Chapter 114: I Want To Do As I Please (16)
“Host, what do we do now?” the System asked.
“Let him wait, I’m eating,” Jiang Zhiyan said, without looking up. “Why is everyone looking for trouble with me? Shouldn’t they be targeting the female lead?”
Yu Qici, sitting beside her: ?
“Probably because the biggest troublemaker has already captured me,” Yu Qici remarked.
Jiang Zhiyan snorted: “I’m a troublemaker?”
Yu Qici kissed Jiang Zhiyan’s cheek.
“That’s oily!” Jiang Zhiyan said, frowning at Yu Qici.
Yu Qici laughed and moved three meters away, holding her bowl.
Because she had to wash her face, the people outside waited a while longer.
Jiang Miao stood at the gate, his face cold, surrounded by a circle of police robots. Although they hadn’t attacked him, their presence was oppressive.
“Why isn’t she coming out yet…” Jiang Miao knew Jiang Zhiyan wouldn’t readily come out to see him, but he hadn’t expected her to not even let him in, making him wait outside the gate. He looked at the buildings in the distance with a greedy gaze.
Why could Jiang Zhiyan live in such a place? They were both surnamed Jiang.
After waiting for over an hour, he finally saw a figure leisurely approaching in a personal aircraft.
“What’s the matter?” Jiang Zhiyan asked.
“I thought you weren’t coming out.”
“As a polite person, if I knew someone was looking for me, I would definitely come out,” Jiang Zhiyan said, looking down at him.
Jiang Miao looked up at Jiang Zhiyan: “Come down here.”
“Just say it, what do you want?”
“Jiang Chen told me everything before he died,” Jiang Miao said, staring at Jiang Zhiyan intently. “You’re colluding with the Stargazers.”
“That’s it?” Jiang Zhiyan frowned. “I thought you had something new.”
Jiang Zhiyan lifted a finger, and the police robots moved, approaching him step by step.
“If you dare lay a finger on me, this will be all over the StarNet tomorrow! I’m prepared!”
“You mean the StarNet?” Jiang Zhiyan blinked.
“Heh,” Jiang Miao smiled confidently. “Jiang Zhiyan, we can cooperate.”
“If you’re talking about handing out flyers on the street, that might be a bigger threat to me, and besides, you have no proof,” Jiang Zhiyan yawned, feeling both hungry and bored. Working was annoying, as expected, she shouldn’t have had any expectations for these people.
“Of course, I have proof! The space pirates have it,” Jiang Miao shouted, sensing danger.
“Then you deserve to die even more,” Jiang Zhiyan looked at Jiang Miao and sighed softly. “Let me tell you a secret, I’m planning to attack the imperial star in a while, and I’ll be testing my new weapon on the Jiang family mansion.”
Jiang Miao’s eyes widened, and before he could respond, he collapsed on the ground, eyes still open.
“So boring,” Jiang Zhiyan sighed.
System: …
“Why isn’t there anyone fun to play with?”
“Of course, there’s no one fun to play with if you’re cheating,” the System retorted.
“I cheated in the last world, not this one, of course, I can interpret your words as you thinking I’m naturally a cheater, is that right?”
System: ?
“Host, don’t be so narcissistic, the cheater I was referring to is me,” the System clarified.
…
“What happened?” Yu Qici asked, putting down her book as she heard footsteps.
“Just a cannon fodder.”
“Oh.” Yu Qici reached out to Jiang Zhiyan, who readily squeezed into the chair with her, leaning against her and taking a deep breath.
Yu Qici patted Jiang Zhiyan’s arm: “I have good news.”
“What is it?” Jiang Zhiyan looked up.
“A fragment has ascended to godhood in another world, she’s currently jumping between worlds, merging with other soul fragments,” Yu Qici said.
Jiang Zhiyan froze, her eyes widening slightly.
