Lethal Stunner: Kicking Off with Five Beast Husbands

Chapter 40: Chapter 40: The More You Fear and Worry, the Safer You Are

Yu Yunxiao twitched his ears and frowned at Mo Jiao. "Your interests are really diverse, huh—romance novels and horror comics."

"When I reported my preferences to the Terminal, I didn’t ask for books or comics," Mo Jiao explained. "The bookshelf in this room and these books—they’re not mine at all."

"They’re mine," Xiao Jinsheng answered.

"I believe the romance novels are yours, but these horror comics too?" Mo Jiao chuckled. "Why don’t you stop trembling while flipping through them before you explain?"

"It’s precisely because I’m scared of this kind of stuff that the thing I’m looking for must be hidden in them." Xiao Jinsheng said with determination.

"This one has traces of writing," Que Zelian pointed out.

Xiao Jinsheng quickly leaned in, only to find herself face-to-face with a grotesque ghost drawn in the comic.

She flinched backward in fear but then forced herself to lean in again, suppressing her discomfort to examine it closely. She finally noticed faint, indented handwriting on the paper.

"I seem to have forgotten myself."

"I can’t remember where I came from or how long I’ll have to live in this hellish place."

"I want to go home."

"My memory seems... faulty. Multiple personalities? Schizophrenia? But it feels like it’s neither. It’s as if someone keeps rewriting my memories—they know all my habits and can predict every decision I’ll make through those patterns."

"Compared to things I love or am accustomed to, what frightens me actually feels safer."

"The Terminal assigned me five husbands, but I don’t want them. In this world, I neither want to trust nor dare to trust anyone anymore."

"Today is October 17th, my parents’ death anniversary. Wasting away in this apocalyptic world might be worse than dying. If I die, perhaps I can reunite with my family. My memory worsens every day—maybe next year, I won’t even recall their death anniversary anymore."

"I want to die so badly. I’m afraid of pain, so I can’t bring myself to do it. If only someone could kill me painlessly. Xiao Jinsheng, quit eating those awful buns!"

The familiar handwriting, the familiar tone—after reading it, Xiao Jinsheng stood frozen, completely dumbfounded.

hurriedly started rifling through the remaining horror

from the one Que Zelian discovered, none of the others yielded any

that one discovery was

vacant as she began to parse through

parents had died in a car accident during her middle school years. Originally kind relatives turned despicable, fighting over the

world, she avoided making friends, immersed herself in the internet, and preferred spending time with animals during her free hours rather than interacting with

body was frail too. She failed miserably to run even 800 meters and ultimately

the Divine Gold System, which had mistaken her for

what she believed

her memories, she

her deceased relatives late at night, or herself leaving clues in the horror comic—they were both parts

nineteen years in the Mist

Clearly, Bai Yan was her

was supposed to be gentle and kind, someone adored by everyone. Bai Yan’s spiritual power increased rapidly—she radiated protagonist’s luck and accomplished Terminal tasks with

but she wasn’t supposed to possess the ability to

It couldn’t be...

that moment, Xiao Jinsheng felt

be that the Divine Gold System—the very entity that had brought her here—or the original plot she knew where Bai Yan was the protagonist, were entirely fabricated

this, Xiao Jinsheng felt as if her entire transmigrated life—everything she had experienced—had been under someone else’s control. Lies and truths in her memories blurred together to the point

despair, her entire body wrapped in a suffocating

make next, you need to know—I’ll always be firmly on your side." Que Zelian

superpower also has the ability to soothe," Yu Yunxiao snorted from the side. "If you need it, just ask. I’ve already lost you twice;

planning to compile a list of food you don’t like—though

Su Ye raised a hand and poked

Xiao Jinsheng, raising his brows at her. "Looks like we share

me ratings girl, murder buddy!" Xiao Jinsheng bared her teeth at

the others.

most venomous one here," Su

had pulled herself out of the earlier haze of despair, the men

her emotions

or fake, if her memories were true or false, or if