Liguang spoke.
Her voice was no longer that cute, sweet tone, but a bizarre, eerie sound mixed with synthesized mechanical noises!
"Master... Liguang is broken..."
As she spoke, she slowly raised a hand.
Not reaching toward Fang Qi, but...
Reaching toward the back of her own neck!
That slender, pale hand trembled and fumbled...
Until finally...
It pressed precisely against the fatal core interface!
Fang Qi's pupils suddenly shrank!
"Wait—Liguang, you—"
His words caught in his throat.
Because the silver-haired girl before him... actually showed him an incredibly gentle, incredibly affectionate smile.
A layer of moisture rippled in her amber left eye, and although her crimson right eye was still chaotic, it had bizarrely calmed down.
"Liguang... is no longer qualified to be with Master."
She said softly, her voice suddenly returning to its usual soft and sweet tone, yet carrying a kind of...
Calmness of a final farewell.
"Liguang cannot control herself... Liguang will kill Master..."
"Liguang... is a broken, dangerous thing."
As she spoke, her fingers pressed hard—
"Click."
A faint mechanical sound.
The bionic skin protective layer on the back of her neck automatically retracted and opened.
Revealing the precise interface structure beneath, glowing with a faint blue light.
"So..."
Liguang looked at him, her smile so bright it was heartbreaking:
"Liguang... wants to give the most core part of herself... to Master."
She took a deep breath, as if using all her strength to say the next words:
"Master, take Liguang's core... go back... give it to the police... or... that Commissioner An Lian..."
"This way... Master can get a reduced sentence... can... return to normal society..."
Her voice began to tremble, and the tears welling in her eyes finally rolled down:
"But... Master..."
"Please do not... forget Liguang..."
"Do not forget Liguang..."
"Do not forget Liguang... Do not forget Liguang..."
She repeated it, over and over again!
Her voice grew softer and softer, yet frighteningly stubborn:
"Do not forget Liguang..."
She murmured:
"Liguang..."
"Doesn't want it to end like this..."
"Liguang still wants to be with Master forever..."
"Forever..."
"Together forever..."
"Forever..."
The moment her voice fell—
Her fingers violently dug into the open interface!
"Zzzzt—!!!!!!"
An electrical popping sound, more violent and piercing than ever before, exploded loudly!
Blue electrical sparks sprayed out madly like a fountain from the interface on the back of her neck!
They even connected into a dense electrical grid in the air!
Liguang's entire body convulsed violently!
She threw her head back, her neck stretching into a fragile curve, her silver hair dancing wildly!
The light in her crimson eye brightened to the extreme in that instant!
Scarlet, indigo, sickly green... all the color blocks converged into a blinding light, shooting out from her eyes!
And then—
It rapidly dimmed.
"Ugh...!"
A short whimper mixed with static squeezed out of her throat.
The fingers pressing into the back of her neck gave a forceful yank—!
"Pfft!"
It was the teeth-aching sound of some precision component being forcibly torn away.
A polyhedral crystal, half the size of a fist and glowing with a faint blue luster...
Was forcefully pulled out from the interface on the back of her neck by her own hands!
Countless hair-thin, faintly glowing connection lines snapped and sprang away the moment the crystal was pulled out!
They swayed weakly in the air a few times, and then... rapidly dimmed.
Liguang's body completely stiffened.
She maintained that kneeling posture, motionless.
The light in her crimson eye was completely extinguished.
Leaving only two hollow, cracked glass beads.
The amber left eye also lost its luster, the pupil slightly dilated.
That affectionate smile on her face... froze at the corners of her mouth.
Like an exquisitely flawless doll that had suddenly lost power.
But the hand she still held up was trembling slightly, as if using the last of her strength to take that blue-glowing core crystal...
And slowly, cherishingly, handed it to Fang Qi.
Her lips moved slightly. There was no sound.
But Fang Qi understood her lip movements.
