Stepping in for the Heroine to Crush the Protagonist Group [Transmigration] - Chapter 60

“Young Miss, where are we?” Feng Xianyue asked, clutching her food tray and staring blankly at the stark white, empty Alternate Space, utterly bewildered.

Uncle Feng stood beside her, his gaze sweeping over the food tray in her hands before shifting away with a sigh of exasperation. He turned to Gu Sheng and asked, “Young Miss, what exactly happened just now?”

When Gu Jinghe surrounded Myriad Treasures Residence, Uncle Feng had been downstairs dealing with the Tianyan Sect Elders. But after only a few exchanges, he was suddenly transported to this strange place. Moments later, Feng Xianyue and Gu Sheng appeared as well.

“This is an Alternate Space,” Gu Sheng said, her eyes fixed on the streams of Comments floating before her. “Li Li brought us here.”

(Holy crap, Li Li has a System! Was she transmigrated into this novel?)

(No wonder the Fox Spirit’s character has been so out of character lately. She’s become the transmigrated female lead!)

(A transmigrated female lead stealing the original female lead? This is so good!)

(Waaah, but it looks like Gu Jinghe is about to take Li Li offline.)

(Aaaah! That scumbag dad! Don’t even mention him! Li Li’s about to be electrocuted to death by him!)

(Gu Jinghe is such a bastard! He can’t wait to kill Li Li!)

(Sheng-sheng is still trapped in this alternate space by Li Li. If she knew Scumbag Dad Gu was going to kill Li Li tomorrow to prove his Dao, she’d be heartbroken.)

(Sheng-sheng is so pitiful. She finally got together with Li Li, and now she’s going to lose her again.)

(Li Li’s even more tragic. She finally won her wife’s heart, only for Scumbag Dad Gu to tear them apart like a pair of mandarin ducks.)

(Gu Jinghe, aaaaaaaah! Die, you bastard!)

“Uncle Feng, do you know how to get out of this place?” Gu Sheng asked after a long silence.

Uncle Feng lowered his head and sighed. “Young Miss, this place is suppressing my Demonic Power.”

Gu Sheng fell silent, sensing that she couldn’t gather her own Demonic Power either. She decided not to press Uncle Feng further.

While the two of them were mired in gloom, Feng Xianyue sat cross-legged, leisurely eating her meal.

She had always been remarkably carefree. Unless faced with a life-threatening situation, or with her father present, she prioritized food and drink above all else.

However, just as she picked up her chopsticks, she noticed that her favorite Braised Lion’s Head Meatballs were missing from the table. At the same moment, a hand emerged from a corner of the pristine white space, clutching a plate of Braised Lion’s Head Meatballs.

Feng Xianyue’s sharp eyes and keen nose quickly pinpointed the location of her missing meatballs.

Feng Xianyue narrowed her phoenix eyes and flung her chopsticks, which crossed mid-air and pinned the hand in place.

“Little thief, daring to steal from your great-aunt!” she muttered, grabbing the food table with one hand and striding toward the trapped hand.

The hand belonged to the System, which had never anticipated being discovered by Feng Xianyue, let alone being restrained by a pair of chopsticks.

It struggled to break free, but each attempt was immediately met with another pair of chopsticks from Feng Xianyue.

System: ……

It had shut down.

Originally, it had simply been craving a taste of human food. Since this Alternate Space was part of its core, it had assumed it could do as it pleased. But it had severely underestimated the power of a true foodie.

“Come out, you!” Feng Xianyue marched up to the System, first snatching the Braised Lion’s Head Meatballs and placing them on the food table. Then, she grabbed the System’s hand and yanked it out of Hu Li’s Sea of Consciousness, dragging the entire System into the Alternate Space.

“This… this is a brick?” Feng Xianyue stared at the System’s Electronic Panel, her eyes filled with confusion.

(Today’s dose of joy was brought to you by the foolish phoenix.)

(Xianyue is amazing! She actually caught the System!)

(I have a feeling the System’s about to get wrecked.)

The System, which could also see the Comments, watched Gu Sheng approach step by step and swallowed hard, realizing its end was truly near.

