Tension rises , sweat came pouring down from the top of my head , down towards my neck. My options laid before me , puts me between a path of no return and a choice that would end my journey. Desperation clouded my mind , as the emotions I've been bottling up since my reincarnation started bursting out.
Even though I've faced countless life or death situation before. I've never truly belief that I was back into a corner. Despite being put into a difficult path , I've never even stuttered, not once. I guess I just thought of all this so called choices as a game , nor story.
Sometimes I had forgotten that my decision lead to either victory nor defeat . Life or death, in the heat of the moment I felt the adrenalin coursing through my brains. I felt alive , within my own fantasy. Death gave me a second chance at life , am I really going to waste that chance ?
A chance to redeem myself against my past . To shape my future the way I've always dreamed about for countless years . To become a supreme entity within my world. To stand on top of the world unchallenged . To see myself as an undefeated being reigning above all .
From this point its really a choice between giving up my everything and submitting my fate to another or giving up my life in its entirety. But what good is there in living a life without freedom, without imagination , without a life.
Suddenly the System glitches .
Qiu Jin Wei
(" What's happening to the System ?")
(" What is this ?")
As the System stopped its constant and frantic glitching . Suddenly another screen appear before me .
However unlike the System's glowing blue screen. This screen shone bright red. I look upon it , and that is where I've found a new hope.
[[ Hoooh , I can't believe your luck ]]
[[ To think that you would encounter one of the Legendary entity this early in ]]
[[ You must have either extremely good luck or great attraction for calamities ]]
[[ To be pushed into a desperate situation like this , and is given no option but to abandoned his humanity just to survive ]]
[[ Hahahahahahahaha, how amusing ]]
Qiu Jin Wei
(" Who are you ?")
[[ Haven't you noticed yet ]]
Qiu Jin Wei
(" You're a System ?")
(" But what are you doing here ?")
(" And why are you glowing red , unlike the System I've come to know of ?")
[[ Yes , you are right I am a System ]]
[[ I'm here to help you escape your current predicament ]]
Qiu Jin Wei
(" And how are you going to do that ?")
[[ By giving you a different choice ]]
[[ Here is your option ]]
[[ First Option : Destroy The Dream World currently trapping the Host ]]
[[ The Illusion created by the entity known as Da Ji , is the strongest Illusion in the world but it isn't unbreakable ]]
[[ Effects : Da Ji Illusionary world destroyed , Da Ji will have her powers weaken by 20% , the Host power increased 2 folds ]]
[[ Chances of the Host successfully breaking Da Ji's Illusion is 50% ]]
[[ Second Option : Fight Da Ji ]]
[[ The Host will fight Da Ji from within her Illusionary world , proving once and for all that nothing can trap the Host ]]
[[ Effects : Summons souls of fallen warriors to fight with the Host within the Illusionary world ]]
[[ Chances of the Host successfully defeating Da Ji is 30% ]]
[[ Third Option : Conquer Da Ji ]]
[[ The Host used this current predicament to his advantage ]]
[[ The Host used his mental strength to imprint a curse mark into Da Ji , making her the Host's slave ]]
[[ Da Ji will become the Host's eyes and ears from within Orochi's army ]]
[[ Chances of the Host successfully Imprinting the curse mark on Da Ji is 1% ]]
[[ So what's it going to be ]]
[[ I'm impatiently waiting for the Host to make his decision ]]
Qiu Jin Wei
(" How is this possible ?")
(" This Red System is giving me several ways to not only survive but to actually win ?")
(" How is this even possible , aren't the choices given from the Blue System panels absolute ?")
(" Answer me System ! ")
[[ Answer : No ]]
[[ The choices given by the System does not produce an absolute answer or a unchangeable fate ]]
[[ The System is simply giving the Host multiple choices to progress the Host story ]]
[[ However the Host has been creating his own story line based on the Host's behavior and actions ]]
[[ That's why the System is constantly opening up new branches on the story according to suit the Host ]]
(" Then Why ?")
(" Why did you gave me no option to survive this predicament ?")
(" Why you lead me into desperation ? ")
(" You've given me no choice but to accept my fate !")
[[ Warning ! Warning ! Warning ! ]]
[[ The System is unable to answer the Host's Question ]]
(" So now you won't say anything .")
