Chapter 1139 - 821: The Most Seemingly Honest, Yet Also the Craziest at Heart!

Chapter 1139: Chapter 821: The Most Seemingly Honest, Yet Also the Craziest at Heart!

Shu Kui was a former Holy Seat of the Divine Hall, possessing many core secrets. As such an important figure, he was naturally imprisoned in a special monitoring room.

He was locked in an interrogation chair, with his hands and feet bound by special metal rings.

The young man did not appear as disheveled as an Ordinary prisoner; he wore a white lab coat, with black hair and silver eyes, an elegant and fair face, and a metal clip on his left ear.

His slender fingers rested on the back of the chair, wearing half black leather gloves, making his fingers appear long and white, as beautiful as Jade Carving.

Unlike the elegant and refined temperament of those experiments, he was more dashing and handsome. Those unique silver eyes revealed a sharp coldness, giving an exceptionally distinctive impression.

The moment Shen Tang saw the young man, she was slightly stunned and tentatively asked, "Shu... Shu Kui?"

She had seen Shu Kui’s experiments many times, but it was her first time seeing his actual self.

Although his actual self looked different from the experiments, even the temperament was distinct, she was indeed certain in her heart he was the Shu Kui she knew.

Seeing her approach, the young man showed a look of surprise, followed by a relieved smile, "It’s been a while."

Shen Tang chuckled, "How many times have you said that?"

The young man smiled subtly with his silver eyes, seemingly thoughtful, "This calls for some good pondering..."

He lightly turned his wrist, "Don’t get careless, the rings have built-in monitors. Follow my instructions and enforce shutdown."

Shen Tang snapped out of it, quickly stepped forward, and acted according to his instructions, first removing the alarm facilities of the monitor before shutting down and destroying it.

The other restraint devices on the interrogation chair were also unlocked by her one by one.

"Thanks, after being locked in this wretched place for so many days, it feels good to finally stretch a bit." Shu Kui stood up from the chair and twisted his pale wrist bones.

He lowered his gaze, his beautiful and sharp silver eyes looking at her, hiding his surprise, "You really do surprise me time and again; I didn’t expect you could find this place."

"I suppose it’s serendipity. I was caught by the Divine Hall and upon knowing you were captured, I thought I might try to rescue you."

Shen Tang looked at the handsome black-haired young man in front, momentarily feeling wooden and not knowing what to say.

She had always been dealing with his clone until now, her first encounter with his true self, and her heart was indeed excited, as this was essentially their first real meeting. She was somewhat uneasy, unsure of what to say.

Her gaze slightly shifted and noticed the ear bone clip on the young man’s left ear flashing, vaguely seeing a letter engraved on it.

X.

It seemed like the abbreviation of a person’s name.

Many people engrave the initials of important names on commonly worn accessories like earrings and necklaces, symbolizing profound emotions.

Young male Beastmen often engrave the name of their partner.

She instinctively asked, "X... Is this your lover?"

Shu Kui touched the ear clip and looked at her, shaking his head with a smile, "It’s my family."

"Family?" Shen Tang was a bit surprised. Aren’t Holy Seats all experiments cultivated by the Divine Hall? Would he also have family?

She had never seen Shu Kui’s family, nor had she ever heard him mention anything about family. Could it be... they passed away long ago, so he engraved the name of a loved one?

Shen Tang’s expression suddenly showed apology, just as she was about to say something to make up when Shu Kui staggered slightly.

"Ugh..." He clutched his chest, his face suddenly turning pale, exhibiting a very painful expression.

Shen Tang hurriedly supported him, asking worriedly, "What’s wrong?"

At the same time, she quickly gathered a thread of Healing power and probed into the young man’s body, discovering that he seemed to have endured many electrical shocks and injections.

When she pulled up his sleeve, she saw that his fair arm indeed had many needle marks and scars.

Shen Tang couldn’t afford to think much, as she discovered something, her fingers trembled violently.

— Shu Kui’s body had been injected with Return Nest!

