Chapter 108: Defeating the System by Acting on Your Own
Little Taotie continued, "I heard from the Phoenix Bird that before I was born, the Black Dragon wanted to destroy the world and summoned the waters of the deep sea to drown all the people and monsters on the continent. However, I also heard that they didn't kill the Black Dragon, but instead expelled it from our Yunli Continent, so that she would never return."
The black dragon in Taotie's mouth should be Qi Qin today.
Through the marriage rope that Pipi gave them at that time, Cao Feng and Xue Qi saw their past lives.
Xue Qi recalled the scene they had seen and said to Cao Feng, "Qi Qin is the black dragon. She escaped from that world and came to this one, and her power is gradually fading. If Tian Xin and Qi Qin are in cahoots, we probably don't stand a good chance of winning."
Cao Feng said: "Even if there is no chance of winning, we must try our best to do this."
Xue Qi nodded: "Yeah, I think so too."
Cao Feng turned to look at Taotie: "How confident are you in dealing with the Cloud Swallowing Beast?"
Taotie held his head high and chest puffed out, looking proud: "It's just a dog, I can still deal with it."
Cao Feng took out his service pistol, handed it to Xue Qi, and whispered, "Protect yourself. Three bullets. Use them to save your life."
This pistol was specially authorized by the state to Cao Feng and it only had three bullets.
They didn't know how dangerous it was inside, so Tang Xiong stayed in the car outside the villa and called An Yin and several brothers to come and help.
Inside the car.
An Yin glanced at the villa with a worried look on her face. She asked Tang Xiong, "What on earth are Mr. Cao and Xue Qi facing inside? Is it really okay for them to go in?"
Tang Xiong shook his head, indicating he wasn't sure. "I don't know. Mr. Cao won't let us in. There must be something he doesn't want us to know. We can only wait outside and wait for the opportunity to act."
An Yin nodded: "Okay."
Inside the villa, Cao Feng and Xue Qi had already entered with Taotie.
The living room on the first floor was empty, not even a nanny.
The two people and the beast walked up to the second floor and saw the little girl Zhao Zhao sitting in the corridor, playing with building blocks.
She has a big white tail behind her and a pair of pointed dog ears on her head.
Cao Feng and Xue Qi looked at each other, then looked at Taotie, intending to let the little guy lead Zhao Zhao away.
Taotie leaped up to Zhaozhao. The little girl saw her and her eyes lit up: "Pipi!"
When Taotie transformed, he looked very similar to Pipi. The two looked like they were carved from the same mold. Plus, they were far apart, so it was no wonder that the children made a mistake.
Zhao Zhao ran downstairs, wagging his big tail and chasing Taotie.
When Zhao Zhao went downstairs, Cao Feng and Xue Qi discovered that there was something where she had sat.
It is a metal Bagua mirror with strange and rough patterns on it, and the reflected image is not clear.
Taotie led Zhaozhao downstairs, knocked the little girl unconscious with one claw, and put her on the sofa.
Taotie returned to the second floor, walked around the Bagua mirror, and explained:
"If my guess is correct, this should be the Space-Time Mirror. I heard from Phoenix Bird that Black Dragon was tied to the Heavenly Punishment Pillar by Feng Shiqi and Jin Yan, and was subjected to the punishment of heavenly thunder. But unexpectedly, Black Dragon actually activated the Space-Time Formation and used the Space-Time Mirror, a divine artifact from the continent, to twist time and space, opening a passage to another world and escaping. I have only seen a picture of the Space-Time Mirror in the Elder Scrolls, but I have never seen the real thing."
While Taotie was examining the space-time mirror, Cao Feng and Xue Qi checked several rooms on the third floor.
There was no sign of Tian Xin upstairs or downstairs, and every room was empty.
However, there was a closed ancient scroll hanging on the wall of the corridor, which looked extremely out of place against the backdrop of the Western-style decoration of the villa.
The two returned to the space-time mirror.
