Apocalypse: I Have A Multiplier System - Chapter 366

Chapter 366: Chapter 366: Mate

The system instantly answered,

[Host, this time, it isn’t me!]

“Then what is wrong with me?” Su Jiyai asked.

[Let me scan you, host. Scanning… Problem detected. Um… host, do you feel a strange restlessness in your body these days?]

Su Jiyai blushed slightly before gritting her teeth. “No.”

[Host, please don’t lie. Your single lie could lead to wrong conclusions.]

Su Jiyai closed her eyes before muttering, “A little bit.”

[Host, according to all the information stored in the book, you are longing for your mate.]

“My mate? Friend?” Su Jiyai asked with a strange expression.

[Host, as a werewolf, it’s natural to have a mate. You feel this urge because your instincts are telling you to find your mate,] the system explained as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

Su Jiyai groaned and covered her face with her hands. This couldn’t be happening. She didn’t want to believe it. A mate? Qin Feng… her mate?

Her mind flashed back to the times when she felt strangely drawn to Qin Feng. But she never thought it was because of something like this! She thought it was just… normal emotions.

“Wait… so… you mean to say, Qin Feng was my mate all along?”

[Maybe, host. Did you feel drawn to Qin Feng at first sight?]

“I did, but I thought… it was my attraction to his looks…” Su Jiyai whispered softly.

[No, host. Even when you hadn’t awakened your lineage, your instincts already told you about your mate.]

Su Jiyai sighed. Now everything made sense.

She didn’t fall for Ou Lin, who accompanied her through her darkest times, but instead fell for someone completely unexpected.

Suddenly, she thought of something and asked, “System… is there any possibility that I feel a strange sense of security around a person for no reason because of my wolf lineage?”

The system took a moment before answering.

[Yes, host. That’s one of the natural instincts of werewolves. You may feel an unexplainable sense of security or comfort around your mate, even without fully understanding why. Your wolf lineage is guiding you.]

Su Jiyai sat there, processing everything.

“No… what if that person isn’t my mate at all?”

[No, host. Other than your mate, you won’t have such feelings for anyone. Unless…]

“Unless what?” Su Jiyai asked anxiously. A terrifying thought appeared in her mind, but she refused to accept it.

However, the system voiced her thoughts.

[Unless the second person is also your mate. It’s rare, but a person can have more than one mate.]

Su Jiyai’s heart sank. She closed her eyes and suddenly remembered a face she had been trying to ignore for the past two months.

The reality was… Qin Feng wasn’t the only one she kept thinking about… there was another face.

She felt ashamed for even thinking about another man.

[Host, are you talking about Lin Hao?]

“Shut up. Stop saying nonsense,” Su Jiyai said coldly. At some point, her eyes had turned sharp.

[Host, I can monitor your thoughts,] the system reminded her.

Su Jiyai pretended to be dead.

She couldn’t accept the reality that her heart longed for someone other than Qin Feng.

Qin Feng had become disfigured just to rescue her ‘body.’

And here she was… shamelessly thinking about another man.

Shame on her.

Su Jiyai’s eyes welled up, and tears of shame started to fall.

[Host, it’s alright. It’s not your fault…]

“I said shut up!” Su Jiyai almost shouted. She wiped away her tears and muttered, “I don’t have time to deal with something like this!”

[Host, it’s not something you can ignore,] the system chimed in. [The longer you deny it, the stronger the feeling will get.]

Su Jiyai stopped pacing, her frustration reaching its peak. “So what am I supposed to do?!” she asked.

The system responded calmly.

[Host, you need to face the truth. You have two mates. It may feel confusing or overwhelming, but it’s something you’ll have to deal with sooner or later.]

Su Jiyai clenched her fists. Two mates? How could that even be possible? It didn’t seem fair to Qin Feng or to herself.

“No, I can’t. I can’t deal with this right now.” Her voice trembled slightly as she spoke.

The system remained persistent. [Host, running from it won’t solve anything. You need to figure out how you feel about both Qin Feng and Lin Hao.]

Su Jiyai rubbed her temples, feeling the headache building. “I’m not running. I just… I need time.”

[You don’t have much time, host. The bond will keep growing stronger. Soon, it may become unbearable.]

“I will manage on my own,” Su Jiyai muttered.

What she and the system didn’t know was that a soul was lingering, listening to their conversation.

Su Jiyai and the system never realized that for the past two months, someone had been by their side.

Lin Hao, aka Qin Feng, smiled upon hearing Su Jiyai’s words.

By now, he had a basic understanding of everything.

Su Jiyai had a werewolf lineage. She was attracted to him at first sight because of her instincts. Now, she longed to see him.

However, she kept thinking about Lin Hao, too.

She thought Lin Hao and Qin Feng were different.

But what she didn’t know was that, almost one and a half years ago, Lin Hao had died. Qin Feng, who had tried to rescue Su Jiyai’s ‘body’ from the acid water, got disfigured and almost died but ended up in Lin Hao’s body.

For the past one and a half years, he had been randomly teleported into Lin Hao’s body and had to endure the institute’s experiments. Many times, he tried to escape but failed.

He even tried to rescue Lin Hao’s body with his real identity as Qin Feng, but each time he failed.

The only time he successfully escaped was when he met Boss Su, aka Su Jiyai.

At that time, he thought Boss Su was too reckless. Why would someone rescue a person who threatened to kill them?

Now, it was clear… Su Jiyai rescued him because her instincts sensed that he was her real mate.