Ye Luoli: The Charismatic Girl Leads the World to Darkness

Several men walked in, wearing vests and shorts, all with short hair and strong builds, clearly skilled in martial arts. The one in the lead had dyed yellow hair.

Yan Xi has been playing in the Yellow Springs for so long and has seen many high-quality human men, but this is the first time she has seen such a socialite on the second floor.

As soon as those men entered, they started shouting loudly, swearing constantly, and their eyes darted around with ill intent, especially lingering on women's breasts, which made many customers frown.

The waiters scattered throughout the bar also sensed something was wrong, and they all became serious, holding walkie-talkies in their hands, ready to call security if anything went wrong.

Surprisingly, yet predictably, the burly men didn't cause any trouble. They found a place, each ordered a drink, and sat down comfortably, though their eyes were still darting around and their words were still unpleasant.

Yan Xi sensed that these people had ulterior motives but had no evidence. She observed them carefully for a while, but found nothing else besides their sleazy behavior, so she cleared her mind and thought about other things.

This so-called other matter was only remembered when I saw these big men.

"Idiot, how is that ugly thing? Is it dead?" Yan Xi picked up her wine glass, took a sip, and suddenly asked in her mind.

Thinking of that incredibly ugly dwarf system, Yan Xi subconsciously pictured a rose-purple ponytail and a girl's cool and aloof face. Before Yan Xi could even manage a smile, her thoughts shifted, and she remembered the mission to save Wen Qian. Her face fell, and she felt uncomfortable all over.

She really wanted to be a lazy bum, doing nothing all day, not even having to flip the dough.

Someone has to be the loser, so why can't it be her?

On the other side, the idiot appeared out of the system space, sat on the table, said a couple of words and found that no one was paying attention to him. When he looked up, he saw Yan Xi looking at him with a sad face and staring blankly.

Idiot: ...

Are you even listening to me?

The fool's helpless voice suddenly rang out, startling Yan Xi so much that she almost spilled the wine in her glass.

"Ah..." Yan Xi patted her chest, took a sip of wine to calm herself, then grinned, looking rather dim-witted: "Um... why don't you say it again?"

Idiot: ...Fine.

With a sigh, the idiot reached out and pulled up a virtual screen, swiped his finger across it a few times, and suddenly blurted out: "Are you ready to take over the grand scheme played by those few heartless old geezers?"

Yan Xi paused for a moment, then said, "...I don't want to prepare."

"Ah, too late." The idiot smiled slightly, his expression a little strange. "Let me tell you the story of that lousy system to warm things up."

After finishing speaking, the idiot organized his thoughts and recounted the story, combining what the dwarf system had told him with the general narrative.

The dwarf used to be a system within the Invaders Alliance, an unremarkable entity that followed the hosts assigned by the Alliance through various small worlds to complete missions, absorbing the luck of the world's protagonists and the energy of the world's collapse to strengthen itself, living a carefree and happy life.

However, their good fortune didn't last long. Once, they were unlucky again; they ran into air traffic control officers the moment they entered the mission world, and then… that was it. Its host was instantly killed, and it was imprisoned in the air traffic control bureau's cell, awaiting its fate of destruction.

The idiot chuckled as he said that the dwarf's tone was tough when he spoke of the enforcer, but his expression was one of utter terror, his body trembling like a leaf. The dwarf also described the enforcer's appearance, saying that the demon's true form was a nine-tailed white fox, extremely beautiful, looking delicate and fragile like a little white flower, but with extremely cruel methods.

"Is the enforcer's weapon a long, black sword?" Yan Xi suddenly interrupted, asking.

[I don't know, it only said that the person just casually scratched its host a few times with a twig and dismembered it... Wait—holy crap, no way?!]

Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed in the idiot's mind, and he looked at Yan Xi with a surprised expression.

Yan Xi nodded solemnly and said in a deep voice, "Absolutely, I'm telling you!"

Nine-tailed white fox, beautiful, delicate in appearance, and ruthless in methods—these adjectives combined make only one person in the law enforcement group who matches them: Yan Xi's eighth sister, Shangguan Ci.

[This system is really pathetic, it ran into you... no, it ran into us.] The idiot facepalmed, but was actually laughing happily.

Yan Xi took a sip of her drink and nodded in agreement: "Ah, right, it's mainly because I met you."

This dwarf and Shui Yuntian were bound by a tragic fate, a truly unfortunate pair.

After saying that, the fool and Yan Xi exchanged a smile, tacitly ending their conversation and continuing their story.

According to the dwarf himself, it was not well-behaved after being locked up in the cell and kept trying to escape. It attempted to break out several times but failed, leaving itself covered in injuries. When it was caught during its last escape attempt, it had no good parts left on its body.

After that, the dwarf resigned himself to his fate and obediently waited to die in the prison. But unexpectedly, there is no dead end. The day before it was to be destroyed, a person completely covered in a black cloak suddenly took it out, put a hood over its head, and then led it through a winding path for a long time. Just when its leg hardware was about to break, they finally arrived at their destination.

After removing the hood, it realized it was in a repair bay and noticed the Invaders Alliance symbol on several repair bays. Reassured, it accepted treatment and went into hibernation in the repair bay.

After an unknown period of hibernation, the dwarf was forcibly awakened and taken away again by the same man in black. This time, he wasn't wearing a hood, but the place was like a maze, and the man in black led it around and around, completely disorienting it.

After walking for about half an hour, they finally arrived at their destination—the warehouse. The warehouse wasn't very large, but it contained many shelves neatly arranged with various props, several of them top-of-the-line. Perhaps for easy access, the shelves weren't locked, and so… the dwarf had a thieving idea.

Speaking of theft, we have to mention the dwarf's host. He was chosen to be bound to the dwarf because he was too obsessed with not entering the underworld after death. His combat strength was not great, but he was a master thief before he died. His skills were superb. Fortunately, he was a teacher and always liked to teach the dwarf a little after the mission. Over time, the dwarf also developed a third hand and used it with great skill.

The dwarf was a little flustered while stealing, but when it turned its head, it saw that the man in black not only wasn't looking at it, but was also positioned to block the surveillance camera. This emboldened the dwarf; it had only intended to steal one item, but with its newfound courage... it stole four.

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Hearing this, Yan Xi scoffed, "Tsk, only four? These ugly things are no good!"

The idiot was speechless, but still explained that the dwarf's spatial nexus was too small to hold much, and that it was also very discerning, stealing only the top-tier items made by those old fogies.

After listening, Yan Xi tilted her head back and scoffed, "Tch, trash!" Then she looked down at the idiot and asked, "By the way, why did you speak well of it?"

[...] The idiot was also stunned for a moment, and after a long silence, he finally managed to stammer out: "I probably just wanted to tease you."

Yan Xi: ...I'm completely speechless. Are you alright?

The man in black led the dwarf past all the shelves before taking him to the very back of the storeroom, where another man in black with the same appearance stood.

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Off topic:

There's still one and a half pages left in the manuscript. If I piece it together, it seems like I can get two chapters, hehehe??? (˙?˙)???