My paper-doll wife came to life!
And she possessed me!
Now, from a player's third-person perspective, she sees herself transformed into Jing Liu, like a player character being controlled.
Gu Yu's body seemed to have become Jing Liu's mech, and her consciousness was the mech pilot.
Her body was 'marinated' by the existence of Jing Liu, and the whispers and madness brought by the Magic Yin Body tormented her every moment.
But thankfully, Gu Yu had a hole in her head (in the physical sense, not a derogatory metaphor).
The surging emotions accumulated over eighteen hundred years were like a tide, but they found a pressure release point when passing through the wound on her forehead, and simply 'leaked' out, preventing Gu Yu from falling into uncontrollable madness.
Suddenly, all the lights in the room went out.
Huh?
Power outage?
Gu Yu didn't rush to act. She had seen many news reports, cases where criminals deliberately cut power, waiting for the homeowner to walk into a trap.
Sure enough, not long after, there was the sound of lock-picking. Fortunately, the door was double-locked from the inside, so even if the lock was picked, there were still two large iron bars securing it.
The other party pushed the door a few times without success, and then there was no more movement behind the door.
Not long after, movement came from the balcony instead.
Failing to pick the lock and directly breaking in from the balcony—the visitors were up to no good.
She wondered how the original owner, a weak, pitiful, and helpless student, could have provoked such lawless thugs.
Since that was the case, then let's test the power of the former Sword Master of the Luofu.
As the saying goes, 'blackening' strengthens fivefold, while 'whitening' weakens by three points. In the Honkai: Star Rail storyline, Jing Liu, even before falling into the Magic Yin Body, could single-handedly capture Hu Lei, the battle leader of the Netherworld Troopers.
After she fell into the Magic Yin Body, she transcended her original limits and, in her endless hatred, recovered her almost nihilistic self.
Now, she was only stronger than she was during her time with the Cloud Knights of the Xianzhou Alliance.
Monster! A complete and utter monster! Run! I must run!
Zhang Lixin didn't understand why her once confident husband suddenly turned into shattered fragments, but she had to escape!
Whir...
A whooshing sound came, leaving a trace covered in solid ice on the concrete rooftop at her feet, yet the cement ground below was completely unharmed.
She looked up and saw that the other party was still standing on the balcony, a crystal-clear longsword appearing in her hand at some point.
The distance between the two buildings was at least 100 meters, damn it!!!
Zhang Lixin was going crazy. Where was the 'fragile girl'?
She only saw a monster!
From the other party's performance, she was at least an intermediate-level ability user or higher, an existence that their group of low-level grunts couldn't possibly contend with!
"Shen Yi! Shen Yi! You bastard! You animal! You've truly doomed us all!"
Zhang Lixin broke out in a cold sweat, quickly dove into a car parked by the road, stomped the accelerator to the floor, ignoring all traffic lights, and sped off like an arrow from a bowstring.
She didn't notice the figure standing on the rooftop where she had just been, silently watching the car's frantic escape.
Huihong Manufacturing's stronghold was located at the junction of the suburbs and the wilderness. Two hundred years ago, this place was a small factory, later abandoned due to the Dimensional War, until this group of people arrived.
"Solved?" In the office, Shen Yi held a red wine glass, looking completely at ease.
Even in this remote location, he maintained the sophistication of a superior.
"Solved your *ss! That little girl has at least one strong individual of intermediate level or higher guarding her. Shen Yi, you beast, you've gotten us into huge trouble!"
Shen Yi's expression changed: "Where's Wang Yue?"
An ability user who reached the intermediate level possessed at least enough combat power to slaughter a city.
If the opponent was as the woman in front of him described, all of them combined wouldn't be enough for her to crush with a single finger.
Zhang Lixin sneered, "Dead."
"Then how did you get back?"
She was neither a combat-type ability user nor good at escaping, so how could she have escaped alive from an intermediate-level ability user?
Shen Yi's face showed suspicion: "Were you scared silly by some bluff?"
