Free Web NovelChapter 257: Chapter 257: A Host Beyond Salvation
Lin En sat alone in her luxurious room, the floating ornaments still moving gently around her. It was another day in Sand Empire.
Suddenly she spat out a mouthful of dark blood onto the silver floor. The black liquid splattered and slowly spread, looking ugly against the clean surface.
She stared at the blood on the ground in horror. Her hand flew to her mouth, wiping away the remaining dark traces.
Her face turned pale as she whispered in a low, shaky voice, "Just who had actually dared to kill it..."
The pain made her feel dizzy. She leaned against the wall for support, breathing heavily.
Then her voice turned cold and furious. "Who had actually dared to kill my pets... I would kill them."
Her eyes almost turned into slits with pure anger. The hatred in her gaze was terrifying, like a wild beast ready to tear someone apart.
Inside her mind, the system shuddered violently.
"What has actually become of my host?" the system thought. "Why did my host turn into this?"
It remembered clearly how Lin En had been in her past life, she was quite good, cheerful, and full of life. She used to smile easily and dream about her future with the five men.
But after arriving in this world and regaining her memories, she had become very strange. Very, very bloodthirsty. The system could not believe she was the same person.
"She was never like this before," the system continued thinking. "She wanted love and attention, yes, but not like this. Not with so much hatred and violence. Now she talks about killing people as if it is nothing. She throws things, screams, and now she is even controlling bugs from the polluted zone? What kind of evil path has she walked?"
The system felt a deep discomfort. It really did not want to associate with her anymore.
This woman had become too dark, too obsessed and dangerous. Every time she got angry, the system felt like it was looking at a completely different person.
"In the past life she made mistakes, but she was not evil like this," it thought bitterly. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
"Now she wants everything for herself. She hates that Yue Yue with a passion that is not normal. She is ready to destroy anyone who stands in her way. And those bugs... she actually sent polluted parasites to spy and leech on others. That is not the behavior of the female lead I was supposed to guide. This is something much worse."
The system sighed internally. "I cannot even read her thoughts properly anymore. In the beginning, I could see everything in her mind. But now... it is blocked. Completely dark. I do not know what she is planning most of the time. She only uses me for information when she needs it, and even then, she shouts and curses at me."
It felt useless. The system was supposed to help its host grow and complete the mission, but with Lin En, it could only provide small pieces of information without her asking nicely. She treated it like a tool, not a guide.
"Why has she changed so much?" the system wondered again.
"Did something happen when she came to this world? Did the heavens do something to her when they brought that Yue Yue here? Or did her jealousy and obsession twist her soul completely? I really cannot find any fault in the facts...she is still my host. But I do not recognize her anymore."
The system felt tired. It wanted to leave this host and move on to the next mission, bind with a new, better person who was not so filled with hatred.
But no matter how much it wished, it could not abandon her.
"I know I cannot leave," it thought with frustration.
"The rules bind me to her until the mission ends or she dies. And she is too strong now in her own twisted way. I am stuck with this bloodthirsty woman who calls herself the female lead."
It continued cursing silently in its mechanical mind.
"This woman has become so evil. She smiles sweetly in front of that Shao Han but inside she is planning how to discard him later."
"She talks about taking all five powerful men as if they are toys. She wants to kill Yue Yue just because the girl took what she thinks belongs to her."
"And now she is using polluted bugs to spy and harm others? What kind of female lead does that? The heavens brought Yue Yue to fix the world, but this host is trying to break it again in a worse way."
The system felt even more confused. "I do not know what has happened to her. One moment she is elegant and graceful, the next she is screaming and throwing things like a madwoman." freeweɓnovel.cѳm
"Her obsession with those five men has turned into something poisonous. She does not love them...she wants to own them. Control them. And anyone who gets in her way... she wants them dead."
It shuddered again. "I really do not want to associate with her anymore. But I have no choice. I can only watch and provide information when she demands it. Maybe if she fails badly enough, the mission will end and I can be free. But until then... I am trapped with this evil version of my host."
Lin En’s body jerked violently in the silent room. A fresh wave of pain ripped through her chest like invisible claws tearing her from the inside.
She doubled over, clutching her throat, and another thick spurt of dark blood sprayed across the silver floor. The black liquid hissed faintly where it landed, as if it were alive and angry.
The floating ornaments froze mid-air for a single heartbeat, then resumed their lazy dance, but the room itself felt heavier now, colder, like something unseen had stepped inside and refused to leave.
Inside her mind, the system suddenly felt... wrong.
It was as if it had seen that strange, distant awareness from somewhere far beyond its programming, a cold mechanical echo that did not belong here.
For one terrifying second it could almost hear her thoughts again, not as words but as something slippery, something writhing. Then the connection snapped completely. It couldn’t even bear outside voices now.
The system resigned to its fate.
"This host is broken," it thought one final time, a shudder running through its core.
"I will report the abnormality. Something changed her. Something the heavens forgot to warn me about."
And then it shut down completely.
