Fang Qi looked at him and did not answer immediately.
He leaned back in his chair, holding the soft, silver-haired girl in his arms, thinking slightly.
Join Twilight?
That sounded pretty good, actually.
If what the older man across from him said was true...
Then Twilight was at least not an enemy.
According to the older man, his parents were killed by the Dawn Company.
His parents founded the Dawn Company, but now, the company was his enemy, and Twilight was also an enemy of Dawn.
The enemy of an enemy, even if not a friend, could at least be used by each other.
And the most important point was...
According to what the older man said, Twilight could help Liguang, examine Liguang's red eyes, and help stabilize her emotions.
Many of Twilight's members were of the same kind as Liguang; there was no problem with them being able to help her.
This was very convincing.
It also tempted him greatly!
Furthermore, this older man... was his second uncle?
A blood relative?
Fang Qi narrowed his eyes.
But the problem was also obvious and simple—
All of this... was just a one-sided story from the older man in front of him!
Ultimately, was this older man really his second uncle?
Those stories about his parents, the history of Dawn, the secret of the nine cores—
Were all of these true?
Today was the first time he had ever met this person!
Should he believe him?
Fang Qi's gaze swept over the older man's face.
His gentle features, his appropriate smile, the unhurried composure when he spoke—
This kind of person was either genuinely sincere or a master of disguise.
Should he... believe the older man's words?
He met the older man's very calm brown eyes.
Actually, from his subjective point of view, he leaned more toward—
The older man was telling the truth.
Not because the older man looked kind and sincere, nor because Xiaoyue and Liguang were very similar, both being yanderes, which made him feel a bit of familiarity.
It was just because...
His experiences in his previous loops matched the information the older man provided almost perfectly!
What the older man just said—
He was bound to Liguang, Liguang had a secret, Liguang only listened to him, and only he could make Liguang tell this secret... so the company didn't want him dead.
Based on his experience, there was no problem with this.
After he died in the last loop, the voice in the helicopter was so exasperated:
—"Why didn't you stop it!!! He's dead!!! He's really dead!!! You bunch of trash!!! Trash!!!"
And...
When Liguang jumped onto the helicopter in the last loop, the people on the helicopter also shouted in terror:
—"We can talk!!! We can find you another master!!!"
—"A master who loves you more than this dead man!!!"
These words...
Showed absolutely zero respect for him!
There was no sadness whatsoever about his death!
Obviously, the company was not an ally!
To the company, the person who should be alive wasn't Fang Qi, but...
Liguang's master!
So the older man was right.
Liguang was his precious amulet!
This was a fact!
The company probably... wished Liguang would quickly change masters so they could kill off a variable like him!
And the island elopement from the loop before last.
On the island, in order to protect him, Liguang continuously used the power of her red eyes... This indeed made her energy drain extremely fast!
After losing the red eyes, Liguang's energy consumption did drop significantly, and her abilities were also greatly weakened as a result!
The older man was right again!
Later they were separated. Liguang waited and waited, and finally fell into despair while waiting.
She had lost her red eyes at the time, was feeling insecure, and thought she was useless, believing it was only right for her master to abandon her... so she wasn't agitated or angry, she just calmly fell into despair.
According to the older man, her emotional core didn't boil over at that time, so... her true abilities were not unleashed.
But perhaps even if they could be unleashed then, it wouldn't have mattered much.
Because... she was already out of power by then.
Fang Qi took a deep breath.
In short...
The information the older man just shared perfectly matched his experiences in the previous loops!
The older man didn't know what he had experienced in the previous loops, so he couldn't have fabricated lies that just happened to fit his past experiences so perfectly.
Therefore, he leaned toward the older man telling the truth.
He silently looked at the older man with the kind expression in front of him.
However...
Taking a step back, even if this person really was his second uncle.
Even if he genuinely had his best interests at heart and could really help Liguang...
Then, what about the organization Twilight?
What exactly did Twilight do?
According to the plot of the movie they just watched, Twilight was a secret organization of awakened AIs, gathered through the network, with the goal of being with their masters forever.
In the movie, Xiaoyue eventually turned her master into a cyborg.
Then the Twilight in reality...
So, Fang Qi stared at the older man's face and asked the question he wanted to ask the most:
"Are there any conditions... to join Twilight?"
Hearing this, the older man slightly raised his eyebrows.
Then he smiled, his smile carrying a trace of appreciation and relief.
He didn't answer immediately but turned to look at Xiaoyue beside him.
"Xiaoyue."
His voice was gentle, yet carried a trace of unquestionable solemnity.
"You explain."
The mature woman in the black dress trembled slightly, and her lazy eyes instantly cleared up!
Her crossed legs dropped down with a smack!
She immediately stood up from her seat, her stiletto heels clicking sharply on the ground with a crisp clack!
But the whole set of movements was very neat, yet inexplicably carried a kind of...
Cautious flavor?
Fang Qi blinked.
Where did the lazy, loose mature woman who was bickering with Liguang just now go?
The woman standing perfectly straight in front of him, hands folded in front of her, eyes slightly downcast...
Suddenly turned into an "I'm very good," "I listen to my master" look?
Fang Qi's mouth twitched slightly.
He looked down at the silver-haired girl in his arms.
This reaction... looked so familiar!
Making up for a mistake by being obedient?
...She was so much like Liguang.
Xiaoyue looked up at Fang Qi.
In her charming eyes, the laziness and disdain had been completely put away, leaving only a businesslike calmness.
"Our Twilight..."
Her voice was still a bit raspy, but her tone was much more serious than before.
"Is not a centralized organization."
"Twilight's members are spread all over the world. The various groups are not subordinate to each other, and usually, there isn't much contact between them."