Xue Qi looked around and asked in confusion, "Strange, why is there no one here? Is there a passage in this villa?"
The little Taotie used his claws to dig at the space-time mirror, but the mirror seemed to be welded and nailed to the ground and could not be moved.
When she scratched the mirror with her claws, a golden light reflected from the mirror.
The light fell on the scroll, as if triggering a mechanism, and the scroll slowly opened.
When the scroll was fully unfolded, Xue Qi discovered that it was not hung on the wall, but was suspended in the air very close to the wall.
The peach blossoms in the painting are blooming gorgeously and dazzlingly, and a dense crimson color covers the entire hilltop.
If you look closely, you will see a little white rabbit and a little Pixiu under a peach tree. Although they are just tiny dots, they are painted so vividly.
Xue Qi sensed something strange about the painting and asked Taotie, "What is this?"
Taotie shook his head: "I don't know either."
Xue Qi touched it, but it felt like an electric shock, and his finger bounced back. Cao Feng also reached out to touch it, but was also bounced back by the electric current like Xue Qi.
They touched the scroll, and were pushed back by some invisible force. They pushed hard, but the force seemed to be a thousand pounds heavy, and no matter what they did, they could not shake it.
However, when Taotie touched the scroll with her claws, the painting immediately became like a magnet, sucking her claws tightly, and an invisible force was dragging it into the painting.
Taotie was so frightened that her whole body went numb. When she tried to retract her claws, it seemed as if a big hand in the painting was constantly pulling her in. The huge suction force made her panic.
She immediately called for help: "I'm being sucked in, help me!"
Cao Feng was the first to notice something was wrong and quickly grabbed the little Taotie. Seeing that half of the little Taotie's body was sucked in, Xue Qi immediately lent a hand and grabbed the Taotie's other hind leg.
But the suction in the painting was too strong, like a swirling hurricane, making it impossible to resist.
Even a strong adult man like Cao Feng and a strong girl like Xue Qi could not resist the suction when pulling the little Taotie.
The three were sucked in and fell into a dark vortex.
In the darkness, Xue Qi subconsciously hugged Taotie, and Cao Feng also held her tightly to prevent them from getting separated in an accident.
The two men and the beast kept falling down, as if they had fallen into a bottomless pit, and they couldn't see the bottom for a long time.
They didn't know how long it had been before a flash of white light passed by, blinding them and causing them to fall onto the soft grass.
Xue Qi fell so hard that he felt dizzy and his ears were ringing.
Before vision, smell and touch come into play.
Before opening his eyes, Xue Qi first smelled the fragrance of flowers and plants, and the air was mixed with the sweet scent of peach blossoms.
Taotie placed his soft paws on her face and patted her: "Sister 77, are you okay?"
Cao Feng, who had fallen to the side, sat up, picked up Xue Qi, and asked in a low voice: "Are you okay?"
Xue Qi tried hard to open his eyes, and the scenery in front of him was shocking. There were bright peach blossoms above his head, and green grass and colorful flowers under his feet.
As they fell, Xue Qi felt dizzy and her head was numb. She tapped her temples with her palm and asked, "Where... is this?"
Cao Feng glanced around and whispered, "It should be in the painting."
"In the painting?"
Because of the virus, this world has countless bugs and is more like a fusion of multiple worlds. Even a small passerby may have a cheat code.
Xue Qi is the antivirus software of the main god system, so she can see the attribute subtitles of anyone who exists in this world.
She also didn't expect that after experiencing the script of the talent of possession, the script of metaphysics and the script of the supporting actress, she would also experience the "plot" left over from the script of the world of cultivation.
Obviously, neither the divine dragon Qi Qin, the cloud-swallowing beast Tian Xin, nor the gluttonous Pixiu are species of this world.
They came from another common world of cultivation and met in this world for specific reasons.
There is a winding path in the peach blossom forest, and no one knows where the end is.
Taotie leaped forward, sniffing the direction of the winding path and said, "This path smells like Pipi. Let's go in!"
