SWNOVELXO Chapter 241: Stop Playing Tricks
The fire spread rapidly...
Sally clapped her hands in satisfaction; the two fires she set were truly splendid!
The leaders of the Desert Cockroach and Red-backed Ant finally realized the ferocity of the fireballs and immediately led their swarms to flee in a different direction.
Sally didn't chase after them with fire but instead entered deep into Zone Zero.
She wanted to see what was happening in the thunderstorm area.
Once, in the Beast World, reborn as a little white mouse who wheezed for breath after running just a hundred meters, she now felt as though she had control over fate.
In this world, she couldn't dare to swagger about, but she was more than capable of looking after herself.
The place where the thunderstorm was occurring wasn't too far from District Nineteen.
In the past, this place was known as Bokend City, a bustling metropolis, but now it was struck by lightning and thunderous, looking as terrifying as if a Great Demon was undergoing tribulation.
A Great Demon undergoing tribulation?
A thought flashed through Sally's mind.
She put on the armor she wore in the time tunnel and used a stealth charm to conceal her aura, then asked Xiaomei, "Can you handle it?"
"No problem," Xiaomei replied.
Sally immediately teleported to the building where the lightning strikes were most concentrated.
"There really is a creature undergoing tribulation," Sally observed from afar—a beast as large as a mountain.
She teleported toward the direction of the creature undergoing tribulation.
But before she could get close, she heard a roar more intimidating than the thunder itself—
"Stay away!"
Sally, wearing her armor without revealing her face and having concealed her aura, made it impossible for the other party to recognize her.
However, she recognized him!
It was Qing Linghuan, the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox whom Xiaomei had always been concerned about.
How did he end up undergoing tribulation here?
Sally looked at the dark clouds in the sky, which not only showed no signs of dissipating with the descent of the thunder but seemed to be gathering even more.
Since Qing Linghuan was driving her away, she didn't stay long and immediately teleported away.
"What tribulation is he undergoing?" Sally asked Xiaomei.
Xiaomei explained, "This is the Twelve-Tailed Heavenly Tribulation. Every additional tail increases the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox's strength a hundredfold! You better not offend him in the future."
Sally was speechless: "I definitely won't now, nothing is more important than my own life."
Previously, she had developed feelings for Frans and even considered them her possessions, protecting them like a dragon guards its scales.
Back then, Qing Linghuan stood with the invaders. He might have spared Frans simply out of consideration for her. And she had recklessly gone after Qing Linghuan for revenge.
Thinking about it now, it was pretty stupid. Those Beast Husbands were just tools for her to have children; there was no need to be attached to tools.
Furthermore, Xiaomei's ultimate goal in binding with her had nothing to do with her; she was just gathering points to return to Earth.
As a result of getting emotionally attached to tools, she had fallen deeply and ended up owing a huge debt of points.
If she could go back to the time of the Holy War, with her current mindset, she wouldn't just let Zi Qi help her kill squads. She would take things into her own hands, accumulate a billion points, and immediately return to Earth.
"Xiaomei, during the Holy War, did you deliberately not clear my emotional cache, letting me develop feelings for Zi Qi and make impulsive decisions because of those feelings?"
"It was all the Host's own decision, Xiaomei was just assisting," Xiaomei quickly claimed innocence.
"It's okay to admit it, I'm not angry." As if! "Just propose your goal level to me, and we could make a deal; I might agree."
"..." Xiaomei fell silent.
What was done was done, and hounding over it would not help. "I just hope that from now on, you won't play any more tricks with me. If I fall into a debt crisis, you won't get off easily either," said Sally.
It was always better to have things out in the open than to keep them murky.
Xiaomei acknowledged, "Yes, Host."
Sally reminisced about the Eleven-Tailed Heavenly Fox, massive as a mountain, "If he can get through this tribulation, I wouldn't mind bearing him an offspring."
Originally, she planned to have at most ten cubs, but now she had exceeded that number by so much, and was also saddled with a heap of debt.
"From now on don't ask me, just clear the affection cache once every week on average." Sally decided that this time she wouldn't be influenced by emotions and would earn points as quickly as possible.
...
Sally arrived at the Border Defense Force's base in District Nineteen.
However, there wasn't a single person there; the whole border defense district had been devastated.
"What happened?" Sally asked Xiaomei.
"Attacked by Giant Horned Lizards, everyone has already withdrawn within District Nineteen, and some have left by plane."
"Some people? But what about Huo Qing and the others?"
"Yes, host."
"Then let's go too."
Sally took out a short-range Teleportation Scroll. Although the scroll didn't specify an exact location, the general direction could be controlled.
She aligned the teleport rune on the scroll in the direction of Zone One.
Activated the Teleportation Scroll.
Accompanied by a teleportation white light, Sally vanished on the spot.
Luckily, although she didn't reach Zone One, she had arrived in Zone Two.
Sally then teleported several times to reach the immigration checkpoint between Zone Two and Zone One.
Naturally, she continued to teleport, entering the checkpoint.
Just as she was about to leave, she heard some terrible news from the System Map that had been open continuously.
In District Sixteen and District Eighteen, a strange virus had suddenly emerged. Except for beastified humans or semi-beastified humans, ordinary humans who were bitten by someone infected with the virus or even came into contact with their fluids would rapidly succumb to the virus, turning into neither human nor ghostly walking corpses...
Sally frowned slightly.
At this moment, a portly man in military uniform approached Sally and asked, "Identity document."
Sally produced her documents, which showed her as being from District Nineteen.
The man eyed Sally, "A pass, or a temporary residence permit from Zone One, do you have either?"
Sally replied, "I'm here for work."
"What work?"
"I'm attending an auction at Tianfeng Grand Hotel, my boss's name is Huo Qing, you can call and ask. He also comes from District Nineteen."
They had come by plane, hoping to get there before her.
Otherwise, she would have to force her way through the checkpoint.
"Wait a moment." The military man immediately started to contact Tianfeng Grand Hotel.
He quickly received news, and after scrutinizing her again, he said, "Quarantine for fifteen minutes, if there's no sign of the virus then you can leave."
"Where do I quarantine?" asked Sally.
"Over there, in the car," the military man pointed to a military vehicle parked on the roadside, then went to stop another woman holding a child, continuing his inspection.
Sally stayed in the military vehicle for the required fifteen minutes, then got out to look for the military man she'd spoken to before.
However, the military man who had been fine before now had a face covered with pustules, his eyes staring blankly, his pupils dilated!
Upon seeing Sally... he paused, then bypassed her and went after ordinary humans.
Sally frowned, raised her hand, and a small fireball landed on the military man, then she turned and left.
This virus was incurable and was highly infectious; death was better.
The infected soldier immediately let out a ghastly scream, drawing everyone's attention.
Sally recalled that besides stopping her, the military man had only stopped a woman holding a child... Given the rate at which the walking corpse virus spread, it was likely that the mother and child were super spreaders.