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: ???
] [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!"
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
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!
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