Chapter 55: I’m a Vibe of Delicate Weakness (24)
Since arriving in this world, Jiang Zhiyan had never encountered something so ridiculous.
So many novels in different dimensions, and she actually transmigrated into a book by the same author twice.
“Then let’s do a check-up first.” The person in charge looked at Jiang Zhiyan, clearly not believing what she said.
“You guys below, don’t cause trouble, especially that girl just now.” Jiang Zhiyan said.
“Heh, look who’s here, I thought you wouldn’t be interested in these inferior creatures. Look what you did to Ling Yu.”
“First, I’m also an ‘inferior creature’ in your eyes right now. Second, I’m very happy, and I don’t think this is retribution, your mockery is rather amusing. Third, I have nothing to do with Ling Yu, it was all his wishful thinking, I’ve never been nice to him.”
“You’re still so arrogant even in this situation.” The person standing in the corner sneered.
“Probably because I’m confident that I can take you all down with me if I go crazy. Didn’t you see?” Jiang Zhiyan raised an eyebrow. “After all, we were colleagues before, let’s get along, you don’t want to die, and I don’t particularly want to die right now either.”
“Host, you should say less.” The system said helplessly.
“The weaker you appear, the more they’ll bully you. It’s just a test.” Jiang Zhiyan said calmly.
A few people took Jiang Zhiyan for a check-up. Those who remained exchanged glances.
“Heh, there’s definitely something wrong with Jiang Zhiyan. Si Xu, haven’t you figured it out yet? Who would know aliens? Can a normal Earth person know aliens?”
“Why not?” Si Xu asked.
“I think you’ve gone crazy!” The other person practically jumped on the spot. “Did she brainwash you? Si Xu, what are you thinking? You said she knows them, how? How can a perfectly normal person suddenly have a love brain?”
“No.” Si Xu looked at them. “I believe her, she wouldn’t lie to me.”
She knew that what she was saying might sound absurd, but she felt there must be a reason, a logic she could understand.
The window on the spaceship reappeared.
They instantly fell silent, looking at the window warily.
“What’s your relationship with Jiang Zhiyan?”
“I’m her girlfriend.” Si Xu replied.
After she said that, she noticed a clear look of shock on the other person’s otherwise expressionless face.
“Why would you like her? Unpredictable, prone to outbursts, full of lies.” The person stared at Si Xu. “Incomprehensible.”
“She’s not like that in front of me.”
“Didn’t she just go crazy and kill someone today?” The person behind Si Xu couldn’t help but say.
“A reasonable show of force.” After saying that, Si Xu felt a bit strange herself, it didn’t sound like something she would say, but she felt she should be like this. “And it was for me.”
The person on the screen stared at Si Xu for a moment: “She wouldn’t do that for anyone.”
“Perhaps I’m an exception.” Si Xu said.
The onlookers couldn’t understand where Si Xu’s confidence came from.
“She has a fiancé where we’re from.”
“If I see her, I’ll ask her. Thank you for telling me.” Si Xu nodded.
The screen disappeared again. Si Xu didn’t need to turn around to know what kind of looks the people behind her were giving her.
She turned around.
As expected, they all looked at her like she was an idiot.
Si Xu didn’t bother explaining, love brain or not.
She found a spot and sat down.
Jiang Zhiyan underwent a series of tests, confirming that she wasn’t the same Jiang Zhiyan from before and that she was indeed an Earthling.
“Why is this happening, I’ve never heard of such a thing.”
“How did you do it?”
“How would I know? I’m twenty-one this year, but I’ve been dead for fifty years, reincarnation, I guess.” Jiang Zhiyan sat on the edge of the bed and raised her hand calmly. “Youyou fruit juice, please.”
“You’re really not holding back.” The person beside her said sarcastically. “We’ll send you to the lab when we get back.”
Jiang Zhiyan stared at him, and he subconsciously took a step back, then, as if realizing something, straightened up again: “Although you’re still called Jiang Zhiyan, and you haven’t degraded much after becoming a lower lifeform, don’t forget, you’ve been dead for fifty years, your status and privileges are all gone.”
“Oh, so?” Jiang Zhiyan’s tone was flat.
“We didn’t kill you only because news of you reached them.” He said through gritted teeth.
“Oh, so you can’t kill me now, they want to protect me, thank you for relaying this message so subtly.” Jiang Zhiyan took the drink the service robot brought and, after the system scanned it and confirmed it was safe, took a sip. “Since things are clear now, let me go down.”
“So you’re choosing the Earthlings?” A heavy gaze fell upon her.
“I’m choosing my wife, I don’t really care about the others.” Jiang Zhiyan took another bottle of juice and grabbed some food.
“That’s right, you don’t care about anyone.”
“Jiang Zhiyan, don’t go too far.” Another person said unhappily.
Jiang Zhiyan stuffed all the food the robot brought into her bag.
“I’ve been dead for fifty years, and I’ve become this destitute?” Jiang Zhiyan packed her bag. “Send me out.”
“What for? You think they’ll still treat you as one of them?”
Jiang Zhiyan looked at the person, slightly surprised: “Do I look like I care about being one of them? I’m going to be my wife’s bodyguard.”
“That’s true, but maybe your wife won’t be your wife soon.”
Jiang Zhiyan stared at the speaker and said casually: “Maybe your life won’t be yours soon.”
The system felt like it was about to explode from nervousness, even though everyone’s tone was calm, their expressions barely changing.
She got off the spaceship, and everyone who came with her, except Si Xu, took a step back, looking at her with extreme vigilance.
Jiang Zhiyan handed the juice to Si Xu: “Try it, it’s very good.”
“Heh, who knows if it’s poisoned.” Another person said.
“It’s not for you.” Jiang Zhiyan didn’t even look at him. “I don’t even need a knife to kill you, why would I waste poison?”
Si Xu looked at the unappetizing blue liquid in the bottle, then at Jiang Zhiyan, brought it to her nose, and sniffed. It actually smelled quite fragrant.
She took a sip and widened her eyes slightly: “It’s actually quite good.”
“It’s always been quite good.” Jiang Zhiyan handed her another bottle of nutrient solution. “Are you hungry? Half a bottle is about enough.”
Si Xu took it and drank some: “It tastes a bit strange.”
“Well, it’s a meal replacement after all.”
“Will I be okay after drinking this?” Si Xu asked curiously.
“Yes, they have too many different races, so to accommodate everyone’s physiology, they don’t add anything strange.” Jiang Zhiyan looked at Si Xu. “Don’t you have anything to ask me?”
“You have a fiancé?” Si Xu took another sip of the nutrient solution. Although the taste was strange, her hunger and fatigue did disappear.
The onlookers: She’s hopeless.
“No.” Jiang Zhiyan said helplessly, taking Si Xu’s hand and leading her to the side. “Let me explain.”
“I do know them, but not from this life.”
“So you did have a fiancé in your past life.” Si Xu nodded.
Jiang Zhiyan: Is that the main point?
“Yes, but we weren’t close. It was arranged by our families, we barely interacted, and it was eventually called off, no relationship whatsoever. Apart from work, we had no personal contact.” Jiang Zhiyan said. “I only have feelings for you.”
“Do you believe me?” Jiang Zhiyan gripped Si Xu’s hand slightly. She was usually very calm, but now she was truly furious, although she kept her emotions hidden.
“I believe you if you say so… even though it does sound absurd, but aliens have already invaded Earth, and I can fly now, so reincarnation isn’t that strange either.”
“Although I always felt that it wasn’t reincarnation, but something else.” Si Xu said.
“Like what? What do you think it is?” Jiang Zhiyan asked.
“Transmigration?” Si Xu raised an eyebrow.
Jiang Zhiyan looked at her with delight and kissed her.
Si Xu was a bit puzzled, but Jiang Zhiyan often did things like this, so it wasn’t that strange. But Jiang Zhiyan’s reaction, did it mean that she really was transmigrated?
“Are you coming back with us, or staying here? Why not stay?” Si Xu thought that if Jiang Zhiyan could bring these things out, it meant she wasn’t in any danger here, although they didn’t seem very friendly towards her.
“I’m going back with you.” Jiang Zhiyan said. “I’m worried about you going back alone.”
“You think I can’t handle it?” Si Xu raised an eyebrow.
“Of course not, I’m just worried, I have to see you with my own eyes to be at ease.”
“No wonder you like clinging to me.”
“You can cling to me too.” Jiang Zhiyan said. “I can carry you on my back, or hug you, anything.”
“No, I like walking by myself.” Si Xu refused, pushing Jiang Zhiyan away.
The spaceship opened again, and a person walked towards Jiang Zhiyan, holding a transparent bracelet: “A tracker, put it on.”
“No.” Jiang Zhiyan frowned.
“We need to know your location.” The person’s expression remained calm.
“No need.” Jiang Zhiyan held up her knife.
“Your existence is seriously interfering with our mission.”
“No.” Jiang Zhiyan repeated. “Don’t act like you always complete your missions flawlessly.”
She swung her knife, slicing the bracelet in half, then pointedly touched the person’s arm with the blade.
He looked at Jiang Zhiyan, clearly furious.
They stared at each other for five seconds, then he turned and left.
“Let’s go back.” Jiang Zhiyan said.
Si Xu looked at Jiang Zhiyan thoughtfully: “Were you very powerful in your past life?”
“They were responsible for invasions, I was responsible for defending against foreign enemies, I was… a marshal, I guess. I won countless battles.” Jiang Zhiyan twitched her lips. “People there live for about three to four hundred years, usually retiring at three hundred and thirty, so I spent most of my life on the border.”
