Skinwalker Belle – Chapter 571 – System Unbinding

Creating a peak Level 9 pureblood human from nothing was far more complicated than simply molding a pile of flesh and blood.

It was equivalent to creating a vessel capable of bearing the weight of a planet, while also having to stuff in a complete soul, memories, and power.

Even though Lin Li was now the Ancestor of Eternal Life, with Mental Strength data that even the system couldn’t calculate, this drain still left her dizzy.

Space around her began to collapse, black void seeping out from the Rifts, only to be forcibly pressed back into the room by Lin Li’s sheer willpower.

Within the white light, a man’s figure slowly took shape.

First came the bones, then the meridians and organs, and finally the flesh and skin.

“The consumption is too great.” Lin Li gritted her teeth, a thin layer of sweat forming on her forehead.

She could feel her vast Mental Strength being frantically drained by the not-yet-formed body.

If it had been that false god Long Hao instead, he would have been drained dry ten times over and still couldn’t have molded a single finger.

“Heart of Envy!”

Lin Li let out a low shout in her mind.

The moment this Bloodline talent belonging to Long Xuan activated, her already boundless Mental Strength doubled once more.

Following that, a red glow flickered in her eyes.

Tyrant Talent, activate.

The stinging sensation of Mental Strength nearing depletion was converted entirely into energy by the Tyrant Talent, sustaining this unreasonable act of creation.

“Oohoho… Condense for me!”

Lin Li suppressed the pleasurable moan that threatened to escape her, clapping her hands together sharply in the air.

Now was not the time to indulge in that feeling!

“Boom!”

A dull explosion erupted in Room 801 as the white light retracted.

Where there had been empty space, a naked black-haired man dropped to the ground.

The man braced himself on the dusty floor with both hands, his chest heaving as he greedily gasped for air.

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His muscles were well-proportioned and powerful, radiating a pressure no less than that of a Half-step Level 10.

It took several seconds before the man raised his head.

It was a face weathered by three hundred years of hardship, carrying a calm expression.

It was the black-haired Lin Fan.

He didn’t immediately stand up. Instead, he stared at his own hands in bewilderment, clenching his fists tightly.

His bones let out crisp cracking sounds. The real sensation of touch, the real breathing, even the smell of dust on the floor—all of it left him somewhat dazed.

“What’s going on?” The black-haired Lin Fan raised his head, staring at the woman in the white dress before him, whose expression was cold and indifferent.

His mind was in chaos.

“Didn’t we already merge? Didn’t I already give you my soul and power to complete what was missing?” he asked hoarsely, his voice filled with confusion.

He clearly remembered sacrificing himself, completing the other in that desperate situation.

How was it that the moment he opened his eyes, he was lying here perfectly fine?

Lin Li clapped her hands, flicking away dust that wasn’t actually there.

She looked down at the black-haired Lin Fan from above, letting out a derisive snort.

“Merged, yes. But who said what’s been swallowed can’t be spat back out?”

Lin Li kicked at a broken wooden plank by her foot, her tone light and casual.

“I have no interest in cleaning up your mess. Your precious Lily and Jing’er—they’re all waiting for you.”

The black-haired Lin Fan froze, his throat bobbing.

“But… that Level 10 Long Hao…”

“His ashes have already been scattered.” Lin Li cut him off, waving her hand dismissively. “Your own world, you protect it yourself. Don’t try to slack off.”

“I’m very busy. I still have things to do.”

The black-haired Lin Fan opened his mouth, but not a single word came out.

His three hundred years of obsession suddenly seemed less heavy in the presence of this white-haired woman.

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He looked at Lin Li, his gaze complicated, and could only manage a bitter smile in the end.

Lin Li didn’t pay him any more attention. She turned and surveyed the room she had restored to spotless condition.

This was where it all began.

“I’m leaving. Goodbye—oh wait, no… never see you again.”

Lin Li tossed out those words without giving the black-haired Lin Fan any chance to speak.

Her feet left the ground, and her body slowly rose into the air. Under the black-haired Lin Fan’s stunned gaze, the black-and-green nebula in her eyes swirled, and Eternal Grade power gathered at her fingertips.

“Time Reversal!”

