Chapter 491 - Proper Palace Intrigue (End) (2/2)

Ming Jin was silent for a moment. “I will marry you today.”

“That depends on whether you have the ability.”

Ming Jin’s eyes hardened slightly and he was just about to order people to capture Shi Sheng when countless arrows flew in from the outside like raindrops.

The sword in Shi Sheng’s hand swung, causing a flash of sword light to appear, blocking the arrows.

The sword in her hand suddenly enlarged and Shi Sheng stepped on it, rushing to greet the onslaught of arrows.

“Zhuang Qiong!”

[Host!]

Two voices cried out at the same time, but Shi Sheng didn’t hesitate in the slightest.

……

When Shi Sheng returned to the System Space, she silently stood before the screen that was repeatedly displaying a scene.

Yuwen Xun led his men in a charge to kill Ming Jin.

Shi Sheng defied the usual barrier and killed off Yuwen Xun, causing the world to suddenly start to crumble. It was a very shocking scene. As if someone had broken a mirror, the scene had collapsed into countless shards, after which darkness had rushed in and invaded the world.

The last thing Shi Sheng saw was Ming Jin sprinting towards her. But as the last of the world was engulfed by darkness, she’d already been standing within the System Space.

[Host, due to your behaviour, you will spend 48 hours in confinement.]

Shi Sheng twisted her neck, not speaking.

Her surroundings gradually changed till she found herself in a round room. It was completely empty. The walls were snowy-white, the kind that could give one snow blindness if they stared at it too long.

Shi Sheng leaned against the wall and sat down. ‘Killing the ML caused the world to collapse. How interesting. And all I get for causing a world to collapse is 48 hours in confinement? And here I was wondering what terrifying punishment there’d be!’

System was currently pouring all its grievances out to its Master.

[Master, just look at her! Look at what she’s thinking! I can’t take it anymore.]

The figure on the screen was as blurred as always. “The information she shares with you is only what she wants you to know.”

[……] System thought back to the cocky look on its host’s face when it tried to scan her that one time.

‘Recently she’s even starting to know my thoughts… This Host is simply about to ascend the heavens!’

[Master, why was she so against Feng Ci in this world?] ‘He’s clearly the same person, and she’s admitted she likes him, so why can’t she accept him? I really don’t understand my Host’s thoughts.’

“Because she’s afraid.”

‘Scared? Of what? Even she has something she’s afraid of?’ System was even more confused.

“She’s afraid she’ll fall for Feng Ci. That kind of Feng Ci holds a fatal attraction for her, but she’s too rational, so she extinguished that spark completely. Don’t pick targets like that for her anymore—the more you try and corner her, the more level-headed she’ll be.”

[……] ‘As reality proves, Host’s words are completely untrustworthy. Master really does understand her. *cries* Master, please protect me.’

After 48 hours, Shi Sheng was released. System didn’t waste words and got straight to flashing her stats.

人品值：-192000

积分：30000

Name: Shi Sheng

Morality Points: -192,000

Life Points: 20 (due to causing the collapse of a world, Life Points have been halved)

Contribution Points: 30,000

Mission Rank: B

Mission Points: 40

Hidden Quest: Not completed

Hidden Quest Reward: None

Side Quest: Not completed

Side Quest Reward: None (deducted 4,000 contribution points)

Item List: “Queen’s Crown”, “Ghost King’s Heart”, “Dark Night”

As Shi Sheng looked at her terrible stats, she sighed. ‘Morality points actually got lowered by about 30k. The ML’s life is really expensive. Though…killing him did feel quite good.’

[……] ‘Blackened Host is really scary.’

[Do you wish to enter the next mission?]

[Initialising transfer…]