Su Yao was strolling on the street, turned the corner, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a slogan on an advertising screen.

"Awakening trainer... complete the first awakening within the promised time... otherwise a full refund..."

She paused and reached out to touch the screen.

The scene on the screen changed, revealing a company that looked extremely reputable, along with a list of trainers.

Everyone has a very high praise rate and a great resume.

Their job is to charge high fees, train willing people, and promote their awakening.

Judging from the advertisements, these trainers have achieved very good results.

The students they trained have participated in some competitive competitions.
——Some relied on their spiritual forms, some relied on their awakened forms, or used both together, and all achieved excellent results.

The only drawback is that the highest grade among these students who got a rank is only A.

Moreover, the trainer's highest level is only A.

Su Yao: "... Because S-level people won't be trainers, right? They don't need this little money."

Saturday: "In fact, most S-level bloodline holders do not have a fixed career. It is not just the trainer position that lacks S-level."

Su Yao silently opened her computer, looked at her friend list, and found the name of a certain prince.

Since her engagement to the Crown Prince, she has had contact details for other members of the royal family.

But these people also have multiple accounts, which are probably managed by Zhinao on a daily basis.

Su Yao tentatively sent a question mark.

Half a minute later, a business card came directly from the other side, with a concise sentence "Add this number" written below.

Su Yao added this account and received the message immediately.

[Are you speaking human language?]: Your Excellency the Duke?
[Are you talking human language?]: We can date and have sex, but I have the final say on how it turns out.

Su Yao replied with mixed feelings.

[Hold on, don’t block me yet]: I want to ask you something, but you have nothing to do with what you are saying. You are not my type, thank you.

Dylan's news continued to come quickly.

[Are you speaking human language?]: You like guys like Kyle III, I understand, a two-meter-tall strong man who looks like a rose with thorns, right?
[Hold on, don't block me yet]: ...Are there any roses without thorns? I just like pretty faces and pretty bodies, what's wrong with that!
[Are you speaking human language?]: Okay, okay, the one you like is me anyway, and the resemblance to the real person can't be 100%, so if you round it off, you still like me.

[Hold on, don’t block me yet]: Look at my nickname.

Dylan sent her a smiling emoji.

Then I made a voice call directly.

"You've entered the pre-awakening stage. Don't deny it. I can smell this change."
A smiling male voice came from the brain, "Is that what you want to ask?"

Su Yao was stunned. "The crown prince once stood in front of me, but he didn't feel the changes in me."

"Are you disappointed?"

"I don't care if he knows or not, but I'm curious as to how you were able to find out. After all, you're both S-rank."

"He doesn't like you," Dylan sneered, "He doesn't want to carefully feel your breath. Believe me, if he has a little affection for you or is even a little curious about you, he will find it. My mother said that subjective willingness is very important on the road to exploring our abilities."

Su Yao was silent.

When my predecessor was a child, he went to a nursing home to visit a relative. That relative lost control during awakening and turned into a completely irrational beast. From then on, he had to spend his life in a cage.

After that, the predecessor, like his parents and many nobles, was unwilling to take the risk of awakening again.

Perhaps it was this kind of thinking that prevented her from entering the prelude to awakening.

A person may not be able to awaken even if he wants to.
But if you don’t want to awaken, there is a high probability that you will not awaken.

This is the so-called influence of subjective will.

"No matter what abnormal state you are in during the prodromal period, if you want to fight, go out and fight. If you are in heat, go out and have sex. If you are hungry, eat as much as you can. Indulge in that feeling and leave everything to instinct. You will get closer and closer to awakening."

Dylan said, "But the downside to you is that once you enter the awakened form, things will get even worse. I might have to go to the sanatorium to get you back."

He paused. "I'm not kidding. I myself and the people around me have all had similar experiences. In that state, your mind is like a puddle of mud. You may want to sleep with everyone you see, or you may want to kill and eat them, or all three."

Su Yao couldn't help but speak, "Eat and kill at the same time?"

Dylan: "…This is just an example. Everyone's situation is different. It's OK if you really have the ability."

"So," Su Yao thought for a while, "to sum up, we need to find that boundary, right? We need to let animality run wild, but we cannot let it completely overwhelm humanity."

