Chapter 3071: After Divorce, I Was Forced to Compete with My Ex‑Husband 01

No way, this really won't work! Bai Ze specifically warned me not to assign you a task! Xu Li shook their head at Ling Gun Gun, who was secretly hiding on the screen talking to him, "Besides, you little pixiu are about to take form, yet you're not retaining your Spiritual Power—if Jin Chen found out, he'd beat me up!"

Ling Gun Gun crunched the crisp ore crystal and sighed, "All right, I'm preparing for my transformation, but..."

It slapped its paw, looking overbearing and bearing the demeanor of Dage, "If a system must follow the Host, then let that Cold Spirit, which already acknowledges me as boss, go!"

"May I ask which new hero is this Cold Spirit?"

Ten minutes later.

The recalled 999 exclaimed joyfully, "Really, is it me?"

"Really, really, really, is it me?"

0731, the boss above, it actually can still do missions with Jin Chen's people! It can also cling to thighs and white‑leech a lot of points!

Xu Li played with cards inscrutably behind the desk, "Well, this world is a bit… special."

He gestured for the floating round‑ball system to come close to his ear.

999: "Ahhhhhhhhh!"

It seemed to have heard a horror story, its data stream jumping wildly, "I can't! I'll be torn apart and destroyed by the big boss!"

"Not dead, not dead! I'm going to remodel you, adding a hundred million points to your courage…"

Xu Li laughed while holding the round ball in hand, then pressed the activation button.

——

Jin Chen once again threw out the book that had inexplicably appeared in his hand.

He leaned back in the custom‑made gaming floating chair, one leg casually resting on the armrest, stared at the book that had reappeared for a full half minute, placed the happy water on the side table, picked up the book and flipped through it from start to finish—it didn't look like something that came from a regular publisher.

The book's cover, in gilt lettering, read 《Interstellar Heartthrob: I Am the Team Pet in the Horror World》, with a smaller line beneath: "The purest white moonlight of the entire star realm, the ultimate redemption of the villains."

【Ding—System binding successful!】

Jin Chen: "……?"

【Congratulations, mission holder, you have activated the 999 Plot Correction System! I am your dedicated system assistant; you may call me 999!】

【Hello, may I ask if you're listening?】

Jin Chen interrupted it, "Why does this book keep appearing beside me?"

【The book in your hand is the original script of your world; you are the male supporting character in an all‑evil interstellar horror novel!】

Jin Chen lowered his gaze to the page.

Holographic game designer Jin Chen, with a fickle personality and ruthless methods, attempts to replicate the horror events from the game into reality.

Imperial General Chenshu, plotting rebellion to destroy the home star, decisive in killing, cold and emotionless.

Star Region Mine Lord Steve, wielding his blade like a harvest, uses money to trample over humanity.

Imperial Research Institute researcher Yun Wu, gloomy and neurotic, secretly conducts drug research capable of destroying the entire planet.

The politician's son Mai Lun, exploits power to commit every evil, arrogant and self‑important, profit‑driven.

Chief Medical Officer Yan Xu, outwardly virtuous, uses the medical profession to commit every conceivable wickedness……>

The capricious game designer Jin Chen is very dissatisfied, "This is slander."

【Mission holder, this isn't the point! The point is……】

Jin Chen flipped a page, glancing at it absently and saying, "According to this setting, I'm a villain, right?"

Jin Chen's expression gradually turned subtle.

"The heartthrob mentioned in the book—does the list of people he wants to save also include me?"

【Of course! You are a very important part of the plot!】

"How to save?"

【Through love and transformation!】

Jin Chen: "……"

"I never intended to replicate the game's horror events into reality."

【Villains never admit they are villains.】

"I'm stating the facts."

【Every villain says that.】

Jin Chen decided not to argue with a system about this, continued flipping pages, and arrived at the character introduction page for the Imperial General.

Chenshu, Imperial General, with outstanding merits, undefeated in battle.

In the original book's setting he intended to rebel, was decisive in killing, and is one of the most dangerous men in the entire empire.

Jin Chen's thumb lightly rubbed those two characters, and he asked calmly, "Will everyone appearing here be saved by that heartthrob?"

【Yes, this is the original plot's progression. All villains will, under Chi Mu's transformation, let go of hatred, walk toward the light, and ultimately achieve a happy ending!】

Jin Chen closed the book, snorted coldly, snapped it shut, and casually tossed it into the nearby fish tank.

The book fell into the water; several mutant electric eels swarmed over, crackling as they bit the corner, and after a few bites they devoured the book.

A few bubbles rose to the surface, and then nothing remained.

999: 【……】

【Resisting the plot is useless; the plot point will arrive soon.】

"How soon is soon?"

【It should be now.】

As the words fell, the doorbell rang.

Jin Chen tilted his head to look toward the doorway, and the smart access control system projected a translucent screen.

「Mr. Jin Chen, Imperial Express Delivery, please sign for it。」

After Jin Chen signed for it, the fingerprint verification passed, the box opened automatically, inside lay a gilt invitation; the cover bore the imperial emblem, and beneath it was a line of elegant calligraphy:

—— Sincerely invite you to attend the opening banquet of the 《Symbiosis Project》.

Jin Chen held the invitation and glanced at it for two seconds, then suddenly smiled, his eyes curving, yet there was no mirth in his gaze, only a cool light.

「The Symbiosis Project — that's the program going to remote planets to collect star cores, right? 」

【Yes, this is a very important plot point in the original work! All the main characters will gather for the first time at this banquet, including the popular protagonist Chi Mo! According to the original plot, you should be attracted to him at this banquet and thereafter embark on the pursuit of him……】

「All right, all right, 」 Jin Chen waved his hand, cutting off 999's endless chatter, 「I know. 」

He slipped the invitation into his pocket, turned and walked toward the bedroom, saying as he went, 「When does the banquet start? 」

【Tonight at 7 p. m., in the Imperial Banquet Hall on the Primary Star.】

Jin Chen glanced at the time, thinking of having to meet a certain general, and couldn't help but adopt an ostrich mentality: "There are still four hours; enough time for a nap."

【Shouldn't you be making the most of your time to prepare?】

「Prepare what? 」 Jin Chen yawned, lazily flopping onto the bed, 「It's not like I'm going on a blind date. 」

999 fell silent in his mind for a moment, then murmured softly: 【This will be very dangerous; the review mechanism won't let you off……】

But Jin Chen had already fallen asleep and didn't hear that sentence.

The afternoon sunlight on the Primary Star streamed in through the floor-to-ceiling windows; while he slept, that face, beautiful to the point of being slightly aggressive, looked much softer, like a naive youth.

But no one would really treat him as a mere innocent youth.

A twenty-five-year-old hologame designer, a genius recognized industry-wide, he shot to fame three years ago with an immersive horror game called 《Abyss》, and every work since has sparked a phenomenon-level craze.

His design style is famed for extreme atmosphere and suffocating oppression, and players call him the Nightmare Maker.

So how could someone standing at the pinnacle be willing to play merely a sidekick to a popular protagonist?