CHAPTER 342: CHAPTER 276: AFFINITY AMPLIFICATION, TERRIFYING BEYOND MEASURE!_2

"Come here." Xu Xin’s expression was gentle as he gestured to her.

Lou Fei’Er involuntarily walked towards him, but her expression was somewhat fearful: "That... I..."

"Perfect timing, I don’t know if Ma Hongwei has woken up or if his condition has recovered, could you go in and check for me?"

Xu Xin’s words almost made Lou Fei’Er cry.

"You’re... you’re joking, right?" Lou Fei’Er forced a smile, uglier than crying.

"Do I look like I’m joking?" Xu Xin smiled, but there was no humor in his eyes.

"I’m wrong! I’m wrong! Don’t make me go in!" Seeing Xu Xin had no intention of joking, Lou Fei’Er frantically shook her head, but she had already unconsciously stood in front of Xu Xin.

She hurriedly began to explain: "Just now, it was because the Red Mist made me very excited that I said something like that. I would never be like that usually! Please believe me!"

...The Red Mist can also affect the mind, making it excited?

Increasing power, making the mind excited... this Red Mist gives people the feeling of being like a drug taken during war, allowing mutant beings to exert 120% of their power.

This thing always feels a bit unsettling.

Forget it, let’s solve the immediate problem first.

"After you go in, check how Ma Hongwei’s condition is, whether he’s awake, how his injuries have recovered, and try to see if you can talk to him in the handring." Xu Xin was already explaining things to Lou Fei’Er that needed to be done.

Right now, Ma Hongwei’s explosive time hasn’t passed, we don’t know what situation he’ll be in once he comes out, and if he goes berserk again it won’t be good. So might as well have Lou Fei’Er take a look.

"I won’t! I don’t want to!" Lou Fei’Er shook her head fiercely, but Xu Xin’s left hand had already reached out towards her, about to pat her shoulder.

Her legs gave way, and she directly kneeled on the ground; at the thought of the scene inside the handring, she trembled all over: "I’m wrong, I truly know I’m wrong... I’ll do anything, just don’t lock me inside..."

She was like a claustrophobia patient about to be locked in a box, so scared she couldn’t stand.

Xu Xin didn’t expect her to be so afraid, his tone softened a bit: "Just let you go in and see Ma Hongwei, there’s another person in there, it’s not that scary. Did you hear clearly what I just said?"

"...I heard... heard clearly... but..." Lou Fei’Er looked up, her eyes full of tears, looking pitiful, almost making him abandon the idea of punishing her.

But thinking about how good she was at pretending, he shook his head, and his left hand immediately patted Lou Fei’Er’s shoulder, instantly putting her into the handring.

Then he looked up again to observe the treehouse.

The treehouse before him was basically taking shape, but it still hadn’t fully grown.

Hasn’t it been growing for six or seven minutes now? If it were a low parasitic treehouse, it should have already fully grown.

After about ten minutes, the treehouse finally grew.

Xu Xin manipulated the roots of the treehouse and entered the second layer of the treehouse.

The four control panels were still in front of the windows in each direction. Xu Xin walked up to a control panel, swiped it, and the control panel lit up.

He showed a satisfied smile.

Finally, he could control this control panel; previously watching Qi Xuefei operate the panel, he had been envious for a long time, now he could finally control the crossbow shooting himself!

Since the crossbow hadn’t been installed on the treehouse yet, there weren’t any weapons on the control panel to operate.

Xu Xin didn’t plan to do the installation himself, after all, it was Ma Hongwei’s parasitic treehouse, so he would let Ma Hongwei install some new weapons. This place wasn’t under the protection of the plant’s heart, so let him install defenses on his own treehouse.

Xu Xin checked the time.

More than five minutes had passed since Lou Fei’Er was locked into the handring.

Five minutes was also a considerable punishment for Lou Fei’Er.

Xu Xin turned the handring, and in a flash of light, Lou Fei’Er appeared before him again.

She was currently hugging her knees, curled up on the floor of the treehouse, her eyes hollow, her face covered in tears, her reaction similar to how it was last time.

In the moment she reappeared, her body trembled and she slowly lifted her head to look at Xu Xin.

It seemed this punishment was quite severe, enough to make her well-behaved for a while.

"How is Ma Hongwei?" Xu Xin asked.

Lou Fei’Er slowly shook her head, not speaking.

"Did you forget what I told you before you went in? Do you want to go in again?"

"No! I did not forget!" Hearing Xu Xin say this, she immediately looked up and shouted twice.

These two shouts also restored much of her mental state, but she didn’t dare to act up in front of Xu Xin any more, obediently replied: "When I went in, it was still a void inside, I couldn’t see anything or hear any sounds. I couldn’t even see where Ma Hongwei was..."

This handring... is it that exaggerated?

Xu Xin shook his head, since that’s the case, let’s directly release Ma Hongwei.

Xu Xin turned the handring, and in a flash of light, the still unconscious Ma Hongwei appeared on the floor.

Lou Fei’Er bit her lip, this guy was just looking for an excuse to lock her up! Clearly, he could just release Ma Hongwei like this, but he insisted she go in and check, keeping her locked for so long!

Wuu wuu wuu, it’s so scary... Wenxi save me, I want to find Wenxi, I want to bring him a cuckold...

But, Xu Xin is so strange today, kind of intriguing. Being around him makes me feel relaxed and secure...

What’s going on, could I have Stockholm syndrome...

Lou Fei’Er lowered her head, her expression changed spectacularly.

Such things naturally happened because of the random buff Xu Xin got today: [Affinity Enhancement].

The randomly generated [Affinity Enhancement] this morning might seem insignificant, but in reality, it has been subtly influencing the thoughts and behaviors of the people around him.

For example, Ma Hongwei, who might have been more cautious originally. Last time, even after finding out about Xu Xin’s "identity," he was cautious and did not let him enter the treehouse. But this time, he directly assumed Xu Xin was an innocuous pretty boy, putting all his vigilance on Lou Fei’Er and directly allowed them into the treehouse after confirming Lou Fei’Er’s identity.

And Lou Fei’Er, her extremely casual behavior and words were also subtly influenced by Xu Xin’s affinity enhancement. When someone faces a close person, their behavior naturally becomes very casual.

Affinity enhancement, truly terrifying!

Of course, Xu Xin doesn’t know this; he still feels that the affinity enhancement hasn’t been useful except for raising Li Wenxi’s favor towards him a bit, which is frankly disappointing.