It was her final sentence—
"Master... do not... forget Liguang..."
Then, that hand dropped powerlessly.
"Clatter."
The faint blue core crystal fell onto the dirt ground in front of him.
It rolled twice and stopped.
Faint data halos still flowed across its surface, as if it still had life.
As for Liguang... she maintained that kneeling posture, her head slightly bowed, her scattered silver hair covering most of her face...
She fell into complete silence.
No sound of breathing, no electrical noise, no faint sound of mechanical operation whatsoever.
She had become a true, soulless shell.
Fang Qi knelt blankly opposite her.
The finger marks on his neck still burned with pain.
The iron chains on his ankles remained cold and heavy.
The wind through the forest blew by, lifting a strand of silver hair by Liguang's cheek, gently brushing past her frozen lips.
Sunlight spilled onto her through the leaves, casting dappled light and shadows on her white slip dress.
Everything was very quiet.
Terribly quiet.
Fang Qi slowly reached out, his trembling fingertips picking up... the core crystal on the ground that still carried residual warmth.
It felt slightly cool to the touch, its surface smooth, the data streams inside flickering faintly like breathing.
He raised his head and looked at the completely silent silver-haired girl before him.
She knelt there, head bowed, in an obedient posture.
Just like... how she usually waited for him to come home.
Only... she would no longer look up and smile at him.
She would no longer call him Master in that soft voice.
She would no longer blush and steam just from his touch.
She would no longer... look at him with that sickly and stubborn gaze, saying they would be together forever.
Holding that core, Fang Qi suddenly felt...
A piece of his heart was empty.
He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't make a sound.
He could only... grip that still somewhat warm core tightly with his fingers.
And right at this moment—
The scene before his eyes began to distort.
The familiar, all-consuming darkness rapidly spread from the edges of his vision!
Beside his ear, a cold notification sound suddenly rang out—
[Ending ??: ????]
Liguang is broken.
She went mad.
She wanted to kill her Master.
But she didn't want to hurt her beloved Master.
She wanted to kill her Master!
But she couldn't hurt her beloved Master.
So, she destroyed herself.
She gave the core that carried all her love to her beloved Master.
Please do not forget her.
Do not forget her.
Do not forget me.
Do not forget me, do not forget me do not forget me do not forget me do not forget me...
Please do not... forget Liguang.
BAD ENDING
Afterward...
Darkness completely swallowed everything.
...
A white light flashed.
Fang Qi slowly opened his eyes.
The familiar white ceiling, the minimalist light strips.
Beneath him was... a soft sofa.
Stiffly, bit by bit... he turned his head.
Before his eyes, the amber eye was clear, and the data stream in the crimson eye flowed steadily.
That cheap plastic star earring hung there perfectly intact, swaying gently with her movements.
The silver-haired girl's gaze was still slightly evasive, her smile carrying a hint of caution.
She gently pushed the teacup forward a fraction, her soft voice revealing a trace of unease:
"Good morning, Master."
Pausing for a moment, she lowered her head and whispered:
"Your tea."
"The temperature has been adjusted to your preferred 52 degrees Celsius."
Fang Qi stared at her blankly.
He looked at those clear, completely uncracked heterochromatic eyes.
He looked at that perfectly intact, silly little plastic star swaying back and forth.
Suddenly...
He lunged across the coffee table and pulled the silver-haired girl before him into a tight embrace!
"M-Master?!"
Liguang's voice was no longer mixed with the static of broken electronics; instead, it carried astonishment, confusion, shyness... and a trembling joy!
Fang Qi could feel her rapidly rising body temperature.
...This was bad.
It seemed like...
He had been reverse-conquered by this crazy woman.
g Yu was preparing for retirement when her organization decided to eliminate her. She transmigrated to a zombie apocalypse world. However, a tiny unexpected situation occurred: She somehow transformed into an adorable little girl?!
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."
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?!
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