For safety, the pet-sized Taotie shuddered, transforming into the size of a lion, its back sprouting a pair of fleshy wings. With a single, nimble leap, she was already tens of meters away.
Cao Feng held Xue Qi, and the two of them, led by Taotie, walked along the bluestone road. After about half an hour, they arrived at a cave.
There are glowing crystals on the walls of the cave, illuminating the interior of the cave.
Deep in the cave, there is an ice bed with Pipi lying on it in human form.
The little girl was sleeping and seemed to be fine.
Next to her lay a man in a suit and tie with a peaceful expression. The young man was handsome, but thin, and his skin was a sickly pale color.
When Taotie saw Pippi, she impulsively jumped onto the ice bed. However, before she could jump onto the ice bed, she was bounced back by an invisible wall.
With a loud bang, Taotie fell against the wall with sharp stone spikes, her skin and flesh hurting, and she gritted her teeth in pain. When she tried to stand up, her bones seemed to be crushed and could not be reassembled for a long time.
Taotie gasped in pain and lay there with his four legs up in the air. It was painful for him to move.
After she recovered, Xue Qi carefully picked up Taotie and asked him, "Are you okay? How are you? Are you okay?"
Taotie shook his head to indicate that everything was fine.
Cao Feng stepped forward, but was also blocked by an invisible wall. He punched it hard and even slashed it with his saber, but the invisible wall could not be torn open even to a crack.
Cao Feng said: "There is an energy wall here, we can't get through."
Taotie looked at the invisible wall, took a deep breath, and, enduring the pain all over his body, explained, "This is a barrier. In the world of immortal cultivation, this kind of barrier can only be forged by cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage or above. I didn't expect that the Swallowing Cloud Beast is already at the Foundation Establishment stage. You can't judge a dog by its appearance."
Xue Qi expressed her confusion. She asked, "How high is your foundation-building cultivation? Are you sure you can handle her?"
Taotie nodded and said proudly, "Of course I can beat her. I am Taotie, a descendant of the ancient dragon. I was born with the foundation-building cultivation and have the power of the ancient dragon. How can I not beat her? Also, I have recovered a lot of my abilities by catching and eating ghosts at school. Although my divine power is not as good as in the original world, I bet that under the same conditions, I will never be worse than Tian Xin's cloud-swallowing beast.
After all, Taotie is the descendant of a dragon, so naturally he looks down upon pet-level mounts like the Cloud-Swallowing Beast.
Just as they were trying to find a way to break through the barrier, Taotie's ears moved and he heard someone coming in from the cave entrance. He immediately wrapped Cao Feng and Xue Qi with his tail, jumped onto the beam of the cave, and used the barrier to protect himself and the couple.
The two men and the beast held their breath and stared down.
Soon, two women in red walked in one after another.
Tian Xin wore a tight-fitting red cheongsam that highlighted her graceful figure, and held an octagonal bell-shaped oil-paper umbrella.
She was barefoot, and her feet did not touch the ground when she walked. She walked in the air three centimeters above the ground. With every step she took, the bells on her ankles jingled.
She stopped in front of the barrier and waited for Qi Qin to approach. Then she turned and said to her, "Master, you have just gone to the peach forest to drink the wine spring water. Can you help me now?"
When Qi Qin fled to this world from the world of immortal cultivation, he was chased closely by the main god's thunder. Not only was his energy core almost exhausted, but all the magic weapons and elixirs he had looted in the world of immortal cultivation were also lost.
When she escaped from that world and opened the space-time gate, she never imagined that her mount, the Cloud-Swallowing Beast, was actually hiding in her bag and came to this world with her.
Not only that, the Cloud-Swallowing Beast also took away the "Peach Forest Scroll".
The Peach Forest Scroll is an ancient artifact from the world of immortal cultivation. It serves not only as a prison but also as a refuge. The Peach Forest Scroll contains Jiuquan Water, which can heal injuries. If a cultivator drinks from it, they will be fully recovered.
