No strange things are allowed to evolve!

I didn't get angry when you said I wasn't good enough, but you usually can't stand it when I say something like that?

"How about trying this one?"

The bride suddenly took a few steps back, snapped her fingers, and then, a faint mist, like the pink skin of a ripe peach, stubbornly emerged from the cracks between the bricks on the ground, like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

The mist, carrying a lot of moisture, completely soaked the bride's dress the moment it touched it, causing the fabric to obediently cling to her body and help her show off her alluring curves.

Before long, the fog completely engulfed the two of them, and they could only see each other's blurry outlines.

The bride's lips were turned up high.

Just watch, you'll soon be like them, crawling at my feet like a dog with its belly showing, forgetting your aloof and haughty demeanor, and begging me for alms.

Even the most reserved and principled person, in this fog, will only wag their tail and betray the most precious things hidden in their heart, seeking only release and liberation.

but.

Time passed by, second by second.

The silhouette in the thick fog did not move at all.

The scene the bride had hoped for did not occur.

She couldn't contain herself any longer.

"My lord..."

She called out as she approached.

Then.

Her pupils began to tremble.

"Hiss...whoosh..."

Jiang Shu is breathing.

If you could cut open his chest, you would see that as his dense alveoli expanded and contracted, the mist around his mouth was first drawn into his mouth, traveled down his trachea, underwent an incredibly complex purification process in his lungs, and was then expelled from his nasal cavity.

Jiang Shu was like a greedy Litang yak, able to suck the surrounding space into a vacuum in an instant, so fast that even the laws of natural physics couldn't react. The pink mist that went to fill the gap under the influence of air pressure was a beat too slow.

"Although the ingredients are slightly different, and there are some things I can't identify, judging from the effect, each breath is equivalent to taking half a sildenafil tablet and half a dapoxetine tablet. From now until now, it's about a dose of thirty tablets of each."

As Jiang Shu spoke, he exhaled a breath of pure carbon dioxide, completely free of impurities:

"It's gentle, but not pure enough, nor strong enough. It can't suppress what's on my mind, but it's just right for refreshing me."

The bride had never heard of the mysterious little pill that Jiang Shu mentioned, but that did not prevent her Dao heart from being damaged.

Although the divine mist has been diluted a lot over the years, it is still impossible for humans to withstand it. But from what he said, the divine mist not only has a substitute, but it is also of no use to him at all.

"Are you kidding me?!"

The bride strode forward and grabbed Jiang Shu's shoulders hard: "You're faking it, aren't you?!"

Jiang Shu was momentarily stunned when he saw the bride's face, but quickly recovered.

Immediately afterwards, he spread his hands out, making a "please look" gesture.

The bride looked down and, as expected, saw no reaction.

Then she realized how ridiculous her questioning had been. She could clearly tell whether what the other person was saying was true or false, but she still asked.

She didn't want to believe the truth.

Releasing Jiang Shu, the bride took a deep breath, her gaze dark and helpless as she withdrew the last bit of mist that Jiang Shu had sucked away. The cracks on her body caused by piecing together the parts gradually became clearer as her emotions fluctuated.

Jiang Shu looked at the scars on her body, lost in thought.

Just then, a string of garbled characters flashed before Jiang Shu's eyes—

You withstood the pressure of the Supreme Will and did not lose your true nature.

[Prerequisite condition met: Resist the bride's influence]

[Hidden Quest Unlocked: Explore the Secrets of the Hatchery (0/100%)] [Optional]

Bear?

It's not about enduring; it's not that difficult.

Therefore, the beta version is inferior to the official version and is not intelligent at all.

But since it's about exploration, does that mean we can be a little more proactive now and stop being led by the nose all the time?

Thinking of this, Jiang Shu spoke up.

"Let's think of another way..."

The bride was taken aback, then her gaze returned to Jiang Shu, who had spoken.

For the first time, Jiang Shu took the initiative, grabbing the bride's wrist and pulling her in front of him.

Even though he was the one sitting in the chair and needed to look up, the bride felt like she had to look up to see his face clearly.

"Think of another way, do everything you can to please me."

Chapter Four: Amateurs Are Getting Messy

To please...?

The bride initially thought she had misheard, then she was so angry she laughed.

Normally, people who come here do their best to please her. When has anyone ever dared to ask her to please someone else?

Reversing the Heavenly Gang!

"Then how does my lord wish me to please him?"

She gave a sinister smile.

What she didn't know was that Jiang Shu wasn't sure either. He just wanted to make some random requests to see how the other person would react, and then use that to determine the other person's bottom line so as not to overdo it.

"Pleasing" is the most fitting and subtle way he can think of to describe the current situation.

But since they've already asked that question...

"Can you dance?" Jiang Shu asked. "Like the kind of dance you see on TikTok."

The bride was taken aback.

She doesn't understand TikTok trends, but she understands men.

Just like the widely circulated classic story of a talented scholar and a beautiful woman, "The civil engineering senior at the construction site won't fall in love with the dance senior at the nightclub," the senior knows perfectly well why he's here, and he also knows exactly what she does.

Thus, their encounter began with the prelude of "Will you dance for me?"

This is both a signal and a test.

Whether a person can jump the right path or not determines whether the story can unfold smoothly.

Thinking about this, the bride gradually understood everything.

