Chapter 49: Asking for Reward

Chi Luo met the Lord God twice.

One time, she signed a contract with the Lord God to become a cleaner, and another time, she exchanged all her points for weapons to kill the Lord God.

The reason why she did this was not only because she hated being controlled by the Lord God, but more importantly, she did not believe that there were gods in this world.

So, what exactly is that main god who is wearing a white robe, a white mask, and only a pair of cold and ruthless eyes?

It's really curious.

In order to satisfy her curiosity, Chi Li used the hundreds of thousands of points she had accumulated after becoming a cleaner to exchange for various weapons with great destructive power.

006, as her system, was of course aware of this, it just didn't know what she was going to do specifically.

"I want to see the Lord God. Just inform the Lord God of this news."

006 didn't know her well enough at that time, and out of trust in her as the best cleaner, he easily agreed to her request.

The Lord God may think so too.

An excellent cleaner and perfect executor, what's the harm in meeting him?

So, Chi Qi met the Lord God again, and then bombarded the masked face with cannons.

At that moment, she saw fear in the eyes of the Lord God.

Although it was only a moment, it was enough for her to be certain of one thing, that is -

The Lord God can be killed.

After that, the Lord God did not choose to get rid of her, but threw her into the world of punishment.

[As long as you repent and reform, the Lord will forgive your sins]

Everyone thought that her plan to kill gods had failed and was over.

But in fact, only Chi Qi herself knew that her plan really began when she was thrown into the punishment world by the Lord God.

Ever since becoming a Cleaner, Chi Li had been wondering why the Lord God wanted to eliminate those Awakened Ones. Was it because the Awakened Ones would undermine the stability of the novel world and thus harm the Lord God's interests?

Does this mean that the power of the Lord God is obtained from these virtual fictional worlds?

The points she obtained, which could be exchanged for anything, were actually the power similar to creation given to her by the Lord God.

If points are compared to power, then compared to her who only has a few hundred thousand points, the main god who controls hundreds, thousands or more fictional worlds will have tens of trillions of points.

In front of such a powerful force, she was as small as an ant.

The reason why the Lord God didn't kill her was either because he wanted to torture her or he simply didn't take her seriously.

After all, who cares about the rebellion of an ant?

Chi Li looked at the high platform in the distance, her black and white eyes soaked in coldness.

After seeing the fear in the Lord God's eyes, she knew that the Lord God was just a creature that was afraid of death. Just like a character in a novel, he would choose to resist because he was afraid of the predetermined death.

When she wanted to beat the male protagonist to death but was warned by the Lord God, she realized that even if the Lord God had not come to this world, he was still watching the male protagonist.

This may be the source of the Lord God's power.

So she immediately aimed her bow and arrow at another protagonist in this world - Zhao Mingyue.

She didn't care about the heroine at that time, she just wanted to use her life to test the Lord God.

Unexpectedly, this time, the Lord God did not react at all.

Chi Qi recalled the mission worlds she had experienced before. Those worlds that had been controlled by the Lord God, without exception, had no female protagonist.

Were those so-called old worlds fictional worlds with only male protagonists from the beginning, or were they, like this punishment world, also love stories with a happy ending of "the heroine and the hero are together"?

If it was the latter, the story would end with only the male protagonist achieving success and fame, which would make it hard for her not to suspect that the female protagonist's death was a conspiracy planned by the main god.

Then, it's her turn to plot the male protagonist's death.

And the executor is naturally the heroine of the story, Zhao Mingyue.

Therefore, she wanted Zhao Mingyue to witness Zhao Chun's miserable condition with her own eyes, give her arrows to pierce the enemy's heart, and give her power to sentence high-ranking officials to death and save the lives of innocent people.

And just as she expected, when Zhao Mingyue met the male protagonist again, she had learned to use a knife to defend her inviolable dignity.

What will the Lord God do after seeing all this?

Chi Li curled the corners of her mouth slightly, and a sharp light flashed in her eyes.

She has been trying to reform herself and has not instigated the heroine to do anything bad.

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"According to the plot, you shouldn't appear in front of the heroine so early."

A mysterious voice sounded in Xie Qinjian's mind.

Xie Qinjian didn't know what this voice was. It was just that when he was about to be beaten to death by Queen Chi in the Nanyang Palace, this voice came out and saved him.

He followed the voice's instructions and quietly left the palace. Then, with the token of trust, he recognized Zhen Ruicai as his relative. In this way, he transformed himself from a mere groom into a nobleman that everyone envied.

The voice told him that he was the protagonist of this world, that he would make great military achievements and become a general, and that he would fall in love with Princess Mingyue on the way to her marriage, and that he would eventually become the emperor.

He believed it without a doubt and respected the owner of this voice. He always did what he said, practiced martial arts cautiously, learned skills, gained the attention of Zhen Ruicai, joined the Left Eagle Guard, gained a group of followers, and finally upgraded all the way to become a general.

