Chapter 115

For the past 12 years since being bound to the system, most people in the village have been affected, and if this continues, their lives will be endangered. Shen Hongmei could no longer bear it and had to leave there.

As her words fell, a trickle of electricity flowed through her body. This was already considered a minor punishment, but it still caused Shen Hongmei to painfully curl up her body.

She knew this was a warning from the system.

[Host, what you need to save your sister and brother-in-law is not to beg me, but to work hard to gain the favor of others. That way, with other sources of favor, you naturally won't need them to supplement it anymore.]

"I'm already trying my best. Don't forget this is the army. If you go too far, it will be hard not to be discovered by others." This was also why Shen Hongmei had stayed here all along. Although the system still used favor to drain other people's luck, it didn't dare go too far either.

[That's why I told you to get close to people with great luck--An Zhiqing, Pei Jing... These people have high luck, and they are people you can get in touch with. One of them alone can make up for thousands of ordinary people.]

The system was also a little arrogant these years as the energy in it increased. It was no longer like before when it had an energy deficiency and could barely operate, only able to coax Shen Hongmei with small benefits to listen to it.

If it weren't for this, it would never have chosen a little girl to bind with back then.

Shen Hongmei was also very helpless. "But I've been trying for several years, and their favorability towards me hasn't gone up at all, especially An Zhiqing and Pei Jing. Those two are already married. If I get any closer to them, won't I be giving others a handle?"

Male-female relationships were a big deal. If she dared to keep pestering Pei Jing after he got married, the team could kick her out.

[Pei Jing's wife also has very high luck. You can work on her.]

"System, you're not human and don't understand human feelings. Almost everyone in the army knows about my past pursuit of Pei Jing. She is Pei Jing's wife. It's already very gracious of her not to dislike me. How could she possibly provide me with favor?" [A woman married for just over a month but already two months pregnant, this handle should be enough for you to operate on, right? If she can't provide you with favor, then let her die and continue your pursuit of Pei Jing.]

Shen Hongmei stared in disbelief, subconsciously wanting to refute.

She didn't think Zhi Xia was pregnant before marriage. Having experienced too much, she also had some insight. That girl looked gentle and well-behaved, and looked at her guardedly, not like such an improper person.

Pei Jing was not an irregular person either, and not easy to fool into being someone's cheap dad.

So she felt it must be the system making trouble, deliberately creating an illusion for favor, wanting to take someone's life with it.

At the same time, Shen Hongmei felt a deep sense of powerlessness in her heart.

She didn't want to hurt anyone, whether her own relatives or others.

Perhaps sensing that Shen Hongmei's inner resistance was too strong, another trickle of electricity sparked out, very painful but not fatal.

Shen Hongmei stared with wide eyes and wept silently to resist the pain. Her fingers were clenched tightly around the bed board below her, the bones almost crunched from being clenched so hard, and the bed board shook along with her twitching.

Seeing her abnormality, Shen Hongmei's roommates called for someone to take her to the military doctor, then the hospital.

But it was useless. Even after going to the hospital, nothing could be found wrong with her.

Her body didn't have any problems. Who would believe that she, who seemed fine, was actually being controlled by an unknown entity?

She had asked for help before, but was dismissed as spreading superstition and almost implicated her family.

At dawn, when Zhi Xia opened the door, Aunt Fengxia said that Shen Hongmei had been hospitalized. She didn't know what disease she had gotten. People from the Propaganda Group said that she was fine when she went to bed, but suddenly started convulsing uncontrollably with a hideous expression, as if bearing great pain. Anyway, it was indescribable.

Taking the opportunity of idle chatter, Zhi Xia asked Aunt Fengxia about Shen Hongmei.

It had to be said, these two sisters were complete opposites. Shen Hongmei was ill-tempered, petty, and quarrelsome like a shrew, liking to take advantage of others, spread gossip, and offend most people in the family compound. Meanwhile, Shen Hongmei's reputation was like a fairy descending to earth, and many people had good feelings towards her. Oddly, the sisters had a great relationship despite the extreme contrast.

If there was anything bad to say about Shen Hongmei, it was that she had entanglements with too many people, both men and women.

Some who disliked her said she was like a silly girl, seeming to be happy to please anyone and everyone.

More observant people noticed that in the two years Shen Hongmei had been in the Propaganda Group, whoever got especially close to her tended to have bad luck, ranging from tripping while walking to breaking arms and legs. Of course, these were all private thoughts, and no one dared spread superstition in the army yet.

Also, just because it was the army, the system didn't dare go too far.

Fortunately, this place gathered people with luck. Draining them of a bit of luck at a time from those favorably disposed to Shen Hongmei, then draining again after they recovered a bit, so it wasn't as severe as the change in Shen Hongmei's temperament.

And the reason Shen Hongmei was drained so severely was because the system deliberately did it to threaten Shen Hongmei.

The evening darkened suddenly and salt-like rain fell.

Zhi Xia could finally hide indoors.

She explored unknown areas in her space, tidied up the fields she had planted, occasionally exchanged goods, and chatted with friends.

Listening to music, watching shows, reading novels...

Life was simply wonderful.

If only there wasn't the time bomb that was Shen Hongmei.

The trading device could detect the anomaly in Shen Hongmei, but she didn't know if the other party could detect her anomaly.

After rummaging through the trading device, she finally confirmed one thing - the trading device had fused with the space, and the space was essentially an existence in a different plane from the real world. So as long as Zhi Xia didn't expose herself, the other party would not be able to discover her.

But judging from the abnormal events around Shen Hongmei that she had heard about, the high technology on her was probably not a good thing, but something that would bring terrible misfortune to everyone around her. As for how unfortunate, she didn't know, so Zhi Xia had to be extra careful.

In the middle of the night, Zhi Xia was still sleeping in the big bed in her space when she heard someone calling her from outside.

Zhi Xia jumped up from the bed alertly, put on her jacket, flashed out of the space, and went to open the door.