Across Deep Space: Four Men and a Play

Soothing music slowly flowed out. Xia Jiumeng glanced at the sky outside the floor-to-ceiling window and knew that Qin Che was going to sleep.

It was just as well that she was not in the bedroom anymore, so he should be able to get a good night's sleep.

But he returned to the sofa with a thin blanket.

"You're not going back to the bedroom?"

"I'd rather sleep on the sofa today."

Xia Jiumeng: Hey, men.

Maybe it was because of the doctor's words, or maybe it was because Xia Jiumeng was in a coma for three days and scared him a little.

In the next few days, he would disappear for a while from time to time.

But he would always come back half an hour before mealtime to prepare nutritious meals for her and watch her take her medicine.

Also brought her a variety of chocolates.

In just two days, she harvested more than ten boxes of chocolates of different flavors and origins.

After these few days of recuperation, Xia Jiumeng's complexion has become rosy and even has a little bit of baby fat.

"Well, I've gained weight."

Xia Jiumeng touched the flesh on her cheek, threw the mirror away, and fell on the sofa in a somewhat decadent manner.

Xiao Qi leisurely jumped onto the sofa and stretched out his sharp claws to grab the high-quality and expensive armrest of the sofa.

【But I see you are enjoying it, Master. 】

"Xiao Qi, you are really something. When Qin Che sees you, he will definitely make soup for you." Xia Jiumeng helplessly picked up Xiao Qi who was scratching the sofa.

This sofa is exactly the same as the new one. Qin Che found that Xiao Qi had damaged the previous one and almost threw it into a place full of chaotic strange energy.

Xiaoqi is not a real cat and does not have any cat habits at all. It is deliberately grabbing Chunchun like this.

It must be holding a grudge against Qin Che for throwing it away.

Meow meow.

[Does he dare? I am your beloved.]

"You really are..." Xia Jiumeng was speechless, because what Xiaoqi said was really right.

Considering her, Qin Che really wouldn't do anything to Xiao Qi, unless... Xiao Qi threatened her life, but this was obviously impossible.

"Meow."

"But then again, Master, the energy plants you showed me only accounted for 60% of the materials we need, which is still a long way off."

[40 points left, that's not a small gap.]

"it does not matter."

"The most important thing is to find it." Xia Jiumeng looked at Mephistopheles by the window without worrying that it would inform Qin Che, because it had been controlled by Xiao Qi.

Controlling a low-level mechanical life form is easier for Xiao Qi than breathing.

"Meow."

[Master, arbitrarily modifying the potion formula is very dangerous.]

Each potion formula is based on absolutely precise data obtained through countless experiments. Once it is modified slightly, the effect may be completely different.

There is no second world here, and no simulated life form for Xia Jiumeng to experiment on. If she wants to get the desired effect, she can only experiment on living organisms.

It knew that its master was not a crazy scientific researcher who disregarded human life, so the most likely option was to use her own body.

Xiaoqi doesn't want his master to take this risk.

"Xiao Qi, this isn't Kester anymore. How can we possibly find something exactly the same? 60% identical is already pretty good."

"Besides, life is about trying."

Xia Jiumeng comforted the somewhat impatient Xiaoqi.

She understood that Xiao Qi was doing this for her own good, but it was best to adapt to local conditions. Besides, this potion had other uses besides solving her own problems.

“Meow…”

【I understand, Master...】

"Don't worry, Xiaoqi, I know my limits and won't do anything rash."

Xia Jiumeng tapped Xiaoqi's pink nose and smiled.

Xiao Qi was completely relieved when he heard her words. His master was a man of his word. If he said something in moderation, there would definitely be no problem.

"Meow meow."

[I know the master. 】

Xia Jiumeng stroked Xiaoqi's back intermittently, and the afternoon sun made her beautiful obsidian eyes slightly narrow.

"Xiao Qi, remember to keep all the data from the data analysis simulation. Let go of Mavis..."

Before she could finish her words, Xia Jiumeng's hands suddenly began to tremble uncontrollably, and her originally rosy face quickly turned as pale as paper.

"Meow! Meow!" Xiao Qi was so scared that he quickly jumped off her.

【Master! Master! How are you? 】

Xiao Qi knew that this was the aftereffect of his master's overdrawn mental energy.

But it can't help at all now.

"Ahem, it's okay."

Xia Jiumeng lay on the large sofa. Because of the pain all over her body, she couldn't help but grab the pillow and hold it in her arms, curling up like a shrimp.

When the sequelae occur, her whole body will feel as if it is being crushed bit by bit by pain from the inside out, and at the same time, her various body functions will quickly fall into a state of almost stagnation.

This is because the overdrawn mental energy is draining the body's vitality to make up for it. The feeling of being drained of life is extremely terrifying.

If all the vitality is drained by the mental power and the mental power that has been overdrawn has not been recovered, the person will die completely, and even the mental power will not be left, and will disappear completely.

This is also the reason why everyone is afraid of overdrawing their mental energy, because it is no different from seeking death.

Mental power below level S cannot exist outside the body. If the body dies, the mental power will also dissipate, so no one dares to overdraw mental power.

People above S level have huge and abundant mental strength and long life span, and rarely die from overdraft.

At most, his mental strength would collapse and he would become useless.

A few minutes later, the alarm clock that Xia Jiumeng placed on the coffee table rang.

It's 4 o'clock in the afternoon and Qin Che will be back soon.

But her attack happened late today. If Qin Che was outside, he would definitely see it. Xia Jiumeng endured the bone-gnawing pain and turned over and rolled to the ground with a "thump".

After a while, he got up tremblingly, holding on to the wall and moving towards the bathroom little by little.

She's going to hide in there for a while.

[Master...] Xiao Qi looked at her with concern, and started searching in his system space as if he had thought of something.

[Master! Use this!] Xiao Qi produced a light blue metal tube.

"Is this...Tianyun?" Xia Jiumeng struggled to identify it.

[Yes, Master, eat it and you will get better! ]

Tianyun is Kester's rarest potion, and it is the only special potion that can neutralize the sequelae of various mental overdrafts.

They are extremely rare, even the royal family only has dozens of them, and this one was secretly hidden by it out of curiosity.

"I was wondering why I lost one."

She only had a few of these potions, and when she lost one, she almost turned her entire military base upside down but couldn't find it.

I thought it was stolen by some capable person, but it turned out to be Xiaoqi.

[Master....] Xiaoqi felt a little guilty.

Xia Jiumeng returned the potion to it and said, "Keep it. You won't need it for now."

This is the only potion she has, and she can still bear it, so she won't use it for the time being.

Let’s talk about it when the critical moment comes.

Perhaps she had gotten used to the pain and was now able to stand up with difficulty.

[Master.] Xiao Qi felt so distressed when he saw her face, which was as pale as paper and her whole body was trembling.

Xia Jiumeng moved slowly towards the bathroom along the wall.

"Xiao Qi, please help me clean up. Qin Che is coming back. I'm going to the bathroom..."

"Click."