"Rebirth After the Apocalypse" - No Rebirth (15)...
"Hahaha!"
The system laughed wildly.
"Host, do you think the male lead wants to confess his feelings to you?"
If it were really Rosie, this would probably be the scenario.
But this is an extended world outside the main storyline, so the system will naturally not make any adaptations or optimizations for the host.
The reason why no one noticed the original owner had been replaced in the previous world was because the system not only put the host into the system, but also adjusted the memories of the people around the original owner.
The changes were most obvious in the first few worlds; the original owner's name and appearance were changed, but no one noticed.
But in this expanded world, the system would love for Ye Xiqing to die and return to her previous life, so of course it wouldn't make any adjustments for her.
After the male lead discovers Ye Xiqing's unusual behavior, whether she wants to talk about love or fate depends entirely on his mood.
In most worlds, the male protagonist falls in love with the host because of the original owner, not because of the host herself.
The system watched the show with great interest. The host had ruined so many male leads, and now it was finally going to be ruined by one of them.
Ye Xiqing is very intelligent, but her intelligence is no match for the male protagonist, who is exceptionally talented and awakened both lightning and fire abilities at the very beginning of the apocalypse, with both abilities at the highest level.
If Ye Xiqing were facing the male protagonist before the apocalypse, there would still be a chance to escape by chance, but the male protagonist after the apocalypse is capable of killing.
...
Ye Xiqing looked at Lin Yao, whose murderous aura suddenly rose from him, as if it were tangible, enveloping her.
Being targeted by a dual-powered individual would normally make most people nervous, but having experienced so many different worlds, Ye Xiqing found it difficult to feel any tension.
Smiling, she looked at Lin Yao and said, "Captain Lin, you're really joking. If I'm not Rosie, then who is Rosie?"
Lin Yao's lips curled slightly as he looked coldly at Ye Xiqing: "If you were really Rosie, you wouldn't be asking me this question."
"The base is indeed very large, and not everyone knows it."
"But wouldn't an employee who clocks in at the company every day recognize the boss she works with every day?"
Ye Xiqing: ...
"So the male protagonist of this world is the female protagonist's boss before the apocalypse?"
The system chuckled.
The previous Wang Tao was such a scumbag, he certainly couldn't be the male lead. After being reborn, he will definitely be replaced with a better and more powerful male lead.
But the sudden appearance of a man is too cliché, and viewers will complain that it's just like the author's plan. Why should the female lead, after being reborn, have a powerful and devoted man fall in love with her?
Therefore, this world is set up so that the male and female protagonists have a bond in their previous lives. When they work together, the male protagonist, who is the boss, falls in love with the female protagonist. However, at that time, the female protagonist has a boyfriend, and the male protagonist can only endure it from the sidelines.
In this life, the female lead dumps her scumbag boyfriend right from the start, so the male lead can naturally express his feelings, and no one will question why the male lead falls in love with the female lead.
However, this also resulted in Ye Xiqing, who had transmigrated, being completely exposed in front of the male protagonist, who could clearly see whether she was Rosie or not.
This is not a good situation. Ye Xiqing stroked her chin, thinking of a reason to argue: "Is it possible that I have amnesia?"
Lin Yao scoffed, "Amnesia turned you into a pharmacy PhD?"
“You’re not an HR professional, you know I’m not a PhD in pharmacy.”
"That makes sense, but you need to convince me, not HR."
Ye Xiqing fell silent, then looked up at Lin Yao: "Then I'll have to think of a way to get you to keep my secret."
Lin Yao still had the same playful tone he had when they first met, a confidence born from his formidable strength: "What method?"
Ye Xiqing tilted her head and thought for a moment, then smiled and reached for the cloak's ties, slowly untying them.
Is this a good idea?
Seeing Ye Xiqing's actions and the implications within them, not only the system but the entire live chat exploded: No, host, are you really going this far just to survive?
Lin Yao was also taken aback by her action, his smile vanished instantly, and he turned his face away: "You don't have to do this."
Ye Xiqing's voice rang out in the darkness, seemingly carrying a hallucinatory quality: "Captain Lin seems to be a gentleman?"
Lin Yao took a deep breath: "Although I am not a gentleman, I will not take advantage of others in their time of need."
"Ah, so Captain Lin invited me, a frail woman, out alone just to discuss the meaning of life?"
"I just want to know your secrets. You have too many secrets."
"for example?"
"Who are you?"
"My name is Ye Xiqing."
What is your purpose?
“I have no particular purpose. I didn’t come here voluntarily. Rosie was already dead when I arrived.”
What is your bracelet?
Ye Xiqing paused for a moment.
