Chapter 93: Leader of the Life-Taking Army

Su Xi initiated the mission.

She and Xiao Yan teleported into the mission world together.

As the teleportation light faded, Su Xi opened her eyes; she was in the middle of a battlefield strewn with corpses, and there was not a single living soul besides her.

Xiao Yan was not by her side either.

"Xiao Yan—" Su Xi shouted loudly.

Her voice echoed across the battlefield, which was thick with the scent of blood.

She called out a few more times, but there was still no response.

It seemed she and Xiao Yan had been separated.

【Er Miao.】

The system did not respond either.

Su Xi frowned; she could not use the system.

The target of this mission was the leader of the Life-Taking Army; as long as she killed him, the mission would be considered complete.

And if Xiao Yan could not find her, he would likely go ahead and start the mission.

In that case, they would either meet during the mission or cross paths after it was over.

"Who is calling out?"

A burly, tall soldier in blood-stained armor, holding a spear, walked toward her step by step.

"And who are you?" Su Xi asked.

"Wu Siquan, General of the Eastern Route of the Life-Taking Army." His hawk-like, sharp, and imposing eyes scrutinized the strange clothes Su Xi was wearing.

Su Xi looked down at her own workwear, which was different from the attire here, and said indifferently, "I am looking for your... King."

She did not know if the term "leader" was used here, but generally, military power was held by the King, and the Life-Taking Army should be no exception.

It had to be said that although she could not use the system at the start of this special plot mission, she had run into a key general of the target, so her luck was not bad.

Wu Siquan's gaze became increasingly intimidating. "Who are you?"

Su Xi replied, "My relationship with him is hard to describe."

Hearing her words, Wu Siquan suddenly remembered something and hurriedly withdrew his scrutinizing gaze. "You are the King's betrothed."

"I want to find him." Su Xi neither confirmed nor denied it; in any case, as long as she could find the mission target, that was all that mattered.

Wu Siquan knelt on one knee and cupped his hands in a salute. "This subordinate greets the Queen."

Su Xi: "... Where is your King?"

Wu Siquan stood up and replied, "This subordinate will take the Queen to find our King now."

Su Xi followed Wu Siquan and left the battlefield.

Wu Siquan found an ox cart from somewhere. "The journey to the Capital is long, and there is only an ox cart; I have wronged the Queen."

Su Xi got onto the ox cart. "How far is it?"

"This place is five hundred miles away from the Royal Capital!" Wu Siquan replied.

"... That is quite far!" She could just use Teleportation a few times to get there. "In which direction is the Royal Capital?"

"Due west."

Su Xi sat on the ox cart and chatted with Wu Siquan about the background of this special plot mission.

However, the more they talked, the more she felt this mission was peculiar.

Back at Lighthouse Village, there were plot characters, and after the Sea God released the Light Magnetic Cannon, the game space collapsed, resulting in digitized scenes.

Other games were also just fragmented plots, and then the mission would start with a bang. Sometimes, by the end, it had nothing to do with the plot at all; as long as the mission target was killed and the reward obtained, that was enough.

But for this mission, not only were the traces of the plot very heavy, but even Xiao Yan had disappeared?

The ox cart traveled day and night, taking a full ten days to reach the Royal Capital.

Along the way, all they saw were displaced commoners and corpses of the starved everywhere.

While the Royal Capital was slightly better, it was not much better. The beggars on the roadside and the infants crying for food were also heartbreaking and numbing.

Wu Siquan felt that the clothes Su Xi was wearing were too revealing, so he got her a dress from this era's background: a brown, wide-sleeved, high-waisted traditional Chinese skirt.

Wearing these clothes, Su Xi felt as if she had returned to the Lou Hu World.

Her long hair was also coiled into a gentle bun, which suited the dress better.

At that moment, Wu Siquan was stunned.

When he came to his senses, a flash of killing intent crossed his eyes extremely quickly.

Su Xi sensed it keenly.

Just as she was preparing to strike first and kill him, that trace of killing intent dissipated.

Afterward, Wu Siquan gave her a subtle hint that she would need to restrain her seductive manner when serving the King in the future.

Su Xi was speechless; she had to serve the King?

If that happened, she would surely bestow a Thunder Ball upon him and blast him to end it!

Someone greeted Wu Siquan, and Wu Siquan's expression softened significantly; it was clearly an acquaintance.

Taking advantage of their small talk, Su Xi got off the ox cart, using the excuse of needing to relieve herself.

Wu Siquan did not think much of it and let Su Xi go.

Su Xi entered a narrow, dark alley and saw a beggar gnawing on rotten meat.

When the beggar saw her, his dark, murky eyes erupted with a hungry, ghostly glint.

However, the next instant, Su Xi vanished into thin air!

The beggar froze for a moment, rubbed his eyes hard, but there was still no one there... Finally, he picked up the rotten meat and continued to eat.

Su Xi used Teleportation to reach high altitude, looking down at the Royal Capital.

