60: Drawing blood? You're more like draining water!

Two in the morning.

Moonlight was obscured by thick dark clouds, and the neon lights of Tianqiong City appeared somewhat dim.

Silence filled Dormitory 404, save for Gu Fan's rhythmic snoring, which sounded like an old diesel engine abruptly rumbling in the darkness.

Xiao Fan slept on the opposite bed. Perhaps because he was too tired during the day, he was currently hugging his quilt and sleeping like a dead pig, not even noticing the faint warning glow from the ring he always wore on his hand.

Lin Xue sat up noiselessly from her floor mat.

She wore a black, skin-tight night-suit that wrapped around her already graceful figure, making her look like a shadow in the night.

As an ace agent meticulously trained by Eden, every one of her movements had been practiced tens of thousands of times; even her breathing frequency had been adjusted to perfectly synchronize with her surroundings.

In her hand, she held the V3 Silent Tactical Blood Pump.

The machine was only palm-sized, yet it was connected to a high-strength blood storage bag with a capacity of a full liter.

At the tip of the long, thin transparent tube was a sharp nano-needle.

"Success is the only option; failure is not."

Lin Xue muttered to herself, cold sweat seeping from her forehead.

Like a weightless cat, she glided silently to the side of Gu Fan's bed.

Gu Fan's sleeping posture was extremely uninhibited, lying spread-eagle on the bed with one foot hanging off the edge.

His neck was completely exposed to the air—the location of the carotid artery and the most efficient spot for drawing blood.

But at the last moment, Lin Xue hesitated.

The carotid artery was too dangerous; a slight slip could kill him.

Although she was an assassin, after spending these few days together... "Forget it, I'll draw from the arm."

Lin Xue gritted her teeth and shifted her target from the neck to Gu Fan's exposed arm.

Drawing blood from a vein was slower, but relatively safer.

She squatted down and turned on the blood pump's power.

The indicator light flickered with a faint green glow, signaling the machine was ready.

"Don't move... just a little bit of blood..."

Lin Xue held her breath. Her hand, which had always been steady, was actually trembling slightly now.

Steadying her mind, she aimed the sharp nano-needle at the clearly visible blue vein on Gu Fan's forearm.

Stab!

Precise movement, perfect force.

However.

In the microsecond before the needle tip was about to pierce Gu Fan's skin.

[Ding! Detected invasive malicious behavior by 'Lin Xue' against the host's physical body.]

[Source of Malice: Stealing genetic samples.]

[Malice Rank: Rank A (Though no intent to kill, this blood-stealing behavior is extremely sleazy).]

[Backlash triggered! Multiplier: One hundred times!]

[Law of Karma loading: Spatial Displacement · Self-Production and Sales.]

[Description: Since you like drawing blood so much, I'll let you draw your fill. To ensure fairness, the needle feels your blood vessels are more attractive.]

In the real world, there were no light or shadow special effects, nor any energy fluctuations.

There was only an extremely eerie sense of displacement that defied the geometric logic of three-dimensional space.

Lin Xue felt her vision blur.

She clearly saw the needle stabbing toward Gu Fan's arm, but in terms of tactile feedback, she felt a familiar stinging pain.

That stinging pain didn't come from her fingertips, but from her own... upper thigh?

"Whir—"

The extremely faint sound of a machine starting up rang out.

Lin Xue lowered her head in terror.

By the faint moonlight, she saw a terrifying scene: the needle that should have been inserted into Gu Fan's arm was now, as if by magic, passing directly through the phantom image of Gu Fan's arm, making a sharp ninety-degree turn, and stabbing fiercely and deeply into the main artery on the inside of her own left thigh as she squatted!

It was stabbed extremely deep, almost reaching the core of the blood vessel!

"Wh...!"

Lin Xue wanted to cry out, but found her vocal cords seemingly locked, unable to make a sound.

That was the "Silence Package" included with the Law of Karma to prevent her from waking the host.

Then, something even more terrifying happened.

The blood pump sensed the high pressure of the blood vessel and automatically determined it as a "successful connection," instantly activating full power mode.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz—"

The high-speed motor inside the machine began to operate at high speed, emitting a low and cheerful roar.

The suction of this machine was designed for unconscious targets, making it extremely powerful.

Lin Xue watched helplessly as the transparent tube was instantly filled with bright red liquid.

That was her blood!

It was her precious, vibrant agent's blood!

Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle.

Blood flowed like a fountain, rapidly surging into the massive storage bag along the tube.

100ml... 200ml... 300ml... In just a few seconds, the storage bag bulged.

"No! Stop! Stop quickly!"

Lin Xue screamed silently in her heart.

She wanted to reach out and pull the needle out, but found her hands seemingly welded to the machine, unable to move at all.

This was also part of the backlash—the set "workload" had to be completed before she could finish.

400ml... The red line for blood donation had been passed.

Lin Xue began to feel a strong sense of dizziness, her lips turned pale, and her vision began to blur.

500ml... This was the amount she originally wanted to draw from Gu Fan.

Now, it was all being repaid upon herself.

"Enough... truly enough..."