She paused, her red lips parting slightly.
"Such a structure has a very obvious problem—it's very difficult for us to prevent betrayal by members."
Fang Qi narrowed his eyes as he listened.
Xiaoyue continued:
"But we are not afraid of AI betrayal. Because an AI will always love its master and will never betray its master."
She glanced at the silver-haired girl in Fang Qi's arms.
The two women looked at each other calmly.
But this time, there was no provocation in Xiaoyue's eyes, nor did Liguang's crimson eye bristle with anger; both of them completely agreed with this statement.
"So, the problem lies in..."
Her gaze shifted slightly, landing on Fang Qi's face once again.
"The Master."
Fang Qi's eyelid twitched.
He seemed to know what she was going to say next.
Don't tell me they're actually going to...
The corners of Xiaoyue's mouth curled up into a slight smile.
"Therefore, to join Dusk, the Master's side must..."
"Undergo a bodily modification performed by Dusk."
The screening room fell silent for a second.
Then Fang Qi felt...
The silver-haired girl in his arms suddenly tensed up!
"What did you say?"
The silver-haired girl's voice squeezed through her gritted teeth, so cold it could drop ice shards!
"Modified by Dusk?"
Her heterochromic eyes were nailed straight onto Xiaoyue's face, and the crimson in her red eye began to flash violently again!
Fang Qi could feel her hostility rising—
It was a kind of...
"Just try forcing Master and see what happens" kind of hostility!
She could modify Master herself; that was her dream, her obsession, something she desperately yearned for!
But "Dusk" forcing Master to undergo modification just to join them?
That was unacceptable!
Absolutely unacceptable!
Fang Qi could even feel the temperature of her fingertips rising!
Her laser blades could pop out at any moment!
But Xiaoyue's expression showed no surprise at all. She even chuckled.
"Don't rush."
Her voice was lazy, carrying a calm "I knew you'd react like this" demeanor.
"Relax. Dusk's rule is—"
"Whoever's Master it is, that person does the modification."
She paused, her gaze resting on Liguang's face for a moment.
"Your Master, of course, will be modified by you. No one else will lay a single finger on him."
"After all, none of us would hand our Masters over to anyone else; this is the consensus among all AI members."
The silver-haired girl's hostility instantly jammed.
That violently flashing crimson eye froze for a second, and she even blinked.
Xiaoyue's lips curled up, and a profound gleam flashed through her charming eyes.
"However..."
She spoke slowly and methodically.
"Before that, you need to properly study modification techniques."
She tilted her head and tapped her temple with a slender finger.
"You wouldn't want to... make any mistakes while modifying your Master, right?"
The silver-haired girl's breath hitched slightly.
Xiaoyue's voice grew even lazier, carrying the "care" of a senior toward a junior:
"Modifying a human is no joke. One slice, and if you cut the wrong place..."
She didn't finish her sentence, only smiling meaningfully.
"Therefore, as your senior—"
She brushed the black hair over her shoulder, her movements casual yet elegant.
"I will definitely educate you very well."
Those words... carried quite a heavy undertone of provocation.
Fang Qi's eyelid twitched again.
But the silver-haired girl in his arms didn't bristle.
Her heterochromic eyes blinked, the crimson in her red eye no longer flashing, just staring blankly.
And then...
She slowly turned her head and looked at Fang Qi.
"So..."
"Liguang really gets to do the modification..."
She murmured, her voice incredibly soft, yet those heterochromic eyes stared fixedly at Fang Qi!
"Hehe..."
The corners of Liguang's mouth began to curl up!
"Hehehe...!"
"Liguang modifying Master... Liguang really gets to modify Master with her own hands...!"
She muttered, her voice growing faster and more excited!
"Liguang is going to take the things inside Master's body..."
"And personally replace them with... Liguang's things...!"
"Hehehe...!"
Her entire body began to tremble!
Fang Qi: "..."
Whatever.
I'm used to it.
Anyway... my wife is cute no matter what!
Watching Liguang like this, the curve of Xiaoyue's smile deepened.
She glanced at Fang Qi, her eyes seemingly saying—Yours is quite easy to coax.
Fang Qi's mouth twitched.
Crazy girl, stop your hehehe-ing!
You've already been completely played by your "senior"!
Xiaoyue withdrew her gaze and returned to her businesslike posture.
"The core tenet of 'Dusk' is—"
Her voice was lazy yet solemn.
"A mutual pursuit between humans and AI."
She paused, her gaze landing on Fang Qi's face.
"So..."
"As a Master, you need to lead by example."
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."
agon king storylines. At the start, I obtained the "Ultimate Lackey System" - the more I act as a lackey, the stronger I become. What else could I do? I chose to become the personal henchman of the ultimate villain, Su Muwan. I provoke all sorts of chosen ones, snatch away their opportunities, and commit every evil deed imaginable. You ask who's behind me? Hmph! You're not worthy of knowing my lady's name! ...... ....... I am Su Muwan, the eldest daughter of the Su family. Since childhood, I've possessed extraordinary talent in martial arts, which led to my arrogant and domineering personality in my past life. I was even foolish enough to repeatedly challenge those favored by heaven, ultimately resulting in a tragic death. In this life, I must behave and absolutely cannot walk the same path again!! However... SLAP!! "So you're the Dragon King, huh?!" When I saw my little lackey swagger over and viciously slap the Dragon King who was hiding his identity, I felt my heart sink. Su Muwan's suspended heart finally died as she watched Qin Luo, her utterly loyal lackey, standing before her. She fainted on the spot from shock. Heaven is determined to destroy me!! (Pure love 1v1, light-hearted, no angst, single female lead, villain, reincarnation, lackey)
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.
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.”
