Inside, the system felt so nervous that it started to pant.

“Heh heh, the cross-dimensional patrol merchants are just a group of stuffed shirts. No matter if a person was ‘reborn’ or if he ‘traveled across the dimensions,’ once found, the person will be humanely destroyed. If you want to talk about ruthlessness, they are far worse than me. At least I let the host die at a ripe old age. The merchant won’t.”

The system worked hard to dispel any thoughts that Jiang Pengji had about stirring up trouble.

If it wasn’t necessary to use Jiang Pengji to conceal its whereabouts and evade the patrolling merchants. It wouldn’t have disclosed that much.

It thought Jiang Pengji would be frightened. Unexpectedly, she nodded in agreement.

“There’s nothing wrong with just and fair enforcement of the law.”

The system almost couldn’t breathe. “Who’s in the same boat with you now? Don’t forget, you are also a stowaway. The situation will be very serious if you are caught. Being terror-stricken will be the least of it… Okay, I get it — Why don’t I promise you, whether it’s me or the main system, that I won’t do anything to hurt you in the future. Big sister, now is not the time to be wilful and make trouble.”

Jiang Pengji laughed. “You and I have formed an alliance for the time being, but it will break down in the end. This kind of commitment is like toilet paper, it’s worthless. If you are sincere, you will answer a question of mine in all honesty. Is the main system really in Wang Huiyun? Or is the system in her a subsystem too? Is it just a trick that the main system has separated from itself to throw everything into disorder? Answer me and don’t hide anything. ”

The system was struck speechless. Then it said, “That was two questions!”

Jiang Pengji scoffed. “Then answer the former; is the system in Wang Huiyun the main system?”

The system answered firmly, “No.”

Hearing the words, an ice-cold and mocking smile formed at the corners of Jiang Pengji’s lips.

Indeed, it really was not the main system.

Therefore, she became more sure about her previous speculation.

The main system was hidden somewhere deep.

It was a pity that one was bound to overlook something when there were so many issues to consider. The fox had forgotten to hide its tail.

She was a qualified hunter, but the system was poor prey.

She said profoundly, “I thought that my schemes were complicated enough. Never did I expect to meet an old hand who has been scheming since birth. However, things like IQ are innate. No matter how grand a scheme is, it can’t help a person who is too stupid… I don’t know what’s wrong with the main system that it would split multiple subsystems off of itself, but… it had better not let me find it again.”

The system breathed a sigh of relief.

Since she said that, it probably meant that she agreed to cooperate, right?

“I’ve answered your question. Are you willing to help me now?”

Jiang Pengji blinked and said with an especially innocent air, “Don’t you know there is a phrase that says ‘nothing is too deceitful in war?’ Talking about promises to a gangster? Aren’t you ‘too young, too simple?’ A promise without a stamp on it is just a roll of toilet paper to me. I can throw it away after using it. ”

The system couldn’t say anything to that.

F*ck you, Jiang Pengji, aren’t you shameless!

Jiang Pengji wrapped her arms around her chest. “When will that cross-dimensional patrol merchant arrive? I can report you to him.”

The system harrumphed twice. “Dream on, it will take at least ten plus years. Don’t even think about setting me up.”

More than ten years?

“So long?”

Jiang Pengji asked, “If it would take the merchant more than ten years of effort to find us, why are you so impatient to get protection from me now? Are you trying to plot against me again?”

The system said in a contemptuous voice, “You are a human being, how long is your lifetime? I am a system, time is a cheap commodity for me. For you, it’s one-fifth of your lifetime. For me, it is only three to five days. Maybe only a few hours. Mortal, don’t use your time to measure my time. My existence is almost eternal. To me, you are just a mayfly who is born in the morning and dies by evening!”

Tremble, lowly human.

Jiang Pengji was not provoked by the words of the system. Instead, she retorted with a biting remark.

“Congratulations! Then you can go to jail in three or five days. I can remain free and unfettered for a dozen or so years before I’m humanely destroyed by the cross-dimensional merchants.”

The system stayed quiet.

F*ck, where did the director find such a hateful female protagonist?

Jiang Pengji sneered. The night’s events were buried in her heart. They did not overwhelm her with emotion.

With the system in her, it was not impossible to accept the presence of the cross-dimensional merchants.

As the system had said, people who were “reborn” into this world or had “crossed from another dimension” were all foreigners who had illegally occupied the locals’ bodies. To the local dimension, they were all “pathogens.” If there really were “rules and regulations” in the world, it was only natural to clear up the strange figures in order to maintain balance and order.

She had nothing to say.

What would come will come, Jiang Pengji accepted calmly.

Of course, just because she would be facing certain death in a dozen years did not mean that she would fail to live up to the expectations of the upcoming days by not living them to the fullest.

On the contrary, she would lead a life that was even more exciting, enthusiastic, and unrestrained.

Even if she was going to die, she wanted the people of this dimension and their descendants to remember the name Jiang Pengji!

It was as if flames were burning in her eyes.

Not only had the words of the system failed to make her exercise restraint, on the contrary, they had inspired Jiang Pengji to do something big.

She thought that unifying the nine provinces of China would not count for much. She should go global.

Would those pain-in-the-*ss merchants arrive earlier if she turned this dimension upside-down and made it deviate entirely from the path of its destiny?

If it had known that Jiang Pengji was such a difficult person to handle, and unafraid of death to boot, the system would have restrained its emotions in everything it said.

It was now wracked with deep regret.

As a negligible subsystem, it could not outdo Jiang Pengji.

After being out in the night breeze for a long time, Jiang Pengji rubbed away the cold air that had settled on her body, getting ready to stand up and go back to a warm sleep.

On the way back, she happened to meet Yang Si who had woken up to relieve himself.

Jiang Pengji saw that his eyes were misty and that he walked unsteadily, yawning all the way.

“Why is my lord out in military attire?”

Yang Si covered his mouth with his hands to avoid rudely yawning with his mouth wide open.

Jiang Pengji said casually, “I had a nightmare and I was scared awake. I didn’t feel sleepy at all, so I came out for a walk.”

Yang Si did not have any suspicions and went back inside to go to sleep.

They would enter the mountain road tomorrow and ambush Jinmen County. After that, a series of intense battle plans would play out. After riding a horse for a few days with that weak constitution of his, his body was tired and aching. If he did not take this opportunity to rest and recover, Yang Si was afraid that he would not even survive crossing the mountain road. That would be too shameful.

Jiang Pengji also returned to her original position and went to sleep with her arms wrapped around herself.

Regardless if she had to deal with the system or a cross-dimensional merchant, today’s priority was to take down Jinmen County. She would ignore all other matters.

But… she hadn’t expected the main system to have a brain.

Don’t people usually overlook the things that are happening right under their noses?

Indeed, what a typical thing.

She yawned and found a comfortable position. She fell asleep, and soon her breathing became long and steady.

The weather in the morning was great, which was rare.

The sky was blue, and it looked refreshing and cool. The sunlight reflected on the snow, golden and dazzling. It felt rather unfamiliar.

Jiang Pengji took the attendance of all the soldiers and their horses. She was still in the red and white attire, looking full of vitality and high-spirits.

“My lord, the mountain road has been investigated. It was quietly cleared of snow last night. It is now accessible.”

Jiang Pengji nodded and said in a flat voice, “Let’s go!”