Chapter 496: Chapter 490: This Much Trouble?

Not only were blue flames dancing over Xia Yuanyi’s body, but the surrounding metal plates were also crackling with electricity.

This uniquely agonizing experience... only the person trapped inside the Space Barrier could truly comprehend the meaning of utter despair.

Song You’ai watched from the side, utterly dumbfounded. She silently closed her mouth, which had been hanging open beneath her mask...

’My daughter’s methods are so vicious and absolute... I bet even the ancestors of the Alien Species would piss themselves in fear.’

Xie Ning expressionlessly handed Song Kexin a bottle of Replenishing Well Water. "Keep up the fire."

She asked Cres within her Spirit Net, "How is it?"

"Still alive," Cres answered, his voice grave. "Damn it. Why won’t it burn to death?"

"What are its vitals?"

"They’ve dropped significantly, but it’s still alive," Cres continued.

"How is this thing still alive after burning for so long?" Xie Ning couldn’t help but complain to Little Spider.

Little Spider was thoroughly frightened, stammering out a reply, "My dear Host, parasitic sources take a long time to burn, but... but it won’t take longer than half an hour."

Xie Ning flew into a rage. "Half an hour?"

Damn it!

’If every parasitic source takes half an hour to eradicate, what are we going to do when we run into more of these freaks in the future?’

Little Spider was actually terrified...

’Host Ningning is abnormally fierce and terrifyingly ruthless toward people from the X Realm.’

’Thank goodness I’m a good boy and surrendered early on. It’s true what they say: the only way to live a long life is to not go looking for death.’

Xie Ning had Cres open another small, spiritually isolated space. She pulled the other Alien Species, bound by Wood Vines, before her and unleashed the same spiritual torment upon it.

Now Lu Wei also witnessed firsthand the sheer, indescribable ruthlessness this young woman showed toward the Alien Species...

Xie Ning had Housekeeper Youen come over as well to help burn the other Alien Species.

At the same time, she began to torture the third Alien Species even more inhumanely...

This time, she used Space Blades to whittle it down, directed Xiao Lu to bind it with wood thorns, and had Xiao Gu bombard it with Thunder Balls.

What was most terrifying was that the young woman casually handed out Replenishing Well Water, providing a seemingly endless supply to replenish everyone’s internal energy source.

Sure enough, after a full half-hour of burning, Xia Yuanyi and the parasitic source inside him finally dissolved into a pool of blood.

Fifteen minutes later, the other two were also completely dead.

Xie Ning, however, wore a cold expression, her elegant eyebrows knitted together like caterpillars.

Song Kexin gulped down nearly half a bottle of the well water, then cautiously called out, "Sis?"

Xie Ning took a deep breath. "If all Alien Species are this hard to kill, I think we need to seriously reconsider if there’s a better way to deal with them."

’It takes forever just to kill one?’

’It’s so much trouble. What are we going to do if Alien Species start showing up one after another in the future?’

Little Spider, hiding in the Space, didn’t dare say a single unnecessary word.

’Although it really wanted to say that creating a single Alien Species takes a tremendous amount of effort in the X Realm and that they weren’t a dime a dozen...’

But the moment it sensed the terrifying spiritual aura radiating from Host Ningning, Little Spider didn’t dare say or do anything.

Sensing the low-pressure system of Host Ningning’s mood, Little Spider recited a mantra in its heart: ’At a time like this, any little thing that grates on her nerves will lead to extremely tragic consequences...’

"Cres, run a full diagnostic. What’s the status of these three Alien Species?"

"Showing zero life signs," Cres mumbled in a small voice.

"Host Ningning, the parasitic sources have been destroyed. I can no longer sense even a trace of their aura."

Xie Ning’s expression remained grim.

She turned her head to see her sister’s sweat-drenched face, feeling both exasperated and amused. "Sweating this much after just half an hour? Look how weak you are. Starting tonight, we’re intensifying your training. Double the physical conditioning we were doing before."

Song Kexin: ?????

’No! That’s not it, Sis!’ Song Kexin actually wanted to say, ’I’m not sweating because I’m drained from using my ability; I’m breaking out in a cold sweat because your terrifying spiritual pressure is scaring me to death...’

Song You’ai shot her daughter a look that said, "Sorry, can’t help you." Beneath her mask, her lips were actually curving into a smile.

’Even though Xinxin’s situation is a bit tragic, why do I find it so funny?’

’This must be what they call getting caught in the crossfire.’

Her loyal follower, Comrade Gu Chen, cautiously sidled up to his girlfriend’s side and comforted her in a low voice, "Ningning, don’t worry too much. The Alien Species are tough to kill, but it’s not like we have no way to deal with them at all."

"Worst-case scenario, we can gather more Fire Ability Users. With our combined strength, I’m sure we can handle them."

"Right, right," Lu Wei chimed in, nodding repeatedly. "Our base has a good number of Fire Ability Users. We’re not without options."

Xie Ning didn’t feel comforted. She still felt... uneasy.

She glanced at the corridor, now slick with black blood. She pulled a large Water Ball from her personal terrace space and hurled it forward.

After repeatedly washing the metal plates on the floor, she recalled them into an empty container inside her separate space.

The process was smooth, with no resistance, which meant there were no living auras left on the metal plates.

She relaxed a little, but then abruptly turned her head and looked again.

The corridor was empty and silent.

"Mom."

"Here, here!!" Suddenly called upon, Comrade Song You’ai tensed up, her whole body snapping to attention.

"Seal the corridor."

"O-Okay." Song You’ai didn’t dare refuse, much less ask her daughter for a reason.

With a single Great Ice Seal Technique, she completely froze the entire corridor in front of the lab.

Classmate Song Kexin stammered, "Sis, what... what do you suspect?"

Xie Ning walked step by step toward the frozen corridor, a sharp, cold glint deep in her eyes.

A wisp of mist seemed to slowly form and spread across the icy white scene before her.

Xie Ning gradually saw a small, black, worm-like thing clinging to the lab’s doorknob. It squirmed and slithered down to the floor.

Withdrawing that thread of Spiritual Prediction, a slight smile touched Xie Ning’s lips.

"Such tenacious life force!"

A ripple-less, murderous intent flickered deep within her icy pupils.

A dense Spirit Net abruptly enveloped the lab doorknob. Instantly, a short, sharp shriek echoed within her spirit world.

Her spiritual power instantly solidified into a tangible dagger, plunging viciously into the small black worm’s body.

As wisps of black smoke began to seep out, Xie Ning expressionlessly threw up layer after layer of Space Barriers, completely sealing the smoke within.

"Burn it!"

Song Kexin jumped in fright and hastily unleashed a dozen blue flames.

Housekeeper Youen, a bit slow on the uptake, hurriedly joined in, adding his own fire to the blaze.

After a full five minutes of burning, Xie Ning felt the scream within her spirit world gradually fade away, and only then did her expression soften.

Little Spider was startled, stammering so badly it could barely speak. "H-How did you notice, Host Ningning?"

’Even I didn’t detect it!’

"Intuition," Xie Ning said, her eyes as deep as an abyss.

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