Chapter 182 The System's Final Farewell

The light source that was originally coming in from above has disappeared.

The flattened sedan chair now looked like it had been sealed inside an airtight iron coffin.

“No…” Ning Shuyin murmured.

The final surge was simply too intense. She felt her consciousness being swallowed by darkness.

In the darkness, the distant sound of church bells seemed to drift in.

Ning Shuyin opened her eyes.

I saw a sea of ​​pink roses.

"Shuyin, thank you." Qianqian, dressed in a wedding gown, linked arms with Gu Lei and walked further and further away.

Ning Shuyin wanted to catch up and hug her friend, but she couldn't move her body.

Everything began to wither and decay, and vision gradually darkened...

Wake up!

A cold voice entered her cochlea.

Ning Shuyin suddenly opened her eyes.

That was just a dream.

Now, the cold metal floor pressed against her back, the heavy pressure making it hard for her to breathe.

My vision blurred for a moment before focusing, and what came into view was Loran's magnified face.

His eyes were deep red as he stood very close to her, one knee pressed against her abdomen, rendering her unable to move.

She felt a tightness in her chest and a pressure on her throat.

Reaching out, she found a medical bandage tightly wrapped around her neck. The other end was held by Loran, slowly tightening.

Ning Shuyin stared wide-eyed in horror, clutching the restraints around her neck, trying to untie them.

But her A-level combat power couldn't even tear a regular medical bandage.

Loran looked at her with a mocking gaze.

"Why...why..." she managed to squeeze out broken syllables from her throat.

"Why? You know the answer in your heart."

A feeling of suffocation overwhelmed me, my vision began to blur again, and my consciousness gradually faded.

"System! System, save me..." she cried out in her mind in despair.

However, there was only silence; there was no response.

"Ning Shuyin! Wake up!"

A light tapping sound was followed by a slightly anxious voice.

Ning Shuyin took a deep breath of dusty air.

This time, she truly opened her eyes.

Before me was the twisted metal ceiling of the elevator car. The darkness of the space was dispelled by a small, faint halo of light.

The light came from a portable medical examination pen in Loran's hand.

“You were unconscious for 45 minutes,” Loran said coldly.

A small ball of light illuminated his handsome yet aloof face.

She breathed a sigh of relief and subconsciously touched her neck, finding nothing choking her.

The smell of burning metal mingled with the musty odor. They were still inside the battered and mangled elevator car.

"How are you feeling?" Loran withdrew her hand from her cheek.

Ning Shuyin struggled to sit up, feeling as if her whole body was falling apart.

"I'm fine... How about you? Your back..."

Before she could finish speaking, Loran interrupted her.

"Just a superficial injury," he said casually.

He held the medical examination pen in his hand and pointed it at the metal plate that was completely sealed above his head.

"What's our situation now?" Ning Shuyin looked in the direction of his light.

“As you can see, it’s sealed off.” Loran tucked his examination pen into his collar. “This elevator belongs to the biosafety isolation zone and is mainly used for transporting high-risk biological samples. The violent impact just now should have triggered the emergency response plan for biohazard leaks.”

The steel plate overhead fits perfectly.

"Now, we should be isolated by composite armor with a thickness of no less than three meters, and we can only wait for people outside to let us out."

It turned out they were trapped inside an iron box.

Just as Ning Shuyin was thinking of asking for help, the system's voice suddenly rang in her mind.

[Host, a serious deviation has been detected in the main storyline's "Marriage Incident." Su Qianqian and Olma have been engaged, as jointly announced by their respective families.]

[...It has now been determined that...the plot has severely deviated from its intended course.]

The system's announcement suddenly became abnormally choppy and had a static noise, as if it had been subjected to severe interference.

[According to the law...execute...annihilate...]

"Annihilate!" Upon hearing the word "annihilate," Ning Shuyin trembled. Her face turned deathly pale, and her hands and feet became cold and stiff. An overwhelming sense of fear washed over her.

[The proposal was rejected.]

The system audio continued to be intermittent.

[Execute the compromise plan: Eliminate all interfering variables and hide the host. Ning Shuyin, this is all I can do for you. Goodbye.]

The system called her name for the first time.

Then, Ning Shuyin felt a sharp pain deep in her mind, as if something had been forcibly pulled away.

A similar feeling came from the time she sold the favorability detector item.

[System module...forced removal...]

After a final burst of static, the system's voice in her mind completely disappeared.

"System! System! Are you there?" she tried calling out.

However, there has been no further response.

The bracelet on her wrist had vanished into thin air, and the spatial ring on her middle finger was also gone.

The system inventory, item shop, points panel... everything seemed as if it had never existed.

The only thing that survived was the supernatural power within her body.

Ning Shuyin remained silent for a long time, not even hearing what Luo Lan was saying to her.

It seemed that the system, under the ultimate punishment of "annihilation," had found her a way out. She had been hidden from the system's perspective.

She became an ordinary person without a system.

That goodbye just now was Tongzi's final farewell to her.

This means there will be no more main storyline quests. There will be no more penalties related to advancing the plot.

The stories and fates of these people have nothing to do with her anymore.

But similarly, she also had no chance to return to her own world.

Suddenly, she felt a chill on her face.

It was Loran's hand that lifted her chin.

"What's wrong?" Loran asked, looking into her eyes.

Her heart skipped a beat the moment her gaze met Loran's eyes.

The way he looked at her was different now.

All the contradictions and confusions he had previously hidden vanished.

His eyes became incredibly sharp and clear, as if he had just woken up from an absurd dream.

Ning Shuyin's mind went blank. The meme attractor was gone.

The [Meme Attraction Device] is the first item the system gives her, which can increase the affection level of her date.

Loran had developed a hatred for the item after she noticed it.

At this moment, he clearly sensed something again. It can only be said that Loran was far too sensitive.

He immediately sensed the disappearance of the "irrational attraction".

Seeing the scrutiny that suddenly appeared in his eyes, Ning Shuyin felt even colder.

She thought of the nightmare she had once had.

In the dream, he said to her, "Once you're in the Alliance Prison, I'll study you thoroughly."

Fear climbed up her spine and into her brain.

"It's ineffective?" Loran suddenly tapped the surrounding steel plates with his finger, making a thumping sound. "Your influence on people's minds can be isolated by the armor?"