130: Chapter 130 Heavenly Thunder

【Paradise Lost System detects the Adventurer is revealing critical information directly to characters of the original work. Please stop immediately, otherwise, you will face severe consequences. Implementing Heavenly Punishment on the Adventurer!】

(survival maintenance system prompt: Wouldn't it be better to write a small note or use a crystal ball to hint at it? Does the Paradise Lost System have no face? Forget it, I'll ensure you don't die! I have to go recharge after this is over, stay steady and don't act recklessly.)

"Third Brother, is this villa you rented sturdy?" Mia suddenly asked a question that seemed nonsensical to Xu San.

But Xu San was a man of keen perception and sharp wit.

"Lightning-proof, earthquake-proof, rest assured!" With every word that popped out of Xu San's mouth, Xu Si shuddered.

"How about we stop playing for today?" Xu Si felt that there would be plenty of time in the future; something felt wrong today.

Sister Baoer insisted on shuffling the cards and looked at Mia with expectation.

Mia took off her glasses and began dealing cards to the others...

Sister Baoer took advantage of Xu San and Xu Si's lack of vigilance and knocked them both out. Judging by the size of the bumps on their heads, they would be asleep for at least two hours.

This left only Mia and her to play.

Finally, Sister Baoer got the [Devil] card she had wished for.

"Let's state the price first: take good care of Zhang Chulan for me, just like you have for the past dozen years or so." Mia's voice was a bit low.

"We are the same, aren't we?" Sister Baoer nodded, then asked with eyes full of expectation.

"Not exactly the same. That doesn't count as your question." The color began to fade from Mia's face, and the thunder outside the villa became low and oppressive.

Every time it rumbled, her face grew paler. Crimson blood began to seep from the corners of her mouth.

Zhang Chulan noticed the signs, and when he went to support Mia, he was also injured by the [Yin Lightning]. He fell to the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Sister Baoer, I don't know where you came from, or who your parents exactly are. But I have a suspect. There was a person named Feng Yao who looked remarkably like you. Back then, I called him... Wu... Gen... Sheng."

"The time of your appearance and the time of the [Jiashen Rebellion] caused by Wugen Sheng have many suspicious points. Besides, think carefully about part of the [Eight Wonders], doesn't it look like creating life..."

A massive thunderbolt shattered the roof of the villa and struck Mia...

It crushed the [Holy Light Barrier Lv5], [Golden Light Spell (Pink)], [Tumulary Flow], and [Ruyi Strength · Reversal (Pink)] she had prepared in advance.

Mia was like a broken ragdoll, blasted to the ground by the Heavenly Tribulation lightning. She knelt there helplessly, blood streaming from her body. Even the curved ram horns on her head were snapped, and her torn clothes fluttered to the ground, looking exactly like the miserable state of the Crimson Queen from years ago. "And there is..."

"Enough, stop talking!!" Sister Baoer pulled over a piece of curtain, hugged Mia, and nimbly dodged a few bolts of [Yang Lightning].

Xu San and Xu Si also climbed up from the ground, helping Sister Baoer to resist this power that exceeded the imagination of ordinary people.

"Go to the basement quickly. When I first rented the villa, I built a temporary safe room there."

After Xu San blocked a lightning strike with a concrete wall controlled by his mind, he also spat out blood from the backlash and was seriously injured.

The five of them stumbled into the basement.

Looking at Mia who had been severely injured by the heavenly thunder, Sister Baoer's eyes held such rich emotions for the first time: annoyance, joy, love, loss, and anxiety...

"Are we enjoying a [Heavenly Retribution] because of Mia's grace?" Xu Si lit a cigarette, took a puff, and then coughed up blood. The flickering flame reflected in his deep eyes.

Mia's wounds were slowly trying to heal, but the residual lightning punishment was preventing her body from recovering.

Zhang Chulan saw this and immediately activated [Little White Worm] to suck away the [Yang Lightning] remaining in her body.

Only Zhang Chulan knew how sour and refreshing the feeling of lightning entering the body was, but this time, thick-skinned and black-hearted as he was, he didn't make a sound, acting just like a real man.

"She is badly hurt, but she shouldn't die, if her constitution is the same as mine..." Sister Baoer suddenly remembered what Mia said: "Not exactly the same."

She, who had never known what fear was, began to feel afraid. Her eyes began to tremble, afraid that someone who knew her past and was willing to die for her (from Sister Baoer's perspective) would just die in front of her...

"Now... here, in the basement, you are in the best condition. Chu Lan... whether you are willing to believe what I said about Sister Baoer helping... relieve your grandfather, or whether you want to kill your enemy, it's all up to you..." Every sentence seemed to exhaust all her strength.

Mia spoke in the gentlest tone, saying the most vicious words intermittently. "Human hearts are the least able to withstand testing, but... I insist on it... Are you willing to believe me? Chu Lan..." A "willful" expression appeared on her pale, pretty face for the first time.

Her blood-stained hand cupped the young man's face. "... Are you willing to believe me?"

"I am, I am! I believe it all! As long as you don't die!!" Zhang Chulan, with snot and tears streaming down his face, grabbed the hand of Mia, the last relative in his memory (his dad didn't count as a relative anymore since he always hit him with combos). He cried like a child...

Behind Chu Lan, Xu San and Xu Si both let out a long sigh, dispersed the energy around them, and sat in the corners, licking their respective wounds.

... Three days later, St. Alice Church Hospital — in Mia's private ward. She had been in a coma the whole time, perfectly missing Xu Xiang's passing.

Just yesterday, the dying Xu Xiang recounted in detail his encounter, separation, and reunion with Sister Baoer. The curtain call of Zhang Huaiyi and his final request.

When Zhang Chulan and the others gathered to send Xu Xiang on his final journey, Zhang Chulan suffered a huge blow.

"Awu... I don't want to die..."

"I still want to watch over you..."

"I still want to take care of you..."

These few parting words from Xu Xiang and the folk song Sister Baoer sang to him last became Zhang Chulan's nightmare for the past few days, lingering in his heart and unable to dissipate.

"Heaven has its rage, man has his lifespan —"

"The Yellow Emperor said: A person's lifespan is one hundred years before death, how is this achieved?"

— "Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon · Spiritual Pivot · On Natural Lifespan"

Zhang Chulan closed the book in his hand, sighed deeply, and prepared to peel an apple for Mia. Mia, however, looked at him with a suppressed smile, or rather, at what was behind him. "Pop —" A solid chestnut landed on Zhang Chulan's head.

"You've grown capable, haven't you! Taking Sister Mia to play with [Heavenly Tribulation]? Has your [Yang Five Lightning] reached perfection?" Tuaner's machine-gun-like verbal output couldn't stop.

"Yo, you're even reading the 'Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon'? Are you delusional about practicing dual cultivation with my Mia? Why don't I, Sister Tuaner, practice with you first? Let's see if you're still alive after we're done?" Tuaner, who was outputting wolfish words, had already turned red before arriving at the hospital. She bared her little fangs, ready to open two holes in Zhang Chulan's neck.

Her own exclusive little treasure — Mia, was now not only being coveted by Sister Baoer, but even Zhang Chulan wanted to get his hands on her. It was unbearable!

Today, she absolutely had to declare her ownership of Mia to Zhang Chulan.

Mia pulled back Tuaner, who was ready to bare her fangs at Zhang Chulan. "Pick a more solemn outfit for me, bring Chu Lan, we are going to attend Xu Xiang's funeral..."