Coveted After Becoming a Monster [Quick Transmigration] 35

Chapter 35:

When the question was thrown out.

The little octopus was at a loss.

She also had that part of the memory, but it was as if there were a layer of fog, always looking at flowers in the fog and the moon in the water. When she reached out, she couldn’t touch anything. Instead, her mind went blank, blocked by an unknown resistance, and she couldn’t understand anything.

Li An actually felt that she was gradually being influenced by this body, becoming more and more naive and childlike, more and more like a clueless little octopus.

But her soul couldn’t escape and could only be pulled along.

Become human…

A tentacle hooked Ji Yulin’s fingertip, as if grabbing a key to a further place.

Although she couldn’t understand, Li An had a premonition that it would make her a little more like Li An.

So, the little octopus nodded emphatically.

I want to.

Ji Yulin did not rush her, patiently waiting for her to figure it out. Then she patted her head and said, “Okay.”

Her voice was very light, and her tone was as gentle as usual. It felt like a very ordinary conversation, just like when the little octopus wanted to eat shrimp, she would agree, as if it were no big deal.

But that sentence was also very heavy, and it landed on the little octopus with a thud.

Her tentacles tightened, and she couldn’t help but wrap them around the base of her finger. The round tentacles pressed against her fingerprints, leaving a very faint mark.

Human…

The little octopus’s eyes were watery, as if she were deeply moved.

She was much easier to coax than when she was an octopus. Seeing this, Ji Yulin’s heart softened, but she asked, “It’s only natural for a mother to help her baby.”

At these words, the little octopus, who had just been teary-eyed, jolted. The tears in her eyes were on the verge of falling but didn’t. She stared at Ji Yulin.

Like a pitiful, abandoned little wife.

What mother, what mother?!

I can be the baby, but how can you be the mother?

Is this the time to be a mother?

Ji Yulin just smiled. There were still fine lines on her cheeks from her hair, and a faint red blush spread around them, making her look lazy and malicious, like a noblewoman who had just woken up from a nap, leaning on a chaise lounge, deliberately teasing a cat that had already bristled.

“If not a mother, then what?” she was still teasing, her tone deliberately drawn out, as if she were afraid the little octopus wouldn’t hear her mockery.

The little octopus was so anxious that her tentacles pulled at the pillow, wrinkling it. She was so frustrated but still couldn’t say that one word.

But Ji Yulin didn’t wait for her. Her gaze shifted to her snake-scaled tentacle.

The little octopus, with a swoosh, lifted it, her gaze inexplicably eager.

“Dofleinia armata?” Ji Yulin guessed.

Actually, she had seen it in the South Tower before, but her condition had been extremely poor then, and she couldn’t ask in detail.

At this thought, she also thought of Qi Peilan, who had also seen the colorful tentacles at that time. The other had not said much, but everyone was not as easy to fool as the little octopus. Not mentioning it for the time being just meant that they had other plans.

Therefore, these past few days, Ji Yulin had not let the little octopus deliberately hide it. Since it couldn’t be concealed, then she would just show it off.

A dark look flashed in Ji Yulin’s eyes, and then it disappeared when she looked at the little octopus.

The creature didn’t notice. Her attention was all on her new tentacle. She deliberately touched Ji Yulin’s wrist.

The icy-cold scales brushed past, just in time to relieve the stuffiness of waking from a nap. Ji Yulin grabbed it back and said, “Non-toxic?”

The little octopus shook her head in denial.

In the next second, Ji Yulin felt a stinging pain as the scales stood up, and then a feeling of weakness and dizziness.

The ability of the mutated sea anemone from before was now all concentrated in this one tentacle.

The scales pricked again, as if the poison had been removed, and the feeling disappeared without a trace.

Ji Yulin couldn’t help but show a hint of surprise. It was the first time she had seen a creature gain the ability of another by devouring it.

A thought flashed in her mind, and an idea popped up.

If she devoured something else…

But the little octopus shook her head, No.

She showed a confused expression and added, The sea anemone is different.

But as for how it was different, Li An couldn’t say. She could only vaguely feel that other species were impossible. The sea anemone was special, but as for how it was special…

The little octopus blinked, her innocence a little foolish.

Ji Yulin was silent for a moment, then patted her head and praised, “Baby is so amazing. You figured out the ability of your new tentacle all by yourself.”

This tone was not right. The little octopus scratched her head and looked at Ji Yulin with a huff.

She wants to be a mom, and she wants to be a mom. What’s so good about being a mom!

