"Ye Chuan, they agreed—three billion to develop this transformation device." After hearing Ye Chuan's request, Wang Yanran relayed the message to the other party.
Soon, she received a reply.
"Oh? They really are loaded." Ye Chuan was surprised. He’d casually thrown out the figure of three billion, and they’d actually agreed.
Was this armor meant for some non-Super Martial big shot?
Well, if the client was willing, Ye Chuan had no objections. After spending just 300,000 in costs to unlock the "monster theft" trait, he’d immediately pocket three billion.
A 100,000% return.
Profits so high they were practically overflowing.
"Not bad, I guess." Just as Ye Chuan was marveling at how easy it was to make money these days, the entire house suddenly shook, followed by continuous tremors.
"Earthquake?!" Lan Xiaoke shrieked, immediately ducking into the safety corner with her arms over her head.
Since when do ghosts fear earthquakes?
"Huh?!"
"We’re not even on a fault line—how could there be an earthquake?" Ye Chuan immediately released his spiritual sense, his gaze piercing through the window. Outside, the azure sky had split open, a massive fissure tearing through it like shattered glass.
"You’ve got to be kidding me. The rift spawned right outside our door… If the house collapses, none of you monsters are getting out alive." Muttering under his breath, Ye Chuan immediately stood and headed for the door.
He never expected a spatial rift to open right on his doorstep.
If the house collapsed, where would he take in tenants? That would be a disaster.
"Let’s go check it out." Bai Qianshuang turned to Lan Xiaoke, then seemed to remember something. "Xiaoke, go see how Miss Luo is doing."
With that, Bai Qianshuang followed Ye Chuan out, and Wang Yanran quickly trailed behind.
"Luo Xi?" Lan Xiaoke floated mid-air. "Uh… I don’t even know where she lives."
……
"Woo—" The alarm blared across the entire city, and the emergency broadcast crackled to life. "Warning, warning. A spatial rift has appeared in Jinwan District, Haizhu City. All nearby citizens must seek shelter immediately."
"Warning—"
The sirens wailed relentlessly. A rift appearing directly in the city was the worst-case scenario—no one could predict the scale of destruction it might bring.
The military and the Super Martial Alliance mobilized at once.
"Wait, seriously? Another rift in the city? Didn’t the last one just disappear?"
"Oh god, it’s right outside my balcony! Should we evacuate?"
"Hide, quick! The monsters are coming!"
Pedestrians scattered in panic. The trauma from the last monster attack was still fresh, and even with preliminary countermeasures in place, no one wanted a rift opening right where they lived.
Meanwhile, at the Super Martial Alliance headquarters, Minister Shen received the alert in the command center.
"What? A rift in Haizhu City?" Though nominally still a branch director, Minister Shen had largely ceded authority to the Wang family. Now serving as the rift warfare commander, he coordinated Super Martial artists and military forces against rift monsters.
Upon learning of the rift’s appearance, he immediately pulled up surveillance footage. On the screen, an enormous tear split the sky, dark and foreboding, exuding an aura of dread.
"Exact coordinates," Minister Shen demanded.
"Sir, the location is…" The staff relayed the position, and Minister Shen paused. "That location."
"Minister, nearby Super Martial artists are already moving. Should we deploy the military?"
"…" Minister Shen shook his head. "Hold the military for now. Have the nearby Super Martial artists assess the situation first. That area… seems to be that man’s home."
That man?
The staff exchanged confused glances. Before they could ask, the surveillance feed showed a figure hovering mid-air above the rift, standing atop a flying sword with arms crossed, silently observing the fissure’s formation.
"Just as I thought…" Minister Shen wasn’t surprised. He’d heard Ye Chuan hadn’t left Haizhu City recently. Now, the rift had spawned right outside his doorstep.
Minister Shen almost felt bad for the monsters.
If this were a game dungeon, they’d just walked into an S-rank hell mode.
At that moment—
"Why aren’t they coming out?" Ye Chuan stood on his sword, expressionless as he stared at the eerie blue rift.
He was undeniably pissed. Not only had the monster spawn point appeared right outside his home, but the tremors had shaken his house.
His presence also drew the attention of nearby residents, who peeked through their windows in awe.
"Whoa, since when can people fly?"
"Hey, doesn’t that guy look familiar? Isn’t that the kid who used to mooch steamed buns from my stall?"
"Times have changed. Now we’ve got flying humans."
"Is he really going to fight alone? The monsters are coming!"
"Oh no, he’s trying to buy time to protect us. This is dangerous!"
……
"First one to stick its head out gets obliterated." Flames erupted from Ye Chuan’s hand, coalescing into a massive fireball.
Finally, the rift stirred—like a calm lake disturbed by a ripple—and a gigantic claw emerged.
"Boom!" The fireball exploded against the claw in a burst of flames and smoke.
A furious roar echoed from the rift. The monster seemed to experience the equivalent of getting its fingers slammed in a door—injured the moment it stepped out.
Soon, the creature’s full form came into view: a towering, Godzilla-like beast over ten meters tall.
"…" Ye Chuan’s spiritual sense assessed it—roughly Foundation Establishment level.
Eyeing the charred claw, Ye Chuan smirked. "Interesting. A rift this big, and only one of you shows up?"
Just as he was about to dismiss it as weak, the beast roared and unleashed a blue laser from its maw.
Ye Chuan didn’t flinch. The laser struck him but was absorbed by an invisible force.
"Pathetic." With a mere pulse of his aura, the laser shattered into nothingness.
He raised a hand and fired a dark energy beam.
"Boom!" The monster’s body exploded.
"Too easy." Just as Ye Chuan was writing it off as laughably weak, an eerie presence surged from the rift.
The fissure suddenly turned crimson, and an even larger, more terrifying beast began to emerge—several times the size of the last.
ts me of treason?" "Correct. The host must return to the capital and gradually build up influence." "Wait—I have half a million soldiers, and you want me to go back to the capital to 'build influence'?" "Host, you are currently the Northern Garrison General, loyal to the Great Xia Dynasty." "Of course I am loyal to Great Xia! Absolutely loyal!" "But you keep referring to yourself as 'We'..." "Never mind the details! Summon all the regional commanders and military officers! We suspect treacherous officials are manipulating the court! They shall march with Us to the capital and purge the corrupt!" "......"
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
