System, You Didn't Say the Villain Can Read Minds! - Chapter 36

Chapter 36

◎I Like You.◎

Ye Lan stroked her chin in contemplation. Yue Xinghe glanced at her, sensing that she wouldn’t respond quickly, so she spoke for her, asking Mo Jiu: “Abomination Crystals can strengthen abilities. All ability users rush to acquire them. Whether for self-absorption or for exchanging supplies, they are an excellent choice. Donating them to the lab gains you nothing but reputation. Are you truly sure about this?”

I sense a trick.

Ye Lan genuinely appreciated their help, but Yue Xinghe remained cautious of the two.

People grow and change, but not always for the better.

They had indeed killed many Abominations, indirectly saving many people, but who knew if their goal was to save lives or simply to collect Abomination Crystals to become stronger?

Yue Xinghe was right, but from Mo Jiu’s perspective, she was troublesome.

Fortunately—the final decision rested with Ye Lan.

Before Mo Jiu could respond, Ye Lan spoke: “If you want to donate, of course you can. I can take you to the lab. But before that, let me see the amount you intend to donate so I can have a number in mind.”

Yue Xinghe frowned but said nothing.

Mo Jiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: “Then I’ll go back to the hotel to retrieve the items. Could I ask you to wait for me here?”

Ye Lan replied with an “Mhm.”

Ye Lan was thinking: At worst, I’ll sleep in the lab for the next month. Nothing serious can happen.

Yue Xinghe’s thought was: If they have any objective, it’s most likely to steal the Abomination Crystals in the lab. But with Ye Lan here, they wouldn’t dare to act rashly.

Yun Wenzhou scoffed.

Is Ye Lan that strong? Sister can control her in minutes!

Mo Jiu returned to the hotel, with Yun Wenzhou walking beside her.

Once in the room, Mo Jiu took out a backpack from her space and stuffed a large Abomination Crystal inside.

It was about half the size of a soccer ball, an amount that would require killing at least ten SS-class Abominations to obtain.

Yun Wenzhou felt a pang of heartache: “Sister, are you really giving this to them?”

“As the saying goes, if you’re reluctant to part with the bait, you can’t catch the wolf. To confirm the lab’s location, we need to show sincerity. We can always get it back eventually,” Mo Jiu replied.

“But, Sister, you don’t actually need them to lead the way to know the lab’s location, right?”

At this remark, Mo Jiu paused the motion of zipping up the backpack.

She wasn’t sure what Yun Wenzhou meant.

Was she suggesting there was another way?

Or…

Was the ease of finding the Alliance Leader making her suspicious?

“Sister.” Yun Wenzhou wrapped her arms around Mo Jiu’s waist from behind, pressing her chest against Mo Jiu’s back, her lips practically touching her ear. “I know Sister has many secrets. I don’t care. I only want Sister to be well. If there’s a better solution for something, Sister should just go with that way. You don’t need to worry about me.”

She then kissed Mo Jiu’s neck. The gentle pressure sent a wave of tingling sensation: “Sister, I will never betray you. Do you believe me?”

Mo Jiu was momentarily lost.

After snapping back, before she had fully processed Yun Wenzhou’s meaning, she immediately said those four words: “I believe you.”

She had decided to trust Yun Wenzhou unconditionally and give her the maximum possible sense of security.

Although this was a world created based on a book, her consciousness was born here, and she was genuinely living here, naturally treating everything as real. That’s why she couldn’t bring herself to follow the System’s instructions completely to finish the mission.

But if her worldview clashed with Yun Wenzhou’s emotions, then as long as it made Yun Wenzhou happy, this world could also be false.

Should I tell Yun Wenzhou about the System’s existence?

System: Warning. Once the System’s existence is exposed, the world will be reset.

Mo Jiu pursed her lips, turned to face Yun Wenzhou, looked into her eyes, then reached out to wrap her arms around Yun Wenzhou’s waist and lowered her head to kiss her lips.

Without any confusion or reservation, this kiss was as proactive and passionate as the one that night.

Yun Wenzhou let Mo Jiu have her way, placing her hands on Mo Jiu’s shoulders and grasping the fabric there.

There was no enchanting fragrance, absolutely none.

Yet her body responded uncontrollably, craving more.

However, Mo Jiu only kissed her, doing nothing else. Then, she whispered in her ear: “Mhm. I do have many secrets I can’t speak of. It’s not because I’m worried about you that I can’t say them, but because bad things will happen if I do. But I won’t regret anything I’ve done, nor will I be confused about what I’m about to do, and I will definitely be good to you—Xiaozhou, I will be responsible for you. Not because I owe you, but because I care about you. I like you.”

Yun Wenzhou’s heart rate once again accelerated in spite of herself, her ears so red they looked ready to bleed.

“Is Sister telling the truth?”

She had already heard the same inner thoughts, but she couldn’t help but seek confirmation.

“You can feel for yourself if it’s true,” Mo Jiu said, then kissed Yun Wenzhou’s forehead again. “As long as you want to hear it, I can keep saying it—I like you, I like you, I like you…”

Ah ah ah ah!

Yun Wenzhou’s entire face turned red, and her body felt warm.

If this continued, she felt she wouldn’t be able to leave the room.

