Fang Qi knelt in the silence.
The only sound left in the corridor before the gene door was his heavy breathing.
He held the silver-haired girl, who was completely asleep in his arms... and stared blankly for a long time.
Until...
"Hah—!"
He suddenly released the breath he had been holding and began to gasp violently!
"Hah—hah—!"
His chest was unbearably tight!
He breathed in huge gulps!
His throat was so dry that each inhale felt like a needle prick!
His head was starting to spin too!
Darkness swam before his eyes, and his eardrums buzzed loudly!
He felt his entire center of gravity swaying!
...This is unbearable...!
What's going on...!
He looked down at the quiet, beautiful face in his arms.
The silver-haired girl's eyes were closed, her lovely face expressionless.
She just leaned quietly against his chest.
As if asleep.
He held her a little tighter.
"Phew..."
He let out a long breath.
No big deal.
The Liguang in his arms—her body temperature was a bit lower than usual, but she was still here.
She was as soft as a lump of boneless cotton, but she was still here!
She just ran out of power; just needs recharging!
The charging pod was right here, on Level B1!
No big deal.
But...
Liguang was fine, but what about the other two?
He immediately turned his head to look at the other two women!
As his vision focused, he saw...
An Lian was lying flat on her back, her face as pale as ever.
On her right ear, the circle of gauze soaked through with blood had turned a deep brown.
Lin Xiaoyou was lying not far away.
Her pink jacket was crumpled beneath her, her cheek pressed against the cold metal floor.
One was lying down, the other was sprawled out.
Neither of them moved.
"...Sister An Lian?"
He called out.
No response.
An Lian remained lying there, her gray eyes tightly shut.
"...Lin Xiaoyou?"
He called again.
Lin Xiaoyou was still lying there, not even a finger twitching.
...What's going on?
Were they unconscious, or...!
He took a deep breath, pulled Liguang closer in his arms, and gently brushed aside the silver hair at the nape of her neck.
The faint glow at the window had already completely extinguished.
Her battery was entirely drained, not even enough for basic standby display.
He let Liguang sit gently against the ground, her back resting against the metal wall of the corridor.
She leaned there softly, her silver hair covering half of her peaceful, beautiful face.
...Beautiful.
Truly beautiful!
Fang Qi took a deep breath, braced his knees, and stood up.
Then...
His vision suddenly went black!
Dizziness!
The world spun around him!
He stumbled sideways!
"Bang!"
His shoulder slammed into the metal wall beside him!
"...Damn."
He muttered a curse, raised his hand, and pressed hard against his temples!
He could feel the veins at his temples throbbing!
He shook his head forcefully to barely steady himself.
Took another deep breath, and took a step forward, leaning against the wall.
His legs still felt weak, as if he were walking on cotton.
What the hell...
He had exhausted himself that much from those few roars? Couldn't even walk steadily...
He stumbled over to An Lian.
"Sister An Lian..."
He crouched down with difficulty, steadying himself with one hand on the floor, and reached out to check her breath.
...She wasn't dead, right?
Sure enough, he could feel a faint flow of air at his fingertips.
Very weak, but warm.
...She's breathing!
He pressed his fingers to her wrist and found her pulse.
The pulse was very faint, but steady—beat by beat.
Sister An Lian was still alive!
Fang Qi sighed in relief and then turned to turn Lin Xiaoyou's body over.
Miss Genius was lying in an awkward position, her face buried in her hair.
He grabbed her shoulders and flipped her over.
Breath. Yes. Pulse too.
Good.
Both were alive!
"Phew..."
He let out a long breath.
Sat down on the floor.
So...
They were just unconscious?
Well, that made sense!
After all, he had even pulled out their "souls" just now!
Normal!
No big deal!
He sat there for a few more seconds, letting his dizzy head recover.
Then he looked at the necks of the two women. They were empty now.
Pale skin, normal contours.
Fang Qi narrowed his eyes, staring at their necks for a while.
...Did it work?
It seemed like it.
He had torn that thing apart, shattered it completely!
Then...
It felt a bit unreal.
He looked at his own hands, clenched his fists, and was momentarily dazed.
That thing had been ripped out by his bare hands?
And even the soul along with it...!
...Good thing he could roar it back with his voice.
But...
He narrowed his eyes again.
The soul had returned, but the scattered "destiny collar"... wouldn't it have gone back with it?
That would be a big problem!
Thinking this, he instinctively reached out.
He wanted to touch Lin Xiaoyou's neck.
But his fingers stopped midway.
Uh...
He had a feeling...
He slowly turned his head, glanced at the silver-haired girl leaning against the wall, completely powered down.
Liguang was still in that position, sitting quietly, her eyes closed.
While "asleep," she looked obedient and beautiful.
But...
Fang Qi blinked.
He inexplicably felt a chill down his spine!
As if, if he dared to touch another woman, his wife—even without power—
would suddenly jump up and punish him!
...Forget it!
Fang Qi solemnly withdrew his hand.
He, Fang Qi, was pure and spotless!
He wouldn't sneakily touch other women behind his wife's back!
That was his basic integrity as a married man!
And more importantly...
He pursed his lips.
Touching them wouldn't help anyway.
Without Liguang's help, he couldn't detect whether that thing still existed!
