Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 710

According to Shannon's analysis of the system Cecily was using, the Malignant System operated mainly on fortune.

There were two ways to obtain fortune. The first method was to take it from people close to her. For instance, Caleb and Linda were both close to Cecily, and they had been the first to fall victim.

The second method involved a body takeover, and it was the same technique applied to Kiley when Shannon had her first encounter with the system.

"When someone's body is taken over, their body is occupied by an external living soul. The living soul follows instructions given by the system to occupy the body for seven days.

"After those seven days, the body takeover is deemed successful if the living soul fully merges with the body.

"At that point, the original soul's fortune will be absorbed by the system, and the original soul will be forever trapped in a doll that serves as a conduit for the body takeover."

Shannon paused. She glanced at George before adding, "But if we manage to restore the original living soul within those seven days, there won't be much of an impact."

George grunted. "During this period, we'll pretend we don't know what's going on."

He understood that Marie had treated Shannon coldly ever since the latter returned, and he didn't blame Shannon for not rushing to reverse the situation. It was just seven days, after all, and this could serve as Marie's lesson to finally see reality.

According to Shannon, the doll was the conduit for the body takeover. There had been several incidents involving dolls, and even Eva's dolls had been disposed of. Yet Marie kept hers, and that was entirely her own doing.

To George, it seemed that Marie would only realize what was going on after she was trapped in a doll for a few days.

Adam sighed in relief at George's clear stance. Despite how wrong Marie had been, Shannon, as her granddaughter, couldn't outright refuse to help. Even if she was in the right, doing like that would make her seem cold and upset George.

Hector had similar thoughts. After seeing George make his position clear, he added, "I had the caregiver check Grandma's room just now, and there was no doll there. The one Caleb took this afternoon must have been it."

After thinking it over, he sternly added, "Send a few men to keep watch over that place, but make sure they aren't discovered. What's important is that she doesn't move the doll again."

Once the location of the doll was confirmed, they could act quickly to restore Marie's soul.

Shannon nodded. Though Hector had anticipated this, he still nodded respectfully in agreement.

Then, Shannon added, "Since she's moving so quickly against Grandma, there will definitely be more actions to follow. I've placed protective talismans on the rest of the family.

"Let me know if anything happens, and I'll try to get home within three days."

As she said so, she paused and felt like she'd forgotten something important.