The intense, soul-tearing dizziness gradually subsided, replaced by a weightless, floating sense of nothingness in boundless darkness. There was no sound, no light, no temperature, and I couldn't even feel my own existence.
Su Nian "opened" her eyes—if this level of conscious perception could be called "opening her eyes." She found herself suspended in a pure, dark void devoid of any reference points. Was this the Main God Space? Completely different from the cold, technologically advanced or sacredly majestic halls she had imagined, this place was nothing but a deathly, chilling void.
【System...088?】 She tried calling out in her mind, but her voice (or rather, her thoughts) couldn't even elicit a single echo in this void.
There was no response.
There was only an empty, unsettling silence. The system partner, who was usually noisy, gluttonous, and prone to complaining, seemed to have never existed.
An unprecedented sense of isolation and helplessness gripped Su Nian. She felt like a speck of dust thrown into the universe, having lost all coordinates and traction.
Just then, the surrounding darkness began to ripple, like the surface of water tossed with a pebble. Blurry, fragmented images and sounds uncontrollably flooded her consciousness—
It is Xie Chen.
It is countless "him".
The domineering CEO Xie Chen held her captive in his arms, cold chains binding her wrists. His burning kiss landed on her, filled with a destructive possessiveness, as he whispered hoarsely in her ear, "You are my caged bird, you will never fly away..."
Immortal Lord Xie Chen fell from the heavens, his white robes stained with blood, his cold eyes shattered only for her. He held her tightly, as if she were his only salvation, his voice ethereal and desperate: "Don't go... stay for me..."
On the castle terrace bathed in the soft morning light, the vampire prince Xie Chen took her hand, his sharp fangs barely visible, and offered a romantic vow tinged with blood: "My immortality is incomplete without you."
In the square where the people worshipped, the slave king Helian Jue personally placed the crown on her head, his eyes obsessive and burning, declaring an unquestionable possession: "I give you half of my kingdom. From now on, you are all I have."
In a globally watched arena, esports legend Xie Chen looked at the camera with a dependent yet determined gaze: "My championship and my heart belong to you."
After discovering the truth in the despairing practice room, pianist A-Chen held her tightly, his silent tears streaming down his face, a mixture of vulnerability and obsession: "Don't go...Stand on my side..."
And finally, at the chaotic end of the banquet hall, he screamed desperately, transcending the barriers between worlds: "Don't go! I won't—!"
Every scene, every whisper, carried a powerful emotional impact, washing over Su Nian's consciousness like a tidal wave. Those close encounters she once thought were merely "required for the mission," those moments when she played the "drama queen" role, now stripped of all pretense, revealed the raw, bloody truth within—the most extreme, purest, and most twisted love and need for her from the depths of every fragment of her soul.
"What...what have I done...?" Su Nian's consciousness trembled. She had always thought she was "doing a mission," "deceiving others" to seek resurrection. But only now, in this emptiness stripped of everything, looking back at those worlds, did she realize with horror that, without her noticing, her "acting" had long since become intertwined with genuine feelings. She felt heartache for Helian Jue's loneliness, palpitations for the Immortal Lord's fall, and anguish for A Chen's suffering...
She wasn't lying.
She is... sinking deeper and deeper into depravity.
Those intimate embraces, those kisses tinged with tears, those nights spent sleeping in each other's arms... were not merely means to soothe the yandere, but also her own unconscious response to and craving for that burning and dangerous love.
"Bang!"
A dull, resounding sound, like a heart being clenched and pounded, exploded in the void! It didn't come from the outside world, but from the depths of Su Nian's consciousness!
Immediately afterwards, an immense and suffocating sense of oppression descended upon this void space without warning!
The darkness ahead began to twist and converge, gradually forming a blurry, enormous humanoid silhouette. It had no specific facial features, no clear clothing, but was merely a shadow formed from a deeper darkness, yet it exuded a stronger and purer obsession, possessiveness, and... a sorrow and anger that seemed to transcend the ages than Xie Chen had ever experienced in any other world.
