Chapter 1215

Confirmed!

【Modifying… Success!】

【Zhuang Ya has successfully acquired the "Blazing Body" gene】

Zhuang Ya, who had just sent the prisoner back to the prison, ran out again.

Her face was full of excitement and surprise.

"My lord, you… you specially modified a gene for me?"

Before Zhao Chi could speak, the system chimed again:

【Your subordinate Zhuang Ya's sincerity level has already risen to 100,000 — willing to die without hesitation】

Zhuang Ya's sincerity level was also maxed out.

After all, this was an excellent gene modified for her.

Of course she would be immensely grateful.

"Zhao Chi, thank you."

Zhuang Ya hugged him.

Her embrace was a little strange.

She held Zhao Chi tightly against her chest, then patted his head.

Zhao Chi thought for two seconds — why does it feel like he's the passive one here?

What does she take me for?

Still, the feeling wasn't bad. Zhao Chi quietly savored it without speaking.

After quite a while, Zhuang Ya finally let him go.

There was actually a look of doting affection in her eyes?

Doting?

Zhao Chi didn't understand why that word had come to mind, but he felt that right now Zhuang Ya's gaze was exactly that — the word fit perfectly.

"What's wrong, little Zhao Chi?"

"Nothing. Since you're here anyway, let's go test your new gene right away."

"Okay, how do we test it?"

"Go get some fire oil, then we'll set a fire outside the village."

Zhuang Ya's eyes lit up: "Good idea."

Her new gene "Blazing Body" had two effects — one was immunity to her own flames, and the other was the ability to absorb flames for her own use.

The first effect was easy to test.

But the second required setting a fire.

Actually, Zhuang Ya could just ignite wood directly and absorb the flames through the burning wood, but that was slower.

Besides, in real combat later, there'd be no time to wait for wood to burn slowly.

Carrying fire oil was still the fastest option.

And since Zhuang Ya could breathe fire, she didn't need to carry a fire source.

Soon, Zhuang Ya brought back the fire oil.

The two of them arrived at the edge of the village.

There were many female villagers on the road hauling supplies. The two of them avoided them and went to a less crowded spot.

Ahead was a large stretch of solid, bare earth; behind them stood the buildings of Taoyuan Village.

"Alright, Zhuang Ya, begin. First, try using your flames to burn yourself."

"Okay~"

Zhuang Ya directly switched to costume mode.

Then she took off all the costume pieces on her body.

"Could you hold these for me?"

Zhuang Ya rolled up her stockings and draped them over Zhao Chi's arm.

There was no odd smell on the stockings, only the lingering scent of her body.

Then the blouse.

She set her high heels down beside Zhao Chi.

Zhuang Ya stripped completely, then moved more than ten meters away from Zhao Chi.

"You don't need to go that far." Zhao Chi put her blouse and stockings into the system space.

Zhuang Ya could have stored them too, but Zhao Chi didn't know why she'd asked him to hold them.

Zhuang Ya smiled: "No, I'm afraid of accidentally hurting you. It's safer farther away. I'm about to start."

"Okay."

Zhuang Ya first sent out a small flame from her index finger, then slowly brought it close to her own body.

Arm, shoulder, chest, waist and belly, the faintly curling Mao Fa.

Not a single hair harmed.

"How does it feel?"

Zhuang Ya said in surprise: "I don't feel any burning at all — it just feels warm, and my body temperature seems to have risen. Let me try again."

Saying so, Zhuang Ya opened her palm.

Whoosh~

A great blaze roared up.

A scorching breath surged forth.

Zhao Chi could feel waves of heat rolling from more than ten meters away.

Zhuang Ya controlled her arm.

A long pillar of fire slowly crept up from the ground toward her feet.

Her feet showed no change at all—if one had to say something, it was only that they had turned from their previous snowy white to a pink hue.

Then there was nothing else.

The pillar of fire moved upward.

The coarse and heavy flames completely engulfed her lower body.

But Zhuang Ya showed no sign of distress whatsoever; instead, excitement and delight surfaced on her cheeks.

Her legs had also turned an even more delicate pink.

The flames continued upward.

She aimed her palm squarely at herself.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh~

The great fire wrapped his entire body within it.

Sparks scattered in all directions, and Zhao Chi stepped back a little farther.

Zhuang Ya laughed and said, "Zhao Chi, did you see? My hair, my eyes—everything's fine."

"I saw."

The flames had indeed reached her eyes and hair, but just as the gene description said, she was completely immune.

Only her face was like peach blossoms, her skin a delicate pink.

Zhuang Ya said, "Then let me try whether I can swallow fire."

Having said that, her red lips parted, and she pressed her palm directly over her mouth.

Zhao Chi's heart gave a jolt.

But it was already too late to stop her.

Why is she like Tang Ruan, so ruthless toward herself?

Perhaps Zhuang Ya's sadomasochistic tendencies work on herself too?

Regardless, thankfully Zhuang Ya showed no problems at all.

But suddenly, flames shot out from both her ears.

Blowing the hair at her temples upward.

Flames also spurted from her nose, burning toward her chest.

Her eyes seemed to redden a little as well, with some flames leaping out, like lashes of fire.