Female-dominated society: Striving for the position of powerful minister, doting on Xiao Yunqing

Looking at the person in front of her, Mu Yan suddenly remembered her previous absurd thoughts.

How could she...

How could you think of Mu Yunqing like that…

He has always been the best, and he has always been the best to her.

He was only 25 years old, how could he die?

He spent his entire life traveling around, completing missions day and night. He never truly experienced the world. How could he...?

Ah!

Mu Yan looked up to the sky and cried out in pain.

Her voice echoed throughout the heavens and earth.

She was finally able to make a sound.

But he could no longer hear her voice.

He is the best Mu Yunqing in the world, but the world is the worst to him.

She was going crazy.

Mu Yan pinched her wrist with her nails, trying to bring her back to her senses.

The fingernails dug into her flesh, drawing blood.

Her wrist was a bloody mess.

She suddenly remembered the cold, mechanical voice in the air.

"Hey... are you still there?"

Mu Yan called to him in a hoarse voice. Her eyes were bloodshot, her face was as pale as if she had deliberately applied white powder, her body was trembling, her lips were quivering, and her throat was extremely sore.

She looked around and saw only a vast expanse of white snow.

"Answer me!"

"You said Mu Yunqing is dead, but in this world... I met someone who looks exactly like him."

"So he didn't die, right..."

[Beep, system number 7028 is about to serve you.]

[Please enter your identity information manually.]

Suddenly, an electronic screen appeared in front of Mu Yan, prompting her to fill in some information.

But she didn't move, nor did she want to. What good was the system? The system couldn't save his life; wouldn't the system just watch him die like she did?

[If you don't bind to the system for more than five minutes, this world will collapse.]

The world is collapsing...

Ah, it's exactly the same as those novels she'd read before.

Mu Yan reached out to the electronic screen and quietly entered her identity information.

She knew her fate was fraught with hardship, but she didn't want to endanger the innocent. If the world collapsed, the entire Phoenix Kingdom would perish along with it.

[Congratulations, host, the system has been successfully bound.]

[You can ask questions, and the 7028 system will try its best to answer them.]

"Mu Yunqing...is he dead?"

[The facts are right in front of you, host. Why don't you take a closer look?]

"But in this world I live in, I met someone who looks exactly like him..."

[Beep, System 7028 has been forcibly taken offline...]

[You will be using an AI service soon.]

"Mu Yan, the Mu Yunqing you see now is a fabrication of your own thoughts."

The ethereal voice from before echoed in the air again.

"Is it really real...?"

"Yes."

"Then... if you can fabricate one... why can't you give me back the real Mu Yunqing..."

Mu Yan closed her eyes in immense grief, two lines of tears streaming down her cheeks.

"There is no such thing as a true or false person. What you see is Mu Yunqing."

"But they are different!" Mu Yan roared at the sky, her voice filled with anger.

They are completely different, like people living in two different worlds.

"Mu Yan, no one can replace anyone else. And no one is absolutely similar to anyone else."

"Even the same face feels completely different to the touch, doesn't it?"

“But I want… I want them to be the same… I’d rather they were exactly the same…” Mu Yan’s voice choked with emotion.

"Muyan, don't say the most unrealistic things when you're sober."

"The last trace of his breath remains in Mu Yunqing's body now."

"Muyan, you should cherish him."

"Can I trade my life for his?"

"Don't forget, your life was bought with his desperate pleas."

"A life obtained through begging is worthless."

"Muyan, stop clinging to this and start a new life."

He always wanted you to be okay.

The cold, mechanical sound faded into the distance, and once again, only the two of them remained in the vast snowfield.

Mu Yan embraced Mu Yunqing, her jade-like face pressed tightly against Mu Yunqing's cold face, tears streaming down her face.

[Beep, System 7028 is now online.]

[Beep, friendly reminder! Dream Space will be closing in 30 seconds.]

[Please take this opportunity to say goodbye, host.]

Mu Yan longed to stay here with him.

He's most afraid of the cold, and he always wears a lot of clothes when he goes on missions in the snow. Now he's wearing only thin clothes, and she's not by his side, so he'll be cold.

He can't stand being alone; he gets bored if no one talks to him.

[Countdown begins.]

[3.]

[2.]

[1.]

The countdown echoed in her ears as Mu Yan gently covered his lips with hers, the touch still cold.

Suddenly, Mu Yan felt a surge of hatred and bit his lower lip hard until the taste of blood spread between her lips and teeth.

He was only concerned with dying for her, without even asking if she was willing.

She was supposed to be dying, but now she's clinging to life in this world.

She wanted to go with him, but the man told her that she had only been spared because Mu Yunqing had begged her so desperately.

But he insisted that she live a good life.

Mu Yan lowered her eyes, and a hot tear fell on Mu Yunqing. He seemed to melt away like ice and snow, disappearing little by little.

[The dream space is about to close. Please exit the dream as soon as possible.]

[Ding, negative emotions have been automatically cleared from the host.]

