When the System bound itself to Wei Zhi, it repeatedly stressed: “Main quest: Repair the world’s bugs. Side quest warning: Do not become romantically involved with key characters, or your energy will be deducted.”
Wei Zhi nodded vigorously, with only one thought on her mind: build her career, stockpile energy, get unbound as soon as possible, and regain her freedom.
And so
Reincarnated as a palace consort sentenced to death and banished to the Cold Palace? She immediately latched onto the Empress Dowager, took down the treacherous ministers, and turned the emperor into an “easygoing coworker.” When the mission was complete, the emperor who had said, “I’ll keep my harem empty for you,” received nothing but her farewell: “Take care, Your Majesty. We’ll never meet again.”
Reincarnated as a delicate flower pursued by the school heartthrob? She stayed up all night studying, skipped grades, and earned admission to a top university. Along the way, she exposed the heartthrob’s sweet-on-the-outside, sinister-on-the-inside nature. When he asked her with red-rimmed eyes, “How do my research projects fall short of yours?” she arched a brow. “You and a formula aren’t even comparable.”
Reincarnated as the designated “savior’s spouse” in an apocalypse? She shouldered a laser rifle and built a survivor base, turning her “designated spouse”, the famously cold-blooded, bloodthirsty esper, into the base’s chief security officer. Before she left, he blocked the door. “Stay, or take me with you.”
Wei Zhi handed him a copy of The Base Management Handbook. “Do your job properly, and stop letting your mind wander.”
Watching her Host reject the advances of one powerful figure after another, from treacherous ministers and school heartthrobs to interstellar marshals and immortal cultivators, the System could only marvel as she turned every world into a career-focused story with no romance whatsoever. It couldn’t help grumbling, “Host, are you a block of ice that can’t be melted?”
Wei Zhi was busy drawing up a “romance-proofing strategy” for herself in the next world. Without even looking up, she replied:
