[TCFO] Arc 3 – Chapter 145
The Vicious Princess Wants to Reverse Fate (39)
Perhaps in his past life, Shangguan Qi had also experienced a pursuit in the jungle with Yin Mei. But back then, the male lead's martial arts and internal strength were intact! Now, recalling the sea of black-clad corpses, Zhou Min shivered...
"Stop pretending to be dead. The male lead is in danger. Quickly tell me where he is."
Staring at the jungle of towering trees, Zhou Min was utterly at a loss. Without the male lead's positioning system, finding him in the jungle was even more challenging than finding a needle in a haystack. Moreover, with this group of assassins, Zhou Min dared not think whether more killers were lurking in the jungle or how many people were still concealed in this forest.
Were they here to kill them or find them? Everything was unknown, making her more fearful. She feared the wild beasts in the jungle and the ubiquitous assassins...
"Host, this is your job! Why do you always ask the system for help whenever there's a problem?" The proud and sassy voice resurfaced in Zhou Min's mind, almost making her spit blood.
"You useless system! Apart from misleading me, what else can you do? The entire plot of the story isn't complete. Except for the client's storyline, everything else is a blank space. What use are you!? If you don't help me find the male lead, prepare for human extinction together!" Zhou Min was furious. The story plot was incomplete; otherwise, how could she not know that the male lead was in the jungle at the cliff bottom, possibly experiencing these events?
"How could I be involved in human extinction with you? I am independent..." The system felt a bit annoyed. How was this a threat? It was just a simple system. How could it possibly have a God' s-eye view of the entire story context? Wasn't this making things difficult for the system?
"Hehe..." Zhou Min chuckled darkly. "The male lead's internal strength disappeared because he took your medicine. Without internal strength, the male lead couldn't have escaped the pursuit of those people. After all, in the past life, the male lead and the female lead were able to survive and leave here mostly because of the male lead's powerful martial skills. So, if you play the male lead to death, I wonder if your boss will tear you apart..."
"Well, that's because you bought it from me!" Feeling secretly trapped by Zhou Min.
"But, who knows?! (￣﹌￣) Hehe..."
(╬￣皿￣)=○
Silenced by Zhou Min's words, a deep sense of resentment emanated.
Feeling the profound resentment, Zhou Min wickedly smiled. In fact, during the interface with Liu Haoyu, Zhou Min had faintly sensed that this unreliable system was hiding something from her.
The final double-dealing and cunning actions confirmed Zhou Min's suspicion that the system must have sensed danger or some threat, forcing it to forcefully assign her another lousy mission – preventing the male lead from turning dark and protecting world peace – essentially leading her and Liu Haoyu to their deaths. Only then did they miraculously return to the system.
Now, if it doesn't help, hehe... Zhou Min couldn't help but sardonically laugh, finally releasing a breath of relief.
If it had hands, it might shakily point at Zhou Min, accusing her of cunning! Was it easy for a system like it to be threatened!?
"Go northeast for two kilometres; the male lead is there, and he's still moving forward. Host, you need to pick up the pace, or you won't catch up with the male lead." Zhou Min's expression of helplessness and resentment as she received the instructions made her laugh, but she also felt the deep malice.
"Can't you just say left or right?" Zhou Min covered her forehead, feeling like crying without tears.
"Do you not know northeast from southwest, or is it my fault? Anyway, I said it..." The system's appearance of a rogue who wasn't afraid of death frustrated Zhou Min.
#Help! What does one do with a lousy system that undermines and partly sabotages the host? Urgent, online waiting! Extremely urgent!
Remembering the eight-point orientation mantras her middle school geography teacher taught, Zhou Min hurriedly rushed toward Shangguan Qi's direction, not daring to hesitate.
By now, the sky was gradually darkening, showing signs of rain...
However, male lead, why are you running so fast...
As Zhou Min sprinted through the jungle, she headed desperately towards the indicated location, her sword tight in hand. However, after a long chase, there was still no sign of Shangguan Qi, even as darkness approached. Zhou Min began to worry if she had misread the direction.
However, she kept reminding herself that the direction was correct. It was because the male lead kept moving forward, which made catching up difficult.
But Zhou Min couldn't help sighing. Shangguan Qi, without internal strength and unable to use light skills, had still eluded her for so long. It had to be said, what a talent!
While continuously searching the jungle, Zhou Min became increasingly anxious. It felt like her heart had been suddenly entangled by something. She stopped by where two ancient trees, each requiring fifty to sixty people to encircle individually, stood side by side. The trunks were covered with luxuriant green grass, standing in their respective spaces but intertwining at one-third of the tree trunk like entwined swans, making her heart skip a beat.
Turning quickly, she saw a man in dishevelled white clothing leaning against the grassy tree trunk behind him, alert to the surroundings. The expression on his face deepened, revealing an even colder and harsher demeanour, now tinged with immense exhaustion.
A few strands of messy hair fell on his cheeks and brows, swaying with the wind, somewhat forlorn. His arms were covered in fresh blood, dripping onto the grass as his fingers traced the ground, leaving bloodstains. His clothes were soaked in blood, and sweat beads on his forehead dripped down.
