The Wicked System: Path of the Devourer Chapter 57 The Terrifying Love Gu

"A Love Gu is categorized under the Soul Enchantment class of Gus. Strictly speaking, its function is single-use."

"Single-use?" Xu Fei's eyes widened.

Zhang Wenbin explained: "It means that once the refinement is complete, using it once lasts a lifetime. For example, if your daughter uses it on your sister, this Gu will naturally fuse, integrate, and vanish. In the eyes of outsiders, it will have lost its value."

"No, she can't use it like that." Hearing this, Xu Fei said anxiously: "Master, based on what you said, as long as this Gu is used up, my daughter won't attract any more danger, right?"

"That's correct. Under the circumstances where she has no utilization value, no one will be bored enough to target your daughter." Zhang Wenbin smiled and joked: "Only I'm vulgar enough to covet wealth and lust after beauties. Those wicked old fogeys, having reached a certain realm, lost interest in such things long ago. In their eyes, your daughter's tender, rosy flesh is far less alluring than this Gu insect."

"But... but I can't let this child act recklessly." Xu Fei understood clearly that the Gu insect only had a one-time effect, but the problem was it was far too absurd.

Zhang Wenbin chuckled: "You should have heard the saying 'Miao women are deeply passionate'. This kind of Gu locks one's emotions for life and death. Even though this specific function hasn't fully evolved yet, it already possesses the ability to make someone fall head over heels, irrevocably in love with you. It's a little girl's plaything, but its power is equally massive."

Xu Fei understood clearly now. Her daughter had displayed such intense emotion in her diary, to the point where just getting her period and feeling her aunt's touch could induce a sexual thrill. She knew that once this Gu insect was successful, her daughter wouldn't be able to wait to use it on her sister.

Xu Fei's voice was slightly trembling: "Master, is there any way to get rid of this thing?"

"I told you from the very beginning, they are two bodies sharing one life. Of course, now it's three bodies, though the newly spawned secondary body is merely a subordinate accessory."

Zhang Wenbin smiled playfully: "Teacher, actually, I am exceptionally curious about something right now. I even kinda want to support your daughter."

"Curious about what?" Xu Fei's mind was already a tangled mess.

Zhang Wenbin chuckled: "Since ancient times, Miao women have been known for their deep passions. No matter how high-grade or low-grade this Love Gu is, under all recorded usages, it has always been one man and one woman, termed the harmonization of Yin and Yang. If your daughter uses it on your sister, it should be an unprecedented first."

Lighting another cigarette, Zhang Wenbin stroked his chin and said: "A woman planting a Love Gu on another woman—it's unheard of. I have no idea what the consequences will be, or what variables will arise. Whether double Yin can converge to form ultimate Yang... it really is fascinating."

Xu Fei had completely lost her wits. She was a woman of meticulous observation, and right now, she could hear the undisguised excitement in the man's tone. This excitement was different from that of carnal desires, yet equally intense—it was even brimming with curiosity.

What would the consequences be... Xu Fei didn't dare imagine. But she absolutely could not allow her daughter to become an experimental subject.

Because this old monster seemed to know almost everything, yet he was showing excitement towards the unknown. This was definitely not a good thing. In his eyes, life and death were ordinary occurrences. Just what kind of terrifying outcome would it take to pique his interest?

Xu Fei was very decisive. Changing the subject, she asked: "Master, Guo'er belongs to you as well. Do you have a way to solve this difficult problem?"

Looking at her meaningfully, Zhang Wenbin smiled: "I'm liking Teacher Xu more and more. As a woman, you are very calm, and from a mother's perspective, you are very qualified."

"I can admit to you, for a brief moment just now, compared to obtaining your daughter's physical body, I was much more interested in seeing what the consequences would be of using a Love Gu on two women. You probably can't comprehend that rare kind of curiosity."

Hearing this, Xu Fei felt a bit afraid. Even her smile became somewhat strained: "Master... is right. But Guo-guo is so adorable, and you really like her too..."

She was already so panicked she was babbling incoherently, because she understood all too well that the man's excitement was even stronger than when he faced her own flesh. Xu Fei would never be foolish enough to think she could use her body to conquer this man.

"That's true as well. What a headache. How about next time I refine a Gu, I find some other women to test it on and see what happens." Looking at the exquisitely adorable, jade-like young beauty, it took a brutal internal struggle for Zhang Wenbin to finally dispel that thought. For a moment, his mood dropped as if he had just lost millions.

Xu Fei let out a huge sigh of relief. Struck by a sudden inspiration, she asked: "Master, the function of this Love Gu... is it just to make another person fall irrevocably in love with you?"

"Pretty much. Rather than calling it love, it's more like soul enchantment—an unparalleled obsession that transcends the value of life and death. But ultimately, it is a heterodox, left-door path."

