Chapter 18

249 was in a panic.

When the order regarding Lin Beici just came through, he was surfing the internet with a group of friends. At first glance, he thought he was seeing things. After surfing for a while, he suddenly came to his senses and quickly pulled up the message.

Then his entire code became chaotic.

Another system, code-named D, which was clearly not in the same category as 249, asked him, “What’s wrong? Seeing ghosts?”

249, with tears in his eyes, showed him the message.

D was taken aback: “Lin Beici? Is it the one I’m thinking of?”

249 nodded with a mournful expression.

D clicked his tongue in amazement: “I heard he went into the first world and went on a rampage, taking out both the protagonist and the antagonist. I thought he had been dealt with secretly long ago.”

He kept clicking his tongue, while 249 was on the verge of tears: “His memories from the first world were erased, and then Zhong Xi followed him. Wh-what should I do…”

249 was anxiously pacing back and forth, and D extended a mental tendril to pat his head, comforting him: “It’s fine; he won’t eat you.”

249’s code trembled and formed a QAQ face: “But I’m afraid he’ll scold me…”

D knew 249 was a bit sensitive, saying, “I don’t know if Lin Beici will scold you, but if you keep dawdling, the boss will definitely scold you.”

249 immediately shook with capitalized fear, and without saying a word, he logged off and headed straight for Lin Beici’s location.

Along with the orders, the plotline for Lin Beici’s second world also arrived. As 249 rushed toward Lin Beici, he took some time to review the plot.

By the time he finally reached Lin Beici’s location, he had finished looking through the plot.

249 let out a sigh of relief; this world was significantly simpler than others. At the very least, when Lin Beici entered, the antagonist’s Darkening Level was still at 0. As long as there were no unexpected developments and he made a bit of effort to change the main line during the plot points, the darkening level definitely wouldn’t exceed 20.

249 felt a connection to Lin Beici and momentarily didn’t dare to open his eyes. After silently chanting for a long time, he suddenly opened his vision and trembled as he loudly said, “Hello, Lin Beici! From now on, I am your new system, code number 249. Please…”

Before he could finish introducing himself, his words froze.

Clearly, the scene before him was a bit unexpected.

—In the spacious room, the bed was in complete disarray, and the wall lamp cast light, illuminating the entire scene.

There was only one dip in the bed, suggesting someone had been lying there for a long time, and on the open space between the bed and the door, two people were entangled on the carpet.

249 focused his gaze and turned pale.

The person lying underneath was an extremely handsome man, but for some reason, his eyes looked bruised, one part blue and another white, and there were even some scratches on the side of his face.

The other young man was sitting on top of him, his legs slightly bent, with his feet on the man’s outstretched arms. He appeared to be using little strength, yet the man beneath him was completely immobilized.

The man below was furious, shouting, “Are you out of your mind?!”

The young man, looking weak and soft, with his eyes clouded by a mist, blinked without a hint of fear and slapped the man’s face lazily, saying, “Say that again.”

The man’s face turned as he angrily retorted, “You…”

The young man slapped him again.

The man roared, “I wasn’t even going to scold you!”

The young man seemed a bit slow on the uptake, tilted his head, and said “Oh” with a smile, “Okay, then you can scold me a little more later.”

The man: “…”

249: “…”

249 was terrified, all his code trembling.

The audacious young man who was hitting others was Lin Beici.

Before when the person outside opened the door and turned on the wall lamp to see Lin Beici’s face, they immediately showed a look of surprise and admiration, taking off their coat while walking toward him and saying, “You really look like him

At that moment, Lin Beici, who was still in a daze, had a look of unmasked confusion on his face—look like? Like what?

While he was lost in thought, the person’s hand was about to touch his face.

Lin Beici might not have many strengths, but he could fight. Even though his body felt as limp as a puddle, he instinctively grasped the man’s hand, nearly breaking it.

The man was taken aback, seemingly not expecting him to be so fierce even in this state. He coldly sneered and was about to come up and pin him down.

After that… Lin Beici, with his combat power halved, ended up pinning the man to the ground and beating him.

Lin Beici originally had the man pinned down, but later he probably got tired and his mind became a bit muddled. Without thinking, he sat on top of the man, nearly causing him to have a heart attack. Then he stepped on the man’s arm to prevent any further struggle, looking down at him from above.

