MM Racing Chapter 223 You dare lie to me... This day next year will be your death anniversary!
Chapter 223 You dare lie to me... This day next year will be your death anniversary!
Lin Feng slowly closed his eyes.
[Infinite deduction, activated.]
Consciousness sank into deep water, quickly falling into that hazy world of deduction.
Lin Feng sat up in bed: "Commander, are you there?"
A silence.
Lin Feng smirked: "Stop playing dead! Otherwise, I don't mind giving Leng Meng a 'detailed introduction' about your existence and how you led me down this path step by step."
"...I'm here." The system's electronic voice finally sounded.
"It's your turn to step in," Lin Feng said bluntly. "You don't want to see my grand plan of having many children and bringing good fortune fail because of Leng Meng, do you?"
"What is the host's plan?"
"I'm going to tell her that I'm afflicted with a rare 'rule-level curse,' and that only by having a bizarre union with an S-class high-value woman and conceiving a child can I temporarily neutralize the curse and prolong my life."
"But Leng Meng will definitely verify it herself, so I need you to help me—simulate the corresponding 'symptoms' inside my body."
The system paused for two seconds before responding:
"Okay. I will plant a phantom image of the symptom at the source of the host's life force, but it will not affect the host's actual condition."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Feng felt a faint coolness coming from the depths of his dantian, as if some invisible force was reshaping the foundation of his life.
Immediately afterwards, an incredibly clear internal view appeared as if it were projected directly into his mind—it was the "system" simultaneously presenting the changes within his body.
He saw his life essence, like a pale golden core, suspended in the center of his dantian, its surface radiating a warm halo, slowly pulsating, exuding vibrant vitality.
On this light core, a dark golden phantom was quietly condensing and taking shape.
It was a snake with a cold, dark light emanating from its entire body, its form half-transparent and half-bright, as if it might merge into the light and shadow at any moment.
Its head was slightly lowered, its tongue flicking in and out almost imperceptibly, while its entire body was tightly wrapped around the pale golden light core. With each pulsation of the light core, the snake's body would tighten slightly.
Like an invisible noose, it conveys a suffocating feeling of wanting to completely crush the light core, so realistic it's impeccable.
"Perfect." Lin Feng was overjoyed. "This way, even if Leng Meng investigates personally, she will only think that I am really cursed."
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The scenario shifts, and we arrive at Leng Meng's office.
This time, Lin Feng came alone, without bringing Vivian with him.
Seeing Lin Feng enter, Leng Meng put down the documents in her hand, a gentle smile appearing in her eyes:
"Why don't you get some rest? Your health is the most important thing."
Lin Feng took a few steps closer and stopped in front of the desk, deliberately showing a heavy, hesitant, and even somewhat painful and struggling expression on his face.
He took a deep breath, as if gathering the courage to speak.
"Mengmeng, I... have something I must tell you."
Leng Meng immediately noticed the unusual tone and expression in his voice, and promptly put down the documents and sat up straight.
"What is it? Explain yourself."
"I... have contracted a very strange 'disease'." Lin Feng's tone was tinged with just the right amount of difficulty.
"It's not a common physiological disease, but more like some kind of curse at the level of rules. It lurks in my body, usually without symptoms, but it will flare up from time to time."
"When it flares up, my life force drains away rapidly, as if my bones and blood are being drained and emptied by something cold in an instant."
"At the same time, one will be unusually aware that one's sense of existence is rapidly fading, as if one is about to be completely 'erased' from this world in the next second."
Leng Meng frowned deeply: "A curse at the level of rules? How come I've never noticed it before?"
"Because it's very secretive, the onset cycle is not fixed, and..." Lin Feng paused, as if he was having difficulty saying it, but he still gritted his teeth and said it.
"Its method of 'alleviation,' or rather, its method of temporary 'suppression,' is very... very special and rare."
"It requires...to establish a deep connection of soul and life with a mysterious S-class female being with extremely high looks."
Leng Meng's eyes suddenly sharpened: "So, you're with me just to suppress your curse?"
Lin Feng immediately shook his head, meeting her gaze directly: "No. The moment I saw you, I couldn't help but fall in love with you."
Leng Meng remained silent for a moment, her voice devoid of emotion: "Then... I shouldn't be the first S-rank woman to suppress your curse, right?"
Lin Feng remained silent, simply lowering his gaze in tacit agreement.
Leng Meng suddenly stood up, her fingertips digging deeply into her palms.
The potted green ivy in the corner of the office was withering, curling, and falling silently, leaf by leaf.
"Lin Feng, if you dare to lie to me..." Her voice was soft, but every word was like a knife, "This day next year will be the anniversary of your death!"
Lin Feng shook his head hastily: "If I were lying to you, I wouldn't have come to you to confess all this!"
Leng Meng didn't say anything more. She walked straight to the wall on one side of the office and gently pressed a hidden sensor area.
The wall slid open silently, revealing a small, dark secret room behind it.
"Come in."
Lin Feng's heart tightened, and he steeled himself and followed them inside.
The secret room was filled with a faint, old metallic scent.
Leng Meng walked to the corner, reached out and lifted a black cloth, revealing a life-sized mirror underneath.
Layers of dark mist flowed across the mirror's surface, and as the mist swirled, it faintly revealed a strange suction force. This was the "Soul-Tethering Mirror," specifically designed to probe the origin of life.
Leng Meng slowly walked behind him, her eyes slightly closed, her red lips parted, and a low, obscure incantation spilled from her mouth.
As the last syllable fell, the mirror trembled violently, and a dark, ink-like beam of light suddenly shot out, instantly enveloping Lin Feng.
This beam of light carried an irresistible force, ignoring Lin Feng's will and forcibly drawing out his deeply hidden life essence.
The light and shadow in the mirror shifted, and soon Lin Feng's life essence emerged—
It was a clear and resilient ball of pale golden light, slowly pulsating, radiating vibrant life.
However, on the surface of that clear ball of light, a semi-transparent, semi-transparent, serpentine creature with scales that gleamed with a cold, metallic light was tightly wrapped around it.
The snake suddenly began to slowly wriggle, its fine scales scraping against Lin Feng's primordial light. With each movement, a wisp of extremely faint black energy seeped from the snake's body, silently eroding the light.
Lin Feng's primordial light instinctively resisted, forming a fragile balance.
Leng Meng's pupils suddenly contracted, and all color drained from her face, leaving only undisguised shock.
She had seen countless strange creatures and abnormal rules, but she had never seen anything so bizarre, something that could take root deep within the very essence of life.
He wasn't lying after all!
Those so-called rule-based curses are actually so real and deadly.
She took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in her heart, and regained some of the warden's composure, though the concern in her eyes was hard to conceal:
"I'll try to use the power of the rules to peel it away, just bear with it!"