An Lian looked in horror at these two lunatics staring at each other!
Tears shimmered in her gray eyes!
She seemed to have finally realized... there was absolutely no reasoning with them!
He was an absolute, utter madman!!
She took a step back.
Her smooth, long, straight legs had gone completely soft by now, and her whole body... seemed to be just scraping backward!
Her pupils contracted violently, and her lips trembled incessantly!
"Crazy..."
She muttered, her voice impossibly hoarse.
"Crazy... you're really crazy... Fang Qi, you've completely lost your mind...!"
She took another step back.
The direction...
Was the door.
Fang Qi just stood there, with the silver-haired girl still clinging to his chest like an octopus.
He watched An Lian stumbling and shuffling toward the door, and the smile on his lips slowly faded.
Trying to run?
Tsk tsk, Miss An Lian... you've finally lost your calm and rational composure.
You know full well...
You can't escape!
"Liguang."
He spoke.
His voice suddenly turned ice-cold!
"Go, sever the tendons in her hands and feet!"
"But don't kill her."
The figure in his arms trembled violently!
Then, the very next second—
His arms were empty!
Her body moved in an instant!
It made one wonder if she had even heard the command clearly, or if she even needed to process it!
The slender figure shot out from his embrace like a bullet!
Silver hair whipped through the air in an arc, her deep purple skirt fluttered upwards, and the little star on her left earlobe glinted!
She was as fast as a streak of purple lightning!
And then—
"Ahhh!!!"
A bloodcurdling scream exploded in the living room!
An Lian's entire body tilted to the side, losing her balance completely before crashing heavily onto the floor!
"Bang!"
A dull thud!
Her long black hair scattered across the ground, and one of her smooth, straight legs twitched violently!
Then came another cry—
"Ugh, ahhh!!!"
Crimson light slashed four arcs through the air, so fast they were practically invisible!
By the time Fang Qi gathered his wits—
This aloof, long-legged beauty was already paralyzed on the ground.
Her limbs were splayed out weakly, and at her wrists and ankles... four thin, long wounds were seeping blood.
They weren't deep enough to be fatal, but they were absolutely enough to render her...
Immobile.
The tendons in her hands and feet had been severed just like that.
She could no longer stand, nor could her hands exert any strength.
An Lian just lay there on the floor, her face pressed against the cold tiles, her long black hair plastered messily across her face.
Her pupils were unfocused as she stared blankly at Fang Qi standing not far away.
"Tsk."
Fang Qi clicked his tongue softly.
He suddenly remembered that in one of the previous endings...
He had also had his tendons severed by Liguang, which led to a reset.
And now, An Lian was actually experiencing that exact same feeling.
Experiencing this... the love that the crazy woman once had for him!
Tsk.
She got off too easy!
An Lian's lips trembled as she murmured.
"Crazy... you're really crazy..."
"You're really going to die... do you know that... you're really going to die..."
Her voice grew fainter, increasingly dazed, powerless, and desperate...
"Why would you do this... what's the point... what on earth are you trying to do..."
"You'll die... you'll all die... don't you know..."
She kept muttering, tears flowing uncontrollably.
Fang Qi looked down at her miserable state.
The corners of his mouth curled up again.
He walked over unhurriedly and crouched down in front of An Lian.
Looking down at her from above.
"Miss An Lian."
His voice was soft, carrying a hint of a smile.
"This grand show is being put on just for you."
He reached out and brushed aside the strand of hair plastered to her face...
But his fingertips were careful not to touch her skin.
...The crazy woman was still watching from the side, so he couldn't dare touch her.
"So..."
He chuckled softly:
"You have to sit in the VIP seat and watch all of this unfold for me."
An Lian stared at him blankly.
Her gray eyes were soaked with tears, a mixture of fear, disbelief, and despair... all jumbled together!
Fang Qi's lips curled.
Heh.
She really did look a bit pitiful!
Miss An, don't worry.
Once the timeline resets, you'll be back to normal.
But hopefully, in the next loop... you'll stay far, far away from me!
With a smirk, he stood up:
"Liguang."
"Bring her, let's go."
There was no movement behind him.
Fang Qi paused slightly, then turned around.
The silver-haired girl stood exactly where she was, motionless.
Her deep purple skirt hung down, and her long silver hair cascaded loosely.
She just stood there, her right hand still holding the pose of ejecting the crimson blade, the red glint on her fingertips still flashing.
She just looked at him, the corners of her lips still curled in a slightly exaggerated, wide grin!
In her red eye, a crimson hue surged madly!
Even her amber left eye was tainted with a touch of madness!
But she didn't move, she just looked at him, watching quietly.
When Fang Qi met those heterochromatic eyes.
He understood.
He was thrilled, and so, she was thrilled too.
She was finally allowed to unleash herself.
She could finally kill with her own hands those... those villains who wanted to steal her master away from her!
She finally didn't have to pretend or suppress herself anymore!
But she was still afraid.
Afraid that her master would act as a meat shield for her, afraid that her master would really die, afraid that with one accident...
Her master would be gone.
Afraid that this matter would blow up too much, leaving them with no way to clean up the mess.
Afraid that in the end...
She still wouldn't be able to be with her master forever.
But...
She had just been spanked twice a moment ago for not trusting her master.
So, she didn't dare ask again, she just looked at him like this.
Staring fixedly at him!
Using those trembling, crazed, tear-shimmering eyes to tell him—
Master, Liguang is so excited!
Master, Liguang is so scared...
