System, You Didn't Say the Villain Can Read Minds! - Chapter 40

Chapter 40

◎I Do.◎

When Yun Wenzhou woke up and didn’t see Mo Jiu, she immediately panicked. She nervously searched every corner of the villa. No, nowhere to be found… Sister? Did Sister abandon me?

No, that’s impossible! Sister promised she wouldn’t leave me! She wouldn’t do that!

Afraid that her sister wouldn’t find her when she returned, Yun Wenzhou dared not stray too far from the villa and could only search the vicinity over and over.

Until a woman with red hair entered her field of vision.

The hair was blood-red, shoulder-length, curling into enchanting arcs. When the wind ruffled it, it looked like the red cloth used in bullfighting, unconsciously drawing everyone’s gaze.

The woman’s eyes were also red, a very distinct red, like highly concentrated Abomination Crystals.

Perhaps because her eyes were not fully open, they couldn’t reflect highlights, making them appear dull and lifeless.

But that face… that face… it was clearly Sister!

Yun Wenzhou hesitantly flew to the red-haired woman and asked cautiously: “Sister? What… happened to you?”

Almost the instant their eyes met, Mo Jiu raised the corner of her lips. Her eyes also fully opened, showing a high reflection point, seamlessly switching from dull to lively.

“I dyed my hair,” she answered.

I went to condense the Abomination Core. This was her inner voice.

Yun Wenzhou didn’t know what an Abomination Core was, but she could roughly guess it was related to Abomination Crystals.

It seemed Sister had absorbed too many Abomination Crystals at once, causing her eyes and hair to turn the same color as the crystals.

“Sister, are you uncomfortable anywhere?” Yun Wenzhou was very afraid something had happened to Mo Jiu.

“No,” Mo Jiu replied.

Just my vision turned red, not a big deal.

In Mo Jiu’s current view, Yun Wenzhou was also in this blood-red world, tainted with a layer of eerie crimson.

Mo Jiu was uncomfortable with this sight and didn’t want to use her eyes too much.

But if she didn’t look now, she would never have the chance again.

“Xiaozhou.” Mo Jiu raised a hand, cupped Yun Wenzhou’s chin, and raised the corner of her lips in a seductive curve, “You are so beautiful.”

Yun Wenzhou pursed her lips.

She was complimented, but she couldn’t be happy at all… She felt like something was about to happen.

Mo Jiu actively leaned in and kissed her lips.

Yun Wenzhou’s lips were familiarly soft, carrying a fragrance unique to her.

However, Mo Jiu’s body temperature seemed to have risen significantly, making Yun Wenzhou’s lips feel somewhat cool.

And Yun Wenzhou, feeling the heat on her lips, immediately blushed in her ears.

This was outside, even though no one was around.

But she recalled, this was the first time Sister had kissed her outdoors.

After the kiss, Mo Jiu cupped her face and said:

“Xiaozhou, I like you, I love you. I want to see more expressions on your face.”

I want to bully you in bed, gently bully you.

“Ah…” Yun Wenzhou gently held Sister’s wrist, unsure how to respond.

Should she lie down right here?

Mo Jiu wasn’t that wild.

She picked Yun Wenzhou up in a bridal carry and walked unhurriedly towards the villa.

She didn’t say anything out loud, but decided in her heart:

I’ll tell her later.

I’ll talk to her properly, and then, let her make her own choice.

What does Sister want to tell me?

Yun Wenzhou was curious, but she couldn’t think too much right now.

Sister was very gentle. She gently bullied her, giving her unprecedented satisfaction and pleasure amidst her shameful gasps.

Sister saw the expressions she wanted, and Sister also enjoyed it, but it was just enjoyment, not happiness, like someone lost in a desert who found water, drank it, but still didn’t know which way to go.

Yun Wenzhou hooked her arms around Mo Jiu’s neck and made her choice before Mo Jiu even presented the options: “No matter what Sister does… I will follow Sister’s side… If Sister is going to do something that will certainly lead to death, then I want to go with Sister… But, Sister, can you allow me to die before you? I can’t bear to see you die in front of me. I will definitely go crazy. I will indiscriminately kill everyone in my sight—Abominations, ability users, ordinary people, and people in the safe zone—if there is no Sister in the world, they don’t need to live.”