Every day, waiting for the designated death plot point, life was so boring. Although there were many entertainment facilities, they had nothing to do with a border guard like her. Even if she could teleport, she wasn’t allowed to leave.
“I’m not with them, so I don’t know much about what they do, only some basic information. Because of their special abilities, they can quickly transport resources from the invaded planet back to their home planet, so they’re constantly searching for new planets that can provide resources…” Jiang Zhiyan frowned. “It wasn’t this crazy at first, they used to only look for uninhabited resource planets, I don’t know when it became like this, it’s not my department, and I didn’t bother to find out.”
“You know me, I really don’t like meddling in other people’s business, I’m very selfish, if it weren’t for necessity, I wouldn’t have gone to the border.” Jiang Zhiyan said.
“Then what were you hiding before?” Si Xu continued to ask.
“Hiding some things… that shouldn’t be on me.” Jiang Zhiyan looked at Si Xu, her gaze piercing.
Jiang Zhiyan pinched Si Xu’s ear: “If anyone who knew me from university saw me now, they would definitely say I’m different. What I’m hiding is that different side of me.”
Worried that Si Xu wouldn’t understand her hint, Jiang Zhiyan explained again.
Si Xu nodded, she also had this feeling, but not as strongly as Jiang Zhiyan.
They were silent on their way back. They could still chat a bit on their way there, but now they couldn’t say a word.
Jiang Zhiyan leaned against Si Xu, closing her eyes.
The person sitting next to them stared intently, what a good opportunity to kill Jiang Zhiyan. If it weren’t for Si Xu being here, he would have already acted.
A love brain was truly troublesome.
Jiang Zhiyan hugged Si Xu’s neck and nuzzled against her. The person sitting next to them looked at the two embracing, their gaze darkening.
“Host, what are you going to do now? Quickly do something to trigger Si Xu, and let’s get out of here. Both sides probably want you dead now.”
“It’s not time yet, but it will be soon.” Jiang Zhiyan nuzzled Si Xu’s neck. “Did you also replicate cleaning abilities?”
“Yes, I used it on everyone.” Si Xu replied. “Otherwise, it would be too smelly.”
“Really? But I only smell you.” Jiang Zhiyan took another deep breath.
The others in the car exchanged glances.
They suddenly realized they had forgotten something, Jiang Zhiyan was also hopelessly in love, not much different from Si Xu.
“Jiang Zhiyan, whose side are you on?” One person couldn’t help but ask.
The answer to this question was very important to them. Aliens were scary, but Jiang Zhiyan was ten thousand times scarier.
“My wife’s side, I’m not interested in you guys, and I’m not interested in them either.” Jiang Zhiyan opened one eye.
“Then will you help us?” Another person asked, their voice trembling.
“I’m not a god, I’m still the same as before.” Jiang Zhiyan yawned. “I’m going to sleep for a bit.”
“Okay.”
The car fell silent again.
The people at the base were building temporary shelters, anxiously waiting for Si Xu and the others to return, glancing outside from time to time. There were no walls, but the aliens hadn’t come in either. They were standing quietly a few hundred meters away from the base, as if on standby, ready to launch a second attack at any moment.
“Nothing will happen, right? Nothing will happen, right?” Qian Rongrong clutched her chest. “I have a very bad feeling.”
“When have your premonitions ever been accurate?”
“Xue Lin, what about you? Your sixth sense is accurate.”
“I don’t sense anything.” Xue Lin shook his head.
Qian Rongrong breathed a sigh of relief: “Then I’ll just interpret my premonitions in reverse from now on.”
“Hurry up and help, or we’ll have nowhere to sleep tonight.”
As soon as the two vehicles returned, many people put down their work and rushed over, relieved to see that everyone was there.
“How was it? Are you guys injured? Did you see them? What does that spaceship look like?”
“Can you communicate with them?”
“Why do you have such strange expressions?”
“Why are you looking at Jiang Zhiyan and Si Xu? What happened? Say something! Oh my god, I’m dying of curiosity!”
…
“Due to some reasons, Jiang Zhiyan knows them.” Si Xu said, choosing a rather vague way of putting it.
“Huh? Knows the aliens, are they online friends? Fuck, as expected, the aliens have already infiltrated Earth, they’ve been secretly observing us!” Qian Rongrong exclaimed, slapping her thigh. “I wonder if any of my online friends are aliens.”
“Ha, not just online friends, sounds like compatriots.” Another person said.
“Huh?” Qian Rongrong froze, looking at Jiang Zhiyan. “What do you mean?”
“It’s just that I know them for some reason, there’s nothing else to say.” Jiang Zhiyan said. “I just remembered it.”
People whispered among themselves, staring at Jiang Zhiyan. Some were already quietly backing away. Those who had been unwilling to leave the base before ran off after Jiang Zhiyan revealed her identity, dozens of them.