……

Mu Yan suddenly woke up from her dream. There was no one beside her. Had Mu Yunqing not come back to sleep?

That's it.

Life is unpredictable, so why make things difficult for each other? It's best to just live in peace.

I only wish that Mu Yunqing will never encounter a desperate criminal like me again in his next life.

[Beep, a thousand-year-old blood ginseng has been detected nearby. The host may go and retrieve it.]

...Although she was still grieving, the system's capabilities were simply too strong.

"Go ahead." Since she wouldn't be able to sleep tonight anyway, Mu Yan thought, and took out a dagger from her bag.

[Okay, host. System 7028 has planned your route.]

[The host should follow the golden flare; the blood ginseng should be visible in about ten minutes.]

As soon as the system finished speaking, a golden flare appeared in front of Mu Yan, and she got up and walked forward.

[Beep, friendly reminder! Blood ginseng has extremely demanding requirements for its living environment. Would you like to purchase cultivation space?]

"Cultivation space? What can it be used for?"

Mu Yan's吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for complaining/criticizing) spirit suddenly flared up. She had just lost her lover, did the system not see that?

One minute they're doing tasks, the next they're selling products.

So you were just watching a movie.

[7028 System: The cultivation space can be used to plant and cultivate various precious medicinal herbs, providing them with an excellent living environment and accelerating their growth rate.]

The items are good, but she has no money. Does this system accept money?

Wait, this thing seems to require points to redeem.

How many points do I have?

[Please wait, calculation in progress...]

[Calculation complete... Reporting begins. Host Muyan, a new host, has received 520 points from the newcomer gift pack, 500 points for successfully activating the Dream Space, and 500 points for successfully escaping the Dream Space... Total points.]

You know what, these points seem pretty plentiful.

"How many points are needed for that space?"

[You can redeem points.]

Mu Yan almost vomited blood on the spot; this was outrageous!

"How big is that space?" Mu Yan asked as she walked.

[System 7028: Approximately the size of the host's residence.]

"Prime Minister's Mansion?"

[Yes, the host.]

Mu Yan stroked her chin thoughtfully, thinking it seemed quite large, so she gritted her teeth and said, "Buy it!"

[Okay, host. Ten thousand points have been deducted.]

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained a cultivation space.]

...Thank you so much.

[Beep, target detected.]

Following the prompt, Mu Yan looked over and indeed it was a good thing, glowing red.

It just grows too high up; you'd have to climb a tree to get it.

Mu Yan thought about walking forward, and then started climbing a tree. Sigh, her mind was exhausted, and her body was getting tired too.

Fortunately, the tree had many branches, so climbing it wasn't too difficult, and Muyan soon obtained the blood ginseng.

Despite being called ginseng, Mu Yan felt it was more like lingzhi mushroom. It felt light in her hand, and strangely, the red light went out after a while.

[Congratulations, host, on obtaining the Thousand-Year Blood Ginseng. Please place it in your cultivation space.]

"I'll release it?"

[Yes, host. Please click the button to transfer the blood ginseng to the cultivation space.]

Immediately, the electronic screen reappeared in front of Mu Yan, with a large transmission button on it.

Mu Yan reached out and pressed it, and the blood ginseng in her hand disappeared immediately.

[Congratulations, host. The blood ginseng has been successfully implanted into the cultivation space.]

Mu Yan thought this system was too lazy. Wait a minute, that voice... it's clearly a robot!

"Are you a robot?"

[No, I am system number 7028.]

"So you're a robot system?"

[Yes, host. Due to your current low level, an artificial system has not yet been assigned to you.]

What level am I?

[Level 0.]

[Don't be discouraged, host. Completing tasks will increase your level and earn you points.]

"At what level can I get an artificial system?" Mu Yan didn't want this cold, robotic system to stay with her forever.

[The system will begin automatically distributing rewards once you reach level five.]

"Alright, what kind of tasks are there?"

[There are primary and secondary tasks. Which should the host listen to first?]

"Main task".

[The main task is to find love.]

"That's it? Can you be more specific?"

[The task is not yet open, and System 7028 is unaware of it.]

……

"That important mission?"

[The secondary task is to gain status.]

Well, it's not much different from what she thought, except that with the system, it might be easier.

Meanwhile, Mu Yunqing woke up to find Mu Yan missing and hurriedly went into the forest to look for her.

But the forest was so vast that he was destined never to find it.

Mu Yunqing walked alone in the forest, dressed in plain clothes, yet she was still incredibly beautiful at that moment.

A light mist rose in the forest at night, and he walked through the clouds with his hands behind his back. His long hair was loosely tied up with a dark green ribbon, and the jade pendants at his waist jingled softly, echoing between heaven and earth. With each step he took, his sleeves fluttered and his dress swayed, as if a celestial being had descended to earth.

He walked for a long time but couldn't find Mu Yan. The fog in the forest was getting thicker and thicker.

Suddenly, a red shadow flashed before his eyes at great speed, and Mu Yunqing looked closely but it had already disappeared.