This statement seemed like persuasion backed by threats, trying to convince Mo Jiu not to do anything foolish, but Yun Wenzhou was serious.

She was truly capable of such actions.

She had always been this extreme, this crazy.

If she wanted to do something, she would stop at nothing.

If she loved someone, she would dedicate all her loyalty and life.

Mo Jiu suddenly became curious: “If this ‘certainly fatal thing’ was done by you, how would you arrange things for me?”

“Arrange things for Sister?” Yun Wenzhou laughed, a hint of self-mockery in her voice. “I wish I could do something like that, but I can’t… How Sister chooses is Sister’s business. I cannot interfere. But—if Sister chooses to die with me, I will be very happy.”

Happy?

Mo Jiu wouldn’t be happy because Yun Wenzhou chose to die with her. She couldn’t understand why Yun Wenzhou would hope she would die with her, but rationally, it meant Yun Wenzhou valued emotion more than life.

Instead of a long but boring life after losing the person she loved, she preferred a spectacular moment of love, like a firework, only caring about that instant of brilliance.

“I understand.” Mo Jiu kissed Yun Wenzhou’s forehead. “Then, seven days from now, die with me, okay?”

“I do.” Yun Wenzhou agreed quickly and happily, as if Mo Jiu wasn’t inviting her to die together but proposing marriage.

Sister was the only person she cared about, her only pursuit.

She had already received Sister’s love, Sister’s warmth, and touch.

She died without regrets.

The two were passionately entangled for six days. Right up until the moment they set off, Yun Wenzhou didn’t ask Mo Jiu what they were going to do.

As the deadline for death approached, Mo Jiu thought Yun Wenzhou would be afraid, but she was instead excited and expectant, as if the seventh day truly awaited them with a wedding, not death.

Then on the seventh day, Mo Jiu controlled all the Abominations in the Fallen Zone to launch an attack on the City of Hope.

However…

Only a scattered dozen Abominations, completely lacking in momentum.

It couldn’t be helped. Over the past year, she and Yun Wenzhou had killed almost all the Abominations roaming the Fallen Zone.

But it wasn’t a big problem. The mission only stipulated “all,” not a specific quantity.

Mo Jiu and Yun Wenzhou each rode a gigantic Abomination, approaching the City of Hope with the Abomination “army.”

The City of Hope guards saw this scene from afar and sounded the defense horn.

They were then controlled by Mo Jiu and moved away from the city wall.

The Abominations reached the wall, and one punch shattered the solid wall. It collapsed with a rumble.

Then, across the rubble and choking smoke, Mo Jiu saw the woman who would kill her—wielding the Shadow Longsword.

Her ponytail was tied high, wearing combat-ready camouflage. Her mere presence created an invisible sense of pressure; she looked heroic and valiant.

Behind her was Yue Xinghe, who was always by her side.

Mo Jiu controlled Yue Xinghe to walk towards her.

Ye Lan frowned, retracted the Shadow Longsword, picked up Yue Xinghe in a bridal carry, and then covered her body with a layer of black shadow, completely enveloping her and isolating her from Mo Jiu’s control.

Immediately after, she put down the temporarily safe but immobilized Yue Xinghe, took the sword back into her hand, and simultaneously, a pair of black wings unfurled behind her.

More like the membranous wings of a bat than the feathers of a crow, they were, like her Shadow Longsword, projections from another dimension, reflecting no light, intensely black and jarring against the surrounding environment.

Clearly, Mo Jiu wasn’t the only one who had grown stronger in these seven days.

The female lead had also been frantically developing her ability.

Ye Lan flapped her black wings and flew to a spot less than 20 meters from Mo Jiu and Yun Wenzhou. She spoke coldly: “You came at the right time. This time, I won’t give you another chance to escape! But before that, tell me, why are you doing this?”

“Doing what?” Mo Jiu responded with a smile, her tone relaxed. A person unaware of the situation would think she held the winning hand, but she was simply calmly embracing death.

So much nonsense. If you’re going to kill, just kill.

Anyway, everything I should have done, and shouldn’t have done, for Xiaozhou, I have done.

No regrets.

Before coming, Mo Jiu considered ignoring the mission and letting the world reset.

But compared to a world without Yun Wenzhou, she found a world with Yun Wenzhou, but where Yun Wenzhou wasn’t her Yun Wenzhou, more unbearable.

