[Master, wake up!]
Yuebao awakened Shang Ruoyan, and she suddenly sensed the danger around her. She got up and searched for anything that she could use as a weapon to defend herself.
"What's wrong?"
[Master, the general's situation is not good. His mental power is rioting. Generally, people with high mental power experience mental pollution. It is an illness where the mental power experiences degradation, causing a downgrade in mental power.]
"What happens after the downgrade?"
[People reaching the bottom point of the downgrade experience animalism.]
"Why is there animalism? Are you sure they won't become crazy?"
[Master, people in the interstellar society are mixed with animal genes. Genetically, mad scientists wanted to save lives as much as possible, so they chose to inject different animal genetics in a group of humans and wished for them to survive in the apocalypse. The success in this experiment became a breakthrough for humanity.]
"Did everyone live after the experiment?"
[No, Master. Many perished in the hybridization of humans. Some people remained in human form, but their height, weight, strength, and stamina were changed into that of their animal counterpart. Some were not fully integrated, so animal features appear on their body, like ears and tails.]
"Are there people who could shift into another animal completely?"
[There are some, Master. But these people are strong, powerful, and the majority belonged to the noble class, just like the general. His animal form is a white wolf. A superior gene among the thousand kinds of genetics.]
"How are people categorized in this society?"
[People are categorized by mental and physical power. They are divided into six categories, starting from the lowest, E, D, C, B, A, and S+, which is strongest. Each category has three levels: low, mid, and peak.]
"Can you check the general's mental and physical power?"
[The general currently possessed A-low physical power, and B-mid mental power.]
"How could it be so low?"
[Master, this is already his third downgrade. When the general was at his peak, he had 2S-peak mental power and 3S-low physical power.]
"Is there no cure for this?"
[Mental pollution and downgrade could be cured by mental fixation. The process needs both the patient and the healer to have the same physical and mental power. While physical power is directly influenced by mental power and the ability of the user to practice and improve their strength.]
"So, in this era, the general could not find someone who equals his mental and physical power?"
[Yes, Master.]
"Can you check mine?"
[Master, your physical power is C-mid, while your mental power is 3S-peak.]
"Why is the physical power so low?"
[Master, you lack nutrition and exercise. You also lack the knowledge and ability to improve your physical power, as well as resources and experience. But we can slowly bridge the gap.]
"So, there's a huge possibility for me to cure him in the future?"
[Yes, Master.]
"How should I save him now?"
[Master, I have a manual that you can read about mental fixation. Even if you can't cure him, making him relax completely is still possible with your mental power.]
When Ruoyan got the manual, there was disbelief in her eyes.
"Are you sure this is the right manual?"
[Yes, Master.]
"But this is for married couples! I am only a minor right now!"
[Master, you're not going to do something sensual. The manual you're holding has the best and fastest way to calm a mental riot. In your condition, even as an experienced assassin, it would be impossible for you to defeat the general in combat.]
"What do you mean?"
[Right now, there's a possibility for the general to shift into his animal form and go berserk.]
"But you told me earlier that he would not wake up."
[His human form won't. But his animal form has the capacity to awaken. The animal form is dangerous because it has no thoughts of human consciousness. It will attack everyone who moves and mark people as threats.]
"Is there so much difference in A and C physical power?"
[It's a huge difference, Master. An A-level can crush a thousand C-level people."
Ruoyan hurriedly followed the instructions written in the manual.
It was the first time she met the man. But she had spent so much effort in saving him.
"Is this man truly the great villain? He doesn't even look like one."
[Master, don't judge a person by his appearance. He might look so noble and pure, but his hands are tainted with blood. He has killed a lot of people.]
"Can you tell me why he became the villain in the novel?"
[The general's family was in chaos when they heard the news of his death, even when he was only missing and not dead. This gave the family of the world's hero to take action. They forced the villain's family to their death. When the villain found out his parents were dead and his sister defiled by the nobles, he decided to live for revenge.]
Ruoyan sighed.
[The villain colluded with interstellar pirates to gain power. He defeated the head of the pirates and controlled several major rebel forces in the galaxy. Then, he attacked the Imperial Capital of Zion. He killed so many people, but the hero and heroine still won in the end. He never knew that it was the heroine who planned his sister's death.]
"Why does it feel like the heroine is the main villain of this era?"
[Master, the heroine can predict the future of people around her by touching their hands. This ability gave her an advantage, and she became someone so against the sky.]
"Is this also the reason why the original Shang Ruoyan was kicked out of the house?"
[Yes, Master. The heroine schemed her way, even if she wasn't the real daughter of that family.]
"What happened to the real daughter?"
[She killed her, Master. The original daughter was her friend in the orphanage. The heroine seized the jade necklace of the child and pushed her to her death to gain her identity.]
"The heroine is a cruel person."
Ruoyan closed her eyes and guided her mental power inside the body of the general.