The piercing crackle of fireworks exploded outside the window, and Ruan Ruoyin, dark circles under her eyes, covered her ears in utter despair.
She hadn’t slept all night.
That damn domineering CEO had been harassing her relentlessly with fireworks, calling it “pursuit.”
But she didn’t want anything to do with him.
After all, anyone who transmigrated into the female lead of an early-era tragic novel wouldn’t want to deal with a domineering CEO whose only thought was to harvest their organs.
Unless they had a death wish.
Ruan Ruoyin clearly wasn’t suicidal, so she swiftly cut ties with the CEO.
Unfortunately, the CEO, in his delusion, thought she was playing hard to get and became even more interested in her.
Every day, he found new ways to get her attention.
Thinking of this, Ruan Ruoyin sighed deeply and protectively covered her kidneys, which were in imminent danger.
She unblocked the CEO from her blacklist and sent him a message:
【We’re not compatible. If you keep bothering me, I’ll jump off a building.】
The fireworks outside the window abruptly stopped, and a sudden, eerie silence fell.
Ruan Ruoyin breathed a sigh of relief, knowing the CEO had seen her message.
Before he could reply, she blocked his WeChat account again.
Just as she was about to lie down and rest for a while, her phone screen lit up.
A dazzling white light instantly illuminated the entire living room.
Ruan Ruoyin squinted at her phone.
On the screen, a line of text appeared—
【The Path of Cultivation for the Peerless Demon Lord.】
Ruan Ruoyin’s first thought: Had her phone been hacked?
But the next second, she realized she was wrong.
Because immediately after, another line of text appeared on the screen—
【The game has begun. Welcome, player.】
Ruan Ruoyin browsed many websites and inevitably clicked on some game ads.
This game was probably one she’d accidentally clicked on and was forced to download.
Something like “Peerless Demon Lord” sounded like a nonsensical, low-quality game, not worth playing.
Ruan Ruoyin yawned wearily, planning to uninstall the game after a nap.
She stood up and slowly headed toward her bedroom.
The “trash” game seemed to realize Ruan Ruoyin had no interest in it and immediately took remedial action.
The image on the phone screen quickly changed, and with a “biu” sound, a tall, slender shadow was projected onto the wall beside her bedroom door.
Ruan Ruoyin glanced over, dazed, and her sleepiness vanished instantly.
On the snow-white wall was a projected character illustration.
The young man had a face like jade, fair skin, and waist-length black hair. His deep-set eyes were captivating, with peach-blossom eyes slightly moist. Beneath his long, dark lashes, his eyelids were tinged with a faint red. His thin lips were pink like rouge, exuding a mesmerizing beauty that could topple kingdoms.
Though he had the ethereal elegance of a cold, immortal being, the pitch-black robe he wore added a gloomy, sinister aura, as if a pure and elegant celestial had been dragged into a hellish abyss haunted by evil spirits. There was a sense of decadent resignation, unwilling to fall yet powerless to resist.
Ruan Ruoyin swallowed hard, her gaze involuntarily drifting downward. She noticed a small red mole on the wrist of the figure reflected on the wall.
The area around the red mole was faintly pink, accentuating his cool, pale skin, making it appear even more luminous. It was like red ink dropped into clear water, slowly spreading and blending.
Ruan Ruoyin’s preferences were thoroughly struck.
What a stunning beauty!!!
A million times more attractive than that lousy CEO!!!
Ruan Ruoyin screamed internally like a groundhog. She dashed back to the living room like lightning, grabbed her phone from the coffee table, and scanned the character illustration on the screen with eyes gleaming green.
She wasn’t sleepy anymore—she wanted to play the game!
Ruan Ruoyin rubbed her hands together excitedly and tapped the screen.
The character illustration on the phone slowly faded away, replaced by an indescribably adorable Chibi Character.
Above the Chibi Character floated a line of small text: 【Fu Ruheng.】
Ruan Ruoyin knew this was the little character’s name.
She rested her chin on her hand, poked the little character’s fair and tender cheek, and grinned like a doting aunt.
