'Is that so?' Ryuk replied in a composed tone, the voice of the system echoing in his mind. As he opened his inventory, his clothes adhered to him due to an auto-wear feature, clinging tightly like a symbiote merging with his skin.
[Host, why do I feel like you just ignored me? (ー_ー ゙) ]
'.....' Ryuk remained silent, choosing to disregard the system as he began to walk toward a lone survivor groaning in pain about ten meters away.
The individual lay on the charred ground, which bore no traces of blood, stark evidence of complete devastation where lifeblood had evaporated along with those who had been reduced to ash.
"Uurghhhh...! W-water..." Lin Feng cried out, sprawled on the scorched earth.
His clothes and upper body were entirely burned, his flesh beginning to fester from the lingering heat that had ravaged his form.
It was clear that his internal organs had suffered immense damage, likely to an extent that healing seemed impossible.
'Heal him,' Ryuk commanded inwardly as he approached Lin Feng. He looked down at the man's battered body, which seemed beyond recovery.
Yet, almost instantly, a green light enveloped Lin Feng, and Ryuk watched calmly as the flesh began to visibly regenerate.
The wounds closed, the burned skin restored, and soon enough, the man was completely healed—though now lying naked before him.
[Healing Process Complete]
The system successfully restored Lin Feng to his perfect state.
However, the damage had already been done.
After a week of ingesting human poop, his digestive system was irrevocably harmed, leading to multiple internal infections that the system did not heal.
While it could have solved these issues, it chose not to, considering it would be waste of it's efforts to make him eat poop for a week.
'!?'
Lin Feng's eyes widened as he instinctively darted his gaze toward a shadow looming over him.
Panic surged through him, and he quickly attempted to back away, but his frail body betrayed him, causing him to collapse onto his knees.
At that moment, the agony of his diarrhea paled in comparison to a searing heat coursing through him, a sensation worse than anything he had ever endured.
His previous conversation with that woman had hinted at restrictions keeping her from arriving in Lower town at that time, the pieces fell into place in his mind.
He realized that this woman was none other than the matriarch of the Celestial Phoenix Order.
'Now, what should we do with you?' Ryuk narrowed his gaze as he contemplated the fate of Lin Feng.
The system had informed him that killing Lin Feng would trigger the release of the Neolith Harem System, which would likely seek a new host for itself.
This was the sole reason he chose not to kill Lin Feng outright.
Instead, he channeled the surging energy in a way that depleted all the internal energy stored in Lin Feng's reservoirs without killing him.
As he circled around Lin Feng, arriving behind him, Ryuk reached out and grabbed his neck from behind, slowly lifting him off the ground.
"Khuck?!... L...leave... me!" Lin Feng gasped, desperately struggling. Although his body had healed, he was left with no clothes due to the burns he had suffered.
His hair and eyebrows had been singed away, leaving his skin looking unnaturally smooth, rendering him a ghastly sight, reminiscent of a lifeless doll as he flailed helplessly in Ryuk's grasp.
[ Host, Beware (● ́⌓`●) ]
'Why?' Ryuk asked, hearing the system sounding anxious. Lin feng was currently suspended in mid-air with his neck crapped by Ryuk.
[ What if he farted? (;ŏ_ŏ) ]
'....' Ryuk maintained an impassive expression, but the system's warning had caught his attention.
His eyes automatically drifted downward to a straight line of sight, where Lin Feng's butt was pointed squarely at Ryuk's chest level.
Given that Ryuk had lifted him by the neck, the position undeniably seemed precarious.
This realization prompted him to immediately hurl Lin Feng away, sending him rolling across the ground like a rag doll at a significant distance.
Of course, the true reason for throwing him was not the absurd warning from system; it was because Ryuk anticipated that the system would inevitably spout something ridiculous again.
[ Saved you (• ▽ •;) Imagine someone eating poop for a week farts while completely naked on your face? I bet even your aura can't protect—ERROR ]
'Have you been talking a lot more lately?' Ryuk had begun to notice that the system was becoming increasingly articulate and loquacious during their conversations, which was downright unsettling.