Ji Yulin deliberately pretended not to understand. After poking her tentacle, she asked, “Is that all?”

There was still something else. After devouring a prison full of mutated beasts, she couldn’t have just gained the ability to poison.

A tentacle lifted, and then a cloud of white mist appeared. Like the colorful tentacles, she could control the poison.

And that wasn’t all. With a thought from Li An, the tentacle instantly grew a size larger, and even the entire octopus could change size at will.

The former ability came from the sea anemone, while the ability to change at will was more like something the little octopus was born with after evolving.

A tentacle pressed against Ji Yulin. Li An thought for a moment and summarized her abilities.

Mimicry, arbitrary size, tentacle poison, controllable mist, and the ability to communicate with people through physical contact.

Li An thought optimistically. She wasn’t as useless as she had imagined. She even had hope of turning back into a human, much more than before.

The little octopus lifted her tentacles and clenched her fists.

Go for it, Ji An An.

You will definitely succeed!

Ji Yulin couldn’t stop laughing and called out helplessly, “Baby…”

Before she could finish, her mouth was covered by a tentacle.

The little octopus narrowed her eyes, absolutely not allowing another “Mama” to escape her lips.

Ji Yulin saw her purpose but still had no intention of correcting herself. Her parted lips, her warm breath, brushed against her suckers.

It was so hot that her tentacle shrank.

A muffled voice still managed to squeeze out a “baby.”

Li An was so angry that she glared at her.

Clearly, clearly, it’s already like that, and she’s still “baby” and “Mama.”

Ji Yulin looked at her innocently, the tip of her tongue touching a sucker, as if in a silent provocation.

The room was a little stuffy at the moment. The wind couldn’t get in. The thick curtains were bumped and swayed lightly. The chirping of birds could be faintly heard from outside, hiding among the green leaves of the branches, chirping intermittently.

Li An was a little dazed. She subconsciously wanted to withdraw her tentacle, but then she heard another sound.

“Ma…”

Before the second word could be spoken, the tentacle resolutely pressed back.

Ji Yulin lifted her eyes and saw Li An’s determined expression, as if to say, “If you dare to call me that again, I’ll give you a good look.”

Mmm, so fierce…

But Ji Yulin just happened to not like being threatened.

The provocation continued, and unknowingly, it changed its flavor.

An extended tentacle was clamped between her legs, another wrapped around half of Ji Yulin’s face, and others cuffed her wrists and ankles.

One here, one there, even more tentacles were not enough. In the end, only the one covered in snake scales was left.

Li An’s head was in a muddle, but fortunately, she had the memory of before to learn from, so she wasn’t completely clueless.

But…

This tentacle was different. She had to be careful.

The shirt buttons had come undone in the struggle, and the mottled patterns on her porcelain-white skin could be seen. They were a little lighter than before, but they would soon be re-added.

But since it was just the beginning, Li An was inevitably a little impatient. The half-unbuttoned shirt and the half-pulled-down pajama pants were piled up at her ankles, like a small mountain, like shackles, fixing her legs within a certain distance, unable to open them any wider.

But Li An couldn’t be bothered with that anymore. She was reckless and hurried.

The memories surged back again and again, not just to make the little octopus feel ashamed and curl into a ball over and over again.

It was more like a spark, thrown into a pile of dry, yellow grass, starting a prairie fire.

The sound of a door opening was heard from outside, and then two sets of footsteps, one after the other, and then a deliberately lowered voice.

“You’ve been investigating for so long. Have you found anything?”

“They all said they didn’t see anything.”

“Just because they said they didn’t see anything doesn’t mean they didn’t see anything. What if they saw it but didn’t dare to say?”

“Who could have seen it the most, don’t you know in your heart? Instead of having me ask around, you might as well just go home and ask your mom.”

“What does my mom know? She said she fainted.”

There was no need to identify the voices. From the argument, one could guess that these two were Qi Fu and Ling Yun.

Li An subconsciously shrank her head, perfectly embodying the four words “guilty conscience.”

Although Ji Yulin hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, her misty eyes looked at her, as if chiding her, asking her, “Now you know you’ve done something bad?”

Li An hummed in a fawning manner, and a tentacle moved up to cover the other’s eyes.

In the darkness, her senses became sharper.

The scaled tentacle was still climbing up. Although it was already very outrageous, it still had a hint of timidity. At a time like this, it was still probing little by little.

From her ankle to her calf, and then continuing up.

The overly cold touch was a stark contrast to her warm body temperature. So much so that even after it had left, a tingling sensation remained.

