One second, two seconds, three seconds.
Su Muwan stood obediently to the side, blinking her eyes. "Qin Luo, what do you see?"
"Uh..."
Qin Luo pondered for a moment before turning to Su Muwan with a smile. "Young Miss, the problem doesn’t seem too serious."
Su Muwan didn’t understand. "Not serious?!"
She emphasized, "Qin Luo, in my past life, I was stuck at the Xuantian Realm level. I know nothing about this so-called Canggu Realm!"
"Who knows how strong they are here?"
Su Muwan felt that, for the first time since her rebirth, the pressure was truly mounting.
Suddenly, she felt an inexplicable surge of excitement.
Could it be...
That pressure was fueling her motivation?!
It was back.
Everything was coming back.
This was the feeling!
Su Muwan suddenly felt as though her past self—the one who trained relentlessly—was returning.
Hearing this, Qin Luo thought for a moment before revealing a little. "Young Miss, you really don’t need to worry."
"Because... you’ve probably already experienced the Canggu Realm."
Su Muwan froze. "Huh?"
"Why?"
"Well..."
Qin Luo blinked. "To put it simply, Young Miss, you..."
"Were terrifying after death."
Su Muwan: ???
She didn’t want to understand, nor did she want to hear it.
In any case, she felt insulted.
Was she not terrifying *before* death too?!
But never mind.
Su Muwan pointed at Lan Xi, who was floating on the sea’s surface. "What should we do with this mermaid princess?"
"Kill her?"
The moment she said this, Lan Xi scrambled up from the water, her eyes red with protest. "I’m not a mermaid! I’m a dragon!!"
"A pure-blooded water dragon!"
"And besides..."
She clutched her chest, looking fearfully at Su Muwan. "I... I warn you, my father is the Sea King! If you kill me, the human race will be wiped from this world!"
Qin Luo raised an eyebrow, his lips curling into a faint smirk as he studied Lan Xi. "Dragon or mermaid, it doesn’t matter."
"Princess Lan Xi, given your current predicament, your father hasn’t come to save you."
"Does that mean you can’t contact him?"
"In other words... you’re at our mercy now?"
Su Muwan nodded in agreement, crossing her arms with a light hum. "Exactly! And don’t forget, you insulted us just now. We still haven’t settled that score!"
"But I’m kind-hearted. I don’t *have* to make things difficult for you. If you behave, we can even play together in the future."
Lan Xi paled, biting her lip as she weighed her options.
She was alone here. Who knew when her father would act? If things escalated, she might not escape unharmed.
Damn it...
Finally, she steeled herself and met Su Muwan’s gaze. "Then... what do you want me to do?"
"Simple."
Qin Luo took a step forward. "Just say, ‘I pledge eternal loyalty to Young Miss Su.’"
"Say that, and all past grudges will be forgiven."
Su Muwan gave Qin Luo a deadpan look.
*Why do you make everyone say this?*
Lan Xi’s eyes widened in disbelief. "What?! How could I, the Sixth Princess of the Sea Clan, swear loyalty to a human?!"
Her chest heaved with indignation—this was utterly humiliating.
Qin Luo nodded, smiling. "Is that so? Well, I’ve always wanted to try dragon meat."
"D-Dragon meat?!"
"You humans eat dragons?!"
Lan Xi was horrified. She glanced at the turbulent sea, then back at the two humans who looked dead serious. After a long internal struggle, she finally gritted her teeth and muttered, "I... I pledge eternal loyalty to Young Miss Su."
The next moment—
**[Army Command—Activated!]**
**[Congratulations, Master, for recruiting a key heroine for the antagonist! Reward: +10 Attribute Points!]**
At the same time, Lan Xi felt an inexplicable surge of affection and loyalty toward Su Muwan welling up in her heart.
The sudden change left her stunned, unable to process what had just happened.
*Did I... just get myself into trouble?*
A short while later...
By the riverbank.
Lan Xi submerged half her body in the water, cautiously eyeing Qin Luo and Su Muwan. "Then... I’ll go back now..."
"Go ahead. Just remember to bring us some intel next time."
"Mm."
Lan Xi nodded, then swam off toward the Sea Clan’s territory, followed by five little sharks.
Su Muwan watched the tiny sharks grow smaller in the distance, feeling a pang of reluctance. "Ah... goodbye, little sharks."
Qin Luo waved. "It’s not really goodbye. Next time we meet, they’ll probably be spirit beasts."
"Mm."
Su Muwan nodded, then turned and grabbed Qin Luo’s arm. "Qin Luo..."
"Yeah?"
"Between the mermaid princess and me... who’s prettier?"
"...Young Miss."
"Hm?"
"Don’t ask questions you already know the answer to."
"Hehe."
Su Muwan already knew, but she just wanted to hear it. She swung his arm playfully. "Come on, say it~ Say it~"
"Isn’t it obvious? Of course, Young Miss is the cutest."
"Ehehehe..."
...
...
The next day.
Early morning.
Alliance Headquarters.
"So... do we *really* have to do this?"
Ouyang Xuan stood in the bustling first-floor lobby, his face dark with exasperation.
Qin Luo blinked innocently beside him. "What do you mean, Minister Ouyang?"
"What do I mean?!"
Ouyang Xuan’s eyes bulged as he pointed around the lobby, his voice rising. "What the hell is up with this decor?!"
"Why are there so many shark plushies?! And why are the walls covered with portraits of Young Miss Su?!"
"And this random statue of Young Miss Su in the middle?! What is this?!"
Passing Alliance staff turned their heads at his outburst, curious.
Qin Luo, however, remained unbothered. He followed Ouyang Xuan’s finger and proudly explained, "Minister Ouyang, this is my carefully designed masterpiece."
"Shark plushies are adorable. They liven up the serious atmosphere of the Alliance HQ."
"But... what’s wrong with the HQ being serious?"
"The portraits of Young Miss Su are essential—they ward off evil spirits."
"These portraits look like they’re from a different dimension compared to Young Miss Su’s actual style..."
"And as for the statue..."
Qin Luo gave Ouyang Xuan a puzzled look. "Is it really so strange for the Alliance Leader to have a statue in the lobby?"
"Minister Ouyang, you’re being unreasonable."
Ouyang Xuan’s mouth twitched, his expression one of utter disbelief.
*What the—*
Since when did Miss Su become the alliance leader?
You call me "Director," but address Miss Su as "Leader"—are we just using whatever titles we feel like?
And another thing?
Who exactly is being unreasonable here?
No way...
Ouyang Xuan couldn’t shake the feeling that Su Muwan taking over as alliance leader might not be such a bad idea.
But why...?
Our alliance should already have a leader, shouldn’t it...?
Ah, whatever.
He cleared his throat lightly. "So, what brings you here so early in the morning?"
Hearing this, Qin Luo turned to Ouyang Xuan, a faint smirk playing on his lips. "I want... unrestricted access to the alliance's entire database."
Ouyang Xuan: ???
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
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.
] 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.
