Lucian sat on a recliner under the eaves, wearing a bathrobe and wiping his hair with a towel. Outside the eaves was a world of ice and snow, white snow and red plum blossoms.
There are also hot springs that emit white steam even on extremely cold winter nights.
This was the resort where he went after completing the quick-travel mission in the previous world.
Visitors often pass by his house, wondering who bought such an expensive piece of land on this snowy mountain famous for its beautiful scenery and natural hot springs, and built a mansion that includes a natural hot spring. A curious reporter once secretly took a telephoto camera to shoot inside, but only got a photo.
The person's body in the photo was obscured by the flowers, and one could only see that he was reading a book. The only part of the person's body that was shown in the photo, besides the purple bathrobe, was a very white and smooth ankle.
The ankle was so slender and long that it looked like it could be held in one hand. Someone posted this photo online, sparking a heated discussion.
Some people marveled at the young age of the owner, some speculated that the ankle contained a canary kept by a wealthy man, and some praised the owner's taste for the Suzhou embroidery on the bathrobe and the garden-like scenery in the mansion. But more people were concerned about another issue.
That is…
What is that hardcover book with an unclear title in the owner's hand
No matter how the outside world said, none of them had ever thought that the book placed on the master's lap was not a famous book, nor a success book, but a...
The novel is called "Infernal Affairs", and the name alone gives off a sense of middle school culture.
Or is it a eunuch novel that is only half written.
After returning to the control center, Lucian was handsomely rewarded for successfully resolving the nightmare world—even though Lucian himself didn't understand how he got the last bit of hatred.
But this is not important. In order to comfort his hurt heart, the system applied for a vacation permission for him.
In fact, Lucian didn't feel anything. Although he did feel a strong shock when he was about to leave the nightmare world, after leaving that world, the original unpleasantness gradually faded in his mind.
Lucian was always good at adjusting himself in such matters. He also knew that many of his peers secretly said that he was heartless because of this.
But Lucian didn't care about that.
But before he left the space and went to the vacation world, he thought about it and somehow took the "original" of the previous world with him.
That is the dark upgrade novel that is in his hand now, "The Fall of the God in Infernal Affairs".
The setting of the story is quite simple. There are ten major races in the world, and each race has its own gods. Most of the gods fell in the war of gods, and their remaining consciousness guards this continent, alerting the return of the fallen gods.
The human race and the demon race are the two largest and most powerful races, and they often fight. The human race is organized by the church and prays to the God of Light to obtain the power of blessing to fight against the demons. The story begins during the war between the human and demon races, and the son of destiny in this world, the so-called male protagonist, is Vader.
On the surface, he is the illegitimate son of a human noble, but in fact, he is the blood of a fallen angel and the vessel that the fallen angel intends to use to revive himself. The blood brings him power but also brings curses. Because of this blood, he is not tolerated by all races and everyone wants to kill him. After he turned evil, he learned that the fallen angel was actually a conspiracy of the God of Creation who was betrayed and tortured by the gods of all races. From then on, he embarked on the road to becoming a god and destroying gods.
The whole story begins with Vader seizing the holy objects of various races and absorbing the power of the gods of various races. As a dark male protagonist, he is not only ruthless and murderous, but also has the ability to be immortal. In the end, he sacrificed the world with blood, broke through the void, and went to the temple...
The book on Lucian’s lap stopped at this page.
In this story, the original "Lucian" was a cannon fodder supporting character who only appeared in a few chapters. As the Pope's illegitimate son and a half-succubus, he repeatedly framed the protagonist, who was still a human, out of jealousy. In the end, after Vader returned from exile, he awakened his bloodline in front of everyone, and Vader cut off his limbs and threw him into the demon cave.
He doesn't even deserve the extra description or torture that the other major villains get. Vader throws him away like a useless piece of trash.
No matter how you look at it, what he did is similar to what the original "Lucian" did. The only thing worth mentioning is that he did a little more bad things in order to upgrade himself from "a piece of trash that can be killed at will" to "a 100% hateful villain." However, this cannot constitute a reason for Vader's weird attitude towards him.
“Forget it.” Lucian muttered, “I don’t understand.”
He still didn't understand Vader's strange attitude towards him. But it was not surprising that Vader, after turning evil, was so moody and could do whatever he wanted.
And Wade's hatred for him has indeed reached 100%. In this case, he must want to kill him and hate him to the core.
Lucian threw the book aside, closed his eyes and rubbed his temples. To be honest, it was not in line with his personality to read this book that he had already read.
