Lin Muci didn't know how long she had been asleep.
When she opened her eyes again, it felt like another three days and three nights had passed.
A small rabbit was bouncing excitedly on her chest.
"Host is awake! Host is awake!"
Lin Muci's eyelashes trembled slightly.
Then—
A deep, yet exceptionally calm voice reached her ears.
"You are awake?"
Lin Muci nodded. She raised her head and saw a man with a clear, handsome face standing before her. His features were exquisite, as if sculpted, and his mere presence was enough to make one's heart flutter.
Lin Muci took one look at him, heard him chuckle softly, and then speak.
"It seems—"
"You already know who I am?"
The Main System? Lin Muci had guessed that the Main System would appear, but she hadn't expected the Main System to possess a human body, and such a perfect, handsome one at that. No wonder— it could be so intimate with the little system, making the little system blush with shyness every day.
Lin Muci looked at him and said.
"What I want to know is, who am I?"
Her gaze was fixed on the Main System before her.
She needed an answer.
"On the battlefield, in the Valley of Three Lives, I saw a falling spaceship. Inside the spaceship, there was a photograph. The person in the photograph looked exactly like me, and her name was also Lin Muci. However, she was the genius of Blue Star back then, the one who created a top-tier system that could even defeat the Zerg Mother Nest."
"I am very curious, what is my relationship with this legend of Blue Star?"
The Main System, upon hearing Lin Muci's question, paused before replying.
"You are her."
"However, strictly speaking, you are her reincarnation. After all, she has passed away. I personally witnessed her death back then."
"You possess a portion of her soul fragments, which is equivalent to her reincarnation. But you will no longer have her memories— therefore, you are essentially a new person."
"However, it is precisely because of this that after finding you, I could send you into different worlds to complete missions."
"You carry her soul fragments. The Zerg Mother Nest wanted to control her, and she chose a glorious sacrifice to deliver a fatal blow to the Mother Nest. Because of this, her soul fragments can evade the Mother Nest's detection and will not be discovered by the Zerg Mother Nest."
"When you enter those small worlds, you will not be erased."
This answered many of Lin Muci's questions, but after a moment of silence, she suddenly looked up and continued to ask.
"What about Ling Qianhe?"
"Didn't you say that my mission was to conquer the villain Ling Qianhe?"
"Is that not the case?"
Mentioning the villain Ling Qianhe, the Main System's expression became somewhat peculiar. The handsome man hesitated before saying.
"He is an anomaly."
Lin Muci's eyes held confusion.
She needed to clarify this matter.
"Explain it more clearly, what do you mean by anomaly?"
The Main System's eyes flickered with subtle light, as if deep in thought. After a moment, the man spoke.
"I chose you to carry out missions back then, telling you that Ling Qianhe was a villain that must be conquered. Do you remember this?"
Lin Muci nodded.
Of course, she remembered!
It was precisely because Ling Qianhe was a villain that no one could conquer that she had to win him over.
This guy was always a tough nut to crack in every world, with a terrible temper and extremely high vigilance. She had failed repeatedly but eventually managed to win over this yandere.
"But— he shouldn't have any connection with the Zerg Mother Nest, right?"
The Main System hesitated and said.
"The Zerg Mother Nest previously controlled many worlds. In those worlds, she was like a supreme ruler, even comparable to the Dao of Heaven."
The Main System paused for a moment and said.
"Under the Dao of Heaven, all things must operate according to her rules. This invisibly provided her with power, allowing her to be nourished while in slumber, becoming powerful, and gradually awakening. "
"The more worlds she could control, the vaster her energy would become."
"Those worlds are not illusions; they are all real— precisely because of this, to break her manipulation of these worlds and to disrupt her energy absorption, one needs to resist her."
"Ling Qianhe is the anomaly who can disrupt her control over countless small worlds!"
"The so-called chosen ones in those small worlds were merely her chosen spokespersons."
"But Ling Qianhe is the one truly nurtured by the grand laws of the Great Dao, possessing great fortune. His existence is the ember left by the universe for humanity, the hope for humanity's survival."
"However, the consciousness of the Zerg Mother Nest wanted to suppress him, so from birth, he was destined to endure immense suffering in countless small worlds. He no longer harbored any benevolence towards humanity, only endless hatred."
"He wants to destroy the world."
"Because he has never received even a moment of love from the human world."
"But..."
The Main System uttered the truth with a blank expression.
"But he alone is the salvation of the human world."
Lin Muci was utterly shocked.
"You mean... only Ling Qianhe has the chance, the possibility, to save this world?"
"He was born powerful, but because of that, he was forced to endure so much pain?"
The Main System affirmed her thoughts.
"Yes."
"Moreover, the suffering he endured is not just what you have seen."
"Before he met you, he suffered greatly in every world."
"The destiny that the Zerg Mother Nest arranged for him was too tragic. In every world, he died dejectedly, misunderstood by everyone, accused, betrayed by those he trusted. The accumulated grievances of his past lives are why he became the villain who could not be healed or redeemed."
Lin Muci felt as if a thunderbolt had struck her ears. She had never imagined— so this was the truth.
The pain he had endured.
Was it even more than what she had witnessed?
If she hadn't been there.
What kind of life would Ling Qianhe have lived?
Lin Muci fell silent. The exceptionally handsome and clear face of Ling Qianhe surfaced in her mind. His expression was always unrestrained and indifferent, as if he cared nothing for anything in this world.
Lin Muci had never expected—
That the suffering he endured far exceeded the imagination of the world.
How could he love this world?
Having endured torment and humiliation by the world, he could no longer love.
Yet, such a person could extend his hand to her, open his arms to her, and trust her unconditionally.
How precious that was.
Lin Muci's eyes became a little moist. She took a deep breath, her voice low, as if murmuring to herself.
"So that's how it is..."
Only now, at this very moment, did she truly understand, on a deeper level, what she truly meant to him.
She was his only salvation.
After enduring countless hardships and injustices.
After being brutally suppressed by heaven and earth, his very spine crushed, forcing him to bow before fate.
He could still look at her with those clear eyes, still embrace her, warm her with his embrace, and tell her.
He would not surrender.
He loved her.