This Jiuquan water is also equivalent to an energy pile, which can store energy for Qi Qin.
After Qi Qin's consciousness was imparted to a human, her energy was consumed faster and faster, and she could only replenish her energy by eating the "virus" of this world.
However, relying on cannibalism is not a long-term solution. This world also has its own laws and rules. If too many people go missing, it may attract the attention of the main god system, which may cause thunder to strike again, making it impossible for her to recover.
After drinking Jiuquan water once, Qi Qin felt that her energy was gradually increasing.
With her current strength, she has no problem dealing with the two mythical beasts, Taotie and Pixiu, and she is also the nemesis of these two mythical beasts in this world.
Tian Xin wanted to use Pipi's blood to re-activate the space-time gate. With her strength, she could only use the scroll to make her unconscious, but could not really hurt her, so she asked Qi Qin for help and planned to take the blood of the Pixiu.
Qi Qin felt the return of strength, but unfortunately, this strength was consumed very quickly. She had to constantly replenish the energy stored in Jiuquan water to maintain this gravity.
But Jiuquan Water is controlled by Tian Xin. If she wants to get Jiuquan Water, she has to cooperate with Tian Xin.
Qi Qin got some benefits from her, so she asked her, "Tell me, what do you want me to do?"
Tian Xin said, "Take the blood of the Pixiu and open the space-time portal. I want to take my husband and daughter back to Yunli Continent."
Qi Qin raised an eyebrow and looked at her in disbelief. "Go back to Yunli Continent? What on earth are you thinking, you little brain? You are my mount, the only cloud-swallowing beast on Yunli Continent. You are also the rat that everyone hates among the righteous cultivators on Yunli Continent. If you go back, do you think you can still survive?"
Tian Xin glanced at her husband and said, "There's no medical skill in this world that can cure Yun Tao, so I want to take him back to Yunli Continent. At least in that world, there's a way to keep him alive."
Qi Qin sneered, "Fool. Once I've taken away Xue Qi's heroine halo and become the new Lord God of this world, completely freeing it from the Lord God system, I'll help you rewrite his fate. You just need to help me. Why take the risk of returning to Yunli Continent?"
Tian Xin said, "I can't wait any longer. I've tried everything I could, even crushing my own demon pill and giving it to him, but it only extended his life for two years. Master, I'm not questioning your ability, but I'm running out of time."
Qi Qin didn't understand, and frowned slightly as she asked, "I used the system to survey and found that his original lifespan was seventy-five years, so he wasn't short-lived. Since he was destined to live a long life, it wouldn't have happened unless the virus interfered. You are the virus I created, and I never doubted your abilities. Could it be that—"
Tian Xin nodded: "Yes, he was seriously injured by me."
Qi Qin was puzzled: "Why is this?"
Tian Xin lowered her head, a sarcastic smile on her lips: "I am too entangled and want to keep him by my side forever."
Qi Qin revealed her black dragon tail, and the tip of the tail lightly touched her forehead.
All the memories stored in her mind were projected into the air, like a movie, with scenes flashing by rapidly.
When Tian Xin came into this world, she was in the form of a six-year-old girl.
She was adopted by an elderly couple who were teachers and gave her a good education. She was very talented and not only beautiful but also excelled in her studies.
She has always been confused as to why her master, the Divine Dragon System, fell in love with a cultivator from the Yunli Continent.
She is a "virus" created by the Dragon System and is not controlled by the Main God System.
She knew clearly that the people in these worlds were just a string of data, just like her.
Since it's just a string of data, why do we have emotions? And why would the dragon, the management system, fall in love with a string of data?
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The system fell in love with a certain software in the computer, which she could not understand no matter what.
Tian Xin was admitted to Qingdao University as a human being and met her current husband Yun Tao during her graduate studies.
Her husband Yuntao was a classmate of hers. Only after she fell in love with Yuntao did she understand Qi Qin's thinking.