Rather than dwelling on the unpleasantness of the previous world, it is better to think about what to do next. Lucian tapped his chin with his fingers, and finally called out the system with a smile.
"Brother No. 5, your sincere system is here to serve you wholeheartedly. Do you need your travel assistant to buy Facebook for Eduardo within ten minutes, or to make Mount Fuji erupt and sink Sakura Country within three days?" After failing to play dead many times, the system finally made a miserable sound.
Obviously, it has been tortured to death by its host who is always acting on impulse during this "travel benefit".
Lucian felt very happy when he saw its miserable appearance. He held his chin and blinked, "Is there anything more exciting?"
The system said: "I will send a signal to contact the Trisolarans for you now."
Lucian: “Anything else?”
It was one of Lucian's habits to tinker with the system whenever he got bored, not to mention that now in the vacation world, the system was responsible for completing every vacation request of his. Now he looked at the system, which was like a second party, and felt very happy.
Finally, he heard the system's answer: "It seems so."
"What?"
System: "I can use 3D cinema to replay the last three hours you experienced in the previous world."
Lucian: …
System: "You will definitely find it exciting."
Lucian: "… No, thank you. I'm not interested."
… What a damn failure in life. Now the system dares to use this to laugh at him.
Lucian lay back on the couch with an annoyed look on his face, and covered his face with the book. The system kept nagging in his ears, and the content was the same thing that the system had been telling him since the first world, asking him to accumulate virtue, stop causing trouble, and cherish NPCs starting with him. Lucian blocked his ears with two fingers as usual.
"The control center said at the beginning that what we need to collect are the strong emotional fluctuations of the children of destiny. Others collect love, regret, and the happiness of being redeemed... Only you insisted on choosing hatred. To be honest, after so many worlds, you almost fell this time. It really surprised me."
"The emotional fluctuation value of hatred is huge... If not, how could I become an S-level specialist so quickly. And what are you talking about? I have never failed before." Lucian finally retorted with empty eyes, "And let me correct you, I didn't fail this time either."
"What's even more terrifying than this is that you've never had any psychological burden... I heard that the girl in the control center who was in charge of the replay of your last world felt a little sympathetic to Wade."
"Why should she feel sorry for him? I've been very good to him." Lucian held his chin up, yawned, and said with a little bored dissatisfaction, "I also left him an emperor's robe, very beautiful. It's hung in the shabby house where he lived when he was a child. He will be able to see it when he goes back one day. And I also left him a corpse. He can whip it/chop it up or feed it to wild dogs as he pleases."
system:…
Lucian: "Although whipping a corpse is not as good as whipping a living person, it is enough for him to vent his anger."
The system finally couldn't complain anymore: "... You seem a little heartless."
“Don’t complain about me if you’re not even a human system.” Lucian said, “Well, sometimes I sympathize with them…”
"You don't have any sympathy in your voice..."
"But they are just unlucky to have met me. And it won't affect their path to the top of their lives. I am just a stumbling block in their lives, and I collect some interest while training them..."
"What stumbling block in life? You are too light-hearted. You are clearly the mudslide in their lives!!" the system complained loudly.
Of course, its complaints were useless. Lucian's conscience didn't hurt at all, so he continued to close his eyes and pretend to sleep.
Listening to the gurgling sound of the hot spring not far away, his mood gradually relaxed.
Beaches, cliffs, oceans, starry skies, snow-capped mountains... Hmm... He thought for a long time, and although he felt that these scenes were nothing special, he could still give it a try. However, after being idle for so long, he actually missed the days of playing around in the mission world.
So after the trip, it would be great to apply for an extra mission world to harm the next victim and cleanse your soul with their anger!
The next victim... Well, what world should I choose
Lucian fell asleep with such expectation.
However, when he lowered his eyes, he felt his eyelids were particularly heavy. It was not like the feeling of falling asleep, but more like...
The body gradually sank into the mud.
The system's terrified screams came from his sea of consciousness, but Lucian could hear nothing.
Countless runes wrapped around his body, sweeping across the entire courtyard in an instant, dragging him towards the abyss.
…
The first feeling was a soft touch.
He seemed to be lying on a soft bed, or perhaps on many soft cushions.
He reached out in a half-asleep state, wanting to get a glass of water.
The hand grabbed nothing.
And his ankles made metallic collision sounds as his body moved.
"... System." He said dazedly.
No one answered.
His head hurt a little, like the awkward feeling of just merging with the characters when entering each world. Lucian supported himself with his left hand to sit up and rubbed his eyes.
Everything finally came into his sight.