“You’re the thing in Li Li’s Sea of Consciousness?” Gu Sheng asked, taking the System from Feng Xianyue and gripping its neck tightly.

In the Alternate Space, the System had a physical form and all five senses.

Black and white static flickered across its Electronic Panel as a suffocating sensation flooded its circuits.

“Gu… Gu Sheng, let… let go of me…” The System’s tiny legs kicked frantically in the air, its two hands clutching desperately at Gu Sheng’s wrist.

But Gu Sheng ignored the System’s pleas, instead increasing the pressure. The System’s Electronic Panel began emitting a series of frantic beeps.

(The System is about to factory reset.)

(The previously censored chapters have been released! So Lord Demon Venerable was also transmigrated!)

(Censored chapters read. Li Li’s System is a complete scam.)

(I’ve never seen such a clueless System.)

(Only Li Li would obediently follow the missions this System issues.)

(This System perfectly illustrates why interns always mess everything up.)

(Main System: With this one, I’m convinced.)

(This System is such a coward. Sheng-sheng, keep pressing it, and it’ll not only release you immediately but also sell Li Li out right now.)

Gu Sheng thoughtfully scanned the comments, then tightened her grip.

The System: ……

It felt like it was about to die right there and then.

“Let us out,” Gu Sheng said, patting the System’s Electronic Panel to clear away the black-and-white static, revealing its simple electronic features.

The System met Gu Sheng’s gaze, determined to resist to the death.

But just as it was about to shake its head in refusal, Gu Sheng added, “If you don’t release us, I won’t hesitate to pry off your brick-like head right now.”

The System: …………

So violent, so terrifying… It missed its Host.

Even if its Electronic Panel head were ripped off, it could always get a new one, but losing its head was still a painful experience.

After a moment of hesitation, the System reluctantly agreed, “I’ll release you, but only you. The other two stay.”

“Why?!” Feng Xianyue protested.

The System roared at the culprit who had grabbed it, “Releasing even one of you is already pushing my limits! Adding you, you fool, and that backup of yours? Do you want me to die or what?!”

Gu Sheng pondered for a moment, then conceded, “Releasing just me is fine, but you have to do it now.”

The System pouted, muttering, “Fine.”

Tianyan Sect.

When Hu Li opened her eyes, she found herself bound by iron chains, pressed against a cold stone pillar.

She lowered her gaze to the chains, noticing countless yellow talismans affixed to them, fluttering slightly in the breeze.

The scene was all too familiar. Hu Li’s mind raced, recognizing this as the start of the plot.

What she hadn’t anticipated was Gu Jinghe’s eagerness to execute her.

On the high platform, Gu Jinghe stood ramrod straight, one hand clasped behind his back, the other palm upturned, supporting a hovering Immortal Slaying Nail.

He swept his gaze across the Tianyan Sect members gathered below, his voice carrying an inherent authority as he demanded of Hu Li, “Gu Sheng, do you confess your crimes?”

Familiar lines, familiar faces.

Hu Li lifted her head, reciting the script the System had laid out in her Sea of Consciousness. Her voice rasped as she retorted, “Gu Sheng has committed no crime.”

“Colluding with the Demon Race,” Gu Jinghe stated tersely, repeating the accusation.

Hu Li scoffed softly. Then, enunciating each word with deliberate clarity, she declared, “Gu Sheng does not confess.”

With that, she lowered her gaze to the crowd below the platform, bracing herself to receive the Immortal Slaying Nail.

As Hu Li’s gaze swept across the crowd, a figure cloaked in black immediately caught her attention.

Simultaneously, the System began frantically buzzing in her Sea of Consciousness: “Host, this is bad! Gu Sheng has escaped from the Alternate Space!”

Hu Li frowned. “What’s going on?”

The System swiftly recounted the events leading up to this crisis, culminating in the revelation of Gu Sheng’s thoughts overheard in the Alternate Space: “Gu Sheng is planning to Soul Swap with you right now!”

