51: Chapter 51 Demonization

At this moment, Chen Yi also noticed.

On Su Taotao's information panel, an additional line of text appeared: [demonization Countdown: 360 hours, 44 minutes, 37 seconds].

The numbers were constantly ticking down, as if announcing Su Taotao's fate.

"This is—demonization!"

"How could this girl be demonizing so quickly?"

Su Taotao looked like a little loli.

If it weren't for the system interface, Chen Yi would have thought she was only fourteen or fifteen years old.

Combined with her cute and bubbly appearance and the fact that she hadn't formed a contract with anyone yet, people naturally assumed she had only recently awakened.

Who could have guessed that she had actually awakened nearly four years ago?

She was even on the verge of being fully demonized by the erosion of power.

However, Su Taotao soon returned to normal.

She took a few deep breaths, and her complexion improved slightly.

"Sorry, I'm a bit anemic. Thank you for catching me—"

Her voice trembled slightly, and her eyes were a bit moist.

Even without the system's help, any normal person could tell she was hiding something.

Once a Spirit Beast Girl begins demonization, it means her body has been assimilated by the power of erosion, a process that is irreversible.

Even forming a contract with a Beast Tamer now wouldn't stop the progress of demonization.

At most, it could only delay the process for a while.

It's like a severed arm; if treated in time, it might be reattached.

But if that severed arm has already been roasted over a fire until it's sizzling with oil, trying to reattach it is simply a fantasy.

Of course, it's not that there are absolutely no ways to save her.

Human technology has made great strides, and special drugs can delay the demonization process.

Stabilizers are one such example.

With just one injection, a Spirit Beast Girls can temporarily escape the troubles of demonization for three months.

But the price—500,000 per injection, and the side effects are very powerful.

Much like chemotherapy for cancer patients, it leads to hair loss, physical weakness, difficulty moving, skin ulceration, and so on; it's basically impossible to return to her previous state.

Chen Yi had also heard of several heaven and earth spiritual treasures that could seemingly restore a demonizing Spirit Beast to normal.

But these things are essentially once-in-a-lifetime finds, the kind you might not get even with money.

So for a Spirit Beast, the start of demonization is almost equivalent to a death sentence.

What Su Taotao couldn't figure out was...

In this world, even if humans awaken their Spirit Beast bloodline at 18, they generally don't begin demonization until around age 35.

So why was she starting to demonize before even reaching 22?

Why did the world treat her so unfairly?

She had thought that once she became famous, she might be noticed by someone wealthy and live a life where she could eat her fill every day.

She never expected that the day of her end would come so quickly.

Su Taotao fought back tears, bowed deeply to Chen Yi, and said with a slightly trembling voice, "Thank you for the signature. I have something to take care of. See you next time!"

With that, she picked up her suitcase without looking back and ran into the elevator.

The moment the elevator doors closed, tears could clearly be seen streaming down her cheeks.

Chen Yi watched Su Taotao's departing back and shook his head helplessly.

He naturally knew the rules of Spirit Beast demonization in this world.

For a Spirit Beast that has already begun demonization, the best outcome is likely euthanasia; there aren't many chances for salvation.

"Sigh, is my luck good or bad?"

"I finally managed to encounter a Spirit Beast Girls with an SSS-rank Bloodline, only to miss out like this."

"If I had met her just one day earlier and formed a contract before the demonization started, she could have been saved. What a pity—"

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Back inside the private booth.

Luo Qinghe had already left at some point, leaving only Wang Kaili to look after the two drunken Spirit Beast Girls.

Wang Kaili seemed to have learned from Luo Qinghe about Chen Yi meeting a fan.

Seeing Chen Yi's depressed expression as he walked in, she asked curiously, "Hmm? Why the strange look? Did you run into an anti-fan?"

Chen Yi shook his head. "No, it's just that I feel that girl is quite pitiful."

Hearing this, Wang Kaili didn't ask further.

Hoisting the drunk Luo Shiyin and Lin Mengxue onto her shoulders, she comforted him, "There are plenty of pitiful people, so you must work hard to become strong—strong enough to have the power to change the world! Right now, you aren't qualified to pity others' misfortunes!"

Chen Yi nodded. "I know that, of course!"

It must be said, the Luo family was indeed exceptionally grand.

Although it was only a short three-kilometer trip to Lin Mengxue's home, they still arranged for a luxury car to transport them.

The car's luxurious exterior and spacious interior made one sigh in admiration; the prestige was truly off the charts!

Back at home, after Chen Yi carried the two of them to bed...

...he sat on the sofa and looked up some information on Su Taotao.

As it turned out, he actually found her livestream room on Douyin.

However, just five minutes ago, she had posted an update saying she needed to take a break for a while.

In just five minutes, there were tens of thousands of comments and thousands of reposts; she really was a big internet celebrity!

"It seems she's also realized the state of her own body?"

"What a waste. Such a beautiful woman, yet she's demonizing like this. Sigh—"

"Forget it, forget it. That's just how it is! It's rare that I can go to bed early tonight; I should get some good rest!"

However, as Chen Yi stood up to go take a shower...

...his gaze was suddenly drawn to the mailbox behind the door.

Without him noticing, a white envelope had appeared there.

A hint of doubt rose in Chen Yi's heart. "An envelope? How did I not notice it just now? Is it a letter for Xue'er?"

With curiosity, he opened the envelope.

Inside was an invitation to a black market banquet, with several large words emphasized in artistic font—High-Rank Bloodline Spirit Beast Auction!

Looking at those large words on the invitation, Chen Yi's brow furrowed slightly.

In this world, trafficking Spirit Beasts is absolutely illegal, with the highest level of sentencing, no different from murder.

Yet now, a flyer for a Spirit Beast auction had been sent so brazenly to his home; this was truly outrageous!

Furthermore, the location for this invitation wasn't Jiang City, but Han City.

This was even more ridiculous!

An invitation from Han City could be sent all the way to Jiang City?

However, these matters had nothing to do with Chen Yi.

His current strength was simply not enough to interfere in such things.

After thinking for a few seconds, he still picked up his phone and sent this information to Luo Qinghe to see what he thought.

After doing all this, Chen Yi went to the bathroom for a shower and then had a peaceful sleep.

Suddenly lacking the company of two lively beauties, he felt strangely lonely at times—