Li: Honey, did you divorce today? ^_^
Xiao Jinsheng glanced at the ti when she received the ssage—12:59 a.m.
Xiao Jinsheng: Not sleeping this late at night. What do you want?
Curiously typing the ssage, Xiao Jinsheng was about to hit send when her expression montarily turned blank.
Her eyes beca vacant, her gaze fixed on the Star Map and her chat interface with Li.
She chanically stepped out of the tent, quietly opening the window. Just as she stepped onto the windowsill to climb out, Star Map’s flood of new ssage notifications startled her awake.
When Xiao Jinsheng regained her senses, she realized she had been lying in her tent monts ago, but now she was inexplicably standing on the windowsill.
She glanced out the window; despite the heavy mist obscuring everything, she felt as if an ominous pair of eyes were maliciously watching her from within the haze.
Xiao Jinsheng hurriedly stepped down from the windowsill and locked the window tightly.
She quickly retreated toward her bedroom door, and it dawned on her that the Star Map’s continuous notifications were what had snapped her out of it.
On Star Map, aside from the five n in the group asking her every two minutes, Li’s unread ssages had already exceeded 99
Li: Hmm? Why are you ignoring ?
Li: Damn terminal, it keeps blocking my ssages?
Li: Xiao Jinsheng Xiao Jinsheng Xiao Jinsheng
Li: Blocked again?
Li: Xiao Jinsheng, reply to , I’m your husband.
Li: What’s going on? Are you busy? My ssages don’t even have trigger words.
Li: I’m just asking if you’ve divorced! Do you have to ignore ?
Li: [Ab photo]
Li: [Image has been recalled]
Li: If that level of photo could get sent successfully, I guess there’s no block here.
Li: Reply to ! Have you divorced? When are you divorcing?
Li: Reply and we’ll get married imdiately!
Xiao Jinsheng: Seriously?
Li: ...
Li: Reply and we’ll get married imdiately. [ssage has been recalled]
Xiao Jinsheng: I knew it was fake, liar! Pfft—
Li: You’re bold enough to call out? Didn’t you yourself promise that you’d divorce once you’re back from Mist East? And how many divorces have you managed?
Xiao Jinsheng: Congratulations to —achieving a stellar record of 0 divorces in 10 days.
Li: ... Do you even still want to marry ?
Xiao Jinsheng: Is it possible there’s no upper limit on the number of Beast Husbands I can have~
Li: Don’t want to hear your nonsense. This is your last chance—cut ties with those five guys now!
Xiao Jinsheng: You always put pressure on . It’s not that I don’t want to divorce, but do you even understand the life I’ve been living? I was literally monts away from being lured away by Mist creatures! Have you even considered how dangerous my surroundings are? You only ever bring up divorce—who’ll protect after I divorce? You only think about yourself! You selfish jerk!
Li: Staying with those five n clearly hasn’t made you any safer. Doesn’t this prove you should divorce?
Xiao Jinsheng: Easy for you to say. If I divorce, will you co protect ?
Li: OK, I’ll co over now.
Xiao Jinsheng: ???
anwhile, knocking sounds began outside the door.
Xiao Jinsheng stared at Li’s last ssage in surprise, feeling an uneasy panic.
Xiao Jinsheng: Really? You’re actually coming?
Xiao Jinsheng: Brother, promise —if you’re not here for marriage, don’t co.
Xiao Jinsheng: Please don’t co!
Xiao Jinsheng: Did you not get my ssage? Blocked again? Don’t co!
Xiao Jinsheng: No—it’s—not—marriage—you—don’t—co!
Still waiting for Li’s reply, Xiao Jinsheng hurriedly opened her bedroom door to step out.
Huaiqing, who was on night watch, was just about to unlock the main door.
Xiao Jinsheng shrank into the edge of the bedroom doorway, her heart racing.
The front door opened to reveal Bai Yan’s smiling face and Jin Ao’s impatient expression.