As those four words left her mouth, the entire world began to rewind at a frantic pace.

The walls of Room 801 weathered and peeled away, then vines grew back over them, and then the vines retracted into the earth.

Outside the window, in the ruined city of Hangzhou, collapsed buildings reassembled themselves like toppling blocks reversing direction, and shattered roads healed on their own.

Day and night alternated hundreds of times per second, and the clouds in the sky turned into streaks of light.

Lin Li stood at the center of this temporal vortex, coldly watching time flow backward.

One year. Two years. Three years. Four years. Five years.

“Stop.”

Lin Li gave the order in a soft voice.

The frantically rewinding world halted, and time settled.

Outside, the sky was a dull gray, heavy with the oppressive feeling of an impending storm.

The sunlight was dim, and in the distance, the roars of mutated zombies could be faintly heard.

Standing in the spatial rift of Room 801, Lin Li concealed every trace of her presence.

Here, no one could see her, no one could sense her.

A new figure appeared in the room.

A young man sat in a wheelchair. His face was pale, his legs hung limp and useless, and his hands gripped the armrests so tightly that his knuckles had turned white.

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He was staring at what was happening on the street outside the window, his eyes filled with terror.

The zombie crisis had just erupted.

This was Lin Fan from five years ago. The Lin Fan who had yet to experience betrayal, yet to experience the post-apocalypse, who still held illusions about human nature.

“Thump, thump, thump.”

A knock echoed through the quiet room, jarringly loud.

“Lin Fan, are you home? Open the door, it’s me, Liu Ruyan.”

From outside came a woman’s voice, sweet and alluring but tinged with a hint of panic.

Lin Li stood in the void, watching the Lin Fan in the wheelchair flinch, watching him struggle to turn his wheelchair and slowly slide toward the door.

Everything was exactly as it had been at the beginning of her memories.

Lin Li closed her eyes and called out in her mind.

“System.”

[Host, I’m here. Congratulations on achieving Eternal Grade, host! This system has unlocked all permissions and is at your service at any time!] The system’s mechanical voice carried a note of excitement.

“Unbind.”

Lin Li spat out the word flatly.

Silence reigned in her mind for a full three seconds before the system erupted in violent reaction.

[WARNING! Host requests unbinding! WARNING!]

[Host, are you insane? We barely managed to reach Eternal Grade! Now you’re invincible, and I have full permissions—this is our time to strut across every universe, and you want to unbind now?!]

The system was so frantic that even its icy mechanical voice had taken on wavy punctuation.

Lin Li ignored it, pointing at the wheelchair-bound Lin Fan below, who was sliding toward the door.

“Unbind. Then, bind to this Lin Fan.”

“I won’t do it! He’s a cripple now, a total weakling! Why should I abandon you, a max-level god, to babysit some noob? I’m not going! I’d rather die than go!” The system protested wildly, refusing this absurd command.

Lin Li opened her eyes, and the nebula of rules within them blazed to life.

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“Word-to-Law.”

Four words, spoken lightly, yet carrying an irresistible pressure.

The system’s protests ceased. Before absolute rules, it had no right to resist.

[Command… acknowledged.]

[Executing unbinding procedure… stripping in progress…]

A wisp of blue light drifted out from between Lin Li’s brows.

Lin Li didn’t stop it, allowing this power that had accompanied her for so long to leave her.

Without the system, she could no longer create Skins, nor did she have the Storage Space that could hold an infinite amount of items.

But she didn’t care.

She was now the Ancestor of Eternal Life, the embodiment of rules themselves.

To her, the system was just a tool she no longer needed.

“Go. Teach him how to survive in this world.” Lin Li watched the blue light and spoke softly.

The blue light spun once in midair, as if bidding farewell, then transformed into an invisible beam that shot into the brow of Lin Fan, who sat in the wheelchair.

And the Skin System would forever cycle through the loops of time.

Meanwhile.

Lin Fan, still in his wheelchair, had just stopped behind the door. He took a deep breath, preparing to suppress the fear in his heart and open the door for the woman outside.

Suddenly, a cold mechanical voice rang out in his mind.

[Skin System activated.]

[Host: Lin Fan]

[Ability: Can craft any unresisting unit into a perfect human Skin.]

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