After Transmigrating as the Northeast CEO's Pampered Little Husband - Chapter 79

“Who’s there?!” Gu Jiaoyang called out warily, his body already poised to strike. Before he could make out what was behind the bushes, the Monitoring System, which had been dormant in his mind, suddenly spoke up. This is bad! It’s Xi Chuanbai! How did that broken Virus System manage to track you down here! The System was equally alarmed.

Gu Jiaoyang was startled by the System’s alarm. Sure enough, before the words finished, a rustling came from the bushes, and Xi Chuanbai emerged from the darkness, his expression chillingly vacant. “His face looks wrong!” Gu Jiaoyang frowned at Xi Chuanbai’s somewhat empty eyes. His current appearance was drastically different from before his face was deathly pale, and while his gaze was directed at Gu Jiaoyang, it seemed utterly lifeless.

“Is he possessed?”

Gu Jiaoyang formed a spiritual seal to check but could only sense the other party’s unstable soul. Sigh. It looks like… the Virus System is controlling him? Gu Jiaoyang was shocked. The Xi Chuanbai opposite him moved like a puppet, slowly stepping towards him through the plants.

“Stop right there! I won’t hold back if you come any closer!” Gu Jiaoyang gathered spiritual energy in his palm. Unless absolutely necessary, he didn’t want to fight a human. Not only was this mountain his own property, bought with Mr. Dai’s money, and a fight would damage the vegetation, but he also had a deeply unsettling, creepy feeling about this ‘protagonist partner,’ Xi Chuanbai. Xi Chuanbai clearly couldn’t hear him.

With a ghostly pale face, he mechanically continued to advance, slowly raising his hand as he closed the distance. Careful!!!

The Monitoring System detected the malicious intent of the Virus System inside Xi Chuanbai and frantically warned Gu Jiaoyang. Gu Jiaoyang wasn’t stupid; the hostility was palpable from miles away. Before Xi Chuanbai could strike, he quickly added a spiritual shield, formed a peach wood sword from spiritual energy using two fingers, dodged the incoming attack, and leaped back, flourishing the sword before counter-attacking.

He wasn’t the type to tolerate being beaten or be a slow-moving target. Gu Jiaoyang immediately rushed forward with his peach wood sword. The Virus System controlling Xi Chuanbai showed top-tier dodging skills after the initial failure.

Perhaps because the Virus System’s energy wasn’t very effective against Gu Jiaoyang, who had the Monitoring System, the fight quickly devolved into a physical skirmish in the truest sense of the word, with both systems falling silent, likely competing in some other unseen way.

Gu Jiaoyang had been taught genuine swordsmanship by his master before he transmigrated, so he was more than a match for the Virus System-controlled Xi Chuanbai. The two exchanged blows on the mountain slope for a long time, but Gu Jiaoyang ultimately gained the advantage.

The spiritual peach wood sword sliced open the collar of Xi Chuanbai’s shirt with a hum, coming to a vibrating halt right against his neck. Another inch and blood would be shed instantly. “You concede,” Gu Jiaoyang said, his lips pressed together in displeasure. He disliked Xi Chuanbai, but he hated the Virus System hiding behind a human even more.

Gu Jiaoyang had come to the mountain mainly to check the land and let little Nuomi relax while doing a small job. He never expected the Virus System to somehow control Xi Chuanbai to track and follow him. The culprit probably knew that even if it couldn’t win, Gu Jiaoyang wouldn’t actually kill Xi Chuanbai. Not only was Gu Jiaoyang creeped out by Xi Chuanbai and didn’t want to murder him, but he was also worried about any negative impact Xi Chuanbai’s death might have on his man, Mr. Dai.

Having finally secured a compliant and excellent cook for a husband, Gu Jiaoyang didn’t want any minor issue to affect his relationship with Mr. Dai. Xi Chuanbai, with the sword pointed at his throat, remained deathly pale, his dark, hollow eyes staring ahead, devoid of emotion, exactly like a puppet. Gu Jiaoyang considered him, feeling that the figure was both hateful and somewhat pathetic.