No wonder the symptoms appeared, just like Lu Xiao’s at the time!

"You’ve been injected with Return Nest?" Recalling the sinister nature of it, Shen Tang’s voice trembled.

Shu Kui frowned, reluctantly saying, "The Divine Hall detected a traitor within, to express absolute loyalty to the Divine Hall, higher-ups were injected with this kind of controlling drug."

[Host, I have the antidote for Return Nest here; you can give it to him.]

A tube of transparent liquid appeared in Shen Tang’s hand.

She exclaimed, "This is Return Nest’s antidote? How do you have it? I haven’t seen you take it out before."

[The System doesn’t have a recipe for making the Return Nest antidote; it doesn’t exist in the mundane sense. This was given by your Beast Husband, Lu Xiao, to save, to take it out when the host needs it.]

The existence of the system wasn’t a secret; the beast husbands who initially doubted and resisted it now trusted it. After all, without the System, Shen Tang would have likely died many times.

Besides them, the only one who wouldn’t betray Shen Tang was the system in her body.

Shen Tang was simply shocked, "Lu Xiao gave it to you... what, what’s going on here?"

How come she knew nothing?

The System explained, [Return Nest doesn’t have an antidote, only forced resistance. As long as one successfully resists once, the subject becomes completely immune to Return Nest, and corresponding antibodies are produced in the body. His blood can be used to create blood serum, injecting victims of Return Nest to help them recover.]

The System continued, rather emotionally, [The principle is simple, just the most Ordinary treatment method; it’s not a secret. But until now, no one failed to create an anti-Return Nest blood serum. Those Beastmen injected with Return Nest either became loyal dogs or couldn’t bear it and committed suicide... Only Lu Xiao managed to withstand it.]

[Because creating the serum requires a lot of blood, Lu Xiao didn’t tell you about it to avoid worrying you.]

[He called me out while you were resting, and made this agreement with me, giving me the serum to keep until the host needs it.]

Shen Tang was so shocked she didn’t know what to say.

Suddenly, she recalled what Lu Xiao said at that time.

She always thought he had to take Return Nest to conceal his identity. But after careful consideration, Lu Xiao wasn’t such a reckless person. He always balanced personal and greater interests, never pushing himself into the Abyss.

Perhaps, from the beginning, he deliberately made himself an experiment suffering inhuman torture, almost destined for death!

Shen Tang didn’t know whether to be angry or moved. She always thought he was the most stable and honest Beast Husband, not expecting this man to be such a lunatic at heart!

Her heart felt sour and swollen. Lu Xiao did this for her, and although Return Nest was never used by the Divine Hall on her, it coincidentally saved Shu Kui.

Shen Tang hurriedly handed the liquid to Shu Kui, "This is the blood serum for treating Return Nest, it can save your life, hurry and use it."

Seeing the liquid in her hand, Shu Kui’s silver eyes trembled violently, but he didn’t have much time to respond, quickly taking the liquid and injecting it into his arm’s vein.

The serum took effect quickly; within a few breaths, Shu Kui’s condition stabilized.

"Thank you."

"No need to thank me; you also risked being discovered by the Divine Hall in order to save me, and ended up being treated like this."

Shen Tang looked at him with a complex expression, feeling pained yet more puzzled, "This time, you can finally tell me the real reason, right?"

"What’s our relationship? Do I...know you?"

"He" had said before that he would tell her everything she wanted to know once she saw his actual self.

She found him and eagerly sought answers.

Shu Kui laughed helplessly, "Originally, I didn’t want to tell you these things, but since you’re interested, you should regain your previous memories."

He extended a long, fair hand, his voice becoming much gentler, "Give me your hand and explore my Spiritual Consciousness Sea."

Shen Tang placed her right hand in his palm.

The young man curled his palm gently, closed her hand, then slightly leaned forward, allowing her slender fingers to touch his brow.

Silver-white spiritual power scattered.

A sudden pain surged through Shen Tang’s mind, evoking many distant and unfamiliar memories.