Wh...at...?
Fang Qi stared blankly at those few lines.
His eyes were nearly bulging with bloodshot veins!
Paralyze Chenxi Company...?
Destroy Liguang...?
...Sister An Lian?
This woman with no permissions, who didn't understand the true nature of the world...
This ordinary woman who didn't even know what "rewind" meant...
Yet she possessed a power like this?!
The power to easily destroy nine super cores that might hold the "secrets of the world"?
His gaze trembled.
It was like...
A person who had never touched a gun, yet held a detonator capable of blowing up an entire city!
Destroy Liguang, huh...?
He turned his head slightly, looking beside him.
The silver-haired girl had already stopped flipping through the files.
She, too, was staring at those few lines, the scarlet in her crimson eyes flickering faintly.
But to Fang Qi's surprise, she didn't show any negative emotions.
No panic, no anger, no fear—none of it.
In those strange-colored pupils, there wasn't even a flicker of threatening light.
She just narrowed her phoenix-like eyes slightly, quietly gazing at those words.
The scarlet in her crimson eyes cast a faint blood-colored sheen across half of her profile.
Then she lifted her gaze to meet Fang Qi's eyes.
They locked eyes for a moment.
She gave Fang Qi a gentle wink.
——— Master, Liguang is not afraid.
Fang Qi pressed his lips together.
His wife was certainly calm.
But...
He completely understood Liguang's reaction at that moment.
Because he wasn't afraid either!
After all, Sister An Lian...
He turned his head again gently, looking to the side... at those gray eyes that were trembling slightly, no longer daring to meet their gaze.
Fang Qi's brows relaxed.
Sister An Lian could never do anything to Liguang.
Back in the apartment, when An Lian was pinned to the floor by Liguang, dragged by her hair into the hallway...
She had done nothing to them—she hadn't even hated them!
When she woke up in the second timeline, she had even come to him herself, saying:
"If you'd like, you can call me sister."
How could a woman like that ever hurt Liguang?
And even if, putting all that aside—
Even if An Lian really did destroy Liguang...
Fang Qi lowered his brows slightly.
That would only be a rewind!
With his rewind ability, no one could harm his wife!
But...
Fang Qi slowly turned his head back, looking again at the few lines on the sticky note.
[Can completely paralyze Chenxi Company.]
[Can also... easily destroy Liguang.]
His parents had left it for her.
In the most casual way.
This older sister he had by circumstance, completely unaware, had carried this knowledge...
And alone, in this devouring company, had guarded it for so many years.
"I'll get you some water."
An Lian's voice suddenly broke through, interrupting his thoughts.
Fang Qi looked up.
She had already stood up from the sofa, picked up the water glasses of Fang Qi and Liguang from the coffee table, and glanced at him again.
The clear gray of her eyes softened slightly, and her expression relaxed a bit.
Having spoken the secret she'd kept hidden in her heart for so long...
Sister An Lian had finally let out a sigh of relief.
"Look through the files first," she said softly.
"If there's anything you don't understand, just ask me later."
Then she turned and walked toward the kitchen.
Drip, drip...
In the kitchen, the sound of an untightened faucet persistently dripped.
Fang Qi's mind wandered for a moment as he watched her retreating figure.
Black long hair draped over her shoulders.
Straight, slender legs beneath her home shorts.
He suddenly felt...
This woman's silhouette was so imposing!
How to put it...
Sister An Lian...
You really are the final boss from the game, aren't you!
That key NPC from the late game who was the most troublesome, the one that gave players the biggest headache!
Strong!
Beside him, the silver-haired girl tightened her grip on the files in her hands.
Her phoenix eyes narrowed as she watched An Lian's back.
She, too, was reevaluating this woman, just like him.
Fang Qi pressed his lips into a smile.
So absurd.
But, it made sense, didn't it?
Lin Xiaoyou, An Lian, Gu Xi...
Not a single one of these three women was ordinary!
Fang Qi watched An Lian's back.
She approached the kitchen, bending slightly to reach for the kettle on the counter.
Her movements were relaxed and natural.
Fang Qi's focus drifted.
