The improved female villains regained their memories.

Chapter 430 I Can't Find the Way

What a horrifying scene.

A lonely, desolate grave stood there, where the young girl knelt in devout worship. A bloodstained knife lay beside her, and the severed head faced her squarely.

Yang Pingsheng stopped and stood in the shadows, watching silently.

The system floated beside him, equally horrified as it watched this scene.

[So extreme, so twisted, this guy really is destined to be a villain!] A breeze blew by, and the system felt a chill.

The seventh female villain is different from other female villains; her birth was exceptionally special.

The entire process of transforming a treasure into a human involves absorbing a large amount of Taixu power, selecting a specific destiny in the human world, slowly transforming it, and finally killing the person whose destiny it originally belonged to, which is the true transformation into a human.

As a secret treasure, the fake Li Chumo not only possessed the power of the Great Void but also the will of Heaven. In the original storyline, she killed the real Li Chumo, completely inherited the villain's fate, and thus became a villain in the end.

The power of the Great Void granted her special talents. Her orc identity allowed her to easily surpass the cultivation level of immortals. In the end, relying on the special nature of the secret treasure itself and the deepening of the will of heaven, she destroyed the will of the world, destroyed all sects with an absolute dominance, and took the world back to herself. She was known to the world as the "Dread Demon King".

Even the demons of the Demon Abyss were nothing but a rabble in front of the fake Li Chumo. Good and evil were mixed together, and from then on, there was only one voice in the world.

Unlike Wen Shihan, Luo Benmo, and others, who were born as complete villains, once she becomes a villain, the momentum she generates will far surpass that of the previous six.

Therefore, the Heavenly Dao's plan is quite simple: to bind the heart of the human chess piece, which means binding it at the moment when the fake Li Chumo completely becomes the villain.

Now, the true nature of Li Chumo is also chilling the system to the bone.

Unlike Yang Pingsheng, he could see the true essence of Li Chumo. This guy...

...He's a complete monster.

"Ping Sheng, do you want to go there now?" the system asked.

"Wait a minute."

Yang Pingsheng stepped back, and the system transformed into a cuckoo, flapping its wings and flying onto Yang Pingsheng's shoulder.

The man and the bird returned to the fox-people tribe and found an open teahouse to sit in. The plump cuckoo perched on the man's shoulder, a rare sight indeed. Passing fox-people cast curious glances at them, taking in the scene.

The system seemed to understand something and said in a low voice, "Ping Sheng, you want her to come find you, right?"

"Ah."

Yang Pingsheng nodded slightly, picked up a pastry unique to the fox tribe, put it in his mouth, took small bites, and said while chewing, "It's better not to go there."

No one knows what Li Chumo is really thinking.

Although Yang Pingsheng had been corresponding with her for the past ten years, seeing that scene still made him feel somewhat unfamiliar.

Even though he had long ago seen the God's perspective of the Heavenly Dao and knew that she had killed her own people.

"That guy may not be a villain, but his mentality is no different from a villain's," the system couldn't help but sigh.

She's already like this before they've even fully merged. If the fake Li Chumo were to kill her and take everything from her in the future, how terrifying would that fake Li Chumo be?

"Are you scared?" Yang Pingsheng watched as the system's chubby bird body trembled, swallowed the pastry in its mouth, frowned, then took some crumbs, placed them in his palm, and handed them to the system.

"I thought you were only afraid of villains."

The system jumped into Yang Pingsheng's palm, pecking at the crumbs. It wasn't used to this way of eating, and the pastries were indeed unpalatable. After pecking twice, it flew back to Yang Pingsheng's shoulder.

"The villains are certainly terrifying," the system said, "but what just happened..."

The girl was kneeling there, but for some reason, the system allowed her to slowly turn her head and see them.

Perhaps it knew she was the material for the true villain's fusion, or perhaps it knew she also had a villainous destiny. In any case, the fear the girl instilled in the system was exceptionally strong; the last one to do so was Luo Benmo.

It also felt strange, because in the script given to it by Heaven, the girl shouldn't be this kind of person.

What went wrong?

It's impossible that she would kill the fake Li Chumo who turned the secret treasure into a human later on, right?

The system shook its head, dismissing this absurd idea; such a scenario was simply impossible.

Not to mention that the fake Li Chumo has already reached a preliminary agreement with Xiao Qitian and will gradually disappear into the shadows, even if the two of them were to fight openly, the fake Li Chumo's Tai Xu power would be enough to make the real Li Chumo surrender.

The fake Li Chumo has everything, while the real Li Chumo only has a stubborn heart.

“Perhaps today is not the right time to meet her,” Yang Pingsheng said. “We can come again tomorrow.”

“That’s right.” The system shook itself, suppressing its fear, and its tone became cheerful: “We could actually play for another day.”

Yang Pingsheng: "........."

The system has indeed changed a lot, at least in terms of gameplay.

"I don't care."

Yang Pingsheng got up and left with the system.

He walked from the tribe all the way to the market of the human village. The market was bustling with people, and he could occasionally see the shadows of fox people and werewolves.

