The old man you see with your phone is highly suspicious.

"No..." The second princess seemed to struggle slightly, but the force was more like flirting and teasing.

But Xue Dinglu didn't care at all; he was only focused on the prompts on his panel.

[DNA is being reverse-engineered. Half-elf subhuman, possessing characteristics similar to elves, but with a significantly shortened lifespan.]

[Unknown contamination exists; the current organism possesses 4.2% of the genetic material of the hero Lot...]

"As expected, Uncle Hero, you seem to treat your team members as brothers, but your brothers treat you like a walking, talking potion." Xue Luding grinned.

The second princess slightly opened her eyes. She was surprised that Xue Lude hadn't taken the next step yet, hadn't removed her clothes? Did he expect her to remove them herself?

Suddenly, Xue Dinglu's hand transformed into countless long snakes formed from blood, tightly coiling around her. Those long snakes of blood instantly turned into ropes, binding her and suspending her.

Could it be that this hero's hobby is torturing others while doing *that*? Should I scream a few times?

But the blood snake bit through her warm skin, and blood entered her body. Then, she heard Xue Dinglu's command in horror.

"Cursed blood, strip away the hero's genes!"

The second princess's pupils constricted.

Chapter 80 A Grand Escape Amidst the Rain (Please, godfathers, read on! Thank you so much!)

"No, hero, spare me!" The second princess's pupils constricted instantly, and she struggled desperately, like a fish out of water.

At this moment, how much she wished that the "hero" in front of her wanted to sleep with her. She didn't mind any insults or abuse, but the one thing she couldn't bear was having her "divine factor" taken away!

She felt in horror that the divine essence within her was being stripped away: "Hero, I'll tell you anything, please spare me, please spare me! I'll do anything as long as you don't take away my divine essence!"

"The God Factor?" Xue Lude laughed. Sure enough, they knew about the hero genes in them all along.

“Yes, the Divine Factor. It’s a secret elixir that can break through the limits of a race. It’s the deepest secret of the kingdom. Because I’m an alchemist, I participated in the original experiments, so I know a lot…”

"That was provided by a corpse called 'Divine Child,' a corpse that was clearly dead, but retained its vitality. Its whole being was dead, but every single cell was striving to divide and survive."

"The Kingdom's Secret Medicine was refined using the body of the Divine Child. It's a secret medicine that allows us to break through to the Mythical level (fourth tier), the key to unlocking our limits..."

"Oh right, you don't know, in our world, we can only reach the legendary level in this lifetime. Whether it's humans, elves, or dwarves, the legendary level is the limit. We have no way to break through that boundary. So, this secret medicine came into being."

"We really didn't do anything wrong. We were just trying to break through our limitations and surpass the methods of the legendary level..."

Xue Dinglu silently memorized the information. He ignored the distorted face of the hero uncle and simply ordered, "Cursed Blood, strip the hero's genes."

"No! No! No!" the princess cried out in terror and hysteria.

However, the next moment, a long snake of blood burrowed into her mouth.

Her warrior genes were stripped away by the cursed blood, and the princess began to mutate, growing a keratinous outer shell.

"No...please...no..."

[Hero gene percentage: 1%]

She lost her human form; her lips split open, revealing sharp, blade-like fangs, and every breath she took carried a foul stench.

[Hero gene percentage: 0.5%]

Her hands gradually deformed, her slender finger bones swelled and thickened, and her nails resembled the claws of a strange beast, gleaming with a sinister cold light.

[Percentage of Warrior Genes: 0]

Her body also grew taller in the twisting motion, her back bent at an eerie angle, as if every bone was telling a story of painful transformation.

"An evil insect... mutated by the evil god... an evil insect!" The old man watched as the second princess completed her magnificent "transformation" before his eyes. He couldn't understand why this evil insect had been wearing human skin just now.

What's more, this evil insect is the daughter of his best friend Kaeya and his lover Katarina!

"Hero, don't look at me... don't look at me like this..." The evil insect still spoke in the clear voice of a young girl, but now it no longer had cherry-red lips, but rather its ferocious mouthparts were wriggling up and down.

"Uncle, let me tell you a terrifying truth." Xue Luding had gathered all the information he wanted, and he grinned wildly.

At this moment, the world held virtually no secrets for him; he had become the embodiment of the intelligence Xue Law.

The brave uncle's expression began to contort; his teeth were chattering, his hands were trembling, and his already gone heart seemed to be burning with flames of pain.

"Brave Uncle! Why don't your best friends use emergency communication devices yet?"

"Why did your best friend's daughter turn into an evil insect after the hero's genes were removed?"

"Why does everyone associated with the Hero Squad possess Hero genes? And why do they all need to take the secret medicine made from your body?"

The brave uncle shook his head desperately, clutching his head tightly, his index finger plunging into his temple, blood tears streaming from his pupils: "Stop talking, stop talking... Law Xue, please..."

"Then let me tell you, Uncle Hero!" Xue Daolu tore away that beautiful facade, exposing the cruelest reality to the Uncle Hero.

"Uncle, you are not a hero who saves the world, but their prey. You are a monster in human skin, summoned by them for their 'ascension', so that they can reach the fourth rank. You are just a walking tonic!"

"Hahaha!" Xue Dinglu laughed.

