Why did you provoke me?

Seeing that Yu Meng hadn't spoken for a long time, the long-haired man slowly spoke again.

"Go to the basement and check on the cripple. See if there's any hope for him."

Yu Meng raised an eyebrow slightly. "I'm here with you, don't you need me to save your life?"

"They've given me too many drugs; my bones are practically limp. Even if you save me now, I'm afraid I won't be able to stand up." He finished with a self-deprecating laugh. "In that case, I won't trouble you."

"Oh, is that so?" Yu Meng neither said that he could save him nor that he couldn't.

The long-haired man wanted to touch the Overlord, but when he tried, his hand was still a lump of soft flesh and he couldn't lift it.

At this moment, the Overlord returned from the air to Yu Meng's shoulder. It was conveying a message to Yu Meng.

It ate a lot of good food while it was with him, and he had a lot of good food.

Yu Meng played with the Overlord's tentacles, a smile appearing in her eyes. Not many people could win the Overlord's favor; even Nian Nian hadn't gained his approval.

After thinking for a moment, he took out a bright green bead from his small backpack.

"This is an antidote pill. I don't know if it can cure the poison in your body." Yu Meng held the bead in her hand and waved it in front of the long-haired man's eyes.

"Would you like to give it a try?"

The long-haired man's eyes lit up, and he followed his deepest thoughts. "I'll give it a try."

Yu Meng knew that saying it was one thing, but doing it was another when she saw hope before her.

Without saying anything else, Yu Meng directly stuffed the small bead into the long-haired man's mouth.

The moment the bead entered his mouth, a bitter taste filled his mouth. The long-haired man coughed involuntarily, one cough after another, gradually growing louder and louder until he couldn't stop at all.

The long-haired man unconsciously clutched his throat with both hands. He was trying to pry the pills he had swallowed out.

Then his legs gradually regained strength, and he curled up his whole body.

He kept vomiting out lots of black foam. In no time, his upper body was covered in this foam.

With difficulty, the long-haired man began to wriggle slightly on the bed, and eventually even rolled over.

Yu Meng hovered silently above the ground, watching it all unfold. She didn't speak, nor did she offer any comfort.

A full hour later, the long-haired man lay on his back on the ground, panting heavily.

She looked utterly disheveled, and all her former ethereal beauty was gone.

He asked in a doubtful voice, "Am I still alive?"

Yu Meng's voice rang out in the dark little house.

"You're alive. And your poison has been neutralized."

After a long while, the long-haired man said two more words, "Thank you."

"You're welcome. This is my way of returning the favor to you for being kind to Ba Wang."

In the darkness, the long-haired man chuckled softly.

Yu Meng paused for a moment, then asked, "Do you need me to take you out?"

The long-haired man slowly sat up, supporting himself on his arms. He held his hand up to his eyes; he couldn't see clearly in the darkness, but he still looked at it for a long time.

"Yu Meng, I never thought I could sit up again. During this time, I was just a piece of rotten flesh, trampled on by others. I had no freedom, no dignity. I thought that was all I would ever be." The long-haired man spoke slowly, without excitement or anger; he was simply stating a fact.

Yu Meng didn't speak, but listened quietly. The long-haired man recounted everything that had happened since they arrived, including how they had been tricked.

Yu Meng sighed inwardly, "Indeed, the deepest hurt often comes from the person you trust the most."

"So, are you going to retaliate?" Yu Meng asked softly.

"I set up all the formations here, firstly to suppress the riots of the alien mother, and secondly to ensure that the Jing family can be passed down smoothly."

Yu Meng frowned. "Is the Jing family that important?"

The long-haired man nodded, then realized that Yu Meng might not be able to see. He explained, "Over the years, only the Jing family has produced a Saint Master. Preserving her bloodline may allow another Saint Master to be born in the future."

Yu Meng chuckled, "You guys are really ruthless."

The long-haired man gave a bitter smile. "It's not that I'm ruthless, it's that I had no other choice."

Yu Meng changed the subject, asking, "Do you know what's happening outside right now?"

"I can guess about 70-80% of it."

"So, do you have any plans?"

The long-haired man didn't say anything, and Yu Meng didn't ask any more questions. Some things don't need to be said in great detail.

The long-haired man tried to stand up. Although the room was dark, Yu Meng's eyes were special, and she could see the long-haired man's condition very clearly.

"You need to rest for an hour before you can move around freely," Yu Meng reminded her.

"Sigh, I just wanted to sit on the bed; the floor is too cold."

Yu Meng didn't offer any more help, and the long-haired man didn't ask for anything in return. Finally, he managed to sit up on the bed. Once his breathing had calmed, the long-haired man asked again, "How are your two battlefields?"

"It's alright. But the second and third battlefields are not good. It's said that the aliens have spread to the outside world through the parasites."

"What about the Chen family? What measures have they taken?"

Yu Meng shook her head. "I only know that their pharmaceutical factory went bankrupt and was liquidated. As for anything else, I really don't know anything else."

"You mean Minghai Group went bankrupt? Why?" Upon hearing this news, the long-haired man finally broke down. His voice unconsciously rose considerably.

"They said they were manufacturing counterfeit drugs," Yu Meng gave her reason.

"This is utterly absurd. They have the authority over four alien battlefields, how could they make counterfeit medicine?" The voice carried a hint of anger and incomprehension.

Yu Meng wondered if she should explain things more clearly. Before she could speak, the long-haired man asked another question.

"What exactly happened? Yu Meng, I demand the truth from you."

"The variety and number of aliens in the alien battlefield are increasing rapidly, making the battlefield unsuitable for collection and exploration. Everyone has been evacuated."

"How could this be?" The long-haired man sat on the bed, his expression filled with deep confusion.

Yu Meng turned her head to look outside the door. "It's almost dawn, what are your plans?" (Meaning: I'm leaving, what are you going to do?)

The long-haired man silently calculated, "The person who delivered the food won't come today. I still have one day."

Yu Meng had already turned around. "Then I'm leaving."

Before Yu Meng could even step out the door, the long-haired man's voice rang out behind her, "Wait." Yu Meng didn't turn around, but she stopped.

"Do you have any life-giving herbs or special medicines? Give me a few." The long-haired man's face was expressionless, but in reality, he wished he could disappear into a crack in the ground.

Yu Meng reached into her small backpack, took out a few beads, and tossed them to the long-haired man. "Here, no. Buy them, okay. Black is life-saving, green is deadly."

The long-haired man caught it, looked up, and sincerely said, "Thank you."

Yu Meng's use of "buying" saved his face.