Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!-Chapter 158: Nighttime Assassination

Just at that moment, the system’s voice echoed in Cheng Xiaoxiao’s mind.

"Host, Host, there’s news from headquarters."

Really?

"Headquarters has granted us temporary high-level authority; we can rent a short-distance space transmitter," the system explained.

What, rent?

Just hearing that word feels ominous.

"Yes, Host. Because of the energy cost for space transmission, they said... said..."

Say what?

"Renting the transmitter to us is already a privilege. The energy needed for transmission is huge; to ask for anything else... would be overreaching."

Cheng Xiaoxiao was furious!

Why should she undertake their mission, expend effort, and still have to pay?

How much?

"What..."

The system suddenly realized.

"Five thousand System Coins."

Dang! Why don’t they just rob?

She had earned those System Coins laboriously, couldn’t even bear to use them, and now half had to be donated.

How frustrating!

It was so hard to hold back those feelings.

Can’t I return it?

System:"..."

The host is too naive.

Just as Dongfang Xu was wavering, Cheng Xiaoxiao suddenly spoke, "What time is it now?"

"It’s almost midnight."

An unaware Dongfang Xu answered truthfully, then asked with concern, "What’s wrong?"

"Nothing, it’s just too late today; why don’t we set off tomorrow?" Cheng Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and said to Dongfang Xu.

Seeing Dongfang Xu still hesitating, she further persuaded, "You can go and investigate first. You don’t necessarily need to avenge, it’s a rare opportunity to understand the enemy’s movements. I’ll wait for you at Nannan’s; we’ll set off first thing in the morning."

"But your issue?"

"No worries, it’s not urgent."

It’s very urgent, but isn’t it not urgent?

Dongfang Xu thought it feasible after hearing Xiaoxiao’s words, "Then I’ll send you over first."

Cheng Xiaoxiao hastily waved her hand, "No need, no need, just this little distance, I can go by myself. You should hurry! What if they escape?"

Under Cheng Xiaoxiao’s urging, Dongfang Xu quickly flew away.

Cheng Xiaoxiao exhaled, finally managed to send him off.

She deliberately sent Dongfang Xu away, returned to Nannan’s house, and told Nannan she needed to leave first. If that brother came looking for her, let him wait here for her return.

Because she had already decided to use space teleportation to complete the mission.

What else could she do?

Now less than three hours remained; if she didn’t depart soon, she’d surely be late.

Even though it required so many System Coins, her heart ached terribly. But compared to life, it was trivial. Her little life was more important; she didn’t want to become a wandering ghost.

Cheng Xiaoxiao spent half an hour finding a secluded spot, because the system said the teleport would activate from the location and return there.

In less than a second, her System Coins decreased by five thousand, her mind and heart ached.

Five thousand!

How much could she buy with that?

"Host, out with the old, in with the new."

Cheng Xiaoxiao’s mouth twitched, "You spendthrift Tongzi, if only your authority was greater, and your words weighed more, then you wouldn’t always be cheating your own master!"

System:"..."

This burden is incredibly unjust.

Suddenly, a large line appeared on Cheng Xiaoxiao’s mission board, "Activate Space Transmission"

And two options were below.

Yes---No~

Cheng Xiaoxiao clicked, "Yes"

Then the screen showed a small reminder, the space transmitter only supported short-distance transmission. For cross-interface transmission, please purchase a higher-level space transmitter.

"Please confirm whether to transmit within the current interface"

Yes---No~

"Yes."

Upon clicking, the screen displayed:

Please let the host designate the required transmission location.

Please enter detailed location: (...)

Cheng Xiaoxiao entered: (Yue Mountain)

Please enter detailed location: (...)

Cheng Xiaoxiao was astonished, wasn’t it Yue Mountain? Why no response?

System: "Host, perhaps the location is too generic, making Yue Mountain hard to pinpoint."

It makes sense!

Cheng Xiaoxiao didn’t know Gu Ming’s exact position, so she entered (Yue Mountain - Gu Ming) 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Locating...

Locating...

Locating...

Cheng Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief, finally it worked.

But half an hour slipped away quietly!

As midnight approached, the screen still indicated:

Locating...

Locating...

"System, what’s going on!" Cheng Xiaoxiao paced back and forth anxiously; seeing time fleeting, why couldn’t it locate?

"Host, after inquiring, it’s possible that the target keeps moving rapidly, hence accurate location is impossible."

Cheng Xiaoxiao was frantic!

Her five thousand System Coins were spent.

She couldn’t possibly retrieve them.

This relentless bother, who could she reason with...

Ding!

Just as Cheng Xiaoxiao was desperate, she heard a ding echo from the screen!

This sound was like heaven’s melody reaching Cheng Xiaoxiao’s ears.

"Transmission activated"

The mechanical voice had just spoken when the panel suddenly emitted a burst of white light, enveloping Cheng Xiaoxiao.

This warm light wasn’t dazzling at all. Just as she marveled at its novelty, suddenly the world spun; she wasn’t prepared, oh dear!

Why did it start already?

Ah~!

The white light flashed, and the quiet night returned to calm, as if nothing had happened before.

But within the teleportation, Cheng Xiaoxiao was miserable, spinning endlessly, dizzy and disoriented, completely out of sorts.

After a long while, she finally cried out loudly in her mind for the system, urging Tongzi to figure out a way to stop the rolling; she felt she might vomit out her organs.

What could the system do?

The energy in transmission was immense, beyond what a small system like Tongzi could handle.

This teleportation experience was far more thrilling than any rollercoaster; suddenly, a rollercoaster seemed bearable.

Gosh, when would this spinning end, she was going to break down!

Huhu!

Someone, save~ save~ her.

At this moment, deep within Yue Mountain, a speeding carriage darted through the forest, leaving behind fallen guards and Hidden Guard subordinates in black.

The driving man furrowed his heroic eyebrows, his slender sharp black eyes fixed upon the mottled mountain path under moonlight, akin to a hawk in the night, cold and aloof yet sternly intimidating.

His thin lips were slightly parted, and his tall but not rugged frame was tense, betraying the urgency in his eyes. For the first time, he retreated from his imposing stance, engulfed in deep worry.

Because inside the carriage sat his wife and children, the loves of his life.

All the guards had sacrificed themselves, only Hidden Guards of Fuxi Castle remained, struggling to hold ground, facing waves of assassins far beyond their combat capacity.

Not sure which foe put such effort into sending three waves of assassins to finish him.

Few knew of this journey from the capital, who leaked his movement, who possessed the means to hire Blood Oath Alliance assassins, such thoughts tangled his mind.

Without reinforcements, his family wouldn’t survive the night’s peril.