Jiang Pengji kept her eyes closed.
She had regained consciousness long ago, but her limbs remained unresponsive.
This meant she couldn’t rely on force to protect herself.
After a quick assessment of her surroundings, she decided to feign unconsciousness and secretly conserve her strength.
The System’s voice was a synthesized electronic tone, speaking in choppy bursts.
“I am your Palace Intrigue Live Streaming Attendant, 007.”
Jiang Pengji inwardly raised an eyebrow.
Is that other set of memories in my head—the ones that don’t belong to me—also your doing?
Waking up to find a stranger’s memories implanted in her brain was far from a pleasant surprise.
Memories were the most private of all things; for an outsider to meddle with them was no different from violating a young woman’s innocence.
The System paused for a moment before dutifully explaining, “Host, there is no need for alarm.
Those are the memories of this body’s original owner.
For you, they are like a helper plugin installed in a game.
They will assist you in quickly understanding and integrating into this era.”
No matter how furious she was, Jiang Pengji knew she couldn’t let her temper get the best of her and immediately turn against a System whose motives and allegiances were still unknown.
“…I remember I already died…” She chose to change the subject, deciding that some things had to be clarified first.
From the Legion Commander of the Seventh Legion to a frail young girl, and then accidentally stumbling into a world that seemed to be from some ancient era…
Even with her formidable mental fortitude, her brain was struggling to process all of this right now.
Was it really that hard to just let her stay dead?
Even the dead weren’t spared—how sick and twisted was this System?
To disrespect the deceased, to snatch the soul of the dead and continue to whip and exploit them…
Was this System so desperate for people that it had gone completely insane?
Her only impression of the ancient era could be summed up in two words: barbaric!
The System seemed to sense Jiang Pengji’s thoughts and quickly explained, “Everything is just a coincidence, not what the Host is thinking.”
It didn’t have the power to snatch just any soul it wanted.
If Jiang Pengji’s soul hadn’t been so powerful and happened to appear in the spatial rift, the System wouldn’t have chosen her.
All she could say was that it was all just a wonderful coincidence.
Hearing the System say this, Jiang Pengji’s brow twitched.
A surge of displeasure washed over her at the feeling of her inner secrets being pried into.
“You said you’re a System?”
“Yes.
My full name is the [Plane Palace Intrigue Live System].
You are the only streamer I need to serve,” the System replied in a purely professional tone.
“As the Host, your mission is to start a live stream and broadcast your journey from a noble young lady of the clans to the Empress who rules the world!”
A live stream…
and become Empress?
If she hadn’t been able to keep her eyes shut, Jiang Pengji would have stared wide-eyed in astonishment.
What kind of bullshit was this?
She had absolutely no interest in any of it.
“That’s it?”
And palace intrigue?
Becoming an Empress?
Trashy System, what good are you!
The System still seemed to see through everything.
Seeing Jiang Pengji look down on it so much, it couldn’t help but say proudly, “This is no ordinary, deceptive live streaming system.
This is a (Plane) live streaming system!
Host, please pay close attention to those two bolded words!
This is very important!”
“The audience watching the stream will not be from just a single plane.
As the Streamer Level rises, you will unlock the qualifications to stream to other planes.
For example, if the Host unlocks the qualifications for the Cultivation Plane, and the audience there is satisfied, they can even reward you with Spiritual Pills and Elixirs, Cultivation Techniques, Rare Herbs and Plants, or even Immortal Spirit Demonic Beasts…”
Jiang Pengji thought it over, weighed the options, and decisively chose to refuse.
“Still not interested…”
Dammit, the System thought.
What if she accidentally streams from her old home plane?
Those bastards in the Seventh Legion would laugh at her for a lifetime!
The System fell silent.
It had never encountered a Host who was so stubborn—or rather, so completely brain-dead.
Was the information it had thrown out not tempting enough?
Or was this Host’s intelligence impaired?
Was she suffering from a language processing disorder?
It had explicitly stated it was a Plane Live Streaming System!
This was essentially a unique Plane Trading System.
Through the audience’s donations, she could obtain items from other planes.
The benefits were astronomical.
If she could connect to a Cultivation Plane and receive donations like elixirs, spirit beasts, or cultivation techniques, she could even practice cultivation herself and perhaps even achieve immortality.
These were rewards others would beg for on their knees and still never obtain.
All its previous Hosts had practically sparkled with greed upon hearing this.
Without even needing to be prompted to start streaming, they had all applied proactively, working diligently every single day.
They were the dream of Hosts—absolutely zero trouble.
After such a smooth run, the System was encountering its first uncooperative rebel.
The System felt wronged.
Its heart was filled with bitterness, but it had no one to complain to.
Why couldn’t it just be given a low-maintenance Host for once?
However, the System was already bound to Jiang Pengji, and it would be impossible to separate from her in the short term.
So, however unwilling it was, it had no choice but to rely on her now.
Even if it had to coax her and call her Ancestor, it still had to coax her into starting the stream.
After a moment’s thought, the System analyzed many possibilities and finally selected a powerful temptation.
“If Host is willing to start the stream, I can help you escape your current predicament.
Not only that, if your Streamer Level reaches the top, there is even a Wish Opportunity.”
Jiang Pengji scoffed coldly.
“You’re quite something, aren’t you?
You’ve managed to pinpoint my weakness.
I’m not interested in the latter part, but the first part is somewhat intriguing.”
Those bandits had countless deaths on their hands.
If those young women, as beautiful as flowers and jade, fell into the bandits’ den, their fate would be predictable.
The System was left speechless by her response.
According to normal human thinking, shouldn’t she be more concerned about the latter part?
That was the benefit directly linked to her own self-interest.
If Jiang Pengji could reach the top Streamer Level, she could even wish to go back to the past and change history with ease!
However, none of that was the main point.
As long as it could coax Jiang Pengji into starting the stream, the other details could be negotiated slowly later.
“So, does this mean Host has agreed to start the stream?”
Jiang Pengji urged the System in her mind, “I’ll agree, but only on one condition: I need to recover quickly.”
“I need your assistance, Host.
As long as you start streaming, even with just a single viewer, I’ll have the energy to help you recover faster.”
Since it was a Palace Intrigue Live Streaming System, its power source was naturally tied to the stream.
In fact, the System had already exhausted all its energy to send Jiang Pengji into this fresh body.
Without a stream, there would be no popularity.
As a streaming system, what was it then but a useless salted fish?
But that was no problem.
No pain, no gain.
Investing a little now would bring in much more popularity later.
Jiang Pengji didn’t trust this bizarre System that had appeared out of nowhere, and she kept it at arm’s length.
But right now, this strange System was the only thing that could help her.
Taking a deep breath, she silently prayed that the streaming plane would never connect to her hometown.
That would be an absolute disgrace.
“I agree to start the stream!”