Chapter 137: Rewards of Nuclear Gems

Xiao Lian silently walked up to Si Yan and began to massage his back.

About half an hour later, Si Yan got up again and entered the room.

He activated his skill once more, continuing to dispel the curse on Ying Rui.

This time, he successfully dispelled some more.

“It’ll take a few more treatments to fully dispel it.”

However, after this dispelling, the curse’s backlash was a bit fierce, almost nullifying Si Yan’s previous treatment.

Si Yan decided to treat her several more times before attempting to dispel it again.

That way, even if the curse retaliated and worsened Ying Rui’s condition, it wouldn’t be a problem.

The danger of this curse lay precisely here.

To dispel it, one inevitably faced its backlash.

Each backlash could worsen Ying Rui’s physical condition.

If Si Yan hadn’t been able to both heal and dispel simultaneously, he truly wouldn’t have had a good solution for this curse.

Thus, Si Yan walked out again.

Ying Rui’s maid, Xiao Lian, dutifully came over and began to massage Si Yan’s shoulders.

Although she was a Female Zombie, her technique was quite good.

Another half an hour passed.

Si Yan entered the room again to treat Ying Rui’s body.

After several consecutive treatments, Ying Rui’s injuries were almost completely healed.

Now that Si Yan had become a Supreme Ghost Doctor, treatment wasn’t as difficult as last time.

This time, by noon,

Ying Rui’s injuries had been about seventy to eighty percent healed by Si Yan.

The injuries were already healed.

The curse had not yet been completely dispelled.

The curse was still continuously damaging her body, but this damage had a process.

Si Yan planned to rest a bit before continuing.

By the end of today, he should be able to initially resolve Ying Rui’s problem.

After lunch, Si Yan continued to treat Ying Rui.

After another treatment, the internal injuries within Ying Rui were almost completely healed.

Now it was just the curse’s problem.

However, when Si Yan tried to dispel the curse again, he realized that this time, the curse’s backlash would likely be quite fierce.

“Then let’s do it tomorrow.”

Si Yan thought.

There was a simple way to reduce the curse’s backlash: to delay.

Consecutive dispelling would naturally make the curse’s backlash fiercer.

Waiting until tomorrow to continue dispelling, once or twice a day, would be much better.

Having made his decision, Si Yan stopped dispelling.

At this point, most of the Dark Moon Corpse Emperor’s problems had been resolved by Si Yan.

Of course, the biggest curse problem had not yet been resolved.

Si Yan began to tie Ying Rui’s sash.

Just then, Ying Rui’s long eyelashes fluttered.

Then, she woke up again.

A pair of beautiful large eyes opened.

Her gaze met Si Yan’s.

Seeing Ying Rui wake up, Si Yan stopped his hands and said, “I have healed your injuries, but the curse still needs a little more time to dispel. You can put your clothes on yourself.”

Ying Rui silently sat up and re-tied her sash.

Then, her outer garments.

Soon, she returned to her appearance as the exquisitely dressed and elegant Dark Moon Corpse Emperor.

“Thank you. I will give you the promised reward. I know it’s a bit little, but I will make it up to you later!”

Then, Ying Rui looked at Si Yan with sincere eyes and said.

Her voice was very pleasant to the ear, indeed matching her captivating beauty.

“My gains from coming here this time are also considerable. For you, the most important thing now should be to find the person who cursed you, right?”

Si Yan asked.

Ying Rui shook her head: “Yes, but I can’t find them.”

【Ding! Hidden quest activated! Help Ying Rui find the person who cursed her and assist her in dealing with them. Quest reward: Three nuclear gemstones!】

After Ying Rui finished speaking, the system’s prompt appeared.

nuclear gemstones!!!

Unexpectedly, nuclear gemstones had also become system rewards!

If Si Yan hadn’t made an appointment with Ying Rui, Ying Rui would not have come to Ruyi Building at all.

However, Zombie Inn itself was an open instance, and no one knew what new zombie guests would arrive after entering the instance.

Sometimes unexpected events might occur.

Some unexpected events could also trigger hidden quests.

It was just that Si Yan hadn’t expected nuclear gemstones as a reward!

Si Yan was very excited internally, but his expression remained calm.

After all, even if he completed this quest and received 3 nuclear gemstones, he still needed 10 more!

It was a long and arduous journey!

It was indeed difficult for humans to gain Gui Creature cultivation from Horror Space.

Si Yan was naturally also considering a question.

He could cultivate through nuclear gemstones; perhaps, other players…

After scanning the hidden quest, Si Yan looked at Ying Rui.

