I'm being held captive by a monster

Chapter 113 [What is unique is not my formula, but Yu Yu’s soul]

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"Well……"

Lin Xing'an slowly opened his eyes.

The warm sunshine shone on him, making him feel warm all over.

"Hey...ah!"

He lay on the bed, yawned, stretched, took a long breath of relief, and groaned!

"It feels so good..."

Lin Xing'an couldn't help but sigh at the feeling of being reborn and full of strength all over his body!
"I slept so well..."

Not only his body, but his spirit has also fully recovered to its peak.

However, Lin Xing'an did not get up in a hurry. Instead, he closed his eyes and lay in the sun for a long time.

In the nose, there is a light aroma of coffee, fresh milk and caramel mixed together.

In my ears, there is the crisp sound of wind chimes blown by the breeze.

"This is my aunt's cafe, right?"

Lin Xing'an quietly enjoyed this pleasant afternoon in the fragrance of coffee.

It seems like there is nothing to think about, nothing to worry about...

"..."

Lin Xing'an frowned slightly.

"...Did I...forget something?"

"last night……"

There was a hint of doubt in his eyes.

But as if there was an invisible force controlling him, Lin Xing'an's eyes were confused for a moment.

The question seemed to be ignored.

"call!"

"Look at the strength!"

After staying in bed for a while, Lin Xing'an jumped up full of energy!
He pursed his lips, closed his eyes with some excitement, and silently felt the darkness in his body.

"hiss……"

After looking inward, Lin Xing'an was shocked at the surging darkness in his body!
But he quickly took two deep breaths and waited quietly for the darkness in his body to settle.

"A, B, C, D, E..."

"According to Mr. Orange's bottle theory, if the five levels each account for 20% of the body..."

"I now……"

Lin Xing'an took a deep breath in disbelief.

The darkness that settled to the bottom occupied about 45% of his body.

That is to say...

"I went from Level E to Level C..."

"Directly jumped over an entire D-level!"

Lin Xing'an clenched his fists excitedly!

The feeling of incomparable fulfillment of power surprised even him.

After all, his figure doesn't seem to have changed much.

Even a little thin.

But purely in terms of strength...

He inexplicably felt confident that he could break through the wall in front of him!

As for vision, hearing, and sense of smell, there have indeed been improvements.

But it's not very obvious.

Lin Xing'an looked out the window.

When he was first promoted to Level 5, he could clearly see the numbers on the traffic lights a hundred meters away.

It’s still pretty much the same now.

It's just more refined.

and……

"I seem to be able to predict the trajectory more accurately..."

Lin Xing'an stared at the tiny particles of dust floating in the air.

As the air flow fluctuates, the trajectory of the falling dust keeps changing.

But in Lin Xing'an's eyes, he could clearly predict its trajectory in advance.

"This can be considered an improvement in reaction ability."

Lin Xing'an took a deep breath.

"Level E abilities will improve along with my body's abilities."

"That is to say, my wave ability has also been upgraded to Level C."

He jumped on the ground.

"call!"

The abundant physical strength seems to be overflowing from the body.

Lin Xing'an clearly felt that his physical strength limit had increased by two times or even more!

"I just don't know how much the recovery speed will increase..."

"However, this upper limit of physical strength should allow me to control the timing of rewinding."

Lin Xing'an thought about the small changes in his ability to rewind in the afternoon at the villa.

It seems that he can accurately return to a certain point in time by "looking at" the rewinding process.

But the speed of the reverse playback was so fast that he actually couldn't control it.

"I don't know if it will work now, I'll try it when I have a chance."

"And if we're replaying the game itself... even if it's a rank-A ability, with so much gloom, there should be an improvement. It's just that this skill is hard to verify..."

"However... controlling the darkness can be easily verified."

From Lin Xing'an's fingertips, darkness surged out like a tide along with his thoughts!

In just a blink of an eye, it filled up half of the room!
And it looks extremely pure!
"call……"

They kept changing according to Lin Xing'an's thoughts.

In addition to all the weapons Lin Xing'an could think of...

They can also perfectly attach to Lin Xing'an, turning into wings or even a "mecha".

Even if Lin Xing'an is completely wrapped up and turned into the Hulk, it is not impossible.

As long as Lin Xing'an wants it and his thinking can remain stable, there is nothing they can't do!
"It's still not easy to perform, wait until you get out!"

The room was too small, and Lin Xing'an suppressed his excitement and put Yin Hui back into his body.

"Grade C... That's the level at which a gluttonous ghost is qualified to adopt a 'human animal'."

"In other words, my current strength on paper is no different from that of my 'owner'."

Feeling such abundant power, Lin Xing'an still felt dazed until now.

He was clearly struggling to survive yesterday, but in the blink of an eye... it seemed like all the problems were solved...

He no longer had to be constantly on guard and look no different from a six-year-old kid his age.

