157: Nan Zhisui wavered

Nan Zhisui nodded in agreement, "Yes. Your father must have been very heartbroken for you."

Saying this, Li Yun asked again, "Nan Zhisui, are you sure you don't have a System on you?"

Nan Zhisui shook her head, "I'm sure, I don't have a System on me."

Li Yun said, "You probably don't. This cave can naturally shield against Systems."

"Ah?"

Li Yun's thoughts were quite jumpy, and she quickly asked again, "Nan Zhisui, when you crossed over, was the game I liked to play, 'XXX', still around? Are people still playing it?"

"It's still there, people are playing it."

"Are housing prices still going up? Are they still skyrocketing?"

"They rose for a few years, but now they've dropped a bit."

"Dropped?"

"Yeah."

"Hahaha!" Li Yun became happy just like that, chatting about things from home.

The two girls chatted about everything under the sun, from housing prices and popular games and software to celery, pork, and all sorts of changes.

Li Yun's eyes were bright, filled with a longing to go home.

"I don't know if my father is still alive," she said. "It's been so many years, maybe he's already dead."

Li Yun's eyes no longer showed dejection. "Actually, after all these years, I've come to terms with it. I love my father, but I shouldn't have kept trying to use these crooked methods to change his fate. My emotions at the time prevented me from seeing the System's malice. I fell for its tricks so easily."

"I formed bonds here, got pregnant, and had cubs. Not a single cub was healthy. And my childbearing System 006 wanted me to keep switching beast husbands to give birth, not allowing me to stick with one. It led to me letting down one beast husband after another. It's truly a sin."

Li Yun sat up cross-legged. "At that time, I thought, what right does it have to force me to have children? I'm naturally rebellious. I just wouldn't do it."

"The System would start a countdown, like 3 hours, 2 hours, 1 hour."

"I thought, who are you trying to scare? You're copying 'The Three-Body Problem', using a countdown to make people nervous. I wanted to see exactly how you were going to kill me!"

"Later..." Li Yun lifted the hair at the back of her neck, revealing a terrifying scar. "I was subjected to electric shocks."

Nan Zhisui was very surprised, "Electric shocks?!"

"Yeah. I was brave. I didn't believe in that nonsense, so I tried to feel where the shocks were coming from. I felt it was at the back of my neck, so I had a beast husband use a beast tooth to gouge out the flesh there for me!"

Nan Zhisui: "..."

"The medical conditions here aren't good. I got very sick and almost died, but I survived."

"That 006 realized I was out of control and started screaming in my head."

"It couldn't use physical attacks on me anymore, so it used mental attacks. Its mental attacks were ridiculous. Even after all that, it was still hypnotizing me to have children. Even a dog wouldn't do it!"

Nan Zhisui: "..."

"Later, I ran all over the Beast World. Then, maybe because my cubs were all unhealthy, I was accused of abusing them and was sent to the Mining Area in a daze. After reaching the Mining Area, I somehow ended up rolling down here. I found that my world became quiet."

"Nan Zhisui, that was when I discovered that this place can naturally shield against Systems. No matter what I do, say, or act, it doesn't seem to know."

Li Yun grew more excited as she spoke. "At that time, I thought if any other victimized girls came to this world later, I'd let them take refuge here too. Even if they don't stay long-term, it's good to have some peace and quiet. So I left the Mining Area once and left messages in several places. I just thought it would be good to help any girls who came after me, as much as I could."

"It's fixed." Nan Zhisui handed her the phone. "It's charging now."

"Wow, I love you so much, I love you too much!!"

Li Yun opened the phone and started scrolling through photos. When she found the photos of her father and grandmother, she touched the people in the phone. Even though she said she didn't care, tears still fell uncontrollably.

"Dad... Grandma... Xiao Yun really misses you..."

Nan Zhisui gently stroked her back to comfort her.

"Thank you, you're so warm," Li Yun said. "I'm fine, I'll be fine in a moment."

After waiting for her to calm down, Nan Zhisui asked, "After all these years, is your System still there?"

"Yes. It appears as soon as I leave the cave. It will try every possible way to make me continue having children. So I can only hide here for some peace. There are too many Males in this world lacking Females. If one is hypnotized by the System, it's a disaster."

Nan Zhisui strongly agreed. She mentioned, "Li Yun, on my way here, I met two of your beast husbands."

"Which two?" Li Yun asked curiously.

"Hu Xiang from Stone Village, and the merman Yu Chen from the sea."

"Oh, them." Li Yun didn't seem very interested in her beast husbands and didn't want to talk much about them.

Seeing that she didn't want to talk, Nan Zhisui stopped mentioning them.

"Nan Zhisui, if you have a chance to go back, it's best to go back," Li Yun said. "After coming here, when you want to form a bond, men come to your door to bond with you. When you want to have children, you can have a litter in two months... There are so many children you can't even count them... See, beast husbands and cubs aren't important. Dad, Grandma—they are the most important."

Nan Zhisui's heart skipped a beat. For some reason, Nan Zhisui, who was usually a good listener, suddenly felt a strong urge to argue!

beast husbands are important, and cubs are important too!

White Fox, Lan Xing, Xuan Jin, Wolf Day, Wolf Night, Chi Xiao—all of them are important!

Huo Jun, Hu Qi, Little Fu, Lang Xian, Lang Mu, She Yang, and Lu Ming—all of them are important!

No one is unimportant!

Her heart began to ache bit by bit, and she said in a low voice, "Li Yun, I don't think so. beast husbands and cubs are family too; they are just as important."

Li Yun didn't notice anything wrong with her and said nonchalantly, "After having so many cubs, you can still maintain that thought? That's rare. I won't interfere with your thinking."

"By the way, can I keep the power bank? I really want it. But if you think it's inappropriate, I'll give it back to you."

Nan Zhisui pulled out a small folding solar charging panel. "Sure, you can have this too. Although its charging efficiency isn't high, it works."

"Great! I love you so much!" Li Yun carefully put away the things Nan Zhisui gave her.

Nan Zhisui placed the beast skin bag she was carrying beside her. "These are for you."

Li Yun said, "Thank you. Let's see what's inside. Corn, watermelon? You can actually get such good things!! I haven't eaten watermelon in so many years. Nan Zhisui, I love you!"

Nan Zhisui's face darkened slightly; she couldn't stay any longer. She said, "Li Yun, I'm leaving."

The girl looked up. "Aren't you staying in the cave? This cave is very large. I'd quite like to have a companion."

Nan Zhisui shook her head, "My beast husbands and cubs are still waiting for me."

"Alright. If you ever need anything, you can come down and find me. You're an Earth girl just like me. If I can help, I will."

"Okay. If I can help you with anything, I'll do my best too."

"Thank you," Li Yun smiled.

Nan Zhisui strode out, and when she saw Xuan Jin and Wolf Day, she started to jog and threw herself at Xuan Jin.

Xuan Jin caught her in his arms. The Snake Beastman sensitively noticed something was wrong. "What's wrong? Why are you in such a bad mood?"

Going home... returning to Earth would mean abandoning her lovers and children here.

But if she didn't go back, she would never see her parents or her younger brother, Nan Zhinian, again.

Both sides were the family she deeply loved... "Xuan Jin. Bow your head."

The Black Snake Beastman obediently lowered his head.

Then he saw his lover in his arms suddenly look up and accurately take the initiative to kiss him.