Hearing Soona's proposal, Faen and Zeri fell silent at the same time.
Faen was okay, knowing this ability wasn't completely negative. Under controlled dosage, it not only elevated the mental state but could even promote physical growth. But for Zeri...
With last night's events vivid in her mind, Zeri almost sprang up with a whoosh! But then she sat down blushing under her mother's puzzled gaze. Her mouth squirmed a few times before she said, "This... has some side effects."
"I know, that's why I want to see exactly what side effects there are."
Looking at the hesitant Zeri, Soona also said: "Faen has already said it will cause mental pressure. But judging from the state of you two, it doesn't seem that serious. Instead, it's you, Zeri. You reacted so strongly, looks like you suffered quite a bit?"
"...Indeed suffered quite a bit." Zeri wrinkled her nose, seemingly recalling what happened this morning. She didn't blame Faen, just saying:
"But it's also true there's no major harm... forget it, you better ask Faen, he understands this."
Zeri lay on the table unhappily, appearing exceptionally unwilling.
Seeing this, Soona cast her gaze at Faen. And Faen also said directly:
"The so-called side effect is actually paying the price of joy for the advanced joy after boosting emotions. Generally speaking, the intensity of joy needing to be paid varies depending on the dosage. Just like a loan, taking it for an emergency is understandable. In terms of the price of joy, it means doing some happy things, like eating a good meal, enjoying a vacation."
"But if the debts pile high reaching a compound interest state of robbing Peter to pay Paul, then strong mental pressure will make the overdoser do some irrational things. Not just simple enjoyment, but further indulgence. Like indulging in the thrill of killing, being keen on self-harm, self-abuse... This is also why I am so concerned about the dosage when using it."
Hearing this, Soona nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Zeri on the side and joked with a smile: "So the relationship between you two should also be because of~"
"Mom!!" Zeri was so anxious electric arcs ran wildly on her head.
"Haha, don't be nervous, don't be nervous. I know, sometimes even if feelings are mutual, a passion is often needed as a breakthrough point to let two people truly come together." Soona rubbed Zeri's head, not worried Zeri's electric sparks would hurt her:
"What truly matters is whether the calmed heart will feel regret and hesitation about this after the passion."
"I won't regret it! Faen is very strong!" Zeri puffed out her cheeks and said: "In the factory, he could fight a hundred alone!"
Seeing Zeri's reaction, Soona also nodded with a smile, but secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart—she was very worried whether Zeri made such a choice just because of momentary passion. But judging from Zeri's current reaction, although there was indeed an element of passion, obviously Zeri didn't regret this, even showed some obscure joy.
Thinking this, Soona also cast her gaze at Faen and said: "So... do you think it's convenient?"
"There's nothing inconvenient about it." Hearing this, Faen also said: "Mainly regarding dosage. I don't understand your physiological state, Auntie, so I can't accurately grasp the scale of the dosage..."
"Then how did you use it for Zeri the first time?"
Hearing this, Zeri instantly shut down. Faen also said after a moment of silence: "Oral administration of a very small dose. To ensure this very small dose doesn't suffer extra loss, some techniques were used to ensure the absorption efficiency of the joy factor."
"Techniques..." Hearing Faen's words, Soona pondered slightly for a moment, but still failed to understand what it meant. She simply said: "Then just try it directly. A bit more is fine too. My metabolic ability might not match Zeri's, but having lived so long, my drug resistance is not something a little girl can compare with."
"Okay." Faen nodded, no longer discussing other things. After all, it was too troublesome to explain. If Soona felt unable to accept it, they could just terminate it directly then.
And on the side, seeing Faen nod and her mother get ready, Zeri opened her mouth, but didn't know how to express the emotions in her heart. Finally, she could only take a deep breath, sitting on the side nervously and uneasily watching her boyfriend come in front of her mom.
Faen: "Please open your mouth."
Soona: "Ah."
Accompanied by a deepening understanding of Ashlesh's power, Faen didn't need to put the joy factor on his hand and then carefully smear it on Zeri's little tongue like before. Instead, he directly controlled the blood plasma to enter Soona's mouth—after all, it was Zeri's mother. As his future elder, it was better to be respectful.
At the same time, having been separated by Faen, this blood plasma didn't have any unacceptable taste.
As the joy factor entered her body and began to take effect, Soona also closed her eyes to perceive. Subsequently, she quickly understood what "heartfelt joy" meant in her daughter's mouth.