What is this? He can't even stand up, and even the divine mist can't help him, yet he's still thinking about these things. So he must have some unspeakable secret. He must have been lying to others and ended up lying to himself, and even fooled me along with them.

Then she looked at Jiang Shu with a hint of pity.

Feeling bewildered by the way she was being stared at, Jiang Shu sensed that there must have been another misunderstanding.

However, he didn't care about that. The reason he brought up dancing was simply because he saw several feather-sleeved dance dresses in the room and deduced that the bride could dance. He also happened to be good at dancing, so he could use this to start a conversation and explore the hidden target.

“I can promise you that,” the bride smiled charmingly. “And I guarantee I can please you. If you like, I can even dance for you every day, and all you have to do in exchange is give me something you no longer need.”

Jiang Shu replied without hesitation, "Oh? Then I'll have to wait and see."

"I'll go and get ready."

"Please go ahead."

Seeing the bride immediately relax after hearing his answer, as if she had been assured he wasn't lying, and then rushing to change her clothes, Jiang Shu confirmed some of his suspicions.

First: The other party doesn't realize that she can't actually refuse him, otherwise she wouldn't tolerate his somewhat rude request, nor would she use it as a condition to exchange for anything. She could just order him to do whatever he wants.

Second: The other party can confirm whether she is lying. Of course, it is also possible that she is the kind of person who easily believes others, but this possibility cannot be said to be extremely small, but it can be said to be basically zero.

Third: The other party mentioned "this time's husband," which means that I am not the first to participate in this so-called trial, but the situation and outcome of the other participants are still unknown.

Fourth: While you have your own goals to achieve, the other party also has their own objectives and wants to get something from you. Before you give them what they want, they cannot hurt you for some reason and have to take relatively gentle measures. It seems a bit like the Western devil tricking people into signing a contract.

Based on this information, it can be further inferred that the requirement of "not being able to refuse" in the mission objective is actually just to balance the information asymmetry between the two parties and prevent the person from giving up as soon as they enter, leaving the restricted bride helpless.

As for not being able to lie, perhaps it's to prevent lying from angering the bride into giving inappropriate orders or taking any actions?

In short, the former seems to be protecting the bride, while the latter seems to be protecting the participants.

However, this made Jiang Shu very concerned. Why was it set up this way? Whether it was the bride's allure or the influence of the pink mist, very few people could withstand it. After all, very few, or even almost no, normal people have the same good body as him. So why go to the trouble of deliberately increasing the difficulty of passing the level?

If the bride goes crazy and tells him to die, wouldn't he have no choice but to die?

This feeling... I don't know if it's just my imagination.

It's as if there's an unseen force trying to compel me to do something, even if I don't intend to accomplish the hidden goal. That force still wants me to do something.

It appears to be an open world, but in reality, it follows a linear process.

But in any case, as things stand, the situation is very favorable to us.

The simplest approach is to exploit your own broken reward system, insist that the other party is unattractive and unable to please you, and then ensure that the other party cannot fulfill the exchange conditions and get what they want, dragging it out until dawn, and then it will all be over.

at the same time.

[Task progress changed]

Unveiling the Secrets of the Hatchery (17/100%)

Looking at the pitiful progress bar, Jiang Shu was somewhat surprised.

Although so many things have been deduced, is the proportion actually not high?

Are there still more secrets yet to be uncovered, or are there errors or omissions in the speculation?

"But if you look at it from another angle, isn't this just a simple case of a demon deceiving an ordinary person into signing a contract? There's more to it than meets the eye, isn't there?"

Jiang Shu gradually became immersed in the game and decisively abandoned the approach he had just considered: to simply give up and play it safe.

"I still find the simplest things unappealing..."

"What did you say?"

When I came to my senses, the prepared bride was already standing in front of me.

"It's nothing." Jiang Shu snapped out of her thoughts and made a "please" gesture: "Are you ready? Let's begin."

Upon hearing this, the bride clenched her hand hidden in her sleeve, as if to encourage herself.

She tilted her head back, as if she had made up her mind.

"Although I haven't danced in a long time, I used to..."

"Just jump straight to it. Don't lower my expectations by setting things up before we even start," Jiang Shu interrupted, waving her hand. "I'm very picky."

"Tsk...who laid the groundwork?" the bride muttered under her breath, somewhat displeased. "It was just a bit of modesty."

She slowly closed her eyes, recalling those movements from her long-forgotten memories, and then stretched her waist...

Her actions were without the slightest hesitation, for she possessed unparalleled confidence.

Graceful as a startled swan, lithe as a swimming dragon!

These eight words are the evaluation of her dance by all the men who have watched her dance.

Among them were high-ranking officials, literary figures, and even immortal hermits. Even the most supreme beings had praised her for this.

She was confident that if she couldn't be aroused by vulgar lust, then this elegant beauty would surely reach the soul!

That's why she's bringing back this side of herself that she hasn't shown to outsiders for so long...

After the dance, the bride kept her eyes closed, still immersed in the emotions she had just experienced, unable to pull herself out of it for a long time.

Jiang Shu clapped.

The bride feigned disappointment: "It's been a while since I danced, I'm still a bit rusty..."

In fact, if it weren't for ruining the atmosphere and aesthetics, she would have loved to ask Jiang Shu loudly: Have you... ever seen me at my best?

She thought Jiang Shu would retort with something like, "Oh, what? You're still not used to it?" or "If you danced it all the time, you must be really good at it."

But unexpectedly.