He was laughing at this insane world, laughing at the tragic fate of the brave uncle. Everyone had gone to great lengths to kill the only person in the world who truly cared for them.

"I'm just their food..." the hero uncle retreated in terror, "No, that's not it... no..."

"It's not just you. If I'm not mistaken, your daughter, who has the same genes as you, might become a living blood-donating machine!" Xue Dinglu didn't care about the brave uncle at all. He continued to say a fact that was even more devastating to him.

"Perhaps when you met them before, they hadn't been so deeply corrupted by the evil god, but sixteen years later, they have been completely corrupted by the evil god, and the whole world has been corrupted by the evil god. Now, they can only rely on your genes to maintain their human form!"

He ignored the brave uncle who couldn't believe reality and went to the system panel.

The prophecy module grants the user the opportunity to view history every seven days, at the cost of not gaining the trust of anyone in that world for those seven days.

"I need information about the hero's daughter," Xue Luding said, looking at the prophecy module.

This was the last piece of information he lacked.

At this point, the intelligence is complete.

He never deliberately conforms to the rules; after all, rules are meant to be broken.

……

"Your Highness, your condition requires further examination. Two bowls of blood need to be drawn today," the guard said to a girl dressed as a princess.

"Okay...Ok..."

The cool moonlight shone on the castle, making the princess's pink hair look especially playful and lovely. Her smile was like a flower, and a gentle breeze caressed her skirt. Her natural face looked sweet and elegant.

She took out a dagger and skillfully cut open her wrist. Only when the blood filled two large bowls did her wound visibly heal rapidly.

"Your Highness, the area outside the castle is teeming with man-eating monsters. Please do not leave." The head guard bowed and gave this instruction before taking the two bowls of blood and leaving as if they were precious treasures.

The princess leaned against the railing, gazing at the empty night sky.

She has lived in this castle since she can remember, and a terrifying worm-like monster lives inside her.

She didn't know why, but her father only said that she was sick and needed to have bloodletting treatment regularly.

Like a caged bird, it yearns for the sky outside.

"The world is so big..."

Although I don't know how big the world is, I still stubbornly want to go and see it.

The caged bird longs for the freedom of the high sky. When will it be able to fly out of this cage, even if only for a moment?

Even at night, the air still smells damp, just like the moist corners of her eyes as she secretly sheds tears.

Is it going to rain?

The light of three consecutive moons was obscured by dark clouds, and she prepared to pack her things and return indoors before the rain fell.

But then a boy wearing strange black sunglasses appeared to be hanging upside down behind her.

This was the third "person" she had seen besides the head of the guards. The boy seemed to exist outside this world, ignoring the three layers of guards and the solid fortress, and appeared suddenly like that.

"Want to go out and have some fun? I'll take you out." Xue Dinglu smiled and pointed outside the castle.

"But there are man-eating monsters outside..."

"I will protect you." Xue Dinglu pointed to himself with his thumb. "Don't worry, I'm the strongest."

"It would be my honor." The princess smiled. Although a voice told her not to trust this person, she only wanted to leave and didn't care whether it was true or false.

The next moment, she felt the boy pull her into his arms in a classic princess carry. In just a split second, with a single leap, she was freed from the "home" that had imprisoned her for sixteen years.

The rain finally started to fall, but the girl felt no fear. She looked towards the direction of the dark clouds, the direction they were fleeing.

Just consider it a little bit of whimsy this once.

"My name is Fafnir, Princess Fafnir. What's your name?" The girl wrapped her arms around Xue Luding's neck, seemingly using all her strength to speak.

"Xue Law, a Kamen Rider who's just passing by, you'd better remember this!" Xue Law smiled and spread his wings, which were made of blood, towards the rain.

Below, countless guards noticed something was wrong. At that moment, the highest level alarm sounded, and roars echoed throughout the castle on the outskirts of the capital.

Raindrops pattered on the princess's face, and she laughed unrestrainedly, like a bird freed from its cage, completely oblivious to the pursuers behind her.

Braving the raging wind and rain, they made a grand escape.

Chapter 81 The Rain Is Still Falling

The heavy rain is still falling.

Water droplets fell in strings from under the eaves, striking the bluestone slabs and making a crisp sound.

We've reached a point hundreds of kilometers outside the capital. In an abandoned wooden cabin, a gaunt old horse is chewing on grass mixed with raindrops, while the young princess, like a child, occasionally offers the old horse some grass to its mouth.

Old Horse appeared by their side after they escaped the capital. At this moment, the brave uncle actually recognized the horse and said, "Grape?"

The old horse neighed and came over to nuzzle the girl's cheek.

Sixteen years ago, this old horse carried the brave uncle across the continent, making countless demons tremble under its hooves.

But now, the thin old horse droops its bony spine, and on its back lies a long-faded overcoat.

"Do you want to come with us?" Xue Dinglu asked.

The old horse neighed, as if in response.

So, the old horse, carrying a man and a woman, began its grand escape into the rain.

The coat covered the girl's body; it was a relic of a former hero. Perhaps that hero was once a dashing figure in fine clothes and riding a spirited horse, but now all that remains is this faded coat and a gaunt old horse.

In this world, it seems only this horse is waiting for the old man to come home.