In one corner of the market, vendors selling fresh vegetables were busy, displaying carrots, potatoes, and greens that had just been dug from the ground. Their vibrant colors were mouthwatering. Not far away, a fruit stall was surrounded by people, with apples, bananas, grapes, and other fruits all available, emitting an enticing aroma. On the other side of the stall, there was a fortune-telling stall, tended by an old Taoist priest who was almost asleep, and there were hardly any customers.

The most crowded places were the handicraft stalls, some so packed with people that they could be surrounded several times over, including many orcs. Humans might not appreciate the exquisite ceramics, woven baskets, and handmade fabric toys, but the orcs were particularly fond of them.

Yang Pingsheng was just passing by and taking a look, but when he saw something, he stopped and bent down to pick it up from the stall.

It was a beautifully sculpted star.

He remembered that before he came into contact with the system, in the world he lived in, the girl had asked him if there were any mechs that could reach the stars.

He asked the girl why she wanted to reach the stars, and the girl said:

"Stars are the embodiment of blessings for the happiness of loved ones."

A voice rang out, not in the past, but in the present.

Yang Pingsheng felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He turned his head sharply and saw that a veiled girl had already left with the crowd.

"That......"

He stood there dumbfounded, unsure what to say, until the stall owner asked, "Excuse me, would you like to buy this?"

Yang Pingsheng put the star back and rushed towards the person like a madman. The system was confused by his actions, used its wings to steady itself, and asked, "Pingsheng, what are you doing?"

He didn't answer, and almost started running.

He pushed through the crowd, grabbed the other person's arm, and said, "You..."

The other person was startled, then, enraged, slapped Yang Pingsheng and said, "What are you doing?!"

The wind blows, the veil is lifted, and it's not the person I remember.

"Sorry, I mistook you for someone else."

The heavy slap almost woke Yang Pingsheng up. His gaze lost its focus again, and his eyes became like a bottomless abyss.

Yes, how could she be here?

Just as a few memories were beginning to form, they vanished once more.

The system tilted its head and looked at him, then uttered a startling remark: "Blinded by lust?"

"...Didn't I already say I admitted my mistake?"

"You mistook her for some kind of female villain?"

"It's obvious that's impossible."

"Of course not, the previous part is over, we have to look forward."

The system said, "Everything is moving forward."

What's past is past; everything moves forward.

Yang Pingsheng remembered that the girl had said the same thing.

Yes, everything is moving forward.

"Let's go, let's find a place to stay. It's about time we wrote to that child."

"Aren't you going to browse around some more? I just saw a fortune-telling stall, and I was thinking of going to try it out."

"Birds can tell fortunes?"

"Aren't birds' lives lives too?"

The man and the bird continued their usual exchange as they walked out of the market.

Under the bright sunshine, the drowsy old Taoist priest drooled and murmured softly:

"You have to hold back, don't let your emotions get the better of you..."

The girl in plain clothes stood beside him, watching Yang Pingsheng's departing figure without saying a word.

Looking ahead is impossible.

The more sentimental a person is, the more likely they are to turn back.

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After paying respects to her grandmother, the girl went to see the new clan chief.

Since the previous clan chief, Hua Yanshu, fled after his defeat in the matter of the Demonic Sect, the way the Fox People tribe was led has undergone some subtle changes. Although the clan chief is still in charge of coordinating all matters, the people from the Cultivation Palace have also set up a location here to serve as a surveillance unit.

This is also a rule set by the Kongling Sect. As the day of the decisive battle draws closer, the supervision and punishment within the region are becoming increasingly stringent. Anyone suspected of being a member of the Demonic Sect who has colluded with the enemy, or who has already colluded but has since reformed, must have personnel from the Cultivation Palace stationed there.

The girl was from the Yunxi City Cultivation Hall, and was essentially a level higher than the other cultivators there. Therefore, the stewards of the Cultivation Hall and the clan ancestral hall dared not neglect her and specially sent people to take care of her.

The person who took care of her led her on a tour of the fox tribe again, showing her where the newly built school was, where the training grounds were, and where the trading area was... Although they were both fox people, he was so humble.

After walking for a while, and hearing her clansmen introduce their hometown and speak a lot of Mandarin, the girl finally couldn't help but ask to rest. The man was terrified and led her to a four-story bamboo building specifically for people from the cultivation center.

The girl declined the visitor's offer and asked that no one be sent to disturb her, as she wanted to rest alone that night. She then returned to the place where her grandmother used to live.

On the very edge, there was that dilapidated bamboo house.

Perhaps because she had entered the cultivation residence, the bamboo house remained unchanged, untouched by anyone. The girl opened the door, and the room's furnishings were as they always had, except for an extra layer of thick dust.

She was never picky about where she lived, especially since this was where she grew up. She filled a basin with water, swept the area, and then sat on a small stool by the door.

Things have probably developed well in the last ten years. A lot of the bamboo forest in front has been cut down, and many roads have been built. The breeze is refreshing, and she suddenly had a whimsical idea to write a letter here.

So she opened her notebook and wrote with her ritual implements: