Chapter 1511 – Cutting Down Nie Liang, Attacking Yang Tao, A Sword Aimed at the World (Part 50)
The dreamy smoke powder allowed Nie Qing to sleep soundly until the sun was high in the sky. Little did he expect to wake up before the soul-summoning team set out.
Well, to be precise, it wasn’t Nie Qing who woke up, but a salty fish.
Who am I?
Where am I?
What am I doing?
This was the inner monologue of the Euro Empress at that moment. As an ancient big shot who had long been stationed in the livestream room, she had always envied those few salty fish who had crossed over, especially the one fortunate enough to be gifted a full bridal crown by the streamer—a super Euro Empress!
Today was another round of “Dream Back to a Thousand Years,” and she anxiously watched the IDs fluttering in the livestream!
She actually got selected!
After being selected, she found herself crossing over, but things felt off.
Her chest was flat, and beneath the quilt lay a strange sausage-like appendage.
“I said, can’t ‘Dream Back to a Thousand Years’ be a bit more professional? Is it really that hard to let a girl have a girl’s body?”
Just out of curiosity, she poked around a bit. This body reacted a little too sensitively, and the little guy stood up immediately, startling her.
If it weren’t for being in a livestream, she would have genuinely wanted to try what it’s like at a men’s club.
While she was musing, a warm, puzzled voice mixed with fear echoed in her mind.
“You… who are you?”
“Oh my gosh!!!”
The salty fish Euro Empress startled and jumped up like a carp.
She could accept crossing over, but not this supernatural event; it was too scary!
“Streamer, are you there? Why… why is someone talking in my body…”
In all those previous “Dream Back to a Thousand Years,” no participant had encountered this kind of special case. Could it be she had crossed over into a bug?
Jiang Pengji was having breakfast, as usual, fifteen or sixteen buns paired with three or four bowls of seaweed soup filled with dried shrimp.
Streamer V: “It looks like you’re in a military camp tent. First, figure out where you are; don’t panic, I’m always here.”
The Euro Empress felt a bit reassured. At that moment, the voice sounded again, laced with panic and confusion.
“Who are you? Why does it sound like Ah Yang?”
The salty fish timidly asked, “Who is Ah Yang?”
Jiang Pengji glanced at the livestream; the body this Euro Empress temporarily borrowed looked somewhat familiar.
Frowning, she quickly recalled who this person was—the host of a system fragment, a young boy named Nie Yang.
But now, she found that the system fragment was no longer with Nie Yang. Could it be that it had accidentally left him?
Jiang Pengji silently dismissed that guess.
Aside from the main system, the energy stored in the fragmented subsystems was limited. It couldn’t easily abandon a host.
The dialogue between the Euro Empress and the mysterious male voice continued.
The man said, “Ah Yang is Nie Yang. Who are you?”
The Euro Empress asked, “And who are you?”
As she spoke, she found a bronze mirror, and the reflection showed the face of Nie Yang.
The man could see everything around him through the Euro Empress’s vision, but he couldn’t control the body.
When he saw the face reflected in the mirror, he nearly lost his composure.
How did he end up in Nie Yang’s body?
Who was this wandering soul occupying Nie Yang’s body?
Where were the real Ah Yang and his own body?
Countless questions tormented Nie Qing.
Yes, this unfortunate fellow being squatted upon was Nie Qing, chosen as a host for “Dream Back to a Thousand Years.”
The Euro Empress spent several minutes figuring out the situation.
“So… I landed in Nie Camp, which is the main… main lord’s rival…”
The Euro Empress sharpened her mind, carefully using “main lord” instead of “streamer,” lest Nie Qing hear and start asking too many questions.
Nie Qing’s heart skipped a beat, “What are you saying? What rival? Who’s your main lord?”
“The famous Liu Xi. Little bro, are you scared? I’ve got strong backing, so behave yourself.”
Nie Qing immediately lost control, doubting that Jiang Pengji had used dark magic to bring about this situation.
The Euro Empress ignored him, curious about the system prompt interface.
According to the Euro Empress guide on the forum, the system would provide certain tips to help conceal her identity.
Before the Euro Empress could fully grasp the situation, she needed to ask the system for help.
And what she saw startled her.
“Please, participant, leave this place immediately; a deadly calamity is about to descend!”
“Oh my gosh, this is so intense!”
She had just crossed over a few minutes ago, and they were already raising the red alert.
“This ain’t just crossing over; this is practically a survival game!”
What fell on Nie Qing’s ears got harmonized into,
“This ain’t just a beep; it’s practically a beep beep beep beep!”
Since he couldn’t control the body, Nie Qing could only watch helplessly as the wandering soul maneuvered the body and left the military tent.
Nie Qing couldn’t help but ask, “Where are you going!”
The Euro Empress replied curtly, “Escaping, leave me alone!”
The system kindly provided an escape route. The Euro Empress tried to suppress her overly racing heart and quickened her pace.
She couldn’t tell if it was her imagination, but she felt an ominous presence closely following her.
Following the system’s hint, she reached a rear logistics tent and, despite the stench, picked out a military uniform to change into.
Since this body was male and the system had provided a code, she quickly changed and even smeared her face with yellow clay to look dirty.
Using the tips given by the system, the Euro Empress mingled in with a patrol team without incident.
Nie Qing asked in surprise, “How do you know the changing password every three days?”
With plenty of personnel in the camp, they regularly changed passwords to prevent spies from infiltrating.
Nie Qing suspected an insider had infiltrated the camp, and just as he fretted over how to relay this news to Wei Ying and the others, he overheard something incredibly shocking from the resting soldiers:
“Nie Qing is preparing to set out for the soul-summoning. How is that even possible?”
If he was here, then who was “Nie Qing” mentioned by the soldiers?
Not long after, chaos erupted in the camp, as if they were searching for someone.
Nie Qing once again heard something mind-blowing—Nie Yang was secretly plotting to assassinate the Nie Clan direct line relatives and their affiliated forces, intending to target the Young Master Nie Qing and seize the Nie Clan.
This… how could this possibly be?
Wei Ying sent off the soul-summoning team and turned to kill Nie Yang, only to find he wasn’t in the tent.
“Where is he? Where have the guards gone?”
Wei Ying was furious, his eyes narrowing in rage. How many spies had he dispatched to keep an eye on Nie Yang? Why had they all been sent away?
After a while, Wei Ying learned that the one who moved the spies was none other than his good son-in-law Nie Qing.
To be precise, it should be Nie Yang, who replaced Nie Qing.
The system asked Nie Yang why he had done such a thing, and Nie Yang replied, “You don’t understand human nature. If Wei Ying went directly to settle the score, he would likely choose to torture first. This way, Nie Qing would have time to defend himself. However, if Wei Ying returned to discover Nie Qing wasn’t in the tent, he would suspect he had fled in fear of punishment, and in a fit of rage, he could very well execute him directly, leaving Nie Qing with no chance to defend himself.”
The system fell silent for a moment.
Indeed, human hearts… when ruthless, are truly unfathomable.
This was also why no one stopped the Euro Empress when she left the tent, as all the eyes and ears had been drawn away!