Touching them now would just be perverted behavior, ha!
So...
He took a deep breath, and suddenly stood up!
Then stumbled again, his head spinning once more.
He raised his hand, pressing hard on his brow bone!
Right now, his task was to go recharge his wife!
Once Liguang woke up, she could understand everything.
She must have seen it all just now, right?
The codes floating in that collar!
The things he couldn't understand—those jumbled codes that looked like gibberish to him...
Liguang could definitely read them!
She was a natural-born micro-supercomputer!
He looked down at An Lian and Lin Xiaoyou by his feet.
Okay, Sister An Lian, Xiaoyou...
You two lie here for a while!
The floor is cool anyway!
I'm going to go "revive" my wife!
He turned around and walked back to Liguang.
The silver-haired girl was still quietly leaning against the wall.
He bent down, one arm under her knees, the other supporting the back of her neck, and gently lifted her into a bridal carry.
Let's go, wife. Let's go charge—!
Hm?
His eyelids twitched slightly.
Wife...
You're so light?
...Huh?!
He instinctively bounced her in his arms.
His eyes trembled.
But...
Why are you this light?!
Fang Qi slowly froze.
He suddenly looked down at the silver-haired girl still "asleep" in his arms.
Too light!
It made him uneasy!
Liguang might be light, but she still had the weight of an ordinary girl—at least around a hundred pounds!
But right now, the warm softness in his arms felt like it weighed no more than...
Maybe twenty or thirty pounds?
… Huh?
His pupils suddenly contracted!
No way!
This isn’t right!
Hey, hey, hey…!
His heart tightened again!
He gently placed Liguang back on the ground!
Then immediately began to check her body!
Wife, don’t scare me like that!
He quickly lifted the hair at the nape of her neck!
That piece of bionic skin was still smooth and warm.
The interface was intact, without any cracks or gaps.
Whew…
Fang Qi’s gaze relaxed slightly, a bit of relief washing over him.
The core seemed to be fine!
Next was her right eye!
He cradled Liguang’s face and gently lifted her thin eyelid.
Under the eyelid, her red pupil was completely dim, only its inherent dark crimson remaining.
But it was intact.
Still there.
Both cores were so intact that most of Fang Qi’s worry faded.
As long as the cores were fine!
Still…
He checked her body again anyway.
At least first confirm why she’d gotten so light!
Then…
Shoulders, arms, waist, knees… every part was completely intact.
No damage, no anomalies, nothing missing.
Under that pale blue home dress was still the graceful figure he knew so well.
After a full check…
He even felt a bit hot under the collar!
No, no, no…!
Fang Qi shook his head violently!
Then, frowning, he looked at her again.
So why had she suddenly become so light?
What exactly was missing from his wife…
Huh…?
His gaze froze.
He seemed to understand.
He seemed to have realized.
Since Liguang wasn’t missing anything, then…
Maybe it wasn’t that Liguang had gotten lighter?
But rather…
He had gotten stronger?
…?
Fang Qi blinked.
In his arms was her soft body.
He felt like he was now holding a lightweight Liguang-brand pillow.
It took absolutely no effort!
He even tried weighing her again!
Really, it wasn’t an illusion.
His strength really did seem to have increased quite a bit?
… Whatever.
He shook his head hard.
Forget about it!
Getting stronger was a good thing—the reason could…
Wait till later!
First, his wife needed to charge!
…
…
B1 Floor, living area.
Fang Qi gently placed the silver-haired girl into the charging pod, handling her with care.
Her hair bun was released behind her head, and the long silver locks spread across the pod’s wall, her lovely face tilted slightly to one side.
He found the charging port at the back of her neck and gently inserted the cable.
“Beep.”
The charging pod emitted a clear notification.
The transparent door slowly closed, and a line appeared on the screen:
[Low battery—to protect the energy storage system, startup unavailable.]
[Charging in progress… Power: 0.01%]
Whoa… So she really was completely drained…
But those five big words—“Charging in progress”—eased much of the anxiety in Fang Qi’s heart!
She’s charging!
He sat back down on the small stool in front of the charging pod, staring at the slowly climbing number on the screen…
And started to space out.
Then he looked down at his own hands.
Just ordinary hands, nothing special.
He rolled up his sleeve and glanced at his arm…
Yeah.
There wasn’t much impressive muscle—just ordinary, the same as before.
But…
He narrowed his eyes slightly.
Back when he carried Liguang from the B2 genetics lab to the B1 charging pod…
That was a long way, yet his arms didn’t feel sore at all!
So…
He tilted his head.
He really had gotten stronger?
… Time to test it!
He stood up immediately and looked around!
His gaze finally landed on the folding dining table!
A metal frame and composite wood top—not too heavy, but far from light.
He walked over, grabbed one leg of the table, took a deep breath, and heaved it up…!
“Holy crap…!”
The table flew up!
He quickly grabbed the table leg firmly to keep it from slipping out of his hands!
That table was now held aloft in one hand, steady as could be.
Not a single wobble!
Fang Qi was stunned.
Yeah, no strain at all.
He set the table down.
Looked at his own palm…
And fell silent.
… Huh?
… How?
Why am I suddenly this strong?
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ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
