Chapter 12: Who Is the Real Villain?

Chapter 12: Who Is the Real Villain?

“What? You don’t want to see me?”

Lu Li was crestfallen, then suddenly overjoyed. “So, should I leave?”

After saying that, his mood swung again—from ecstatic back to despondent.

His first sadness was because of his lustful nature.

His joy came from his timidity.

As for the later melancholy, it was probably because lust outweighed fear.

Perhaps.

Luo Qianning slowly shook her head. “You may go.”

Bang bang bang—!

No sooner had she spoken than she began banging her head against the table.

This enchantress truly has serious issues!

Lu Li didn’t want to waste words and quickly stood up to leave.

Luo Qianning seemed a bit anxious and burst out a long string of words.

“I hate you! I’ve never cared about you at all! I want a car and a house! I don’t want to have your child! You do the housework and cooking! No smoking, drinking, or gaming! Leave now!!!”

Lu Li opened his mouth but was too stunned to respond immediately.

His heart was shaken deeply.

So even a demoness could be so mundane?

He felt that Miss Bai was far more appealing.

Moreover, this Miss Luo seemed to have a fetish for minotaur-like beings, so he might as well indulge her.

“I plan to sell my house and car. I can’t live without smoking and drinking daily (don’t try this at home). Not only do I play games, but I’m a heavy spender. I can’t cook and never do chores. I must have children. If I ever marry, my wife must bear at least eleven kids; I want to start a football team. By the way, I also like to hit my partner sometimes.”

Having said so much in one breath, Lu Li shrugged and pulled out a cigarette to light up. “Since we’re so fundamentally different, there’s no point in wasting time. You can leave the way you came. I believe you’ll find someone better who can meet all your demands.”

With that, he turned to leave.

But his arm was grabbed by Luo Qianning.

Her delicate brows furrowed, tears welling in her eyes as she pressed him back down.

Then she took out her phone, opened a voice-to-text app, and started typing furiously, letting the electronic voice read aloud.

“What I mean is, don’t leave.”

The electronic voice was always calm and steady.

Suddenly, Lu Li realized something.

He sat back down cautiously. “Miss Luo, do you mean the opposite of what you’re saying?”

Luo Qianning’s heterochromatic eyes brightened, nodding repeatedly.

Lu Li: “.”

What a ridiculous farce!

Is this even possible?

But to be fair, his DNA started reacting again.

Just imagine: while you’re holding her, her cheeks flushed, eyes dreamy, breathing lightly as she says, “I hate you the most! Let me go! I won’t sleep with you!”

Yet her body cooperates willingly, even hugging you tighter.

Just thinking about it made Lu Li feel a bit overwhelmed.

No, he couldn’t think further! He had to recall Miss Bai’s gentle and caring nature!

Luo Qianning didn’t see his expression. She lowered her head and resumed typing on her phone.

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“I possess the ‘Inverse Effect’ ability. Whatever I say will come true in the opposite way. If I only think it, that’s manageable, but even common knowledge becomes reversed.”

Lu Li instantly switched from lustful mode to timid mode.

His sharp intellect took the upper hand.

So this explains why some realities become distorted?

He stroked his chin and pondered.

That’s why traffic lights get twisted, why people rest during the day and work at night, and so on.

But she must be able to control it, at least within limits.

Lu Li didn’t believe she couldn’t control it at all.

After all, she was a great demon over 150 million years old. How could she not control her power?

And thinking about it, her ability was truly terrifying.

If she said, “People can breathe air normally,” would that mean no one in the world could breathe properly?

The thought was chilling.

Lu Li suddenly became serious. “So why did you come to me? Don’t tell me you really want to go on a blind date with me.”

“Of course I want to go on a blind date,” Luo Qianning continued typing.

“I’ve liked you for a long time, Mr. Lu, because you are special.”

“Special?” Lu Li stroked his chin. “What’s so special about me?”

Everyone in their youth thinks they’re the chosen one, the most unique.

If he were a decade younger, he’d think so too.

But unfortunately, he was already twenty-eight.

Now, he was too lazy even to engage in keyboard battles in games.

