He hung up the phone.
Fang Qi put down his phone, staring blankly at the screen as it went dark.
Lin Xiaoyou…
She was dead too.
That Miss Genius had been shouting on the way over, "The world can't kill me!"
And now she’d slipped on a broken staircase in an abandoned, dilapidated building…
Fell to her death?
But…
Fang Qi pressed his lips together.
Yeah.
It didn’t seem like a big deal.
Her climbing that dangerous building… when he thought about it…
She did it on purpose!
She was deliberately testing that damn "fate"!
With her own life?
Tsk, tsk.
Lin Xiaoyou, my good teammate, this time…
You really went and "asked for it" in the truest sense!
Suddenly, a warm breath brushed against his neck.
Two soft lips gently pressed against the side of his throat.
The tips of her teeth, sinking slightly into his skin!
"Master…"
Liguang wrapped her arms around his waist from behind.
"Should we…"
She mouthed his neck, her voice muffled.
"…Wake up from the 'dream'?"
Wake from the dream.
Fang Qi’s heart was calm right now.
Yeah.
It was time to wake from the dream.
He closed his eyes.
Bring Lin Xiaoyou and An Lian back to life, and together, they'd go solve…
…No.
He slowly opened his eyes again.
This cycle…
It couldn’t end just yet!
He reached up and pinched Liguang’s soft cheek!
He pulled her little mouth directly off his neck!
"Mmph…?"
The silver-haired girl, her cheek squished by his hand, had her lips pulled out of shape!
She blinked at him, her amber-and-crimson heterochromatic eyes wet, the red flecks in her pupils flickering with a wounded, aggrieved look.
Fang Qi looked at her cute face and smiled.
So adorable!
"Liguang…"
He took a deep breath and turned his head slightly toward the window.
"We’re going out."
"…Huh?"
Liguang’s eyelashes fluttered gently.
Fang Qi let go of her cheek, turning back to meet her slightly wide eyes.
"An Lian and Lin Xiaoyou are both dead. Now… it’s just us."
"This is the perfect chance for us to…"
He narrowed his eyes slightly.
"…Test this damn 'fate'!"
That was right.
This was exactly Fang Qi’s plan now.
An Lian slipped on water and hit her head, dying from the impact.
Lin Xiaoyou missed a step on the stairs and fell to her death.
Two deaths, two different methods, but happening almost at the same instant.
"Fate" was handling two "bugs" simultaneously!
And what about him and Liguang?
One was an outsider from beyond the world, an intrusive "virus," and the other was the partner created by that virus himself!
The two of them…
Were the biggest bugs in this world!
So…
He wanted to see, with only him and Liguang left, whether that damned fate could still touch him!
The silver-haired girl looked at him, the red in her pupils flashing.
Then…
She immediately rose gracefully from the floor.
Lifting a hand to straighten her loose silver hair, she clasped her hands before her stomach and gave a slight bow.
"Yes, Master."
But then, she smacked her lips softly.
Lowering her head, she let her lashes droop.
"And here I thought…"
She murmured with a hint of dissatisfaction.
"…I’d get to taste my Master’s flavor soon again…"
Fang Qi: "…"
His expression, which had been rising with intensity, stiffened a little.
…Flavor?
What flavor?
…This crazy woman!
He pinched her cheek hard!
While she protested with "Mmph, mmph!", he turned his head…
And looked at An Lian, who was leaning against the cabinet.
His hand froze in place on Liguang’s cheek.
An Lian was lying quietly on the floor right now.
Her eyes were closed, her black hair spread out, the bottom half of her white T-shirt stained red.
The blood had stopped flowing.
She really looked like she was just sleeping.
"Liguang,"
Fang Qi spoke softly.
"Help me carry Sister An Lian to the couch."
"Yes, Master."
The silver-haired girl gently scooped up An Lian in her arms.
An Lian’s head rested against Liguang’s shoulder, her black hair falling loose.
Liguang laid her down softly on the couch, making sure her head was on a cushion.
Fang Qi stood in front of the couch, silently looking at An Lian’s peaceful "sleeping face."
After a moment of silence, he spoke in a hushed tone.
"Sister An Lian, wait a little longer."
"There’s something I still need to verify."
"I will definitely save you."
He murmured.
"And when we all wake up together…"
"We’ll take this damn world…"
He clenched his fist.
"…And turn it upside down!"
Since this world wouldn’t let him have peace, then…
Let no one have peace!
He turned around, took Liguang’s hand, and said,
"Let’s go."
…
The two of them stepped out the front entrance.
No accident happened with the elevator.
They got down safely.
