The Beloved Heiress's Dark Side (22)
Meng Yuening asked, "Why can we intercept Ding Zhelan at our overseas mission? Will the staff there listen to us?"
Jian Tanxi said, "You forgot that I have another identity, which is the eldest princess of the Red Strawberry Kingdom."
"Oh right, in the previous 'Princess's Smile' instance, the King of the Red Strawberry Kingdom agreed to take you as his goddaughter."
Jian Tanxi nodded: "I think all the instances should be connected, and the countries and cities that appear should be the original locations on the alien planet. So, although we are in City A now, the staff in City A should also recognize me as a foreign princess."
Soon, the three arrived at the overseas office in City A.
The bodyguards at the door stopped the three of them. Jian Tanxi showed her royal badge from the Red Strawberry Kingdom and said, "I am the eldest princess of the Red Strawberry Kingdom. These two are my friends. We have important business to attend to."
The bodyguards dared not stop them any longer, and Jian Tanxi and her two companions were able to enter smoothly.
Jian Tanxi approached the staff and asked them to help intercept a person who had just left City A—Ding Zhelan.
This person is not only connected to him, but also to the Ou family, the richest family in City A. Ding Zhelan has committed a crime and must be extradited back.
The staff member asked, "May I ask what mode of transportation Ms. Ding used?"
Jian Tanxi said, "I don't know. You should check all the modes of transportation that have departed in the last hour. Once you find out where Ding Zhelan is, you can have her train, high-speed rail, or plane turn back."
"I'm sorry, this would cause a lot of trouble and damage City A's reputation. We cannot agree to this."
"The richest family in City A, the Ou family, was almost ruined by Ding Zhelan. Aren't you worried about this affecting City A's reputation? Instead, are you worried about how intercepting a few trains and planes will affect your reputation? The Ou family has been so badly harmed by Ding Zhelan this time, they certainly won't let her off the hook. If they find out that you had the opportunity to intercept Ding Zhelan but chose not to, you'll be in trouble in the future, won't you?"
The staff were in a bit of a dilemma, after all, they couldn't afford to offend the Ou family.
Therefore, they ordered the interception of all vehicles departing within the next hour.
Finally, Ding Zhelan, who had escaped, was found on a plane.
The captain received orders to immediately turn the plane back to City A without disturbing the passengers.
Because the plane was high in the sky and there were clouds and fog below, Ding Zhelan and the other passengers were disoriented and did not know that the plane had turned around.
Ding Zhelan returned a little over half an hour later.
Before she knew what was happening, she was tied up by staff from the overseas office and taken back to the overseas office.
Although Ding Zhelan had some tools, she didn't have many, and the staff also had superpowers and tools, so detaining Ding Zhelan was still quite easy.
After Ding Zhelan was brought back, she met Jian Tanxi and the others, and seemed to understand something.
She asked Jian Tanxi, "Did you use tricks to bring me back?"
Jian Tanxi said, "That's right. Miss Ding, I'm sorry. We have to complete our mission, so we need to extradite you back."
Ding Zhelan sneered, "You're quite something. How did you manage to convince these staff members to help you?"
"When I was participating in a dungeon, I became the eldest princess of the Red Strawberry Kingdom. This identity is quite useful."
Ding Zhelan looked at her with some surprise: "You're quite capable, I truly admire you. It's a pity that we got along well the last time we met. This time, however, we've become enemies. I accept my defeat at your hands. How did you discover me?"
Jian Tanxi briefly explained the clues she had discovered.
Ding Zhelan said, "You are very smart. But you should know that I had no choice. Even though I was treated like that by the men of the Ou family, I didn't kill them. I just tortured them for a few days and turned them into zombies. I think I have been very kind."
Jian Tanxi, feeling somewhat heavy-hearted, said, "I think so too."
Ding Zhelan stared into her eyes and asked, "Are you telling the truth?"
"Yes. No one turns evil for no reason. However, I'm just a player, so I can't help you much. When Sir John appears, I'll plead for you. Also, if you can heal Opal on your own initiative, the Opal family might be more lenient with you."
"That's impossible. I can't cure Ou Bao'er, and I won't reveal how to cure her. Besides, no matter what I do now, the Ou family will never forgive me. You can leave now, just pretend we never met."
Jian Tanxi shook her head and said, "No, if we don't cure Ou Bao'er, our mission will not be completed, and we won't be able to leave."
"I see. But there's absolutely no way I can help you with this."
“I understand, I will find a way to treat Ou Bao’er myself. I also want to ask you a few questions. After you turned the Ou family into zombies, why didn’t you run away immediately, but instead stayed in City A for so many days?”
Ding Zhelan said, "I can't run away; this is my agreement with the Lord God."
"The Supreme God?"
"Yes, on our planet, there is a supreme being whom we call the Supreme God. He possesses numerous superpowers and tools, as well as powerful magic, making him the most powerful being on our planet. On our planet, there exist some very ordinary places where the people live like Earthlings, without any superpowers, such as City A."
