Chapter 116
With Xi Li’s matter concluded, their attention turned to Qiu Chi.
The Xi Li affair had ended so hastily. Qiu Chi didn’t mind, but this old immortal was clearly up to something.
“What are you looking at? Do you know who I am?”
The old immortal waved his hand, and they changed locations. Qiu Chi unceremoniously found a place to sit and poured herself a glass of water. “If you have something to say, say it. Don’t beat around the bush.”
“Regarding your identity, I do indeed know a little. After all, I once had the chance to become one myself.”
Qiu Chi took a sip of water, her attitude casual. “Oh? So what?”
The old immortal suddenly sighed. “I’m sure you can see that things here have gone a bit off track. If you hadn’t come, who knows how long it would have taken to get back on the right path.”
Qiu Chi wasn’t interested in hearing this. “If you have nothing else to say, I’m leaving.”
The old immortal stroked his beard and gave Qiu Chi a dissatisfied look. “You really have no patience. In that case, I’ll have to keep it brief.”
“What you’ve experienced so far is likely mostly trivial romance. But ‘love’ encompasses more than just romantic love. What you need to experience is great love, universal love. That is what will truly help you.”
“There’s much I don’t understand myself, so this is all I can say. I hope it helps you. Consider it our thanks for coming here to help us.”
Qiu Chi stared at the water in her teacup for a moment before nodding. “Thanks. Goodbye.”
Qiu Chi returned to the system space. Instead of immediately checking the new aura in her body, she pondered the old immortal’s words.
She actually knew what she was missing now, but it was something she truly didn’t understand and didn’t want to understand. She could only rely on external sources.
However, she had still misunderstood something.
Who said ‘love’ was only about romantic love?
After Qiu Chi stood up, the system asked weakly, “Shall we go to the next world?”
The system presented several options. Qiu Chi glanced at them and chose a bizarre world.
Although this world was flagged as an abuse novel, the entire world was facing a massive crisis.
An alien species invasion.
The invading species were mermaids—beautiful in appearance, but dangerous in reality.
The mermaids were an alien species. After their spaceship malfunctioned and passed through a black hole, it accidentally crashed on Blue Star. Discovering it was a planet yet to be found by the Federation, they decided to turn it into their hunting ground.
The mermaids were very beautiful, and they could also use a potion to transform into human form.
But at the same time, they were also very ferocious.
When they feigned harmlessness, they indeed looked like the mermaids from Blue Star’s legends.
But once they opened their mouths, one would discover they were full of steel-like fangs.
They treated Blue Star as a hunting ground. They… ate people!
Why was it flagged as an abuse novel?
Because the female lead was a native of Blue Star, and she fell in love with a mermaid disguised as a human.
That was in the early stages, when their spaceship had just landed on Blue Star, before it was repaired and before they could transmit a signal to their home planet.
The one who fell in love with the female lead was a mermaid sent out to make contact with the people of Blue Star.
The early tone was peaceful, showing no signs of being an abuse novel at all.
It wasn’t until they successfully transmitted the signal and repaired the spaceship that the mermaid suddenly left. At this point, it was only a minor tragedy.
When they returned, that was when the devastating blow came.
Not just for the female lead, Qu Letong, but for all the people of Blue Star.
The mermaid who had been in a relationship with Qu Letong must have been of high status. He took Qu Letong away, keeping her as a plaything for himself alone.
But Qu Letong was a normal person.
It was true she had loved that ‘person,’ but when she saw him transform into a mermaid, when she saw him devouring the bloody flesh of her compatriots, looking at her former ‘lover’ only made her want to vomit.
She wanted to resist, but it was futile.
The technological development of the Mermaid Planet far surpassed that of Blue Star.
At first, Qu Letong thought of running away. When she couldn’t escape, she wanted to die.
But the mermaid hadn’t lost interest in her yet, so she couldn’t die.
After realizing this, Qu Letong still refused to accept her fate. She began to secretly take some of the Mermaid Planet’s technology, wanting to pass it on to the people of Blue Star who were still fighting back.
Even if the effect might be minimal, a sliver of hope was still hope.
She firmly believed that a single spark could start a prairie fire, and that sooner or later, they would drive the invaders out.
Even if she wouldn’t live to see that day.
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