The morning sunlight fell through the gaps between the buildings.
Bright and clear.
Fang Qi pulled out his phone and opened the contacts.
He saw a familiar name.
【Gu Xi】.
He narrowed his eyes slightly.
In this cycle, she really hadn’t appeared at all.
Were those "ghost informants" that had surrounded him on the street earlier connected to her?
But she was right.
Last cycle, her guess had basically been verified.
An Lian’s fate had been altered; she was indeed meant to die from an "accident" during this period.
And even…
Lin Xiaoyou would, too!
He immediately pressed the dial button.
He wanted to tell her about An Lian’s death.
He wanted to tell her that her guess might be true.
He wanted to ask her…
"The number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable…"
What came from the receiver was a mechanical female voice.
…?
He dialed again.
"The number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable…"
Not answering…?
He frowned slightly, staring at the screen with the failed call.
Was she busy?
Or…
Had she had some kind of accident, too?
Beside him, Liguang stared at the phone screen, her eyes flickering.
She was speculating about something as well.
But…
Fang Qi put the phone back into his pocket.
Forget it.
It didn’t matter.
He wouldn’t look into it for now.
When this "dream" finally ended, everything would be revealed!
And right now…
He held Liguang’s little hand and walked along the paths of the Aurora Employee Community.
Looking around.
At this moment, the community looked very ordinary.
It was still work hours, so there were few young people. Only a few elderly men were gathered under the shade of a tree around a stone table, playing chess.
Occasionally, the shout of "Checkmate!" rang out, followed by hearty laughter.
Insulated cups sat on the table corners, and peanut shells and sunflower seed hulls were scattered around the chessboard.
They were probably family members of Aurora employees.
A golden retriever was frolicking on the lawn, chasing its own tail in circles.
But holding its leash wasn’t a human. It was a…
A mass-produced model AI Companion, wearing an apron!
Short hair, gentle features.
She was smiling as she watched the dog, occasionally giving a light tug on the leash to pull it away from the flower bed.
Another elderly person sat in a wheelchair, beside which knelt a male AI Companion, carefully handing him a water cup.
His movements were gentle and patient.
It all looked like humans and AI were living in harmony.
So harmonious, in fact…
That a silver-haired, heterochromatic-eyed Liguang walking through the community barely drew any attention.
A few passing residents glanced once and looked away, as if seeing a customized AI Companion was perfectly normal here.
A group of elderly women sat by a flower bed, chatting.
"Did you see the news this morning? Something about a terrorist attack, cars crashing everywhere on the streets!"
"I saw it, I saw it! Scary stuff!"
"My son called and said several roads were blocked off. He almost couldn't make it back. Thank goodness he's fine..."
"The world these days... it's just getting more and more unstable..."
One of the aunties looked up and spotted Fang Qi and Liguang.
Her gaze lingered on Liguang for a moment, then she smiled and said to Fang Qi:
"Hey kid, nice taste!"
She clearly recognized Liguang as a custom-made AI companion from Aurora.
Liguang gave a slight bow, offering a gentle smile.
The auntie gave Fang Qi a thumbs up!
Then she went back to chatting with her friends about the terrorists.
Fang Qi chuckled and kept walking, holding Liguang's hand.
How peaceful, huh.
He thought back to that timeline.
Back then, this neighborhood hadn't been peaceful at all.
Aurora's EMP attack had plunged the entire community into chaos!
Helicopters crashed directly onto residential buildings, flames shooting into the sky!
Screaming and crying everywhere!
And Liguang...
She, too, had turned into a monster in that chaos.
Now, walking down this little path, watching the old men playing chess, the AI companions walking dogs, the aunties gossiping...
It truly felt like a lifetime ago.
As they reached the entrance of the neighborhood, they finally saw three young people.
They were wearing Aurora employee uniforms, and even though it was still morning, their faces already showed the exhaustion of a long day at work.
It was obvious they were night-shift workers just getting off.
Unlike the elderly, their reaction upon seeing Liguang was different.
It was awe and envy!
They glanced at Liguang and whispered among themselves:
"That silver-haired AI companion... is it a custom model? Top-tier from our company. Crazy expensive...!"
"Man, no kidding, she's gorgeous... The custom ones are really something else!"
"Hey hey, don't you think... that guy looks kinda familiar?"
"Yeah, I think so too. Doesn't he kind of look like..."
Liguang tilted her head slightly.
Her crimson pupils swept over them, a faint red glint flashing.
The three young men fell silent instantly!
Then they quickly turned around and hurried into the neighborhood!
As they walked, they lowered their voices and muttered:
"Crap, forgot that custom AI companions have super sharp hearing..."