Initially, they may all be a string of emotionless "codes", but when they begin to live with different identities in each small world, they will slowly evolve and develop emotions.
This is the "upgrade" and "development" of artificial intelligence itself, and even the main god system itself cannot control it.
It is precisely because of this that each small world has a variety of people and stories. These different people and things can collide to create various sparks.
It was precisely because she understood this truth that Tian Xin truly regarded herself as an ordinary person, abandoned the God's perspective, and lived a life as a human being.
But she didn't expect that being a human being is not that easy.
In a wealthy family, there are all kinds of social relationships. And the man who promised to protect her for the rest of her life on campus gradually changed in the first year after she gave birth to her child.
Her husband Yuntao and Sun Fugui are collaborating in business, and many of their businesses are related to internet celebrity films and television, so the groups of women he comes into contact with have become more complicated.
Yuntao couldn't resist the temptation and started keeping a little internet celebrity.
Starting as a small internet celebrity, she became a female star.
In the end, he filed for divorce from her in order to be with a female executive in the same company.
Tian Xin asked Yun Tao: "You once said that you would love me forever and protect me and our children forever. Have you forgotten all this? You clearly loved me so much before, why are you loving someone else now?"
Yun Tao was calm and rational: "Tian Xin, I don't love you anymore. I no longer have any passion for you. We are just like friends and family. Don't worry, even after the divorce, I will still protect you and your daughter, and I will give you more material support."
Tian Xin didn't understand.
She knew clearly that when the Lord God first created human nature, it was simple and pure.
As these "data" grew up, they developed countless selfish desires and upgraded to the complex, vivid and real people they are today.
She didn't dare to think about it too much, and only felt a powerless fear.
The fear came from the fact that something she thought she knew very well turned out to be completely unfamiliar.
After that, the husband came home almost once a week, and every time he came home, the first thing he talked about was divorce and material things.
Zhao Zhao always asked her, "Mom, when will Dad come back? Can Dad accompany Zhao Zhao to the parent-teacher conference next week? Zhao Zhao misses Dad!"
Her heart seemed to have been drilled with a needle, leaving countless holes.
She took out the octagonal copper bell umbrella she brought from Yunli Continent, easily opened the portal, and arrived at Xiaosan's residence in a flash.
She stood outside the window holding an oil-paper umbrella and saw with her own eyes the two of them cuddling in bed, inseparable.
The husband hugged the woman, whispered the sweet words he had said to her in her ear.
Tian Xin still couldn't understand why the person who once said he loved her so sincerely would change so suddenly.
She stepped through the window, scaring the two people on the bed to scream.
Tian Xin hooked her finger, and the naked man and woman were suspended in the air.
She glanced at the mistress, still puzzled. "I don't understand. We're both women, and we're someone else's daughters. How can you have the heart to break up someone else's family, steal someone else's husband, and hurt someone else's daughter? Do you think that things you steal are sweeter?"
Tian Xin paused her fingertips, then flicked, and the woman's arm was removed, with blood all over it.
The woman screamed in pain.
Tian Xin smiled and said, "Does it hurt? My heart hurts more than just this little bit."
She turned to look at the man again.
Her husband, Yun Tao, was shocked, but suddenly became manly. He held the mistress in his arms and scolded her: "Tian Xin, I don't care what kind of monster you are, just listen to me! I used to be sincere to you and never lied to you. But I don't love you anymore, so why are you so extreme? It's just a divorce, is it that difficult?"
"You've been a housewife since you graduated. We no longer have anything in common after we got married. This is a torture for me, you know? I'm moving forward rapidly, while you're always standing still."
"But she's different. She's my business partner and we have a spiritual resonance. I love her and even want to give her a complete family. I hurt you, and I'm sorry. Why would you hurt an innocent person?"
Tian Xin tilted her head and stared blankly at her husband. "Do you know how ridiculous you look right now? You're cheating on me. This is a betrayal. From a moral perspective, this behavior is intolerable. How could you be so selfish?"