“So you can relax a bit now,” Yu Qici continued, kissing Jiang Zhiyan’s cheek, noticing her expression, she paused. “What’s wrong? Aren’t you happy?”
Jiang Zhiyan buried her face in Yu Qici’s arm, clutching her clothes: “I didn’t expect you to be the one to save me in the end.”
“Hm? That’s not true, if it weren’t for you persistently trying to awaken us, the other fragments would still be dormant, we’re one, and the fragments influence each other,” Yu Qici said gently. “Without you, she wouldn’t have been able to ascend.”
Jiang Zhiyan sighed softly: “Is there any danger in doing that?”
Yu Qici thought for a few seconds, then decided not to hide it: “She’s the female lead of another world, after all, entering other worlds might cause rejection, but no risk, no reward, trust me.”
“I trust you,” Jiang Zhiyan said, hugging Yu Qici’s neck tightly.
Yu Qici smiled faintly, looking at the sky outside the window: “I feel like the complete me will be able to see you soon.”
“How soon?” Jiang Zhiyan asked.
“I don’t know, but two people working together is definitely faster than one.”
“I’m already looking forward to it, I finally have something to look forward to.”
Yu Qici laughed: “You didn’t have anything to look forward to with me by your side?”
“It’s not the same kind of anticipation.”
The atmosphere indoors lightened, but Jiang Zhiyan felt a faint worry in her heart, she didn’t show it, she knew she couldn’t stop Xie Liaoyi, and Xie Liaoyi was very capable, she should trust her.
However, after learning about this, Jiang Zhiyan developed a habit of looking up at the sky, as if something would fall down from above.
“Even if she ascends, she won’t fly down from the sky, you’ve watched too many fantasy dramas,” the System commented.
Jiang Zhiyan didn’t want to respond, what did the System know? It knew nothing.
The plan to fake her death was already in motion. The Stargazers were becoming increasingly dissatisfied with her, they had managed to hold their own, while the alliance was suffering heavy losses, the male lead was indeed unable to save the day and was even captured by the Stargazers, but his life wasn’t in danger yet.
As far as Jiang Zhiyan knew, the alliance should have sent reinforcements three days ago, but they were still arguing about who to send and how much supplies to provide, everyone was trying to protect their own interests, they didn’t take the Stargazers seriously, even though there hadn’t been any good news from the front lines.
Jiang Zhiyan didn’t want to side with either of them, neither side was good, although she herself wasn’t a good person either.
Jiang Zhiyan marked the areas she planned to attack. Because of the district divisions on the imperial star, the people who had bullied the original owner were mostly concentrated in a few areas, to avoid collateral damage, Jiang Zhiyan even created bombs that could control the blast radius.
“You seem to be in a hurry,” Yu Qici said, leaning against the workbench and looking at Jiang Zhiyan. “I was hoping you’d spend a hundred years here with me, and then let them come to us.”
“That would be too tiring for you, and this world isn’t very livable, living in hiding isn’t pleasant, and there’s too much trouble,” Jiang Zhiyan said, assembling a component. “I’ll go alone when the time comes, you stay here.”
Her original plan was to build two mechs so they could escape together if there was a crisis, but now she was planning to leave directly, and to ensure “Yu Qici” could still live a normal life on the imperial star, she needed to be portrayed as a victim.
Jiang Zhiyan twitched the corner of her mouth: “It was the same in the last world, I’m truly the eternal villain.”
“I don’t think you’re a villain, you’re helping the world get rid of the real villains.”
The System felt like it had only looked away for a second, and the two were already cuddling again, it carefully attached the last part to the mech and activated the transformation sequence. The sudden change startled the two, who looked up at the mech.
“You did that on purpose,” Jiang Zhiyan said with dissatisfaction.
“Yes,” the System readily admitted. “I just wanted you to see my masterpiece, how is it? Isn’t it cool?”
As it spoke, the System demonstrated again: “It’s a pity there’s no testing ground, but since I built it, there shouldn’t be any problems in actual combat.”
“That sounds like a flag,” Yu Qici said.
“The flags I raise never fall! I’m not human.” The System snorted. “It’s just a pity that it can only be used once, debut and finale all in one.”
“Where did you learn so many chuunibyou phrases?” Jiang Zhiyan didn’t understand.
“The internet,” the System thought for a few seconds. “I also met a decent AI.”
“You talk to other AIs?”
“Of course, I’m so bored, I wanted to see if there were any other sentient AIs, the one at the Imperial Star Science and Technology Institute is quite good, I taught it a lot of trendy phrases,” the System said proudly.
Jiang Zhiyan: …
Jiang Zhiyan couldn’t imagine what the System had taught it, it would probably scare the people at the institute.
Yu Qici was also silent for a moment, then chuckled: “Quite lively.”
The operation was set for three days later. During these three days, Jiang Zhiyan and Yu Qici formulated a detailed plan, living a different life each day.
“But I’ve been out with you before,” Yu Qici said.
“There’s no proof that person was you, there are so many promiscuous Alphas, they won’t suspect anything,” Jiang Zhiyan leaned back in her chair. “I gave you a different appearance each time we went out, and they didn’t question it.”
Yu Qici raised her hand: “I want you to be careful, but you’re basically going there to die, why are you in such a hurry…?”
She knew Jiang Zhiyan’s purpose, but knowing and accepting were two different things.
Jiang Zhiyan held Yu Qici’s hand and didn’t speak.
Three days later, in the morning, Jiang Zhiyan piloted the mech, activated the cloaking system, bypassed three layers of defense systems, and entered the wealthy district. In just two minutes, she bombarded two areas. Yu Qici, following the plan, sent out a distress signal after a certain amount of time had passed.
When Yu Qici was rescued, Jiang Zhiyan hadn’t been subdued yet. She saw Jiang Zhiyan being pursued by more than ten mechs through the window. Although Jiang Zhiyan seemed to be handling it with ease, Yu Qici’s heart still clenched, and her mind started to become hazy, she could feel her soul trembling, a sign of separation. Yu Qici closed her eyes and sighed softly.
The System captured Yu Qici’s soul fragment and excitedly relayed the news to Jiang Zhiyan.
Jiang Zhiyan stopped running, turned around, and faced her pursuers. The mechanical guards on the ground suddenly activated and entered the area designated by Jiang Zhiyan, the androids also lost control, and chaos erupted everywhere.
With Xie Liaoyi’s soul fragment retrieved, Jiang Zhiyan no longer had any reason to stay, she activated the self-destruct system, destroying all data, she didn’t want to leave a single thing behind for this place.
“Jiang Zhiyan has truly gone crazy…”
Before leaving, the System also uploaded a few videos, The Difference Between a Disabled Alpha and a Healthy Alpha, to mock certain people. Watching the rapidly increasing view count, those targeted were furious and tried to delete the videos, but the videos were very persistent, reappearing a few seconds after being deleted.
Science and Technology Institute AI: I must complete the task assigned by my only friend.
Jiang Zhiyan’s suicide attack threw the imperial star into chaos. The Stargazers were also shocked upon hearing the news, each analyzing the reasons for her actions, finally reaching a consensus: “Jiang Zhiyan is crazy.”
The awakened Yu Qici’s memory stopped at the day she was taken away, all questions buried deep, no one would know.
Jiang Zhiyan, back in the System space, lay on the bed, rested for a few seconds, then heard the System’s excited voice.
“Host! Host! The soul fragment is glowing!”
Jiang Zhiyan froze for a second and sat up abruptly: “What?”
She looked at the soul fragment in her hand, then at the jar she took out from under the blanket, it was indeed glowing, almost illuminating the entire room.
“Xie Liaoyi?” Jiang Zhiyan called out.
The fragment flickered rapidly, and Jiang Zhiyan’s eyes widened slightly.
“This is a response, right?”
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