Chapter 168: The Great Magic—Heart

“Sangsang? Are you okay?”

When Mu Xue and Lu Min came in, what they saw was Sang Chu and Sang Jingwen—one lying in a pool of blood, the other looking fine, just a bit bruised. But Sang Chu’s condition was truly alarming!

Mu Xue asked, “Are you alright? Why are you soaking in this blood pool?”

Sang Chu looked at Mu Xue, whose eyes were wide with worry, and explained, “When the demon flower was blooming, Wu Qi cast a spell. His magic level was too high—he almost trapped me. I had no choice but to run at full speed to escape. In the end, I ran out of energy and passed out in the light corridor. The rabbit and I ended up here in the blood pool. If my brother hadn’t found me in time, I’m afraid I’d be in real danger. If he’d gone looking for me, I might not have made it back!”

Even though Mu Xue hadn’t experienced the full horror of the cold domain, she’d heard enough from the spirits to know just how terrifying it was.

“That was so dangerous! What would we do if something really happened to you?” Mu Xue couldn’t help but scold her, and Lu Min quickly chimed in, “Alright, let’s not get too worked up. I’ll go make you something to eat. You’re hurt—you need to eat something good.”

Yi Peng immediately raised his hand. “Yes, yes, yes! I want to eat, too. I really want some big buns and meat dishes right now!”

Lu Min glanced at him. “Then come help in the kitchen!”

With that, he turned and left. Yi Peng looked at Sang Jingwen and Mu Xue, then grinned, “I’ll go help then.”

“Wait, Yi-ge.”

“What is it?”

Sang Chu looked at him and said, “You just got back from the wild. Go keep Wei An company and make sure she feels safe, okay?”

“Alright.” Then he turned to Na and Xi Rui, “Are you two coming? If you’re not staying in the safe room, why not come to the kitchen with me?”

Grandma Xiang, realizing he wanted to talk privately, took Na’s hand and said, “I’ll go with you. Na, if you’re scared to sleep alone, you can stay with Grandma.”

Na glanced at Sang Chu, who nodded slightly. Only then did Na reluctantly let Grandma Xiang lead her out of the blood pool. “Sangsang, you rest up. I’ll go with Grandma now.”

“Mm, go ahead.”

Xi Rui gave Sang Chu a deep look, said nothing, and followed Grandma Xiang out. The servant girl also left.

In an instant, only Sang Chu, Sang Jingwen, and Mu Xue were left in the bath.

Sang Chu said, “Xiao Xue, is there something you want to talk to me about?”

Lin Mu Xue glanced at Sang Jingwen, then after a long silence, finally spoke, “Sangsang, are you… raising the infected in the base?”

Sang Chu’s heart skipped a beat. Was it Lu Min who told her? But on second thought, that didn’t seem likely.

“Yes, I am. I’ve kept the infected near the base in the underground breeding pens, feeding them with the dead poultry from the base. Didn’t I say before, there might be a way to cure the infection in another world? I’ve found it now—it’s at the Magic University. The reason I insisted on coming here was because I could make the antidote.”

Sang Jingwen: “What?!”

Mu Xue: “Really?”

After the shock, Sang Jingwen stared at Sang Chu. “Sangsang, how did you know for sure?”

Sang Chu replied, “I experienced it myself. Back in Qingliu City, when I was attacked by the infected, I asked the system administrator where I could find a cure. He said maybe in the magic world, but he wasn’t sure. That’s why I worked so hard to bring everyone here. If I couldn’t cure the infection, at least you could train here, and when we go back, you’d all be stronger and not limited to just Qingliu City.”

Sang Jingwen shouted angrily, “Sang Chu, you were infected—why didn’t you tell us?!”

Mu Xue: “Sangsang, how could you keep that to yourself?!”

Sang Chu said, “At the time, I didn’t know if it could be cured. If I told you, you’d all just worry. Now that I’ve recovered and know how to make the antidote, isn’t that a good thing?”

Mu Xue, unable to contain her anger, stood up and yelled, “Good? You were infected and didn’t tell anyone! You just bore it all alone—Sang Xiao Chu, are you stupid or what?!”

Sang Chu was startled, and Sang Jingwen swallowed back what he was about to say.

Sang Chu said, “I know, it was my fault. I won’t do it again next time.”

“No, it’s my fault!”

Mu Xue was so upset she was almost in tears. She said, “When I was training in that little house, I saw you raising the infected in the base. I saw myself coming back to Qingliu City, and you were raising a strange plant underground. After that, ordinary people in the base kept disappearing. I told you about it, and you said you’d look into it, but nothing ever came of it.”

Sang Chu frowned slightly. “So, you’re afraid I’m using ordinary people to feed the infected?”

“I know you wouldn’t, but what I saw in my vision was so real, like a warning. I kept hesitating whether to tell you. I didn’t know if it was real or not. Later, when your brother gave Na the talisman and said to use it if she was in danger, I remembered it again. I don’t want to believe you’d do that, but deep down, there’s a voice telling me—if you weren’t the one doing it, why couldn’t you find out why people were disappearing? Maybe I shouldn’t have gotten involved at all.”

Sang Jingwen was shocked by Mu Xue’s words. “Xiao Xue, you can see the future?”

“I don’t know if it’s the future, but the scenes are so clear, like they’re happening right in front of me!”

Sang Chu: “Xiao Xue, are you saying that after I left Qingliu City, I started raising that plant?”

“Yes.”

“And after that, people in the base kept disappearing?”

Mu Xue nodded, and Sang Jingwen said, “Doesn’t that sound just like what’s happening in Qingliu City now? Could it be that the plant you saw is the same one that’s causing the trouble in Qingliu City?”

Mu Xue’s eyes widened. “It could be! Why didn’t I think of that?!”

Sang Chu said, “Unless absolutely necessary, I would never use it. It’s too dangerous and uncontrollable. But according to your vision, I did use it, and after people started disappearing, you didn’t intervene or even care. That’s not like me at all. So, what you saw and guessed isn’t wrong. In that vision, I really did go along with that plant!”

Mu Xue: “What?”

She’d seen it herself, but couldn’t believe it. Yet she had seen it, so she was caught in a dilemma. Later, when Sang Chu said to use Na’s talisman, she knew it wouldn’t cost Na her life, but she still felt uneasy and afraid—afraid that Sang Chu was no longer the Sangsang she knew.

But she never expected Sang Chu to admit it so directly.

Suddenly, Sang Chu thought of something terrifying and hurriedly said to Mu Xue, “Xiao Xue, go find Meng Wei’an and Grandma Xiang right now—my infection might not be fully cured yet!”

“What?! I—I’ll go right now!”

Hearing this, Mu Xue panicked and rushed out the door."