Li Anle revealed vampire-like sharp canine teeth and emitted a bat-like shrill scream.
Li Cunxu said, "So it's a Blood Persona."
Li Anle's situation was very special, so special that even in his past life, Li Cunxu had never encountered a similar case in the game.
Li Anle's paralysis was not due to an accident; it was artificially induced by the original body.
The original body used seventy-two Forbidden Spirit Nails, nailing them into Li Anle's body, rendering her immobile and paralyzed on the bed.
Was the original body a pervert? Of course not.
Not only was he not harming her, but he was protecting her.
A hundred years ago, humanity in the Divine Beast World once occupied seventy percent of the mainland territory, and today, only one percent of the human territory remains.
A hundred years ago, the population of the Divine Beast World was 75 billion; today, it is 740 million, which is one percent of the population a hundred years ago.
This drastic reduction in territory and population was all due to a great catastrophe.
The culprits of this disaster were the Four Gods from Beyond.
The special condition of Li Anle's body originates from these Four Gods from Beyond.
The power of the four Evil Gods corrupted Li Anle, turning her into a deceitful, vicious, and terrifying monster.
These Four Gods from Beyond come from four different worlds, and their powers are incompatible. To contain the power of all four gods without perishing, Li Cunxu had never seen before, like a scorpion baba unique in kind.
Her persona was influenced by the four gods, splitting into four malicious sub-personalities.
The sister wasn't completely without hope; the primary persona was a good one, but it was feeble, overwhelmed by the sub-personalities, having only a very brief time to control the body each day and unable to communicate with Li Cunxu even when she could.
All four sub-personalities had the talent for acting; each would pretend to be the primary persona to speak and trick Li Cunxu's sympathy, attempting to lift the seal of the Forbidden Spirit Nails.
Li Cunxu couldn't distinguish whether it was the primary persona talking or the sub-personality.
The original body immobilized Li Anle with Forbidden Spirit Nails to prevent her from running out to harm others and to protect her from being eliminated by the alliance as a heretic.
Li Anle had been motionless all along; today, she suddenly could move, even managing to crawl into a wheelchair, compounded by the sudden violent death of the original body this morning.
Li Cunxu had reason to suspect that it was Li Anle who got up to poison his breakfast, killing himself.
As for where the poison could come from? Li Anle's blood is the most terrifying poison.
"However, this is just a conjecture of mine, and verification requires questioning Li Anle."
There was still a part of Li Cunxu unwilling to believe it.
He was unwilling to believe his sister would harm him, even though she had become an uncontrollable monster.
In the blink of an eye, midnight arrived.
Li Cunxu asked the Blood Persona, Evil Persona, Wicked Persona, and Demon Persona.
"It seems my conjecture was wrong, it wasn't my sister who killed me."
The other three personas claimed ignorance, though Li Anle's Evil Persona admitted to killing him, Li Cunxu immediately saw through the lie of the Evil Persona.
Although all four of Li Anle's sub-personalities were devious characters, they had too little experience, their acting in this regard was inadequate, and they couldn't deceive Li Cunxu.
"If my sister didn't kill me, then who did?"
Lying on the sofa, Li Anle suddenly spoke, "Brother, I'm missing a Forbidden Spirit Nail in my body."
The only one who would tell him that she was missing a Forbidden Spirit Nail in her body could only be his sister's primary persona.
The four evil sub-personas would only conceal this.
Upon hearing this, Li Cunxu immediately fetched a tuning fork made of Forbidden Spirit Iron, struck it with the Forbidden Spirit Ram's Horn Hammer, causing it to resonate with the Forbidden Spirit Nails inside Li Anle.
He counted the Forbidden Spirit Nails that lit up.
"One, two, three... seventy-one."
Seventy-one, indeed one short.
The Forbidden Spirit Nail on the right wrist had disappeared.
Li Cunxu's expression became extremely grim; Li Anle couldn't move, hence couldn't have extracted the Forbidden Spirit Nails, so who did?
Why did he only extract one nail? Why not remove them all to completely free Li Anle?
The person who extracted the Forbidden Spirit Nail from Li Anle, how did he know Li Anle had nails in her body.
Could he have already known Li Anle's secret?
Considering the original body's sudden death this morning, could it have been his doing?
Li Cunxu paced anxiously back and forth at home, wondering who exactly he or she is?
"No, I can't keep getting caught up in guessing the opponent's identity. I am in the open, and the enemy is in the dark; guessing alone won't reveal who is in hiding.
Assume the person is the one who caused my sudden death this morning. If he hears the news that I am still alive, what would he do?
He would likely move again.
Set a trap to catch him?
No, I don't know how strong the opponent is, besides, I'm not a Beast Master, I don't have the power to catch him.
Call the police?
I don't have definitive evidence, no way to convince the police that someone is secretly harming me."
Even if I apply for police protection, what then? Even if I live in the police station, there will always be a time when I have to come out.
You can be a thief for a thousand days, but there's no such thing as guarding against thieves for a thousand days.
Furthermore, police intervention might expose my sister's secret, which is unacceptable for Li Cunxu.
"This won't work, that won't work, what should I do?"
Li Cunxu clutched his hair with both hands, restless and fretful.
"Impatience won't yield a solution; Li Cunxu, you need to calm down, calm down more."
Verbal calming couldn't genuinely calm one down.
But Li Cunxu knew that only by calmly thinking could there be a chance to grasp a lifeline.
Unable to calm down, Li Cunxu forcibly used physical means to calm himself.
Filled the bathtub with cold water, fetched large ice blocks from the freezer, and tossed them in.
The icy water submerged his head, also extinguishing the unrest in his heart, allowing his mind to regain calmness.
"Imagine, if I hadn't resurrected by crossing over, had died normally, with everything going as the opponent wished, what would happen?
If I die, the school will surely inform my family, and his family only has a paralyzed sister.
When the sister learns of my death, she will surely collapse.
The four sub-personalities might not collapse, but the primary persona sister would surely collapse.
A person will erupt with terrible power in despair, let alone a sister corrupted by the power of the four gods.
Additionally, with one of the seventy-two Forbidden Spirit Nails missing, the seal becomes flawed, and the despairing sister will break free from all constraints, fully fall, embrace the power of the four gods, and become a terrifying monster.
So, the opponent's target has never been me, but my sister."
With calm analysis, Li Cunxu's eyes grew brighter as he reached the conclusion.
Understanding the opponent's goal allowed Li Cunxu to tailor a response plan.
Boom~
A bolt of lightning struck, illuminating the entire Tongdu.
This bolt of lightning was like the charge horn in a warrior's hand, sounding the call to attack, with rain following its horn blowing, pouring down, and in the blink of an eye, it was a heavy downpour outside.
Li Cunxu gazed at the rain outside the window, "Heaven helps me."
"Your target is my sister; I will ensure you do not succeed."