to Ah Fu.
"Afu, you stay here tonight. If anything happens, give us an early warning." Xu Xin rubbed Afu's little head with his fingers. Afu let out a shrill cry and stood on the windowsill.
"Okay, now you don't have to be afraid anymore." Xu Xin turned and said to Lou Feier who was lying on the ground.
"I...you..." Lou Fei'er felt a surge of air rising up. She took a deep breath and showed a pitiful expression again. She even crawled towards him twice, "But, I want to be with my master forever..."
"Is that so?" Xu Xin walked forward expressionlessly and stretched out his left hand to her. "Then put in the bracelet. I always carry this bracelet with me. If you put it in, it means you are always with me."
Lou Feier's expression suddenly changed, and she moved back a few times in an instant: "No, don't..."
"Didn't you say you wanted to be with me forever?"
"I was just pretending, I was just talking nonsense, I was wrong!!" Seeing Xu Xin's left hand was about to touch her body, Lou Feier screamed and was about to cry. This time she was not pretending, she was really scared.
Xu Xin withdrew his hand and looked at Lou Feier, who had retreated to the wall and could no longer retreat, and said, "From now on, in front of me, put away your acting skills, otherwise, stay in the bracelet."
"I... I understand. I won't do it again..." Lou Feier shrank her head and said in a low voice.
This bracelet has a strong deterrent effect.
Xu Xin is now becoming more and more curious about the space in the bracelet. Based on what Lou Feier said about the darkness and nothingness, he really can't imagine what it really looks like. If he has the chance, he really wants to try to go in himself.
Of course he couldn't let Lou Feier live in the main tree house, as there were so many valuable things and special workbenches in it.
Especially when he is creating art, his whole spirit will be completely immersed in it. If it is not too big a movement, he will be completely unable to feel the changes around him. Letting this woman live in the main tree house is simply inviting a wolf into the house.
Even though the contract had been signed, Xu Xin always felt that she would do something else.
When Lou Feier raised her head, there was no one in front of her, only the big bat was still standing on the windowsill.
She breathed a sigh of relief, it scared her to death.
However, without being able to see Xu Xin, she actually felt a little insecure, and her mood became a little anxious, just like a lost child who couldn't find her parents.
"The power of this contract is really strong..." she couldn't help but sigh.
But fortunately, she still kept a certain secret.
The guy just asked where the pills came from and how many were left, without asking any further questions.
If he asked a question like "Can you make this pill?" or "Do you know how to get this pill?", given her current inexplicably obedient state, the answer would definitely come out of her mouth.
"I can make it. Just give me the materials and I can make it for you." She will definitely say this.
Pulling up her collar and looking at the bloodstains on her body, Lou Feier sighed.
She has really mutated now, and there is a high probability that she can't change back. I'm afraid that these blood marks will follow her until her death.
He had said that he could contract the abilities of mutant creatures. If the two of them worked together, he could become a slave owner!
She knew very well the effect of this contract. Given her current condition, she would not betray the country even if the enemy pointed a gun at her and asked her to do so.
If you think about it this way, it doesn't seem to be impossible.
Anyway, I am already a member of this side. If I strengthen him, wouldn’t that be equivalent to increasing my own survival rate
No, no! How could she assume that she was already his? She was still looking for a chance to cancel the contract and escape. He had become stronger, so how could she not be trapped
Lou Feier, do you want to be someone else's slave for the rest of your life
This damn contract really affects her thinking! It's simply brainwashing!
Shaking her head vigorously, Lou Feier looked at the bat on the windowsill. She found that the big bat's small eyes looked at her with sympathy.
“…Have you also entered that bracelet?” She propped herself up, stood up easily, and asked Ah Fu.
Her body is actually not as weak as it was when she just came out of the bracelet. Although she may not be able to run, she can still stand up and walk normally. She couldn't even stand steadily just now, but she was just acting.
It was precisely because of this that she had always wanted to live in the main tree house. Her current state would definitely make the man relax his vigilance a little, so at least she could still observe him.
However, he was still more cautious than she thought, and even though she could no longer disobey him after signing the contract, he was unwilling to let her live in the main tree house.
He doesn't seem to know the actual effect of this contract? I think we can take advantage of this.
Ah Fu blinked his eyes, made a shrill cry, and nodded his head.
As expected, as both are mutant creatures, it doesn’t make sense that she is the only one who has entered.
"We are so miserable, having to deal with such a cruel master." Lou Feier immediately felt the same way, her eyes welled up with tears, as if she had found a confidant, she walked forward and held Ah Fu's little paw.
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On the other side, Xu Xin returned to his tree house.
Now that they have figured out the situations between areas and the purpose of the parasitic tree houses, it is time for them, the explorers, to take action.
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