Since she had developed genuine feelings, she couldn’t present a false world to her, couldn’t let the living Yun Wenzhou become a virtual character that could be arbitrarily reset.

Everyone else could be fake, but Yun Wenzhou could not.

Moreover, she wasn’t sure she could do better if she started over.

Yun Wenzhou stared at Mo Jiu’s profile for a moment, raised the corner of her lips, and sat relaxed on the Abomination, ready to face death with her sister.

Sister can predict the future. Sister thinks there’s a reason she must die at Ye Lan’s hands. Whatever Sister does is right. I want to die with Sister.

Ye Lan didn’t understand their reaction, but she still maintained her kindness: “Give me one reason not to kill you.”

“There is no such reason,” Mo Jiu laughed, this time genuinely chuckling. “Ye Lan, sometimes I truly admire you. Why, after being deceived so many times, can you still be soft-hearted towards your enemies? The first time I was deceived, I found an excuse for the liar. The second time I was deceived, I realized it wasn’t my problem and chose to retaliate in kind. The third time, there was no third time. I would kill everyone who intended to harm me.”

“So, are you asking to die now?” Ye Lan glanced at Yun Wenzhou beside her. “And taking her with you?”

Mo Jiu was silent.

This female lead looked foolish but was very perceptive.

It seemed things couldn’t end this simply.

Mo Jiu stopped the nonsense and controlled all the Abominations to attack her, even though she clearly knew that with Ye Lan’s ability, no one could harm her unless the sun suddenly exploded.

Ye Lan’s Shadow Longsword extended several tens of meters and swung horizontally! All dozen or so Abominations were sliced in half by her single strike and collapsed with a crash!

Mo Jiu’s body fell with the severed creature she was riding. Yun Wenzhou quickly flew over and caught her.

Ye Lan’s sword touched both of their necks: “I’ll ask again, why are you attacking the City of Hope? And what’s with your eyes and hair? Do you really not want to live?!”

“So troublesome.” Mo Jiu suddenly understood how an all-or-nothing villain felt when facing such a saintly protagonist.

A full-power blow, hitting cotton, and nothing happens.

Wanting the other party to give you a quick death, but it’s impossible.

Like a thorn stuck in the throat, neither going up nor down, unbearably uncomfortable.

Since Ye Lan insisted on a reason to kill her, she would give her one.

“In a world where order has collapsed, only the law of the jungle applies. If I cannot dominate everything, I would rather die!”

“I have absorbed so many Abomination Crystals. I can control all Abominations and ability users, yet I still can’t control you! Why! What kind of monster are you!”

“As long as there is someone above me, this world is unsafe for me!”

“Either I kill you and dominate this world, or I die by your hand and bid farewell to this garbage world!”

“Come on, the choice is yours. You choose!”

Mo Jiu gripped the fabric on Yun Wenzhou’s shoulder tightly.

The words were dominant, but facing death, she was still somewhat nervous.

In contrast, Yun Wenzhou remained perfectly calm throughout.

Ye Lan, flying in front of them, was silent for a moment before speaking: “So, if I accept your dominance, you will stop your insane actions, is that right?”

Mo Jiu: “…”

Are you crazy?

Ye Lan: “I admit, I have an issue with your sister.” Ye Lan continued, “But she acted on her own that night. I shouldn’t have reacted defensively and involved you. That was my mistake, and I apologize.”

Mo Jiu: “…”

Why is she reflecting on herself? Speechless.

“If I promise that I will never hurt you again, and will protect you properly, are you willing to stop and talk to me properly?” Ye Lan asked.

Mo Jiu: “…”

Is this the female lead? She was truly witnessing something.

Mo Jiu: System, you saw it. She’s the one who won’t kill.

System: Mhm…

Mo Jiu: I did everything you asked me to. Just like when I provoked Yun Wenzhou to kill me a year ago, the other party actively chose not to kill. This shouldn’t count as a mission failure, right?

System: Reviewing previous missions, the Host successfully completed the mission to kill the Alliance Leader by taking the title of Alliance Leader without actually killing the person. The Host also completed the mission to slaughter the Ability Users Alliance by renaming it “City of Abilities” without actually slaughtering the Alliance.

System: Analyzing these cases suggests that the Host can completely complete the mission “be killed by the female lead as the villain” by removing the villain title. That way, even if the female lead does not strike, the Host can still complete the mission.

