Chapter 313: Volume 1_Chapter 313: You Are My System (23)

Volume 1_Chapter 313: You Are My System (23)

Hearing the footsteps, Mu Tianyi slowly lifted his gaze; upon seeing the girl standing before him clearly, his brows furrowed, "You… came to kill us?"

The girl brushed aside the white hair at her temples, strikingly out of place among the surroundings, and said in a neutral tone, "What good would killing you do me? And if I wanted to kill you, I would have already done so; I wouldn't be standing here chatting with you."

Her tone was arrogant and aggressive.

Mu Tianyi felt a sigh of relief in his heart, leaning against the tree trunk, his face shrouded in a deathly aura; his life had already begun its countdown, and he had little time left.

"Can I beg you for a favor?"

Jiang Zhi said bluntly: "Cannot."

Mu Tianyi helplessly chuckled: "Alright."

The ground seemed to shake as if an earthquake had occurred; he sensed countless monsters surrounding him, feeling despondent.

He pleaded, "I can give you anything; please, save her, take her out of here."

Jiang Zhi looked at the unconscious girl in his arms, then listened to his sincere words, and felt a headache.

"I said I wouldn't help you with your request, but I didn't say I wouldn't help you escape from here."

Mu Tianyi was startled upon hearing this, and asked in disbelief, "Really, really?"

After saying that, he lowered his head in dejection; even if he could escape from here, he wouldn't live much longer—the infection in his wound had reached a critical level, and he was slowly being assimilated by the monsters.

He was about to turn into a monster.

Jiang Zhi looked at his complexion and knew what he was thinking.

Ignoring him, she opened her character interface.

Over these six years, her Character Card rose from the lowest rank N to SSR, all thanks to Xie Xunze's efforts.

Her skill underwent a massive change.

She used the skill—Resurrection Lotus.

This is the highest-tier skill of her SSR Character Card, usable only once, healing others with her own life.

At her position, a lotus with a snow‑white hue suddenly appeared; its translucent petals slowly unfurled, dispelling the dark clouds blanketing the sky, and shafts of light fell upon the male and female protagonists, filling the air with a faint fragrance.

The girl's silver hair floated in the air like a waterfall, swaying, while her body gradually turned translucent.

Xie Xunze felt the warm light, suddenly turned his head, and saw the girl standing at the center of the snow lotus.

The Character Card in his pocket grew scorching hot; he immediately took it out, and the black card slowly dissipated from his hand.

"Zhizhi!!" Seeing this, he shredded the tentacles entwining his body and sprinted toward her direction.

But it was too late.

She vanished among countless points of light; the light faded, and countless monsters surged forward, trying to seize the divine‑grade artifact phalanx that had fallen from the air.

Xie Xunze thought only the Character Card had disappeared, and he kept calling her name with his heart.

But what answered him was a cold, mechanical voice devoid of emotion.

【The system named 'Jiang Zhi' has already left.】

【Command unknown, Host; I don't understand what you mean.】

【Command unknown……】

Xie Xunze stood in place, motionless for a long time.

Suddenly, he spoke in an unhurried tone, his voice icy, revealing a hint of madness.

He gripped that phalanx in his palm.

"What did she make you do?"

Upon contacting his aura, the phalanx felt both joy and fear—joy at finally finding its master, yet terrified of the aura emanating from him.

It stammered, "She told me not to hide my aura anymore and to draw all the surrounding monsters toward me."

"Is that so." The youth lowered his eyes, his tone casual, yet his aura was dangerous and terrifying.

The monsters dared not approach even a step, shrinking back in the distance to look for an opportunity.

Xie Xunze burst into a maniacal, deranged laugh, laughing for a long time; the corners of his eyes turned crimson, repressing endless killing intent.

She deliberately lured him away in order to save them; even to restrict his movements, she used the divine‑grade artifact to attract all the monsters of Xintangshi, hindering his killing intent.

How clever.

Just to get rid of him.

"Useless." His voice was gentle, yet it sent chills down one's spine.

The youth walked unhurriedly toward the lifeless A‑rank monster.

After killing the A‑rank monster, his side quest was completed.

The Mysterious Shop opened.

The last item in the shop is.

The Character Card gains one chance to resurrect * 50 million points.

Xie Xunze opened his information panel.

【Host: Xie Xunze

Age: 18 years old

Gender: Male

Level: 362

Ability: Unknown

Remaining points: too large to calculate.】

If Jiang Zhi were present, she would probably be frightened.

She hadn't seen Xie Xunze's attribute level since six years ago.

He had started making the cage six years ago, planning to imprison her forever by his side.

So no matter how she tried to escape, it was of no avail.

Xie Xunze did not immediately redeem the resurrection item, but went to complete the main quest.

…

Three years later.

Jiang Zhi, upon waking and opening her eyes, thought she had gone to the next world, but unexpectedly, she was still in the original world.

"I've completed my mission, so why can't I leave?" she asked.

777 explained: "Host, you were forcibly resurrected by the villain, so as the system you must accompany him for the rest of his life."

Jiang Zhi: "Awesome."

She looked around; everything before her was unfamiliar, and she no longer viewed the outside from the villain's perspective as before, but had returned to being a normal person.

Both her wrists and ankles were fitted with special rings; they were not heavy, quite light, but she could not muster any strength in her limbs, nor could she leave the room.

The room was cozily decorated, light blue curtains swaying in the warm breeze, the floor covered with soft carpet, and her portraits hung on the walls, covering the entire wall.

They were portraits of her in various expressions.

The person who painted these oil paintings must be psychologically deviant; every stroke exudes sensual/erotic meaning, making viewers' noses bleed and their veins throb.

"I'm too beautiful." She was lost in her own beauty, unable to extricate herself.

777 asked: "Host, don't you want to know what happened these three years?"

What happened and what changed over these three years—the host seemed not at all curious.

Jiang Zhi shrugged: "I don't want to know."

Her mission was already completed; the remaining time was just for enjoyment, without all those twists and turns.

777: "Okay."

A figure appeared silently behind Jiang Zhi, she herself didn't notice at all, still earnestly looking at the painting on the wall.

She looked and pointed, commenting.

"I'm not satisfied with this painting; the side is full of lotuses, and the figure inside looks to me like a reincarnation of a white lotus."

777's voice trembled: "Host, host... behind you..."

Jiang Zhi wondered: "What behind me? What's behind me? Is there a ghost?"

As she muttered to herself in her heart, she turned around to look back, and suddenly met a pair of dark, deep pupils, the corners of his eyes slightly hooked, exuding a morbid madness, as if he wanted to crush and devour her whole.

She shuddered in fright, stepped back, and bumped into a painting on the wall, which wobbled as if about to fall and smash her forehead.