Whenever the man opened his mouth to curse, Lin Beici would casually hit him. Back and forth a few times, and the man was driven mad, wishing he could kill him on the spot.

Lin Beici stared at the man, thinking that if he cursed at him a few more times, he could hit him with justification. Suddenly, a mechanical voice rang in his ear.

Lin Beici had been in a good mood while hitting the man, but upon hearing 249’s self-introduction, his mood immediately soured.

He was a bit impatient: “Where’s Zhong Xi?”

249 was taken aback and nervously replied, “He… he’s not here. I will be helping you in the next world.”

Lin Beici almost without thinking said, “I don’t want you. Call Zhong Xi for me.”

249: “But, but…”

Lin Beici said, “Give me Zhong Xi, or get out off me.”

249 was terrified of him, timidly saying, “We’ve already arrived in this world. Unless you successfully complete the mission and exit, you can’t change systems midway.”

Lin Beici didn’t even think about it: “Then I won’t do this world.”

249: “No, that’s not allowed.”

Lin Beici frowned, still reluctant to switch to a new system.

But soon, a moment of clarity struck him, and he suddenly paused.

Wait, Zhong Xi was cold and sharp-tongued. Although he was very indulgent with him, in the end, he was just a supporting system. Why was it that he couldn’t do without him?

To Lin Beici, it was meaningless to have anyone by his side.

What was the use of meaningless things?

Lin Beici suddenly fell silent, leaving 249 a bit unsettled. He hesitantly asked, “Are we… still going to do it?”

Lin Beici nodded: “Let’s do it.”

249 secretly let out a sigh of relief.

Lin Beici said, “First, give me the plot line.”

249 looked at him with a somewhat difficult expression, thinking to himself, Can’t you at least let the person beneath you go first? But seeing that Lin Beici seemed to have the intention of relieving his discomfort by hitting someone, he didn’t dare to say anything further.

249 began to transmit the world line.

This world was similar to the one Lin Beici originally came from, but the gender settings of humans were a bit different. They were divided into three types: Alpha, Beta, and Omega, making six genders in total.

In this world, Alphas were born leaders, making up 30% of the total population; Omegas were naturally weaker in stature but had strong reproductive abilities and fixed estrus periods, making up a much lower percentage, almost not even 10%, considered an extremely rare group; the remaining 60% were Betas, who had no pheromones and were not easily influenced by AO pheromones.

The body Lin Beici was in was named Chu Xingchen, an absolute Omega.

After explaining the settings, 249 hesitated and reminded him: “This world might be a bit cliché.”

Lin Beici didn’t mind; this body could even give birth, so how cliché could it really be?

249 gritted his teeth.

Chu Xingchen was an Omega, the heir of a wealthy family that controlled the economic lifeline of the entire star system. Unfortunately, at birth, due to a mix-up, he was swapped with another child who was also an Omega.

Lin Beici said “Oh,” without much reaction, feeling that he could accept this bowl of clichés.

249 continued.

Chu Xingchen’s adoptive parents couldn’t be compared to top tycoons, but their background was still decent. They raised Chu Xingchen to be rebellious, and he suddenly became crazily infatuated with an Alpha celebrity before even graduating high school, insisting that his parents let him become a star.

In the end, his parents couldn’t persuade him, but fearing he was too young and might get taken advantage of, they set a condition: he would take a dose of a suppressor disguised as a Beta.

Lin Beici didn’t say anything; it was pretty normal to disguise oneself as a Beta.

Normal as it may be, Lin Beici still felt like that bowl of melodrama had just been poured right over his face.

Chu Xingchen, pretending to be a Beta, entered the entertainment industry and quickly gained popularity due to his looks. However, his attitude was really difficult to deal with, and except for his family, no one put up with him.

Soon enough, as Chu Xingchen’s fame grew, so did his scandals—too many to count. People online accused him of being arrogant, sharp-tongued, and lacking charm. Still, some fans overlooked his flaws because of his face.

But when he began obsessively trying to get close to his “male god,” people truly had enough.

The man Chu Xingchen idolized was a superstar with hundreds of millions of fans. He was just a rising star, and as soon as people caught wind of his infatuation, they bombarded him with insults, calling him an opportunist and telling him to leave the industry.

