Those years, those jokes, those scum

Chapter 353 Journey Against Immortality, Genius Never Fades (57)

The incident happened so suddenly that Qin Shuangjiang was completely stunned. She instinctively looked at Leng Nuan, only one thought in her mind—Oh no, how am I supposed to comfort her?

Not only was she stunned, but even Xio, who was floating in the sky, was somewhat bewildered. He did not take this opportunity to continue his attack. Instead, he looked at the white cat's corpse lying on the ground, feeling no joy, only deep confusion.

That shouldn't be the case.

How could he possibly succeed so easily?!

Given that woman's cunning...

Xi'ao shifted his gaze to Leng Nuan, who was standing to the side, his eyes showing even more wariness.

"I'm sorry, you, don't be too sad..." After all, this demon died to save her. Qin Shuangjiang walked over hesitantly, feeling both guilty and uneasy, and tried to comfort him with a calm expression.

"Yes, I'm not sad." Leng Nuan held Qin Shuangjiang's hand and gently patted her dusty, fluffy white ears.

"..." Qin Shuangjiang, who originally wanted to say a few more words of comfort, stared blankly at her when she saw that she really didn't seem sad, and felt a complicated feeling in her heart.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Leng Nuan suddenly realized that her behavior had been a bit too heartless. So she explained again, "They say cats have nine lives, don't worry, it's not dead." She wasn't lying. A.K0527 wasn't a real cat demon and didn't have nine lives, but it could turn back into a system.

Sure enough, less than ten seconds after Leng Nuan finished speaking, the white cat's corpse on the ground vanished without a trace, and even the bloodstains on the ground disappeared completely, as if nothing had ever happened.

Phew, that's good.

Phew, that's more like it.

Upon hearing her explanation, Qin Shuangjiang and Xi'ao felt a strange tacit understanding and breathed a sigh of relief.

"And what about now?"

"Back to where we were." Leng Nuan glanced upwards; to be precise, her system cat was currently perched on her head, utterly annoyed!

Ughh ...

"Waaaaah, I'm sorry, host, I can't help you anymore." A.K0527 transformed into a chubby cat from the second dimension, sitting on Leng Nuan's head, waving its chubby little paws to wipe away tears.

"Thank you for protecting A-Jiang," Leng Nuan replied in her mind. She wasn't worried about that; even if Qin Shuangjiang was injured, it wouldn't cause her pain. However…

Leng Nuan looked up at the black hole in the sky that was swallowing the world, and silently thought to herself, "It's time to end this."

It would have been better if this hadn't been mentioned, because once it was, A.K0527 completely lost its mind. It had finally managed to have a proper chat with the girl it'd been idolizing for so long. And before it could even exchange two sentences, *snap* it was gone!

"Ah Jiang, you and the others wait inside for a while. It will be over soon." As Leng Nuan said this, the spirit sword stuck in the ground hummed and shook a few times. With a whoosh, it floated into the sky again, this time emitting a light as bright as day. With a crack, it turned into fragments, forming a semi-circular protective shield of broken stars, covering the shattered palace.

"Not good!" The creature, enveloped within, quickly flapped its wings and flew to a higher level.

As he completely left the protective shield that was still flashing with purple-blue electricity, he felt a sudden unease.

Logically, the energy of this world's laws should have no effect on him. But for some reason, he clearly sensed a power within it that did not belong to this world.

This force wasn't suppressing his divine power, but rather—eliminating it!

Before he could analyze what kind of power it was, a long, thin, red object with flames at its tail flew straight toward him from below.

"Light Prism Shield!" Theo shouted immediately, and with a wave of his hand, a shield larger than twice his size appeared in front of him.

Bang—a small patch of dark red mushroom cloud rose into the sky.

The system cat, who was still depressed, widened its eyes and its mouth turned into an "O".

It mechanically turned its head to look at its host.

Leng Nuan was dressed in a high-end, technologically advanced black military uniform. She was kneeling on the ground with a rocket launcher on her shoulder, and she fired three more shots in quick succession.

After firing, she casually tossed the rocket launcher to the ground with a heavy thud. Then, she stomped her foot, a ball of light emanating from the sole of her shoe, and in a flash, Leng Nuan vanished from the spot.

