Qin Dynasty: They've all turned into zombies, what's there to fear about a rebellion?

"Wait! Stop right there!"

Su Ming slapped his forehead, as if he had suddenly remembered that he hadn't turned off the gas cylinder, and hurriedly chased after them. He had been so focused on showing off and exchanging pleasantries with Ying Zheng that he had almost forgotten something important—these mechanical zombies were incredibly ruthless!

The two corpse puppets responsible for escorting her paused, their red eyes flashing twice, as if processing the sudden command. Their two hands, comparable to hydraulic clamps, were firmly gripping Yu Ji's slender arms; if they exerted any more force, the bones of this exquisite beauty would likely be crushed into powder.

"Let go! Who gave you the right to be so rude?"

Su Ming rushed over, tenderly prying open the corpse puppet's fingers. While examining Yu Ji's wrist, he muttered to himself, "This is an extremely Yin body! It's a precision instrument! Can you afford to pay for it if you break it? Even a small scratch or a drop of blood would be a loss of state-owned assets for the Great Qin!"

Yu Ji's jaw was still dislocated, rendering her speechless. She could only stare with her beautiful eyes, filled with fear and humiliation, at the capricious Taoist priest. Just moments ago, he was insisting on taking her to the lab for a blood test, and now he was anxiously examining her injuries. This man... did he have some kind of perverted fetish?

"Thankfully, it's not broken."

Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief, then kicked the two corpse puppets with a look of disgust. "Go away, go away, stay over there. I have to personally escort these high-precision 'materials'."

Without waiting for Yu Ji's consent, he grabbed her wrist and led her like a disobedient child to a warm room at the deepest part of the side hall.

"Waaaaah! Waaaaah!"

Yu Ji struggled desperately, but her resistance was like an ant trying to shake a tree in the face of Su Ming's monstrous strength enhanced by the system.

"Don't move."

Without turning his head, Su Ming spoke in a serious tone, as if lecturing a student, "The yin energy in your body is very unstable right now. That kind of strenuous exercise can easily lead to endocrine disorders, which in turn affects the purity of your blood. Behave yourself; it's better for everyone."

Yu Ji didn't understand what "endocrine disorder" meant, but she did understand "blood purity." This sorcerer really was treating her like a feeding feast!

Despair overwhelmed her reason like a tidal wave.

Rather than die enduring humiliation, it's better to...

A resolute glint flashed in her eyes. Since biting her tongue to commit suicide after her jaw was dislocated was not an option, she would rather kill herself by crashing into a car!

Taking advantage of the moment Su Ming opened the door, Yu Ji suddenly lowered her head and slammed her head against the door frame with all her might!

"Wow! Such a fiery temper?"

Su Ming reacted quickly, grabbing her waist and pulling her into his arms.

With a muffled thud, Yu Ji didn't hit the door frame, but instead crashed solidly into Su Ming's chest.

"Want to die?"

Su Ming looked down at the disheveled, vacant-eyed beauty in his arms, his brows furrowing deeply. He hated these kinds of test subjects who threatened suicide at the drop of a hat; how much tranquilizer did they waste?

He took a deep breath and activated the system's [True Sight].

In their vision, Yu Ji's body instantly transformed into a semi-transparent human model. Deep within her dantian, a dark blue vortex was slowly rotating, emanating a chilling aura.

That wasn't ordinary internal energy; it was the purest Yin energy in the world!

"Perfect...it's practically the perfect refrigerant!"

Su Ming's eyes instantly changed, becoming fanatical and infatuated. He subconsciously reached out and pressed his hand against Yu Ji's lower abdomen through her clothes, feeling the cool energy fluctuations.

"The 'Corpse Path Reactor' is getting more and more powerful. That old codger Ying Zheng's body temperature is almost breaking 100 degrees Celsius. He desperately needs a top-notch air conditioner to cool him down... no, to neutralize his yang energy!"

"If you die, where will I find such a good temperature control system again?"

Yu Ji froze completely.