Generally speaking, it was a circular capital city. At the very center was a square-shaped royal palace.

She used a Talisman of invisibility to conceal her form and used Teleportation to enter the royal palace.

Without needing to search much, she found the King, who was making merry with palace maids inside a palace hall.

Su Xi thought of the displaced refugees and starving commoners she had seen along the way, then looked at the King before her, and anger suddenly rose from within.

Without even needing to use Thunder Spirit Power, she reached out to a weapon rack in the corner, drew a long saber, and directly decapitated the King!

The head fell to the ground, the palace maids screamed repeatedly, and the palace guards rushed in...

She left the palace hall, used Teleportation to reach the roof, and watched the guards, who were shouting about an assassin, place the entire royal palace under martial law.

The special plot mission showed no signs of ending because of the King's death, and there was not even a notification.

In other words, the leader of the Life-Taking Army was not the King!

Outside the palace, a noisy crowd of civil and military officials had arrived.

Su Xi looked at these people with a cold gaze... If she killed them all, would the true leader of the Life-Taking Army appear?

Thinking this, she did exactly that.

The Yong Dynasty, which had been established for less than five months, was destroyed just like that.

However, the mission still had not changed.

Who exactly was the leader of the Life-Taking Army?

Su Xi hovered high in the air, looking at the panicked background characters of the mission inside the royal palace. Suddenly, someone entered her line of sight: Wu Siquan!

How could she have forgotten him? Perhaps he was the true leader of the Life-Taking Army.

Just as she used Teleportation to get behind him and drew a black dagger to kill him, she heard him say to a palace attendant: "Immediately head to the Qi State, find the Chancellor of the Qi State, and report what has happened here to him!"

"Yes, General." The palace attendant went to the stables and took two fast horses.

Su Xi suddenly realized that the leader of the Life-Taking Army seemed to be related to this Chancellor of the Qi State.

Wu Siquan then found a few more people, "Go find the Queen..."

Su Xi did not listen to the rest of his words and followed that palace attendant directly.

Qi State, Chancellor's Mansion study.

A pearl gauze lamp flickered with a dim, cold light.

A man in black bowed slightly, his posture respectful as he said to the masked man sitting before the desk: "During the war to conquer Chu, a woman with strange attire survived. After Wu Siquan arrived, he took her away, called her the Queen, and headed in the direction of the royal capital."

"A woman with strange attire." The masked man suddenly laughed, "Finally, she has arrived!"

When Su Xi neared the royal capital of the Qi State, she knocked out the palace attendant and disguised herself as him to go to the Chancellor's Mansion.

Just after she handed over the waist token, a servant immediately took her to see the Chancellor.

When Su Xi saw a disabled man sitting in a wheelchair and wearing a white-faced mask, she felt confused. Was this the leader of the Life-Taking Army?

Never mind, regardless of whether he was or not, she would kill him first as a courtesy.

Su Xi took out her black dagger, and just as she prepared to assassinate him, a silver dagger blocked her.

"Xiao Yan!" She retracted her dagger in shock and looked at the disabled man, "How did you become like this?"

"Xixi, you finally came. I have already waited for you for two hundred years!" Xiao Yan took off his mask, revealing that handsome face.

Only, his eyes no longer had their former shyness and had become mature and profound.

To Su Xi, there was even a sense of familiarity!

However, she did not delve into this sense of familiarity; all her attention was stunned by his words, "Didn't we come together? Why did you wait for two hundred years?"

"This mission is related to time; you and I were separated at two different time nodes.

Two hundred years ago, I entered the mission and killed the leader of the Life-Taking Army. I thought the mission was over, but what I received was a notification that you had not yet entered the game. There is also a hidden condition for completing the mission: it requires all players to act together to kill the leader of the Life-Taking Army.

Therefore, I have been waiting for you to come.

Fortunately, players do not age during missions, otherwise, what Xixi would be seeing now would be my white bones."

"This mission is too grueling. Did you stay here alone for two hundred years?" And in such a chaotic world, or rather, maintaining this chaotic world while waiting for her—how difficult that must have been.

Su Xi touched his face with pity, "Let's go do the mission and leave this lousy mission."

"Okay, the leader of the Life-Taking Army is Wu Siquan," Xiao Yan said to Su Xi.

Su Xi: "... It really is him."

Xiao Yan nodded, "I have cultivated 126 leaders of the Life-Taking Army."

Su Xi, "What! Then aren't you the one?"

Xiao Yan shook his head, "No. I have tried; every time I kill the leader of the Life-Taking Army, I receive a notification that the other team members have not yet entered the game."

"That's good, I thought I would have to kill you," Su Xi sighed; if that were the case, she would rather not do this mission.

She looked at the wheelchair behind him, "What is going on with this?"

"No woman will marry a disabled person," Xiao Yan laughed, "It saves a lot of trouble."

"That's not necessarily true, what if someone is after your wealth and power, not you," Su Xi touched his face, "It is also very good-looking."

