Chapter 381: A Small Request

"My lord, it's impossible, it's impossible!"

Clutching her belly and shrinking back helplessly, tears streamed down the woman's face; she seemed completely unable to believe everything Shen Yu had said.

"I can clearly feel that my child is still alive. In a few more months, he should be born into this World."

"I have always protected him well. I would rather suffer any injury myself than let him suffer the slightest harm. How could anything be wrong with him!"

"Hengzhi, are you sure you didn't misjudge?" Standing beside Shen Yu and looking at the helpless, isolated figure of Madam Liu, Yang Lixin felt somewhat unable to bear it.

He actually hoped that Shen Yu had just misjudged, so as to spare Madam Liu such pain and sorrow.

"What do you think?"

Glancing at the woman's belly, Shen Yu sighed softly, "That is no longer her child, but a Mother Insect. Her child has long since been gone."

The infant inside was not only devoid of life, but its body had been completely occupied and hollowed out by the Gu Insect, leaving only an empty shell.

The Mother Insect was inside this body, relying on the connection between mother and child to devour the woman's energy and grow continuously.

Those Gu Insects that devoured the energy of others were also attached to her, passing that energy through her body to the Mother Insect in her belly.

In other words, the woman at this moment was like nothing more than an incubation station; the power she obtained herself was negligible, and the vast majority of the energy in her body was seized by the Mother Insect within.

"I understand!" Sighing silently as well, Yang Lixin could be certain that Shen Yu had not misjudged, given his attitude.

Although he felt great sympathy for Madam Liu, things had reached this point, and what other way was there?

It was a fact that the child in her belly was gone; furthermore, according to Shen Yu, what was inside was not only not a child, but the Mother Insect of the Gu.

Although he did not know exactly how terrifying this thing was, he imagined that once it matured, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Moreover, it was understandable that Madam Liu had hatred in her heart and wanted revenge, but to lay a hand on a child not even a month old was going a bit too far.

Besides, since she had used the means of Gu Poison, she should have known that there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world; how could a pie fall from the sky? To possess some special power, one must inevitably lose something.

While gaining power, she had never thought that she had actually been used by others.

However, looking at the flustered and helpless appearance of Madam Liu before him, Yang Lixin felt his heart soften after all.

Taking a deep breath, Yang Lixin then said, "Madam Liu, although this news may be very cruel to you, one must face reality. Your child has indeed already died."

"What you should do now is seek revenge for your child and make the person who caused all this pay the price!"

"You just said that they tied your hands and feet and threw you into the river that night, but you survived in the end. I want to know how you survived. Someone saved you, right?"

"It must have been him who did something to you, which is what caused your child's death!"

Walking forward slowly, Yang Lixin wanted to help the other party up, but she retreated desperately. It was as if the person before her was not a County Magistrate, but some terrifying existence.

"Madam Liu, you don't need to be afraid. This official will certainly uphold justice for you!"

"No, he saved me. If it weren't for him, I would have died back then. It was he who taught me Martial Arts, and it was he who gave me the power to protect myself. He saved me and helped me!"

"On the contrary, you, Magistrate Yang, you are the County Magistrate, the 'father and mother official' of the people. The Qian family commits all kinds of evil; they deserve their punishment."

"Instead of upholding justice for me, you want to track down those who helped me and plead for the wicked. What kind of logic is this?"

"In this world, is there really no way for us poor people to survive?"

Looking at Yang Lixin, the woman seemed ready to vent all the hatred in her heart. Who knew how she had spent these past few days?

When she was most helpless and needed help the most, where were these officials, and who had ever pitied her?

Now, not only did they say her child was gone, but they also wanted her to betray her benefactor.

When the arrogant and despotic Qian family bullied a widow and orphan like them, no one stood up to speak for them. Now that something had happened to the Qian family, these people were acting as if they were upholding justice for the people.

But in fact, they would never uphold justice for the people. When had they ever spoken up for ordinary people? They would only bow to power.

Her child was fine; they just wanted to make her panic so she would betray her benefactor. These people were all bad; their hearts were rotten.

"Madam Liu, we want to help you!"

"I don't need your help. It is you who want to harm me. You are just like those people; you want to bully me too!"

"You, you are truly unreasonable!" Were all women this stubborn? Stubborn to the point where there was simply no way to handle them. Who had she learned this self-righteousness from?

"Madam Liu, stand up first!" Walking forward, Yang Lixin again tried to help the woman up, but she retreated desperately just the same.

"Don't come over, don't come over!"

Protecting her belly tightly, the woman looked at everyone like a madman, "I have nothing left. I only have this child now. No one can take him away from me, no one!"

"Men!" Waving his hand at the Constables beside him, Yang Lixin said helplessly, "Take her down first, let her calm down!"

"Don't come over, don't come over, I told you not to come over!" Although she tried to hide in a panic, the Constables surrounded her from all sides, leaving Madam Liu with nowhere to hide.

In her panic, Madam Liu's eyes gradually changed from flustered to desperate, and from desperate to exceptionally vicious.

The next moment, Madam Liu erupted instantly, and a large number of Gu Insects flew out from her body, charging at the Constables who were trying to surround her.

These dense swarms of Gu Insects were like life-taking blades; anyone who touched even a little would have their entire essence and energy sucked away.

However, before these Gu Insects could get close to the Constables, they were successfully controlled by Shen Yu, as if the swooping Gu Insects had been forcibly pressed on a pause button.

But Shen Yu did not relax in the slightest at this moment; instead, he looked toward the woman with some worry, his brows furrowing tightly.

"The Gu Insect sensed danger and wants to break out of the body prematurely. How bold, daring to jump around in front of me!"

Unable to care about much else, Shen Yu went directly to Madam Liu's side, his power pouring into her body continuously to stabilize the Gu Insect inside.

Afterward, Shen Yu began to carefully extract the Mother Insect. Soon, the Mother Insect gradually detached from the infant's body inside, and under his control, it began to move outward.

It was fortunate that he had previously obtained the Insect Control Technique through sign-ins, which allowed him to stabilize this Mother Insect; otherwise, if it had gone on a rampage, the woman's life would have been lost.

Seeing that Shen Yu was about to succeed and the Mother Insect was about to emerge from the woman, it suddenly exploded on the spot—an explosion so sudden it caught everyone off guard.

At the same time, the power generated by the explosion and the deadly poison contained within instantly infected Madam Liu. Before she could even react, her life force was completely severed.

Such a scene made Shen Yu's expression turn cold. How long had it been since anyone dared to pull such tricks in front of him? Did they think he could no longer lift his blade?

You bastard, you had better hope I never find you, otherwise, you just wait for me; I will kill you!

"Hengzhi, what is going on? Why did she die!"

"It was a self-detonation and backlash from the Gu Insect. If I am not mistaken, the person controlling the Gu Insect is nearby!"