Hu Li took a deep breath, gritting her teeth as she glared at the Electronic Panel in her Sea of Consciousness. “System,” she said coldly, “you’re really living up to your potential.”

A chill ran down the System’s digital spine as it sensed Hu Li’s fury. It quickly added, “Host, don’t worry! I won’t let Gu Sheng succeed!”

Hu Li raised an eyebrow. “Hmm?”

The System hastily corrected itself: “I mean, I won’t let Gu Sheng get hurt. I’ll also help you complete the storyline properly.”

Hu Li glanced at Gu Sheng below the high platform before turning to the System. “Don’t make any more mistakes.”

With that, she faced the blinding sunlight, her gaze settling on Gu Jinghe, who stood bathed in a radiant halo.

Gu Jinghe was also watching Hu Li.

Everything was unfolding exactly as he had envisioned, each step aligning perfectly with his intentions.

He slowly raised his hand, the Immortal Slaying Nail pointing directly at Hu Li.

“Slay!” he commanded, his voice resonating with oppressive authority.

The Immortal Slaying Nail shot from his hand. In the instant before it reached Hu Li, it shattered into countless nails, each targeting a vital point in her body.

Below the platform, Gu Sheng watched the scene unfold. With a swift gesture, she channeled her Demonic Power, her fingers moving rapidly to form a seal. A dark purple sigil materialized at her fingertips.

The Soul Swap Technique was a forbidden art, a spell of the Demon Race. Unauthorized use would brand the user’s soul with the Demonic Seal of the Demon Ancestor who had first developed this forbidden technique.

Over the years, the Demonic Seal would gradually erode the user’s soul, ultimately corrupting them into a demon.

The System, aware of Gu Sheng’s intentions, focused its gaze on her. Just as she was about to fully activate the seal, it froze her in place, rendering her immobile and preventing her from completing the forbidden technique.

Gu Sheng hadn’t anticipated this turn of events. Her body stiffened, and the magic seal at her fingertips vanished.

Her head tilted back, she stared blankly at the Immortal Slaying Nails. Her pupils constricted as she desperately tried to break free from whatever was binding her, but her efforts were futile. She could only watch helplessly as the nails pierced Hu Li’s body, one by one.

The Immortal Slaying Nails shattered flesh and destroyed souls.

When the first nail pierced Hu Li’s heart meridian, her soul shuddered. A metallic sweetness surged up her throat, dripping from the corner of her mouth onto the ground.

Her eyes widened abruptly, and a pain like a thousand insects biting her spread through her body in an instant, suffocating her. Her fingers instinctively dug into her palms, tearing the skin.

But this was only the first nail.

Before she could recover from the initial agony, the second and third nails pierced her shoulder blades, unleashing another wave of torment.

Hu Li spat a mouthful of blood onto the ground, her entire body drenched in sweat.

Every inch of her body throbbed with pain, a dense, relentless agony that offered no respite.

Hu Li gritted her teeth, enduring the pain without so much as a whimper. Even as her heart stopped and her head slumped heavily, she bit her lip, refusing to make a sound.

After a quarter of an hour, all the Immortal Slaying Nails had been driven into Hu Li’s body. Her clenched hands gradually relaxed, and her breath faded away.

Simultaneously, the System flickered in her Sea of Consciousness, and the Electronic Panel went dark.

The System went offline. In the Alternate Space, Uncle Feng and Feng Xianyue were teleported to a remote wilderness area, pre-programmed by the System, a thousand miles from the Tianyan Sect.

Below the platform, Gu Sheng broke free from the System’s control. Her body trembled uncontrollably, tears streaming down her cheeks and dripping onto her robes.

After a long while, the crowd dispersed, and Gu Jinghe left the high platform.

On the platform, the iron chains binding Hu Li loosened. She slumped forward, about to fall to the cold ground.

But just as her hand touched the ground, Gu Sheng caught her, pulling her into her arms.

Hu Li’s body was covered in blood, splattered in mottled patches across her crimson dress, making it appear even more lurid.

Gu Sheng scooped her up and vanished before the Tianyan Sect disciples who had come to collect the bodies could react.

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