"Mm..."
Su Yuxin stared intently through the telescope at the village below, her prolonged focus beginning to wear her down.
Li Mucheng, standing beside her, noticed her exhaustion and gently patted her shoulder.
"Yuxin, why don’t you take a break? I’ll handle the observation for now."
"N-no, Mucheng, I can manage this much. Please let me do what I can."
Li Mucheng didn’t press further, smiling instead as she nodded. "You haven’t changed at all, Yuxin. If you insist, I won’t stop you. But if you feel unwell, promise you’ll call for me, okay?"
"Mm, thank you, Mucheng."
"Don’t mention it. We’re friends, aren’t we?"
Li Mucheng’s warm smile was genuine, and it brought Su Yuxin real comfort.
"Mucheng..."
"Now’s not the time for chatting, Yuxin. We can talk later when we have time, alright?"
"Okay."
Just as Li Mucheng checked her phone for updates from Xie Yuyan, Su Yuxin spoke up again.
"M-Mucheng..."
"What is it, Yuxin? I’m here."
"I... I wanted to ask you something. Is that okay?"
"Mm..."
Li Mucheng glanced at Su Yuxin’s reddened eyes and reluctantly agreed despite her initial hesitation.
"Go ahead, Yuxin. But keep your focus on the telescope, alright?"
"O-okay. I’m just glad you’re willing to answer."
"So, what did you want to ask?"
"How... how did you change your mindset like this? Doesn’t it hurt to let go?"
"Change my mindset? You mean why I brought you and Xie Yuyan into this?"
"Yes! Your perspective is completely different now. I want to know what made you change so much."
"The answer is simple: because of Teacher."
"Because of Brother Ye Feng? B-but how? You were so devoted to him. Why choose this path now?"
"Because I was wrong before—and I hurt him!"
Li Mucheng didn’t shy away from her answer, knowing it might profoundly affect Su Yuxin. She pressed on without pause.
"Think about it, Yuxin. Teacher didn’t just give me a second chance—he gave Xie Yuyan two. That proves how much he cares about us. He never wanted this conflict between us, but we were too selfish to see it."
"Our endless fighting wore him down completely. Whether it was his plans with Shen Mengli or him giving up on us, our actions caused him so much pain. I don’t want to hurt him anymore. I just want to be there for him, quietly. That’s enough for me."
When Su Yuxin fell silent, Li Mucheng didn’t push further. Instead, she took Su Yuxin’s hand and held it gently.
"So... Yuxin, let’s let go of everything, for Teacher’s sake. We both love him, don’t we?"
"......"
Su Yuxin bit her lip, unsure how to respond. She didn’t want Ye Feng to lose faith in her either, but letting go completely wasn’t something she could do so easily. Still, for his sake, she was willing to try—even if it meant abandoning her obsession.
"Mucheng... I don’t know if I can do it. But... if it’s for Brother Ye Feng, I... I’ll try my best!"
"Thank you, Yuxin."
Just as Li Mucheng felt relieved by Su Yuxin’s resolve, Su Yuxin suddenly gasped. "M-Mucheng! Something’s happening!"
"What?!"
Li Mucheng hadn’t expected developments so soon. To confirm, she took the telescope from Su Yuxin and focused on the village entrance—only to spot a familiar figure stepping inside. There was no mistaking who it was.
"What now? Do we move?"
Su Yuxin’s brows furrowed, her clenched fists betraying her frustration. The softness from earlier was gone.
"It’s really her! Xie Yuyan was right. Shen Mengli must be here to buy ingredients. That means the villagers don’t know who she is."
"She’s the one who stole Brother Ye Feng! Mucheng, let’s capture her now! Then we’ll find out where he is!"
Su Yuxin stamped her foot impatiently, as if afraid Shen Mengli might vanish any second. But Li Mucheng shook her head firmly—now was the time for calm, not haste.
"Not yet, Yuxin. We have the advantage of surprise. Let me discuss this with Xie Yuyan first. Keep watching Shen Mengli and tell me immediately if anything changes."
"Got it!"
"Beep... beep... beep..."
Li Mucheng froze when Xie Yuyan didn’t answer her radio call. Only Su Yuxin’s voice snapped her back to reality.
"X-Xie Yuyan... isn’t responding."
"How?!"
......
"Hm?"
When the shadow at the door remained still and no reply came from Shen Mengli, Ye Feng glanced up—only to freeze the moment light revealed the figure’s silhouette.
The shadow was taller and more slender than Shen Mengli’s, and most tellingly, it had unmistakably short hair.
"So you found me after all."
Ye Feng chuckled ruefully, as if resigning himself, before turning to face the door. Just as he expected, Xie Yuyan stood there, her gaze unreadable.
"Ye Feng..."
"Hungry? There’s some corn soup. Though it’s nowhere near as good as your cooking."
Xie Yuyan followed his gesture to a steaming pot nearby.
"I..."
"Have some. You look exhausted."
Ye Feng cut her off, his tone carrying an odd sense of relief—almost like surrender.
"Alright... I’ll have some."
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!" "......"
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