Faintly grasping her intentions, Zhang Wenbin remarked: "If you're thinking of making me guard your daughter for the rest of my life, don't even think about it. This thing might work on ordinary people, but it has absolutely no effect on me."

Upon hearing this, Xu Fei felt overwhelmingly disappointed. However, Zhang Wenbin added another sentence: "I know what you're thinking, Teacher. It's nothing more than this: your daughter willingly being with me. On the surface, our ages are suitable, so to you, this would be a decent outcome. Furthermore, if I loved your daughter irrevocably, I would at least spare you, right?"

"I, I didn't have that thought..." Xu Fei panicked upon hearing this. Those had indeed been her intentions. Her greatest wish was for her daughter to return to living a normal life.

If the worst came to worst, Zhang Wenbin was still a decent candidate. After being hit with the Love Gu, he would only love her daughter. Having such a monster guarding them forever wasn't a bad thing at all.

The two black silkworms in Zhang Wenbin's hand twitched. Following a sudden thought, Zhang Wenbin smiled and asked: "Teacher, this thing seems beautiful, but do you know why it's called an evil object?"

Xu Fei subconsciously shook her head. In a woman's fantasy, using such a Love Gu to spend a lifetime together with a lover was absolutely a beautiful thing.

"Because the vast majority of Gu Refiners cannot control this kind of Gu. It can only be used once, but it signifies a state that neither the Gu planter nor the recipient can control. And beautiful fantasies of love can always blind people to the ugliness of human nature."

"For example, if your daughter successfully plants the Gu on your sister, and your entire family opposes it, they will get together and figure out a way to kill all of you."

"If another woman appears around the man—even if they share an innocent relationship—in order to prove his innocence, he will kill all those people."

"Selfishness, possessiveness, treating human life like mere grass... in the end, this is the fundamental nature of evil objects. Simple and crude evil spirits do not possess the cognitive abilities of normal humans."

"It could even mean... a man and woman being together, but for the sake of their so-called 'love,' they won't have children. Or even if they do have a child, they might personally kill it because they see the child as an obstacle."

Zhang Wenbin raised the black silkworms in his hand, sneering coldly: "Isn't it ironic? The Love Gu, which supposedly symbolizes unwavering loyalty and eternal love, has historically always resulted in violent, unnatural deaths. The so-called 'growing old together until your hair turns white' has never actually happened."

"For instance, if your daughter planted the Love Gu on me, for the sake of 'love', I would choose to kill you to cover up all these secrets. Even your daughter would kill you to manufacture a two-person sanctuary. This is the so-called Love Gu."

"Love... under a beautiful guise, is nothing but selfishness, despicability, and asserting possession by any means necessary. It is an extremely evil method that twists human nature, yet it just happens to bear an incredibly beautiful name."

Listening to this, cold sweat poured down Xu Fei's back, and she drew in a sharp breath of cold air. Her mind in complete chaos, she gritted her teeth and couldn't help but ask: "Master, if it were you, you should have a way to control these things, right?"

"It can be controlled, but that depends entirely on your choice, Teacher."

Playing with the Love Gu in his hands, Zhang Wenbin smiled wickedly: "I can use methods to invert Yin and Yang, casting the Love Gu back onto herself instead. With a little bit of control, I can suppress the Gu's effects so that her personality won't become twisted because of it."

"Master, really?" Hearing this, Xu Fei felt both shock and joy. Since her daughter couldn't shake off this evil thing anyway, this wouldn't be a bad outcome.

Zhang Wenbin laughed: "Of course it's true. But from now on, your daughter will view me as her absolute everything. Even if I say I want to kill you, she will plunge ahead without a second thought to be my accomplice. She might even proactively devour her own mother just out of fear that I might tire myself. Would you still be willing to accept that..."

Torturing human nature, testing it... influenced by the System, Zhang Wenbin had now come to view this as a form of entertainment.

Xu Fei was momentarily stunned, then suddenly burst out laughing playfully: "Master, isn't this exactly the outcome I wanted? This way, Guo-guo will willingly accept you. For her, it's a good thing."

"Moreover, don't make it sound so scary. If you told her you wanted to fuck me, and she actually came up to help tie me down for you... wouldn't that be even better?"

Xu Fei's remarkably open-minded statement elicited a satisfied smile from Zhang Wenbin. He praised: "Teacher Xu truly is a heroine among women. In that case, I won't stand on ceremony."

Saying this, Zhang Wenbin placed the black silkworms into a box, climbed onto the bed, and pulled the stark naked body of the young beauty into his arms. Turning his head, he smiled at Xu Fei and said: "Teacher Xu, now you can enjoy watching a grand rape scene."