Ji Yulin couldn’t help but bend her legs, her bare feet curling, and even her round toes turned red.

“An, An An.”

The two words finally stopped, replaced by a helpless call.

But the creature, who had been annoyed, how could she stop so easily? She clumsily imitated the movements from her memory, gently scraping against the thin fabric.

It was still noisy outside. Qi Fu and Ling Yun were arguing fiercely, their voices unconsciously rising.

“I didn’t ask you to save me. You were the one who broke into the office!” Qi Fu trembled with anger, her hands lifting and then falling several times.

“You were the one who told me to take you,” Ling Yun’s face was cold, harder than the stone outside the window.

“I told you to take me, so you took me?” Qi Fu was a little confused from anger.

Ling Yun looked at her coldly and asked in return, “You were the one who said you knew the way better.”

“Then couldn’t you have asked me clearly and then left me behind?”

Ling Yun was at a loss for words. After taking a deep breath, she turned to look out the window, really not wanting to bother with the other.

She didn’t have a good impression of Qi Fu. She had too many defeated opponents, and she didn’t remember a talkative peacock among them. It wasn’t until the people in the city mentioned it that she knew about it.

She finally understood why Qi Fu had been pestering her all this time, always showing off in front of her. But Ling Yun didn’t care. She thought that once they left the Thirteenth District, they would have no more contact.

As a result, this person had become more and more outrageous. The professor and the district chief were in the pool, and she dared to walk over in a swimsuit, deliberately teasing her.

Ling Yun thought of that day, and again felt her pants soaked with water, a sticky feeling.

And then…

She remembered the scene in the narrow office.

She took a deep breath, suppressed all distracting thoughts, and said, “I’ll go and ask again tonight.”

Qi Fu wanted to say something but suddenly stopped.

With the situation like this, neither of them was comfortable. Although there was nothing between them, they had already been labeled as a couple.

A door away, the culprit felt no guilt. Her thoughts were all pulled into the thin blanket.

The scales, stained with water, were as translucent as thin slices of gemstone. In the back-and-forth friction, a little was lifted, causing a slight stinging pain, which was then covered by other, deeper sensations.

Li An didn’t dare to be too fast. She had been too much the other day, and now she was afraid that Ji Yulin wouldn’t be able to take it.

After bending her legs, she kicked down. The thin fabric had a lot of wrinkles, and it was pulled to reveal a corner of the large bed.

She lifted her hand and was held.

Ji Yulin frowned slightly. Her hair was half-covering her face, and her beautiful features were faintly visible. Only her unconsciously raised chin was clear, her slightly parted lips gasping for air.

No matter what, her malicious nature could not be changed.

Ji Yulin lifted her eyes and gave her a slight glare, and was retaliated against with a series of gasps.

It was quieter outside. The bird was perhaps tired. There was no chirping, just a listless lying among the leaves.

A thwack was heard from outside, as if something had fallen to the ground.

The two in the living room, who had been in a standoff, were startled. They looked over in unison. After realizing it was an accident, they looked up, and their gazes happened to meet.

After a moment of blank surprise, they averted their gazes.

Ling Yun pressed her lips together. She wanted to say something but couldn’t. She had always been a quiet and sullen person. It was impossible for her to change after a few days. Her lips opened and then stuck together again.

Qi Fu found a place to sit. After holding it in for a long time, she finally squeezed out a sentence, “Who do you think would be so malicious?”

Ling Yun tried her best to soften her tone and said, “We were clearly only on the bottom floor then, and then we met that group of people.”

At the mention of these people.

Ling Yun’s expression changed, and an abnormality could be clearly seen.

And Qi Fu was silent for a moment, then took the initiative to say, “Don’t you think that group of people is very strange?”

“How are they strange?” Ling Yun was subconsciously on guard.

Qi Fu said with a huff, “Stop pretending with me. We’re in the same boat now. We’ve already seen each other naked. Why are we still beating around the bush?”

Normally, Qi Fu would have had to beat around the bush with her for a long time.

But she had just been in a life-and-death crisis a couple of days ago, and she had been busy investigating these past two days. Under the long-term pressure, she was too lazy to do so anymore.

At the words “seen each other naked,” Ling Yun’s expression darkened, and then she nodded emphatically, “They are a little strange.”

“They’re from some anti-Research Institute organization,” Qi Fu thought for a moment and told her everything she knew, “Around the end of last year, my mom received a secret order from the Research Institute, asking me to lead a team on a mission.”

Hearing this, Ling Yun’s expression relaxed, and she finally dared to look at Qi Fu directly.