"Well, this is just an ideal state. Most people can't even do the former, because not everyone can have the 'beast nature' that corresponds to their bloodline. It depends on temperament, will, feelings... a lot of things. And the remaining part of the people, even if they can awaken the beast nature, cannot control it perfectly."

Su Yao pondered for a moment, "What do you mean by 'for you'? I am different from others?"

"Baby," Dylan began lazily, "most people who can awaken their bestiality have to rely on their spirit to bear the abnormal impressions it brings, and you can't concentrate your spirit, which means you are more likely to go crazy."

Su Yao: "..."
I indeed forgot about this.

My predecessor actually tried to condense a spiritual body.

The royal family also sent someone to express to her in a tactful way some of the crown prince's needs in this regard.

——The Crown Prince has been able to awaken deeply and trains frequently. In order to resist the animalistic influence brought about by awakening, his mental and physical burden is heavy.

Even though it is relatively stable at present, there is a risk of getting out of control.
Therefore, comfort from a compatible partner is needed.

Their compatibility is higher than 50%, which makes them more effective than divine healers.

But if she wants to do this to the crown prince, she must make her spirit body appear outside the body, otherwise it cannot be done.

It doesn’t matter if the party receiving comfort cannot concentrate their spiritual body, but the reverse is not true.

Several attempts by the predecessor failed.
Of course, this was not easy, and she was very busy after inheriting the title and did not have much time to practice every day.

Su Yao thought for a while. "By the way, Your Highness, you are also single. Has anyone comforted you?"

"Nonsense, there are special divine healers serving the royal family and great nobles. Their special abilities allow their spiritual bodies to soothe most people. They don't require genetic compatibility, otherwise unmarried people wouldn't dare to practice."

Su Yao knew this.

It's not just the royal family and the nobility who enjoy this treatment. There are also professional companies out there that anyone can pay to hire.

It’s just that relatively speaking, the divine healer on the royal side is a little stronger.
Because their service objects are either A-level or S-level.

Public-facing companies rarely need to receive this level of customers.

"So if I want to try to awaken, it's best to make an appointment with a divine healer in advance and have this person on standby nearby, is that what you mean?"

"Yes," Dylan said without hesitation, "However, it's better to work as a team, because we don't have an S-level divine healer in Ole, so if you go crazy, one person will definitely not be able to quickly control you."

Su Yao curled her lips, "I thought there was a divine healer present, and I could be comforted before I went crazy?"

Dylan: "...It's hard to say. Everyone's situation is different. Once you enter a state of unconsciousness, you may be very averse to contact with others, unless it is with the same kind of people. People of the same kind will be much better."

He paused again. "I'm talking about cats of the same species as you, not cats of the same family as you. You understand, right? You are the only one of your species in the entire universe. So the first step of a divine healer may not be to comfort you directly, but to make you relax first. Otherwise, it will be impossible to continue. In short, it is better for you to concentrate your spiritual body first."

Su Yao: "I've tried it before, but——"

Dylan laughed. "Oh, what are you thinking? The responsibility as the Crown Prince's fiancée? When you still had a glimpse of him before you realized what kind of person he was? Honey, I told you that subjective will is important. If you use this as motivation, it will be hard for you to succeed."

Su Yao was speechless.
What he said seemed to make sense.

Su Yao: "So what should it be like?"

Dylan sighed, "It's not for a certain purpose. Even if your motivation is 'I want to become stronger' or 'I want to alleviate the negative effects of awakening', it may not be effective. At least that's what I think. The key is to feel the spiritual power, and then understand the spiritual body, and the connection between you and it. It is you, but not completely you. This is different from awakening."

In fact, there is a lot of relevant information and useful information on the Internet. However, if you look at those that are useful, you will know that there are not only a few people in this world who can condense their spiritual bodies.

It was rare for an S-level expert to share his experience, so Su Yao listened attentively.

"You have to understand what it is like. Of course, it's not easy. Some people are born with the ability to quickly understand it, while others find it difficult to understand."

The traffic lights changed, and the pedestrians stopped at the intersection moved forward one after another. The dense flow of people carried her away, and at the same time, a large group of people who looked like tourists came from the opposite direction.