"Why are you asking this question about my bracelet? If you and Rosie knew each other before the apocalypse, you should know that she had this bracelet before the apocalypse."
In this situation, Lin Yao would not hesitate to explain.
"When Wang Tao attacked Rosie, he cut off her right hand. I can't think of any reason why he would do that, unless there was something that made him have to do it, such as to remove something from Rosie's right hand."
“Your personality is completely different from Rosie’s, and you don’t even try to hide it, yet you unusually wear her old things.”
"When I noticed something was wrong with you, I checked your lab, and surprisingly, there was nothing there."
"So that bracelet is a space, right?"
Ye Xiqing remained silent for a long time.
"You've also been to my lab."
Lin Yao said expressionlessly, "Likewise, likewise. You also have to pass through my blood, so of course I need to know what you're doing."
Ye Xiqing couldn't help but laugh: "If you have such a spirit of exploration, why don't you dare to look at me now?"
Lin Yao: ...
The heavy atmosphere shifted back into ambiguity.
Lin Yao is a very upright person with his own principles, but that doesn't mean he will be manipulated by some underhanded means.
The reason he avoided being seen was because of his integrity, not because he was afraid.
Since Ye Xiqing had said so, he naturally turned his head.
However, before he could really see anything clearly, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chin and fell backward uncontrollably.
As he fell to the ground, he realized that there was no erotic scene as he had imagined. Underneath Ye Xiqing's heavy cloak, she was wearing a close-fitting yoga outfit and her left arm was wrapped in numerous bandages.
Her left arm, nearly as thick as an open bowl, was the result of the powerful physique of a superhuman, and from the bandages wrapped around it, a pus-like liquid was seeping out.
Lin Yao's gaze fell on her bandages oozing pus and blood, his eyes widening as if he were approaching some kind of truth.
But Ye Xiqing will not give him another chance!
Ye Xiqing was indeed a cultured person most of the time, but that was in peacetime, when cultured people were more likely to gain benefits. She was too lazy to waste her energy, so she didn't engage in sports much, which doesn't mean she was really a weakling.
In the third world, she worked as a criminal police officer; in the fourth world, besides traditional Chinese medicine, she also learned some martial arts.
The ancient world was backward in many ways, but because they relied solely on physical strength to make a living, they actually developed some unique martial arts skills that surpassed those of modern times.
Her not practicing doesn't mean she's not learning.
With one hand missing, Ye Xiqing couldn't fight the male protagonist with her hands, so she used her leg strength to deliver a high-explosive flying kick that instantly shattered the male protagonist's jawbone. She then followed up with a kick to a major acupoint in his chest, knocking him to the ground.
Just as Lin Yao was about to retaliate, Ye Xiqing's knee slammed heavily onto him, and her remaining left hand grabbed his neck.
As a dual-elemental ability user, such an attack would hardly be able to completely defeat the male protagonist.
But she didn't spend so much time chatting with the male lead just for the sake of chatting!
Just as Lin Yao was about to awaken his superpowers to fight back, the lake surface, which was frozen harder than an iron plate in the dead of winter, suddenly shattered!
Ye Xiqing was like a crocodile that had caught its prey, shoving it into the water and kicking the ice surface to quickly descend.
The dark lake water reflected her murderous eyes.
Am I not the original owner?
You really dare to say that!
...
Lin Yao, who was tightly held underwater by Ye Xiqing and unable to break free no matter what, finally felt a sense of fear in the face of death.
He never imagined that a woman who had lost her superpowers would cause him such a huge crisis!
Threatened with death, Lin Yao no longer cared about being a gentleman.
Fire-based abilities are difficult to activate underwater, but electricity becomes the best conductor.
Lin Yao's second superpower erupted instantly, illuminating the entire body of water.
Light is an accompaniment to electricity; the interplay of light and shadow illuminates the ice surface, transforming the dark night into a magnificent and spectacular electric light show.
Beneath this beautiful scene lay an unimaginable life-or-death struggle.
As more and more lake water filled his mouth and nose, Lin Yao couldn't think of anything else. Even if he had to kill Ye Xiqing, he would make her let go!
But he seemed to have forgotten to consider how the ice, which was harder than a sheet of iron, cracked in the cold winter.
The moment the electric current hit him, Ye Xiqing's body burst into light, and a layer of electric light also emerged!
Lin Yao's eyes widened. How could this be? Could Ye Xiqing also be a multi-elemental ability user?
Ye Xiqing wasn't being held by the neck, and she could still manage a smile underwater: How could it be impossible?
Her research these past few days has not only resulted in a body covered in festering sores, but also in other things.
General against general, king against king, point against point.
Our superpowers are the same!
