Welcome to Rewind World Game-Chapter 861 - 858: "Guard Lü

[This person is really annoying. Is the Lamb Barrier of the main body so easy to break? Exotic species really have no brains.] Shadow thought: [So annoying, the cute girl’s voice was one thing, but what’s up with the big man’s voice?]

He maintained a stiff posture, remained still, feeling very tormented.

Bailian tried various voices but thought: "No, it’s not my voice that’s the problem. Could it be that the talisman command isn’t correct enough? Let me try again."

After a talisman is generated, verbal adjustments can be made to the command to achieve an effect nearly like Word Spirit.

She drew another "Break the Barrier" talisman and softly commanded:

"Matrix Order—Break the Barrier!"

"Matrix Order—Remove the person on the bed from the Barrier!"

"Matrix Order—Let me enter the Barrier!"

She kept shouting, continuously using the Matrix Orders. Her face grew paler and her expression more ferocious, but the Lamb Barrier remained unmoved.

Shadow grew more and more irritable, yet due to the main body’s command, he had to lie on the bed. He already planned to give this person a hard kick once she broke into the barrier.

[I feel like there’s something wrong with this world.] Shadow endured the noise while thinking: [Do I really have to go to Penglai Fairy Island to find out the truth?]

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On the other side.

Su Ming’an, covered in Spatial Concealment, walked along the path indicated by the green arrow.

He walked leisurely through the wooden corridors of the Red Mansion, brushing past the pink smoke and the fragrance of rose flowers. Looking at the task route markers on the ground, he felt like he was playing a role-playing game, where just following the quest path would complete it.

As he passed the third floor, he heard crying from a room beside him.

"Wuwu, wuwuwu..."

Su Ming’an paused, and through the wooden door, he saw a "question mark" icon inside. In games, such an icon often indicates the location of a side quest. If he talked with the person inside, he should be able to trigger a side quest.

A young woman’s voice came from within:

"...Can we borrow a little blood from an Eligible? Just a little blood, and it might save my mother. She only suffered a mental breakdown when practicing talismans due to an ’abnormality’ intrusion. As long as there’s Elibigible’s blood suppression, maybe she can be brought back."

A man’s impatient voice responded: "Don’t even think about it! Eligibles are so precious, how could they give you blood? You’re just a Red Mansion girl, and you’re dreaming big!"

"Yes, I shouldn’t dream so big. I am just a humble girl from the Red Mansion, but you’re a noble Prince. I’ve heard that the Royal Family rarely encounters ’abnormalities,’ surely they have long possessed the blood of Eligibles. Could you spare a little blood to save my mother...?" The woman pleaded.

"...Shut up, where did you hear such rumors? The Royal Family has no Eligibles!" The man was very impatient.

Su Ming’an heard the woman call the man "Prince," could the man inside be the Second Prince or the Third Prince?

With Xiao Jingsan pretending to be the Eldest Prince and the real Second Prince coming to the Red Mansion, Louyue Nation is bound to fall.

At this moment, the world slowed down, and options appeared.

Triangle icon: [Continue walking along the green arrow.]

Diamond icon: [Push the door open, shout at the woman: "I’m here to take the side quest!" and then scream at the man "Scared to death!", causing him to be scared out of his wits.]

...

Su Ming’an chose the triangle icon [Continue walking along the green arrow].

Side quests are generally left for ordinary players to do and have no major connection to the critical main storyline. His current identity is highly sensitive and it’s not suitable to get involved.

This conversation gave him some information—indeed, the Royal Family is using the blood of the Eldest Prince, who is an Eligible, and the Prince inside is shamelessly denying it.

He continued walking forward, passing the wooden corridor, approaching the main quest location.

Under the guidance of the green arrow, there was an exceptionally wide sliding wooden door, through which faint whispers could be heard, and a scent of roses wafted through the gap. This was the highest-level pavilion, which seemed to be where Xiao Jingsan was located.

According to the arrow’s direction, Su Ming’an needed to enter the room.

Su Ming’an didn’t want to see anything inappropriate, so he kept Spatial Concealment up, maintaining his invisibility, and used a Spatial Displacement to step into the room, covering his eyes with his left hand for fear of seeing something unseemly.

The room was filled with a rich floral scent, with petals and soft rugs covering the floor, and his eyes were met with mahogany and luxurious gold decorations. As Su Ming’an stepped in, he saw everyone gathering around Xiao Jingsan. Some offered him grapes, some poured tea, and some played the zither for him.