…Well done. The System was helping her exploit a loophole?

System, you’ve grown! You are now a mature System!

Realizing she could complete the “Final Battle” mission alive, Mo Jiu strongly restrained herself from laughing out loud.

A happy ending for everyone—wasn’t this possible?

“Are you truly willing to protect us? Even though we have hurt you?” Mo Jiu seriously asked Ye Lan.

“Your sister attacked me for your sake. I understand,” Ye Lan replied. “But you never attacked me, did you?”

“Are you truly willing to follow my commands?”

“We can discuss and find an approach that works for both of us. It’s better than you acting recklessly,” Ye Lan responded. “The United Government doesn’t make decisions based on one country’s say; everything is decided through discussion.”

Mo Jiu pretended to contemplate for a moment after hearing this, then said: “Okay. If you are truly consistent in your words and actions, we can stop our activities.”

After saying that, she had Yun Wenzhou fly down to the ground, then held Yun Wenzhou’s hand and said: “Don’t move. Be good.”

If you launch a sneak attack again this time, we will truly die.

Yun Wenzhou obediently nodded: “I’ll listen to Sister completely.”

Ye Lan flew down with the two. To show sincerity, she retracted both the wings behind her and the sword in her hand.

But she maintained the barrier around Yue Xinghe.

“What kind of world do you want?” Ye Lan asked Mo Jiu. “Do you think the City of Hope is not good enough?”

“Of course. Staying in the Fallen Zone is a dead end. The City of Hope was never my goal from the start. I want to control all Abominations and ability users to attack the safe zone,” Mo Jiu replied.

She originally thought that since she was going to die, whatever the United Government did to the Fallen Zone was none of her business.

But since she could live, she definitely had to consider the possibility of the United Government destroying the Fallen Zone. To ensure survival, they must leave the Fallen Zone and enter the safe zone before the United Government made a decision.

“Xinghe said something similar. I feel like you two would get along well,” Ye Lan said. “I do have a way to cross the barrier that locks down the Fallen Zone, but I can only protect a limited number of people simultaneously. If you trust me, I can send you and Xinghe over first.”

“Seriously?” Mo Jiu was surprised. She didn’t expect her to agree so readily… In fact, she didn’t expect her to agree at all.

Ye Lan “Mhm’d”: “I originally had this plan, but considering that the Abomination Crystal pollution would spread, entering the safe zone would inevitably contaminate a group of people, leading to new victims. That’s why I’ve been hesitating.”

“What does Yue Xinghe say?”

“She says that only when all the safe zones on this planet become Fallen Zones can we reach a truly safe zone. Do you know what she means?”

Mo Jiu understood instantly: “If one plant is sick, you just eliminate it. Only when all the plants are sick will people think about how to cure them—when there are no longer any uninfected humans on this planet, the option of saving humanity by eliminating the infected ones will no longer exist.”

“I see. So, to save everyone in the Fallen Zone, we must drag everyone in the safe zone down with us?” Ye Lan pursed her lips, her expression unreadable.

Mo Jiu didn’t know how she would choose and planned to give her some time.

However, just then, she heard a sharp, high-pitched scream from a distance. The piercing sound almost burst her eardrums.

“The sky is on fire,” Yun Wenzhou suddenly said.

Mo Jiu looked up. In her blood-red vision, an unknown object, snow-white in the center and surrounded by pink flames, was descending from the sky.

It was impossibly large, seemingly the size of a planet. Mo Jiu couldn’t gauge its distance from them. She felt it was close enough, yet it was still approaching at an extremely fast speed, and she didn’t know when it would arrive at their location.

The sunlight was obscured by it, and its firelight covered the ground.

A powerful air pressure descended from the sky, making it impossible for Mo Jiu to breathe.

Is that so? The United Government has already made its choice?

Mo Jiu wrapped her arm around Yun Wenzhou’s waist, kissed her forehead, and then turned her gaze towards Ye Lan.

At this moment, if anyone could do anything, it was only Ye Lan.

However, Ye Lan looked up at the dazzling firelight. Amidst the ear-splitting shriek, she not only did nothing but also removed the barrier protecting Yue Xinghe.

Mo Jiu let out a laugh.

You also made your choice?

Good. Then let’s die together.

Leave this trash world to humanity.

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