Forcing herself to stay calm, Feng Zexuan answered the blue-haired girl’s third question.
“I… this system is a gossip-eating system.”
She imitated the tone of her own unreliable system purely by instinct.
“My main responsibility is to… assist the host in collecting, analyzing, and spreading gossip-related information, improving the host’s… social insight and…”
【Crap, I can’t make this up anymore.】
“Uh, anyway, it’s basically just eating gossip together with the host.”
After saying that, she frantically searched through the system interface in her mind, trying to find a serial number or dimensional information.
She turned the whole thing upside down.
Nothing.
【System, could you at least leave me some clues?!】
【Where’s the ID badge? The registration papers? How am I supposed to prove I’m not an illegal system without anything?!】
【I’m completely blind here!】
The blue-haired girl narrowed her eyes as a faint blue glow spread around her body.
“Serial number.”
Her voice carried no emotion whatsoever.
“Well… this system’s serial number is rather special…”
“Area of responsibility.”
“Uh… this system covers a very… wide area…”
Feng Zexuan’s voice grew weaker and weaker.
Clearly, the blue-haired girl’s patience had run out.
Without another word, the light around her condensed instantly into sharp, icy energy.
“This system is a Floral Realm Inspector, responsible for maintaining order.”
“You cannot provide even the most basic information.”
She raised a hand and snapped her fingers.
Snap.
A pink-and-green vine bracelet suddenly wrapped itself around Feng Zexuan’s left wrist.
Several pale green rosebuds decorated the vine, their touch icy cold.
The blue-haired girl swiped her fingers through the air, summoning a glowing screen before her.
She rapidly recorded something on it.
“According to Article 37 of Floral Realm Administrative Regulations, unidentified entities are subject to mandatory trial verification.”
Her voice sounded like a courtroom verdict.
“The trial consists of three rounds.”
“Complete one round, and the flower buds will turn from green to white.”
“Complete all three rounds, and they will turn pink. You will then receive an official identity.”
She paused, her icy blue eyes locking onto Feng Zexuan.
“If you fail within those three rounds…”
“You will be permanently labeled an ‘Intruder’ and directly—formatted.”
“Beep! Beep! Beep!”
The green flower buds on the bracelet emitted a piercing alarm as brilliant light burst forth.
Several systems nearby that had been slacking off and gaming instantly froze, all turning to look at her.
“A green alert? The highest-level identity investigation?”
“This system’s definitely undocumented, right?”
“Looks kinda familiar… could it be a fake?”
“Wait a second!”
Feng Zexuan exploded.
“Can I still leave now?!”
“No.”
“I’m just here sightseeing! My system is outside—I only came in to look around!”
“Unauthorized intrusion into the Floral Realm adds another offense.”
Expressionless, the blue-haired girl marked another line on the glowing screen before her.
“That means you especially have to go.”
“I—”
Feng Zexuan had just opened her mouth to argue when the vine bracelet suddenly tightened around her wrist, erupting with dazzling green light!
The glow stabbed painfully into her eyes.
“Teleportation sequence activated.”
The inspector’s cold voice sounded as though it came from another world.
“Destination: Trial Minor World No. 7749.”
Before the words even finished, a massive swirling portal opened beneath Feng Zexuan’s feet, its edges burning with green flames!
“Wait—!”
An irresistible force exploded from deep within the portal and violently dragged her downward!
【System!】
【System, save me! Your host is about to be humanely destroyed!】
“Holy shiiiii—!”
Her scream was swallowed by the portal.
Her entire body felt like it had been thrown into a spinning washing machine, and she instantly lost consciousness.
Meanwhile, far away in the imperial court, the “Prince of Zhenbei,” who was solemnly listening to the Minister of Revenue’s report, paused ever so slightly.
Then he returned to normal as if nothing had happened.
Who knew how much time passed—
BANG!
Feng Zexuan felt like a sack being hurled heavily onto a hard wooden board.
Her head spun violently, her consciousness feeling as though it had been forcibly stuffed into a cramped container.
She struggled to open her eyes.
What greeted her was an overwhelming sea of festive red.
Bright red bed curtains. Red wedding blankets. Even the air carried the scent of cheap incense and celebration.
She tried to sit up, but her body refused to move.
【What’s going on?】
She attempted to wiggle her fingers.
Nothing happened.
【Did I get paralyzed from the fall?】
Outside the window came the faint sounds of drums, gongs, and noisy chatter.
【This is… a bridal chamber?】
A terrifying thought surfaced in her mind.
【Wasn’t this supposed to be a trial? Why did they throw me into a bridal chamber?!】
【Don’t tell me…】
Her heart turned cold.
【Don’t tell me there’s been a mistake and I got transmigrated into one of those baby-making novels where the heroine pops out eight kids in one pregnancy?!】
【I refuse! Absolutely not!】
【This baby refuses childbirth! Refuses abusive romance! Refuses all melodramatic plotlines!】
Just as she was screaming internally, a completely unfamiliar girl suddenly spoke—with her mouth.
Her tone carried three parts fear and seven parts cautious probing.
“Y-you… who are you? Why are you inside my head?”
Feng Zexuan froze.
【Well damn, I really did become someone else’s system?】
The next second, a line of cute rounded text decorated with lace suddenly appeared before her eyes like a teleprompter.
There was even a helpful little note in parentheses:
(Just read this! Try to sound mechanical! Bring out your coldest, iciest vibe!)
【…So systems are basically just reading scripts?】
【This job is way too easy.】
She cleared her throat, trying her best to make her voice sound like an emotionless machine.
“Ding— Congratulations, Host! Space System binding successful!”
“I am your System 001. You may call me Xiao Ling!”
Even she wanted to laugh after reading it aloud.
【Xiao Ling? You’re Xiao Ling! Who came up with this trashy name?!】
The girl fell silent for several seconds before suddenly erupting into an ear-piercing dolphin-like scream.
“A SYSTEM! AHHHH! I REALLY HAVE A SYSTEM!”
“The transmigration gods haven’t abandoned me! My golden finger! My cheat ability is finally here!”
Feng Zexuan felt like her eardrums were about to shatter from the shrieking.
【Calm down! Miss, calm down! Keep screaming like that and I’m muting you, believe it or not!】
“System, system! Hurry and tell me—is my mission to trample scumbag men, slap vicious women, collect all the handsome men in the world, and rise to the peak of life?!”
Her voice was full of longing for a beautiful future.
A new prompt appeared.
Feng Zexuan continued reading from the script, though her voice unconsciously carried a hint of teasing.
“Host, congratulations on becoming the new heroine of this minor world. Your mission is to assist the male lead in rising to power and ascending the throne as emperor.”
“Huh? So I’m just the support MVP?”
The girl—Shen Sangsang—sounded utterly unwilling.
“Can’t I become the Empress myself?”
Feng Zexuan secretly laughed inwardly.
【There’s definitely a rule in the system profession ethics handbook: See through everything, but never say it out loud.】
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