Seize the Throne

Chapter 41: The Beginning of the World 

Kou Li did not go home, and it was already midnight.

Bian Yi tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.

He knew that Kou Li might work all night, as Kou Li had informed him.

For 48 hours, neither of them knew if the system would discover the vulnerability and escape early.

Their understanding of the system was not sufficient, nor comprehensive enough, to fully estimate its power.

As long as it was possible for the system to escape, Bian Yi and Kou Li could not rest assured.

Bian Yi turned over again, but perhaps he turned too frequently, Xiao Shu sleeping with him tonight also moved.

Bian Yi immediately evened his breathing, sat up slightly, and looked at Xiao Shu, who was asleep but also began to turn over like him.

Bian Yi blamed himself a little, covered Xiao Shu with the blanket, and rhythmically patted Xiao Shu’s back for a while.

When Xiao Shu fell asleep again, he quietly got up, put on his clothes, and went to the balcony.

Perhaps part of the reason he couldn’t sleep was also because of the Xiao Shu

It had been a long time since Bian Yi slept on the same bed with Xiao Shu alone. The last memory of such an occasion dated back to when Xiao Shu was two years old, the night before Kou Li returned from his business trip.

After many years, when he returned, Bian Yi was a little unaccustomed to it. When Xiao Shu slept with him, Kou Li was always around.

It was already winter, and the weather was getting colder.

Especially in the early morning, the night wind was bone-chilling.

Bian Yi stood on the balcony, and as soon as the wind blew, his already faint sleepiness disappeared altogether.

He tightened his clothes a little, took out his phone from his pocket, and dialed Kou Li’s number.

The phone was answered after only two rings.

There was the sound of drinking water on the other end of the phone, and then Bian Yi heard Kou Li speaking to him.

Kou Li’s voice was very clear, and Bian Yi wondered if Kou Li deliberately drank some water to moisten his throat.

“What’s wrong?” Kou Li asked him, probably glancing at the time. Two seconds later, he asked again, “Are you still not asleep?”

Bian Yi responded with a grunt and asked him back, “What about you?”

Kou Li seemed to have gotten up from his seat, and Bian Yi heard a faint sound.

Instead of answering Bian Yi directly, Kou Li talked to him about Xiao Shu. “Xiao Shu is also afraid of the cold in winter, and may kick off the blanket at night.”

Bian Yi looked back at the room from the balcony and saw Xiao Shu’s feet poking out from his own small blanket. But perhaps feeling the cold outside the blanket, Xiao Shu quickly pulled his feet back.

Bian Yi laughed softly.

“Are you outside on the balcony?” Kou Li suddenly asked.

“Ah…” As he was about to ask how he knew, he suddenly realized it was quite obvious.

Although his voice was not loud, it was clear enough and not whispered. He was also sleeping with Xiao Shu, and standing in a position where he could clearly see Xiao Shu without disturbing him. The most suitable place in this room where he could see Xiao Shu without disturbing him would be the balcony.

Then, Bian Yi heard Kou Li sigh with some helplessness: “Ah Yi, it’s below zero outside tonight.”

“…” Bian Yi had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, Kou Li sighed again, “Do you want me to be distracted and worried about you while I’m working?”

Bian Yi’s scalp began to tingle, and he ground his teeth, “Can you shut up?”

He couldn’t stand it. They were both adults, not in the early stages of their relationship. How could Kou Li say such sappy and embarrassing things?

Kou Li laughed out loud in the lab, and there seemed to be an echo. His voice was deep, and when it entered Bian Yi’s ears through the electronic device, it made his scalp tingle again.

This time, it wasn’t just his scalp, but a strange sensation that couldn’t be explained clearly, rising up from his tailbone.

In short, it was very seductive.

Obviously, that man was teasing him.

Bian Yi licked his lips and felt a little thirsty.

“Okay, I’m going to bed,” Bian Yi said, “I’ll come earlier tomorrow morning.”

Since they started dating, Bian Yi didn’t like to use words like “love” or “miss” when talking to Kou Li. But that didn’t mean he was shy. He just preferred to express himself through actions.

When he wanted to kiss, he would take the initiative to wrap his arms around Kou Li’s neck and kiss him. When he wanted to do something more intimate, he would straddle Kou Li and undo his belt buckle himself.

Compared to him, Kou Li was actually more restrained – or more accurately, he was more patient.

Kou Li also had a twisted sense of humor, and he would occasionally use some cheesy words to tease Bian Yi and watch him blush.

But just as Bian Yi understood Kou Li, Kou Li also understood him.

When he said ‘come earlier,’ it was just a very ordinary sentence, as ordinary as ‘I’m going to buy groceries’ or ‘What are we going to eat tomorrow morning.’ But Kou Li still heard the meaning behind Bian Yi’s words.

He misses him, so he will come early tomorrow.

Kou Limo stroked his phone, which had already displayed the end of the call, and the smile on the corner of his mouth had not disappeared for a long time.

The system looked coldly at Kou Li’s joyful appearance.

In fact, it couldn’t understand it.

These two people have obviously experienced so much, and according to their performance, both of them have memories from the previous world. With these memories, how can they still make up?

