[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-baby-system-i-m-the-beast-world-s-only-hope":3,"chapter-baby-system-i-m-the-beast-world-s-only-hope-baby-system-i-m-the-beast-world-s-only-hope-chapter-161":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Baby System: I'm the Beast World's Only Hope!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1362368,1802,"Chapter 161: Episode 161: Took my Story!","baby-system-i-m-the-beast-world-s-only-hope-chapter-161",161,"\u003Cp>A\u002FN: [Welcome to SEASON 2]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you the one named Roxy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The question hung in the humid air, heavier than the scent of the lavender soap bubbling a hundred yards away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roxy stared at the girl. The system was sending an alarm to her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[WARNING!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[CRITICAL ALERT: ANOMALY DETECTED.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp migraine spiked behind Roxy’s eyes, a red static blurring her vision for a split second. She tightened her grip on the small harvesting knife in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I asked you a question,\" Roxy said, her voice steady despite the alarm bells ringing in her skull. \"Who are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roxy’s heart was beating fast; she had a bad feeling about this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then why am I not fucking running away?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl let out a choked sob, wrapping her thin arms around herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... I don’t know where I am, but you can call me Alice,\" Alice whimpered, her voice trembling. \"I woke up in the woods... It was so cold. But please... You have to help me. I heard you are the Queen of this area.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roxy hesitated. The System was flashing[DANGER], but the girl looked so pathetic. \"I can take you to the pack. My mate, Zarek, he can—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No!\" Alice shrieked, her eyes widening in terror. She took a step back, shaking her head frantically. \"No beasts! They... they chased me! Please, you have to helphimfirst.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Him?\" Roxy frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The cub,\" Alice gasped, pointing a shaking finger toward the dense tree line leading up the rocky incline of the cliffs. \"I saw a baby... a little tiger cub. He fell into a crevice near the caves. He was crying... he sounded so hurt. I tried to reach him, but I was too weak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roxy froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tiger cub.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, her mind flashed to Torian. Tigers were rare. Their birth rates were abysmal. A cub alone in the woods was a tragedy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t leave a cub to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where?\" Roxy demanded, stepping forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Up there,\" Alice sniffled, turning toward the path that led away from the riverbank. \"Near the jagged rocks. Please... he stopped crying a few minutes ago. I’m scared he’s...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lead the way,\" Roxy commanded, sheathing her knife but keeping her hand near it. \"But if you’re lying to me, girl, I will leave you for the wolves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice nodded frantically. \"I promise! Just hurry!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They moved away from the river. Roxy glanced back toward the smoke of the soap fires. She should call out. She should yell for Mara or Zarek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the wind was blowing downstream, carrying the sound away, and Alice was moving surprisingly fast for someone who looked half-dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roxy gulped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll just grab the cub and come back,Roxy reasoned.It will take five minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They climbed the incline. The lush greenery of the Iron-Wood gave way to grey stone and scrub brush. The air grew cooler, the roar of the river below turning into a dull, thunderous crash as the elevation increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice led her toward a narrow path that wound along the edge of the cliff face. Below, the water churned violently, white foam smashing against black rocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it far?\" Roxy asked, breathing hard. The post-partum recovery had been miraculous, but she wasn’t ready for a hike like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just around this bend,\" Alice called back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roxy frowned. She noticed something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl wasn’t limping anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Down by the river, Alice had been stumbling, her feet dragging. Now, she was navigating the sharp rocks smoothly. Her spine was straight. Her head was high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That should have been a red flag for Roxy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey,\" Roxy said, stopping in her tracks. The warning bells in her head turned into a deafening siren. \"Wait a minute.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They reached a flat plateau of rock that jutted out over the river. It was a dead end. There was no cave. There was no crevice. And there was definitely no crying tiger cub.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just the wind, the drop, and the girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice stopped at the edge of the precipice. She stood with her back to Roxy for a long moment, looking out at the horizon where the sun was beginning to dip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is the cub?