Chapter 35: I Want... to Kill It

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What... is this? Jiang Cheng was stunned by the scene before her.

Inside Lyle's inner world at this moment, it was actually a doomsday scene.

The once azure endless sky now had a massive black hole in it,

as if the sky itself had been torn open, or as if there was a data error in a game world.

A huge black cavity was suspended in the sky, tearing at everything around it.

"This is..."

Jiang Cheng stared blankly at the sight before her. She knew that Lyle's heart must have been deeply hurt by her own mischievous actions,

but what she hadn't expected was for Lyle's pain to be so severe.

Given that she didn't really understand these beautiful human emotions, she could only vaguely sense Lyle's special feelings toward her alternate identities, but she had no idea just how deep Lyle's emotions for her actually ran.

However, Jiang Cheng had still underestimated her own talent for toying with people's hearts.

Those "White Moonlight" personas she had painstakingly created just to make her death more dramatic were, for Lyle, an absolute killer blow.

Even though Lyle was still very young for the first two personas, the fact that Jiang Cheng had been able to make him fall in love with her again and again was impressive enough.

And now, the most direct manifestation of Lyle's feelings for Jiang Cheng's personas was that huge hole in his spiritual space.

With her sharp observational skills, Jiang Cheng could clearly tell that the hole was not a single direct rupture.

The edge of the black hole clearly stemmed from three wounds coming from different directions.

Judging from the marks, this time it was one of the wounds tearing open, dragging the other two wounds around it with it.

With these three wounds rupturing simultaneously, the current gaping hole had formed.

"..."

Jiang Cheng frowned in thought. This was Lyle's inner world, a reflection of his heart in reality,

so... in reality, her actions this time must have traumatized Lyle from the teacher persona, while also reminding him of the wounds from the other personas...

So that's how it is.

"The cause is found, but how do you plan to fix him?" the system's voice sounded. "Are you going to directly reveal the alternate identities?"

"Hah, as if,"

Jiang Cheng curled her lip. This stupid system, always coming up with such ridiculous ideas.

"Then how are you going to cure him?" the system asked in confusion.

"Huh?"

Jiang Cheng tilted her head. "When did I ever say I was going to heal his heart?"

???

Jiang Cheng burst out laughing. "You didn't think I came in here to heal him, did you?"

"If not, then..." the system sounded uncertain.

"Of course I'm not here to heal him. He couldn't fall unconscious just yet, so I just needed to wake him up, that's all."

"Heart wounds? I couldn't care less about that. In fact, I'd rather sit back and watch the spectacle."

"You..."

"Pfft,"

Jiang Cheng chuckled. "Are you about to say something like, 'Why would you do these things when you obviously like him?' Something like that?"

The system didn't reply, which meant Jiang Cheng must have guessed its thoughts.

"Hah. Besides, I don't like him at all. I couldn't possibly like humans—let alone men."

"Even if I did like him... what's wrong with using these methods?"

"In order to make him hate the villain who will kill him in the future, in order to make him stronger, so he'll cast aside all those worries that are detrimental to survival—I put in a lot of effort for that."

"Then what about the wounds in his heart!"

"Why should I care?"

Jiang Cheng said indifferently. "As long as he's sustained by his pure-hearted nature, his heart won't shatter completely and drive him to suicide."

"At most, he'll just go dark. And isn't that exactly what I want? Even if he turns dark and kills me, it doesn't matter—in fact, that's what I want."

Jiang Cheng spoke calmly, but her golden eyes were filled with madness so intense that the system didn't dare say another word.

Unfortunately, when Jiang Cheng in the future recalled her current actions, she would only want to go back in time and hold herself down.

Although she wasn't afraid to die, there were some things that scared her even more than death.

After all, the hero's body that belonged to Lyle really was outrageously strong.

"All right, there's no more time to waste."

As she spoke, Jiang Cheng raised her hand. As her soul-body became a bit fainter, a few golden threads appeared in her palm.

"Awaken!"

Jiang Cheng kneeled on one knee. The golden threads in her palm pierced into the ground, twisting themselves deep into Lyle's inner world.

"Bang!"

The next moment, Jiang Cheng was ejected from Lyle's spiritual world.

In Jiang Cheng's arms, Lyle slowly opened his eyes.

Opening his eyes, he saw Jiang Cheng holding him. Lyle braced himself against the wall, struggling to his feet.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and forced out a smile, apologizing to Jiang Cheng,

"Sorry, Jiang Cheng, I embarrassed myself. The blow just now was quite severe."

"No matter,"

Jiang Cheng smiled calmly and shook her head, her expression composed.

"I woke you up from the spiritual world in time, so not much time was lost."

"Yes,"

Lyle nodded. "Thank you for waking me up this time. If you hadn't been here, I don't know how long I would have delayed things."

The corners of Jiang Cheng's mouth twitched—she almost burst out laughing. Fortunately, she managed to hold her lips down from curling up.

Luckily, Lyle was still immersed in his grief and hadn't noticed the fleeting change at the corner of Jiang Cheng's mouth.

Pfft, haha! And he still has to thank me?

At this moment, Jiang Cheng was laughing hysterically in her heart. If she weren't restraining herself, tears might have come out from laughter already.

Still, even though she tried so hard to keep from laughing, her cheeks and stomach hurt.

"All right, what do we do next?"

Jiang Cheng put on a worried expression and looked toward Lyle.

"What next?"

Lyle looked up, his lifeless eyes meeting Jiang Cheng's gaze.

"Your trial, in this city—what are we going to do next?"

Jiang Cheng tilted her head, her voice full of concern.

"As for your body, do you need some time to recover? You don't have to continue the trial for now."

"No,"

Lyle gradually composed himself, shook his head, and seemed to remember something. He looked at Jiang Cheng seriously and asked,

"Adventurer City's god... there's a problem, right? I believe you must know about this."

"Ha,"

Jiang Cheng hooked the corner of her lips. The fish was on the line. She nodded, "Of course."

"The current god of adventure is just a thief who stole the position from the previous one."

"I see... so the corrupted monsters, all the hardships so many people suffering in this city, are all tied to 'that' thing, right?"

"Of course."

"Then if I kill It, the Temple of the Gods won't make a fuss, right?"

"Exactly,"

Jiang Cheng smiled, "Even if there are problems, I'll deal with them for you."

"All right."

Lyle nodded, his bloodshot eyes blazing as he looked into the distance.

"Jiang Cheng, help me. I want... to kill It."

"As you wish..."

Jiang Cheng bowed low—the shadows concealed the wicked smile on her face.

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