This identity scanner actually has such comprehensive information?
Perhaps sensing Qi Bai’s shock, the little book spirit suddenly appeared out of thin air.
“Surprised already? Products from the system are always top quality. Besides, this counts as a product in our professional field. When it comes to information retrieval, we’re definitely top-tier!”
Qi Bai looked at this intelligent assistant that appeared with its own BGM and background effects, and a strange thought popped into her mind.
“Do system intelligences have high requirements for appearance?”
The golden light around the little book spirit suddenly stopped flickering. It paused suspiciously before replying, “Well… my professional abilities are also excellent…”
As it spoke, its tone gradually became more confident. With a wave of its small hand, a golden book appeared in midair and began flipping through its pages with a rustling sound.
“If you don’t believe me, you can test me. I’m a qualified system, I don’t rely on my looks to get by!”
Qi Bai felt delighted inside. You asked for it!
“Oh really? Then you should know what happened to the original owner of this body, right?”
This was something Qi Bai had always wanted to know. She had always felt that the soul must have some special connection to her.
Otherwise, among the countless people across Blue Star who died that day, why was she the one chosen to come to another world to work?
As soon as she finished speaking, the little book spirit snapped the book shut with a bang, put its hands on its hips, and answered proudly.
“That kind of information? I don’t even need to look it up I already know!”
“She was just unlucky. After struggling so hard to get into Imperial Capital University, all she wanted was to study well and work her way into an administrative position. But she happened to catch the attention of that young master Lin Jiashu…”
The little book spirit began narrating a story of obsessive campus love. Even with its plain and straightforward narration, the tragic ending of the story could not be concealed.
Qi Bai had been an ordinary girl from the lower class on Angel Star.
On Angel Star, there existed a special training institute funded by powerful financial conglomerates.
They took in children who had been abandoned by their parents or had no one to claim them.
Through an intense competitive system, they raised and trained them, and the talents that successfully “hatched” in the end would be absorbed into the corporations.
Qi Bai had been the “rising star” of that institute.
Being admitted into Imperial Capital University meant she had essentially become a pre-selected mid-to-high-level talent within a major corporation.
Since she had been trained from childhood, she could practically be treated as a trusted aide of the company’s upper management and enter the administrative management track.
But before she could enjoy her success for long, her peaceful university life was completely destroyed.
It began with a student union social event. Qi Bai attended naturally in order to earn credits, and during that gathering she happened to interact with Lin Jiashu, the young master of the Lin family.
From then on, the noble young man of the Lin family launched an intense pursuit of Qi Bai.
The offensive was fierce and grand, so much so that the entire university knew about it.
At Imperial Capital University, students were still divided into strict social classes. In fact, status mattered even more there than in society at large, because offending the wrong person could make life worse than death. It could even be called the center of power for the new generation.
And Lin Jiashu happened to be one of the few people in the school who absolutely could not be offended.
Qi Bai had fought her way out from countless people at the bottom of society how could she possibly be simple-minded?
She understood that the situation was no longer under her control.
Whether she agreed or refused, her peaceful life was gone forever.
If she agreed, she would bear the mark of the Lin family. No matter whether she remained involved with Lin Jiashu in the future or not, she would spend the rest of her life relying on his protection.
Otherwise, his rivals would devour her without leaving even scraps behind.
All she could do was gamble gamble that this young master’s interest was only temporary.
Maybe in a few days he would fall for another girl.
But things spiraled more and more out of control. Under pressure from all sides, even after the young master Lin finally stopped pursuing her, she still suffered retaliation.
On a calm and sunny afternoon, in a park filled with birdsong and flowers, someone doused her with oil and set her on fire. Even though she tried desperately to save herself, she could not escape death.
Perhaps the hatred she felt before dying and her questioning of the heavens earned her the favor of a god.
She gained the ability to return to the past.
She returned to the time before university enrollment.
Longing to change her fate, she still went to Imperial Capital University, but every day she carefully calculated her travel times, trying to avoid encountering the aristocrats especially Lin Jiashu.
However, she discovered that no matter how she changed things, events would always return to the same starting point.
She died countless times, struggling within this stretch of time. Pain became the background of her life, while resentment and confusion surrounded her.
And Qi Ge became the turning point in her endless cycle of deaths.
“Wait, that’s way too sloppy of an explanation for a turning point! How many words did you skip? Give me the cause and effect, hey!”
Qi Bai couldn’t help complaining. Anyone who suddenly got labeled a savior for no reason would probably go crazy.
The little book spirit ignored Qi Bai’s exasperated expression and said solemnly, “Cause and effect? That’s another price!”
Qi · broke as hell · Bai: …
Qi Bai didn’t dwell on it further and instead focused on another question.
“Then is she still inside this body now? How can I reduce her influence on the body?”
No matter how she looked at it, Imperial Capital University was a place she absolutely had to attend. But the original owner’s resistance to enrollment seemed carved into her bones.
“You don’t need to worry about that. That was just a residual reaction left after the original soul left the body. It shouldn’t have much effect now… As for where she is now”
The little book spirit spun and leapt in front of Qi Bai, golden lights flickering around it, staring at her with shining eyes as if hinting at something.
Qi Bai didn’t even need to ask. From that expression alone, she already knew the answer.
That’s another price!
The plane arrived at Imperial Capital Airport the next day.
Qi Bai and Chaoyang traveled together. After getting off the plane, the silent atmosphere between them suddenly relaxed.
Chaoyang checked the route through his glasses and motioned for Qi Bai to follow him.
“You must be from somewhere pretty far away, right? On the plane just now, we were really close to being taken to the Investigation Bureau!”
Chaoyang looked helpless. Seeing the lingering fear on Qi Bai’s face, he suddenly came up with a new idea.
“This is also my first time in a big city like this. In our small county, surveillance equipment isn’t very dense.
But it’s different here almost every street is under monitoring. I’ve activated the signal-query function. This area is still relatively hidden for now, but we can’t relax too much!”
Like a caring older brother, he began teaching Qi Bai his own self-protection experience. If Qi Bai hadn’t briefly suspected him earlier, she might already have been deeply grateful to him.
Qi Bai’s thoughts aside, she showed a grateful and admiring expression on the surface.
But how much of that expression was genuine acting even Chaoyang himself couldn’t quite tell.
He stared at the girl’s calm and gentle appearance, silently calculating the time in his mind, then led Qi Bai back into the so-called “surveillance zone.”
Pretending to be casual, he asked Qi Bai about her university plans and her thoughts about the future. Since they had already talked before, Qi Bai naturally continued the topic.
Along the way, the two commoner students chatted about their hopes for the future, their learning difficulties, and their plans for what lay ahead.
“Ever since I received the admission letter from Imperial Capital University, I’ve really wanted to join the student union.
I plan to enter the biological laboratory and become a great researcher, and the student union is one of the few places where you can come into contact with natural-born nobles!”
Natural-born nobles referred to those of the Blue Rank and above people born into powerful financial families and possessing countless privileges.
And a highly confidential place like a biological laboratory would naturally only allow trusted aides of corporate heirs to enter.