\" Roxy asked, her hand wrapping around the hilt of her knife again. \"Alice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes were cold, and she smoothed her tattered hospital gown as if it were a royal ball gown. A small, cruel smile played on her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is no cub, you idiot,\" Alice said, her voice changing. It wasn’t the soft, melodic whisper anymore. It was sharp, modern, and dripping with disdain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roxy stiffened. \"You tricked me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fucking hell, Roxy, you are so dumb, I can taste your stupidity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You never just listen.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I lured you,\" Alice corrected, tilting her head. \"It was surprisingly easy. ’Oh, save the baby!’ God, you’re such a cliché. The ’Motherly Saint’ trope. It makes me want to vomit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roxy drew her knife. \"Who are you? How do you know that word?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Trope?\" Alice laughed. She took a step toward Roxy, unbothered by the weapon. \"I know all the words, Roxy. I know the plot. I know the setting. I know that Zarek has a scar behind his ear and that Syris is insecure about his capabilities.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tapped her temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know,\" Alice hissed, \"because this ismybook.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roxy felt the blood drain from her face. The System’s warnings suddenly made terrifying sense—theOriginal Protagonist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re... you’re a transmigrator,\" Roxy whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am theLead,\" Alice snapped, her face twisting with sudden, ugly rage. \"I was summoned! I was chosen! I was in the hospital, dying, and the voice told me I would be a Queen here! I would have the Dragon, the Tiger, the Snake, every damn male as my reward!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gestured wildly at Roxy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But something glitched. I got stuck in the void. And when I finally broke through... what did I find? Some random, background extra sitting onmythrone. Sleeping inmybed. Breeding withmymen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rage boiled in Roxy’s blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You think I fucking wanted to be here too??!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice took another step. Roxy stepped back, her heel hitting a loose stone. Behind her was a hundred-foot drop into the rapids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn’t steal anything,\" Roxy said, her voice hardening. She wasn’t going to cower. Not before this psycho. \"I woke up in a forest alone. I survived. I built that house. I healed those men. They aren’t NPCs, Alice. They’re people. And they love me just like I love them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They love therole!\" Alice screamed. \"They love the ’Human Female’! That was supposed to be me! You’re just wearing my shoes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, they fit me better,\" Roxy shot back. \"If you were going to be such a good Main Character, maybe you shouldn’t have messed up your role. The world didn’t pause for you, sweetheart. We moved on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice stopped. Her eyes twitched. The validation of her victimhood shattered against Roxy’s refusal to apologize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think you’re clever,\" Alice whispered, her voice dropping to a lethal calm. \"You think because you popped out a few mutts and taught them a little civilization, you matter?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lunged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roxy braced herself, raising the knife. Alice pulled a small, silver sphere from her pocket, something that looked disturbingly like a flashbang grenade, and threw it at Roxy’s feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A concussive blast of compressed air and blinding light exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t enough to kill, but it was enough to disorient Roxy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gah!\" Roxy cried out, throwing her hands up to shield her eyes, the knife flying from her grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stumbled backward, blinded, her equilibrium shattered. Her foot slipped on the mossy edge of the cliff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She flailed, trying to find purchase, but there was only air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hand grabbed her tunic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a second, Roxy thought she was being saved. Her vision cleared enough to see Alice gripping the fabric of her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice pulled her close, nose to nose. Her blue eyes were manic, filled with a jealous, possessive hatred that burned hotter than dragon fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You took my story,\" Alice hissed, her spittle hitting Roxy’s cheek. \"You took my ending.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not a story!\" Roxy shouted back, gripping Alice’s wrist, trying to stabilize herself. \"It’s a life! And I fought for it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then lose it,\" Alice smiled. It was a terrifying expression. \"How about you die for me, cunt!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roxy’s eyes widened in disbelief. \"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice shoved. She put both hands on Roxy’s chest and pushed with a strength that shouldn’t have been possible for her frail frame, the strength of a desperate, broken narrative trying to correct itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roxy’s balance failed. Her boots slipped off the wet stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world tilted. The grey sky and the angry face of Alice spun away as Roxy fell backward into the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind roared in her ears, stealing her breath. She saw the cliff edge receding. She saw Alice standing there, smoothing her dress, watching her fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shit.\u003C\u002Fp>",1479,"2026-06-05T21:18:01.894Z",1,"novelbin.me","12f1d82fc6f45e2cd02fe71f7f8de493cfc88b8d0028644b71a31e1af3120759","baby-system-i-m-the-beast-world-s-only-hope-chapter-162","baby-system-i-m-the-beast-world-s-only-hope-chapter-160",501,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbaby-system-i-m-the-beast-world-s-only-hope-cover.jpg"]