Most people were confused.
Qian Rongrong sat in front of Jiang Zhiyan, staring at her: “You look like a normal person.”
“Because I am a normal person.” Jiang Zhiyan was speechless.
“But… they said you’ll turn into an alien, they said if you turn into an alien, you’ll crush the entire base with one foot.”
“Impossible.” Jiang Zhiyan paused. “Such ridiculous rumors are already circulating, haven’t people run off yet?”
“Because some want to run but their injuries haven’t healed yet.” Qian Rongrong then looked at Si Xu, putting her fist to Si Xu’s lips. “Tell us, how does it feel to date an alien?”
“I’m telling you again, I’m human! And keep your hand away from her.”
Qian Rongrong ignored her and didn’t move, just looked at Si Xu. Jiang Zhiyan directly pushed her fist away, and Qian Rongrong looked at her, exasperated: “I didn’t touch her!”
“You almost did!”
Si Xu thought for a few seconds, then said seriously: “It’s okay, she’s just very clingy. I think she’s an Earthling, those aliens don’t seem to have any emotions, they probably wouldn’t be clingy.”
Jiang Zhiyan quickly hugged Si Xu’s arm, and Si Xu couldn’t help but laugh.
Qian Rongrong looked at the two of them: “Tsk tsk tsk, saying she’s too clingy, but you’re clearly enjoying it. But you two really are amazing.”
The base was in a state of panic because of Jiang Zhiyan, but Jiang Zhiyan herself and her family member were very calm.
“Someone wants to target you two.” Qian Rongrong whispered a warning.
“I know, so are you okay being so close to us?”
“Ha, I know how many times you’ve helped me. I can’t be ungrateful.” Qian Rongrong continued. “I’ll always be on your side.”
“You can be on our side from a distance, I don’t want a third wheel.” Jiang Zhiyan closed her eyes.
Qian Rongrong widened her eyes, such a good opportunity for a heartwarming moment, completely ruined by Jiang Zhiyan.
Many people wanted to talk to Si Xu alone. After refusing three people, Jiang Zhiyan still let Si Xu go alone.
“Host, aren’t you afraid they’ll say bad things about you to Si Xu?”
Jiang Zhiyan rested her chin on her hand: “Being killed by her is also a kind of happiness.”
System: …
“I think you’re crazy.” The system casually added a few mental health check-up items for Jiang Zhiyan, to be done after the mission.
As soon as Si Xu was away from Jiang Zhiyan, a group of people approached her.
“Si Xu, how are you going to deal with Jiang Zhiyan?”
“Why use the word ‘deal with’? And why deal with her at all?” Si Xu frowned. “You saw how many aliens she killed, and she just saved many people.”
“But who knows if she was the one who attracted them? Keeping her here is a disaster waiting to happen, what if she turns on us? She’s not one of us!”
“It wasn’t her.” Si Xu clenched her fists.
“Si Xu, be rational, I know you like her, but you can’t be so selfish, how can you…”
“Then I’ll leave with her.” Si Xu interrupted them.
Their expressions stiffened.
They didn’t know Jiang Zhiyan’s true strength, but Si Xu was currently the strongest fighter in the entire base. If she left, the rest wouldn’t be able to survive. Si Xu had already told them, there were two more rounds, and the first one was already so terrifying, who knew what the next two would be like?
“Si Xu, you can’t do this.” The speaker’s voice trembled.
“Why not?” Si Xu’s expression was calm but cold. “I’ve already said, she didn’t do anything. If you don’t believe us, we can only leave, leave this place to you.”
“You’re human! You should think about humanity! Consider the bigger picture! How can you be so selfish?”
They had also considered asking Si Xu to persuade Jiang Zhiyan to protect humanity, but the thought of such an unstable bomb staying here made them increasingly afraid.
“Don’t use humanity to pressure me.” Si Xu frowned, feeling irritated. “We’re not the only base.”
Their expressions stiffened, looking at Si Xu in disbelief: “You’ve also been influenced by her, you weren’t like this before… How could you say such a thing?”
“I’ve always been like this.”
Si Xu was annoyed and didn’t want to argue with them any longer.
She ran towards Jiang Zhiyan, who was sitting on the rubble, no one within a hundred meters of her. Qian Rongrong was also nowhere to be seen. Jiang Zhiyan was resting her chin on her hand, watching the sunset, her shadow stretching long across the rubble.
She looked incredibly lonely.
Si Xu suddenly felt a pang of heartache.
Although Jiang Zhiyan said she didn’t care about those people, she hadn’t been indifferent, not once. If she hadn’t dealt with the situation at A University, who knew what would have happened?
She felt that Jiang Zhiyan was the kindest person in the world, just tsundere (cold on the outside, warm on the inside).
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