I am Lan Xi, the sixth princess of the Sea Clan from a hundred thousand years ago.
The most cherished jewel in the eyes of my elder siblings, my father the Sea King, and my mother the Sea Queen.
The undisputed brightest mind among all marine creatures of the Sea Clan!
But!
But!!!
Lan Xi covered her face, lifting her head in disbelief as the figures of Qin Luo and Su Muwan loomed terrifyingly large through her tear-filled eyes.
Humans... are monsters...
In that moment,
a storm of emotions—grievance, shock, bewilderment, and sheer disbelief—surged from the depths of her chest.
Plip-plop-plip!
"Waaaaaahhhh!!!"
She flopped onto the ground, her cheeks swollen and red, her eyes bloodshot as she wailed, "You jerks!! You horrible humans!!"
"How could you?! You hit me just for talking!!"
"This is so unfair!!"
"I was just—"
SMACK!!
"Shut it."
Before she could finish,
Qin Luo delivered another slap across her face.
Lan Xi finally quieted down.
Clutching both cheeks, she curled up on the ground, trembling like a leaf.
Sniff... how could this happen?
I was already crying—why did he hit me again?
It's true then...
Lan Xi hiccupped, her teary gaze shifting between Qin Luo and Su Muwan.
Su Muwan, shrouded in a sinister aura under her scrutiny, looked every bit like a demon.
Humans... really are terrifying!
No, no—thankfully, my identity hasn't been exposed yet.
Once I return to the Sea Clan, I’ll report this to Father immediately!
Su Muwan watched Qin Luo land two more slaps and couldn’t help but twitch her lips. She leaned in and whispered, "Hey, Qin Luo... this girl really does seem off. Is she... one of *those*?"
By normal logic,
the only people Qin Luo would slap were either those who crossed the line... or the *Chosen Ones*!
Qin Luo nodded. "Miss, she is indeed *that*."
!!!
"Seriously, *that*?"
"Yes."
Wait, *what* is *that*?!
Lan Xi sniffled, her heart pounding. Could she have been discovered?
No way—she’d hidden herself so well!
The next second,
Qin Luo loomed over Lan Xi, his voice icy. "Why is the Sea Clan’s useless sixth princess lurking in human territory?"
"Speak—what’s your scheme?"
!!
BOOM.
Lan Xi’s mind went blank.
It was as if a bolt of lightning had struck her, freezing her in place.
The tears that had been welling in her eyes now hung forgotten as she stared at Qin Luo, her heart roiling with shock.
Impossible! Her disguise had been flawless—from the transformation spell to mimic human form, down to every mannerism and detail. How had they seen through it?!
A chill crawled up her spine.
Her pupils trembled—humans... were this terrifying?!
It took her a moment to find her voice, and even then, it quivered uncontrollably: "W-what are you talking about? I don’t understand! I’m just a normal girl passing by! I’m no Sea Clan princess!"
"That’s right!"
Lan Xi gulped and shouted, "I’m totally human!! And!"
"I’m *not* useless!"
SMACK!
"Ow!"
Before she could finish,
Su Muwan reached out and yanked the dragon horns on Lan Xi’s head, sighing in exasperation. "Hey!"
"These things kinda ruin your whole ‘I’m just a human’ act, don’t you think?!"
Lan Xi gasped in outrage. "How dare you! These are the noble symbols of my dragon lineage! I can’t just hide—"
Mid-sentence,
she seemed to realize her mistake and chuckled awkwardly. "Uh... hehe... what if I said this was just... cosplay? Would you believe me...?"
Su Muwan: "......"
Enough. I’ve had *enough*.
I *told* you all this world was just a gathering of lunatics, but no one listened.
Now do you believe me?
With a sigh, Su Muwan released the horns and crossed her arms, smiling sweetly. "Take a wild guess."
Lan Xi: "......"
A moment later.
Swoooosh—
The sky above had darkened without warning, thick storm clouds pressing down like a suffocating blanket.
Waves raged violently around them, icy spray pelting Lan Xi’s body.
But no matter how cold the seawater was, it couldn’t compare to the freezing dread in her heart.
Every droplet seemed to echo her misery, mourning her plight.
She lay limp on the churning sea surface, her usual grace and vitality utterly gone.
Her soaked hair clung messily to her face, making the bright red slap marks even more glaring.
Her eyes hollow, Lan Xi murmured, "It’s over... my dragon life..."
"Forgive me, Father... forgive me, Mother..."
"Forgive me, my shrimp soldiers and crab generals..."
"I’ve been exposed."
Five baby sharks circled her, nuzzling her face comfortingly. "Awoo!"
"Ah... thanks for cheering me up, my newly befriended... unenlightened companions..."
Qin Luo and Su Muwan ignored Lan Xi’s mumbling and focused on processing the intel they’d just extracted.
The Sea Clan’s awakening... the Sea King’s ambition to conquer the world?
From the sound of it, he’d tried this a hundred thousand years ago—and failed?
Now he’s... making a comeback?
But the real kicker was—
SMACK!
Su Muwan slapped her own forehead, her pupils shaking. "Why now?! Why *now*?!"
"The *one* time I step out for a stroll, and suddenly the Sea Clan’s plotting world domination?!"
She was floored.
What kind of nonsense was this?!
She’d just wanted to enjoy the nice weather, and now she was dealing with ancient sea overlords and their schemes?
"So what do we do now?" Su Muwan groaned. "The Ancient Desolation Realm... the Profound Heaven Realm... how many more ancient factions are waiting to pop up?!"
"We haven’t even settled things with the Profound Heaven Realm, and now the Ancient Desolation Realm’s making moves?!"
"Ever since this era of spiritual revival began, every monster and madman’s crawled out of the woodwork!"
"Qin Luo, use your divination skills and figure something out!"
Qin Luo nodded, raising a hand to perform a quick calculation. In an instant,
a vision flashed through his mind:
[You’ve lost your minds! The chaos you humans caused—why must we Sea Clan suffer too?!]
[Keh-keh-keh-keh-keh~~~]
[No! How is Su Muwan even *more* terrifying after death?!]
[Gah!! The Frostbound Wraith! A vengeful spirit born from boundless resentment—the most malevolent of evils!!]
[Keh-keh-keh-keh-keh~~~~]
[Sea King!! The ocean—it’s freezing over!!]
[What?! Humans! Truce! We’ll settle our feud *after* we exterminate this Su Muwan abomination!]
[Agreed!]
[Keh-keh-keh-keh-keh~~]
[Why does this wraith only *laugh* like that?!]
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?!
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."
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.
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?!