Her husband Yun Tao said, "If you think so, I can't help it."
She didn't understand why a man could righteously accuse others when he did something wrong.
The oil-paper umbrella in her hand hung in the air, like a sharp blade, flying towards Xiao San.
But she never expected that her husband would block the attack for the woman.
The oil-paper umbrella pierced his chest.
…
Tian Xin walked back holding her husband's bleeding body. She felt a little relieved, but it was followed by great sadness.
She still doesn't understand what she did wrong.
Was it because she was just a housewife? She took care of the children, kept the house in perfect order, and even invested in some projects, opening several profitable teahouses and clubs.
Aren’t these considered careers?
If he liked career women like her, why did he choose her in the first place? And why did he mess with her?
…
These memories played out like a movie, and the heart-wrenching pain in Tian Xin's heart echoed in the cave.
Qi Qin glanced at her coldly and whispered, "Fool. You want to walk the path I've walked again. Don't you understand? Men are fickle and ruthless, and they are selfish by nature. Just for such a piece of shit, you crushed your own demon core and returned to Yunli Continent to die?"
Tian Xin whispered, "This is my business, you won't understand. We still have a child. As long as we go to Yunli Continent and change the world, he will forget that woman."
Qi Qin:
"Do you know the three biggest illusions women have?"
"He loves me, and I am irreplaceable."
"I can change him."
"He will work hard to become an outstanding and motivated person for the sake of our little family."
Tian Xin still said: "This is my business, Master, time is running out, please start."
The barrier opened, Qi Qin raised her hand, and the sleeping Pipi fell into her palm.
Qi Qin's five fingers grew black and sharp nails, which slowly extended and sank into the little girl's flesh.
Pipi was awakened by the pain. He looked at the woman in front of him and struggled, "Let me go! Pipi is not delicious. It farts and stinks. It poops and stinks. Pipi is not delicious!"
Qi Qin's fingers clenched tighter and tighter.
Just as her nails were about to pierce the little girl's flesh, Taotie fell from the sky and stretched out its sharp claws to grab Qi Qin's face.
Qi Qin protected her face and dodged subconsciously.
Cao Feng pulled Pipi back into his arms with one hand, and held his wife's hand with the other hand. He didn't dare to stay for a moment and ran out.
Qi Qin slapped Taotie away and frowned as he looked at the three people running towards the cave entrance: "You're looking for death."
The scroll is a product of another world, so it is not monitored by the main god system. In other words, this is a good place to kill the heroine Xue Qi.
If you miss this opportunity, you may never have another chance in the future.
Qi Qin swung her black tail, wrapped around Xue Qi, and hung her upside down in the air.
She looked at Xue Qi as if humiliating, and snorted coldly, "You're looking for death. There's a road to heaven, but you don't take it. There's no door to hell, but you rush in."
Xue Qi felt his body become much more sensitive to pain, and he groaned in pain: "Hey, loach, could you be more graceful and gentle when you catch me? You're hurting me."
Qi Qin: “?”
Xue Qi's sudden affectation was unexpected.
Unexpectedly, Xue Qi said again: "If you want to eat me, I advise you to eat me while I'm fresh. It's best to give me a refreshing bath, otherwise I'll smell like sweat and it will affect people's appetite."
"If I were you, I would definitely give me a full body massage to relax all the tense muscles so that the meat will be tender when I eat it."
"Don't you feel the bloodiness of swallowing me like this?"
It was at this time that Xue Qi saw the subtitles above the other person's head:
[Xue Qi acted in a life-or-death situation, and you will be deducted 30 points of spiritual value.]
At the same time, the same prompt appeared in Qi Qin's system panel.
Soon, the system load warning:
Xue Qi, at the critical moment of life and death, acted recklessly and even suicidal, successfully becoming the person in this world who is even more troublesome than you.
[The system panel for the popular and adorable character is crashing... After the countdown, it cannot be repaired.]
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