With such a scene, Xiao Jingsan was simply enjoying music. Su Ming’an breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Jingsan was surrounded but maintained a indifferent expression, his gaze fixed straight ahead—where stood a blonde-haired girl.

The girl’s golden hair shone like the sun, and her aura crushed everyone else in the room.

"Sister, you should agree to the Eldest Prince’s request." The girl from the Red Mansion, named Qianqian, was persuading the blonde girl.

Another girl named Xiaochu also persuaded the blonde girl: "His Highness is willing to welcome you into the mansion, ignoring your identity, you should feel honored. With His Highness’ ability, he will eventually find out your background, you might as well accept this blessing."

The blonde girl said speechlessly: "Would you like this blessing?"

Xiaochu blushed and stammered: "Unfortunately, I don’t have it."

Xiao Jingsan ate a grape fed by another girl, still staring at the blonde girl, with no emotion in his eyes.

The blonde girl turned, coldly saying to him: "Eldest Prince, I heard you were once a gentle and refined gentleman. I am just a commoner, why are you so obsessed with me?"

Su Ming’an watched this scene in shock.

He never expected that Xiao Jingsan would gather all the girls in the building and it wouldn’t be enough. Noel was just pretending to be his maid, but Xiao Jingsan still wanted to interfere and secretly called Noel over. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

Fortunately, Noel was smart and acted quite like an ordinary person. If it were Lv Shu, he would probably have gone straight in with a knife.

"I’ve already found out." Xiao Jingsan laughed softly: "There are no blonde maids in the Capital City, only a few foreign men with golden hair. According to your words, you can only be a girl from another city, you have no background, no support."

Noel said coldly: "I heard you once loved the people as your children, how could you even do something like forcibly taking a maid?"

"Ha ha ha." Xiao Jingsan laughed up to the sky: "Everyone says I’ve changed, they say I’ve become wanton and carefree—but if I was still as gentle as I was before, how could I avoid being bullied? What about excelling in both civil and military affairs? What about considering the people? Not understanding human nature’s cruelty, could I have survived until today?"

Su Ming’an squinted his eyes.

Noel’s eyes showed cold light.

"Eldest Prince, you—" Noel began to speak.

At this moment, Xiao Jingsan suddenly pushed aside the other girls, stretched out his big hand, and reached for Noel: "No more words needed, let’s see if you are truly a virtuous girl unto death or someone with ulterior motives!"

Xiao Jingsan brought his index and middle fingers together, and a blood-red cinnabar appeared in the air, accompanied by a fierce golden light.

In an instant, flowing calligraphy surged through the air, needing no talisman to burn. With a stern shout from Xiao Jingsan, "Matrix Order—Stillness!" the blood-red stream of light burst from his fingers, lunging fiercely toward Noel.

The girls nearby didn’t expect the sudden confrontation and scattered in fright.

Noel immediately raised his hand, summoning puppet threads to form a dense net, blocking the blood-red stream. He had anticipated that Xiao Jingsan wasn’t genuinely enamored with any woman, just testing the waters.

He deployed the puppet thread net, but the "Stillness" matrix order acted like a causality weapon, piercing straight through the net, freezing Noel’s body in place.

Xiao Jingsan stepped forward, appearing on Noel’s left, his palm grasping heavily at Noel!

At the critical moment, the world before Su Ming’an’s eyes slowed down:

[Xiao Jingsan came to the Red Mansion to check for intruders. What is your choice?]

Triangle icon: [Use Spatial Vibration to repel Xiao Jingsan and leave with Noel.]

Square icon: [Use Matrix Order to drive back Xiao Jingsan and leave with Noel.]

Circle icon: [Join Xiao Jingsan in attacking Noel.]

Rhombus icon: [Let Noel be attacked and allow Xiao Jingsan to take Noel to the Prince’s Mansion.]

...

Each time these options appeared, there was always one bizarre choice that perplexed Su Ming’an.

Su Ming’an’s gaze settled on the square icon, paused for two seconds, and chose [Use Matrix Order to drive back Xiao Jingsan and leave with Noel.]

"Matrix Order—Stillness!"

At the crucial moment, Su Ming’an didn’t use Spatial Vibration but instead used the Matrix Order to test whether he could utilize the power system of the Tenth World.

