025, the honor is mine!

[Spirit Spring: Postnatal Auxiliary Spirit Treasure (Upgradable)!
Growth:
After irrigating crops, they gain 20 points of growth energy per minute! Duration: 30 days!
Healing:
After consumption by a living being, it restores 10 HP per second! Duration: 10 minutes! One minute after consumption, negative status effects such as bleeding and pain are removed!]

Wow!
Qi Ran’s eyes lit up!!
This is exactly what she needs to treat Song Chen’s injuries!!
She quickly flashed out of her portable space!
However, as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw a smile curling at the corners of Song Chen’s lips!
His forehead was pressed against hers, their posture intimate!
"Song... Song Chen, you..."
Qi Ran’s face burned, and she wanted to pull back!
But she was held by the waist by Song Chen!
A warm, gentle curve appeared on the man’s lips!
His tone was satisfied and reverent:
"Ranran, there is no need!"
"As Ranran’s loyal servant!"
"I am willing, and it is my greatest honor!"
This was his response to Qi Ran’s earlier words about trying to find a way to break the contract between them!
"You... you..."
Qi Ran stuttered!
Suppressing her heart, which felt as light and fluffy as a feather, Qi Ran pushed him away with force!
She dodged Song Chen’s scorching gaze!
If it weren’t for the contract, the real Song Chen would surely be shamelessly clinging to the person he longed for, refusing to let go!
However, the Song Chen who was currently bound by Qi Ran’s contract could not defy even the slightest bit of her subjective will!
Since Qi Ran did not want him close and pushed him away, he could only keep his distance!
"You are currently affected by the contract, and your mind is unclear. When you sober up and recall what you just said, you will definitely..."
Thinking of how the normal, prickly, and unbridled Song Chen would react when recalling the way he had called himself a "servant" in front of her, she knew he would definitely fly into a rage!
He might even want to cover Qi Ran’s mouth to silence her!

The chaotic panic in her heart, caused by Song Chen’s affectionate gaze, suddenly calmed down!
Then, as the image of an extremely annoyed Song Chen flashed through her mind, she couldn’t help but burst into laughter!
Song Chen didn’t notice; instead, he leaned in, looking curious:
"Young Miss, what are you laughing at?"
Even his form of address had changed!
Yet, Song Chen was completely unaware of it!
He only felt that his current behavior was perfectly normal!
Qi Ran couldn’t help but chuckle, though she simultaneously felt a headache coming on!
The impassioned electronic voice continued:
[The passive skill of the SSS-grade talent cannot be turned off!]
[Contract dissolution will only occur under the following two conditions:
1. The loyal servant dies; the passive skill "Contract" will reactivate, searching for a new, most powerful combatant to serve as the Young Miss's new servant!
2. A new, more powerful combatant appears within a hundred-mile radius of the Young Miss; the passive skill "Contract" will reactivate, and the newly appeared, more powerful combatant will replace the original servant as the Young Miss’s loyal servant! The contract between the original servant and the Young Miss will automatically disappear!]

After hearing this, Qi Ran gained no useful insight!
The answer provided by the impassioned electronic voice was exactly what she had deduced back when she first obtained the [SSS-grade talent: The Young Miss Has Arrived] and contracted the zombie servant!
What Qi Ran wanted to know was if there was any special way to actively break the contract between them!
It seemed she would have to wait until she went to the [Mayfly Trial] to break the contract between her and Song Chen!
However, this was not a long-term solution!
Since Song Chen had gained a head start, his future strength would certainly not be weak!
In fact, for a period in the early days of the apocalypse, no one on Blue Star would be stronger than Song Chen, except for Qi Ran!
So, did that mean that after returning from the [Mayfly Trial], she would have to re-contract Song Chen?
The early stages of the apocalypse were the best time to seize opportunities!
Qi Ran absolutely did not want to slow down Song Chen’s leveling speed because of the unequal, exploitative contract between them!!
"Then... is there any way for other testers not to be chosen as servants by my 'Contract' skill?"
Qi Ran asked, unwilling to give up!
This time, the impassioned electronic voice gave her the answer she wanted:
[There are two situations in which other testers have a certain chance of not being chosen as a servant by the Young Miss:
1. When other testers awaken an SSS-grade talent that includes an "Unselectable" skill, there is a chance they will not be chosen as a servant by the "Contract" skill!
2. When other testers possess "Star-Tempered Grade Equipment" and the equipment’s function is "Cannot be targeted by any negative status effects," there is a chance they will not be chosen as a servant by the "Contract" skill!]

Star-Tempered Grade Equipment?
What was that?
Qi Ran was curious!

But the impassioned electronic voice did not continue to explain after sensing the question in Qi Ran’s mind!
It seemed that this so-called [Star-Tempered Grade Equipment] was not something she could access at her current stage!
In her previous life, even up to the tenth year of the apocalypse when she died, she had never heard of [Star-Tempered Grade Equipment]!
She only knew of the six grades: White, Green, Blue, Orange, Purple, and Red!
However, combined with the first condition, Qi Ran guessed that [Star-Tempered Grade Equipment] should be equivalent to an SSS-grade talent!
Furthermore, she noticed that:
The impassioned electronic voice used the phrasing "a certain chance" several times when mentioning the effect of the unselectable state!
Could it be that even with an SSS-grade talent containing an "Unselectable" skill or equipment with an "Unselectable" effect, one wasn't guaranteed to avoid her "Contract" skill?
Well, after all, the talent she had awakened was one of only five collection-grade SSS-level talents on Blue Star!
Her passive skill shouldn't be that easy to circumvent!
Thinking of this, as her gaze swept over Song Chen’s smiling face, a touch of worry flickered in her heart!
While the impassioned electronic voice was clearing up her doubts, Qi Ran walked over to the cupboard of the barbecue restaurant!
She hadn’t had time to collect anything in her portable space yet!
Since they happened to be in a barbecue restaurant, there were bowls ready to be taken!
Qi Ran focused her mind!
The cupboards, refrigerators, and ingredients in the restaurant vanished instantly!
A second later, they all appeared in her portable space!
Under her command, a bowl flew rapidly into the non-static area, scooped up a bowl of Spirit Spring water, and flew back out of the space!
It appeared out of thin air in Qi Ran’s hand!
Qi Ran held the Spirit Spring water and handed it to Song Chen!
"Song Chen, here!"
Song Chen took it as instructed and drank it all in one go!
Only then did he ask with interest:
"Young Miss, what is this?"
Qi Ran tilted her head, her tone helpless: "You didn't know what it was, yet you dared to drink it?"
"Song Chen, it seems I truly must find a way to prevent you from being chosen by the 'Contract' skill as soon as possible!"