Xiao Jin rarely showed a sarcastic expression: "When Principal selects people to be in charge, doesn't he ask them if they're willing?"

"So you kindly helped her get out of this predicament?"

Jian Xiuyun then raised an eyebrow: "You're right, the people I choose only need to follow my ideas, as for whether they're willing or not..."

Chien Hsiu-yun's tone carried a deeper meaning: "This is not important to me."

Xiao Jin's eyes darkened: "So you chased after me just to make me carry out your ridiculous idea."

"You killed my supervisor, isn't it only right that you spare him? Xiao Jin, it seems like you're the one being unreasonable this time!"

As Jian Xiuyun spoke, he unconsciously leaned slowly towards Xiao Jin. The faint woody scent emanating from him mingled lightly with the delicate fabric of the breeze, gently brushing against Xiao Jin's cheek.

However, the fragrance failed to stir the slightest ripple in Xiao Jin's heart. She only felt an indescribable chill creeping over her. No matter how normal Jian Xiuyun acted, she could not sense any warmth from him.

Cold and lifeless, like a dead person!

The two sides stared at each other for a long time before Xiao Jin, holding the Shattered Shadow, broke the silence first.

Dodging the incoming longsword, Jian Xiuyun moved with effortless grace, but each of his opponent's punches carried a world-destroying aura. Ghostly energy surrounded Xiao Jin, and the long arrows that condensed from it could shoot towards Xiao Jin at any moment.

Although Jian Xiuyun wouldn't kill her, it didn't mean he would show mercy to Xiao Jin. In a short time, Xiao Jin was covered in wounds.

Smelling the sweet scent emanating from Xiao Jin, for some reason, the ghostly energy within Jian Xiuyun's body stirred slightly. He had had enough of this boring game.

"Alright, stop struggling, come with me." Jian Xiuyun rubbed her temples.

But then he paused, his gaze suddenly fixed on Xiao Jin: "What...are you looking at?"

Xiao Jin had concealed her actions well initially, but as time passed, Jian Xiuyun grew impatient, and the arrows began to materialize faster and faster. In order to dodge the opponent's attack, Xiao Jin inevitably made some oversights, and Jian Xiuyun quickly noticed her frequent glances at the panel.

Xiao Jin raised his hand and deflected the long arrow that was aimed at his leg. Hearing Jian Xiuyun's question, a smile appeared on his lips.

"you guess."

[Ding—Congratulations, player! You have successfully survived for 14 days. Main quest completed. Returning to the login space. Countdown begins: 10, 9...]

Jian Xiuyun seemed to sense something, and his face instantly darkened.

He then sneered, "So you're one of its people. No wonder you're so fearless. But... if you want to leave, did you ask me first?"

Immediately afterwards, Jian Xiuyun raised her hands together and swiftly drew a line in the air. A crisp sound rang out faintly all around, as if something had broken.

[6, 5, 4, buzzing~ Anchor point… anomaly~ buzzing~ System is… repairing…]

Accompanied by a series of intermittent mechanical sounds, the countdown in Xiao Jin's ears suddenly stopped.

What?

Xiao Jin looked completely bewildered.

She gritted her teeth and stared at Jian Xiuyun. How could he have forcibly stopped the system program and prevented her from returning to the login space? Moreover, from Jian Xiuyun's words, she could tell that he actually knew about the existence of the survival game.

Xiao Jin was filled with doubts, but then she broke out in a cold sweat.

Whether I know it or not, let's put aside that for now, can I still go back?

Having to prepare for the worst, Xiao Jin's eyes hardened; she was ready to go all in, clinging tightly to Suiying. If she couldn't leave, she would never yield to Jian Xiuyun and let him control her.

In fact, Xiao Jin underestimated the system's capabilities.

[Ding—System bug fixed successfully, compensation has been issued, countdown continues: 3, 2...]

Xiao Jin was overjoyed, and her heart finally settled back into place. However, Jian Xiuyun on the other side was not so happy.

Seemingly realizing that the severed passage had been reconnected, Jian Xiuyun's eyebrows furrowed. Seeing that the person was about to be taken away in front of her, Jian Xiuyun's eyes turned sinister, and black energy instantly condensed in her hand.

His things, even if killed, cannot be allowed to escape.

The black energy rushed towards Xiao Jin at high speed. This time, Jian Xiuyun was full of killing intent and did not hold back at all.

The countdown was a step too slow. At the last second, Xiao Jin slightly turned her body, and the black energy grazed her chest and entered her shoulder. However, the black energy did not exit from her back; instead, it directly merged into Xiao Jin's body.

"ah!"

An indescribable pain caused Xiao Jin's pupils to shrink, and she couldn't help but scream out in agony.

The next second, when Jian Xiuyun looked ahead again, the people there had disappeared, leaving only a pool of bright red blood on the ground.

A chilling aura emanated from Jian Xiuyun, freezing the surrounding air. His face appeared even more sinister in the darkness, a twisted smile playing on his lips, like the most indescribable shadow in the dead of night.

After a long while, he slowly raised his head, his eyes gleaming with an unusual light in the darkness. With this action, everything around him seemed to be suppressed by an invisible force. All sounds in the space stopped abruptly, even the wind held its breath. In that instant, the whole world was left with only his figure standing there.

Jian Xiuyun opened her lips: "Xiao Jin, you can't escape..."

………………

"Bang!"

She fell down in the same familiar position, but this time Xiao Jin didn't get up. She couldn't even hear the system's notification sound in her ear because she was fighting the pain coming from her body with all her might.

This black energy seemed to contain a different kind of energy. As soon as it entered Xiao Jin's body, it began to rampage through her body, causing Xiao Jin to feel pain and her vision to go black.

At the same time, some long cracks appeared on the surface of her body, and through the cracks, the muscles inside were still twitching faintly.

She had never suffered any serious injury before, and even when she was on the verge of death, Xiao Jin would never utter a sound. But this time was different. The fine pain erupted in her body, and every inch of her senses seemed to be magnified hundreds of times. Xiao Jin felt like she was in unbearable pain.

She screamed and rolled on the ground.

[Ding—Congratulations player… An anomaly has been detected. Would you like to deduct points and begin treatment…?]

[...The countdown has ended, and the system will automatically heal the player.]

Immediately, Xiao Jin was enveloped in light. While she was unconscious, the cracks on the surface of her body began to close, open, and close again, and blood gradually soaked the carpet.

At the same time, another aura appeared within her body. This aura slowly merged with Xiao Jin's abilities, gradually generating a new blue energy.