The vampire heiress is two-faced

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The video revealed the incredibly familiar voice of the vampire queen.

Why does it have to be explained so clearly to arrive at such a simple answer? There's an old saying in the East...

No matter how many times he heard it, Yin Shang's pupils would contract as if in an earthquake whenever her voice rang out.

The sound played from electronic devices is ultimately just sound reproduced by electronic signals, not the real human voice;

Therefore, Hilulu's voice is definitely not her real voice.

When the Vampire Queen's voice was played back through the recording of the meeting, it ruthlessly shattered Yin Shang's illusions, revealing a truth he was unwilling to accept—

"Hiruru...it really is her..."

His lips trembled.

"Ha...what a coincidence!"

"She really is a vampire pretending to be one online... What an absolute idiot..."

The relationship between online friends is usually a delicate, unspoken understanding that cannot be broken.

After all, "disillusionment" usually occurs after a huge gap between the reality of meeting someone in person and the expectations that followed.

Friends in the virtual world are ultimately virtual and unrelated to reality. This is the thought in the hearts of most ordinary people, and Yin Shang is no exception.

The adorable Hilulu is ultimately a fictional character created from scratch.

Yin Shang feared he might inadvertently uncover Xilulu's true identity, but his curiosity compelled him to investigate and confirm the truth.

If it is confirmed that Hilulu is not Ludwig, then the weight on his heart will be lifted.

But this also carries a huge risk: discovering Hilulu's true identity.

This is undoubtedly the worst possible outcome for Yin Shang.

"Misfortunes never come singly..."

In the virtual world, Hilulu is just like the real-life vampire girl—mischievous yet meticulous.

Now, burdened by something heavy, she has become the Vampire Queen, and for a reason that Yin Shang cannot refute, she personally killed Che Nianchen...

Yin Shang couldn't blame her, because it was Che Nianchen's own choice.

Yin Shang could no longer face her, whether it was "Xi Lulu" or "Ludwig".

That silver-haired girl was already a complete stranger to Yin Shang.

In the chat history, Xilulu's last few replies caught Yin Shang's eye; the dates were more than twenty days ago.

[Long time no see, Ah Shi, did you miss me that much?]

Hehe, want to play games? I noticed you think I'm bad at the game, so I'm not playing with you for a while.

[I'm going into seclusion to train for a while. Hmph, just you wait, I'll definitely beat you. As for the live stream... well... hard to say.]

[Maybe I'll never stream again? But... I'll probably still play games with you.]

Remember to wait for me! I haven't finished the last game yet!

...

Looking back now, everything seems natural and clear.

Just over twenty days ago, she had just become the vampire queen.

Those days.

"Ludwig...you..."

Yin Shang's face was ashen.

The online friend he imagined, the virtual girl "Xilulu," ceased to exist the moment her identity was revealed.

In the end, it was all lies... all lies...

He touched his chest, then turned around and looked at the empty space behind him.

The golden retriever that had always followed him, or rather—the girl who was devoted to him—was busy running around in the Eternal Night Castle today and couldn't come back to continue clinging to him.

"I still have her. But what right do I have to have her? Am I... worthy?"

...

"Cough...cough!"

"What...?!"

Yin Shang looked at his palm and coughed up a pool of dark, foul blood.

He immediately understood what had happened.

"not good..."

He loosened his grip on the phone, his eyes rolled back, and he immediately collapsed to the ground unconscious.

Pfft!

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click, click, click—

The slow, elegant footsteps gradually approached, and then the footsteps knelt down before the exhausted young man.

"Oh, who is this...is it the Knight?"

The silver-haired vampire queen flicked a strand of silver hair behind her ear, her expression haughty.

"Wasn't he already cured? It's a shame the Queen even arranged for him to see Dr. Zhou. How did he get so sick again..."

"Judging from its appearance, the erosion rate must have exceeded the threshold long ago, no wonder it fainted here."

She shook her head.

"I have many things to attend to and don't have the time to take this guy to see a doctor. Let Coco handle it."