With his command, a more vivid blood-red cinnabar appeared in the air. It rushed madly toward Xiao Jingsan, like chains as red as blood, successfully restraining Xiao Jingsan.

Su Ming’an’s heart settled. Clearly, his strength was sufficient. However, his mind felt a bit dizzy; using the Matrix Order seemed to stir up emotions of rage, fear, and madness, which he quickly suppressed with his rationality.

This world always gave him a strange feeling. It was as though many things were hidden in thick fog.

Xiao Jingsan’s outstretched hand was frozen in the air, a look of astonishment in his eyes. He stared at Su Ming’an, who was close enough to touch, and exclaimed, "You? How did you get up here? Do you know the Invisibility Matrix Order?"

Currently, Su Ming’an wore "Wang Han’s Human Skin Mask." No one could perceive his true identity, assuming him to be a noble scion with a prestigious background.

Su Ming’an didn’t want to kill Xiao Jingsan. Who knew if the death of such a critical NPC would cause problems? Leveraging the system’s control, his right arm automatically extended, grabbing Noel’s arm as he shouted:

"Matrix Order—Elimination!"

With a crisp sound, the blood-red stream on Noel disappeared. Su Ming’an felt even dizzier, realizing that this world’s power system was no benevolent force.

"Let’s go." Su Ming’an pulled Noel up, flicking out puppet threads with his left hand, leaping out the window amidst the girls’ screams.

Their figures darted under the moonlight, quickly vanishing into the distance.

...

Under the dark clouds, a young man in a cloud-patterned robe, bearing a sword, crept through the streets of the Royal City. The young man had a tall frame and a solemn demeanor; he was Lv Shu.

Lv Shu leaped lightly between the pavilions, bypassing the patrolling guards, reaching a Scripture Pavilion, the repository of important texts in the Royal City, holding numerous secrets.

He removed his Night Travel Hat and searched within the Scripture Pavilion until he found a dusty, ink-stained book, "Emperor Kangyu’s Notes."

...

[The royal rule for six generations was nothing but puppets of the Supreme God. I need to escape.]

[The Imperial Family, driven by greed, extends to the heavens above and seeks eternal life below, suppressing rebellions ruthlessly, executing those who resist publicly, and mercilessly killing those who impeach.]

[Madness is not inherently problematic, as the world is intrinsically mad and absurd. Order is, in fact, abnormal. To achieve peace, one must remove the fools. But indiscrimate slaughter would only give room for exotic species to exploit.]

[I acknowledge his achievements—]

[But I do not accept my fate.]

...

Lv Shu glanced at a few lines and felt dizzy; it seemed protections were set on this book to prevent extensive reading.

He closed the book, pondered for a moment, then donned his black hat again, vanishing into the night.

Back at his residence, he closed the room door, hid his Night Travel attire, and pretended he had never gone out.

The body he possessed was that of the Eldest Prince’s Shadow Guard, sworn to protect the Eldest Prince’s safety. But tonight, the Eldest Prince didn’t require the Shadow Guard to follow him, allowing Lv Shu this rare freedom to seek clues.

"I’ve been to the Scripture Pavilion and roamed the streets of the Capital City, but couldn’t find Su Ming’an." Lv Shu pondered: "Su Ming’an probably wouldn’t go to the Red Mansion or the casino. So where would he go at night?"

He sat on his bed, thinking, when suddenly he heard a knock on the door.

"Who is it?" Lv Shu asked alertly.

"Guard Lv, His Majesty wants to see you." It was the voice of the Captain of the Guards from outside the door.

"Your Majesty?" Lv Shu thought for a moment. Given his identity as the Eldest Prince’s Shadow Guard, perhaps the Emperor had instructions for him.

He opened the door, only to feel a chill in his chest.

Looking down, a blood-red blade had pierced into his chest.

The blade was wrapped in blood-red tendrils, with bloodshot eyeballs embedded along them, glaring at him fiercely, devouring his flesh and blood.

Under the moonlight, the Captain of the Guards wore a black veil, purple-black veins bulging in his hand, as if a purple-black monster possessed his right arm, which ended in this terrifying tendril blade that pierced through Lv Shu’s heart.

"Why?" Lv Shu asked.

Why kill him?

"Blame yourself for seeing what you shouldn’t have." The Captain’s voice was deeply low. His eyes were blood-red, distorted shapes writhing in his pupils.

Lv Shu spat out a mouthful of blood and fell forward.

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