"Xixi, if one day I changed my appearance, for example, became old or something else, would you still like me?" Xiao Yan asked with some nervousness.

"Of course I would." Seeing his tense expression, Su Xi laughed, "I wouldn't mind; when you are old, I will be the same. By then, it's not certain who would dislike whom."

Xiao Yan pulled her into his embrace, gradually tightening it, finally wishing he could knead her into his body so they would never be separated again...

For Su Xi, she had only been separated from Xiao Yan for a dozen days. But for Xiao Yan, he had been separated from Su Xi for two hundred years.

The longing and attachment, the suffering and endurance during that time, only he himself knew.

After killing Wu Siquan, they detached from the plot and returned to the game world.

Xiao Yan breathed in the air filled with spiritual energy, "I've really had enough of the chaotic world; I will never play this kind of plot again."

"It really wasn't fun, just as you said," Su Xi laughed.

At the very beginning, Xiao Yan had asked if they should change to a different mission, and she hadn't taken it seriously.

After opening the system, she checked the mission rewards—【Congratulations to the host, you have completed a special plot mission and received God-Favored Game Points and 3 Treasure Boxes.】

Su Xi looked at the mission rewards and was completely dumbfounded, "This can't be a mistake, right?!"

She even showed them to Xiao Yan.

After Xiao Yan looked at them, he knew in his heart that this was a normal special plot reward. But was his brother a bit too stingy, not even giving a single God Point?

He had endured and waited for 200 years in the mission, not daring to be careless for even a moment, for fear of missing Su Xi.

【Xiao Yi Yi: Brother, why did you give her so few points?】

【Xiao Tiantian: What? You want her to clear your emotional memories after she gets enough God Points?】

【Xiao Qianzhi: Little brother, this time your sister is going to stand on your brother Tiantian's side. Women, you know, shouldn't be too wealthy, otherwise, if she isn't cheating on you, she's thinking about cheating on you.】

【Xiao Qi: Hey! Your sister Qian is right about that.】

【Xiao Feng Ning: This is speaking the inner truth. Little brother, you must find a way to get control of the points; then she won't be able to run away or leave you in the future.】

【Xiao Yi Yi:... A bunch of people who fear nothing but chaos! I can't be bothered with you all.】

"It's okay, I'll work hard to earn more points in the next mission." Su Xi divided 400,000 Game Points for Xiao Yan, "You worked hard on the mission this time, I'll give you more."

"No need, you keep the points to level up." Xiao Yan transferred the God-Favored points back to her.

Er Miao said to Su Xi: 【What a good partner!】

Su Xi's heart jolted, 【Partner?】

Er Miao replied: 【Yes, doesn't the host like him very much? He likes the host too. It is only logical for you to become partners.】

A flicker of fear suddenly arose in Su Xi's heart, 【No, I will not become partners with him.】

Er Miao sensed that Su Xi's emotional data had suddenly dropped, 【Is the host still dwelling on Zhou Chuchen?】

【I said, don't mention that name.】 Su Xi's voice carried a hint of chill.

Er Miao: 【...】

Xiao Yan was holding Su Xi's hand; it had been warm and soft and especially comfortable, but gradually her fingertips began to turn cold.

He hurriedly lowered his head to look at her and discovered that her complexion was also somewhat pale, "Xixi, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm sorry, Xiao Yan." Su Xi raised her head, her eyes full of guilt, "I... let's break up."

"What did you say?!" Xiao Yan's pupils suddenly constricted.

Su Xi shook off his hand, "What's done is done, don't look for me again in the future."

After saying this, she directly activated a Treasure Box and entered the mission world.

Xiao Yan looked at his empty hand, "Why?"

【Xiao Lu'er: It's over, Xiao Yi Yi has been dumped again.】

【Xiao Qi: Either she discovered that Xiao Yan is Zhou Chuchen, or she still hasn't forgotten Zhou Chuchen and was using Xiao Yan as a substitute, so she suddenly realized the truth and feels she has wronged him.】

【Karl: I checked the Reversal System's host emotional data. You are right, she just hasn't forgotten Zhou Chuchen and even still hates him. She feels her body and mind are not clean and that she is not worthy of my brother.】

【Xiao Feng Ning: You can even see this?】

【Karl: I developed the Reversal System, just like how Uncle Yan has always had absolute control over Auntie Xiaomei.】

【Xiao Qi: Then what about Uncle King?】

【Karl: He has Auntie Xiaomei's source code and can modify it directly. However, none of them dare to make a move against Auntie Xiaomei; after all, whether our mother is acting spoiled or losing her temper, none of them can handle it.】

【Xiao Tiantian: Ah~ Xiao Huanbao has been found.】

【Xiao Qianzhi: Hurry up and send him back; I've already received a voice transmission from Uncle Huan.】

【Xiao Tiantian:... Xiao Duo'er is here too. Let me ask you all something, if Xiao Duo'er and Xiao Huanbao are together, can you tell them apart?】