Gu Ying: “……”
Mu Hua: “However, based on Song Jinze’s usual style, I think this is most likely a smokescreen.”
Gu Ying: “Mm, very likely.”
Mu Hua: “He also forwarded several success-motivation articles to me, telling me to study them, but I don’t really understand what he means.”
Gu Ying: “What articles? Let me see.”
Mu Hua:
“Link shared: The small step between you and becoming an interstellar tycoon!”
“Experience post: Shocking! One planet’s secret helped three million warriors achieve financial freedom!”
“Article: Without ‘investment thinking,’ you’ll always be just a worker!”
Mu Hua: “Do you have any thoughts?”
Gu Ying froze for a full half minute. In the end, he long-pressed and saved that photo of Song Jinze lying on his back, drooling.
At the next Federation meeting, he would definitely show everyone what Commander Song looked like at home!
That guy Song Jinze—because he was good-looking—had attracted a large number of blind supporters from the start. If those people found out that he drooled in his sleep and lay there eating spicy peanuts, their illusions would surely shatter!
As for those articles…
He still had his doubts.
He felt that Song Jinze must have some deeper intention.
Gu Ying: “Keep a close eye on Song Jinze. Also, send me a copy of that ‘Temptation of the Wolf’ animation. I’m worried it contains hidden information—possibly encrypted messages being transmitted to him remotely.”
Mu Hua: “1.”
Gu Ying: “?”
Mu Hua: “Ahem—I mean, yes, Commander Gu.”
Mu Hua: “Uh… also, Song Jinze has sent more reinforcements to your side.”
Gu Ying: “?”
Gu Ying: “More??”
Gu Ying: “How many did he send?”
Mu Hua: “Not sure. I’m not involved in decision-making.”
Mu Hua: “But I think… we probably can’t win.”
Gu Ying: “……”
Gu Ying thought: So this planet really is a treasure! Even in this state, Song Jinze still wants it—then he must fight for it too!
Mu Hua: “Should we withdraw?”
Gu Ying: “Of course not. Immediately post a public recruitment notice. Spread the news that Song Jinze intends to seize this planet—draw in as many big players as possible.”
Mu Hua: “Understood.”
……
Song Jinze had a fever for three days.
He felt like this body was about to die.
Never in his life had he been this weak—he didn’t even have the strength to speak.
He hated “Rolling Wealth” to the bone.
For no reason, he had taken her place in suffering, forced to endure pain. This useless body couldn’t handle anything, and it was even allergic to special medicines, torturing him to the brink of collapse.
He had been on the run for three full days, because Rolling Wealth had been relentlessly chasing him.
On Xu Lian’s side, she still had Song Jinze’s location tracker, so of course she wouldn’t stop harassing him.
It would be best if he died while fleeing.
Xu Lian’s desire for revenge surged again. She knew Song Jinze must be in terrible condition now—probably too weak to use his abilities.
Reports from her subordinates said his position had stopped teleporting altogether; he could only rely on the car’s own movement.
Xu Lian, acting like a petty villain who had forgotten her place, secretly gloated at her nemesis’s suffering:
Serves you right for docking my performance before! Dock it again! I dare you!
Commander Song—Boss Song—Chief Song—an elite S-class who had always lived in luxury—now trapped in her fragile, useless body… he must feel utterly miserable.
Beep—
The wicked Xu Lian suddenly received several messages.
An Erxiang: “Supreme Commander, urgent message from the front line.”
An Erxiang: “We’ve received a highest-level alert. There’s an emergency at s-777 Wormhole.”
An Erxiang: “Our people are trapped inside. We may need you to go there personally.”
Xu Lian’s mind instantly filled with two words:
We’re screwed.
s-777 Wormhole—she knew it well. A high-risk insect-beast hunting zone. It was said there was a massive brood mother inside, producing endless smaller creatures, with resources so abundant they couldn’t even be fully collected.
But at the same time, it was extremely dangerous.
With her weak condition, she absolutely couldn’t go.
Xu Lian: “Find someone else. I can’t leave right now.”
There was a long pause on An Erxiang’s end. Then he sent a voice message:
“Commander… our people are still inside.”
His tone was extremely strained.
Xu Lian’s heart sank.
An Erxiang:
“This operation has already suffered over 70% casualties. Two waves of reinforcements have arrived, but all rescue attempts failed. There are still over ten thousand people inside. Commander Song… we can’t abandon them.”
An Erxiang:
“Photo”
“Photo”
“We’ve lost all contact with them. No signals at all. These are images from the scene—please take a look.”
Xu Lian opened them.
The sight was horrifying.
Corpses, severed limbs, fused together with materials and the remains of insect beasts.
She couldn’t describe how she felt at that moment.
But one thought was urgent—
She had to find Song Jinze immediately.
She replied:
“Deploy personnel to me. We move out immediately.”
An Erxiang: “Yes, Commander.”
Xu Lian stepped into this mission by sheer force of will.
She had never commanded troops before. All she could do was give simple, blunt instructions to the major general:
“Follow this location. Capture the person in that vehicle first.”
Major General: “Yes.”
On the way there, Xu Lian thought about many things.
She couldn’t calm the emotions stirred by those battlefield images.
She knew casualties were inevitable, but…
There was no “but.”
She just didn’t want to see that happen.
At that moment, she realized something deeply—
Even though she and Song Jinze had swapped bodies, it didn’t really mean anything.
Her own life was worthless. If she died and her corpse was left in the wild, no one would care.
But Song Jinze was different.
His identity was too valuable. If something happened to him, how many interests would be affected? How many people would suffer?
And she, from beginning to end, was nothing more than a despicable, lowly, useless…
An F-class nobody.
That was all.
At best, she was just a parasite harming others, briefly feeding off someone else’s glory.
Xu Lian let out a self-mocking, powerless laugh.
She had once wanted to enter the Wormhole and fight the insect beasts.
But she would never have that chance.
Fine.
She admitted it—she had lost from the very beginning.
Lost completely.
Lost utterly.
She had lost to talent—lost to something she could never defeat in her lifetime.
It was a chasm she had spent over twenty years struggling against like a stray dog, yet could never cross.
That gap had once driven her mad with jealousy.
Now, it only left her with bone-deep coldness.
But—
Those hunters trapped in the depths of the Wormhole, desperately waiting for rescue—
What had they done wrong?
Why should they pay the price for her weakness and worthlessness?
Those people, waiting in despair and fear, must be longing for their true Supreme Commander to appear.
So at that moment, Xu Lian drew two absolute lines in her heart—
First: Song Jinze could not die. No matter what, she would eventually switch their bodies back and face death herself.
She had a terminal illness—she was meant to die anyway. So before death, the one inside her broken body must be herself.
Second: She would not spare any of her enemies, including Song Jinze. Before she died, she would complete her revenge.
So—
She could die.
But not now.
She had to survive this upcoming confrontation—their first real clash since the body swap—and ensure she wasn’t captured.
Xu Lian formed a new plan.