Chapter 53: Contracted Undead, Shaya
"Relax, I can help you."
Gu Xi patted Shaya's hand, channeling some negative energy into her body.
Afterward, Gu Xi didn't use summoning techniques. Instead, he started talking about how he had taken over the ruins and killed the twisted sorcerers guarding the place.
Gu Xi knew that self-transforming undead would retain a certain level of intelligence and memory.
Using summoning techniques now would disrupt the undead transformation process.
Although Gu Xi couldn't provide Shaya with better support, he wouldn't disrupt it.
Under Gu Xi's soothing words, Shaya's initially twisted face slowly calmed down, and the wound on her abdomen began to heal visibly.
As everything seemed to be improving, Gu Xi noticed that Shaya's face turned pale and her skin began to show signs of corpse spots.
"Transformation is about to fail. How can this be?"
Gu Xi immediately realized what was happening, but he didn't want to believe his judgment.
Clearly, everything was going well. How could it suddenly deteriorate?
"Is it because of insufficient negative energy?" Gu Xi looked around. Besides Shaya's body, there were many human corpses hanging around. These must have been used by the twisted sorcerers for experiments, food, or as sources of resurrection energy.
Initially, Gu Xi planned to wait for the skeleton soldiers to clear the ruins and then transport these bodies back to Aridowei.
Now that Shaya was in trouble, Gu Xi couldn't care about that anymore. He pointed at the corpses and began drawing negative energy and death aura from them to replenish Shaya.
Under Gu Xi's manipulation, large amounts of black, gray, and purple auras were extracted from the corpses and injected into Shaya.
However, even with the added negative energy, Shaya's body continued to deteriorate. At this rate, she wouldn't last until the transformation was complete.
This situation left Gu Xi speechless. Although he had never encountered this before, he was among the top students in his class.
The various situations during self-transformation of the undead were well-documented in books.
This situation indicated that part of Shaya's body was missing, causing the transformation to fail.
Despite supplementing according to the book, it wasn't working.
Just as Gu Xi was at a loss, he suddenly thought of a possibility.
Did the old twisted sorcerer use Shaya's life force for resurrection?
Thinking of this, Gu Xi quickly took out the resurrection stone.
Sure enough, when the resurrection stone was taken out, Shaya's body moved slightly towards it.
This was the undead's instinctive reaction towards their missing parts.
It seemed to be the case.
An idea flashed in Gu Xi's mind. Initially, he planned to wait until Shaya self-transformed into an undead before making a contract.
Now, it seemed impossible. He needed to intervene and adjust the transformation manually, or Shaya, such a good prospect, would be ruined.
With this thought, Gu Xi quickly rummaged through his materials.
He took out the materials he obtained from killing the twisted sorcerers and some items he bought from the flea market.
Simultaneously, plans formed and were discarded rapidly in his mind.
Finally, relying on his level 3 undead knowledge and level 4 magical knowledge, Gu Xi pieced together a feasible plan.
After confirming the plan, Gu Xi moved quickly. He knew Shaya was in a critical condition. Every minute delayed increased her risk.
If delayed too long, even if all preparations were successful, the transformation could still fail.
Therefore, Gu Xi decisively used everything he could.
Using the kitchen knife nearby, Gu Xi reopened Shaya's newly healed wound.
He then removed the resurrection stone from the ring and firmly placed it on Shaya's eleventh vertebra.
After securing it with strips of magical cloth, ensuring it wouldn't fall off, Gu Xi put Shaya's organs back in place, injecting demonic heart blood into her heart.
After restoring the organs, he used the magical cloth to bandage her wounds, placing the [Dead Mirror] on the wound.
Shaya's current problem was a lack of vitality and death aura.
All of it had been absorbed by the resurrection stone.
Although Gu Xi planned to force out the stone's energy, some things weren't easily replenished.
Not wanting to waste such good material, Gu Xi decided to use the [Dead Mirror].
After setting everything, Gu Xi drew a magic circle on Shaya's body using blood, then helped dress her.
Once everything was done, Gu Xi took a deep breath and began injecting collected souls into Shaya's body.
As the souls were infused, Shaya's skin smoothed out, turning a bluish-gray. The previous decay vanished.
Shaya's eyes turned a silvery color, with pupils and whites disappearing, looking quite eerie.
Seeing the changes, Gu Xi finally relaxed. Things were turning for the better.
He quickly took a strip of magical cloth and wrote an undead contract.
The format of undead contracts was standard. Without a contract slot, writing it wouldn't gain system approval.
Gu Xi currently had one slot, so the contract process went smoothly.
As he rolled up the contract, Shaya sat up stiffly.
Before Shaya could look at him, Gu Xi quickly presented the contract with a pale blue soul light.
"My name is Gu Xi. I hope to make a contract with you and fight by my side."
"I... am willing to fight for you."
[Ring! Contracted undead successful. Shaya (Contracted Undead) has joined the player.]
[Name: Shaya (Contracted Undead)
Race: Revenant Corpse (Ghoul Branch)
Level: 5 (0/15000)
Talent: Bloodsucking (Absorbs 30% of enemy's lost life to replenish own life during combat, Resurrection Stone effect)
Status: Health (410/410), Mana (140/140)
Attributes: Strength 3.2, Agility 2.7, Constitution 2.1+2 (Resurrection Stone effect), Intelligence 1.4, Perception 2.7, Charisma 2.6
Skills: Dagger Attack Level 5, Stealth Level 4, Trap Setting and Disarming Level 3, All-Seeing Eye Level 3 (Dead Mirror effect), Magic Resistance Level 2 (Magical Cloth effect)]