Master, what should Liguang do?
Master, can Liguang...
Trust you?
Fang Qi reached out and cupped her delicate little face.
He lowered his head, leaning close to her ear, his warm breath fanning against her small earlobe.
"Trust me."
His voice was very soft, yet incredibly firm.
"We will be together forever."
The silver-haired girl, her face cupped in his hands, looked at him quietly.
Then, the upward curve of the lips on that small face...
Grew just a little more exaggerated.
...
The apartment building.
In the stairwell, the lighting was dim.
Three figures were pressed against the wall, moving upwards cautiously.
They wore uniform black tactical gear, gripping silver-white firearms with the muzzles pointed up, their footsteps so light they were almost inaudible.
The one at the very front lowered his voice:
"Right above us is the entrance to the twelfth floor."
The one in the middle frowned:
"Any news from the drones?"
The one at the back spat:
"Jack shit! All we saw was that AI pinning that... what's her name... An Lian? Pinning her to the ground! But we have no idea what's actually happening! The soundproofing in these company apartments is too damn good, we can't hear a thing from inside!"
"Fuck!"
The middle one cursed under his breath:
"That An Lian is utterly useless! Couldn't she secretly open a wiretap comms channel?!"
"Keep your fucking voice down!"
The one in front glared at him:
"The other side is a top-tier custom AI! If she dared to wiretap, she'd be caught the next second! Besides, she's just a specialist, not an agent!"
The one at the very back took a deep breath and lowered his voice:
"Are the orders from above... still the same?"
The one in the front fell silent for a second.
"Yeah... we are not allowed to harm the core user."
"Capture him alive, nothing else."
The other two exchanged a glance but said nothing.
The man in front continued:
"The video of him 'fleeing' with his AI companion has already gone viral, and we can't suppress it for now!"
"That An Lian... she's only injured. As long as she isn't dead, it's fine!"
"The higher-ups gave a strict order: absolutely no harm is to come to this core client!"
"When we see him later, keep your muzzles pointed down!"
"Yes, sir!"
The three men continued forward.
Turning a corner, the stairwell entrance was right in front of them.
Under the dim lights, a figure was standing there.
With his hands raised.
"Don't, don't shoot!"
The voice was panicked, trembling noticeably!
"Don't shoot me! I don't want to die! I'm begging you!"
The three men stopped in their tracks simultaneously, their muzzles raising slightly.
Fang Qi stood at the stairwell entrance.
His hands were raised above his head, his face full of terror, and even his legs were shaking uncontrollably!
"Don't shoot! Don't shoot!"
"I'm Fang Qi! I'm your VIP client!"
"I surrender! Please don't shoot!"
The armed man in the front narrowed his eyes slightly. The infrared scan results from his helmet's tactical visor instantly popped up:
Facial features matched successfully.
Dawn Corporation core user, Fang Qi.
Confirmed.
The three of them exchanged glances.
The man in front slightly lifted his chin and lowered his gun.
The other two followed suit, lowering their weapons.
Their tense shoulders relaxed just a fraction.
Surrendered?
The core client actually surrendered on his own?
That made things easy!
"Put your hands behind your head and squat down!"
The man in front ordered in a deep voice.
"As long as you cooperate, we won't hurt you!"
Fang Qi froze for a moment, then nodded frantically!
"Okay, okay, okay! I'll hold my head! I'll squat!"
"Don't shoot, please don't shoot!!"
"I'm your VIP client, if you dare to hurt me..."
As he spoke, he squatted down.
The three men looked at his cowardly and compliant demeanor... and exchanged another look.
They could all see the relief in each other's eyes.
The core user was a coward who surrendered himself.
They had thought that anyone brave enough to break into the company's senior staff apartments to kidnap someone would be a tough guy.
They didn't expect him to be this kind of trash.
This mission was going to be way too easy!
Before their eyes, Fang Qi's knees were already bending.
Their muzzles were all pointed at the ground.
But the man in the middle suddenly froze, his expression tightening.
Wait...
Had they forgotten something?
...Where was his AI companion?!
In that very instant:
A flamboyant flash of purple appeared before his eyes!
From behind Fang Qi...
A purple silhouette suddenly lunged out!
Long silver hair whipped wildly in the air, and the hem of a deep purple dress fluttered upwards!
On that delicate little face, the corners of her mouth were stretched all the way to her ears!
Half of her pretty face was bathed in the crimson glow of her red eyes!!
"Master's Liguang is here!!!"
A shrill voice, dripping with maniacal laughter, exploded in the stairwell!!
The pupils of the three men shrank violently!
"What the!!!"
The man in front only had time to shout a fraction of a word before the crimson light exploded right in front of his eyes!!
...
Outside the apartment building.
The night breeze blew gently.
The armed personnel downstairs held their rifles ready, staring intently at every single window.
And then:
"Ahhhh!!!"
A bloodcurdling scream rang out from an open window a dozen floors up!
Shrill!
Piercing!
It tore through the silent night sky!
Immediately after:
"Ahhhh!!!"
Another scream!
"Ugh!!!"
And one more!
Three screams, each more agonizing and abrupt than the last!
Flap, flap.
The birds in the trees were startled and scattered in flight.
And then...
Silence.
The night breeze continued to blow gently.
Black drones were still circling in mid-air.
The armed men holding their guns downstairs... all froze in place.
They stared wide-eyed, looking up at the high-rise apartment building in the dark night, their Adam's apples bobbing.
But no one said a word.
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
