"Hey, hey, hey.
What's going on here?
There's no way the system's notification is wrong, right?"
"System, are you glitching?"
[Reporting to the host, this system does not make errors in judging pure love values!]
Hiss...
Hearing this, Gu Yan inwardly drew a sharp breath.
If the system was this confident...
Then that meant...
He raised his head and looked at Leng Bingning, Leng Qingqiu's elder sister, who had pulled him into her arms with one hand.
In other words...
This person... was actually...
Our Qingqiu?!
Hiss!!
For some reason, apart from growing even more nervous, Gu Yan also felt an inexplicable thrill of excitement.
It was like the giddy rush of coming home from a business trip to find the person he loved waiting in his rented apartment, surprising him with open arms.
But... what should he do now?
Gu Yan's mind raced.
The armored vehicle had been ambushed by the Demon Creatures he'd arranged—according to the script, he and Old Gao were supposed to take injuries and exit the scene here.
But!
Qingqiu was already here, and he...
Wanted to stay with her a little longer!
So!
After deliberating for a mere 0.00001 seconds, he reached a decision.
He would—immediately change the battle plan!
He—would not retreat just yet!
Sorry, Old Gao... I’m deviating from the script.
Back in reality—BOOM!!
With the driver injured, the vehicle quickly lost control, crashing into a thick tree and stalling.
"Waaah! We’re flipping over! Bai Jun, save me!"
Lin Yinyin threw herself into Bai Jun's arms, trembling in fear with her eyes shut tight.
"Professor, calm down! It's Demon Creatures—we’re under attack!"
Bai Jun sighed helplessly as he looked at Lin Yinyin, who had boldly vowed to protect everyone just minutes ago but was now cowering in his embrace.
Well, that was just her personality—powerful, yes, but easily frightened.
"Really? Just Demon Creatures?"
Lin Yinyin immediately lifted her head, an awkward smile flashing across her face as she straightened up. "Heh, just a little joke."
"Pathetic Demon Creatures? I could wipe them out with a flick of my finger!"
Bai Jun exhaled. "Let’s hope so..."
He turned his gaze to the window, but strangely...
The Demon Creatures seemed to have vanished after flipping their vehicle, attacking only the driver before retreating.
"Captain Bai, he's fine—just unconscious from inhaling miasma and a dose of toxin," Wang Yi called out after checking the driver’s condition.
Hearing this, Bai Jun nodded, then turned to Lin Yinyin. "Professor, scan the perimeter."
"On it!"
Lin Yinyin focused for a few seconds before frowning. "No Demon Creatures nearby."
"Even the big one from earlier is gone."
Gone...
Bai Jun narrowed his eyes. He trusted the professor’s sensory abilities completely.
If she said the coast was clear, then it must be safe.
After confirming everyone was mostly unharmed, he ordered, "Logistics team, stay in the vehicle and tend to the injured."
"Everyone else, grab your gear and follow me outside!"
"Professor, you stay here and guard the support team."
Then, his gaze landed on Gu Yan, who was in an awkward position. "Gu Yan... you..."
Still held in Leng Qingqiu’s embrace, Gu Yan coughed lightly. "It's nothing, just a crick in my neck."
After a pause, he slipped free and rotated his neck with a grin. "See? Good as new."
"Oh... Alright then."
A few minutes later—
CRACK!
The door swung open, and the group cautiously stepped out, weapons in hand.
Unlike the world they knew, this place was shrouded in a crimson mist.
The air was thick with dampness, and an eerie silence blanketed the surroundings—a calm that hid unpredictable danger.
"What’s going on? Are there really no Demon Creatures here?" Qin Rong muttered warily, scanning the area.
Nearby, Chu Ge, a man holding a detection device, nodded. "No readings on the scanner. The area's clean."
Despite the reassurance, Bai Jun remained vigilant. The sudden ambush and subsequent disappearance of the Demon Creatures was too suspicious. "Stay alert. Some Demon Creatures excel at masking their presence."
"We have too little intel on the Fifth Forbidden Zone. First, let’s confirm our coordinates."
"Understood, Captain."
Whether Bai Jun and the others were at ease, Gu Yan didn’t know.
But he certainly wasn’t.
According to his plan, hundreds of Demon Creatures should have swarmed them by now, scattering the group and forcing Old Gao to retreat after getting knocked unconscious.
That was how it was supposed to go...
So... what was happening?
[My King! Disaster—the forces we sent were annihilated in an instant by some unknown power!]
Listening to Lin’s panicked voice in his mind, Gu Yan had a guess.
Who here could wipe out so many Demon Creatures without a trace?
His eyes shifted to Leng Qingqiu.
Oh... My dear wife, you’re truly something...
The disappearance of the Demon Creatures was, of course, Leng Qingqiu’s doing.
To protect Gu Yan, she had to ensure no living threat remained within a hundred miles.
Moreover, how dare these lowly creatures attack him? As the Night King, she would not tolerate it.
Even if her current strength was limited, with her dagger [Night], her perception, and the Night King’s innate abilities—
In just 0.00001 seconds—
She had drained the life essence of every Demon Creature in the vicinity.
Sensing Gu Yan’s gaze, Leng Qingqiu smirked inwardly. Hmph!
Gu Yan, Gu Yan, no need to panic. I’ve cleared the area for you. Explore safely—I’ll make sure nothing harms you this time.
[Other me... You shouldn’t have done this...]
[The point of the cauldron plan is to temper him. You’re only hindering his growth.]
The ever-logical "Little Cold" immediately intervened in their shared mindscape.
This wasn’t part of the plan! With Leng Qingqiu being this blatantly overprotective, Gu Yan might have already figured out her identity.
After all...
Given his usual "I only love Qingqiu" act, who’s to say they didn’t share some kind of psychic connection?
They might immediately notice something off about Leng Qingqiu’s disguise as Leng Bingning.
That’s exactly why I’ve always been against it—against the other me constantly meeting with the furnace vessel under false identities.
This kind of recklessness will only backfire.
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?!
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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."
world slacker. But a genius female disciple just had to get clingy, insisting that he take her as a disciple. Not only that, she was always making advances on him, thoroughly disrupting his peaceful slacker life...
