Hu Die let out a cry of alarm, staggering back two steps.
Inside the Crystal Coffin, her father's face was pale as paper, yet his chest twisted in a strange way, as if something alive was burrowing under his skin!
"Dad!" Hu Die rushed toward the coffin, but was pulled back by Chen Nan.
"Don't touch!"
Chen Nan's eyes were sharp, firmly fixed on the chest of the person inside the coffin, where the skin had become nearly transparent. A vague crimson Gu Insect coiled around the heart, its thin tendrils slowly wriggling with each breath.
"This is the Heart-eating Gu!" Chen Nan's voice was deep, his eyes filled with gravity: "It has already formed a symbiosis with your father's heart. Forcefully extracting it would cost him his life!"
Hu Die's face turned pale, trembling as she asked, "Then what do we do?"
Chen Nan didn't answer immediately but instead surveyed his surroundings.