(" Then I'll choose to Conquer Da Ji !")
[[ Confirmed ]]
[[ Hahahahahahahahahahha ]]
[[ I don't know if you're a fool or simply insane ]]
[[ This will be fun ]]
[[ I can't wait to see how you act moving forward ]]
The System confirmed my choice and resumed time .
Da Ji
" So what is your choice ?"
Qiu Jin Wei
" How about you come join me instead Da Ji ."
Da Ji
" Hooh ."
" Why should I ?"
Qiu Jin Wei
" Because I can satisfy your inner most desires ."
Da Ji
" You've piqued my interest ."
" I'll let speak for a moment before turning you into my slave ."
Qiu Jin Wei
" You've been playing your mind games for far to long now ."
" However despite your cunning nature , you never managed to achieve what you wanted most in the world ."
Da Ji
" And what would that be ?"
Qiu Jin Wei
" The live you've always wanted ."
" Da Ji , you've been used and thrown away several times already by those undeserving rulers ."
" They treated you like a disposable tool , to achieve their personal goals ."
Da Ji
" Yes you're correct ."
" That's why I choose to betray those accursed rulers and bring destruction into their wretched Dynasty. "
" But now , with Lord Orochi descent into the world ."
" China will be thrown into chaos ."
" And once China falls , Lord Orochi will rule above you pathetic mortals ."
" I'll make sure all those rulers in the pass rue the day they betrayed me ."
" And I'll be up in my castle enjoying the pain and misery of others ."
Qiu Jin Wei
" But what makes Orochi different from those rulers who had betrayed you ?"
" How are you so sure that , you will get everything you've ever wanted if he conquers all of China ?"
Da Ji
" Of course he will give me everything I've ever wanted ."
" He's not mortal unlike the rest of you ."
Qiu Jin Wei
" Then all I can say is that , I hope you won't regret your choice Da Ji ."
Da Ji
" No ."
" You don't know what your talking about !"
Qiu Jin Wei
" I know betrayal is the most painful thing in the world ."
" My advise Da Ji , I hope you don't fall for their lies anymore ."
" Your blinded by your desire for revenge , your blinded by a false sense of hope ."
Da Ji
" Shut up ! Shut up ! Shut up ! Shut up ! Shut up ! "
In a burst of rage . Da Ji destroyed the Illusionary world she had created to ensnare me . Cracks filled opened up rifts within the void . Throwing me out of the Illusion and back into the real world.
Distorted and confused in the midst of illusion. I tried to regain my senses. No more than a few seconds had passed since I was trapped within Da Ji's Illusion. I had to go to free the remaining initiates fast.
I went down into the basement of the building. There I found cells holding the initiates captive. I destroyed the cells, releasing them . As I went deeper and deeper into the prison . I saw the shocking atrocities that the Organization had committed . Every single one of these innocent people went through hell in the hands of the Organization.
All of the members of the Organization are sent to hell by me personally. Now nothing is stopping the initiates from regaining their freedom . After opening the last cell, I gathered all of them in the main room upstairs. More than 200 initiates were kept in the prison cells. With 15 plus men and women being heavily wounded by inhuman torture.
I healed the wounded as we walked back up into the main hall.
Qiu Jin Wei
" Everyone , I know all of you had suffered under the hands of the Organization ."
" Now you are free ."
" You have to choices in front of you ."
" Either join me or you are free to go on your separate ways ."
The Initiates ponder amongst themselves doubting my intentions to simply let them go . After a lengthy discussion , most of them chose to walk their own path . However all the people remaining decided they wanted to join my cause.
Out of the 200 initiates rescued from the underground prison . Only 67 joined me . I told them to meet up first with Ae Ri's team at the South Gate. After I've finished what I've came here to do . We will be departing from Xu Chang City.
Afterwards I went to the Castle in the middle of Xu Chang City for the awards ceremony . I put on my custom Hero's attire and rode my horse in full gallop.
However the Castle was dead silent without a single person left in sight. I went through the front gate, which was somehow opened by the time I got there. I dismounted from my horse to check my surroundings.
I quickly ran inside the castle to find something that would explain this uneasy feeling. However when I entered all I saw were corpses of dead guards belonging to Cao Cao.