This block is not very wide, and the crowds of people are so dense that they are almost shoulder to shoulder.

Su Yao subconsciously avoided physical contact, but there were too many people around her, so she inevitably touched other people's arms.

The male voice in the headphones became blurred.

"Why...listen...to you..."

Then it became intermittent amid the chaotic electric current sound.

Almost at the same time, she felt like she was thrown into a washing machine, and her internal organs seemed to be thrown out in the high-speed spinning drum.

Su Yao's eyes went dark, and she staggered a few steps, steadying herself before falling.

A sudden feeling of nausea came over me.

She retched twice and took a few deep breaths before adjusting herself, only to find that everything had changed. She was standing in the middle of the road, surrounded by a dilapidated neighborhood with uneven ground, sewage flowing everywhere, and a fishy smell in the air.

Half of the shops on the roadside were closed, revealing only crooked signs and rusty roller shutters, and cracks spreading across the scratched glass windows.

The sky was gloomy, gray everywhere, and filled with a thin haze.

She glanced at the chat software window.
——The call was interrupted due to network problems.

There weren't many people on the street. They gathered in groups of three or four at the alley entrance or in front of shops, whispering something, and from time to time someone would look over here.

Su Yao clicked on the map on the computer and quickly determined her location.

This is an abandoned mining planet that is polluted and full of radiation. It is home to countless fugitives and illegal organizations, and there are bloody warning signs on the navigation star map.

The entire galaxy to which this planet belongs is on the outskirts of the Orlai star field. It is now an unowned area and is adjacent to the border of the Sereia Empire.

At the same time, those who were squatting and smoking at the door of the store stood up one after another and pulled out a variety of weapons from their waists.

These people all wore breathing filters, had cortical implants on their foreheads, and some of their mechanical limbs were wrapped with tubes.

They were wearing heavy coats and holding long or short guns and knives in their hands.

The charging bars on the gun were lit up one by one, and the muzzle flashed with a dazzling halo.

The plasma flow under the handle condensed into a sharp blade under the constraint of the magnetic field, cutting through the air and making a strange buzzing sound.

Su Yao raised her head.

They were getting closer and closer to her.

Some people looked at her laptop, some looked at her clothes, and some stared at her face with their nostrils flaring.

Su Yao stepped back subconsciously.

Those people were originally a little cautious, but after seeing her reaction, the malice in their eyes became more and more obvious.

[This optical computer looks very expensive, it will definitely sell for a lot of money. ]
[…It must be the cargo that escaped. I’m so lucky today.]
[I don't know what her bloodline is, but she has a pretty face. I'll go first later...]

Clear subtitles appeared above their heads.

Because they were standing so close to each other, the constantly changing sentences almost overlapped.

[He looks like a wealthy person, his bloodline might not be low...]
[Even if it's really D-rank or even C-rank, so what? Judging from the looks of it, it's definitely not awakened. I've killed them before, so this is even more valuable...]
[She looks quite young. How many of these rich kids can awaken at this age?]
[At most, it's just a useless superpower. If it were a powerful ability, it would have been displayed long ago. ]

Su Yao paused.

There were many obscene words in the subtitles, and their eyes looked ferocious and terrifying, as if they would tear her into pieces in the next moment.

But she suddenly wasn't so scared anymore.

Su Yao reached out and touched the back of her neck, "...Saturday, are you still there?"

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Su Yao continued to step back, paying attention to the subtitles above those people's heads, "How are those people who bumped into me on the street before?"

"Everyone who had physical contact with you has been controlled."

Su Yao was not surprised. After all, the bodyguards were following from a distance and must have seen the scene.

She took a deep breath and said, "I was teleported away by someone using a spatial ability. You know where I am, right? If you send a ship to pick me up, how long will it take at the earliest?"

"Estimated half a standard hour. Sir, the shuttle ship at Singer-III has set sail. It is the planet closest to you—"

There was another chaotic sound of electricity.

There was a sharp pain in the back of my neck, and the voice of the intelligent computer disappeared.

Su Yao raised her head.

The man in front sneered, with tiny blue lights flickering around his bare palms.

