The Villain Loaded My System

Chapter 61

When it comes to solving this kind of thing manually, Commander Gu has gone from knowing nothing to being a veteran driver. He was used to the Great Demon asking for help several times.

So after a few seconds of hesitation, he still responded to Wen Yu’s inquiry in the most straightforward, hands-on manner.

Although Wen Yu did not say it out loud, Gu Xiyu could still feel the excitement that he had suppressed at the bottom of his heart. The main manifestation of this was that, just as he touched him, he noticed a sudden tightening of Wen Yu’s body, and then a sticky touch on his palm.

He was bewildered for a moment.

…… This world’s great demon doesn’t seem that good.

Wen Yu did not feel embarrassed, his tone sounded chagrined, and he said very politely, “Sorry, I couldn’t control my body when I thought it was you.”

Gu Xiyu was silent, watching the panel’s risk value wobble from 48 points to 45.

It was not a lie.

Faced with such an honest and cute great demon, the psychological construction he had spent time on seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

Wen Yu, who had turned around and rummaged for a long time but couldn’t find tissues, turned back. Gu Xiyu’s eyes had adjusted to the darkness, and he could see that the familiar facial contours were full of seriousness: “I saw the actors in those movies swallow at the end, so maybe you…”

Gu Xiyu looked aghast and kicked someone off the bed; unfortunately, the admiral’s bed was quite big, with plenty of cushioning space.

It’s not that he hadn’t swallowed Ji Chen’s and Lu Ziqing’s before, but this was the first time he had been so bluntly offended. But the latter obviously didn’t see anything wrong with his request and was even puzzled: “What’s wrong? If it’s yours, I’d be happy to swallow…um…”

Gu Xiyu could not resist lifting his other clean hand to cover Wen Yu’s mouth, and he said with cold eyes and gritted teeth, “Stop talking.”

He finally got up and went to the bathroom to clean his hands. He came back and found that Wen Yu was in high spirits again, and the other party said with great motivation, “One more time, and this time it won’t be so quick.”

“……” Gu Xiyu was so frustrated that he just silently agreed.

As a result, he regretted it. He thought that the Great Demon of this world was an innocent villain, thinking that even if it took longer, it wouldn’t be longer than the two other soul fragments.

Facts have proven that he underestimated the Great Demon’s abilities in every aspect.

He didn’t act coquettish, but he made Wen Yu comfortable, and he finally reaped another -8 risk value, bringing it down to 40 points. Because of this drop, Wen Yu looked much calmer when he woke up the next day. He said good morning, would stroke his head, and smile at him tenderly. He didn’t even say anything when he talked to Lu Feng during breakfast.

After the meal, Gu Xiyu, who had to stay in his room if he wanted to maintain his human form, turned on his tablet. The internet was full of news singing the praises of ‘Admiral Caesar’s’ triumphant return. The admiral himself was in his study, continuing his various meetings, and Gu Xiyu’s lips twitched as he browsed through the social media reports.

The matter of the zerg was resolved, and after this trip, the Unification Center was directly handed over to Wen Yu. He would soon have the highest power in the Unification Center, the place with the ultimate defense mechanism and control of the Empire, as well as the military’s top secrets.

When the time came, it would only be a matter of moving his fingers if he wanted the empire to live or die.

Gu Xiyu was hesitant to reveal Wen Yu’s identity after saving the old king. He would always be a hidden danger if he didn’t expel him from the Empire.

But if he did so, wasn’t that betraying Wen Yu?

After a week or so, Wen Yu officially took over the Unification Center, and Lu Yan trusted him enough to treat him as a member of his own camp. After all, Wen Yu had done a lot to clear the path for him, and only the unrest in the Empire had now settled down.

During this period, Gu Xiyu followed Wen Yu into the Unification Center as a tiger rabbit and at first encountered numerous suspicious gazes. The tiger rabbit is a magical species, somewhere between an alien and a friendly species, not actively attacking the human race but not suitable as a pet either. Moreover, their numbers were so small that human research on this species was very thin, and their thoughts and abilities are still unknown.

Wen Yu said to them, “It looks a bit fierce, but it’s no different from other rabbits.”

“It’s not recommended to keep one unless you have the ability, because a tiger rabbit can tear down a home when it gets fierce.”

“I saved him by chance when I was out and about, and he voluntarily chose to stay by my side, so I wouldn’t advise anyone else to do the same.”

Of course, there was no shortage of researchers who looked at Gu Xiyu, the little tiger rabbit and asked if Wen Yu could take him in for a study. There were even guys who wanted to detain him and do in-depth research because they wanted to confirm whether he was a risk; otherwise, he shouldn’t be allowed to enter or leave the main city freely.

Because of what had happened to Wen Ruo, Wen Yu had a strong aversion to so-called ‘scientific research’, not to mention the fact that the person they wanted to touch was Gu Xiyu.

Wen Yu’s attitude was quite calm at first, and he maintained his usual demeanor as he refused. However, he was in a bad mood today, and when another person bumped into him, he said with a cold look in his eyes, “Scientific research? After something like underground experiments, do you think the military will allow you to do that again in the short term?”

It was true that the people of the Research Department had not been able to find their feet in the palace lately, as everyone had been vilifying them after the revelation of the incident, and the military had been dragged down by them this time. The research base was now in chaos; the palace had suspended their funding and ordered them to put the place back in order. They were also ordered to disclose all experiments they were currently conducting at the request of the public; otherwise, they would jointly sue the research department.

However, even if the research department manages to overcome public opinion this time, every future research has to be done in public, and it was impossible to do those kinds of underground experiments again in the short term.

“If I remember correctly, the mess at your base has not been dealt with. This tiger rabbit is very important to me and is part of my personal assets, how can I hand him over to you guys after you’ve made such a mess?”

Gu Xiyu hugged his tail and looked up at Wen Yu.

The slender, handsome man had a rare and familiar hostile look in his eyes as he solemnly warned the people in the scientific research department, “If one more person runs up to me about this, the people in your scientific research department will lose their jobs en masse.”

No one dared to question the words of Admiral Caesar, who carried countless merits and was now supported and held up by the entire empire—even the aliens would flinch at the sight of him on campaign. For the empire, the words “Admiral Caesar” were the lynchpin of the empire, and his words had absolute power.

After this round of warnings, no one dared to covet Gu Xiyu anymore, and he and Wen Yu were given a moment of peace.

In fact, he was partly responsible for Wen Yu’s bad mood.

Wen Yu was now a novice at *eating the bone marrow, and after his first taste of pleasure, the way he looked at him was now different. But he pretended to be unaware all the time, and he even coldly refused when Wen Yu invited him to sleep together. “No, it’s not good; it was for special reasons before.”

*Idiom to mean that, after experiencing it once, Wen Yu wanted to experience it again.

For this reason, Wen Yu even deliberately had the power cut off at the Admiral’s mansion once; however, he still didn’t go over.

Not only did he reject Wen Yu in all sorts of ways, he even stressed once more, “We’ve already broken off our engagement, it’s not good to do so.”

Wen Yu couldn’t find a reason to convince him and didn’t know what to do other than get angry with him.

Although Wen Yu had started to show some feelings for him, he was still bewildered and not as decisive as Lu Ziqing and Ji Chen before him, so he had to slow down the strategy for this mission target.

Gu Xiyu didn’t like to impose himself on others, and he had always believed that even if the Great Demon was a prisoner of this world, he shouldn’t let the world’s consciousness bind him to his fate. He was now on his third mission and was no longer as rigid in his thinking as he had been at the beginning. So he was not going to force Wen Yu to change his mind, and if he finally came to his senses, then everyone would be happy, and he’d carry out his mission at the same pace as before. If Wen Yu still insisted on sticking to his own ideas, then he could only hold his ground and do what he had to do.

Gu Xiyu thought and touched the bead hidden in his pouch again.

No matter what direction it was heading anyway, the mission to close the portal had to be done. As long as all possibilities of Wen Yu being able to counterattack were erased, then the risk of the world’s collapse would also be reduced to 0 points.

