Chapter 1: A Blush-Inducing Dream
In the darkness, a scorching hot male body pressed tightly against Yun Sheng’s back. The searing heat radiated nonstop through her thin pajamas.
She tried to move but found herself completely imprisoned in his embrace.
"Let go..."
Yun Sheng spoke, but the voice that came out was soft and sweet, unlike her own.
Instead of loosening his grip, the man held her tighter. His hot breath fanned across the sensitive skin behind her ear, sending a faint tremor through her.
The large hand covering her eyes suddenly moved away. She turned to meet a pair of eyes.
They were searingly bright and sharp, like those of a beast lying in wait in the dead of night, locking onto her.
They churned with an undisguised, primal wildness that made Yun Sheng’s heart skip a beat.
She was afraid, yet she felt an involuntary urge to draw closer.
Then, Yun Sheng felt a strange and powerful force emanating from him. It began to merge with her silently, like a warm tide washing over a dry riverbed, eagerly filling every crack and crevice.
An unprecedented feeling of fullness spread through her entire body, carrying a heart-pounding heat, as if something dormant within her was awakening.
Just as this strange power was about to reach its peak, on the verge of consuming her entirely...
"DRIP."
A single, cold drop of water seeped from a crack in the peeling ceiling and landed right between her eyebrows.
The chill was like a thin needle, instantly piercing through the gossamer dream.
Yun Sheng’s eyes flew open. She was still curled up alone on the single bed in her low-rent apartment in the Eighth Star Zone. There was no one beside her.
She sat up instinctively. Her fingertips touched the cold, damp sheets, but her cheeks were still burning.
One day ago, she had unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of the villainess from an adult interstellar Sentinel and guide novel.
The original owner of the body was the true daughter of the wealthy Lin Family. However, due to a malicious swap by a maid, she had struggled to survive in the slums since childhood. Meanwhile, the fake daughter, Lin Yueyao, was the novel’s protagonist and a one-in-a-million S-Class Guide.
Later, the original owner was brought back to the Lin Family, but because she couldn’t form a spiritual body and fulfill her duties as a guide, she was ridiculed by everyone. This long-term resentment twisted her psyche.
She not only tried to seduce the protagonist’s Sentinel but also harmed the protagonist at every turn. In the end, she was sentenced to exile in a contaminated zone and met a miserable end along the way.
Recalling the original plot, Yun Sheng couldn’t help but shiver.
Just then, a series of violent knocks on the door shattered her thoughts.
"Yun Sheng, you damn girl! I know you’re in there! Open this door for me!"
The exasperated and furious voice of the original owner’s father, Yun Dafu, came from outside.
A month ago, the original owner had failed her awakening. Seeing that she had lost her last bit of value, Yun Dafu dropped all pretenses and planned to sell her to the black market to pay off his gambling debts!
The original owner had desperately escaped that home, using the little money she had to rent this low-income apartment in the slums.
’I can’t believe he still found me.’
"BANG!"
With a loud crash, the overburdened door was violently kicked open!
The lock burst, and splinters of wood flew through the air.
In the blinding light, Yun Dafu’s disgusting figure appeared in the doorway, followed by several tall, burly men in black combat vests.
They reeked of a mixture of blood and gunpowder. They were clearly Sentinels who lived on the edge of life and death—though likely the lowest, most disreputable kind.
They sized up Yun Sheng without restraint. Even though she had grown up in the slums and was wearing a faded, worn-out pajama set, it couldn’t hide her flawless, jade-like skin and unforgettable beauty.
The burly men’s eyes immediately went wide, their greedy gazes practically stripping Yun Sheng bare.
The leader, a man with a hideous scar on his face, grinned and clapped Yun Dafu hard on the shoulder. His voice was rough and grating.
"Tsk, Yun Dafu, I can’t believe a spineless loser like you could produce such a prime catch! Alright, we’ll take her. Your gambling debt is wiped clean!"
"As long as you’re satisfied, Scarface! That’s all that matters!"
Hearing this, Yun Dafu’s face immediately broke into a fawning, relieved smile as he nodded repeatedly.
The man called Scarface ignored him, his aggressive eyes locking back onto Yun Sheng as if she were prey he was determined to capture.
He advanced on Yun Sheng with a slow, deliberate pace, a cruel, mocking smile on his face like a cat playing with a mouse.
"Don’t be scared, little beauty. Come with us, and we guarantee you’ll be living the high life..."
In the original novel, after the original owner was taken away by him, she was immediately sold to the black market. Although she was eventually found and retrieved by the Lin Family, the humiliating memory was seared into her mind.
Yun Sheng bit her lower lip hard. ’I absolutely cannot let this part of the plot happen again!’
She frantically searched her mind for any possible way to escape.
Just as Scarface’s hand was about to touch her, a scorching, tyrannical power—as if from the depths of an abyssal hell—erupted from the deepest part of her being without warning!
The sensation was identical to the thrilling fullness from her dream, but it was far clearer, far more violent.
"HUM..."
A transparent Spirit Barrier suddenly expanded outward from her.
Upon the barrier, black flames seemed to burn silently, emitting a terrifying pressure that could freeze the soul, securely protecting her within.
"BANG!"
Scarface’s hand slammed into the barrier. Not only did it fail to advance an inch, but he was violently thrown back by an extremely ferocious backlash!
"ARGH!"
He let out a bloodcurdling scream as his burly body was sent flying backward like a broken kite, crashing hard against the opposite wall.
His entire right arm was twisted at an unnatural angle. The mockery and greed on his face had been replaced by extreme pain and terror.
Yun Dafu’s mouth fell open, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets. His face was a mask of horror and disbelief.
"N-No... Impossible! How do you have spiritual power... Didn’t you fail your awakening?"
Yun Sheng looked down at her own empty hands, her mind in chaos.
’That’s right. The original owner failed her awakening. She was a good-for-nothing who couldn’t even form a spiritual body. How can I suddenly unleash such a powerful Spirit Barrier?’
Seizing the moment while Scarface and his men were stunned by this sudden turn of events, Yun Sheng gritted her teeth and summoned all her strength to dash toward the open door!
"What are you standing around for?! After her! Catch her!"
Scarface’s roar echoed from behind her.
The hallway of the low-rent apartment building was empty and eerily quiet in the early morning. Only a bone-chilling cold enveloped Yun Sheng.
She ran for her life, her bare feet slapping against the cold concrete floor.
But compared to the enhanced Sentinels, her speed was as slow as a snail’s.
The sound of heavy, urgent footsteps closed in rapidly, carrying a thick stench of blood. They were right behind her!
Yun Sheng’s heart pounded wildly. She desperately tried to summon that power again, to build the barrier that had protected her just moments before!
’Come on! Please!’
Seeing that the strange black flames were no longer flickering around Yun Sheng, the two pursuing Sentinels grew bold.
One of them reached out with a sinister grin, about to grab the ends of her flying hair.
"Damn it, that was just a fluke! Let’s see you run now!"