Spirit became exceptionally sharp, emotions became exceptionally active. Glancing to the side, even that lifeless Sump of Zaun had extra colorful hues. Pleasant colors constantly spread in the sky, and everything in the world seemed to become lovely and charming along with it...
Feeling the almost brand-new world, Soona's face, although old but still retaining a big sister demeanor, almost immediately widened its eyes. Her capable and exquisite face was full of thick surprise. Everything entering her vision made Soona even feel a sense of lingering and forgetting to return.
Because the dosage was relatively small, this feeling of Soona didn't last too long. Soon, she returned to normal accompanied by the fading of the drug effect.
And accompanied by the decline of the enhancement effect, a mental sense of emptiness also came along with it. This made Soona couldn't help frowning. After feeling it for a moment, she also asked: "I feel the so-called price of joy. According to your experience, how to pay the price is most effective."
"For this kind of mild dosage, generally speaking, washing your face, eating something, and drinking a glass of water can restore you to original state." Saying this, Faen also noticed that Zeri's mom's drug resistance seemed a bit strong... recovering so fast.
Hearing this, Soona nodded. It happened that when Zeri and Faen came back, she also just finished work. Taking advantage of the situation to wash her face and drink a glass of water, the feeling of relaxation made Soona feel slight joy, and the mental pressure also began to melt constantly like ice and snow along with it.
Waiting for a moment again, confirming she had recovered to original state, Soona leaned back in her chair and said with some emotion:
"No wonder you said Zeri would be somewhat overly reliant when fighting... Just this mild dosage already produced such a unique experience. Let alone Zeri, even I feel I'm about to get addicted to it. Hmm, feels a bit like some kind of mental pre-workout? Used in training, it might also have unexpected effects."
Having just finished the joy experience, although she had calmed down, Soona's face was still full of enthusiastic brilliance. And accompanied by mental activity, her slightly tanned skin also showed a slight muscular flush after exercise due to congestion.
Faen understood this very well, because this emotional elevation would effectively activate people's various physiological properties for quite a long time to come. Abundant blood and qi was one of the most obvious characteristics.
And seeing Soona had recovered her reason, Faen also reminded: "Because these joy factors are stripped from my spirit realm, so after taking them, you will be relatively sensitive to some of my things. Please don't mind. Generally speaking, you will recover to original state after a period of time."
In these few days of getting along with Zeri, Faen didn't spend all his time on mastering power. He was equally constantly perceiving his own life form—
According to Faen's perception, although he was blessed by Ashlesh, this blessing was more like Ashlesh forcibly elevating his life level, turning his life level from a single material realm structure into a form where material realm and spirit realm intertwined.
And according to Faen's speculation, this joy factor, rather than coming from Ashlesh, was better described as a joy concept secretion produced by the essence of the spirit realm after Faen completed the elevation from Ashlesh.
This would very obviously change the attitude of people affected by the joy factor towards Faen. Of course, it still depended on the dosage. After all, the vast majority of lives just couldn't perceive and harness the power of the spirit realm, which didn't mean they didn't have it. For people like Soona, Faen could feel that their spirit realm resistance was even stronger than ordinary people. Unless they actively accepted it, even the positive effects of the joy factor would show some discounts on them.
And hearing Faen's words, Soona also stared at Faen for a while. After noticing she was indeed paying attention to Faen seemingly, she also nodded, but didn't care too much, just nodding and saying:
"It's not really a negative effect either. After all, a family should care for each other—you say right? Zeri~"
Although Soona joked with her daughter in a relaxed tone on the surface, only she herself knew what earth-shattering changes her mature and plump body wrapped under the heavy protective suit was going through at this moment.
The masculine aura with spirit realm characteristics on Faen's body, magnified by the joy factor, rushed straight to her lower abdomen through her nasal cavity like a potent aphrodisiac. Soona's hands, which held a forging hammer year-round and were covered in rough calluses, were actually trembling slightly under the workbench at this moment. She felt an unspeakable emptiness and itchiness rising in her private parts that hadn't had a ripple for a long time.
Her plump, heavy breasts quietly swelled under the tight work vest. Her two ripe nipples became painfully hard, constantly rubbing against the rough fabric with her slightly rapid breathing. What was even more fatal was between her legs; her fleshy clam, which had been dry year-round, actually became muddy in just a few minutes. Scalding hot love juices secreted uncontrollably, flowing slowly along the roots of her plump thighs, completely soaking the crotch of her panties. She could even hear the faint "guji" watery sounds when her thighs overlapped.