...

"Huh? This is..."

The elegant queen was about to stand up when suddenly, the still-on cell phone in the dimly lit corridor caught her attention.

She glanced at the screen instinctively and saw the text displayed there.

"What...!"

A slight look of shock crossed the girl's face. She reached out, intending to pick up the phone and take a closer look.

But in the next instant, Yin Shang suddenly grabbed her wrist.

Snapped!

"...ah!"

Ludwig gasped as she watched in disbelief as Yin Shang wobbled to his feet.

"Release me, Your Majesty! How rude!"

Ludwig shook off his hand.

"You're quite strong, aren't you? Lying here trying to scare people."

...

"Ahem...aren't you the rude one? Peeking at someone else's phone without permission..."

He paused.

"Have you seen it all?"

Ludwig's eyes darted around.

"N-no, you suddenly grabbed my hand, how could I have time to look... Humph, do you know your crime!"

...

"That's good."

Yin Shang leaned against the wall, panting heavily, as if even standing had taken all his strength.

Dark lines had already covered his neck and were spreading towards his face. The damage was irreversible, and with current medical technology, he was undoubtedly beyond saving.

Logically speaking, his erosion shouldn't be this severe—

"Just in time, I..."

"I need to speak with you, Vampire Queen."

"You must be wondering why I've become like this, right?"

Yin Shang stared coldly at Ludwig with his blood-red eyes.

"Because I voluntarily gave up resisting the erosion, it has now spread all over my body."

Ludwig crossed her arms and stared at the young man in front of her with a puzzled expression.

...

"Now, I don't have much time left. But I don't want to die."

Yin Shang said slowly and deliberately.

"Queen of the Vampires, you should know better than me what ridiculous limits humans can reach, right?"

"Ha, humans... are so fragile and insignificant."

"I've lived for over twenty years, and in the end I've lost everything I should have, and I haven't been able to keep anything."

"What I've learned from my short life is nothing more than repeated failures, and finally, seeing my own weakness and powerlessness."

"Even the Holy Light... cannot meet my expectations. I am utterly disappointed in myself and in the Holy Light."

...

Ludwig's silver hair was lifted by a sudden gust of wind.

She remained expressionless: "What exactly are you trying to say?"

...

Yin Shang took out a small bottle of liquid that emitted a fluorescent red glow.

Clearly, that was the activated blood of a vampire.

"I'm not human anymore, Ludwig!"

Chapter 194 Point of No Return

Not long ago.

Dr. Zhou looked at the haggard young man in front of him with a serious expression.

"Are you sure...you want to become a vampire?"

Yin Shang said, "I don't need to repeat myself, do I?"

...

Dr. Zhou lowered his head in deep thought.

If this silly boy were to become a vampire, he would undoubtedly be a rare case study.

The process of converting victims of the Blood Plague into vampires... while there are already mature technologies and procedures in place, cases like Yin Shang's are still unprecedented.

The conversion to vampire using serum is vastly different from the traditional Embrace ritual. Its principle involves creating a serum from the activated blood of a vampire (whose blood normally lacks assimilation capabilities). This serum is mixed with a large amount of medicinal components, which, while stabilizing the body and mind, engulf and assimilate the toxic blood flowing throughout the body. Directly using activated blood would undoubtedly result in the activated blood being corrupted by the toxic blood, becoming prime food for them.

However, Yin Shang, unwilling to become a vampire and because existing technology could not cure this irreversible disease, has long controlled the plague's erosion under the power of the Holy Light.

He allowed the plague to linger in the human body for an extended period, but now he has suddenly decided to abandon efforts to suppress its erosion, hoping to transform into a vampire...

His rare experimental sample will undoubtedly further improve the medical understanding of the bloodthirsty plague; it will also allow Dr. Zhou to expand on a new research topic: the feasibility of using the supernatural power of holy light to suppress or even eliminate the plague toxin.

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Dr. Zhou picked up a pen and began writing furiously without looking up.