Chapter 3: You Call This Inheritance?

Su Mo, her stomach growling with hunger, returned home, and this home was so simple it was a bit beyond what she had expected.

There was no earthen hut, nor any decent piece of furniture.

It looks a little better than in ancient times, but it's still not good at all.

The earthen hut is flanked by a few thatched cottages, and she has no idea what they're for.

Su Mo rummaged in the kitchen for a while and found two sweet potatoes.

On the stove, aside from some salt, there is nothing else.

She washed the sweet potatoes, peeled them, returned to her room, lay on the bed, and began gnawing.

In a place like this, as long as you don't starve to death, it's fine.

Ding—

"Xiao Jiu congratulates the host on successfully resolving the crisis."

Su Mo: "You dog system that can only seek wealth but can't share hardships, where the heck have you been dead for half a day?"

Xiao Jiu: "It's not my fault, host; Xiao Jiu went to prepare a newbie gift pack for you~"

Hearing that, Su Mo's eyes lit up: "Quick, let me see what's inside!"

The next second, a panel appeared in Su Mo's mind, and she opened the newbie gift pack.

'Special mosquito‑repellent, Beast Liquid ×2, 666 Cold‑cure box, Disinfectant ×2, External wound‑treatment bag ×1, Sanitary napkin ×2 packs, Magical Rose skin‑nourishing oil ×1 bottle, Melatonin gummy ×1 bottle, Gourmet cooking tutorial ×1. Spirit Spring Space 10 square meters, small Laboratory 10 square meters. Also a pair of Medical Sage Hands!'

Su Mo knows that the Spirit Spring is a Golden Finger that can make plants grow twice as fast, which is fairly useful.

But only ten square meters? The System Administration Bureau is being way too stingy.

And what's up with that Laboratory, anyway?!

"Are you serious? In my past life I was a lab workhorse, and now I have to keep being a workhorse?!"

As a medical student who spends every day in a Laboratory, Su Mo instinctively feels a physiological repulsion at the word "Laboratory".

Giving this thing is less practical than giving her two packs of snail noodles.

Xiao Jiu: "Host, please don't be impatient; this Laboratory is not like the ones you had before—it can link to parallel worlds."

"What does that mean?"

"It's a fully automated Laboratory. The successes you research here can be sold to the other parallel world linked by the System Administration Bureau, and the profits are converted into points, which you can then use in the System Mall to purchase anything you want."

Su Mo frowned: "Can I buy a ticket home?"

Xiao Jiu: "Uh… currently not possible, and probably won't be in the future."

"Why?"

"Actually, you are the ninth host I've received; none of the previous eight returned alive…"

Su Mo's mouth twitched: "So they all died because they didn't complete the mission, huh?!"

"The system does not intervene in the host's life plan in this world; the host may live as they wish. Some previous hosts died from poison, some were bitten by beasts… but the system sees you looking so fortunate and believes you will surely live to a hundred years old~"

"… I truly thank you for eight lifetimes, ancestor!"

"You're welcome, Xiao Jiu looks forward to growing old together with you, reaching the pinnacle of unified life!"

Su Mo couldn't help rolling her eyes: "Your skill at flattery would be better put to making me some food."

"Sorry, host, items in the System Mall all require point exchange; currently your points are negative 560."

"What! Say that again!"

"Here's the situation, host: you just prepaid 600 points for a Detox Pill, but the system detected that the male leads' Affection Levels toward you have risen, so it automatically offset 40 points of debt."

Su Mo's mind displayed a string of text: Mo Xiao real‑time Affection Level -99. Fei Yan Affection Level -60. Yue Ying -55. Ye Yuan -40. Cang Lan Affection Level -35.

The five male leads all have negative Affection Levels; that's absurd!

She frowned and asked: "Can I exchange for a few fiancés?"

"Of course. This system does not interfere with the host's choices in this world; we are partners, not a hierarchy."

"By the way, besides altering the male leads' Affection Levels to earn points, you can also gain points by affecting passersby's Affection Levels; of course, the higher the difficulty, the greater the reward."

Su Mo raised an eyebrow, as if this were a veiled way of saying that targeting those gives more points than targeting passersby.

"No way!"

"Passerby points are few; just farm a few more and it'll be fine?"

"Host! What's wrong with your arm?!"

Su Mo looked down; her slender arm was dotted with red spots and a rash, looking like an allergic reaction.

She took her pulse.

Then she frowned and said, "Snake‑venom allergy!"

Her gaze swept to the tiny red wound on her right index finger, and Su Mo recalled something.

"Stinky Snake, I kindly gave him the antidote, and he tried to poison me! He's definitely my nemesis!"

Xiao Jiu: "Uh… host, perhaps there's a misunderstanding?"