Soona forced herself to resist the urge to clamp her legs together and rub. Her gaze unconsciously swept over Faen's broad, muscular chest and sturdy waist and hips. She was a mature woman, naturally able to understand the terrifying scale hidden under the loose pants material. An absurd thought even flashed uncontrollably through her mind: If this explosive young body pressed on her and galloped wildly, filling her flooded, empty fleshy hole, what ultimate joy would that be...
"Phew..." Soona secretly took a deep breath. Using the action of turning to pour water, she forcefully clamped her legs together, trying to suppress that intense slutty impulse. But the panties soaked through with lustful juices stuck tightly to her labia, constantly reminding her of the defeat of this mature body in front of the joy factor.
"Mom!" Zeri shouted dissatisfiedly, but restricted by bloodline suppression, couldn't hiss.
"Haha, okay, okay, won't say anymore." Looking at the angry Zeri, Soona also smiled and said: "Let's go tidy up the room first. After all, there's one more person now."
Hearing this, Faen and Zeri exchanged a glance, then Faen also put the large bundle behind him aside.
Faen had been using his water-controlling power to hold the huge bundle all along the way. However, because this kind of holding would produce mental pressure over a long time, after eating breakfast, Faen and Zeri hired a hand-pushed transfer cart.
"Considering the career Zeri and I are going to undertake next, we plan to establish a stable enough base."
While speaking, Faen opened the bundle.
And looking at the large amount of wealth in the bundle, a look of surprise also appeared on Soona's face. Then shaking her head, she marveled: "I originally thought when you said you took the factory's vault, you just took some expensive things... but looking at it now, you emptied it all in one breath?!"
"More or less, basically took everything that could be taken." Faen said: "There are also some special precision instruments inside. Why don't you see if there's anything you can use, Auntie? Or help sell them to exchange for supplies we need."
Hearing this, Soona also stepped forward and picked through carefully. A moment later, Soona also cast a helpless gaze at Zeri on the side.
"I guess Zeri's equipment needs to be upgraded?"
"Yes!" Zeri nodded: "Otherwise I won't even be able to keep up with Faen's speed! He's too fast! I don't want to become the one dragging him down!"
"I thought so too." Soona said with some emotion: "I even specially forged a spark gun for you, using the best materials I could find around here. But looking at it now... probably won't be needed."
Taking out a small box from the pile of wealth, Soona took out a handful of about a dozen azure blue beads from it. Her face also carried some excitement:
"This kind of high-quality Hextech crystal is not easy to find. You guys seemingly dug out a part of that guy Spindlaw's family fortune! With these Hextech crystals, not just the spark gun, but all equipment that can be used can be upgraded once!"
"Hooray!" Zeri was excited.
"But don't get happy too early. Wanting to perfectly utilize these Hextech crystals requires quite a lot of Hextech knowledge. Experience is not enough, can only use talent to try while learning."
Saying this, Soona also looked at Faen: "In the coming period of time, might need to make more of your 'stimulants', especially targeting Zeri."
"Eh? Why?!" Hearing this, Zeri looked puzzled.
And Soona said: "Because your electric magic is linked to your emotions, we need to simulate equipment performance under different emotional states. Only in this way can you maintain abundant combat power at all times. As for addictiveness..."
Silent for a moment, Soona stretched her arm and said: "Compared to the harm of Shimmer, this joy factor of Faen's isn't considered addictive at all. Because it won't distort a person's desires, it will only make a person more clearly recognize the deep thoughts in their heart."
Speaking, pausing, Soona also glanced at Faen on the side, saying calmly:
"Actually, when I first heard the relationship between you two was related to the joy factor, I was also hesitant and confused. Because in the current Zaun, Sump gangs that enslave, exploit, and fool bottom-level people through the addictiveness of Shimmer potions are not a minority. And those Chem-Barons would even specifically use Shimmer to create their own exclusive drug-jar troops."
"Shimmer's addictiveness will even severely alienate a person's body structure, and produce severe physiological degradation after losing Shimmer. In comparison, this thing called joy factor..."
Closing her eyes and feeling the mental changes in herself slightly, Soona said with a normal face: "Almost harmless."
Faen nodded, indicating no problem. Then he also pointed to the reform documents on the side and said: "Just right, also take this opportunity to propagate these things."