CHAPTER 69 – The Truth Behind Xiao Xi's Transmigration
With the hacker temporarily incapacitated, the system core glitched violently, attempting to purge the remaining corruption.
Data poured from the digital walls like golden rain.
Reality splintered into geometric shapes.
Xiao Xi's weakened System orb, momentarily stabilized by the ambient narrative energy from the original leads, flickered brighter.
[Critical memory unlocked. Host stabilization protocol: 98%.]
[Displaying truth of Host's entry…]
A perfect, three-dimensional hologram glowed before her eyes.
She saw herself—in her old world—bleeding on the road after her fatal accident.
Then she saw something else: A tiny silver light, her pure consciousness, left her dying body… and entered the novel's core system.
She gasped, clinging to Gu.
"That wasn't random? I didn't stumble in?"
The system spoke weakly, the blue orb shimmering.
[Host… chosen… by the Story's self-preservation protocol.]
"Why?" Xiao Xi whispered, fear giving way to dawning revelation.
The answer formed slowly in elegant, flowing code:
[Host possesses rare trait: High Emotional Resonance with Fictional Worlds.]
[The Story needed an anchor after the Gu Yanzhou male lead death anomaly.]
[Original heroine (Ling Qiuyue) too passively written to stabilize core corruption.]
[Host's emotional force and familiarity with the plot saved the world from total collapse.]
Xiao Xi stared, stunned, tears welling in her eyes.
"So… I didn't steal anyone's place? I didn't ruin Ling Qiuyue's destiny?"
[No. Host filled a necessary vacancy.]
[Host prevented total narrative collapse. Host is the True Savior Protocol.]
Tears spilled freely down her face.
Gu held her closer, rocking her gently.
"You didn't take anything from anyone, my love.
You saved the world."
Ling Qiuyue smiled softly, understanding shining in her eyes.
"I told you," she said.
"You weren't the problem.
You were the solution."
Shen nodded, his demeanor softening. "You're the reason our world still exists, Xiao Xi."
Xiao Xi covered her mouth with trembling hands, the burden of guilt lifting completely.
Gu kissed her forehead, fierce and proud.
"I always knew you were extraordinary."