Lackey's Seducing Survival Odyssey

Chapter 1268: Remaining Time: 00 days 00 hours 00 minutes 01 seconds

Back in Pyra Empire, inside the Palace Laboratory,

”Arrh... what’s with these functions?” Xara groaned, her voice strained as she wrestled with something flickering on the glowing screen. Her face looked worn, eyes dulled from exhaustion, hair messy as if she hadn’t touched a comb in days.

She barely had any clothes on—just a loose blouse clinging to her shoulders and the faintest cover of undies.

As she leaned closer, her gaze fixed on the blood analysis and semen analysis still running across the system.

To be honest, it was already her third attempt. The previous ones had short-circuited the device, and in some cases, the results had even vanished into thin air as if swallowed by some unseen force.

She wondered why... and what kind of blood could twist reality like this.

Anyway, she was currently stuck with something confusing, and it gnawed at her mind so badly that she wanted to confirm it directly with the one person responsible for this blood and semen.

”But going out feels so tiring...” she muttered, her eyelids heavy. She wanted to rest, but her work had dragged on for endless days.

Who even knew when she had last closed her eyes?

So much obsession, so much hunger... hooked entirely on blood.

”I should talk to him... maybe take the blood directly, with my own lips~” she whispered, her tongue sliding across her mouth. She licked her lips dangerously, savouring the thought. Just imagining the taste of his veins, warm and rich, made her legs tremble.

”Mmm... damn, I’m so messed up...” She smiled faintly, dark and twisted, yet in her heart, she knew she was loved by Aether.

These two were truly something... bound together in ways that no ordinary pair could understand.

She pulled back on her clothes, then paused, glancing down at her body, her curves, and her form reflected faintly in the polished steel beside her. She raised her arm and sniffed. ”Yuck...” she nearly gagged, her stomach turning. ”First the bathroom... then Aether.”

With that, she stepped into the washroom, and the water cascaded down, flowing over her bare skin, running across her curves as if caressing her, cleansing her exhaustion, washing away the scent of sleepless nights.

After freshening up, she finally moved from her lab. She needed to talk to Aether directly. If he was not here, then she needed to bring him here... at any cost.

As she walked out, she saw the sky and frowned.

Was that freaking barrier?

”Hmm? What’s going on here?” she muttered before hurrying down the corridor.

She reached the rooms, but no one was there.

She frowned again and made her way to the throne room. There she saw Thalia, Selene, and Emberlyn gathered, while Lyirrs was operating something on a glowing console they seemed to have built recently.

’Guess I missed so many things,’ she thought as she entered, curiosity flickering across her face. Everyone was too busy staring at the screen to notice her rare arrival.

She narrowed her eyes. ’What are they staring at?’

As she stepped closer, the answer came—the live footage of horrors unfolding beyond the barrier.

Her eyes widened. ”Clarion? Is it already happening?”

Everyone flinched, as if they hadn’t expected her. Selene turned quickly, her lips parting. ”Mom... you came back?” She rushed forward.

Xara pulled her daughter into a sudden embrace. ”How are you, dear?” she asked in a softened tone, eyes momentarily tender.

”I am fine... but... but the situation is...” Selene’s voice faltered as she began to explain what was happening right now.

Xara listened, her brows tightening in both surprise and fury.

”I see... so ’The Beginning has started,’” she muttered darkly.

Thalia nodded, her voice heavy. ”But we couldn’t do anything. People kept dying... the trees are the source of Clarion energy. Even if we destroy them, they just regrow double.”

Thalia clenched her fist. Her sister was outside, helping the people as best she could, but none of them here had the ability to handle that kind of energy... not like the chosen ones.

Xara’s eyes went back to the live footage, expression unreadable. ”What is Aether doing?”

Selene bit her lip hard before whispering, ”He is trying his best, Mom... but...” She clenched her fists, trembling.

Xara let out a slow sigh, then walked closer to the screen. Her gaze was fixed on the strange tree, endlessly releasing Clarion energy into the land.