Free Web NovelChapter 74: Chapter 72: This Idiotic System Is a Trap
The murderous intent in the black-clad man’s eyes intensified.
Su Mo’s heart sank. For a moment, a sliver of fear surfaced.
Forcing herself to stay calm, she stammered, "D-don’t be so impulsive! If I die, who’s going to cure your poison?!"
The man’s grip secretly tightened. "I can handle it without you!"
Just then, the poison he had suppressed with that pill began to rage through his body again.
It churned within him, making his organs ache!
’This damn Female! Her poison is so potent!’
To avoid any further complications, he wanted to finish her off quickly! That was the only way to eliminate this problem for good!
Su Mo’s eyes flickered. "You! You’re a powerful Male Beastman, what kind of man bullies a weak woman like me?! You can’t beat me at my own game with poisons, so now you want to kill me?! You’re the one who picked a fight with me, so what the hell does it have to do with me, you weakling!"
The man narrowed his eyes dangerously, his displeasure obvious, but the hand on Su Mo’s neck couldn’t help but loosen slightly.
"What did you say?!"
"I said you’re a weakling! Only a weakling would bully a young woman like me!"
Even through his black mask, Su Mo could see the sinister smile on his face.
The man’s lips curled into a smirk, and he suddenly threw her to the ground. "A weak young woman? You’re clearly a venomous shrew!"
"COUGH!" Su Mo lay on the ground, coughing for a while before she could catch her breath.
’This damn son of a bitch, tossing me around like a ball! If I ever get my hands on him, I’ll cut him into a thousand pieces!’
"You’re right, I am a venomous shrew. I have more poisons on me than I can count! You mess with me again, and I’ll poison you to death!"
The man snorted coldly. "You don’t have what it takes!"
"We won’t know unless we try, will we? What, we’re only halfway through the game and you’re already regretting it? What’s the big deal if you kill me? There will be countless others like me in this world! Countless others who are even stronger than me. You’ll never be able to defeat them!" freeweɓnøvel.com
The man narrowed his gloomy eyes at her. "Trying to provoke me? You really are an idiot!"
He was by Su Mo’s side in an instant, and in the next second, he reached to choke her again.
Su Mo’s eyes widened and she shrank back. "The last poison in your body hasn’t been cured yet, and now you have this new one. If you kill me, can you really guarantee, one hundred percent, that you can get rid of it all?!"
"Maybe you could figure out the antidote after a few days of research, but during those few days, there’s no guarantee your enemies won’t come looking to kill you!"
The man’s chilling eyes stared at her for a long moment. Then he stood up and said leisurely, "I’ll give you three days. If you can’t cure the poison in my body, I’ll send you to see King Yama!"
"Three days it is!"
’Three days? Do you really think I’m some miracle doctor?! Still, at least I bought myself three days. I don’t have to die right now.’
"Don’t try any tricks, or I can end your life at any moment!"
"I’m just a weak woman. Do you really need to be so scared? Could it be that you’ve never met an opponent tougher than me before? Scared to die, so you don’t dare to fight strong enemies, only picking on people like me? In that case, you really are a bit weak."
A chilling, murderous aura appeared in the man’s eyes once again. "You’re overestimating yourself!"
"Hey, I was just saying. Why get so worked up?"
The man gave her a deep look, then stood up and walked out.
When he reached the door, he seemed to remember something and added, "Write down the medicinal herbs you need. Someone will provide them for you. For these three days, you will stay put in this room. Don’t go anywhere!"
Su Mo didn’t say anything.
’Making me stay put in this room? Impossible!’
’I have to find a chance to get out and scout the area, check out the lay of the land. But not right now. I need to wait for an opportunity.’
After the man left, someone on the outside locked the door.
Su Mo summoned Little Nine.
"I almost died just now! Where the hell did you disappear to for so long? Can you be a little more reliable?"
Little Nine: "Sorry, Host... Little Nine was being interfered with by that Level Nine Beastman! His aura is seriously, like, a billion times too strong..."
Su Mo frowned. "Do you know his name?"
"...No."
Su Mo was speechless. "Then can’t you go look it up???"
"That, I can do!"
"And scout the surrounding area for me while you’re at it!"
Little Nine: "Host, I’m a product attached to your mind... I’m wherever you are. Other than the System Mall, I can’t go anywhere else~"
"..."
Su Mo was speechless again. "Is your System Administration Bureau full of weaklings? You give me such a powerful opponent, and pair me with a moronic little system like you! I want to file a complaint! I want a new system!"
"Waaaah, Host is looking down on Little Nine again~ These are the rules from the System Administration Bureau, it’s not my fault..."
"Stop wailing!" Su Mo frowned and asked, "Do you have a topographical map? If not, just get me any map to look at."
The crying in her head stopped abruptly. A moment later, Little Nine’s excited voice said, "Found it! Here you go!"
A map fell with a THWAP in front of Su Mo.
She opened it and took a look. "I didn’t expect the Beast World Continent to be so big. The territories of the three tribes aren’t small either."
Su Mo found the East Sea, then glanced at the surrounding terrain on the map.
She asked Little Nine, "Which direction did we come from?"
"After crossing the East Sea, we went straight west, then south."
Su Mo lay on the floor studying the map for a while, then roughly determined her current location.
"He’s good at picking spots, choosing to set up camp here."
’It’s between the Tiger Clan Tribe and the North Wing, roughly equidistant from both. As long as he stays hidden, who could possibly find him?’
Su Mo studied the map, trying to figure out which direction she should go to escape danger the fastest.
But it was obvious that none of the directions were ideal.
’The moment I escape, he’ll find out almost immediately, unless I have someone outside waiting to help me.’
’So I have to wait for Fei Yan and the others to arrive.’
’Before that, I need to keep that psycho stable.’
A moment later, Little Nine’s voice sounded in Su Mo’s mind. "Host, that big baddie seems to be named ’Jin Tong’. Right now, I can only find his name. I don’t know anything else about him."
An image of his color-changing eyes suddenly flashed through Su Mo’s mind.
She frowned and asked, "You don’t even know what kind of beast he is?"
"There’s no way to know right now. It’s like he appeared out of thin air, or as if all information about him was suddenly wiped clean overnight."
Su Mo fell silent. An Original Beastman who was this cunning was truly terrifying.
"Are you sure he doesn’t have a system bound to him?"
Little Nine shook its head. "If he really had a system, he’d probably be even stronger than he is now."
"That’s true."
Little Nine frowned and said, "Relax~ You’re the lucky one hand-picked by this system from thousands of candidates. You’ll definitely turn misfortune into good fortune! You’ll live to be a hundred~"
Su Mo sighed heavily. "What can you do besides spout this bullshit? I can’t even be bothered with you right now! Your System Administration Bureau is so damn shady. Other transmigrators get to live the good life, but you have me, a sickly cannon fodder character, playing this high-stakes game with you? Does that make any sense? Is your boss even competent? If not, just let me run the place!"
Little Nine: "Uh~ I’m afraid that request can’t be fulfilled~ How about this: when Little Nine gets a promotion, I’ll arrange a few more handsome Beast Husbands for you?"
"Hmph!" Su Mo waved a dismissive hand. "Forget it. I don’t see that happening in this lifetime! Not with your lazy-ass work ethic..."
Little Nine shut its mouth in humiliation. "..."
A system actually feeling an unprecedented level of insult—this was simply unheard of.
Su Mo looked at the map again, then put it into her System Space.
’This is so strange. There was no villain named ’Jin Tong’ in the original story. Where on earth did he pop out from?’
Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind. As if shocked by her own speculation, her bright pupils contracted abruptly!