He no longer had to rack his brains to guess the glutton's thoughts, living in fear every day while pretending nothing had happened.

He no longer had to be tempted by the gluttonous ghosts again and again and watch them eat people for fun.

He no longer had to face those false concerns every day and compromise with the glutton.

He is finally free...

"what……"

Lin Xing'an lay in bed. Lin Yunchen, Doctor Xu, Xu Can...

All the gluttonous ghosts who had been staring at him at these moments are now dead.

but……

Lin Xing'an looked at the bedside table.

"It's already past five o'clock..."

"I slept for more than ten hours..."

There is also a digital watch on the bedside table.

There were two yellow sticky notes on the dial, probably so that Lin Xing'an could see the contents of the notes as soon as he woke up.

But there is nothing written on it...

Lin Xing'an only saw the time after he took off the note.

Next to the electronic watch, quietly lying was the palm-sized notebook he had taken with him when he left home last night, and...

He picked up the Polaroid photo of him and Yu Yu.

Looking at Yu Yu's gentle face that made the "yeah" expression, Lin Xing'an felt a complicated feeling in his heart.

【安安】

Outside, a cold female electronic voice suddenly came.

Lin Xing'an was stunned for a moment, put the photo away, and pushed open the bedroom door.

Outside was the coffee shop that Yu Shi had told him about, the one she had opened when she was living in seclusion in South City.

The shop is not big, but the decoration is very exquisite.

A large wall is covered with photos.

But it's closed now.

There was a sign on the locked door saying "Take a few days off".

The sound just now came from the Bluetooth speaker at the door of the store.

"Taoyuan?"

Lin Xingan sat at the bar and picked up the speaker.

Why is there so much dust...

He frowned.

There was a thin layer of dust on the tables and chairs in the coffee shop, as if no one had been there for several days...

My name is Eve, because my original low-level code functions had a lot of 'if'.

[You can think of me as the 'offline' version of Taoyuan]

"Offline version?"

[Yes, Taoyuan has to hibernate for a few days due to some reasons]

So he woke me up specifically to fulfill his promise to your mother.

On the Bluetooth speaker, the blue light flickered.

“…What agreement…”

[When you remove the mark, I will tell you everything we know]

About your mother, about Taoyuan Village

Taoyuan promised your mother that after telling you everything he knew, he would let you be a 'confused person' and live a happy life.

[Your mother also recorded a video for you, which contains what she wanted to say to you but didn’t have time to say]

Eve's words made Lin Xing'an silent.

[But because Taoyuan is dormant, I don’t have enough authority to access “Taoyuan Village”, so I will tell you everything about your mother first.]

[Others, once Taoyuan's hibernation ends, he will fulfill his promise himself]

"...My aunt told me that Yu Yu was able to 'become a human' because of Taoyuan's 'Soul Formula'."

"Is your formula really that powerful? Is it really so unique that... it can only be used by Yu Yu?"

Lin Xing'an raised his eyes and asked.

The Bluetooth speaker flickered.

It was like Eve was thinking.

No Soul Formula

Taoyuan's "Soul Formula" has never been successful, whether for AI or gluttons.

[Or in other words, the soul of the 'Soul Formula' lies not in the formula, but in the 'soul']

"……soul?"

Without Yu Yu's 'soul', it is just an ordinary formula.

Our formula is not unique.

Yu Yu’s soul is unique.

Eve said lightly.

"..."

Lin Xing'an blinked in confusion.

"really……"

"Sure enough, there is no soul formula..."

He was not surprised at all and just shook his head.

After all, no matter how you look at it, this formula for "turning ghosts into humans" seems impossible...

"But if that's the case..."

Lin Xing'an picked up the photo of him and Yu Yu again.

"Then how did Yu Yu 'restore her humanity'?"

"How did you awaken her the first time? And how did you make her 'turn into a glutton' when she adopted me?"

"And then you let her 'come back' last week?"

"Finally, does Yu Yu herself know that there is no such thing as the 'Soul Formula'?"

Lin Xing'an asked with a frown.

This is a long story.

Eve's voice seemed to become a little softer.

"...Forget it, let's wait until my aunt comes back."

"My aunt must also want to know about Yu Yu."

"She must be curious too."

He waved his hand again and looked at the photo wall in the coffee shop.

Anyway, he doesn't have to worry about the gluttonous ghost coming now. He has plenty of time and there is no need to rush.

【Who is my aunt? 】

"...Yu Shi."

Lin Xing settled down and said.

【Yu Shi, who is it? 】

The light on the Bluetooth speaker flickered.

Eve's voice was also filled with doubt.

"Gudong..."

Lin Xing'an also fell silent.

He looked at the photo wall, as if he realized something, and his heart sank a little bit.

A chill crept up his scalp bit by bit...

(End of this chapter)