Then, Let Them Offer Their Loyalty!

Chapter 21: The Second Treasure Chest Opened

Chapter 21 The Second Treasure Chest Opened

Qiu Tu hit hard, so after just two slaps, the girl started crying out in pain.

She was genuinely angry this time, turning to glare at Qiu Tu with tear-filled eyes, her small fangs biting her lip as she fiercely shouted, "You're finished! Really finished!"

"I'm going to have my dad kill your entire family! Everyone! Scatter your ashes to the wind!"

Qiu Tu couldn't help but laugh. He slapped her buttocks again, this time even harder, and retorted, "That's funny because I have no family. My parents and relatives are all dead!"

"So don’t provoke me. If you really piss me off, I’ll kill you after raping with you, then disappear!"

"I don’t care who your dad is. Even if he’s the King of Heaven, he can't resurrect you, can he?"

Shen Lingshuang was stunned by Qiu Tu's words. She realized she had no way to deal with this tall agent in front of her. Soft approaches didn’t work, nor did hard ones. Normally, just mentioning her father’s name would make anyone respectful, but Qiu Tu didn’t care at all.

It was like he wasn’t from this world and didn’t understand what it meant to have a Deputy Speaker of the Supreme Council of the Third Shelter as a father.

While Shen Lingshuang was lost in thought, Qiu Tu remained silent, making the room eerily quiet.

After a while, seeing that Shen Lingshuang had calmed down, Qiu Tu flexed his reddened hand and asked, "What’s wrong? Got cold feet? Come on!"

Shen Lingshuang snapped back to reality, her eyes filled with tears as she looked at Qiu Tu. "Officer, I was wrong. Please don’t be angry or hit me anymore. I’ll tell you whatever you want to know."

She pouted and blinked her big eyes at Qiu Tu, trying to charm him.

But Qiu Tu wasn’t fooled. He kept her pressed down and placed paper and a pen on her back, saying coldly, "Alright, I'll ask, you answer."

"If I'm not satisfied, your punishment will be much worse."

This humiliating posture made Shen Lingshuang both ashamed and angry, but she had no choice but to comply. Qiu Tu soon extracted valuable information from her.

For instance:

[After the Cataclysm Awakening, each person follows a different path of cataclysm?]

[There are six paths: Destruction, Life, Mystery, Immortality, Order, and Chaos?]

[The abilities or traits one gains after awakening align with their cataclysm path?]

[For example, a person on the Life path gave birth to ten babies at once and had 107 children in five years?]

[A person on the Destruction path could eat anything, from soil to buildings?]

As Shen Lingshuang recounted these seemingly fantastical details, Qiu Tu felt as if he were in Yan Chen’s shoes, suspecting her of lying yet finding her story logical.

Unsure if she was truthful, Qiu Tu decided to believe her for now. He helped her up, brought back the table, and handed her new chopsticks, "Eat."

But Shen Lingshuang refused, rubbing her arm and pouting, "I won’t eat, it’s cold now."

Qiu Tu sighed. "This girl has so many demands!"

He called a servant to reheat the food, then lit a cigarette, mulling over the cataclysm potion formula he had learned.

Moonlight filtered through sparse clouds, casting a dim glow over the courtyard, shrouding it in a cold, blue veil.

The garden's serenity contrasted sharply with the turmoil in Qiu Tu's mind as he mulled over the cataclysm potion formula he had obtained from Shen Lingshuang.

The cigarette in his hand glowed intermittently, like a lonely firefly, as he pondered the complexities and risks of the potion.

According to Shen Lingshuang, the formula for the cataclysm potion wasn't particularly complex; it simply required following the proportions of the Star-Moon King-Minister mixture.

In the secret medicinal formula, different materials were referred to by various names.

Moon Medicine and Star Medicine were the two primary ingredients in the secret formula. In the cataclysm potion, the Moon Medicine was the main cataclysm material, such as the Aurora Stone, while the Star Medicine was an auxiliary that activated the main material, usually a common ingredient.

King Medicine and Minister Medicine were auxiliary ingredients. The Minister Medicine balanced the main ingredients' effects, varying in type and quantity based on the main ingredients' properties. The King Medicine was a neutral liquid that bound the entire formula together, ensuring its stability.

For the neutral liquid cataclysm material, Shen Lingshuang mentioned several examples, including the blood of the Phantom Bug, Moonlight Tears, and Ancient Tree Sap.

"Moonlight Tears," Qiu Tu muttered, looking at the treasure chest in the upper left corner of his vision. Inside was a bottle of deep blue liquid: Moonlight Tears.

[Moonlight Tears: A commonly used cataclysm material. Combine with other materials to create a Cataclysm Potion, an Interdimensional Key, or a Natt Manuscript.]

Qiu Tu wasn't surprised the treasure chest contained Moonlight Tears. The rewards were always related to the crisis, so it was logical for the two connected treasure chests to provide related materials.

Yet, he hesitated about entrusting Shen Lingshuang with the potion-making. Could she be trusted given their current strained relationship?

After some thought, Qiu Tu threw down his cigarette, crushed it underfoot, and decided he had no other choice. He had to try.

As he made up his mind, his vision flashed with new prompts:

[In your forceful interrogation, Shen Lingshuang has developed a strange feeling towards you.]

[If you ask her to make a Cataclysm Potion, despite her sarcastic remarks, her kind heart means she won’t intentionally sabotage it—at most, she might spit in it.]

[But making the potion requires adherence to all six essential elements: the primary and secondary materials, stabilizers, liquid balancer, timing, and location.]

[Failing to meet the timing and location requirements could lead to unpredictable effects.]

[You won’t want to know what happens if you make a potion in New Realm City in the next three days.]

A new three-day countdown appeared next to the previous one.

Seeing the new timer, Qiu Tu blinked. ‘Wait, isn’t this a bit too much information from the crisis sense? Let me think this through.’

Author's Note