I'm in the Ark, a player.

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"Put down your weapon obediently!"

The guards who arrived at the scene reprimanded Qin Tianling.

Qin Tianling ignored him.

He stared at Chen Huijie, who was not far away.

Chen Huijie remained in the same posture as when she was about to draw her sword, blood still dripping from the wound on her shoulder, her blood-red eyes still fixed on him.

it is good,

well,

Next second,

Qin Tianling moved.

He charged straight at Chen Huijie!

"stop!"

"Or we'll open fire!"

"warn--"

A chaotic shout came from behind him, but he couldn't hear it anymore.

Chen Huijie once again gripped the hilt of Chixiao's sword.

Once again, Chixiao draws his sword!

Those red sword energies again! And that fatal blow that pierced through everything and headed straight for him!

This time, Qin Tianling saw the sword energy and knew it would appear.

But he did not dodge the sword energy, and instead withstood the attack head-on.

The sword energy struck his body again.

Health is almost gone.

Qin Tianling's steps did not stop there.

He had already rushed up to Chen Huijie.

Since we're going to lose because of the ditch's reinforcement mechanism anyway, then before that happens...

Qin Tianling grabbed Chen Huijie by the collar and pulled her towards him!

Chen Huijie's eyes widened instantly.

She saw his face rapidly magnify in her field of vision.

Then--

He kissed him.

In that instant, the world disappeared.

Chen Huijie's mind went blank; her body reacted before her consciousness could.

She took a bite.

He bit Qin Tianling's lip until it bled.

For a moment, the stench of blood mingled with softness, and his burning passion.

At that moment, Chen Huijie's consciousness briefly paused.

then,

separate,

Qin Tianling loosened his grip on her collar and took a step back.

The warmth of his touch lingered on Chen Huijie's lips, the taste of blood still lingered on her tongue, and her breath still carried the heat of his presence when they were so close.

She just looked at him like that.

Looking at his arrogant smile, at his bitten lip, and at my own stunned face reflected in his eyes.

Then Chen Huijie heard this guy say:

"As expected."

She always seems to have a stern face, looking rather tough, but her little lips are so soft to kiss!

Chen Huijie stood frozen in place.

She just stared at him, as if she couldn't believe what he had just done to her.

This madman,

This lunatic,

this--

"Qload!"

Qin Tianling's voice rang out again.

Time reversed again, and the world seemed to be pulled backward by an invisible hand.

then,

Everything starts over.

Everything returned to the time when Qin Tianling last saved his game.

The afternoon sun shone again on the streets, traffic returned to normal, pedestrians continued their unfinished journeys, coffee shop signs swayed gently in the breeze, and the faint aroma of coffee filled the air.

Qin Tianling was still standing in front of Chen Huijie.

Alright, I've tried everything I wanted to try. Now I should focus on accepting quests and advancing my progress on the Snow Pheasant equipment quest.

"Do you have any tasks you can give me?"

Qin Tianling asked,

The next second, a crisp sound rang out.

"Crack!"

Qin Tianling looked down and...

It was a pair of handcuffs.

One end was handcuffed to his own wrist, and the other end was handcuffed to Chen Huijie's wrist.

Qin Tianling: ?

Chapter 13, I told you this game is a total dud!

Did I load a save file?

Qin Tianling was thinking of seeing if he could do this NPC's series of quests and learn his cool sword-drawing move, but why did this guy suddenly handcuff himself?

What does it mean?

Is there a bug in this NPC's intelligent AI?

He looked down at the handcuffs, then looked up at Chen Huijie, then looked down at the handcuffs again, then looked up at Chen Huijie again.

"This time, we will absolutely not let you run rampant again!"

This was the response he received.

Chen Huijie's crimson eyes were fixed on Qin Tianling's every move.

Qin Tianling: ?

What do you mean by "this time you will absolutely not be allowed to act recklessly again"?

wrong,

That's not right.

He clearly loaded the save file and returned to the point in time where the save was completed.

At this point in time, he did nothing.

He didn't choose to "violate," didn't draw his sword, didn't fight, and didn't kiss Chen Huijie.

Theoretically, this NPC should have no impression of him, or only a first impression.

But the way she looked clearly indicated that—

"Do you remember what happened during the last rollback?"

Qin Tianling questioned,

Should I roll back or should you do the rollback?

Does not being closed mean it's not open?

"Rollback..."

Chen Huijie frowned slightly.

"You did this... your Originium Arts?"

She wasn't entirely clear on what had happened.

She only heard Qin Tianling say "Qload," and then the world in her eyes changed.

It changed in an instant.

The reinforcements were gone, her wounds were gone, and the other man's wounds had changed location. Neither of them had pulled out their weapons; there was no blood. Nothing had happened.

Everything is still here.

But everything is different now.

In a past environment where everything was so different,

Chen Huijie acted immediately, handcuffing Qin Tianling and preparing to disarm and subdue him the moment he made a move.

Only now did she belatedly realize that something was amiss.

Or rather—it feels familiar.

This feeling is really hard to explain.

It was like a dream, a dream in which I did so many things—drawing my sword, bleeding, the Crimson Blade being drawn, and that...that kiss.

Every detail in the dream was so vivid, so clear, as if it had actually happened.

Then suddenly she realized,

None of this just happened.

Your knife didn't break, you weren't injured, and you weren't forcibly kissed.