"This thing..."

"Is a bit excessive."

Rover looked at the notification before him, the smile on his lips gradually becoming strange.

Monica and Selina heard him say that and immediately became much more alert. After all, they both knew Rover’s personality. Whatever could make him say those words was certainly no ordinary item.

Selina sat up first, her golden hair slightly tousled and falling onto her smooth white shoulders. She looked at the crate opening before Rover, the faint golden light reflecting in her blue eyes, making her look like a large cat that had just spotted a new toy.

"Master, what’s inside?"

Monica also struggled to sit up, pulling the blanket to cover her somewhat disheveled body. Her face was still flushed, her breathing not yet completely stable, but her gaze had been drawn by what lay inside the crate.

Inside the Legendary Supply Crate, there weren’t too many items.

On the contrary, inside it there was only one thing floating.

It was a glass heart.

About the size of an adult’s fist, its entire body was transparent, but within it ran countless pale red lines of light like blood vessels. The strangest thing was that it wasn’t still. It was slowly contracting and expanding, like a real heart beating.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

The sound was very small, but in the quiet room at this moment, it was clear enough to make one’s scalp go numb.

Monica unconsciously swallowed.

"Is that... is that a heart?"

Selina frowned. Her hand instinctively wanted to reach for her sword hilt, but very quickly she realized she was in the bedroom and had absolutely no weapon on her.

Rover didn’t immediately answer.

Because the information panel had already appeared before him.

....

[Heart of Life]

[Type: Special Item]

[Rank: Legendary]

[Description: A heart condensed from extremely pure life force. It can awaken an extinguished life, pulling the dead back to the world of the living.]

[Effect 1: Can resurrect a person who has been dead for less than 24 hours.]

[Effect 2: If combined with a Life Crystal, it can search for a lost soul and resurrect a person who has died.]

[Condition: The resurrected person will be absolutely loyal to the one who possesses this item.]

[Note: Single-use item.]

....

Rover fell silent.

Monica and Selina also saw the panel he shared, and both fell into silence for a moment.

Resurrecting the dead.

Even in this insane world, where monsters, special abilities, souls, systems, and all kinds of strange rules appeared everywhere, these four words still carried far too great a weight.

Monica gripped the blanket a bit tighter, her voice dropping considerably.

"This... can this really resurrect the dead?"

Selina was more practical.

"If news of this gets out, the entire apartment complex will definitely go mad."

"Not just this apartment complex." Rover slowly said: "If higher-level Survivors find out, perhaps they will go mad too."

He wasn’t joking.

An item that could resurrect the dead, and furthermore had the condition of making the resurrected person absolutely loyal to its owner. Its value had already far exceeded an ordinary combat item.

If used correctly, this wasn’t just resurrecting one person.

This was creating an absolutely loyal subordinate.

Rover looked at the glass heart beating inside the crate, his gaze growing increasingly deep.

If he were an ordinary person, perhaps he would immediately think of keeping this item to protect his own life. If he died within 24 hours, as long as someone used the [Heart of Life], he could come back to life.

But the problem was, its conditions were very clear.

The resurrected person will be absolutely loyal to the one who possesses this item.

Rover didn’t want to place his life in another’s hands, much less have it so that after dying and coming back to life, he would be bound by some strange rule to be loyal to whoever used the item.

So this thing wasn’t suitable for use on himself.

Use it to resurrect a powerful expert?

Very good.

Use it to resurrect a high-level Survivor who had recently died, turning the other party into an absolutely loyal subordinate?

Even better.

Use it to resurrect a special individual, a person with rare knowledge, skills, status, or abilities?

The value became even greater.

But just as Rover was thinking about those possibilities, he suddenly remembered something.

"Wait a moment..."

Rover frowned, then opened his own backpack.

Monica looked at him.

"Master?"

"I remember I obtained a very strange stone before."

Selina slightly tilted her head.

"A stone?"

"It was from the supply container last time." Rover said: "Such a large container, but inside was only a small stone. At the time I felt the system really was so stingy it made me want to curse."

He spoke while rummaging through the backpack.

Very quickly, a small gem appeared in his hand.

This gem was only as large as a thumb joint, its entire body radiating a very gentle white light. Inside it, there seemed to be a faint silhouette of a tiny person sleeping soundly, sometimes brighter, sometimes dimmer, like a small lamp about to go out.

Before, Rover had checked this thing but didn’t receive too much useful information. It didn’t resemble an ordinary gemstone, nor did it resemble an energy core. He knew it certainly had value, but didn’t know how to use it, so he had nearly forgotten about it in his backpack.

But the moment this gem appeared, the Heart of Life in the crate suddenly beat more strongly.

Thump!

Pale red light spread from the glass heart.

At the same time, the gem in Rover’s hand also lit up. The two kinds of light, one white and one red, seemed to be attracted by something, slowly pulling toward each other.

Monica’s eyes went wide.

"They... they’re reacting to each other."

Selina also grew more serious.

"Master, perhaps this is the Life Crystal mentioned in the information panel."

Rover thought the same.

Sure enough, the system very quickly showed a new notification.

[Ding! Life Crystal detected.]

[Ding! Heart of Life and Life Crystal can be fused.]

[Ding! After fusion, the item will undergo a special transformation. Do you wish to fuse?]

Rover looked at the notification, falling slightly silent.

He looked again at the gem in his hand, then looked at the beating glass heart.

If the two things remained separate, the [Heart of Life] was already a Legendary item. But if fused with the [Life Crystal], the effect would certainly be even greater.

More importantly, the [Heart of Life] could only resurrect someone who had died less than 24 hours ago. But after combining with the Life Crystal, it could search for a lost soul and resurrect someone who had died.

The gap between these two effects was enormous.

Rover didn’t think too long.

"Fuse."

The moment he finished speaking, the gem in his hand immediately flew up, slowly moving toward the Heart of Life.

The two items touched.

No explosion.

No violent surge of energy either.

Only white and red light slowly merging into each other, like blood and moonlight fusing inside a glass cup. The glass heart began to change. The lines of light within it were no longer only pale red, but gradually interwoven with silvery white light.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

The beating sound grew clearer and clearer.

Monica unconsciously raised her hand to cover her chest, as if that beating rhythm was affecting her own heart.

Selina also frowned, but in her gaze was a hint of excitement. She could sense that this item was becoming more frightening.

A moment later, the light in the bedroom gradually receded.

Before Rover, the originally glass heart had transformed into a transparent heart interwoven with red and white light. On its exterior was a ring of pale golden patterns, like some kind of seal, but one that didn’t make people feel confined.

On the contrary, it resembled a promise.

A promise that life could return.

A new information panel appeared.

....

[Eternal Heart]

[Type: Special Item]

[Rank: Legendary]

[Description: A heart formed from the Heart of Life and Life Crystal. It can search for traces of a lost soul within the bounds of the rules, reconstruct the body, and resurrect a person who has died.]

[Special Effect: Resurrects a person who has died. If the target’s soul has not yet completely dispersed, the item will automatically search for traces of the soul and pull the target back to the world of the living.]

[Condition 1: The resurrected person will be absolutely loyal to the one who possesses this item.]

[Condition 2: After resurrection, the target will receive a random effect. This effect may be beneficial or detrimental.]

[Note: Single-use item.]

....

Rover looked at the information panel, exhaling a soft breath.

As expected.

This had far exceeded his imagination.