Yu Ling opened her eyes in complete darkness, surrounded by incoherent murmurs. The dizziness and the buzzing of the alarm clock all indicated that the original owner of this body was doing something extraordinary.

This time, even though she didn't actively choose to accept the memories, all the images of the original owner flooded into Yu Ling's mind like a tide.

The original owner's name was Roy Ellison, a fairly typical Western name. Indeed, there was no trace of the East in this world. The original owner, as a native-born enemy, had black hair and black pupils, a pale face, a thin body, and a slightly weathered appearance worn down by exhaustion.

These features, which distinguish him from most ordinary people in the world with blond or brown hair, indicate that he is a mage with magical talent. The color of his hair and eyes precisely illustrates that his magical talent is feared by everyone, representing calamity, disease, death, and ominous darkness.

Dark mages are universally hated in the land. Of course, this doesn't mean only villains possess dark talents; it's just that the effects of dark magic are so unacceptable that they are rejected by all mages.

The original owner of this black-haired, black-eyed man was a magician, but he was treated worse than ordinary people without talent. He experienced the scorn and discrimination of others, and even implicated his closest relatives, ultimately ending up abandoned by everyone.

He couldn't understand why someone with only innate magical talent would be treated with such contempt.

Having grown up with childhood trauma, the original owner turned to the dark side.

He completely transformed into an antisocial, all-hating dark mage, even going so far as to make a deal with demons for the ridiculous reason that everyone should fear and respect him, and in short, stop despising him as they used to.

Then, he established a force composed entirely of dark mages, with the mission of destroying the world. In just ten years, he turned the reputation of dark mages into one that everyone hated. After outwitting and outmaneuvering the righteous protagonists, he gloriously died at the age of thirty-six.

Of course, he was incredibly handsome, and even when he passed away, he was still a dashing middle-aged man.

etc.......

That's not right!

The original owner is gone, so where did he come from?

Yu Ling snapped out of the original owner's jumbled memories of spiteful newspaper operations. The original owner was dead; what was the point of him coming here to beg for survival?!

"System, come out and explain what's going on!!"

The system remained silent.

Yu Ling poked at herself in her mind again: "...System?"

Silence.

Logically speaking, although this piece of trash took a bit of time and effort, it was almost always responsive to her calls, so it was impossible for it to lose contact like this. Combining the scenes before the original owner died with the images, and then carefully sensing with her divine soul, Yu Ling finally discovered the problem.

The original owner of this body is dead, but not completely. He had made some kind of pact with a demon, exchanging his soul for powerful forbidden dark magic. The original owner died, his soul was extracted by the demon, but when this new body was transferred, it directly replaced the original owner's soul, so...

He seemed to be trapped in this small world created by a demon, a world devoid of any concept of time or space.

What kind of mess is this?!

However, this also reflects that the system was not bound to his soul, but rather possessed the original owner's body at the same time. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been a situation where, in the previous world, after his soul left his body and wandered around, the system couldn't see him.

This situation is difficult, Yu Ling thought. The original owner's body is undoubtedly dead, but her mission can't just disappear, right? The fact that he was able to transmigrate here means there's still a chance. So, Yu Ling searched her mind again and found the incantation the original owner used to summon the demon.

As the incantation was uttered with soul power, a cloud of black mist gradually materialized in front of Yu Ling. It was the demon that had traded with the original owner in her memory. It was emitting a strange laugh that could drive people crazy, showing its terror. Upon seeing that it was Yu Ling, the entire demon was immediately in a bad mood.

"Hey! It's you? That poor, dejected little magician! Weren't you dead? I just ate you???"

Yu Ling knew that her current soul form was no different from the original owner's, so she spread her hands innocently and said, "Emmm, maybe you did eat me, but it seems that I have a second life?"

The demon seemed to be choked, but since the contract was now void, it really couldn't do anything to Yu Ling.

"Oh, isn't this a delightful surprise? A weak and pitiful dark mage actually knows the secret to my resurrection. How astonishing!"

"Then, dear Mr. Devil, could you please spare me and let me out?"

"Of course! Look at you, oh my god! A soul that can be resurrected, I can eat as much as I want, until I'm full!"

Upon hearing Yu Ling's words, the demon's gaze instantly turned scorching, baring its teeth as if it wanted to devour her completely, every tone of its voice seducing the person before it.

"Come on, child, sign a new contract with me, and I'll let you go. Of course, if you want any other additional conditions, I can grant them!"

Yu Ling snorted coldly. This thing is ugly, but it has such beautiful ideas. He refused firmly: "I don't have that many lives to give you to eat."

The demon fell silent; it hadn't been bewitched at all!

"Why don't you reconsider? Don't forget, you only have three days left to live."

Yuling:? ? ?

"What three days?"

The demon flicked its tail: "You traded thirty years of your lifespan for eternal magic power, have you forgotten?"

Honestly, the original owner had changed so many things that Yu Ling had completely forgotten about them.

"So, even if I go back, I can only live for three days?"

“That’s right, but if you’re willing to trade your soul after death with me, I can give you back thirty years of your life.”

Yu Ling: "No need."

He considered the original owner's situation: he had just been hit by the combined attack of the main characters and died on the spot. If he went back, the original owner's body would definitely be mangled and he'd have to face a bunch of enemies...

What's worse is that the original owner is now an old man, and the protagonist he has a love-hate relationship with is also an older young man. Given the nature of high-level worlds, this world is either about to welcome a new protagonist or change to a new map.

It doesn't seem to be working well for me at all.

The situation is already difficult to handle; if he were to sign a contract with this demon again, he would be a fool.

Yu Ling: "Please let me go back first, Mr. Devil. Maybe I'll regret it when I'm about to die and want to sign a new contract with you?"