"All of your implants will be damaged by my powers, bitch!"
He gave her a malicious look, "You still want to call someone to rescue you? You will never be able to leave here!"

Su Yao blinked. "If you take back your ability, I can give you a lot of money now. You can make any price you want. I will transfer the money on the spot as long as you let me go."

They would not hear Saturday's voice and would not know her identity.

But they all obviously thought she was a rich person.

The men looked at each other, then burst into laughter.

"Let you go, and then let you bring people back for revenge?"
"There are so many young masters and young ladies who died here. You don't think you are the only one with a few filthy riches, do you?"
"Oh, there are also those who are made into sex dolls. Maybe you prefer that?"

They started using obscene language again.

Su Yao kept looking at the top of their heads.
The subtitles flickered and changed, with all sorts of terrible words constantly appearing.

【idiot……】
[Be careful not to kill it later. If you can sell it to Jem’s shop…]
[I hope the level is higher, otherwise I might not be able to bear it after the organ is removed. The bloodline level is too low, and artificial organs are not so easy to match...]

She hadn't shown any aggressiveness so far, and her movements didn't seem like she was well-trained, so they started to ignore her.

There is even more fun in teasing the prey.

well.
Su Yao also needed some time.

What they said just now was all bullshit. No matter how they answered, she would not give them a penny.

She has been watching their heartfelt subtitles.
After a slight feeling of fatigue, my senses became sharp again.

Su Yao smelled the sweat and blood on them.

That strong fishy smell should make people feel nauseous.

However, at this moment, she didn't feel anything unusual.
It’s as if I had become familiar with this taste many, many years ago.

When an ancestor was running on the grassland, biting the throat of his prey and letting the blood flow between his lips and teeth.
Or when you lie dormant in the sand, watching the insects crawl on the stones, piercing their tail hooks into the carapace, and passing through the diaphragm and muscle layer.

She continued to indulge herself in this feeling, distinguishing the various flavors beneath the fishy smell.
——They are not the right food for me.

but.
It doesn’t mean you can’t eat it.

Something instinctively told her that she was not that picky, unless there were many choices.

【Cut off her arms and legs first! 】

Suddenly, she saw these subtitles.

Su Yao moved immediately.

The sharp blade cut through the air and passed by my shoulder, and the choking heat spread along my side, making my skin burn.

The attacker who attacked first was burly and strong, shaped like an iron tower, but his movements were not slow at all and his moves were extremely neat.

She dodged sideways, and before the other party could change his move, she reached out and grabbed the cable behind the man's neck.

The moment the man turned around and stabbed back, Su Yao also flew half a circle in the air and landed on his back, stepped on his waist with both feet, and lowered her head to bite the back of his neck.

Leave it to instinct.

She heard the sound of bones shaking and her masseter muscles were swollen and twitching.

Just like new seedlings in spring, they sprout roots in the gums, the blood vessels and nerves seem to begin to tear, and the crowns of the teeth suddenly become sharp.

Incisors, canines, front and back molars——
Scramble to stretch at this moment.

The serrated canines cut through the tough steel cable.

Rough skin, hard muscles, and a spine wrapped in alloy.

Every part of the enemy's body broke like tofu under the knife.

Metal fragments and blood and flesh splattered together.

"Many media outlets in the Kingdom of Orlai reported that the new Duke Su held a banquet at Redien-XIII, and many members of the royal family attended..."

Intermittent reports were heard from a nearby grocery store.

News footage appeared on the screen on the wall.
The host's voice is sometimes clear and sometimes blurry as the signal changes.

"Last month the royal family announced its pedigree..."

"The bloodline of the previous Duke Su is the S-level Chimera Snake Lion, which is the first bloodline inherited by the Su family. It is regrettable that there is no heir among the close relatives of the late Duke Su..."

"The current Duke Su's bloodline was certified as a venomous lion scorpion when he came of age. This is an S-level original bloodline from the Manticore family, a prominent family in the old Federation..."

The spine and cables were broken at the same time, and the splattered blood dyed half of the glass wall red.

The blood slowly slid down the rough wall, mixing with flesh, fat and bone fragments, and gathering into a large bloody waterfall.

(End of this chapter)

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