Chapter 458: I! Crude!!!

"......."

"Where did you learn this term?"

Qiong did not use mind-reading on Zhang Jie; she would only do so if necessary.

Using this ability lightly will cause people to gradually lose their normal ability to interact with others, which is not what Qiong wants to see.

"How should I put it...."

"That's a long story; I have to start from my birth."

Qiong:?

"Why don't you start from the Big Bang?"

"......"

"Then I'll make it short."

"Simply put, the mother you know is actually my stepmother."

"She told me I came from the heavens..."

"Genes come with built-in instructions? This sounds like something the Gene Star Alliance could do."

Qiong thought about it; she knew Zhang Jie's body was unusual—he didn't seem like a frail human.

Xiao Jiu said he had once been killed by a bullet, but after some time he revived at the cost of his body shrinking.

That's clearly something an ordinary person couldn't do.

"Entropy disaster is the ultimate enemy of all civilizations, the most terrifying heavenly catastrophe."

"It bears no resemblance to ordinary heavenly catastrophes."

As she spoke, Qiong's expression grew grave; it seemed the entropy disaster had indeed left her with a significant psychological scar.

"Whatever."

"....."

"Can't say."

Zhang Jie:???

I took off my pants, and you show me this?

"Simply put, he possesses all the traits of heavenly disasters, a conglomerate of chaos."

"You know Nightmare? It's Dream Disaster, a heavenly catastrophe that can affect humans through a mental virus."

"Normal civilizations won't tell you, but anyone who knows Nightmare spreading like this will be detected by the other party."

"From then on, such people will be entangled by Nightmare in their dreams every day, and there's a risk they'll turn into Nightmare on the spot."

"......"

"Not, sister, you're just telling me this? Then I wouldn't be...."

A smile suddenly appeared on Qiong's cold face; Zhang Jie instantly understood, giving him a look that said, 'You're joking with me.'

"No, you're trying to kill me!"

"You're not afraid I'll be corrupted by Nightmare and die right in front of you"

"Look?"

"Don't worry."

Qiong isn't at all worried that Nightmare will corrupt Zhang Jie; when Nightmare infects humans, it also depends on that human's 'resistance'.

Just like a real virus, this one still depends on the person—your thoughts, intelligence, will, and rationality all become your mental barrier.

"As long as one side exists, you won't turn into Nightmare."

"Do you think you don't have any of these four points?"

"Hmm... that's also true."

He has a bit of each of these, and should be much stronger than an ordinary person.

"You mean entropy disaster also has similar traits?"

"Yes, but it's countless times more terrifying than Nightmare."

"He is like an unknowable, invisible existence in some myth; those who know him not only risk corruption but also the possibility of giving birth to entropy disaster."

"?"

"No way! Wait, wait, wait! What you mean is..."

"If I truly understood entropy disaster, then heavenly catastrophes could arise around me at any moment."

Qiong's faint smile gradually faded as she pursed her lips; Zhang Jie's comprehension was too fast, and she didn't know if this was a good thing.

"Although... this sounds hopeless, but it's true."

"After all, entropy... is everywhere in this world."

After she finished speaking, the air fell into a brief silence; Qiong observed Zhang Jie's expression, but his face remained slightly furrowed.

"It seems this despairing fact is still too heavy."

Qiong shook her head, but she had confidence in Zhang Jie, so she offered words of comfort.

"However, you don't need to worry too much; the major Star Alliances are fighting the heavenly disasters, and to us, they're too far away."

"Hmm... take your time; if you really want to learn about these, I... won't refuse."

"It's too late; I need to go rest first."

"Okay."

She turned around, unaware that behind her, Zhang Jie's eyes were filled not with worry and despair, but with excitement and madness....

【Yin-Yang Master.... so interesting....】

【This world is indeed more interesting than I imagined!】

Qiong walked away, and when she reached the door, she suddenly thought of something, turned back and gave Zhang Jie a smile as if watching a show.

「By the way, I forgot to tell you. 」

Zhang Jie：？

「If nothing unexpected happens, you'll encounter the Nightmare when you sleep tonight. 」

「Remember to give them a good beating for me. 」

「Got it. 」

Qiong laughed and left, not knowing whether she continued soaking in the bath or went to sleep.

Although Ship Life doesn't need sleep, Qiong and the others still like to take a nap; perhaps only Xiao Jiu's silly Ship Girl would hide under the covers to sneakily read comic books.

As for the white cat's silly peach, her treatment ought to be the worst among the three Ship Girls, since everything relies on her own efforts, but what she deserves from Zhang Jie is no less.

It's just that her lodging is a bit worse, her pocket money a bit less; soon she should be able to have her first match.

Unaware, the silly peach had already fallen asleep from Xiao Jiu's punch, and now she lies peacefully on the floor of Xiao Jiu's bedroom.....

But now is not the time to talk about these things; what matters is that Zhang Jie is about to fall asleep.

Falling asleep, entering dreams—familiar words, yet they bring a different experience.

Before sleeping, Zhang Jie had thought of many, many ways to capture the Nightmare.

But there's no way; he knows little about biology and bio-integration technology, so he can't try to catch that so-called Nightmare in the Dream Realm.

Perhaps, if there were a device that could act on the brain to assist him, he could achieve this.

But now he no longer wants to think about this; he needs to sleep, as a normal human being.

Zhang Jie slowly fell asleep; a strand of black substance separated from another space, gradually turning into a black line that drilled into the center of his forehead.

Upon opening his eyes again, Zhang Jie found himself in a familiar place—the home he once shared with a human female.

Now he is merely a somewhat talented kid who just mixed up a 'Cocktail'.

A person asleep won't realize they're dreaming, even Zhang Jie.....

Well, he is fully aware.....

He saw the ferociously grinning Wasteland Dweller thrusting a blade into the human female's chest.

If he were not lucid, he would only helplessly wail; this is the script set by the Nightmare.

But now it's different; he is the lucid Zhang Jie.

Zhang Jie's iron fist smashed toward the figure committing the atrocity.....

「I! Coarse!!! 」

(How dare they say my prisoner ginseng is no good? Then I must prove myself!)

(Will update tonight!)