Collaborating with the Virus System was akin to playing with a tiger. The Monitoring System, at least, wouldn’t dictate his actions, only being annoying at most. This Virus System pulled a lot of tricks, but Gu Jiaoyang guessed Xi Chuanbai himself hadn’t anticipated being controlled tonight, tracking him, and staging this entire ordeal in the mountains. Xi Chuanbai remained silent.

Gu Jiaoyang frowned, pressing the sword closer, about to say something more, when the hollow-eyed Xi Chuanbai suddenly began convulsing. His eyes rolled back, and with a soft thud, he fainted, falling to the ground like a cooked noodle. Gu Jiaoyang: … Monitoring System: … This has to be a cheap trick!

Gu Jiaoyang gripped the spiritual peach wood sword, clenching his jaw in frustration. The Virus System had likely controlled Xi Chuanbai to test his true abilities by luring him to the mountains. He wasn’t afraid of the opponent knowing he had some supernatural skills, but the damned system bringing the human here and then abandoning him was too much. When this annoying nuisance finally woke up, who knew what chaos he’d cause in his mind.

Worse still, Gu Jiaoyang didn’t want to go anywhere near him and certainly didn’t want to be forced to help him. Gu Jiaoyang now understood the Monitoring System’s hatred for the Virus System. Just by this sickening, low-life tactic biting without killing, simply fouling the situation it made Gu Jiaoyang feel utter outrage, wishing he could instantly rip the Virus System out of Xi Chuanbai’s head and tear it to shreds.

But he couldn’t just leave the man here. If the idiot died on his mountain, the newly purchased land would be contaminated with bad luck and would always be an unpleasant reminder. The Monitoring System probably hadn’t expected the Virus System to be so shameless. It had planned to use the brawl as an opportunity to snatch a sample of the Virus System, but the opponent was far too cunning.

Apart from the initial, intentional leak of its aura to get attention, it remained entirely hidden. Even if the System insisted that Gu Jiaoyang forcibly detain Xi Chuanbai, it couldn’t genuinely breach the opponent’s mind. That shelled bastard! The Monitoring System was raging in Gu Jiaoyang’s mind, yet helpless. It had no choice but to grimly advise its host to let Xi Chuanbai go for now and even carry him back down the mountain.

“Are you really sure you can’t detect anything at all? This is such a close opportunity!” Gu Jiaoyang poked the unconscious Xi Chuanbai’s smooth forehead with a tree branch. If it weren’t just a branch, the look in his eyes suggested he dearly wished it were a sharpened sword that could plunge straight into the brain of this problematic person, extracting the Virus System that had caused so much trouble. Completely undetectable. I don’t know what method it used.

The Monitoring System sounded unusually defeated. Although it felt it could probably beat the Virus System in a direct fight, the Virus System had been in this world far longer, and the System itself had inherent flaws. With the opponent’s intimate knowledge of the world’s rules, it was frustrating that even with such a perfect opportunity, it couldn’t capture the enemy. Gu Jiaoyang was oddly amused, sensing the Monitoring System’s rare moment of admitting its uselessness.

“It’s a miracle. You finally admit you’re a bit of a useless thing, ha ha ha ha.” Gu Jiaoyang gave the Monitoring System a very disrespectful laugh, but managed to suppress the rising curve of his mouth, clearing his throat so as not to completely provoke the System. “No matter what, let’s take him down the mountain first. As for the aftermath, we’ll deal with it as it comes.” “But if he genuinely crosses the line and goes after Mr. Dai… I wouldn’t mind doing something illegal.”

Gu Jiaoyang’s eyes turned cold as he began forming a seal, his gaze fixed on Xi Chuanbai’s forehead. Mr. Dai always liked to treat him like a dear, little lamb, but if provoked, Gu Jiaoyang wouldn’t mind playing the role of a little devil in the West.

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