She buried her head in her sister’s chest, saying weakly: “Well, Sister’s secret, I understand. Divine secrets must not be revealed… Sister doesn’t need to confess anything to me. I, I’m just afraid Sister will complicate simple things. That is, if we can go directly to the lab, we don’t need to go through them…”

Mo Jiu blinked.

This was the first time she had heard Yun Wenzhou speak in such a cautious tone, filled with vulnerability and coyness, like a little puppy tilting its head to expose its neck, allowing itself to be handled.

Mo Jiu was amused by the imagined scene. She said “Mhm,” smoothed Yun Wenzhou’s hair twice, then released her, throwing the backpack over one shoulder: “I have my own plan. Don’t worry.”

She could indeed lock onto the lab’s location directly through the System, but such an important place wouldn’t be unguarded. If she charged in without a reason, a fight would be inevitable.

Moreover, she was very curious about the lab’s progress. The System could tell her very little about non-mission-related matters, so she needed to find an opportunity to ask herself.

The two left the hotel and returned to the alley.

Mo Jiu opened the backpack and showed the Abomination Crystal inside to Ye Lan.

Ye Lan looked surprised.

Yue Xinghe also took a look and gasped, “Hiss—”

Ye Lan: Holy moly, that big?

Yue Xinghe: What a massive gesture… Is this for real?

Yun Wenzhou snorted. She guessed neither of them had ever seen such a large Abomination Crystal in their lives!

“Hmm, since you brought it out, then come with me,” Ye Lan said, leading the way.

“Okay.” Mo Jiu closed the backpack and followed her.

Ye Lan would eventually kill her and Yun Wenzhou as the villains. By the setting, she was their nemesis. But Ye Lan was truly worthy of being the female lead; she never played dirty. She said she would take them to the lab, and she really took them to the lab.

When the four arrived, two researchers in the lab were arguing.

“You uploaded the data? Are you insane!”

“We finally connected once, and you want to hold back on uploading? You’re the one who’s insane!”

“What’s going on?” Ye Lan walked up and asked.

Hearing her voice, the two exchanged a look and fell silent.

After a while, one of them said: “Nothing. Do you need something?”

Ye Lan explained Mo Jiu’s intention. Mo Jiu presented the backpack, and the researchers profusely thanked her.

“No need to be so polite. This is what we should do. I just don’t know if this is enough. If it’s not, we can collect more. We’re very familiar with collecting Abomination Crystals!” Mo Jiu said.

The researchers’ reply was: “Thank you for your trouble.”

Meaning, it wasn’t enough.

They seemed unbothered by such a large Abomination Crystal, suggesting that the amount stockpiled in the lab was much greater than this.

“Can I ask about the progress of the experiment? How far along is the development of the drug to inhibit human transformation?” Mo Jiu probed.

The two researchers exchanged glances again, and one of them replied: “At least we have now determined that the Abomination Crystal is a radioactive metal that can be absorbed by and affect the human body. Some people cannot withstand its effects, and their bodies mutate uncontrollably, and their brains become异化 (alienated), leading to a loss of cognitive ability, turning them into monsters driven only by emotion. However, some people have tougher bodies. They can not only withstand its effects but even transform its influence into a stepping stone for their own evolution, becoming stronger humans, which is what ability users are.”

“We have indeed found several elements that can react with the Abomination Crystal, accelerating its decay to reduce its total amount, but…”

One person stopped there, and the other continued her sentence: “But at this stage, we can only break down the Abomination Crystals outside the human body, not the ones inside. In short… this drug might not break through the development bottleneck in the short term.”

After all that complex explanation, it came down to one sentence—the drug to inhibit human transformation was temporarily out of the question.

Good. Mo Jiu didn’t need to feel any guilt about stealing the Abomination Crystals.

Instead of piling them up in the lab, where they would volatilize and affect the surrounding people, it would be better to store them in her space.

Mo Jiu needed to control the progress of her Abomination Core condensation, so once she could easily control SS-class Abominations with her ability, she stored all the Abomination Crystals she acquired in her space.

As for the portion Yun Wenzhou secretly absorbed, Mo Jiu naturally couldn’t control that. She knew Yun Wenzhou often acted alone while she slept, hunting Abominations and keeping all the crystals for herself.

But Yun Wenzhou couldn’t stay up all night, and the time and range of her actions were very limited. She was practically just picking up scraps outside Mo Jiu’s bowl and couldn’t possibly catch up to Mo Jiu’s Abomination Core condensation progress.

This was confirmed by the fact that Mo Jiu could still easily control Yun Wenzhou’s actions.

“Mhm, I understand. Keep up the good work. The future of humanity depends on you!” Mo Jiu gave a perfunctory encouragement, didn’t stay long in the lab, and pulled Yun Wenzhou away.

Once they were far enough away, Yun Wenzhou quietly asked Mo Jiu: “Sister, when should we make our move?”

“No rush. We need to lure them away first.”

Mo Jiu didn’t need Yun Wenzhou to remind her. She could guess that Ye Lan would definitely be guarding the lab for the next few days.

And luring them away was actually easy—by causing a major commotion somewhere else!

“Someone’s entering the bridal chamber tonight. Let’s go crash the wedding night first,” Mo Jiu said.

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