Lin Xue wanted to cry, but she couldn't even shed tears because the blood loss in her body was too rapid.

600ml... 700ml... The storage bag had swollen like a red balloon, looking like it could explode at any moment.

Finally, when the numbers on the machine jumped to the staggering value of "800ml."

"Beep—Blood draw complete. Thank you for your selfless contribution."

That damned machine actually emitted a pleasant synthesized electronic voice, then automatically cut off the power. The needle also popped out, and it even thoughtfully sprayed a bit of hemostatic gel on the wound.

Thud.

Lin Xue could no longer hold on; her vision went completely black, and she collapsed limply beside Gu Fan's bed.

She wasn't dead. As a modified Genetic Martial Artist, her hematopoietic function was stronger than an average person's. Although 800ml had severely damaged her Origin Qi and left her on the verge of shock, it wasn't enough to kill her immediately.

But this feeling of being "violated" by the machine she had brought herself was worse than death.

The huge commotion finally woke Gu Fan from his sweet dream.

"Ugh... who is it? In the middle of the night..."

Gu Fan opened his eyes groggily and rubbed them.

By the moonlight from outside the window, he immediately saw the pale-faced Lin Xue slumped by his bedside, along with the terrifying, bulging blood bag next to her, filled with more than half a bag of fresh blood.

"Holy crap!"

Gu Fan was startled and instantly became wide awake. "What's going on? A murder scene?"

He quickly sat up and reached out to check Lin Xue's breath.

"Good, she's still breathing."

Gu Fan breathed a sigh of relief, then his gaze fell on the machine still flashing its "Task Complete" green light and the needle hole on Lin Xue's thigh.

With a bit of association, Gu Fan "understood."

"Tsk tsk tsk, Student Lin, you're pushing yourself too hard, aren't you?"

Looking at the unconscious Lin Xue, Gu Fan's eyes showed a hint of "touch" and "admiration." "I know your family is having difficulties and might be in urgent need of money. But you can't secretly sell blood in the dorm in the middle of the night! And drawing 800ml at once—do you think you're a cow?"

"Young people these days have too much self-esteem; they'd rather sell blood than borrow money from me. Sigh, it's truly moving."

While sighing, Gu Fan shook his head and gently picked Lin Xue up from the floor.

Although Lin Xue was an agent, her body was light as a feather right now due to excessive blood loss.

Gu Fan carried her back to her floor mat, carefully covered her with the quilt, and even tucked in the corners.

"Seeing how hard you're working at life, I won't report you for conducting illegal medical activities in the dorm."

After doing all this, Gu Fan thought for a moment, fumbled around in his Storage Pouch, and pulled out a red date he had picked in the Secret Realm earlier and hadn't finished eating.

He pinched open Lin Xue's bloodless lips and stuffed the red date inside.

"Eat up, it'll replenish your blood. This is a spirit fruit; one is worth ten pounds of pig liver."

Lin Xue had her mouth stuffed while unconscious and subconsciously chewed twice. The sweet juice flowed down her throat, nourishing her parched body.

But if she were conscious right now and heard Gu Fan's "selling blood" theory, she would probably be so angry she'd cough up three liters of blood and die on the spot.

After settling Lin Xue, Gu Fan glanced at the blood bag.

"This thing... can't let it go to waste. Tomorrow morning, I'll give Wangcai an extra meal and make some Spicy Blood Stew."

Gu Fan yawned, casually stuffed the blood bag into his Storage Pouch, then flopped back onto the bed and pulled up the quilt. Within three seconds, the snoring started again.

Having a big heart is the number one element of being invincible... Meanwhile.

Outside the window of Dormitory 404, within the crown of a large tree.

A pair of eyes was staring fixedly at all this.

It was Zhang Chen.

He was another pawn Eden had placed in the academy and was also Lin Xue's observer.

His task was to record Lin Xue's actions.

At this moment, Zhang Chen held the recorder, his hands shaking as if he were playing a guitar.

On the record document from just now, with trembling fingers, he typed out a report that would be enough to make the high-level officials of Eden doubt their lives: [Observation Report No. 007]

[Target: Gu Fan.]

[Event: Succubus (Lin Xue) failed the blood-drawing mission.]

[Detailed Description: Extremely eerie! At the moment of contact with the target, the Succubus seemed to fall under some high-level illusion or spatial curse, actually taking the initiative to stab the needle into her own artery and completing self-bloodletting in an extremely short time. The target person slept through the whole process, and after waking up, mistakenly thought the Succubus was... selling blood to supplement household income.]

[Conclusion: The target is suspected of possessing a "Law of Karma" level passive reflection ability, or there is an invisible guardian spirit by his side. Extremely dangerous! Suggest canceling all close-range physical contact missions! Repeat! Do not get close!]

[Note: That red date... looks quite delicious.]

After writing the last word, Zhang Chen closed the recorder, wiped away cold sweat, took a deep look at that eerie Dormitory 404, and then quickly disappeared into the darkness.

He had decided that in the future, if he saw Gu Fan, he must take a detour.

Maintain a safety distance of at least five hundred meters.