"Jinsheng." Bai Yan stood at the doorway greeting her.
It wasn’t Li, which imdiately made Xiao Jinsheng breathe a sigh of relief.
But seeing Bai Yan, her face darkened: "Bai Yan, am I mistaken, or is it past 1 a.m.? Why are you showing up here in the middle of the night?"
"Jinsheng, I was worried about you." Bai Yan looked aggrieved: "I just heard strange noises from your place, thought you were under attack, so I rushed over."
Bai Yan’s deanor seed sincere, reflecting genuine concern for Xiao Jinsheng’s safety.
Yet inwardly, Bai Yan was communicating with her system: [Did you figure out why she suddenly broke free from control?]
System: [It must’ve been external noise interference. Controlling her consciousness requires her to be calm or emotionally downbeat.]
Bai Yan: [But didn’t you just claim she was already asleep? Logically, that should’ve made success easy.]
System: [All I detected was her consciousness disrupted by outside noise. Believe or don’t, your call.]
Bai Yan bickered with the system briefly—she had co late specifically to uncover the reason behind Xiao Jinsheng’s escape from control.
Now that the cause was clear, Bai Yan wasn’t foolish enough to loiter in the cold night air.
"Jinsheng, since you’re safe, I’m relieved. I won’t bother you anymore—heading back now." Bai Yan smiled, not missing the chance to thank Huaiqing before leaving: "Thanks for opening the door—make sure you get sufficient rest too."
Huaiqing frowned faintly, glancing over to Jin Ao: "Better to thank Jin Ao. With his 8 Stars Superpower, if there had truly been trouble here, he’s the one who’d sense it first."
Hearing this, Jin Ao’s irritable expression softened slightly, but he still questioned Bai Yan on their way back: "Why didn’t I catch any unusual disturbances next door?"
With his 8 Stars Superpower, how could Bai Yan, soone weaker, sense sothing he couldn’t?
Bai Yan’s face stiffened slightly; Huaiqing’s comnt left her with a bad feeling.
Before, Bai Yan only knew this Beast Husband nad Huaiqing as weak; aside from cooking, good looks, and a decent physique, he seed otherwise useless.
Now, it seed he was skilled at sowing discord.
Internally blaming Huaiqing, Bai Yan quickly worked to soothe Jin Ao.
Fortunately, when it ca to handling Jin Ao, Bai Yan had long mastered the art: "I was just worried about Jinsheng. After all, she’s new to the task. Although we grew up together, living as sisters, I feared she might feel scared at night."
"What’s her problem exactly?" Yu Yunxiao, perplexed, turned to Xiao Jinsheng: "Always arguing with you, then using concern as an excuse."
"She ca over this ti to see why her attempt to control failed." Xiao Jinsheng said gravely.
With that, she led the five n into her Space.
Honestly, after waking up on the windowsill and sensing the maliciousness watching her through the Mist, she was beginning to doubt the safety of outdoor conversations.
Inside her Space, Xiao Jinsheng recounted everything—how she’d been peacefully lying in her tent, suddenly lost consciousness, and awakened to find herself about to climb out the window.
Of course, she omitted the part where Li’s texts had woken her, instead attributing it to the group’s ssages pulling her out.
"Remote mind control..." Mo Jiao muttered, considering the situation. "Such an ability would require at least Nine Stars-level power."
But Bai Yan’s spiritual power was indisputably only Five Stars.
"Is it possible that when soone’s spiritual power improves, they awaken other unique superpowers?" Xiao Jinsheng speculated.
After all, Bai Yan was the female lead—if she leveled up her spiritual power, perhaps it could mutate into additional abilities?
Using spiritual power for controlling consciousness or altering mories seed plausible.
"In that case, you’d better focus on improving your spiritual power soon." Su Ye said, looking to Xiao Jinsheng.
Xiao Jinsheng glanced back at Su Ye and nodded.
Next ti I’ll improve my spiritual power for you, great bro.
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