It’s just love after all, this thing is so fragile, it can’t withstand a little storm.

This is only an E-level world, how can it be so difficult?

In the previous life, Bian Yi witnessed his lover’s betrayal, another person taking his place, and his own child being destroyed. He was filled with hatred for Kou Li as the system wished, but unfortunately, he still had a trace of love until he died.

At that time, the system felt that Bian Yi was really despicable. Even Kou Li on the screen was like that, he still couldn’t let go.

But now it seems that it was Bian Yi’s last persistence. He still had a trace of trust, believing that his lover would not treat him like that.

As a result, the hatred value was only 99, not 100.

Only one point away, the system could have absorbed all of Bian Yi’s power.

In fact, Bian Yi and Kou Li are just ordinary humans, and they do not have any special abilities.

However, they are the protagonists of this world, the existence that supported the world when it was formed.

In the depths of the universe, there is a huge tree of life. The tree of life has many branches, and green leaves, flowers, and fruits grow on the branches. Every fruit that the tree of life produces is a planet and a completely independent world that has already matured.

The tree of life has the source of the universe, its power is endless, and it is indestructible.

If you want to obtain its energy, you can only steal from those immature worlds.

And when is the easiest time to succeed? Of course, it is when the branches have just sprouted tender leaves.

At this moment, the world has just been established and is still in its infancy. Its protective membrane is only one kind, which is the main factor of the world’s formation.

The anti-complementary self-rescue system has climbed many tender leaves and consumed many leaves. Some leaves were born because of friendship, some because of family, some because of race, and some because of war.

As their appearance, these creatures are all parasites, feeding on the leaves and fruits of the Tree of Life.

And Bian Yi and Kou Li in this world are indeed a novel prototype, but different from all versions fabricated by the system. It is just a simple and ordinary sweet pet story.

In the original text, there was not even a third party. They have been childhood sweethearts, and their relationship is good. The change of feelings began when a girl gave the protagonist Bian Yi a love letter after school one day.

Bian Yi rejected the girl, but the protagonist Kou Li remembered this incident in his heart. He began to weave a large net, and every seemingly accidental event was deliberately set up by Kou Li.

The spider silk became more and more, and the area of the net became larger and larger. Bian Yi, who became the prey, was completely unaware of this, and soon succumbed to Kou Li’s attack.

Their feelings were heating up every day, they were very sweet, and they got married without any hindrance, becoming a real family.

The article is very short, and the last words stopped at the grand wedding. Although it was already the ending, the article did not mark the word “ending” for a long time.

Then, on a certain day, on a certain branch of the Tree of Life in the depths of the universe, a new sprout emerged and grew a tender leaf.

That tender leaf looked so fragile and tempting.

A very small creature stopped on the leaf, and the mechanical voice sounded with disdain: “Just an E-level world? Forget it, it’s too low-level, it’s love again. Forget it, save time, eat it and go find a higher-level one.”

That tiny creature bit on a certain vein of the leaf.

At the same time, Bian Yi, who was blushing and holding the sex toy delivery he had just received in a certain mall, blinked and in the blink of an eye, the environment around him became a strange enclosed space.

He looked around in confusion, not knowing what had happened or what he was going to encounter.

Kou Li continued to work.

The system watched him, and also watched this laboratory.

Suddenly, it felt uneasy.

The classification of world levels is basically based on the world’s technological level, energy field size, and danger level.

E and F are the lowest levels, usually love worlds, and this world is an E level because of its technology.

However, its prototype is an unfinished novel.

Unfinished means that anything is possible.

The system clearly remembers that at the end of the first week, this world was still E level.

But, can the device that shields it, the device that traps it, really only be E level?

This world is growing.

For the system, this is not good news at all. Growth means that it will be unpredictable.

Who knows what level the world will eventually grow to?

And as long as the world grows to level B, it means that there are already people or things that can completely kill it.

A machine in the laboratory was turned on, and the sound of its operation echoed in the lab.

The system looked at Kou Li’s face and was truly panicked.

Undoubtedly, Kou Li was the one who caused the world to upgrade.

The reason why it failed in the first loop was also because of Kou Li.

At the end of the first loop, Kou Li had already used his research to attack its space, but it only saw E level displayed on the panel without careful retesting.

It was careless.

It saw that it was a low-level love world and did not take it seriously from the beginning.

No, it must escape.

It cannot wait for its peers to come and save it.

This human may really have a way to kill it.

The holographic image in the laboratory showed the struggling of the bug, and Kou Li frowned as he looked at the image.

When it was just caught, the bug did resist violently, but after realizing that it couldn’t easily escape, it just lay down.

That state was very annoying, and it was a clear mockery of the people in the laboratory: catching me doesn’t matter, anyway, you can’t do anything to me.

So, why is it going crazy now?

Kou Li pushed his glasses and lowered his eyes.

He couldn’t and must not give this bug a chance to escape.

This novel will (hopefully) be completed next week, 4 more chapters to go! Anyways sorry for the choppy updates; I have finals coming up so I have been very busy. Hopefully, I will be able to keep on schedule T-T