Quick Transmigration: The Villain is Destiny, the Protagonist Takes a Backseat

pain……

Both my head and body were in excruciating pain.

Ji Qiuzhe felt as if he had been in an incredibly long dream, but when he struggled to open his eyes, he couldn't remember anything.

All I could see was emptiness...

【Host. 】

A weak, mechanical voice sounded in my ear.

Ji Qiuzhe then realized that he was actually in the system space, and in the form of a soul.

His memories returned instantly. He remembered that he was so angry when he heard Zhao Tiansheng insult Li Yu that he was caught off guard and had his heart ripped out by Zhou Guanyu who suddenly arrived.

So, my body is already dead?

Ji Qiuzhe said this very calmly. He was not afraid of death, but only of the failure of the mission implicating others.

003 replied: "No, host, you are simply unconscious."

How can a person live without a heart?

Ji Qiuzhe sensed something was wrong. He suddenly remembered that before he lost consciousness, his body seemed to be caught steadily by a hand as he fell.

He suddenly had a bad feeling.

"What happened?" The tone unconsciously carried a hint of panic.

[The villain saved you.] 003's voice trailed off, [He fought the protagonist, almost killing him. The protagonist, enraged, took a whole bottle of forbidden drugs and fought the villain...]

"What's wrong with him?" Ji Qiuzhe asked anxiously, disregarding his own terrible mental state.

[The villain went berserk because of your death. The protagonist was still no match for him and was almost killed by the villain. Later, the protagonist was saved by the protagonist who used all his ghost power. The villain lost almost all of his cultivation to save you and is now not far from death...] 003's voice revealed a guilty conscience and an imperceptible sense of remorse.

【What did you say?!】

[The villain is about to die...]

It's all because it was too weak and was easily locked up by the main system. Otherwise, it could have exchanged items at a crucial moment to save the host's life, and then the villain wouldn't have been able to...

003 thinks it's a useless, incompetent system that's good for nothing but causing trouble. The host treats it so well, yet it drags its feet at crucial moments.

But before it could continue to grieve, its body was supported by a warm hand, and a warm spiritual energy was continuously poured in, nourishing its broken body.

003 was deeply moved: [Host...]

Don't cry. I know you tried your best, and you almost died trying to escape your confinement.

The tone was so gentle it was almost unbelievable, like the loving words of an elder speaking to a beloved junior. Despite the damage to his own soul, he endured the pain and used his spiritual power to heal it.

003 felt even more guilty: [But I...but I'm too late...the villain...you, you're useless, sob sob sob...]

It's not your fault.

Ji Qiuzhe was not as pessimistic as 003; at least he and Li Yu were still alive and had not yet reached a dead end.

As long as we're alive, there's still a way.

When the man said this, his soul was almost gone, but 003 was inexplicably calmed down. It believed its host; if he said there was a way, then there must be a way.

【Okay, host, just tell me what you want me to do, and I'll do it!】 Even if it were to go and beat up the main system right now, 003 would charge without hesitation.

Ji Qiuzhe was somewhat amused and exasperated. He pinched its hard body and said, "All you need to do is send me back to that body."

His greatest skill in completing missions was putting himself in a life-or-death situation to survive, which is why Ji Qiuzhe was able to completely disregard his own safety and resolutely fight against the Heavenly Dao to beat Zhao Tiansheng.

As long as he returns to the system space after death, there are countless ways to revive him millions of times, so he doesn't care about his life.

Unfortunately, he was ultimately limited by the laws of nature and could not unleash much of his strength. Otherwise, the two chosen ones from low-level worlds would not be worthy of fighting him!

But some people are just too foolish; they don't care about his life, and that person will exhaust all their cultivation to save him...

Ji Qiuzhe sighed silently, feeling both sweet and regretful. He had misunderstood. Now, in this world, there were people he cared about and who cared about him. He shouldn't have taken his life so lightly.

【Good host. 】

003 reluctantly rubbed against Ji Qiuzhe's palm, then floated in the air, turning Ji Qiuzhe's soul into a wisp of white light and sending it back into his body.

[Ding! The villain's corruption level is currently 99%. Please complete the mission diligently.]

Ji Qiuzhe remembered that Li Yu's blackening value was at its maximum at that time, and he even fell into a berserk state, but now it has dropped to 99%.

【what happened? 】

[Host, it's probably because of you that the villain, who was originally out of control, forcibly regained consciousness to save you.]

because of him……

Ji Qiuzhe was almost overwhelmed with guilt. He couldn't wait to see the fool who had risked his life for him.

But my eyelids felt like they were covered in glue, and I couldn't open them no matter what I did.

It took Ji Qiuzhe a long time to open his eyes, and after a while, his vision gradually returned to normal.

He was in an unfamiliar room, brightly decorated, with huge floor-to-ceiling windows and pure white curtains fluttering in the wind. The room was empty except for him.

Ji Qiuzhe took out a porcelain bottle from the system space, struggled to lift his almost powerless arm, poured out a pill and swallowed it.

The elixir melted instantly upon entering the mouth, reshaping the still-damaged body at an alarming speed.

In just ten minutes, Ji Qiuzhe's body, which had been numb with pain, felt much better.

He took out another bottle of pills and poured them all into his mouth as if they were free. This time, they were pills to nourish the soul. Both bottles were top-quality pills that he had refined when he was about to ascend to immortality in a certain cultivation world.

However, he has many such pills, and he can even make more if he needs them, but the materials required are only available in the cultivation world.

So he can eat without restraint.

Ji Qiuzhe's soul power wasn't considered strong before, because he always thought that he would do quick transmigration missions to accumulate enough capital, then return to his original world and die of old age like all ordinary people.

He was utterly tired of living endlessly, so he didn't need a powerful soul, fearing he would live too long.

But things are different now. He has found someone he loves and wants to take him back to his original world so they can see off their departing loved ones and stay together forever.

From now on, he will gradually strengthen his soul power until he can fight against all those who stand in his way with just his soul body.

Once his soul, which had been so fragile it seemed it could shatter at any moment, had completely solidified, Ji Qiuzhe decided to get up and go find Li Yu.

Where is he?

003 paused for a moment, offering no direct answer: [Yu Lou and Yu Jia are guarding outside the door. Host, ask them.]

【Oh. 】

Ji Qiuzhe opened the door and, sure enough, saw two dejected figures at the entrance.

Upon seeing him, Yu Jia's tone was somewhat sharp: "You still know how to wake up!"

Her expression was complex, a mixture of relief and resentment, making her look contradictory.

Yu Lou remained silent, but his expression mirrored that of Yu Jia.

Ji Qiuzhe knew what was going on. They were glad that Li Yu had successfully rescued him, but they were also upset that Li Yu had disregarded his own safety to save him.

Both of them had followed Li Yu for many years, and it was understandable that they spoke with emotion out of their eagerness to protect their master. Ji Qiuzhe didn't want to take it to heart; all he wanted to do right now was to see the person he longed for as soon as possible.

"Where is he?"