This place…
No matter how you look at it, it couldn't be the hotel he was in before he fell asleep.
This is a Western-style room with a Gothic style of decoration and a thick carpet on the floor. He is now sitting on one of the beds. From where he is, he can see the thick curtains covering the windows. Because of the curtains, the room is very dark and he can't tell whether it is day or night.
It is worth noting that many of the pillars against the wall and even the ceiling are covered with a large number of strange runes of unknown function.
He was wearing a knee-length silk nightgown, with his long, straight legs exposed to the air. His hair fell slightly to his side, and he reached out to grab it, only to find that it was long, snow-white hair that emitted a faint silver arc in the dark.
What world was this? Who had he become now? Wasn't he still on vacation? But no matter how he called the system, it didn't answer him.
He realized that it was as if the string of a kite was broken, and the connection between him and the system was cut off.
All his observations and reactions were dazed and dull. Lucian wanted to get off the bed, and as he moved, he felt something.
He looked down.
His ankle was long and thin, and on the joint was a chain-like anklet.
The anklets were also engraved with a large number of indistinguishable and detailed spells.
What is this
When he got off the bed, his calves felt a little weak, as if he hadn't walked for a long time. Fortunately, there was a cushion and soft carpet underneath, so he stepped on the carpet and walked towards the window step by step.
There is a mirror next to the window.
He turned his head.
He saw his own face reflected.
That moment…
Countless fears and confusions surged into Lucian's heart. He stared at the young man in the mirror, and the young man stared at him.
No one knows this face better than him, because...
That's his own face!
Or, to put it more accurately, this is his face and body that had been fine-tuned in the Western fantasy world in his previous life.
The features and face of the young man in the mirror were so familiar. Clear eyebrows, soft lips, and a smile on his face. However, compared to when he left, this face had changed a little. Compared to before, his temperament now had a bit more fragile and weirdness.
However, what is even more shocking is that in the mirror, his white hair, pointed ears, and blood-red eyes are similar to...
There is a strange blood-colored magic pattern on the forehead.
The magic pattern looked like a blooming sand flower.
He hadn't grown the horns yet, indicating that he had completely transformed into a pure succubus, but Lucian understood better than anyone.
Those are the characteristics that only succubi have after their bloodline has been developed and awakened!
He checked his lower back and abdomen and found that there were also magic patterns belonging to the succubus there.
Lucian shuddered, and suddenly realized.
He seemed to have returned to the previous world that he had harmed.
Not only that, he returned to his body that should have died long ago. In addition, the succubus bloodline in this body strangely... awakened.
Although at the time of his death, he still suppressed the pure human of the succubus bloodline.
But his body was now empty. He had neither the magic that a human possessed nor the magic power that a succubus should have.
"System? System?" He propped himself up against the wall and tried to connect to it with his mind again. "What the hell is going on? How did I end up back at..."
There was no response from the system.
The strong feeling of uneasiness became stronger and stronger, almost grabbing his heart. He opened the curtain a little and looked out carefully.
All the windows were locked, with one window left open a little for some ventilation.
It was early morning outside the window, and large areas of castles were bathed in the rising morning light.
What a beautiful scene.
But at that moment, Lucian fell silent.
He returned to the bed and tried to calm himself.
That was the castle of the human race. It was also the first base of the protagonists of this world when they began to conquer the world. The base was heavily guarded, and not even a bird could fly out without permission.
And that protagonist is exactly.
Vader.
And now, he seemed to be imprisoned in a tower in his castle, with his magic power and magic lost, and he was turned into a succubus that had not yet been fully transformed.
No system yet.
He didn't know why he returned to this world.
Lucian: …
He’s done.
Lucian had a hundred thousand questions in his mind.
Why did he appear here, why was this Vader's castle, why did his bloodline awaken, why did his body not decay but seemed to be still alive, why...
Thousands of words come together into one sentence: "Why am I back again??"
Lucian lay on the bed, losing his dreams and becoming a desperate robot who only knew how to keep trying to contact the system.
He had to do something before things got any worse... Well, something had to be done.
For some reason, he always had a bad feeling.
until…
There was a sharp pain in the back of his head.
Someone grabbed his hair.
He couldn't help but let out a cry of pain. Then, he heard a cold voice.
"You woke up so early today? You little liar?"
The man reached out from behind him and rubbed his chin gently.
Lucian: …
All the hair on his body seemed to stand on end.
That voice was Vader's voice.
He turned around with his chin pulled, and met a pair of blood-red eyes that were faintly shining with gold.