When superpowers are the same, the key is understanding.
Ye Xiqing had not studied electrical engineering, but high school, as a basic education, taught a very broad range of knowledge, basically covering the fundamental theories of various industries.
Electricity in nature isn't like metal, just sitting there waiting to be mined.
Electric current is a conversion of potential energy, and its generation has a prerequisite: the flow of electric charge.
Electric charges generate electric fields, and like charges repel each other. So theoretically, when two superhumans who can freely control electricity fight, one can create a repulsive electric field around himself when the other attacks, thus reducing the damage.
But no matter what it is, we can't ignore the scale. The power generation of a storage battery and a nuclear power plant are obviously not comparable.
The secondhand superpower she acquired is like a battery versus a nuclear power plant in a head-on confrontation; she would definitely be overwhelmed.
But the male protagonist, a superpowered individual with both lightning and fire abilities, actually dared to stand with her on the ice in the middle of the lake!
He exposed her secret and still dared to be alone with her; the male lead is really bold.
The male lead really dared to let her choose where they could be alone.
In a life-or-death moment, the male lead turned his head away from her; he was really brave.
Since they dared to do so many things they shouldn't have, why don't they dare to die!
Instantly dragging the male protagonist into the water, crippling one of his major skills, and waiting for him to use his second skill.
Water can conduct electricity, but that doesn't mean it's suitable for people with electric abilities to fight underwater.
Huiyang University Town was very powerful before the apocalypse, with a lake large enough to row a boat on.
If water is a conductor, then of course it will conduct electricity.
But if the entire lake were a conductor, then everything would conduct electricity.
When choosing a conductor, you must consider not only whether it can conduct electricity, but also how good its conductivity is and how high its loss is; otherwise, it will be lost before it even reaches the ground.
If water were truly such a good conductor of electricity, it would be used as electrical wires.
This dull lake is really not a good place for you.
...
The illuminated lake surface gradually returned to darkness, and Ye Xiqing crawled out of the lake in a disheveled state.
That being said, being used as a fish electrofish was a truly awful experience.
As soon as she broke free of the water, a blast of cold air hit her. Ye Xiqing quickly put her cloak back on, which was still intact on the ice. This was why she liked wearing cloaks; they were very convenient to put on and take off.
It took her a long time to recover from her daze. Once she came to her senses, she looked up at the system and smiled: "System, did you think I wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with the male lead?"
system:……
ah--
Ye Xiqing slowly stood up and couldn't help but chuckle.
As the male protagonist, I should have been more careful when killing him to prevent him from faking his death or coming back to life.
But Ye Xiqing doesn't need to worry about these things. She has a bug-level death detection artifact, the spatial bracelet.
Something that is immortal cannot be contained.
Hahaha.
After putting the male protagonist into her spatial bracelet, Ye Xiqing couldn't think of any way he could be brought back to life, so she left with peace of mind.
Don't think she's stupid; she didn't even know someone had entered her lab.
Ye Xiqing had been waiting for all sorts of people to come looking for trouble, and the male lead didn't surprise her.
I just don't know what the male lead was thinking. When he first came to question her about who she was, she thought he was going to say that he was the original owner's father and that he cared about the original owner. But it turned out he was just her boss.
If he were the original owner's brother, uncle, or cousin, Ye Xiqing wouldn't be sure about their relationship and might show some mercy. After all, she owed the original owner a great debt of gratitude, and it wouldn't be good to kill someone she was close to.
But what's with the male lead, a boss, acting so arrogantly in front of her? Even an ancient get-out-of-jail-free card wouldn't exempt a boss from punishment.
He even acted as her judge, deciding her life or death.
Be more careful in your next life.
...
Touching the ice surface with my hand, the broken ice re-frozen into a thin layer of ice.
Once tonight is over, this thin layer of ice will turn into a thick layer of ice due to the temperature change, and no one knows what happened beneath this dark lake.
Ye Xiqing, holding a flashlight, walked into her detached house as if nothing had happened.
Since there's no body, where would they find the time of death? Even if they did, they'd only find out about a disabled doctor who lost her powers and was powerless to even kill a chicken.
After greeting the security guard, Ye Xiqing was about to go upstairs when the guard called out to her, "Doctor, someone just came looking for you."
Ye Xiqing stopped in her tracks. Her secluded building was a forbidden zone, rarely visited by anyone. Who could it be so late?
At first, she thought it was Mao Hong or Gan Man, but it turned out to be neither. When Ye Xiqing went upstairs, Luan Anchun had been waiting for her for a long time.
Seeing her return, Luan Anchun turned around with a smile.
"Little Luo, speaking of which, have you ever asked me what my special ability is?"
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