She could tell at a glance that this Chibi Character was the same stunning beauty from earlier.
Unlike the imposing illustration, the cute Chibi Character looked especially well-behaved. Even with a poker face, it made people want to ruffle it.
Ruan Ruoyin tapped the screen again. Ripples spread from the center, and lines of small text gradually appeared.
Ruan Ruoyin leaned in to take a closer look. The text described the game’s background.
Before becoming the unparalleled Demon Lord, Fu Ruheng was a pitiful soul who couldn’t eat his fill or stay warm.
Like most game characters, Fu Ruheng was a beautiful, strong, yet tragic figure.
Abandoned at birth, he was bullied wherever he wandered.
For a bite to eat, he was beaten until his skin split and flesh tore.
Stumbling through life, he finally gained the ability to live without worrying about food or clothing, only to be schemed against by a villain. His yet-to-awaken Spiritual Root talent was extracted, and he suffered endless humiliation.
After losing his Spiritual Root talent, survival became even more difficult.
Later, he was beaten into a cripple and left half-dead in deep snow.
At the moment his consciousness was about to fade, the Special Bloodline within Fu Ruheng awakened.
His ink-black hair turned snow-white, and his dark eyes turned blood-red.
Through countless battles, he became the bloodthirsty Demon Lord feared by all.
The player’s task was to “raise” Fu Ruheng before he became the Demon Lord and help him achieve his demonic supremacy.
Ruan Ruoyin: “…”
It’s no wonder he became the Demon Lord.
Stealing someone’s yet-to-awaken Spiritual Root talent—how is that any different from a domineering CEO wanting to cut out her kidney?
If she had struggled through life only for someone to ruthlessly steal her unawakened Spiritual Root talent, she would bite off a piece of that person’s flesh even if it meant dying.
This was truly too much!
Ruan Ruoyin empathized, grinding her teeth in frustration.
She angrily tapped the screen, dismissing the infuriating background text.
As the dense lines of text scattered, a cramped and narrow scene filled the entire screen.
The adorable Chibi Character now lay pale and sickly on damp, messy grass. His small arms and short legs were covered in bloody wounds, some deep enough to reveal glimpses of white bone.
His pitch-black eyes, like glass beads, rapidly dulled. Sickness and death spread like mist, murky and muddy, like potholed, muddy ground.
If not for the faint rise and fall of his chest, one might mistake him for a corpse at first glance.
Ruan Ruoyin was shocked.
She hadn’t even started raising Zaizai yet, and her Zaizai was about to kick the bucket?!
Her heart felt as if it were being sliced by a knife. Clutching her phone, she blurted out, “Save Zaizai!”
The Game System responded humanely, 【Players must complete tasks to earn shells. Shells can be exchanged for Tools to heal Zaizai.】
【The novice tasks are now open…】
Ruan Ruoyin had never been a patient person. Hearing that she needed to complete tasks immediately gave her a headache.
She interrupted the Game System, 【I want to spend money! Let me spend money!】
Game System: !
Spending money right off the bat?
This player is really getting the hang of it!
The Game System was overjoyed, its cold prompt tone carrying a faint hint of flattery. 【This game has several tiers of spending values…】
Ruan Ruoyin interrupted the system again, 【Spend the maximum!】
The Game System paused for a moment, human-like as it swallowed its saliva. 【Alright, alright, the maximum it is.】
As the mechanical voice fell, a huge shell popped up in the center of the screen.
It was glittering with golden light, nearly blinding Ruan Ruoyin.
Downstairs, the domineering CEO, seeing the flickering lights filling the room, turned livid with anger.
The woman who had just rejected his confession by threatening to jump was now having a dance party in her living room!
Furious, the CEO glared at the window of Ruan Ruoyin’s floor and drove away.
As for Ruan Ruoyin, she was intently focused on the screen.
【Ding! Congratulations, player, for spending 648! Zaizai’s injuries have fully recovered!】
Ruan Ruoyin was stunned.
That’s it?
Isn’t this just a scam to get players to spend money?!