That devil's hand... was pressed against her... lower abdomen?!

And that look in his eyes—a look as if he were gazing upon a priceless treasure, filled with possessiveness and greed—sent a chill down her spine. He wasn't going to kill her; he was going to…

Tears of shame and indignation welled up instantly.

Su Ming finally came to his senses and, seeing Yu Ji's "I'm not clean" expression, felt a headache coming on.

"Click."

He skillfully put Yu Ji's chin back in place.

"Just kill me!"

As soon as her jaw returned to its normal position, Yu Ji let out a mournful cry, "You tyrannical Qin devil! Even if I become a vengeful ghost, I will not let you go!"

"Transform into a vengeful ghost?"

Su Ming laughed, casually pushed her into the warm pavilion, and pointed to the soft couch covered with brocade inside, "You think you can escape my grasp by becoming a ghost? If you really become a ghost, I'll just refine you into the soul-summoning banner, so I don't have to prepare three meals a day for you."

"You..." Yu Ji was speechless with anger. How could there be such a shameless person in this world?

"Alright, since we're here, let's make the best of it."

Su Ming clapped his hands and pointed to the furnishings in the room. "Look, this is what I specially arranged for you. A silk quilt, calming incense, and bird's nest porridge specially supplied from the imperial kitchen every day. You only have one task now—"

Su Ming raised a finger, his tone leaving no room for argument:

"Take good care of your health, keep a happy mood, and produce more blood, produce healthy blood. Your life is mine, and your blood is mine too. Without my permission, you can't even catch a cold or have a fever, let alone die."

After saying that, he didn't give Yu Ji a chance to refute him and left the room directly.

"Bang!"

The gate was locked, and two bright yellow "Imprisonment Talismans" were casually affixed to it.

Yu Ji slumped onto the soft couch, looking at the room, which was decorated in an extremely luxurious way and was even more exquisite than the Chu King's palace. She was filled with great confusion and fear.

He won't kill me?

Are you going to feed me bird's nest? And make me happy?

This isn't just imprisoning prisoners; this is clearly... keeping a mistress in a gilded cage!

"Brother Xiang..." Yu Ji hugged her knees, tears soaking her clothes. "Yu Ji is so sorry... This evil Taoist priest... he had designs on me!"

……

Outside the door, Su Ming wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"Phew... I'm finally settled."

"If I were to ruin this extremely Yin body, I would be letting down the system's nurturing."

Just as he was about to turn around and go back to his alchemy room to study the data he had just collected from Yu Ji, a blood-red warning box suddenly popped up on the system interface in his mind without warning.

[Beep! Beep! Beep!]

[High-energy alert! Severe energy fluctuations detected in the southern Chu region!]

[Energy Level: S-Rank (Defying Fate Level)]

[Source Analysis: Suspected human individual breaking through physical limits, triggering a resonance with the magnetic field of heaven and earth!]

"Um?"

Su Ming paused, then abruptly turned to look at the southern night sky.

Although separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, he could almost feel that in the distant land of Chu, a surge of bloodlust was rising like the smoke of war, even disturbing the originally peaceful celestial phenomena.

"That direction..."

Su Ming narrowed his eyes, his fingers flying across the screen inside his sleeve (actually, he was checking the system map), "Is it Kuaiji Commandery? Xiang Yu?"

A playful smile suddenly appeared on his lips.

"interesting."

"I just managed to snag his girl, and he suddenly went ballistic?"

"It can cause a resonance between heaven and earth... Could this kid be trying to pull off that infamous 'Overlord Lifting the Tripod' feat?"

Su Ming stroked his chin, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes.

"Lifting the tripod is good, but the higher you lift it, the harder you fall. While you're still playing with the physical limits of the cold weapon era, I've already started working on the technology tree for the Qin Dynasty."

"Xiang Yu, oh Xiang Yu, when you lead your Jiangdong troops to slaughter your way here, what will your expression be when you see the sky filled with flying zombies and mechanical Gundams?"