He entered games with others muted.

“You simply are special.”

Was it that she couldn’t say more, or that she didn’t want to? Lu Li was unsure.

Could it be that Lu Li himself wasn’t actually human?

Suddenly inspired, Lu Li pulled out his phone and opened the dating app, entering the “My Profile” section.

There was his information.

Name: Lu Li

Gender: Male

Age: 28 years old

Species: Mammalia, Homo sapiens

Personality traits: Strives to achieve goals but gives up when facing insurmountable difficulties; lives carelessly yet pursues desires; works toward good outcomes but contemplates worst-case scenarios; will act boldly if worst-case is acceptable, otherwise refrains.

Ability: None

Lu Li nodded. Indeed, he was a genuine human through and through.

That “Ability: None” was classic.

Putting away his phone, he propped his chin on his hand. “Alright, I’ll take it that I’m special. But why do you like me? And what’s this dating app? Our age difference seems quite large. Also, do you know Bai Muli?”

Luo Qianning kept typing.

“Mr. Lu, let me explain point by point.”

“First, do you need a reason to like someone? At first, I paid attention to you because you were special, but feelings can grow over time, right? I’m only a bit older; age is not an issue.”

“As for Bai Muli, I know her. Even among demons, she’s one of the most dangerous.”

Lu Li’s eye twitched.

This was a big problem.

Miss Luo seemed to say a lot, yet revealed nothing.

Why was Lu Li special?

Why mention nothing about the dating app?

Age difference? Maybe a little more than a bit.

But Lu Li was most concerned about the last point.

In his mind, Miss Bai was gentle and considerate.

Just a little too passionate, which was a bit much for him.

And indeed, they knew each other.

“You said Bai Muli is one of the most dangerous kinds — I don’t quite understand that.”

Luo Qianning nodded and typed again.

“The longer demons live, the lazier they become. And those who live long, aside from being powerful, rarely cause trouble. At our level, we basically don’t fight other demons or attack humans — we’re practically gods.”

“We only take interest when encountering humans or supernatural beings of certain strength. But even then, if the strengths are similar, no one uses full force — no one wants to get seriously injured.”

“So if one side signals it doesn’t want to fight anymore, the other side stops. That’s the wisdom of the immortals.”

“But Bai Muli is different.”

Her expression turned serious.

“She’s the demon I worry about most. This one is capricious, seemingly gentle and peace-loving, but actually terrifying. If you don’t comply with her, she’ll annihilate you to nothing. She never gives up on her goals and has very strange abilities. Her physical combat skills are top-notch — and she’s mentally unstable.”

Lu Li’s heart stirred. He hurriedly asked for details.

Luo Qianning sighed.

“In her eyes, there are no living beings — or rather, everything in the world is just flesh tumors made of the same substance. She distinguishes other things only by scent and sound. Except… you.”

“So, Mr. Lu, you see why she’s so obsessed with you. In her world, you’re the only one who is truly ‘alive.’ She can only see you. That’s why she wants to have you at any cost. But her power will destroy the world you live in.”

She looked up at Lu Li.

“She has the ‘Dreamscape’ ability, which can affect not only others but herself as well.”

“She can connect to the ‘dreams’ of all living beings and even dead objects she’s ever touched. As long as she doesn’t die in the dream world, she’ll never die. In the dream world, she can do anything she desires. She can shift between dream and reality, and every being whose dream she possesses becomes her seed. She can use these seeds as nourishment to spawn another version of herself.”

“Mr. Lu, now you understand what she intends to do, right?”

Lu Li said nothing.

He recalled what Miss Bai had said in the dream world before:

“I want to create a world where only you and I exist forever.”

Now that he thought about it, it was truly terrifying.

Those different Miss Bais were probably the fruits blossoming from each seed.

If she succeeded, wouldn’t it be like The Matrix — a world where besides Lu Li, there were seven billion Bai Mulies?

A chill ran down Lu Li’s spine.

But he keenly noticed a problem.

If that was Bai Muli’s goal,

Then what was the goal of this Miss Luo before him?

(End of chapter)