“I’ll help you find them.”

Ying Rui looked up at Si Yan.

Si Yan smiled slightly: “What, don’t you believe me?”

His smile inexplicably calmed Ying Rui’s heart quite a bit.

“The opponent might be very strong.”

She said.

Si Yan said: “I know, it’s not a big problem. I need to understand some information first, for example, who do you think it could possibly be?”

Ying Rui thought for a moment and named a few people.

“They are all opponents of the Ying Family. Besides them, I can’t think of anyone else.”

Ying Rui said.

Si Yan asked for more specific details about these zombies.

Ying Rui then elaborated.

When Ying Rui finished, Si Yan felt that the possibility of it being these few zombies was

very small!!!

They were all former or current opponents of the Ying Family. If they wanted to deal with Ying Rui, they didn’t seem to need to use this method.

But besides those few zombie families, Ying Rui couldn’t think of anyone else who would target her.

Si Yan had already equipped the Ghoul Detective profession. After questioning Ying Rui, Si Yan thought for a moment and activated the Ghoul Detective’s skill, “Clues.”

【Tracking successful. You have successfully found a Clues hint.】

【Clues hint: Open your mind and broaden your horizons. “Love rivals” are also a type of enemy.】

【Ding! Congratulations on successfully using Clues to obtain a clue! Reward: 20 Career Charm Points!】

The system panel displayed the prompt.

“Love rival?”

Si Yan murmured.

Ying Rui had a love rival?

“What?”

Ying Rui heard Si Yan’s words and was a little confused.

Si Yan looked at her: “Do you have a beloved?”

Beloved?

Ying Rui looked up, her eyes full of confusion as she glanced at Si Yan: “No.”

But after speaking, she saw Si Yan’s handsome face, and her gaze suddenly became a little unnatural.

She lowered her head and repeated: “I don’t have a beloved.”

No beloved?

Then where did this love rival come from?

Si Yan suddenly thought of something and asked: “Tell me about the Song Family you are to marry into.”

Ying Rui looked up: “You already know?”

Si Yan said: “That’s right, the old woman outside already told me.”

“Elder He told you everything?”

Ying Rui leaned against the headboard. Having just recovered, she still seemed a bit weak.

“Miss, you’re awake?”

Outside, the Old Zombie seemed to have heard their conversation and walked in.

“Just in time, Elder He, didn’t you tell—”

Mid-sentence, Ying Rui looked at Si Yan, because she still didn’t know Si Yan’s name.

“My name is Si Yan.”

Si Yan said.

“Elder He, please tell Mr. Si Yan about the Song Family’s situation.”

Ying Rui said.

“Alright, Miss.”

The Old Zombie finished speaking and began to tell Si Yan.

“The Song Family is a very large family—”

The Old Zombie described the Song Family’s situation.

The Song Family was also a large Zombie Family.

Moreover, the entire family had already transformed into zombies hundreds of years ago.

But not all of them transformed.

The Song Family kept a large number of juniors, that is, the younger generation, to continuously increase their population.

Then, they continued to transform the older generation.

Through this method, the Song Family grew larger and larger.

“Although the Ying Family is strong, there are many areas where it relies on the Song Family. The last time people from the Song Family visited, Third Master Song somehow took a liking to Miss, and then proposed marriage, wanting to form a marital alliance with the Ying Family to further consolidate the relationship between the two families.”

“The patriarch also had this idea, and agreed despite Miss’s objections.”

The Old Zombie slowly narrated.

After listening, Si Yan said: “Third Master Song, have you learned anything about him?”

The Old Zombie shook her head: “Not particularly. But Miss disliked him from the first moment she saw him. I went to inquire, and this Third Master Song was very promiscuous even when he was human. After becoming a zombie, he was dormant for several decades, but in the last decade or so, he started again. I suspect his strength must have greatly improved.”

She recounted some of the information she had gathered about Third Master Song.

“Promiscuous zombie?”

Si Yan hadn’t expected such a zombie in the Zombie World.

Ordinary zombies didn’t even have sentience, and their functions weren’t complete, so they naturally didn’t have that capability.

This Third Master Song was a zombie of the Song Family’s younger generation.

He had been a zombie for less than a hundred years.

Before becoming a zombie, he was already very promiscuous.

After becoming a zombie, presumably due to physical limitations and the influence of his strength, he was dormant for several decades.

After decades of dormancy, in the last decade or so, his strength likely greatly increased, and he underwent some special physical conditioning.

Then…

He was back in action!