Surviving on the highway, I have a best friend who was reborn.

Chapter 48 Chris Appears

However, the daily card's aura bug is useless, as driving on the highway is only allowed at 6 a.m.

Yuanqiao hesitated, realizing that he would probably have to clear out the monsters all night. He had a gut feeling that wearing the lucky aura might bring unexpected surprises.

[Lucky halo already on, countdown 02:00:00]

Yuanqiao gripped the psionic gun, aiming it at the monster's head or heart; most of the corrupted creatures were beast-like.

A small number of humanoid monsters are incredibly powerful and possess special abilities, so Yuanqiao generally avoids approaching them.

There is a river outside the town, and on the other side of the river are monsters that are crossing the river in droves.

Surrounded by flying light sources provided by the town's guard, illuminating a radius of thirty meters, each person was equipped with a light source.

Yuanqiao has gone from only shooting at monsters to now being able to assist the residents, using their diverse painting skills to kill quite a few.

"Yuanqiao, watch out!"

Xiao Yuhang noticed that Yuan Qiao's psionic gun was particularly effective and wondered if it was available for purchase, when he saw a ball of light crash into Yuan Qiao's back.

Upon hearing the warning, Yuan Qiao turned around as quickly as possible, and the psionic shield that had been activated to the side blocked the ball of light.

However, it didn't completely block the light; the light cluster formed a halo after approaching the Yuan Bridge.

Many people looked over at the commotion. Amy wanted to rush over to help Yuanqiao, knowing that the circle of light was a teleportation symbol, but it was too fast for her.

Three humanoid monsters appeared in the circle of light. They seemed to be of a higher level, dressed in gorgeous clothes and floating in the air. The decay in their eyes and faces indicated that they were the Corruptors.

But there was no rotten smell like that of ordinary monsters. Yuanqiao was grabbed by one of them and hung in the air, unable to break free.

Logically, monsters corrupted by the contamination should be irrational, but these three humanoid monsters seemed to have a mind of their own, purposefully dragging Yuan Qiao into the monster horde.

The other two attacked directly into the crowd, probably using ice-sealing skills. One of their ultimate attacks froze many people's feet, and Xiao Yuhang, who was next to Yuanqiao, was frozen in place.

The Yuan Bridge suspended in mid-air: ? ? ?

Why me?! In such an emergency, I glanced at my system panel.

It's definitely a lucky aura, not a bad one!
Unable to break free, Yuan Qiao was bound by a restraining skill. As the monster's lair drew ever closer, he felt a sense of despair.

It flew directly to the other side of the river, where there were rotting, foul-smelling, polluted monsters, and not a single place to land.

Yuanqiao prayed that the humanoid monster had some other purpose than simply capturing her and throwing her down to be torn apart by the monster.

Perhaps the prayers worked, for it carried Yuanqiao away from the monster-infested area and to a flat plain.

The humanoid monster had a blank, empty gaze. After throwing Yuan Qiao onto the open ground, it did not release her from her restraints, and a wisp of black energy emerged from its brain.

The black aura rushed towards Yuanqiao's face, and an evil and negative feeling washed over him. This thing was obviously not a good thing.

Yuanqiao struggled in terror.

The restraints seemed to have been broken. He staggered back and took out an energy shield item from his system inventory.

The energy shield blocked the black energy, but it was visibly corroding the energy shield, causing Yuan Qiao's pupils to shrink slightly.

She only has four protective energy shields. If she runs out of them and gets tainted by this black energy, won't she skip the process and directly turn into a polluted monster?
The humanoid monster stood motionless, only emitting black energy from its head.

As Yuanqiao prepared to activate the second protective energy shield, he took out a Bomb Fruit and threw it at it.

I wonder if dealing with this humanoid monster will dispel the black aura.

The explosion of ten Bomb Fruits was devastating, sending the humanoid monster flying in all directions.

It's no use! The blasted limbs and fragments emitted even more black smoke that corroded the energy shield.

Yuanqiao was now in a state of panic, internally roaring. He activated the remaining two protective shields and frantically searched the system shop for protective items that were even more advanced than the energy shield.

Deadly hand, flip it now!

Some complained that the system panel wasn't directly connected to their thoughts, but rather required manual input. Many protective items were extremely expensive, costing tens of thousands of gold coins, and Yuanqiao, with insufficient funds, resigned himself to being surrounded by black energy.

I thought a few protective energy shields could hold out for a few seconds, but as the black energy increased and corroded rapidly, the black energy breached my defenses before I could even see the price of the item I wanted.

Accepted.

Let it become a monster if it wants to. Hopefully, after becoming a polluting monster, it will be cleaned up by the townspeople and won't go out and pollute other places.

It's a pity I haven't been able to meet my best friend yet.

Black energy swirled around Yuan Qiao, with one force directly targeting her mind and aggressively eroding her mental power.

Yuanqiao felt a chill in the air, his whole being filled with negative emotions, accompanied by the pain of his mental energy being eroded.

He collapsed to the ground, howling in pain.

"it hurts--"

Suddenly, his mental energy sensed the information being transmitted by the black energy.

"Surrender to Him, and by simply surrendering and working for Him, you can keep yourself alert."

My brain felt cold and throbbing. This bastard started with this whole thing right away, and now he wants me to submit and do things for him.

Yuanqiao is sometimes online and sometimes offline.

Time ticked by, and the pain was unbearable. After an internal struggle, she finally agreed to submit to the consciousness in her mind.

After Yuanqiao agreed, the black energy formed a dark mark in Yuanqiao's mental sea.

The spiritual energy that had just been contaminated by the black mark was also absorbed into the black mark. Yuan Qiao lay helplessly on the ground, breathing heavily.

The system scan showed a pollution level of only 34%.

Yuanqiao took out the purification potion to purify himself, thinking of "He".

As long as one's mental energy touches the black mark, the game system's monitoring of Yuanqiao can be blocked.

I closed my eyes, then opened them again, staring blankly at the black sky.

She seemed to know the origin of the corrupted monsters, and could even control the corrupted monsters that had lost their minds through the black markings.

He granted us a great deal of authority.

We will not pollute Yuanqiao's mental and physical energy, allowing her to live and grow normally until she is useful in the future, at which point we will notify her.

After resting for a while, Yuanqiao got up.

"A lucky aura isn't always so lucky."

He murmured those words, feeling somewhat lost.

It was because I was too lucky that He targeted me, and now I have a mysterious black mark on me. I don't know if I will become a major villain and do evil with Him, or if the system will discover me and eliminate me.

The more I thought about it, the more disappointed I became. Not only disappointed, but I also felt like crying but couldn't. I dared not complain, lest the game system detect the trickery.

Since things have come to this, let's just accept it and see what happens. When we see Nanxi again, we can ask her to think of a solution; she's quite clever.

Mental energy touches the black mark, blocking the game system from summoning nearby high-level corrupted monsters.

A moment later, a man with brown horns on his head and wearing a blue coat appeared in front of Yuanqiao.

Chris, Pippi's father.

His eyes were dull and empty, and his face was slightly rotten. Judging from his appearance, he was not highly polluted, but his behavior was controlled by black energy.

Using his newly developed control abilities, Yuanqiao commanded him to teleport the polluted monsters that had invaded the town back to the lost planet.

(End of this chapter)