Gao Wu: After transforming into a soft girl, I became a calamity?

In the evening, Jiang Mian returned home and casually placed the shopping bags she was carrying on the table.

Come to think of it, this was the first time since she came into this world that she had truly relaxed and taken a day off.

Aside from the initial probing and the inexplicable emotions lingering in her heart, the atmosphere became noticeably more relaxed after she spoke up to clarify things.

Ye Chenyang also took her to try a lot of delicious food.

Although she thought it was similar to the street food from her previous life, it tasted really good, which was quite rare in this resource-scarce place.

The price is just a bit too much to bear.

After a short rest, it's time to get down to business tonight.

Jiang Mian planned to first check the recovery status of the "inhibitor" before exploring that consciousness space properly.

She knew very well that the place had not appeared out of thin air, nor could it have been conceived from the peak of that "chaos".

Because... it's too big.

She had sensed before that, apart from the area she controlled, there was no trace of [Chaos] in the adjacent areas.

In other words, the area surrounding her "territory" was mostly unclaimed land.

Perhaps you could try "expanding your territory" to see if it can help you resist encroachment.

Ever since I absorbed the derivative of that [Chaos] apex as firewood, it feels like a switch has been flipped.

Even though his level hasn't broken through, his basic abilities are continuously improving, as if the power within him is being gradually awakened.

Thinking a lot is no substitute for taking action.

However, before that, Jiang Mian still habitually wanted to take a shower.

She has always been a clean person.

After tidying up her wardrobe, Jiang Mian casually pulled out a nightgown and headed into the bathroom.

She subconsciously turned up the water temperature a bit, and the rising steam quickly spread out.

The warm water flowed over my body, bringing a sense of relaxation, but I couldn't help but recall the scenes from the daytime.

"Heh, what are you thinking about?"

Jiang Mian suddenly muttered a self-deprecating remark, shook her head, and tried to banish these distracting thoughts.

She raised her hand to wipe away the condensation on the mirror and looked at herself in the mirror.

Her wet hair clung to her forehead, and her cheeks were flushed slightly, making her look somewhat...

As if sensing something unusual, Jiang Mian suddenly stepped forward and carefully examined her own eyes.

Those eyes, which should have been dark brown, seemed to shimmer with a faint golden hue.

Even the area around her eyes had an indescribable hue, like carefully applied makeup powder, shimmering under the light.

However, it was very faint; you could hardly see it unless you looked closely at her face.

But she never wears makeup.

So this is...

"Cataclysm?"

Why?

She remained stable the whole time, never even touching the edge of the third stage, and her consciousness was clearly very clear.

Even if it's not as ugly as other calamities, it's undoubtedly a signal that something is happening to the body!

Jiang Mian recalled the past few days, the only variable being the large amount of firewood absorbed from the peak of [Chaos].

Her abilities were subtly altering her body, and perhaps that's why, although the mental erosion was less, the strengthening process was accelerated.

It's not a particularly bad side effect.

The problem is that she now lives among people as an awakened one, and her appearance is her best disguise.

If even this small advantage is lost...

Damn it! Of all times, it had to be at this crucial moment!

Jiang Mian herself didn't even notice when it started.

And... what if Ye Chenyang saw this?

She hadn't forgotten the guy's possible identity.

Although she's pretending to be young, has a high level of goodwill, and acts very gently, she's actually quite dangerous!

However, judging from the situation during the day, it seems that no one noticed?

Startled, Jiang Mian lost interest in washing herself and carefully examined the rest of her body.

I don’t know if it can be considered lucky, but everything else is normal, only the most noticeable part, the eyes, has a slight change.

She tried to calm herself down, and the gold in her eyes seemed to gradually fade, and the strange glimmer in the corner of her eyes also dimmed.

"Huh? It can be controlled?"

Jiang Mian finally breathed a sigh of relief, wiped herself off quickly, put on her nightgown, and went outside.

However, she wasn't completely at ease yet.

I had long heard that abilities could affect the bodies of awakened or diseased individuals, and that this effect would become more pronounced after the third tier.

As a vertex sequence, she was special to begin with, but no one expected her to manifest in this way.

And isn't calamity irreversible? Why can she control it?

Could it be because the things she ate before were unusual?

Fortunately, the impact is not too great so far, and no scales or anything have grown. Otherwise, if it were wrapped up tightly every day, it would definitely attract attention.

Jiang Mian snuggled into the blankets and quickly warmed up. Feeling the familiar sense of being enveloped, she seemed to feel a little more at ease.

For some reason, I still felt a little worried.

Is it because you lack a sense of security?

No, this isn't like her.

She is not someone who is easily swayed by emotions.

Jiang Mian tried to distract herself and divert her attention, but suddenly remembered the few packs of stockings she had thrown into the corner.

"I heard they're quite comfortable to wear, maybe..."

Huh?

Why did this come to mind first?

Jiang Mian scratched his head, probably out of curiosity?

She didn't pay attention and intended to skip ahead and enter the consciousness space directly.

But that thought, like a feather, kept tickling her heart, making her feel somewhat uncomfortable.

"Fine, I'll give it a try. Nobody else will see."

Since she accepted all the other underwear, this wasn't a big deal.

Jiang Mian walked to the wardrobe, took out the small boxes from the bottom drawer, picked out a medium-thickness one, opened it, and sat down on the edge of the bed.

She carefully rolled up the stockings, put them on her toes, and then smoothed them up little by little.

An unfamiliar feeling of being enveloped... clinging tightly to the skin, yet so light.

Jiang Mian stood up and tried to walk a few steps. The feeling was completely different from when she was wearing pants or bare-legged.

There was no full-length mirror in the room, so she couldn't see her whole body and could only get a rough idea of ​​her appearance using the mirror in the bathroom.

The striking white outlines the smooth lines of the legs against the darkness, as if they are glowing.

"It seems...it really is kind of pretty? If Ye..."

Do not!

Jiang Mian quickly interrupted this dangerous idea.

"What nonsense am I thinking..."

It's best to experience this kind of thing in private; don't even think about wearing it out in public.

She looked at her reflection in the mirror and felt, in a daze, that her own image seemed to be getting further and further away.

Jiang Mian pursed her lips, then burrowed into the covers, ignoring the stockings still on her feet.

Consciousness space, expansion, and control of mutations—these are her current priorities!

She closed her eyes and willingly let her consciousness sink into darkness.

When I opened my eyes again, I was back in that blood-red wasteland.

Something seems different?

Jiang Mian looked at her left wrist, and there was the bracelet Ye Chenyang had given her...?

What happened? It wasn't here yesterday?

And she clearly remembered taking it off and putting it on the bedside table before taking a shower?

What shocked her even more was that a small patch of cold, hard gray scales had appeared above the joints of her wrists.