Chapter 1: Prologue No Heart
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Before Ali woke up, she heard a voice calling in her ear. She suddenly opened her eyes and quickly looked around.
"You're awake."
A strange voice echoed around. The peach blossom fairy Xiaoman was not there, nor was it the place where she was before she fainted.
Ali immediately turned over and sat up, crouching low, making a low humming sound from his throat, as if ready to attack, with a strange light flashing in his eyes.
The moment she opened her eyes, she felt that her magic power was sealed again, which was an extremely dangerous signal.
Seeing that Ali didn't respond, the owner of the voice didn't get angry. It continued, "Don't be nervous. I won't hurt you."
Ali seemed to have not heard the two sentences at all, and still maintained the attacking posture, his body becoming more and more tense.
In the past eight hundred years, Ali had encountered similar opponents whose strength was hard to tell, but long periods of training had made Ali's mind more calm and composed, and she became more adept at lying low and observing. Therefore, in every confrontation, her opponent would always lose his temper before her, and this was the best time to strike a decisive blow.
But the situation this time is completely different.
She clearly remembered that she had just come out of the Demon Lord's Palace, with blood pouring from her chest and heart, and was seriously injured by Xiaoman, that heartless person, and fainted. How did she find herself in this place when she opened her eyes?
Ali waited patiently for a long time, but the other party did not make any move. Apart from those two incomprehensible words, there was no other movement.
She pressed her back against the wall and slowed her breathing. "Who are you? Where is this place?"
This was a house that only existed in the mortal world, yet it was not very similar to the mortal world. There were many furnishings whose identities could not be identified. She knelt on one leg on the bed. There was no one else in the room except her.
"I am the White Moonlight System. This is a virtual space. You don't have to be afraid."
White moonlight? System? Space?
Ali's brows frowned even tighter. She couldn't tell the source of the sound. It seemed to come from a certain direction, but also seemed to be coming from all directions.
Suddenly, Ali's eyes turned and quickly locked onto a certain direction.
Even though it knew it had no physical form and Ali couldn't see it, the system still paused and said, "I'm here to help you."
Ali stared at the empty space for a long time, as if he wanted to stare a hole through it. He said in a cold voice, "Who are you?"
"I'm the White Moonlight System, you can call me the system."
For the next half a quarter of an hour, no matter what Ali asked it, its answer was always this repetitive sentence, or something that Ali could not understand.
Ali vaguely understood something, so he shut up and stopped wasting time asking.
She slowly sat down against the wall, crossed her legs, and breathed in, hoping to recover her magic power as soon as possible and leave here.
Although she didn't know what kind of monster was playing tricks here, Ali could sense that this thing had no intention of killing her, and that was enough.
Seeing that Ali had his eyes closed like an old monk in meditation, and no longer asked where they were, the system became anxious and said, "I really am here to help you. If you don't believe me, look at your injuries. Are they all healed?"
It had carefully chosen this host and had spent more than half of its points downloading this ancient voice pack, so it couldn't afford to have any more problems.
Ali's closed eyes moved slightly, but his facial expression remained unchanged.
"Oh? You healed my injury?"
I didn't notice it just now, but now when I was meditating I found that all the wounds, big and small, on my body had healed miraculously, even the big hole in my heart had been patched up, but it was quiet inside, with nothing inside.
How can you still be alive after having your heart taken away?
"Of course, your injuries just now were so severe that even a great immortal could not save you. Now you have lost your heart but can still stand and talk. It's all because you are here with me. If you leave this place, you will bleed to death immediately." The system said hurriedly.
Bleed to death?
Ah Li remained silent, exhaled a few times, and slowly said, "What do you want? Or do you want me to help you with something? I've already eaten the glass bead. If you want it, you'll have to kill me and take my blood."
During this period of time, Ali had already found out the condition of his body. His injuries were indeed all healed. Even his magic power, which had not improved for over a hundred years, had broken through two levels. It was unlikely that it was all due to the glass beads.
However, all her magical powers were sealed by some force, so it was useless even if she advanced. She had never heard that the glass beads had such magical powers.
It seems that this alien creature is quite powerful.
Ah Li opened his eyes, placed one hand on his knee, and looked around: "If it's something else, you can take whatever you like from my body. But I can't give you my heart, because it has been taken by someone else. You came a step too late."
Seeing that Ali was getting more and more biased, the system didn't care about much else and told him the whole intention in a few seconds.
It turns out that this thing calling itself the "White Moonlight System" is something from thousands of years later.
"White Moonlight" refers to those women who are as beautiful and pure as the moonlight in the sky in the hearts of their lovers. However, in some storybooks, such women will mostly be forgotten and abandoned by their beloved men, or they will be unrecognizable, or depressed for the rest of their lives, or die young due to bad luck, and they will never have a good ending.
The mission of this system is to help these women leave the most profound memories in the hearts of their loved ones and become his unforgettable mole, so as to avoid ending up in a hasty end and regretting for the rest of their lives.
Ali withdrew her hand from the ground. She didn't know whether what she heard was true or not, nor was she sure if she would die immediately if she left this place. But at the same time, she couldn't find a way to break through this place for the time being, so she could only listen to this thing and stay for the time being.
