Artemisia sat in the boundless, ethereal space. It wasn't much different from when she last came here, except that the space was tinged with a faint blue—like the sky she last saw in her previous world.

The system said, "Your world is also quite well done."

Ai Cao stared at the spindle-shaped object in front of her, which was narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and asked, "Then what about the portion of good fortune that I deserve?"

Her skills in this world hadn't been upgraded at all. If she hadn't found a loophole and told the system that vampires must have organs in their bodies to store and digest blood, she might not have even been able to give her skills to those vampires.

Artemisia calmly threatened, "If you keep blocking my skills, I might not be able to get the male lead pregnant in the next world."

The system wailed, "I didn't want to either... but the central platform said they're short-staffed lately, and they only finished the follow-up to the new skill in the last two days..." It became more and more aggrieved as it spoke, "I'm a system from a branch of the Heavenly Dao, how could they use me for a skill test... Waaah..."

The system wiped away its own tears: "But I still managed to get you some benefits."

Ai Cao looked up and smiled: "What kind of benefits?"

The system's tone suddenly became businesslike: "The central platform has sent a beginner intermediate-level gift pack, and two item slots. Huh? Why are there two?"

It swept its gaze around the mugwort, its tone terrified: "Why are you still wearing the pendant!"

Ai Cao looked down at her chest.

A familiar pendant lay peacefully on her chest, its star decorations shimmering with a beautiful luster.

Artemisia said, "This is what I wanted to ask you."

Ai Cao thought for a moment and asked, "But didn't I get an item slot at the end of the last world?"

Every time she leaves a world that needs stability, everything on her is cleared away, returning her to the state she was in when she first entered. She is wearing a set of uniformly distributed long-sleeved shirt and trousers.

She also had no personal belongings.

At least not before.

Ai Cao reached out and touched the pendant. She felt a familiar sense of security.

This pendant will protect her just as it always has.

The system emitted an anxious searching sound: "That's what they say, but this is the system space... Even if it was brought out through an item slot, it shouldn't be like this... I'll go ask the central platform. This... this is too scary."

The mugwort responded.

The soft white light emitted by the spindle body dimmed slightly.

The system has consulted the middle platform.

Artemisia continued to examine the pendant. She had some thoughts about why the pendant was with her—Lillian had been branded a witch, so the gift she gave was probably not simple.

But to be able to follow them all the way to this place, which is not a small world...

The mugwort curled its lips.

The white light of the spindle body shone again.

The system said wearily, "The middleware platform says this is a minor issue that won't affect operations. I'll see what happens next..."

Ai Cao reminded him, "You haven't mentioned what the platform provided."

The system paused for a moment, then said, "Let me see... First up is the upgrade gift pack. This time it's still a choice of one out of five."

"A brilliant mind, keen intuition, the strength to take on eighteen people with one punch, agile movements... and disguise."

"This is a skill that you can actively use."

"You can disguise yourself as other creatures, both in appearance and voice. Regardless of whether they are human or not, you can impersonate them," the system said. "I guess you'll choose this."

The mugwort nodded.

The system said, "This time there are new skill points. Do you want to add them to physical attributes again?"

Ai Cao thought for a moment and said, "Wait a minute. What can we choose in the next world?"

A portion of the code detaches from the spindle and intertwines to form three small screens.

The scene on the screen this time is more detailed than last time.

On the left side of the screen is a long-haired mermaid leaning against a reef.

"The story on the left is also set in the West," the system said. "But the female lead is a mermaid. If you want to get close to her, you have to become a fish in the sea."

On the screen in the middle is a little baby with two pigtails.

"The middle part is an ancient story," the system said. "The female lead is cute and adorable but incredibly lucky. Later, she teaches the villainous prince to reform and seize the throne to become empress."

On the left side of the screen is a woman with a cold expression sitting on Skull Mountain.

"The world on the right is a cultivation world, but it's not the one from last time," the system said. "This one is about a transmigrated female protagonist. She's ruthless and cruel, and in the end, she and the villainous male supporting character she likes destroy the world."

Ai Cao pointed to the screen in the middle and asked, "This story sounds pretty normal. What's wrong with the world?"

The system was silent for a moment, then said, "As I just said, the female protagonist of this world has incredibly good luck—it's an inherent trait of hers." The system said quietly, "The story does indeed end here, but the female protagonist committed suicide in the palace not long after the story ended."

Artemisia sighed. Death is always a sad thing.

She asked, "And then?"

"The rest cannot be revealed now," the system said. "That's enough for you to know."

Artemisia thought for a moment.

She didn't want to stay in the sea for the time being, nor did she want to interfere with the cultivation world. Looking at it this way, only the middle one seemed suitable.

Raising a child is better than watching a little kid die.

"The middle one," Ai Cao said, pointing to the middle screen. "How many skill points did I get this time?"

The three screens in front of her flickered and merged into one slightly larger screen.

The screen displayed her current skill points. She was proficient in firearms and hand-to-hand combat, and her intuition level was also S. Apart from a bright D in mental ability, her skill points were quite evenly distributed.

High on average.

Ai Cao stared at her attribute screen and asked, "Do I really have a chance to go back?"

The system confidently replied, "Of course! Those are all small worlds under the jurisdiction of the central platform, and they have all been recorded. Naturally, you can go back."

Ai Cao smiled and said okay.

She didn't care whether the system was lying or not. After all, it was her own decision to leave that place—and she had no regrets.

If the system lies to coax her, then she should just accept that she's been coaxed.

Artemisia added all the newly acquired skill points to the disguise skill she had just obtained.

The system bluntly announced that her current disguise was now flawless—even another system couldn't expose her disguise.

The system asked, "What other skills would you like to add?"

A panel popped up in front of her displaying three skills: [Menstruation], [False Pregnancy], and [Pregnancy].

Artemisia thought for a while.

She asked, "Could the skill display be made bigger?"

System: "Huh?"

Ai Cao said, "That makes it more believable."

System: "...I'll apply."

After a moment, Ai Cao saw that each of her skills had a new skill description.

[Includes anomalies designed by the user.]

Ai Cao raised the corners of her mouth.