“The mission was to secretly search for some people, and then find a way to kill them.”

“Some people?” Ling Yun repeated.

“Yes, the Research Institute calls them the rebels. They asked us to act immediately after finding them and not to have any conversation,” Qi Fu said, voicing her long-held confusion.

“And you listened?” Ling Yun was a little surprised.

Of course, Qi Fu didn’t. She rolled her eyes and said with a huff, “I’m not an obedient dog like you. But those rebels,”

“Their attitude is also very strange. They are extremely hostile to us, and even see us as mortal enemies. Once they are injured and find that they can’t escape, they will immediately seek death.”

“Oh?” Ling Yun knitted her brows.

“I originally thought they were people who had secretly transplanted mutated beast bodies and gained special abilities, but this time, looking…”

“I’ve only carried out two missions. The clues I could get are very few,” Qi Fu shook her head.

“The group of people we’ve caught now have all been locked up by any means necessary. Although they can’t seek death, they are unwilling to say anything.”

At this point, Qi Fu’s gaze swept to the closed door. It was clear that she had deliberately brought up this topic at this time, in this place.

But the person who could answer her questions was clearly not free to bother with them.

The bedding slid down, and only half of it was barely left on the bed.

Her breathing was ragged but she had to hold it in. Just as she was about to bite her thin lips, a tentacle covered them first.

“Don’t,” the muffled words were thus covered, revealing a pair of watery eyes, the corners of which were red, and a mist had gathered. The feeling of cold aloofness was gone.  Her delicate face was veiled in the haze of a peach blossom, more and more pitiful, more and more gentle and charming.

It reminded one of a fallen flower branch in the spring breeze. With a gentle shake, a brief shower of peach blossoms would fall.

The tentacle got closer, no longer willing to hover outside. The only restraint was that it had shrunk a size, so that Ji Yulin would not find it so unbearable.

But it wasn’t much better. The remaining scaled tentacle was intensely tantalizing.

Ji Yulin couldn’t help but press down, but the scales were pressed even tighter.

The hand gripping the corner of the pillow couldn’t help but tighten. The veins on the back of her hand bulged, and the wrist bone under her thin skin became more prominent, revealing blue and purple veins.

The unconsciously raised scales intensified the already clear sensation. The creature that had been slowly probing finally became agitated.

Mama,

The name she had been unwilling to say before now couldn’t help but pop up, repeated over and over again in a low, hoarse, and longing voice.

Mama,

The person who had taken the initiative before now didn’t want to bother with it. She had taken the initiative, but had fallen into a deeper trap. The voice was still sounding from the bottom of her heart.

A door away, the sunlight outside was bright, but the light in the room was getting dimmer. A gray shadow fell on the floor, outlining a faint silhouette.

The general shape could not be seen clearly, only a gray mass.

The Thirteenth Safe Zone had arranged things well. There was even a white porcelain vase on the low table by the window, with a slanting flower branch in full bloom, a very vibrant red.

—Bang!

Another sound. Qi Fu and Ling Yun, who were discussing, turned their heads in unison and looked at the door. Perhaps because of what had happened before, any slight movement would make them alert.

Their footsteps moved silently in that direction, their breathing suppressed, their hands already on their waists.

And a faint “thump thump thump” was heard from inside the door.

In the next second, the door was opened a crack, and then a palm-sized peach-pink little octopus emerged. She poked her head out and looked at the two, then squeezed herself out of the crack and pulled the door shut with a tentacle.

Qi Fu’s expression relaxed, and she let out a sigh of relief, “It’s you, ancestor. Is your mom not awake yet?”

The little octopus waved her tentacles, indicating no.

Qi Fu just smiled, “Professor Ji has been sleeping for a whole day. My mom said she’s coming to see her tonight. I don’t know if she’ll be awake by then.”

Her tone changed, and she asked with a puzzled expression, “Ji An An, what’s wrong with you? Did you get kicked out by Professor Ji for secretly playing in the water? Why are you so wet?”

The tips of her tentacles turned a little red. The little octopus still waved her hand, then pattered toward the bathroom.

Ling Yun had not spoken. Her gaze on Li An was heavy, as if she were deep in thought.

In a little while, the sound of splashing water was heard from the bathroom. A certain octopus had been rinsing for a long time before she pattered out again.

She tugged at Qi Fu’s pant leg.

This is…

Qi Fu was stunned for a moment, then she reacted and asked in return, “Did the professor agree to meet tonight?”

The little octopus nodded again, her face obedient.