Lin Beici was silent, feeling like another bowl of melodrama had just been served up for him.

At the same time, the superstar revealed he was dating an Omega—none other than Yu Xuesong, the child Chu Xingchen had been swapped with at birth.

Yu Xuesong was a natural “white lotus”—in the best way—gentle, graceful, with an unmatched family background.

When news of their relationship broke, fans didn’t react by bashing Yu Xuesong but instead dragged Chu Xingchen out to ridicule, saying only someone like Yu Xuesong deserved their idol.

Thanks to Chu Xingchen, the couple’s relationship actually brought more popularity, with fans even supporting them as a pair.

It was truly infuriating.

Chu Xingchen detested Yu Xuesong and constantly tried to undermine him, but due to the protagonist’s halo, all his schemes backfired. Eventually, he became a cancer in the entertainment world, despised by everyone.

The villain in this world was a wealthy second-generation Alpha superstar, Rong Xinghuai, who, unable to win over Yu Xuesong, in his frustration, he looked for substitutes and ended up developing a toxic obsession.

Rong Xinghuai took notice of Chu Xingchen because he resembled Yu Xuesong and forcibly captured him as a plaything.

And Chu Xingchen, foolish as he was, accepted this role willingly, all because Rong Xinghuai hated Yu Xuesong as much as he did.

Lin Beici struggled to stay calm, feeling as though the entire bowl of melodrama had just been dumped over him, soaking him from head to toe.

How is this plot even more cliché than Yu Mingze’s story?”

Hearing the part about being taken as a plaything, Lin Beici felt a bit irritated. He vented his frustration by punching the man below him in the chest, nearly making him cough up blood.

Seeing the man glaring up at him angrily but not daring to resist, Lin Beici felt much better. “What part of the plot are we at now?”

249 answered cautiously, “Chu Xingchen got criticized by fans for clinging to the actor’s fame. The company plans to put him on ice, but he doesn’t want that, so he looks for help from his manager…”

Unfortunately, his manager, being unreliable, wasn’t much help. Seeing how everyone was annoyed with Chu Xingchen, the manager wasn’t too concerned. Coincidentally, an unknown bigwig took an interest in Lin Beici and reached out, asking to have a meal with him.

In the entertainment industry, everyone knew what “just a meal” usually meant, so the manager happily sold Lin Beici off.

That’s how he ended up drugged and locked in a hotel room, ready to be taken advantage of.

However, the problem was that Chu Xingchen, originally an Omega, had a brief heat response due to the drugs, putting him in his current situation.

Lin Beici thought for a moment. “So, the antagonist and Yu Xuesong haven’t met yet, right?”

249 nodded, looking a bit aggrieved.

Remembering what Zhong Xi once told him about certain worlds where the antagonist’s initial darkening level was at zero—making them easier to handle—Lin Beici smiled, “Then this world should be pretty easy.”

249 looked at his smile, stayed quiet for a moment, and then said, “No, it’s not that easy.”

Lin Beici: “Huh? The villain hasn’t met Yu Xuesong yet?”

249 suddenly burst into tears, sobbing as he said, “The darkening level started at zero, but you’ve already managed to punch Rong Xinghuai’s level up to 39%!”

Lin Beici: “…”

Lin Beici’s face froze, and he looked down blankly at the man beneath him.

The man… Rong Xinghuai was glaring at him through gritted teeth.

Lin Beici: “Hahaha.”

He laughed for a while, then suddenly said, “You’re kidding, right?”

249, still crying, showed him the antagonist’s darkening level.

On the panel, a massive 39.

Bright, blood-red.

Lin Beici: “…”

Lin Beici suddenly lowered his head with a smile and said to Rong Xinghuai, “Hello there.”

Rong Xinghuai glared back at him furiously.

249: “Uh, it’s at 40% now.”

Lin Beici: “…”

Author’s Note: Some of you asked about the CP; it’s the system as the attacker—Zhong Xi x Lin Beici.

The system’s actual name is Zhong Xi. The same name in the first world was just because he’s bad at naming things and doesn’t care much about it. Even his star-net account is [AIUser zx123] [sigh…]

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