A.K0527 used its tracking and positioning capabilities to approach its host and observe the scene before it.

It gasped sharply!

Centered on Xio, within a radius of ten miles, there were dark, densely packed drones equipped with machine guns.

Its host has donned mechanical armor resembling that of a Gundam...

No!

Is this even possible?

Isn't this against the rules?!

Is it seeing things, or has the company finally become so chaotic that it can't understand it anymore?!

"An auxiliary system like this works?!"

As soon as A.K0527 finished speaking, a small, fluffy, grayish-white ball of light appeared beside it.

[This operation is a special operation conducted in coordination with the Interstellar Alliance's cybersecurity mission, and the company holds the necessary authorization.]

"So you're using me, your host, as a tool again?!" And without even notifying it!

A.K0527 gritted its teeth in anger, stretched out its two cat paws, pinched the two sides of the ball of light, and pulled it outwards hard until it turned into a thin noodle-like thing.

The buzzing sound of electricity wasn't loud, but everyone present could hear it clearly.

Lingzhi looked up at the "figure" floating steadily in the sky. She saw her raise her left hand, and a beam of light shot out from her palm at lightning speed, accompanied by a huge boom.

A large mountain in the distance disappeared, revealing the sea behind it.

“You have no idea how terrifying she is.” Lingzhi recalled what Qin Shuangjiang had said before.

Thank you, she knows now.

"At the rate she's using now, our world will be gone before she even finishes devouring everything."

Qin Wanxin watched expressionlessly as large and small debris hurtled towards them, but it was all blocked by the barrier in front of her.

Qin Shuangjiang sighed, feeling a strange sense of understanding. No wonder they needed to build such a massive shield. Before the fight was even over, they were already finished.

"You, despicable, shameless!" Seeing a mountain disappear just like that, Xio was both angry and scared, pointing at the people in front of him and shouting loudly.

Even as a god, he might not be able to move a mountain to such a clean state in one go!

What's even worse is that he had used up too much of his divine power, but his opponent didn't react at all!

Leng Nuan didn't reply to him. In a flash, she appeared in front of Xio, grabbed his right arm with her left hand, and struck him hard in the stomach with her right hand. Then she withdrew her hand and turned her right palm towards his face, emitting crackling electricity. Amid Xio's struggle and brief "no", she went all out.

"Hiss~" Seeing that Xiao's entire head had been blasted away, A.K0527 patted his heartless chest and muttered to himself.

Thankfully, it didn't bleed; it's still a baby!

Wait a minute! If that's the arrangement, then what about the 500 years it spent diligently cultivating in this world? Even if it used an accelerator, that's still a solid 500 years!

Even though it has no heart, it feels so much pain that it wants to suffocate!

As Xio's body began to dissipate, Leng Nuan threw out a magic ball and collected it completely.

"Assist system, is it over?" Leng Nuan asked, putting the ball away and continuing to wear her armor.

[Thank you for your cooperation, host. The mission is now complete.]

[Task update as follows—]

[Preventing the villain from turning evil: 100%]

[Protecting World Peace: 40%]

"Wait, isn't this one mission? Why has it been split into two?" A.K0527 asked, looking at the panel in confusion.

This world has already been almost completely devoured. Even if things stop now, it will soon be a scene of devastation, until one day it falls apart.

What?! What were they doing all that for?!

[System notification: The host has completed the mission and may return to the space station. Please confirm whether to use "Time Rewind". Note: "Time Rewind" is triggered randomly.]

"Use it." Leng Nuan removed her armor, revealing her face, and gave a bright smile as she looked down at the crowd.

Even if we win, how can we leave such a world for Ah Jiang?

"Cold or warm! No!"

Despite winning, Qin Shuangjiang had a feeling that she was about to lose her opponent.

She wanted to fly up, but forgot that she had no spiritual power left.

She stared blankly at the sky, the figure above vanished without a trace, and with it, the memories of that person began to fade away, bit by bit…

"Ah Jiang, let's get married."

"But all I care about is whether I can help you, A-Jiang."

"Because I keep a close eye on Ah Jiang every day."

"Qin Shuangjiang, are you alright?"

"The Nine Gates of Xuantian, Cold and Warm."

In the end, Qin Shuangjiang's vision went black, and a single red tear fell to the ground, becoming the only color in the world.