As Leviathan's body dissipated, Ning Yu and Shen Yiyue no longer had anything blocking their line of sight.
The two looked at each other, their long hair floating in the direction of the scattered dust.
"Finally..."
Shen Yiyue let out a long sigh of relief and collapsed onto the ruins. It seemed that the effort to trap Leviathan had drained all her strength.
Ning Yu also deactivated her [Boundless Moonlight] mode and walked over to her, crouching down to offer support.
"Are you okay..."
Just as Ning Yu reached out, she was unexpectedly pulled into Shen Yiyue's arms and held tightly.
"Liar."
Shen Yiyue whispered softly into Ning Yu's ear, then lightly nipped it to express her dissatisfaction.
"How did I lie to you..."
Ning Yu tried to defend herself, inhaling the familiar scent of Shen Yiyue's hair.
"You would have never come back if you left."
Shen Yiyue muttered under her breath.
"How could that be..."
Ning Yu was about to say, "I'm perfectly fine," but then she remembered that if it weren't for Shen Yiyue, she might have already lost her life.
Shen Yiyue released Ning Yu and looked at her closely, then cupped Ning Yu's face with both hands as if threatening, "If you say more, I'll squish your cheeks!"
"Did you miss me?"
Her nose wrinkled slightly as she asked in a playful yet demanding tone, like a girlfriend checking up on her partner.
"I did."
Ning Yu didn’t rush to break free from Shen Yiyue's grasp and answered honestly.
"How much?"
"I’ve been thinking about you all the time."
"Really? Even during the fight?"
"Mm-hmm." (Ning Yu nodded seriously.)
"Xiao Yu, you sound like such a player... but I’ll reluctantly believe you!"
Both of them had eyes only for each other.
"We should get out of here soon."
After a moment, Ning Yu suggested.
The horde of corpses was still slowly approaching, and this wasn’t a good place to talk.
Ning Yu had many questions for Shen Yiyue—about her abilities, her words, and her reaction speed during the fight.
Shen Yiyue definitely had a lot of things she hadn’t told Ning Yu yet.
Just as the two stood up, ready to move toward the outskirts of City A, Ning Yu’s gaze swept over the scattered dolls on the ground. After Leviathan’s main body died, all his clones had turned into these lifeless forms.
But it was this glance that made Ning Yu realize something was wrong.
The mission wasn’t completed!
"Oh no, let’s go!"
Her points were almost completely depleted, and she couldn’t use the [Boundless Moonlight] mode freely anymore. She wondered if Yue Ji would allow her to go into debt, but that probably wasn’t an option.
Next time, she’d have to ask Yue Ji to set up a points credit system for her.
"Xiao... Yu..."
Shen Yiyue’s eyes widened as she stared at the sky in disbelief.
Ning Yu narrowed her eyes and looked up, feeling her heart tighten.
It was Chen Xing.
She sat on her familiar throne, gently extending her hand, palm facing upward.
A black light coalesced in her palm, and a tattered doll was being repaired within it.
The sky was filled with an oppressive weight, making it hard for the two to breathe.
The dark clouds that blotted out the sun covered the sky once again, thicker than the first time they had encountered Chen Xing.
It felt as if day had suddenly turned into night.
"How could this be..."
Shen Yiyue murmured, her eyes growing deep and heavy.
"Don’t be afraid."
Ning Yu grasped Shen Yiyue’s hand, transferring her warmth to her.
"I’m not afraid."
Shen Yiyue turned to look at Ning Yu with an inexplicable expression.
Both of them immediately pulled out RPGs, sniper rifles, and various other weapons from their system spaces and weapon cases, aiming them at Chen Xing.
"Boom!"
"Boom!!"
Chen Xing coldly stared at the nearly repaired doll in her hand, ignoring the explosions and flashes of light around her.
The conventional weapons couldn’t harm her, only creating noise and light pollution in her vicinity.
Nothing could affect her—not even a single strand of her hair was disturbed.
"Ugh... ugh..."
The doll in her hand suddenly twitched and writhed, black flames rising from it and enveloping it completely.
It let out a sound like someone being strangled.
"Thud."
It was Leviathan, who had transformed from a doll back into his youthful form. He collapsed to his knees, gasping for air.
It was as if he hadn’t yet recovered from his earlier death.
Chen Xing, sitting on her throne, curled her lips in annoyance and coldly reprimanded him:
"How pathetic."
"If I hadn’t kept your soul seed, those two brats would have already torn you to pieces."
Leviathan, kneeling beside her, finally reacted and hurriedly looked up, his face filled with fear and desperation:
"Miss Pride... I was careless earlier. Please give me another... another chance."
"This time, I’ll definitely..."
He turned his head, glaring at the two on the ruins who were still trying to attack them, his eyes gleaming with malice.
"Silence."
Chen Xing raised a finger, a gray-black light gathering at its tip, distorting the space around it.
"Ah... please forgive me... Miss Pride! This time, I’ll..."
Leviathan, turning back to look at her, saw the light and was overcome with terror, his body trembling uncontrollably.
But his plea for mercy was in vain. The light floated forward and slowly merged into his head.
Leviathan immediately clutched his head and writhed in agony on the ground, as if a meat grinder had been inserted into his skull.
"Please... please have mercy..."
Before Leviathan could finish, Chen Xing gave him a cold glance, her eyes seemingly piercing through his soul.
He could only lower his body, trembling beside the throne as he endured the torment, though his expression oddly seemed to carry a hint of pleasure.
"This is your punishment for embarrassing me."
Chen Xing rose from her throne, her pure black gown swaying gently with her movements.
The throne behind her slowly disappeared as she began to descend, step by step.
With each step, a new stair appeared beneath her feet, alternating between black and white.
By the time she reached the ruins, she was at roughly the same height as Ning Yu and Shen Yiyue.
Bullets and explosions continued to fly toward her, but they were all blocked by some invisible force.
Chen Xing smirked disdainfully at the two, tilting her chin up slightly as she declared:
"Prepare to die, insects."
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
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.
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
