Chapter 560: What Happened?

“Liang Liang and Xia He escaped?”

Two Xingxing fugitives had fled; Xu San didn’t dare delay and rushed to the company’s base.

As a member of the company, Zhang Jie naturally went along without hesitation.

Zhang Chulan intended to make a good impression and deepen his understanding of the Yiren world, so he eagerly followed along.

Although Xu Xiang’s body had recovered considerably, prolonged bed rest had left him still extremely weak,

so he remained at home to recuperate: during this time,

Xu San had actually been handling all affairs in the North China region, and if anything urgent arose, he could simply call for advice.

…

“What happened?”

Upon arriving at the company, Xu San frowned and questioned the guards.

“Assistant, you’d better go see for yourself.”

The guard chuckled bitterly in reply.

“Beauty, beauty, hehe…”

“Woman, I need a woman…”

As they neared the detention cell, a series of obscene sounds reached Zhang Jie and the others.

“That sound…”

Hearing it, Zhang Jie inexplicably thought of the cat he had sent to the pet shop for QQ removal surgery.

The cat’s mating cry bore a striking resemblance to this sound.

Of course, it’s worth noting that the term “cat in heat” usually refers to a female cat.

At that time, the cat’s voice was no longer its usual soft “meow,”

but transformed into a shrill, high-pitched wail resembling a baby’s cry.

The sound had tremendous penetration, especially in the dead of night,

sounding remarkably like a child crying and easily disturbing neighbors.

Male cats typically don’t emit such long, baby-like wails like females do.

They more often produce low, short howls,

or make whining, restless noises as they pace around the house.

When the door opened, several figures bound like rice dumplings and suspended from the ceiling came into view.

At that moment, these “rice dumplings” writhed restlessly, faces flushed, emitting lewd cries,

especially their eyes, which seemed to shimmer with pink heart shapes.

“Damn it! They’ve been affected by Xia He’s ability!”

Given this unmistakable scene, Xu San couldn’t possibly not know who had targeted them.

“Jiege, what’s going on?”

Zhang Chulan whispered to Zhang Jie.

Hmm, because Zhang Jie had arrived in time, Zhang Chulan

had not yet witnessed Xia He’s ability and didn’t understand its terror.

“When you met Xia He, didn’t you feel an overwhelming urge?”

Zhang Jie asked pointedly.

Zhang Chulan involuntarily recalled the scene of his meeting with Xia He.

Indeed, when he saw that voluptuous, curvaceous, alluring woman with pink hair,

he had felt an intense impulse—an urge to rush toward her without regard for consequences…

But at the time, facing the crisis of either turning into an idiot or dying outright,

he hadn’t succumbed to it; instead, he had deliberately ignored it.

Had Zhang Jie not reminded him, he might have forgotten entirely.

“Xia He’s ability manipulates lust—essentially, she converts her ‘Qi’ into a substance with powerful aphrodisiac properties.

She can instantly trigger and control the target’s lust and emotions through physical contact, breath, or even voice.

This ability plunges opponents into carnal obsession, rendering them weak, boneless,

stripping them of reason and combat capability, ultimately draining them completely into useless shells.

As the saying goes: ‘A beautiful girl, body like silk, wields a sword at the waist to slay mortal men.

Though no head falls, secretly she rots your marrow.’ Hence, her ability is called ‘Razor.’”

Zhang Jie, who knew Xia He’s ability intimately, explained it to Zhang Chulan, this novice just stepping into the Yiren world.

Zhang Jie, who knew well Xia He’s abilities, explained to Zhang Chulan, this newcomer to the occult world.

Zhang Chulan involuntarily sucked in a breath, contributing once more to global warming.

Though he too wished to shed his virgin status and become a true man,

he wanted to control his own desires—not let desires control him.

To become like these men before him would be worse than death.

“Xia He and the others used Tu Houzi’s ability to escape. When patrol personnel noticed something wrong,

they found only Tu Houzi’s discarded body outside the company perimeter.”

The guard pointed to a young man among the suspended figures, with a shaved head, slender frame, and sharp, monkey-like features.

The guard pointed to one of the men hanging in midair, shaved-headed,

Xu San nodded grimly.

Though Tu Houzi looked unimpressive, his ability was extremely useful—called Earth Submersion Technique,

allowing him to tunnel hundreds of meters underground, making him an expert at both escape and infiltration.

Using Earth Submersion to tunnel beneath the ground could indeed bypass this facility’s defenses.

After all, this was only a temporary holding site,

not a specialized prison like Anbao designed to detain dangerous individuals or objects.

“Ajie, can you find a way to restore Tu Houzi and the others to consciousness?”

Xu San turned to Zhang Jie for help.

Although without Xia He’s influence, Tu Houzi and the others would recover after a few more days of suspension,

keeping them in this state too long would still harm their minds and bodies.

Even without Xia He’s control, Tu Houzi and the others would recover after being suspended a few more days,

Zhang Jie nodded slightly and prepared to act.

Xia He’s ability was terrifying—if one remained immersed too long,

even if not reduced to a useless shell, one’s abilities and sanity would suffer lasting damage.

Hu Lin and Hu Jie of Dongxiang Village were the most typical and direct victims of Xia He’s power.

Under her seduction, the two fought bitterly over her, even turning violent.

Hu Lin died at his son Hu Jie’s hands, and Hu Jie’s mind and body were shattered, becoming a wreck.

But the Hu family weren’t good men either—their fate stemmed from their own flaws.

Xia He’s ability couldn’t create desire out of nothing; it merely amplified the filthy cravings already buried deep within a person.

She tore open the darkest, most hidden desire-holes of cultivators or ordinary people, exposing the hypocrites.

Xia He had once joked that she was “nothing but a mirror.”

Zhang Jie thought for a moment, flicked his fingers, and sent several strands of true Qi into Tu Houzi and the others.

From the perspective of his true Qi, Zhang Jie saw that within their meridians,

a pink Qi permeated, exuding a lewd aura that, upon contact,

made one hear, see, and feel countless decadent sounds, scenes, and visions,

compelling one to join in and indulge one’s desires without restraint.

Under the influence of this pink Qi, Tu Houzi and the others were trapped in unquenchable lust.

The qi, yearning to join in and indulging its desires freely.

Before Zhang Jie’s righteous and mighty true Qi, Xia He’s pink Qi shrank like a creature facing its mortal enemy,

finally being expelled from Tu Houzi and the others’ bodies.

Zhang Jie reached out, and his Qi wrapped the pink Qi, drawing it into his palm.

He found such Qi, capable of manipulating lust, quite intriguing.

Zhang Jie gestured, and his true qi enveloped the pink qi, drawing it into his hand.

He was quite intrigued by such true qi capable of manipulating lust.

“Who tied me up like a rice dumpling?!”

Tu Houzi and the others slowly awoke, staring dazedly at their surroundings.

One with a short temper immediately began shouting curses.

The earth monkeys slowly came to, gazing around in confusion at their surroundings.

One of them, with a fiery temper, immediately began shouting curses.