Don't pretend, everyone knows you're the villain!

Three days after 0561 rushed back with reinforcements, the first thing they saw was Xie Sicen running around in a disheveled state, her clothes covered in claw marks, her body filthy, and parts of her skin torn open by sharp claws.

His panting appearance tugged at 0561's heartstrings.

“Boss…” 0561 looked at Lingyi pitifully. Lingyi sighed helplessly and chased away the surrounding beasts.

Lingyi also gave Xie Sicen a wound healing treatment.

Xie Sicen finally had a moment to catch her breath, but she dared not waste a single second.

"0561, quickly exchange for the mech."

"Ah... okay. There's one more thing, host." 0561 looked at Ling Yi while exchanging for the mecha that Xie Sicen had previously customized.

Ling Yi suddenly spoke up, "Yin Zhaoshu is not dead, but the situation is not optimistic."

Xie Sicen's pupils contracted; this was the first man he had met, and his tone was urgent.

Do you know where it is?

The mecha that 0561 had exchanged appeared before them, and Lingyi took the opportunity to scoop up the little round ball and knead it in her palm.

"He is still in this forest, deep within it. But for some reason, he is cut off from the outside world."

"We'll take you there. As for whether the person can be saved, you can judge based on the situation."

They can only determine whether the mission is over based on Xie Sicen's information.

The place where Yin Zhaoshu is located is most likely a remnant of the small world's reset, an indelible remnant.

Ling Yi held 0561. Xie Sichen originally wanted to enter the mecha bay to clear the way, but found that there were no alien beasts in the places where Ling Yi went.

This person was shrouded in mystery from the very beginning, far more powerful than 0561, yet he possessed 0561's connections, which is quite strange.

In fact, if 0561 hadn't gone to the wrong department, he probably would never have had anything to do with Lingyi in his life, let alone have Lingyi, the person in charge of the department, clean up his mess.

Nearby, where they passed, there were many flowers of various colors, but their life trajectories were altered by taking root in the forest. Scattered among the many roots were skeletons, possibly from strange beasts or humans.

Lingyi led the way to a cave and stopped.

"We can only take you this far. Can you come out and see us?"

"Thank you."

After Xie Sicen thanked him, she entered the cave. 0561 made a move to follow her, but Ling Yi raised her other hand to block it and pressed it into her palm.

"If you want your data to be repurposed and discarded, then go ahead and try."

0561 shifted his body, looking somewhat bewildered, and asked, "Boss, what's going on in here?"

Ling Yi tapped 0561's little tuft of hair and explained casually, "The parts of the small world that cannot be reset are locked here. Simply put, there is more than one Yin Zhaoshu here."

0561 was a little flustered after processing all these words.

"Huh? More than one... Does that mean Yin Zhaoshu, who was betrayed and lost control after being unrequited in love with Qi Zhiyu, is also among them?"

"No, boss. I have to go save the host! I'm a law-abiding system, I'll stand with the host through thick and thin."

In his haste, 0561 forgot what Lingyi had said earlier.

"You have a seven-second memory? You might as well send your brain for reconstruction. There's no need to bother reporting it as useless." Ling Yi said coolly, never letting go of 0561 from beginning to end.

"..." 0561 came to her senses and looked pitifully at Lingyi for help.

Lingyi rubbed 0561 and spoke helplessly.

"Looking at me so pitifully, I can't bear it. I might be able to help with other things, but I can't help with this. Every little world has uncontrollable factors, just like we can't stop the plot from changing. I have a lot of authority, but I'm not omnipotent."

0561 looked dejected. It didn't want anything to happen to Xie Sicen. It had witnessed firsthand the immense sacrifices Xie Sicen had made over the past three years and understood the hardships she had endured. Just when things were about to get what they wanted, reality seemed to be shattering like a bubble.

0561: "That Yin Zhaoshu doesn't even know the host. Boss, you should have stopped the host just now."

Ling Yi raised an eyebrow and slowly raised her hand to gently tap 0561's head.

“What’s the use of stopping him? Will the mission be abandoned, or will Xie Sichen give up on Yin Zhaoshu? Silly boy, we don’t need to pay for the path Xie Sichen has chosen. He has already expressed his gratitude, and he won’t blame anyone, whether he lives or dies.”

0561 hesitated for a long time before saying, "But... I am the host's system."

"You're only with him for a while; the person who can be with him for a lifetime is waiting for him to make his choice."

After Xie Sichen went deeper inside, she felt that it was empty and not like an environment where anyone could survive.

But after crawling through a narrow passage, the view suddenly opened up completely.

It's like a paradise on earth.

Before Xie Sicen could look again, a gunshot rang out, and Xie Sicen dodged the bullet.

They were almost touching.

"!!!"

Xie Sicen suddenly looked into the distance, and there stood Yin Zhaoshu!

Xie Sicen ran towards Yin Zhaoshu without any warning, but her steps were disrupted by the continuous gunfire and the dense barrage of bullets.

The mech appeared, and all the bullet impacts were blocked by the mech.

Inside the mecha bay, Xie Sicen looked at that familiar face. It was Yin Zhaoshu, but not entirely.

The coldness and gloom on that face were something Yin Zhaoshu had never seen before.

Xie Sichen was piloting a mecha, but the other party was also quite familiar with mechas. Such skillful maneuvering made Xie Sichen think of a conjecture that she herself was not sure about.

The corrupted Yin Zhaoshu didn't die completely and has taken over the current Yin Zhaoshu's body?

What are the odds of such an absurd and bizarre event happening? But his being able to come here is something that cannot be explained by science.

Xie Sichen fought harder and harder, and when the huge white tiger appeared in her field of vision, the mecha was actually resisted by its claws.

During the confrontation, Xie Sicen had no choice but to confront the opponent head-on, but the mecha's enhancements seemed cumbersome in the face of the opponent's absolute strength and familiarity with the mecha.

Damage reports are rising, and alarms are sounding one after another.

Xie Sichen had no choice but to jump out of the mecha. The enormous white tiger was not the same size or even the same level as Yin Zhaoshu, whom Xie Sichen had seen before.

Not to mention the numerous wounds on the white tiger's body, many of which were old scars and were fatal.

Xie Sichen's pained expression caused the white tiger's raised giant paw to freeze in mid-air.

It was this hesitation that gave Xie Sichen the opportunity to seize. The leopard nimbly darted around and finally caught the chance to quickly lock onto the opponent's throat.

It wasn't about risking lives, but simply about gaining the upper hand so that both sides could temporarily stop fighting.

Xie Sichen didn't want to hurt Yin Zhaoshu. Regardless of whether the body inside him was actually Yin Zhaoshu's, this body itself was his weakness.

They met because of love, not to hurt each other.

This body is still here, maybe his Ashu can come back? Even if she only had a sliver of hope, Xie Sichen didn't want all her hopes to vanish.