It's Xie Chen!
Not just any one fragment, but... the entirety of all the fragments! A complete, awakening soul essence!
The blurry outline "looked" at Su Nian. Although it had no eyes, Su Nian clearly felt a tangible gaze locked onto her, filled with scrutiny, confusion, and a chaotic yet intense desire that almost devoured her.
"[...It's...you...]" A deep, hoarse thought, seemingly formed from countless overlapping voices, crashed into Su Nian's mind, vibrating with a kind of law-like force. "[...has been...collecting...'me'..."
Su Nian's consciousness was on the verge of collapse under the immense pressure and the soul-searching questions. She was unable to answer, nor could she think.
The blurry aggregate took a step forward, and the surrounding nothingness seemed to tremble at its movement. It stretched out a hand, also formed from darkness and with indistinct outlines, as if trying to touch Su Nian.
【...Why...】The overlapping thoughts carried immense pain and bewilderment, 【...approaching...warmth...and then...leaving...every time...it's the same...】
Just as its "hand" was about to touch Su Nian's consciousness, it suddenly stopped, then clenched into a fist, as if desperately suppressing some destructive impulse. Fine, shattered glass-like patterns began to appear in the space around the aggregate, indicating its extremely unstable internal state.
【...You are not allowed...to leave again...】That thought transformed into an unquestionable command, carrying an all-consuming madness, 【...I will...lock you up...and hide you...in a place only 'I' know...forever...】
This insane declaration terrified Su Nian, but strangely, beneath that fear, there was a faint... indescribable heartache? She looked at this chaotic yet powerful consciousness, formed from countless fragments of pain, and seemed to see behind it the scarred soul origin that could only express its desires in the most extreme way.
Just then—
[Zzz—la—wrong…mistake…Su…nian…]
A faint, intermittent sound, mixed with intense electrical static, echoed once again deep within Su Nian's mind! It was 088!
[The system has been subjected to an unknown intrusion, resulting in data disruption.] 088's voice was intermittent, as if resisting a powerful interference. [The rules of the God's space have been altered. Be careful... of him...]
Does "he" refer to a combination of Xie Chen and others?
【...Mission...Terminated...Survival...as...First...Priority...Find......】088's voice grew weaker and weaker, eventually swallowed up by endless noise again, returning to deathly silence.
The system's warning, like the final tolling of a bell, shattered the last shred of hope in Su Nian's heart. This wasn't a simple mission completion and return; the Main God Space itself had encountered a massive problem, and even the system had been interfered with and hijacked by an unknown force! And all of this seemed to be related to the gradually forming soul aggregate of Xie Chen before her!
The indistinct aggregate seemed to sense the fleeting fluctuation of the system; the oppressive aura surrounding it suddenly intensified, and chaotic thoughts swept through like a storm.
[...Who is it?! Who...is coveting it?!] It abruptly turned towards a certain direction in the void, though there was nothing there. [...You are...mine! You can only be...mine!]
The aggregate's form became increasingly unstable, sometimes clearer, revealing glimpses of Xie Chen's outline from different worlds, and at other times completely twisted into a churning mass of dark energy. Its obsession with Su Nian, intertwined with its vigilance and anger towards the "unknown invading force," filled this void with destructive tension.
Su Nian hovered in the center of this chaos, with a relentless, obsessive collection of fragments pressing in from her, and the lost, collapsing, and perilous God Space behind her. Without mission guidance, without system assistance, she was all alone, facing this world beyond dimensions, the one she had personally "cultivated"... her deepest obsession and love.
As she looked at the struggling, agonizing mass of darkness that remained locked onto her, a clear realization dawned on her:
She can't go back.
Not only will they be unable to return to the real world, but they may also lose their identity as "mission executors".
The "he" before her is both her greatest crisis and perhaps her only "sustainable chance" in this crumbling land.
The road ahead will no longer be about strategy and redemption.
Instead, it's about survival, and... facing the truth she's already deeply involved in, yet unwilling to admit.
(End of Chapter 147)
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