Ability users' powers were bizarre and varied, and there were quite a few types very skilled at deception.
It was said that during the the Dimensional War, a master illusionist had managed to deceive and drive away a calamity-level invader from another world.
...Although his end was incredibly tragic.
His soul was extracted to create a weapon of war, and he personally destroyed his homeland and killed his entire family.
But at least he succeeded in deceiving them, didn't he? Two hundred years later, his legend still circulated.
Zhang Lixin, however, didn't think so.
Her ability was telepathy, seemingly a useless power that could easily be replaced by a mobile phone.
But that was just a trick to mislead others.
The key to the telepathy ability wasn't the 'tele' part, but the 'pathy' (mind) part.
Scanning minds within her ability range and establishing a connection with them.
From the moment that white-haired woman appeared, she began trying to connect with her mind.
Mad whispers drilled into her brain from her ears, while seeds in her flesh took root and sprouted, stirring restlessly, attempting to break through her fragile skin and spread wantonly.
Alchemy Commission... Sinner... Magic Yin... Hate... Kill, kill, kill...
A buzzing sound echoed in her ears, making her disoriented.
Zhang Lixin had never left this small city in her life and had limited experience, but she instinctively felt that the other party was far more than just an intermediate-level ability user.
This wasn't just kicking an iron plate; it was kicking a nuclear bomb.
Endless regret enveloped her heart. She should have stopped after her daughter got into university...
"Hey, why are you spacing out? I'm asking you a question," Shen Yi said, displeased.
Zhang Lixin looked at her former partner and said with desperate sarcasm, "Do you think... I'd still be alive now if I didn't honestly lead the way?"
A chill washed over them.
Zhang Lixin's expression changed, and she dropped to her knees with a thud, pressing her forehead tightly to the ground.
"I'm sorry! Please forgive me! I still have a child to raise, I can't die!"
A moon-white figure appeared at the entrance of the Huihong Manufacturing stronghold.
Besides the three executives, there were dozens of employees in the stronghold, all skilled in using firearms and killing.
The night watchman immediately spotted the intruder and pressed the alarm: "Enemy attack—"
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm willing to be your slave! Please spare my dog's life!"
"What are you..."
Shen Yi inexplicably looked up, only to see a moonbeam descending from the sky outside the window.
Let this moonbeam—
Illuminate all rivers!
The once chaotic and noisy factory area seemed to have been muted, and white frost instantly covered the entire area.
From the night watchman shouting "Enemy attack" to complete silence, only 3 seconds passed.
The only one who survived was Zhang Lixin, who had immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
The ostentatious and pretentious boss remained in his bewildered upward-gazing posture, but he could no longer move.
"Jing Liu" walked leisurely through the office building, which had become an ice chamber. Fine cuts appeared all over her body, blood flowed from them, yet it healed at light speed under the immense power of abundance.
Gu Yu's body was too fragile; every second of using Jing Liu's template brought severe erosion.
It was like a newborn foal carrying Jing Liu, an ancient train over a thousand years old.
She had to finish this quickly.
She looked at the survivor she had deliberately left alive.
The tip of her sword lightly lifted the woman's chin, forcing her to look up at her.
"Tell me, who is your master?"
Zhang Lixin trembled as she replied, "Someone... placed an order with our company to kill that girl."
Once she started speaking, the rest came easier.
She immediately spilled all the information she knew, like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.
"Because the things we do aren't very honorable, the boss... that bastard Shen Yi, he secretly made many backup copies of all the customer data, just in case he was double-crossed and eliminated."
Zhang Lixin pointed to the boss, who was sitting on the sofa, frozen into an ice sculpture, and said, "There's a safe in the wall behind him, hidden with a lot of client information."
"You know a lot of detail."
"My ability, after establishing a connection with a target, allows me to steal some short-term memories. This is a secret that no one else knows."
"You also tried to connect with me? No wonder you're so sensible."
...Yes, your mind is unfathomable. This slave read nothing... Please forgive this slave's presumption!"