After figuring this out, Ali asked another question: "Why me?"
The system did not answer directly, but guided Ali to a bronze mirror that was two meters long.
Ali stopped, collected his expression, and looked at himself inside: the woman had delicate eyebrows and features, a slim figure, a slender waist that could be held in one hand, and three thousand strands of black hair hanging softly behind her. She looked pure and harmless, but there was a hint of demonic aura in her movements, and her eyes were a bit more demonic than those of ordinary women, which destroyed the innocence and purity of this face.
She was originally a little civet cat spirit on Xiaorong Mountain. She practiced hard for eight hundred years, hoping that one day she could become an immortal.
Three hundred years ago, she unexpectedly encountered an opportunity from the immortals. With the guidance of the immortal Qishan, she learned a way to become an immortal. As long as her magic power and merits were perfected, she would be able to join the immortal class. Who would have thought that in the past hundred years, not only had her merits and virtues stagnated, but even her magic power had not advanced.
I originally wanted to seek advice from the immortal Qishan, but all these Taoist immortals are constantly traveling around the world and their whereabouts are unknown. How could Ali find him?
Just when she was getting anxious, Xiaoman, the peach blossom fairy whom Ali had rescued a hundred years ago, came over and told her that she could go to the Demon Lord of the North to ask for help. There were rare treasures in the Demon Lord's palace. As long as she exchanged one of her things with the Demon Lord, she could get what she wanted.
Nowadays, the world is divided into five paths: immortals, humans, demons, monsters, and ghosts. Although Ali is a monster, he has long been determined to become an immortal, so he has not had anything to do with the demon path for a long time. But when he thought of his magic power that had not improved for a long time and his long-cherished wish to become an immortal, Ali hesitated.
After thinking it over for a long time, she finally went to the Demon Lord's palace. With half of her demon heart and past friendship, she exchanged it for a glass bead that could help her break through.
However, she didn't expect that after leaving the Demon Palace, Xiaoman suddenly attacked her and took away the remaining half of her heart, and she was brought here when she was dying.
Ali's long past of eight hundred years flashed by like a kaleidoscope in this mirror. When the candlelight went out, Ali's face was reflected again.
The system looked at Ali in the mirror and said, "This is why I chose you."
With a beautiful appearance, a strong character, quick wit and adaptability, and more importantly, a desire in mind, she is naturally the best choice to complete the task.
However, the previous many failures taught the system a hard lesson. People with such characteristics are usually not willing to listen to its dispatches and complete tasks as required. They have their own ideas, which often lead to some incredible shocks in the task world, causing it to be publicly named at the General Administration Conference.
So this time, the system acted after careful planning. It bound Ali when she was on the verge of death, treated her injuries, maintained her life, and even improved her skills. At the same time, it sealed her magic power and trapped her in space, using both kindness and force to ensure the smooth progress of the mission.
Give a slap and then a sweet date. This is the first way of doing things that the system learned from humans.
Ali understood what the system meant, and with a flick of his eyes, he suppressed the turmoil in his heart.
This thing saved me, and knowing my past, it's using this to blackmail me into doing things for it. Repaying the favor is fine, but being trapped in this place, with my magic power constantly suppressed, is truly unpleasant...
She wanted to live, and even more wanted to become an immortal, but not to live like this with someone strangling her all the time.
"As long as you complete my White Moonlight mission, I will reshape your heart. Then it will be up to you to decide whether to stay or leave." The system added.
Ali narrowed his eyes, slowly stroking his still heart, and asked thoughtfully, "So what do I need to do now?"
"You should rest now—"
"No need, I'm fine now. You can take me to the mission world you mentioned." Ali raised his head and looked at himself in the mirror with burning eyes.
This was the first time the system had seen a host adapt so quickly. Dazzled by her gaze, it replied, "Okay, I'll get ready then."
While the system was preparing to transmit, Ali stood in front of the mirror and touched his face, listening to the increasingly familiar electronic voice in his ears.
Fairies and ghosts can transform into human form after practicing for five hundred years, and the longer they practice, the more beautiful their appearance will become.
Before transforming into a human form, she went to the mortal world and observed for a long time. She saw the faces of many women: empresses, concubines, princesses, generals, doctors, ladies, courtesans, peasant women...
In the end, she chose this look: pure and innocent, with a naiveté of being ignorant of the world, which is most likely to arouse the sympathy and protection of others.
Although there is a truth in the world that those who use their looks for personal gain are all despicable people, ordinary people often look down on such people.
But, she is not human.
As expected, monsters are good at disguise, and this skin gives her a lot of conveniences, so now she can have such an adventure.
Ali looked through the mirror at the source of the system sound and thought to himself: This thing has extraordinary abilities. It can save me who was injured like that and let her "live" in this place. Reshaping her heart is just a matter of words.
So, can it help her get something else?
Ali put away the plan in his eyes and replaced it with a pitiful expression that matched his face.
This long road of cultivation is really hard. Now that she has this opportunity, she wants more than just a heart.
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