340. Immediately eliminate anomalies
Knowing the outcome was decided and the battle was over, the system began to hurl vicious curses—
[Tao Wanbi, in your past world, you watched helplessly as your mother suffered domestic violence her entire life, yet she didn't even have the courage to divorce, and in the end, she was assimilated.]
But what can you do? You can't do anything. A piece of trash is a piece of trash; you can't save anyone!
Even if you didn't time travel, in the end you'd only end up like your mother, married to a lewd and disgusting old man, enduring his violence, and giving birth to one child after another.
[The girl who is born will either be killed or become the next you.]
The son you give birth to will become just like your husband, despising you, exploiting you, and abusing you, just like his father.
This is your destiny.
[If you have someone to blame, blame yourself for being a useless piece of trash.]
These words echoed the slow, agonizing torture inflicted on Tao Wanbi.
Those painful memories were unearthed one by one by the system, overwhelming her and making it hard to breathe.
The secret she told it eventually became a dagger that pierced her own heart.
“I’m not… I’m not incapable of doing anything…” Tao Wanbi’s voice was hoarse and trembling.
She seemed less scared.
Fear gradually transformed into suppressed anger.
Qu Zijin noticed something was wrong with her: "Good girl, no matter what happened in the past, it's not your fault. You're still young. When you're able to, we'll help you protect the people you want to protect, and never let them suffer again."
[Help? What a joke!]
If you can't even protect yourself, how can you expect to protect others?
Even in this world, you're just an unwanted adopted daughter.
Even if the emperor spares you this time, you'll only be thrown out of the Marquis of Beiding's residence in the future.
[You'll either starve to death or be kidnapped by human traffickers; it'll be no different from your old life.]
"Enough!" Tao Wanbi shouted suddenly, and her crying stopped abruptly.
She slowly raised her head, her eyes red.
The corridor fell silent instantly.
The little boy was startled by her voice, looked at her, and asked softly, "Sister Tao, what's wrong?"
Tao Wanbi didn't speak, but gritted her teeth and clenched her fists tightly.
In my mind, the system was still incessantly cursing.
A series of hurried footsteps approached; Wei Xiuming had arrived.
On his way here, he had already heard a lot of things. Shocked, he quickly calmed down and looked at Tao Wanbi: "Who is spreading rumors?! No matter what you are, daring to cause trouble in the palace, I will make sure you are reduced to ashes!"
[To be reduced to ashes? Ha, he can't do that.]
Everyone, prepare to die, including you, Tao Wanbi.
Tao Wanbi's eyes no longer held any fear, only determination: "Shut up! Who do you think you are? What gives you the right to control my life?!"
Ha, you think you can resist?
You and I are bound together; if I die, you must die too! This is your fate!
"My fate is my own to decide!"
【You think you're in charge? You dare to say that?!】
"If it weren't for you, the mission wouldn't have failed! What do you think saying such big things will change? In the end, you'll still die with me!"
Tao Wanbi raised her head, her red eyes now devoid of tears, only a blank, serene emptiness remained.
Her voice was flat, but every word was clear: "In the end, you overlooked one thing. You overlooked the fact that I have no attachment to you at all."
With a sense of relief at impending liberation, she said, "In the past world, I lived like a dog. In this world, I am still a stray dog."
"In both worlds, I am a failure; in both worlds, I am utterly awful."
“I won’t try to change them because they’re just as rotten as they are, there’s no need to save them, and I have no need to live in this kind of world.”
【……What do you mean? 】
A bad feeling suddenly arose in the system.
“Even fools can be clever sometimes,” Tao Wanbi said, looking at the little dumpling. “Help me, mysterious power.”
The little dumpling paused for a moment.
Immediately afterwards, she heard a static noise coming from Tao Wanbi.
[W-What's going on?! ...Zzz...Attack...Zzz...]
Tao Wanbi sensed it.
The heavy feeling that had been weighing on my mind was quickly disappearing.
The system's sound grew weaker and weaker, like a flashlight that was about to run out of power, flashing a few times before leaving only a faint buzzing sound.
She ignored the chaos in her mind and simply looked up.
She guessed from the golden finger that the mysterious power was likely residing in the little dumpling.
Similarly, she suddenly remembered that when the system was attacked before, she seemed to have uttered a word that she shouldn't have said.
This means that when the system is attacked, she will be unaffected.
She didn't know if this would successfully eliminate the system or save the world from being reset.
But that was the only thing she could do.
Wei Xiuming was already standing in front of her, his dragon robe standing out conspicuously against the snow.
His brows furrowed, and his eyes held a more inquisitive look.
Marquis Beiding, Jiang Xiyue, Jin Qizhi, and his second brother followed behind.
The little dumpling was looking at her, its face filled with worry.
The guard beside him warily drew his sword.
Without the slightest hesitation, Tao Wanbi scrambled forward and shouted at the top of her lungs all the information she knew: "I am not from this world, I come from another place!"
"This world is a book, managed by a system! It wants to reset this world, and you will all be wiped out!"
"It comes from a system space, which is the console, and can continuously produce new systems!"
"Find a way to stop its reset! There's a mysterious force that might be able to stop it! Think of something! Hurry!!!"
Having said that, she rushed toward the blade in front of her without hesitation.
Her life is tied to the system, and she will die with the system!
An anomaly has been detected; the underlying code has been triggered.
Tao Wanbi stopped running halfway through her run.
The little dumpling heard it too.
That was the system's voice, but this time it was a cold, mechanical voice, flat and devoid of any emotion.
Tao Wanbi felt as if an invisible hand had gripped her soul, and intense pain surged from her limbs and bones, drilling into her heart through her blood vessels.
She opened her mouth, trying to speak, but no sound came out.
The scene before my eyes began to blur.
Tao Wanbi thought to herself, "Sure enough, the system has more than one trump card up its sleeve."
But it doesn't matter, she has achieved her goal.
Let her end it all.
[Immediately eliminate the anomaly.]
Her body fell straight down, crashing heavily onto the snow.
The snow was still falling, landing on her hair and face, quickly accumulating into a thin layer, but it didn't elicit any further reaction from her.
Her soul had been completely obliterated, leaving only a small, cold corpse.
The corridor fell completely silent; everyone was stunned.
Qu Zijin was the first to react. He quickly walked over, squatted down, and used his finger to check Tao Wanbi's breath.
there is none left.
There wasn't even a trace of warmth left.
He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but found his throat tight and he couldn't utter a single word.
Jiang Xiyue covered her mouth, her eyes filled with reluctance.
Marquis Beiding frowned and silently turned his head away.
The young prince finally saw Tao Wanbi on the ground. He recognized her, but the sense of destiny he had felt had vanished.
The little dumpling got down from Xie Wenling's arms, walked step by step to Tao Wanbi's side, squatted down, and reached out her little hand to gently touch her cheek.
It was cold, like snow on the ground.
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