This is how things were supposed to develop, but he didn't expect that when he saw the princess who would fall in love with him again, he would be stabbed seriously and thrown into prison.

"I just wanted to show up earlier and develop a relationship with the princess." Xie Qinjian explained hurriedly.

He was in excruciating pain and was afraid he was going to die. He then asked, "What should I do now? I'm not going to die like this, am I?"

"You are the protagonist and you can't die. Just wait, Zhen Rui will come to save you. Don't act on your own in the future." The voice was cold and ruthless.

But after hearing this answer, Xie Qinjian breathed a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly, "Okay, I will listen to you from now on."

It seems that I have to make some achievements first and become a general before I can win the beauty.

The mysterious voice disappeared, and Xie Qinjian regained consciousness. Before he was fully awake, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. Zhao Mingyue was so cruel!

He cursed in his heart, then slowly opened his eyes. The first thing that caught his eye was the various torture instruments hanging on the wall.

Then, a puzzled voice sounded in my ears, "Who is this person?"

"It seems he's Zhen Ruicai's nephew. The princess recruited soldiers and he led people to cause trouble. You should interrogate him carefully."

"Is that so? Then I have to serve him well."

Xie Qinjian's heart trembled, and he turned around to look, only to see two officers and soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Golden Crow Guard standing in front of him, holding two sharp iron spikes in their hands, and looking at him with a smile.

"What do you want to do? I plead guilty! I confess!" Xie Qinjian was so scared that his face turned pale and he shouted loudly.

Zhen Rui would come to rescue him anyway, so he could just say something to avoid interrogation.

Unexpectedly, the two of them looked at him without saying anything, but their smiles gradually became creepy.

They raised the iron spikes in their hands and stabbed them into his thighs, going straight through. Blood dripped from the tip of the spikes.

Xie Qinjian let out a shrill wail, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

The executioner spoke up, "Those who offend the princess do not deserve forgiveness."

Xie Qinjian spat out a mouthful of blood, his head tilted, and he fainted again.

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On the other side, Zhen Ruicai, who learned that Xie Qinjian was taken away by the Jinwu Guards, was so angry that he vomited blood and smashed the table.

Xie Qinjian failed again and again, which made him completely lose his patience, but he still had to rescue him.

After all, Xie Qinjian knew some of his private affairs. Now that he was in prison, if he didn't keep his mouth shut and blurted out something, he would be finished.

In particular, the fact that he sent Xie Qinjian to assassinate Princess Zhaoqing must not be known to Empress Dowager Chi.

But the Yiluansi was firmly in the hands of Empress Dowager Chi, and no one could intervene. He had no way to rescue the people!

Zhen Ruicai was so angry that he smashed another table.

Seeing this, his men were afraid to speak. At this time, Cai Shang boldly stood up and said, "Why don't we go and ask Princess Mingyue for help and give her some gifts to help get Captain Xie out first?"

Zhen Ruicai cursed subconsciously, "What a rotten idea you came up with!"

On second thought, this idea seemed to be the best at the moment. He could not take care of the recruitment issue for the time being. He should apologize first and get Xie Qinjian out to avoid causing more trouble.

So he immediately asked someone to go to the warehouse to find ten boxes of jewelry and asked Cai Shang to take them to the princess as an apology.

Cai Shang readily agreed and confidently took the jewelry to seek an audience with Princess Mingyue.

Then, as expected, Princess Mingyue replied, "Get lost!"

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"In three days, I've recruited a thousand people. Now, how will my mother reward me?"

Zhao Mingyue placed the application list in front of Chi Lu's desk, smiling triumphantly and looking as if asking for praise.

Chi Li picked up the roster, glanced at it briefly, looked at Zhao Mingyue, and smiled faintly, "You did a good job on this mission, you really deserve a reward."

Zhao Mingyue immediately sat down beside Chi Li, diligently patting her shoulders and saying with a smile, "This is also due to my mother's good teaching and Master Xue's advice. It's not just my credit."

Chi Yan glanced at her and asked, "Why, have you become so sweet after learning from your Master Xue?"

Zhao Mingyue still smiled, "I just want to make my mother happy so that I can get more rewards."

Chi Li pretended to be silent and said, "In that case, how about I have someone build a princess's mansion for you outside the palace?"

Zhao Mingyue was stunned.

Since ancient times, princesses could only leave the palace and build their own house to live with their husbands after they got married. Princesses who were not favored did not even have the qualifications to build their own house.

The only princess in this dynasty who was able to set up her own household was her aunt, Princess Zhaoqing, but that was after she got married.

She was only fourteen years old, and building a house so early was definitely an unprecedented honor.

Zhao Mingyue was almost overwhelmed by this huge surprise. Just as she was about to say something, Danying walked in from outside, "Master, Wu Shishu requests to see you."

Chi Li raised her eyes, "What's the matter?"

"Princess Zhaoqing has submitted a memorial. Secretary Wu is not in a position to comment. Please ask the Master for your approval."