Chapter 113: Heiyuan City

The giant corpse ghost's figure suddenly shrank, finally becoming the size of an ordinary person. The clothes on its body, originally tight, also became loose and baggy, hanging on it like a large sack.

Especially that face, which was exactly the same as Chi Qu's.

Su Xi narrowed her eyes as she stared at him, secretly thinking: has he been possessed by Chi Qu's head?

"For the Master's grace of recreation, this subordinate shall serve with utmost loyalty."

"Get up. An S-rank head is useful; it even suppresses the corpse aura," Ye Chenyu said. "What was your name before?"

"Gu Zhi."

"Hmm. Now return to Er Shi Si Hao Ji Di and await orders."

"Yes, Master!"

So he was going to make him an undercover agent. Su Xi watched Gu Zhi leave via Teleportation and suddenly remembered Gu Yue from Er Shi Si Hao Ji Di... Listening to his idle chatter, the reason he always ran outside the base was that he wanted to find news of his younger brother, Gu Zhi.

Same name; it couldn't be that much of a coincidence, could it?

"Reserve rations." Ye Chenyu grasped her fluffy, cute paw and squeezed it.

"..." Su Xi bared her teeth and pulled it back, secretly thinking: You're the reserve rations, your whole family is!

Hmph~ If he dares to touch a single hair on her, she'll strike him into nothingness!

Ye Chenyu chuckled softly, in a good mood as he headed toward the depths of the pitch-black night.

Behind him was an uncountable army of corpse ghosts; many were newly converted and still carried a trace of their human consciousness, but those consciousnesses soon dissipated, and their gazes became just like the other corpse ghosts—muddled, dull, and vacant.

Heiyuan City is a power formed by the corpse ghosts themselves after the world's mutation.

Ye Chenyu is the ninth of the ten leaders of Heiyuan City.

Su Xi lay on Ye Chenyu's shoulder, following him to a villa located in the city's restricted zone.

A delicate-looking woman wearing a red lotus-patterned cheongsam and carrying a medical kit stood in the entryway waiting for him, and upon seeing his severed arm, her expression remained calm, as if she were accustomed to such things.

But immediately after, upon seeing the calico cat Su Xi had transformed into on his shoulder, surprise appeared in her eyes. "What a cute cat, did big brother give it to me?"

Ye Chenyu replied: "It is a corpse cat; it might hurt you."

"Alright then." Ye Honglian was very regretful.

"But it can be kept in a cage." Ye Chenyu's expression softened.

Ye Honglian's eyes lit up again. "Thank you, big brother. Is it male or female?"

Ye Chenyu replied: "Generally speaking, calico cats are female."

Ye Honglian was surprised. "Really? Big brother, let me see."

Ye Chenyu was about to show Ye Honglian the tail right then and there.

Su Xi bared her teeth and glared at Ye Chenyu.

Seeing this, Ye Honglian hurriedly said: "Never mind, it's really fierce."

Ye Chenyu nodded. "It is indeed quite fierce, but it doesn't attack proactively, so don't provoke it easily."

"Got it," Ye Honglian replied. "I'll treat your wounds first."

Ye Honglian is not a corpse ghost; she is an extremely rare Healing Psionic, and one of her abilities—Regeneration—can cause severed limbs to regrow.

It is just that she cannot reverse the species during regeneration; the corpse ghost's regenerated limb is also a corpse ghost limb.

Not long after, a brand-new, pale-white corpse ghost arm grew from Ye Chenyu's severed limb.

Ye Honglian's originally rosy face was completely exhausted, her forehead covered in sweat. After confirming that Ye Chenyu's arm was as good as new, she collapsed to the floor and fainted. Clearly, restoring a severed limb was not easy for her, and it even exceeded her psionic load limit.

Ye Chenyu picked her up and sent her back to the room on the second floor to rest.

When he came back out, he saw Su Xi curled up on the sofa, lying on a plush cushion.

He beckoned. "Come here."

Su Xi did not move.

She is a cat; she doesn't understand ghost talk!

Ye Chenyu said again: "If you don't come over, I'll stew you immediately."

Su Xi's fur stood on end instantly, her large golden-green cat eyes staring fixedly at him, her throat rumbling as she issued a threat and warning.

Ye Chenyu, in a good mood, walked up the stairs. "I'm actually quite curious what corpse cat meat tastes like."

Such a pervert!

Su Xi was speechless, but after hesitating for a moment, she went over anyway.

Ye Chenyu picked her up and entered the bathroom.

In the porcelain-white bathtub, clear, warm water submerged the cat's body.

Ye Chenyu used mint-scented body wash on Su Xi, only to find that not a speck of dirt was washed away, and not even a single cat hair fell out.

"Quite clean and doesn't shed, what a good girl." Ye Chenyu nodded with satisfaction and wrapped her in a bath towel.

Su Xi glared, her patience reaching its limit, silently convincing herself—I am just a cat right now!

After Ye Chenyu finished washing her, he took off his own clothes, preparing to bathe.

Su Xi hurried to get out, but the bathroom door was locked from the inside. In the end, she had no choice but to close her eyes, listening to the splashing sound of the water.

Not until the water stopped and the soft rustling of clothes began did she open her eyes.

What met her eyes was Ye Chenyu's face, which looked even more handsome and striking after his bath. He stroked Su Xi's fur; it was already dry, soft, and silky to the touch. "Not bad, what a fine coat of fur."

Su Xi watched him vigilantly.

Ye Chenyu smiled as he picked up Su Xi and returned to the bedroom.

His bedroom was large and had a huge skylight, but the night sky was dark and starless.

Su Xi was placed by Ye Chenyu on the armchair beside the bed, after which he activated several machines and turned on a huge screen on the wall; soon, dialogue boxes popped up one after another, marking emails of different colors, along with city maps...

"If you can always be well-behaved and obedient, I can refrain from locking you in a cage," Ye Chenyu said to Su Xi.

Su Xi ignored him and curled up to pretend to sleep.

Ye Chenyu stroked the fur on her back and began to process that information.

Er Miao said to Su Xi: "Host, this Ye Chenyu is very formidable. Not only is he one of the big bosses of Heiyuan City, but he also holds a very important status among humans: Alliance Councilor."

Su Xi: "He looks ambitious at first glance. So, which side does his stance actually lean toward?"

After analyzing for a moment, Er Miao replied: "It should be the human side. The relatives he cares about most and values the highest are all human, such as Ye Honglian, and his girlfriend, Zhong Weilan."

Su Xi: "A person like him even has a girlfriend?"

Er Miao: "With top-tier looks and physique, and immense strength, it is quite normal for him to have a spiritual partner."

"Hm? A spiritual partner?"

"Ghouls cannot have intimate relations with humans; there is an extremely high risk of conversion. Although Zhong Weilan does not fear it, Ye Chenyu has never crossed that line."

Su Xi opened her eyes slightly and looked at Ye Chenyu, who happened to be looking over at her.

Meeting Su Xi's large, golden-green cat eyes, Ye Chenyu smiled slightly, picked her up, and took a deep breath of the scent at her neck and shoulders: "I actually no longer have a sense of smell."

"..." Su Xi twisted her neck in disgust and kicked him with her hind leg.

Ye Chenyu ignored her resistance, still firmly holding her in his arms as he continued to process emails.

Su Xi looked at that face of his, which was exactly the same as Master's... and finally lay down in his arms, letting out a yawn.

Seeing that she had become docile, Ye Chenyu eased his strength and gently smoothed the fur on her back.

Suddenly, Su Xi opened her mouth and bit down on his wrist!