With this in mind, he looked at Wen Yu, who was walking ahead.

At least the Great Demon didn’t stop him from going out with him, even knowing that his goal was to sneak into the palace. There was still a chance.

After successfully penetrating the palace with Wen Yu, Gu Xiyu didn’t immediately take action. He first stayed by Wen Yu’s side for a few days to get everyone in the Unification Center to get used to his presence. He was quiet all the time, looking as silly and thoughtless as a normal rabbit, and was only curious about a few things.

If someone told him what not to touch or where not to go, he would obediently stop going there after a few teachings. It was only when people gradually relaxed their vigilance that he slowly expanded his activities. The places he went to were normal, such as wandering around the vicinity of Wen Yu’s work area or going outside to some practice ground or recreational place. Some people even caught him sunbathing in the flower garden.

Gu Xiyu was then smoothly promoted from a ‘dangerous creature’ they needed to be wary of to the mascot of the palace. Lu Yan even asked to have him, but was rebuffed by Wen Yu’s forceful attitude. At that time, the two of them almost got into a fight.

Lu Yan was still unstable and needed to rely on Caesar’s prestige to help him establish his position, so it didn’t get out of hand in the end.

Later on, Gu Xiyu was able to go in and out of the palace with Wen Yu, but he still seemed to be acting very normal, and his activities were very much like those of the little pets kept by the nobles of the empire, so everyone gradually paid less attention to him.

These were just the situations that Gu Xiyu let them see.

The places he visited seemed restricted to those few spots, and none of them were high-ranking secret places or weapons depots, so there was little suspicion. However, in the time that he had been accompanying Wen Yu in his activities, he had already mapped out the routes and the basic situation of the interior of the Unification Center and the Royal Palace.

Most importantly, he already knew where the old king was located.

Gu Xiyu pretended not to understand when people spoke to him, and only showed a sense of approximate understanding when they physically instructed him like they were teaching a small animal, and no one except Wen Yu realized that he actually understood. So, even when they saw him pass by, no one, no matter how high or low, would hide the content of the conversation anymore, making it easier for him to obtain a lot of information.

Including the recent one that Lu Yan was planning to hold a press conference for the public.

He heard people in the palace say that Lu Yan’s press conference might change the empire. The old king, who has not appeared for a long time, may come out or issue an edict saying that he will remove Lu Feng as crown prince and officially hand over the governance of the empire to Lu Yan.

As soon as this rumor came out, there were some voices of dissent on the internet, but they were indeed much fewer than before. Some people thought that Lu Yan has been doing quite well in all of his recent performances and had helped to oversee the actions of the military and the Ministry of Scientific Research, stabilizing the disturbances in the main city and the royal palace.

After confirming the time of the press conference, Gu Xiyu said to his system, “I’m going to sneak into the palace to meet the old king, but there are many surveillance cameras in the palace; can you find the routes with blind spots or where the surveillance is weak?”

After a short silence, the system replied, [Yes, but you have to give me two days.]

This time was much shorter than he had expected. Actually, he expected the system to tell him it couldn’t be done, as it had done in the previous two worlds.

He teased with a smirk, “You usually sound quiet and useless, but I didn’t expect you to be quite capable. You’d always tell me you couldn’t do such things in the previous mission worlds.”

The intelligent system laughed along with him and suddenly asked, [How do the mission targets in the previous mission worlds compare to the current target?]

Gu Xiyu was lying on his bed, and on hearing this question, the corners of his lips curled up, and he replied carelessly, “They were much better than him.”

“At least they were not lumps of wood, they’d love me and make me happy. I could live a very happy life every day.”

[…… Then the target of this world should be a real disappointment to you.]

Gu Xiyu: “Yes, he’s disappointing to the core; I’ll leave him in a second.”

[……?]

Gu Xiyu didn’t answer again.

During the past few days when he was wandering around the royal palace, there were always birds of prey and small animals from the outside that came running to him every now and then. They were small animals from the main planet that couldn’t speak, but they’d always bring him little fresh fruits and flowers.

But he always had a feeling that someone from the beast race had come looking for him.