Chapter 462 - Proper Palace Intrigue (1) (1/2)
Shi Sheng and Qin Ge’s twilight years were rather boring.
Qin Ge actually ran back to become a professor again and insisted that Shi Sheng sit in the classroom to listen to his lectures.
He said that he hadn’t been able to do so when they were young, so he had to make up for it now.
Given her age, Shi Sheng fully rejected listening to his lectures with a bunch of radishes.
“Reporting, Professor: your wife skipped class again!”
This was the sentence Qin Ge heard the most. ‘Back then, she wouldn’t listen to me teach, and it’s the same now! Are my lectures that hard to pay attention to?’
Qin Ge passed away due to a heart problem. He had been in class at the time, but suddenly had a heart attack.
Shi Sheng accompanied him by his bedside for three days and nights. But in the end, Qin Ge was unable to last.
“Chu-Chu…” On his deathbed, he merely called out her name.
Shi Sheng held his hand. “My name is Shi Sheng. Shi as in time, and Sheng as in music.”
“Shi…Sheng?” Qin Ge’s muddled eyes were full of confusion. He seemed to have heard of this name from somewhere. ‘Shi…’
Qin Ge suddenly grabbed Shi Sheng’s hands strongly. He opened his mouth as he tried his best to say something. But he couldn’t voice it.
Shi Sheng silently watched as Qin Ge closed his eyes. She took a deep breath. ‘See you in the next world.’
……
When Shi Sheng returned to the System Space, she routinely drew her sword.
It had already reverted back to its normal appearance, having lost the random coloured glows it used to have. But it looked much sharper than before.
Other people’s swords turned more lowkey the more they levelled up, but this sword was the exact opposite—it appeared even more eye-catching and threatening than before.
System hurriedly flashed her stats on the screen before she could reach it.
Name: Shi Sheng
Morality Points: -159,000
Life Points: 40
Contribution Points: 34,000
Mission Rank: B
Mission Points: 92
Hidden Quest: Completed
Hidden Quest Reward: 2,000 Contribution Points
Item List: “Queen’s Crown”, “Ghost King’s Heart”, “Dark Night”
She didn’t even have to look to know what happened to her morality points. Show-off Sheng expressed that she didn’t care. ‘But how about you fucking tell me(lz) what that “Dark Night” is? What’s it used for?’
[Do you wish to enter—]
Pa!
System’s voice abruptly cut off.
Shi Sheng placed one hand against the display, while the other swiftly tapped on the screen. The dense rows of numbers that appeared could cause one to grow cross-eyed.
[Warning! Warning! System has been infiltrated by unauthorised personnel! Activating defence mode…]
The icy-cold robotic voice reverberated throughout the Space.
The woman in front of the screen had no expression as she continued tapping at it.
Roughly three minutes later, Shi Sheng kicked the screen. ‘Fucking hell! The person behind you is really capable, huh?! They actually made it so the data would erase itself!’
[Host, please do not display such dangerous behaviour again.] System warned.
Shi Sheng’s eyes turned, her ill-intentioned gaze hovering over the screen for a few seconds.
System felt its (figurative) anus clench. ‘Host is going to cause trouble again.’
But she didn’t, as if it had just been mistaken.
[Do you wish to enter the next mission?]
[Initialising transfer…]
‘Better to get rid of this scourge sooner rather than later.’
The moment Shi Sheng’s figure vanished, a blurry silhouette appeared on the screen.
[Master?]
“Activate the scanners.”
System was confused. ‘Why do I have to scan myself?’
Though it didn’t understand, System still activated the scanners and combed through itself.
[Master, no issues detected.]
“She must’ve done something.” System’s Master spoke in a sure tone. “I’ll run a check. You go handle things on Feng Ci’s end first.”
‘I already wiped his memories once, but it seems like he remembered something towards the end of the previous world.