"Let's get out of here, quick..."
Fang Qi: "..."
You know, I can hear you loud and clear too!
But still...
Fang Qi paused to think.
As Aurora employees, these three clearly had no idea that Liguang was one of the nine super cores.
In their eyes, Liguang was just a "very expensive custom AI companion."
More expensive than the mass-produced models in the neighborhood that walked dogs or handed out water cups—
But nothing more.
They were just like An Lian before she had any contact with Liguang, completely unaware of what Aurora was up to behind the scenes.
They were... just ordinary working people.
Fang Qi gently squeezed Liguang's hand.
"Let's go."
"Yes, Master."
The two walked out of the neighborhood gate and onto the main street.
The street was bustling.
Cars drove by. The sound of engines, the occasional honk.
Music from a roadside shop mixed with the chatter of pedestrians.
Liguang's crimson eyes flickered at a steady rhythm, quickly scanning everything around them—
From the pedestrians walking toward them, to the bus slowly approaching from behind.
Her hand gripped Fang Qi's tightly, while the fingertips of her other hand faintly glowed with red energy.
But as they walked along the street for a few minutes...
Nothing happened.
Suddenly, a parked car by the roadside moved!
Liguang tightened her grip.
Fang Qi also glanced over instinctively.
...It was just a middle-aged woman parallel parking, moving with careful caution.
...Not a ghost.
No danger.
Hmm...
Guess it was time to try a different method of verification.
"Liguang."
He turned his head slightly, looking at the silver-haired girl beside him, and squeezed her hand again.
"When you answered Xiaoqing's call just now, can you tell... where she was calling from?"
Liguang was slightly taken aback, then gently nodded.
"Yes, Master. Liguang already..."
Her crimson eyes flickered softly.
"...reversed the tracking immediately."
"Miss Lin's location of death is an abandoned dangerous building on the outskirts, far from the city."
"Liguang has the precise coordinates."
Fang Qi nodded.
He immediately raised his hand and hailed a taxi.
His plan was simple.
Since Lin Xiaoyou wasn't driving them this time, he'd rely on a taxi instead.
He wanted to test if driving with Liguang would still cause large trucks to ram into them!
Though he had to admit...
Fang Qi pressed his lips together.
Kind of feel bad for the driver?
...Not a big deal.
If something happened, he could always reload!
And besides...
He could also check out the place where Lin Xiaoyou died this time!
Was Xiaoqing still there?
The taxi slowly pulled to the curb.
The window rolled down, and a middle-aged man stuck his head out, glancing at Fang Qi, then at Liguang beside him.
He froze for a second, visibly drawn to Liguang's silver hair and unusual eyes, but didn't ask any questions.
"Where to?"
"The abandoned buildings in the suburbs. I'll put the address into the navigation for you."
Liguang's voice was gentle and obedient.
The ride was completely uneventful.
The driver wasn't chatty, just drove in silence.
Fang Qi stared out the window.
On both sides of the road, buildings gradually grew sparse.
High-rises gave way to low factory buildings and warehouses.
After a while longer, even the factories disappeared, replaced by vast stretches of wasteland.
Occasionally, the outlines of a few abandoned buildings emerged in the distance.
Smooth all the way.
So smooth it was almost unbelievable.
The taxi came to a slow stop in front the abandoned buildings.
The moment Fang Qi and Liguang stepped out of the car...
The taxi roared off with a loud engine rev!
The driver floored the accelerator and sped away!
Fang Qi's eyelid twitched.
Alright...
That was fast!
Throughout the ride, the driver's glances at him had indeed seemed a bit off.
Like...
He was looking at some kind of criminal!
Then again, bringing a girl who looked way too beautiful, out to this desolate, abandoned building in the middle of nowhere...
Yeah, it probably raised some suspicions.
Whatever, he'd find out soon enough...
He looked up at the cluster of abandoned buildings before him.
The weeds ahead had grown up to waist height.
Truly desolate.
"Liguang, let's go."
"Yes, Master."
The two walked toward the few crumbling, dangerous buildings.
The concrete walls were scarred by wind and rain, broken steel bars protruding from them, rusted and worn.
"Master..."
Liguang suddenly stopped, gently tugging on his sleeve.
Fang Qi saw it too.
His eyes trembled slightly.
At the corner of one dangerous building, there was a pool of blood.
The blood hadn't even completely dried yet.
It had seeped into the rough cement floor, leaving behind a dark stain.
And a trail of bloody footprints, stretching from that pool, marked with drops of dark red along the way...
Led deeper into the building.
...He had found it.
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
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!
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)
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