But there are also some more fantastical places, places with magic, witches, and supernatural abilities...
Ordinary people like us can contact the divine through our thoughts if we have a request. If the divine will grant it, it will respond, but it will also attach some conditions.
City A was chosen as one of the trial instances for Earth players, so time in City A kept looping, and I kept experiencing being bullied by the Ou family... Each experience may be different, but they are all pretty much the same. I have always been a tool to highlight Ou Bao'er.
Normally, if time were to restart, we wouldn't retain past memories. But for some reason, a bug occurred, and I recalled every single experience...
I tolerated it once or twice, but this instance had been activated more than ten times... Later I couldn't take it anymore, so I contacted the main god and said that I wanted revenge and to take down the Ou family.
The Supreme God agreed. He promised to give me some items, teach me how to turn people into zombies, and also how to stitch skulls back together… But the condition was that City A, which I had modified, would become a new instance. As the true boss of the instance, I had to stay inside for three to five days until the players discovered me, but didn't realize my boss identity, at which point I could secretly leave.
If I leave City A, I win and can move to a better city. But if I get caught by the player, I lose and will be punished.
Those boxes and balloons that can preserve the brain, those charms that can transform the brain into a walnut tree—these were all given to me by the Supreme God. The method for turning Opal into a 'dark being' was also [illegible].
Jian Tanxi asked, "In Ou Bao'er's state, she's not called a zombie, but a 'person of darkness'?"
“That’s right. Only those whose brains have been ripped out are called zombies. Ou Bao’er’s brain wasn’t ripped out; she was just transformed into an abnormal person. She can’t tell you about her experiences, nor can she tell you how to save the Ou family.”
Meng Yuening said, "No wonder Ou Bao'er always made us take health pills whenever she saw us. She probably understands that health pills are the only solution to this situation. After the zombies had their brains implanted, they had to take health pills to wake up. People bitten by zombies also had to take health pills to recover. But we were afraid of her and didn't trust her before, so we repeatedly refused the health pills she gave us."
Ding Zhelan said, "That's right. I'm sure Ou Bao'er truly felt this unspeakable bitterness."
A cold smile crept across Ding Zhelan's lips, carrying a sense of satisfaction at having avenged a great grudge.
Jian Tanxi couldn't help but ask, "Since the Ou family treats you so badly, why don't you cancel your engagement with them?"
Ding Zhelan shook her head and said, "It can't be canceled. Our Ding family is on the verge of decline, and we need this marriage to get the help of the Ou family and make a comeback. My parents are forcing me to stay in the Ou family for a long time and please everyone in the Ou family."
"Why didn't you place the brains of the five young masters in five different places and disguise them, instead of hiding them all in the secret room where you are?"
"On the one hand, there wasn't enough time. On the other hand, the main god told me that if I wanted to hide the brain, I had to use a different method and not repeat the previous one, so as to increase the difficulty for the players. If I couldn't think of a new way to hide it for the time being, I would keep the rest of the brain with me."
"I see."
Now that all doubts have been resolved, the players only have two things left to do: deliver the health pills to the wounded and help Opal recover.
Although Jian Tanxi felt sorry for Ding Zhelan, she had no choice but to leave.
Just as Jian Tanxi turned around, Ding Zhelan called out to her, "Jian Tanxi, wait a moment."
Jian Tanxi asked, "Is there anything else?"
"You were nice to me in the 'Pampered Heiress' dungeon before. So, I've decided to give you the remaining items I have. Come and take them from my bag; I'm tied up now and can't move."
Jian Tanxi took out a talisman, a key, and something resembling a charging cable from Ding Zhelan's bag.
The talisman that was pasted under Master Ou's walnut tree has indeed returned to Ding Zhelan's hands.
Ding Zhelan explained, "This talisman is called a transformation talisman; you should have seen it before. It can transform one thing into another, and its disguise effect is excellent, but it must be attached to an item to take effect. So, when you use it, you can try to hide it."
Jian Tanxi said, "But this talisman seems to recognize its owner."
“I know. I’ll break the contract with it, and then you can form a new contract with it. You cut a drop of my blood onto the talisman to complete the contract-breaking ritual; then you drop a drop of your own blood onto the talisman to complete the contract-forming ritual. This talisman can be used twice more.”
"OK."
Jian Tanxi did as instructed, and the talisman indeed stuck tightly to her hand. No matter how Jian Tanxi moved her hand, it followed closely, unaffected by gravity.
Jian Tanxi put it into her backpack.
Ding Zhelan said, "If you want to terminate the contract, you only need to drip another drop of blood. However, there is no need to terminate the contract. That key is called □□, which can open any door, provided that the door uses a key lock and not a fingerprint lock or something like that. This key can be used three more times."
"Okay. And what about this charging cable?"
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