An Lian, this sister who seemed so ordinary, who had no special abilities...
Actually held the underlying commands to completely overturn the entire Chenxi Company!
Thinking about it like that...
He took a deep breath!
A wave of excitement rushed through him!
This was absolutely a super weapon!
This was absolutely...!
"Ah—!!"
A sharp, brief cry suddenly shattered Fang Qi's thoughts!
Fang Qi: "?!"
His pupils contracted abruptly!
He saw that, in the kitchen, An Lian's foot suddenly slipped off balance!
...Huh?!
On the kitchen floor, there was a small patch of wet tile!
An Lian's foot slid forward, her whole body falling backward!
The water glass flew out of her hand!
Water splashed everywhere!
"Sister An Lian!"
Fang Qi's pupils shrank violently as he jumped to his feet!
But Liguang was faster than him!
The silver-haired girl had already exploded into motion!
Whoosh!
The light blue home dress trailed a blur through the air!
Liguang's speed was incredible!
The silver bun at the back of her head unraveled from the force, her silver hair swinging through the air like a waterfall!
She braced one hand on the coffee table for leverage, launching herself from the sofa like a shot!
Her fingers stretched out toward An Lian!
The tips of her fingers almost touched the flying hem of An Lian's clothes!
But...
Thud!
A dull impact.
Too late.
The back of An Lian's head slammed hard against the corner of the table by the kitchen door!
Then...
Her entire body crumpled weakly downward!
"Miss An Lian!"
Liguang finally reached her!
She caught An Lian's limp body in one motion, dropping to one knee, cradling An Lian's upper body in her arms!
From her amber pupils, a flash of deep blue light burst for an instant!
Fang Qi froze in place.
He stared at An Lian, held in Liguang's arms, and at Liguang's sleeves...
Gradually staining red with blood.
An Lian's eyes were still open.
Her clear gray eyes still held a trace of confusion.
Her lips trembled, one hand raised shakily...
"Sister An Lian!!"
Fang Qi rushed over and threw himself down beside her!
His knees hit the kitchen floor with a heavy thud as he grabbed the hand she had raised!
Her hand was so cold...!
This hand that had just been holding out a water glass to him and Liguang—was rapidly losing its warmth...!
Fang Qi's vision blurred in an instant.
...Huh?
Hey!
Hey hey hey...!
How could this...!
An Lian's lips were still moving faintly.
He immediately leaned down, putting his ear close to her mouth!
"Sister An Lian, what are you saying...?"
He tried to make out what she wanted to say.
Maybe she wanted to tell him not to blame himself?
Maybe she wanted to reveal the exact details of the "underlying command"?
Maybe just his name.
He didn't know.
Because no sound escaped her lips.
The light in her gray eyes faded, bit by bit, right before his eyes.
Inch by inch, sinking into darkness.
Finally, the last spark of focus in her eyes vanished.
That chilled hand went completely limp...
Silently curling in the palm of Fang Qi's hand.
The room fell very still.
Fang Qi was stunned.
...?
"Master..."
Liguang whispered softly.
"Miss An Lian... is gone...!"
...!
He gripped An Lian's hand tightly.
Staring into her half-open, vacant eyes, he clenched his jaw!
How could...
this have happened?!
...He had just sworn to protect her!
Just told her, "Let's work together"!
Damn it...
Fate?!
They had dodged the pursuit of the truck, escaped the explosion of the tanker, survived the rain of steel pipes, and safely reached her apartment!
She was alive when she opened the door for them, alive when she told them stories, alive when she revealed her secrets...
And then...
Because of a puddle of water, it was over?!
She slipped, hit the back of her head on the corner of the table...
And that was it.
"Drip."
From the kitchen, the sound of the faucet dripping continued.
"Drip."
That sound seemed to have been there the whole time.
The whole time...
Counting down the seconds to her death.
Fang Qi held An Lian's hand, still carrying a trace of warmth, gazing at her blankly...
His chest was suffocatingly tight.
Something was stuck there, unable to be coughed up or swallowed.
...An accident?
He gritted his teeth.
There's no way it's that much of a coincidence!
