[After that, there aren’t many highlights—just the sweet, doting, healing, and redemptive moments you all love.
But now it’s different. The male lead seems to have awakened self-awareness. Even with our interference, he still refuses to forget you.
Even the female lead has been killed by him several times. He has also attempted suicide and brought about destruction. We had no choice but to select strategists from various small worlds to try and win him over, making him feel that there is still meaning to his existence.
As long as a strategist successfully wins over the male lead, she becomes the female lead, and her wishes will be fulfilled.
But so far, it’s already been…]
“Failed countless times,” Shen Suian finished the sentence it left hanging.
[How do you know again?]
The glowing orb was incredulous.
Shen Suian drew out a thoughtful “Hmm,” then said, “Maybe it’s because I’m clever.”
[…]
Ignoring it, Shen Suian rested her slender, beautiful fingers against her chin and continued, “So, this isn’t the first time I’ve died. But before, you didn’t pay attention, thinking it was a bug, so you started Rewinding the past. You just didn’t expect to fail every time.”
“As for the reason for the failures, let me guess—either he died, or this world was destroyed.”
Since the female lead can be replaced, that means only the male lead is a constant.
A flicker of understanding passed through Shen Suian’s eyes.
So, in the future, Xie Yubai must have calculated that someone wouldn’t let him die, and he tried again and again, just to change her fate?
If the future world still didn’t have her, that meant the attempt failed, and the next one would begin.
An infinite loop.
And in the dream last time, those corpses, that woman—were they strategists?
Xie Yubai must have gotten information from those strategists.
As for whether it was about the secrets of this world, their identities, or the ability to return to the past and change her fate—she didn’t know.
But it didn’t seem important.
“It” should be the System?
Based on deduction, each strategist probably has a System.
That would explain everything.
“This time, you had no choice but to come to me because there’s only one last chance left, right?”
The glowing orb felt a chill.
How does this human know everything?
Isn’t she a bit too clever?
“If you fail again, you might disappear?” Shen Suian tapped her chin with a finger. “I’m not sure about that, but I can say for certain that if this world disappears, it will definitely affect you.”
The glowing orb gulped, stammering: [If this time still doesn’t succeed, you’ll never see him again.]
Shen Suian had already dissected most of the secrets. If she kept talking, it felt like it would be doomed!
Shen Suian stared at it.
The glowing orb was inwardly terrified but couldn’t show it. It bravely met her gaze.
Wait!
It hadn’t generated eyes this time.
Because it had heard from other Systems that in the human world, eyes are the windows to the soul, and some people can glean more information through eye contact.
At this moment, it felt incredibly lucky it hadn’t given itself eyes.
Otherwise, it would have been in trouble.
“Then I won’t see him.”
[Huh?]
This wasn’t going as planned.
[No, no, no, no.]
“Then tell me, why should I listen to you after you went to such lengths to make me die and then bring me back?
I got hit by a car! Hit by a car, you know?! Do you have any idea how much that hurts? My whole body felt shattered, my bones broken!
Besides, what good would going back do me?
In just half a year, the apocalypse will come anyway. I probably won’t survive it. Rather than turning into an ugly zombie, I might as well die now—at least someone will remember me.”
The glowing orb was completely dumbfounded.
After snapping out of it, it didn’t even find Shen Suian’s words unreasonable.
【No, no.】
It sorted out its thoughts and replied, 【Your death was enforced, bound by a greater rule. I can’t change that.
Of course there are benefits to going back. I’ll be with you then, and besides, you have a natural attraction to the male lead. You’ll definitely become the female lead, with protagonist’s halo—you won’t die for sure.】
“First, tell me—what are the benefits?”
【Superpowers. You can have several more Superpowers than others.】
The glowing orb grew proud again.
This was all thanks to its meri…
Well, not entirely.
“Oh.” Shen Suian remained indifferent. She looked the glowing orb up and down, her eyes showing hesitation. “You? Are you useful?”
Her tone carried a hint of disdain.
The glowing orb instantly felt insulted.
A warrior may be killed but not humiliated.
【I am this world’s Main System. I can help you crush some minor systems, secure benefits for you, and even provide things this world doesn’t have…】
It rambled on and on, but few of its points were actually useful.
Shen Suian listened and yawned again, her eyes glistening with faint tears.
The glowing orb: 【】
In all its years as the Main System, this was the first time it had encountered a human who showed it so little respect!
Hadn’t everyone who met it before been either afraid or at least somewhat reverent?
And this time, it had to stick to her no matter what!
So infuriating.
No, so infuriating for a system.
“What are Superpowers?”
Now it was its turn to shine. The glowing orb humphed and began explaining: 【You didn’t have Superpowers before, but as my host, you can’t be too weak.】
Shen Suian’s almond-shaped eyes lit up. “Will I have a space? Can I summon lightning? Start fires? Freeze things? Heal? Turn invisible? Can I…”
She listed everything she could think of, then asked, “Or do I get all of them?”
【One shouldn’t be too greedy.】 The glowing orb couldn’t help but tremble.
Could it admit that it didn’t know either?
“One shouldn’t be greedy,” Shen Suian said with an innocent expression. “But I’m not human right now.”
【……】
Before it could say anything else, a vast expanse of light appeared in the distance. The glowing orb exclaimed: 【There’s no time left.】
No time for what?
Shen Suian felt her soul rapidly passing through one light screen after another, heading straight for a vortex ahead.
【Superpowers randomized.】
After shouting this, the glowing orb realized its own body was being sucked in as well.
【！！】
It seemed to have forgotten…
It had to go in too!
An ancient, distant voice filled with overwhelming authority and leaving no room for doubt echoed: 【Once this world is restored to order, you may return.】
The glowing orb’s halo trembled outward. Knowing it was at fault, it dropped its usual casual demeanor and hurriedly replied: 【Yes, Lord God】
The vortex vanished, and everything returned to calm.