"Misunderstanding? Hell no! Those black‑hearted ones, clearly hating me, yet refusing to break off the engagement! I think they conspired to wait for my venom to kill me, so they could split my inheritance and find a new female master!"

Outside the door, Mo Xiao, Fei Yan and Yue Ying paused.

Su Mo wondered who she was talking to.

The three instinctively glanced at the few thatched cottages outside and wore expressions of disbelief.

A few thatched cottages, called inheritance?!

Xiao Jiu asked as politely as possible: "Um, host, are you sure you have… inheritance?"

Su Mo glared at him fiercely in her mind: "There will be someday, okay!"

Xiao Jiu: "Then the poison on you, is it okay?"

"I won't die; I have more than one toxin, and their antagonism keeps me fine for now."

How strange—how can the Original Protagonist have several kinds of poison on them? It's literally a toxin carrier.

Still being alive now without dying is already a medical miracle.

First, I'll go back to the System Laboratory to study it; this bizarre body will be fixed.

Outside the door, Mo Xiao frowned slightly; Su Mo got his poison on her and it turned out to be just an allergy?!

Fei Yan, like Yue Ying, was puzzled; after all, they were tainted with Mo Xiao's poison, which also requires shedding the outer skin.

"I need to boil water and take a bath!" Su Mo got up and walked out.

The three people outside were startled and instantly slipped into the shadows.

Su Mo carried a wooden bucket to the river, filled it, poured it into a pot, and began heating it.

After it boiled, she went to the room and fetched a few sets of change‑of‑clothes.

After the bath, Su Mo looked at the red rashes on her skin, frowned and thought, "I have to find some herbs that treat allergies first; otherwise I'll hardly sleep tonight!"

Su Mo called in her mind, "Xiao Jiu?"

"I'm here!"

"Come with me up the mountain to find some herbs."

"Very well, Host."

In no time, Mo Xiao and the others saw someone leaving the house carrying a tattered beastskin pouch.

After stepping out, Su Mo conversed with Xiao Jiu telepathically; Xiao Jiu gave directions, and they soon reached the destination.

The Beast World's forest is rich and lush, the air fresh, and the calls of various animals can be heard.

Unfortunately, Su Mo came at the wrong time; the deep night feels rather eerie.

Luckily Xiao Jiu is with her; otherwise she would truly be scared.

Su Mo quickly found the target; she took a small shovel from the beastskin pouch, dug out the herbs, rinsed them in a creek, crushed them, and applied them directly to her skin.

On the way back she saw some mushrooms and collected a few, along with some edible wild vegetables and berries.

She glanced up and saw a bird's nest on a nearby branch, so she climbed up to take a look.

There was a clutch of bird eggs, and she casually took them along…

When you're out in the world, you always have to learn to fend for yourself; whether it's moral or not doesn't matter!

Just after climbing down from the tree, before she could steady herself, a "bang" sounded from behind.

Su Mo turned her head and saw a Beastman lying behind her, his face covered in blood.

Beside him were two Dragon Hatchlings, also looking on the brink of death.

Su Mo's instinct was to run.

"Host, they seem to still be alive!"

"Whether they're alive or not isn't my business! Mind your own affairs, mind your own affairs!"

"Saving people can earn you tons of points~ then you can go shopping, shopping, shopping at the System Mall!"

Su Mo halted, then turned and walked toward the person on the ground.

She pulled back her hair and saw—could this be the dragon that was hanging on the tree tonight, watching the fun?

Ai Ma, truly a brainless one, disappearing for a moment and ending up so badly injured?

Su Mo checked his breathing and felt his pulse: "Such a severe wound is hard to treat~ maybe consider…"

"Host, the harder it is to treat, the more points you get!"

Su Mo: "How many?"

"Treating someone half‑dead earns 1,000 points; treating them vigorous earns 2,600 points! If you kill them, you still get 100 points as a reward for your good deeds!"

"... Treat!"

Even at the worst you get 100 points; this deal is worthwhile!

Su Mo knotted a hemp rope and, panting, dragged the near‑dead Dragon Beastfolk and the two Dragon Hatchlings out.

From the shadows, Yue Ying frowned and whispered, "Why is this Dragon Clan Minor General so badly wounded? Even a Shaman Doctor would shake his head at such injuries. Why did Su Mo bring him back? He's already like this; she can't be that ruthless…"

Mo Xiao frowned and said, "Black qi swirls around him; it looks like deep poisoning."

Fei Yan knit his brows and stayed silent; although he's not a Shaman Doctor, he knows Su Mo just collected many herbs, some for treating allergies, others with hemostatic and anti‑inflammatory effects.

When did she learn all this?