Of course...
Of course...!
The death brought by "fate" was never limited to "car accidents"!
Earlier in the car, Lin Xiaoyou had mocked this "pursuit mechanism" for being one-dimensional!
—"Why not poison, why not a fall from a building? Why always a big truck? Feels way too low-level!"
Well, now.
Fate had answered her mockery.
It had actually switched methods...?
As if...
His gaze froze.
"Fate's" methods were iterating...?
Constantly trying...
New ways to "solve the problem"?
Holding An Lian's hand, he ground his teeth audibly!
Damn "fate"...!
"Master."
Two small arms wrapped around Fang Qi's waist from behind.
A soft warmth pressed against his back.
The silver-haired girl had appeared behind him without him noticing.
Kneeling on the cold floor, her arms encircled his waist, her face pressed against his back.
The sweet scent of strawberries enveloped him completely.
"...Master."
Her voice was very soft, coming through from behind his back, carrying a hint of muffled sadness.
"It seems that..."
"Liguang knows how to save Miss An Lian."
Fang Qi: "?!"
His body jolted!
What!
He immediately turned his head to look at the silver-haired girl leaning against his shoulder!
Her silver hair was scattered over her shoulders.
When she had rushed out to save An Lian earlier, the bun at the back of her head had come undone.
Her crimson eyes flickered, her expression deadly serious!
"You know...?!"
Fang Qi stared straight at her.
"How do we...!"
"Master, let go first."
Liguang interrupted him.
Her strange-colored eyes glanced slightly at the hand still holding An Lian's...
Her crimson eyes flickered again!
"Master lets go first, and Liguang will tell you."
...Huh?
He instinctively looked down and saw that he was still holding An Lian's hand.
Fang Qi: "..."
He was momentarily speechless.
Crazy Girl, are you seriously jealous at a time like this...!
But...
Well.
...Wife is right.
He released An Lian's hand.
He gently placed her hand on her abdomen, folding her hands together, and softly...
Brushed her eyelids down.
Now, she looked as if she were sleeping.
But then again...
She was asleep.
When the dream ends, she would wake up with it.
Then he slightly tilted his head, looking at the silver-haired girl's small head on his shoulder.
"Liguang."
His gaze was serious!
"Speak!"
Seeing that Fang Qi had let go of An Lian's hand, the silver-haired girl's brow relaxed slightly.
She still held him from behind around the waist.
"Master, it seems that..."
She whispered.
"Liguang saw the 'threads of fate.'"
...?
Fang Qi was stunned.
...Huh?
What?
"...Threads... of fate?"
He murmured, repeating the words.
How could it be so mystical...?
"Hm."
Liguang's eyelashes drooped slightly as she continued to explain softly:
"When Miss An Lian fell, Liguang's original core..."
"Awakened."
She lifted her head.
Her amber eyes—the trace of blue light had already faded, leaving only the usual warm, moist gleam.
"Though it was only for an instant, and I still couldn't save her in time, at the moment of her death..."
"Liguang saw that wisp of..."
She squinted slightly.
"Azure-blue code."
"Wrapped around Miss An Lian's neck..."
"Here one moment, gone the next!"
Azure-blue code...
Fang Qi stared blankly into her eyes.
The kind that often surged in her amber eyes...?
Or again...
The kind that surged from Gu Xi's eyes when she sacrificed her soul!
They proved that this world was made of code.
Tables, chairs, walls, human skin and heartbeat...
Everything was woven from zeros and ones.
Wrapped around An Lian's...
Neck?
"...Impurities."
Liguang murmured softly.
"Liguang isn't sure what it was. But she thinks..."
Her crimson eyes flickered slightly.
"That might be the 'impurities' in Miss An Lian's 'fate.'"
Her gaze then drifted to An Lian, slumped against the kitchen cabinet.
"Something that didn't belong to her original life trajectory, forcibly written into her soul's code..."
"A death command!"
shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
ver to a world of cultivation and returned invincible. Modern medicine is child's play compared to elixirs; technological might crumbles before true cultivation. My name is Qin Ning, Earth's sole cultivator!
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!
