The system was both angry and anxious at the phrase "I'm willing," and it was also terrified.
Yes, how could he forget what kind of person his host used to be? A person who would stir up trouble even when there was nothing to do, and who wanted to take his schadenfreude to the extreme.
Now that he's "turned over a new leaf," he's still the same troublemaker at heart, just putting on an act and putting on a show.
Why did I take it so seriously?
At this moment, someone who had been sunbathing opened their eyes, rested their chin on their hand, and brought their fair face close to the system. Their warm breath sprayed onto the ball of light, and they asked with a smile:
"Do I look pretty?"
Beautiful? What's so beautiful about it!
The system immediately became alert, recalling how a certain unscrupulous host had used charm to bewitch it before, and thought that Ling Xiao was going to play tricks on it again.
He chuckled wickedly, then equipped himself with the mental items he had purchased with his own savings before looking at Ling Xiao.
To give a perfunctory answer:
"Of course you're beautiful, you..."
The sound stopped abruptly, and the system's eyes widened.
The face of Qu Yin was delicate and pretty, and her features had not changed, but a beauty that was absolutely stunning was revealed from the subtle details of her eyes and eyebrows.
This kind of "beauty" is dangerous; it seems that a single glance could kill.
Like a colorful snake in a dense forest, it is beautiful, but it carries a wild and murderous aura, and seeing it means certain death.
What stunned the system was not just this; this charm and beauty were inherent to the host, and in other words, should not have appeared in "Quyin".
It should be noted that, for some reason, Ling Xiao never enters a world using his original body; he always uses the identity of a person from that world, or at the very least, the identity of a "snake" from that world.
"Do you understand?"
Ling Xiao was still smiling, her arm supporting her chin was fair and smooth, and under the sunlight shining through the gaps in the leaves, her arm was almost translucent.
The silent system nodded as if it understood, then quickly shook its head.
"I can't suppress it. The world's carrying capacity is limited. This world can barely allow me to enter with my divine soul, but I've eaten a few evil gods, and now it's teetering on the brink of collapse."
Ling Xiao bit her fingertip and mumbled indistinctly:
"In the next world, no matter what the main god's intentions are, I can break free from the constraints, enter the world in my true form, and seize the greatest benefits."
The last few words sounded like a groan.
The system could only nod in agreement; all notions of protagonist or overall situation had vanished from its mind.
Ling Xiao lightly patted her face, tossing aside what seemed like a dangerous topic, and laughed triumphantly:
"You know, my pretty face didn't come easily."
Meeting the host's excited gaze that seemed to say, "Why don't you hurry up and ask why?", the system had no choice but to perk up and ask as she wished.
Finding a comfortable position, she crossed her legs and said calmly:
"Beauty is a weapon. You know, when I was first tricked into that place, I was a delicate young woman..."
System: I think you're trying to put people at ease, and then assassinate them.
Perhaps feeling guilty, or perhaps hurt by the system's surprised glance, Ling Xiao skipped over this part and said rudely:
"Anyway, I wanted to use my good looks to make people's hearts soften, so I used the newbie benefits to adjust my facial features. After that, things didn't go as planned, and I didn't encounter a single normal teammate."
As if remembering something, Ling Xiao rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky.
"Beauty is completely useless, but I've already spent money on it, and those lousy teammates still like to laugh at me. They even give me all the beauty and charm enhancement items they get."
"This is outrageous!"
Ling Xiao looked genuinely angry, took two deep breaths, and muttered:
"The stuff from that godforsaken place is all incredibly evil. It works well, but it also has a lot of side effects, and it took me a lot of extra effort, you know..."
She went on and on about how, in that precarious situation, a group of people who didn't know whether they would live or die today acted madly and illogically.
To aimlessly distort one's emotions and desires.
Even the smallest, most insignificant reason is enough to get her excited and involved in all sorts of things, with another group of people joining in.
They're all crazy.
The system suddenly spoke up:
"So, host, you're not a natural beauty."
"Well, you can't say that. My face isn't just a physical change; even my soul has been etched into it. Otherwise, it wouldn't be reflected on Qu Yin's face now."
Ling Xiao seemed oblivious, paused for a moment, and then continued to argue.
"So, we were wrong from the start!"
It sounded like she had screamed herself hoarse; her voice was shrill, and at its highest point it even sounded like she was crying. She said accusingly things like "wrong," "liar," and "heartless."
A heart was misplaced.
In the system's mind, its connection with the host stemmed from that stunningly beautiful face. The lousy system was delighted and thought it was a rare find.
Even if he was thoroughly subdued afterward, even if he knew that Ling Xiao had switched sides voluntarily, the main god had already been paying attention to this big shot for a long time.
However, he truly believed that, in the very beginning, he and the host were destined to be together.
Ling Xiao felt a rare moment of guilt, then tried to change the subject and shift the blame:
“These things are in the past, why bring them up again? What’s the point? It will only hurt our feelings.”
"hehe."
The system responded with two cold laughs.
"Ahem, let's not talk about this anymore."
Ling Xiao looked around, thinking of something to say, when suddenly an idea struck her. She spoke very seriously:
"Look, my soul has already been eroded. In order to prevent me from being expelled from the world due to excessive force, which would cause the mission of saving the world to fail, we must think of a way."
"What method are you looking for?" the system asked, its tone ambiguous.
"The simplest thing is to kill the evil god, just calcine it to produce crystals, and store them without eating them."
"It's not like you can't take it out of this world. This is your spoils of war. The first batch of spoils from this original world are the most valuable."
"Even the protagonists of the world are being manipulated and their mentality is being played, so what is there to be afraid of?"
These were just a few ordinary words, but Ling Xiao seemed to have heard some earth-shattering plan, and he praised them loudly, showering the system with compliments.
At first, they could hold on, but later, they just got too enthusiastic.
The system awkwardly indicated that it wouldn't hold it against them, and the light ball turned pink.
After a minor incident, Ling Xiao suddenly said:
"I'm still a little unwilling. The main god manipulated things behind the scenes and sent us in first to meddle in this world. With such abundant resources, it's a bit of a loss to only take from the evil god."
"There's nothing we can do about it. The world's foundation is what it is, and you can't spare the time to do other things."
The system was a bit tense. Every time Ling Xiao dealt with an evil god, he faced extremely high risks, and there was never a battle he was guaranteed to win.
It may seem like a victory achieved effortlessly, but she had risked everything to fight for it.
The system that had been following her all along understood best that Ling Xiao couldn't seize other resources and couldn't devote herself wholeheartedly; she might be the next one to die.
"That's not necessarily true."
Ling Xiao played with a green leaf.
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