Ning Xuan sighed and turned to start cleaning up the bodies of the bodyguards.
Ning Yu joined her, helping to clear the scene.
"Sister, listen to me."
Ning Xuan and Ning Yu piled the bodyguards' bodies together before Ning Xuan spoke:
"We are all created lives, born from a certain ritual."
Ning Yu found the words somewhat familiar, as if the Moon Princess had also mentioned that her body was a container.
"The process in between is a bit complicated, but now, within your body, there is a key that connects to the 'Root'."
"You mean the Moon Princess?"
Ning Yu immediately realized what was being referred to when she heard about the 'key to the Root', as there was only one being in her body—the Moon Princess.
By now, all the bodyguards' bodies had been piled up, and Ning Yu skillfully began cleaning the bloodstains on the walls and floor.
Where Ning Xuan's palm had previously extended a blade, a peculiar probe now emerged, its tip glowing with white light.
Ning Yu noticed that the air around the probe's tip seemed to distort.
The white light, like a welding torch, burned and sublimated any flesh it touched into white ash the moment it made contact with the bodyguards' corpses.
In no time, all the bodies had turned into a large pile of ash on the ground.
They had essentially vanished from existence.
After completing this step, Ning Xuan turned back to Ning Yu and said:
"You can think of it that way, but not entirely. The Moon Princess holds the secret to accessing the Root, but she doesn't want anyone to know, that's for sure."
"Then why did she even show up in the first place?"
Ning Yu felt a bit puzzled.
"No, she came to stop those who want to access the Root. If she hadn't helped, the key within your body would have existed in another form."
Ning Xuan shook her head. The ashes of the bodies had already been swept away and flushed down the drain.
Ning Yu watched her actions, sensing that she must have done this many times before.
These two sisters were both cold-blooded killers who didn't bat an eye at disposing of bodies.
"So, why me? Why is the Moon Princess in me and not in you?"
Ning Yu thought of a new question. If only one person, one container, was needed, why were two girls created?
"Sister, you've forgotten."
Ning Xuan suddenly smiled, as if she was quite pleased with this fact.
"It's okay, though. It's better this way."
"Sister doesn't need to know the details. Just know that the Moon Princess is inside you now. That's a reality that can't be changed."
Ning Yu, hearing her stop at the crucial point, couldn't help but ask further:
"So, can you take this from me?"
"What?!"
Ning Xuan's eyes widened in surprise, hardly believing what Ning Yu had just said.
"Sister must have gained a lot of benefits from the Moon Princess, right? Why would you think that?"
"Because it also means trouble. I hate trouble."
Ning Yu shook her head. She didn't like the idea of being a "chosen one" or having a "destined fate." All she wanted now was a peaceful life.
With someone special.
"No, that's not possible."
Ning Xuan firmly declared the impossibility of such a thing.
"Not to mention whether the Moon Princess can be transferred or not, even if it could be done, Sister would die instantly."
"So, don't think about such unrealistic things."
Her expression softened as she looked at Ning Yu and continued:
"But Sister doesn't need to be afraid. I'll protect you."
Ning Yu had just witnessed her killing methods and knew they were incredibly powerful. Although she hadn't awakened any Origin abilities, her cybernetic enhancements seemed to make her combat capabilities extremely formidable.
"What's the extent of your cybernetic enhancement?"
Ning Yu was quite curious about this.
"That's a secret."
Ning Xuan pouted, not wanting to tell Ning Yu, and looked away.
Ning Yu had to give up and instead asked another key question:
"So, who wants to kill me, and who wants to capture me?"
"Your body holds the key to the Root, so we want to capture you."
Ning Xuan pointed at herself.
Ning Yu understood that she wasn't saying she personally wanted to capture her, but rather that the forces behind the scenes wanted to do so.
"And then what?"
Ning Yu pressed further.
"Through some means, open the door to the Root."
Ning Xuan's explanation was vague.
"What's really there?"
Ning Yu was now very curious about this so-called 'Root'.
"Those who have gone there never returned, so I don't know."
Ning Xuan shrugged.
"So you killed them all because you intended to take me away, not to return and report."
Ning Yu was referring to her killing all the bodyguards earlier.
"Yes, from the beginning, we were just tools for the family."
Ning Xuan's expression was indifferent, as if she had long been accustomed to such things. Now, with her cybernetic devices retracted, she looked just like an ordinary girl.
"If I'm really that important, why was I missing at the start of the disaster? Why did you have to come looking for me?"
"And what does the family have to do with this disaster? Where did these T-viruses come from?"
Ning Yu's thoughts raced, and she thought of many more questions, hoping to get answers from Ning Xuan.
"No one knows why Sister disappeared at the time, but I guess it might have something to do with the Moon Princess."
Ning Xuan shook her head.
"As for the T-virus, I'm not very clear. Father and Mother never told me, so what I know is limited."
"But someone wants to kill you, that's true."
"I've noticed signs within our ranks that indicate someone plans to directly kill you to prevent the ritual to the Root."
It seemed that even within the interior, there wasn't complete unity.
"Then why are you helping me?"
Ning Yu looked into Ning Xuan's eyes.
"Even though Sister has lost her memory, I don't blame her."
Ning Xuan didn't seem disappointed or surprised by Ning Yu's question.
"Since we came into this world, no one has truly cared about us, have they?"
She took a step forward, getting closer to Ning Yu.
"We were just tools to achieve a purpose, even Father and Mother saw us that way, after all, we weren't their biological children."
She continued to analyze.
"We can only rely on each other. So Sister can trust me, because only I wish for Sister's happiness and want to protect her at all costs."
"In my eyes, Sister is not a tool, but my beloved Sister."
Ning Yu listened to her words, but a different thought arose in her mind.
She didn't know much about their childhood past, which was somewhat vague to Ning Yu now.
But she understood one thing clearly.
There was someone else who also wished for her happiness and would protect her at all costs.
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
