Quick Transmigration: Yandere Male Leads? Hand 'Em Over! - Chapter 22

No one knew when it started, but the sky suddenly lit up with massive, blood-red broadcasts.

Some said it was a terrifying supernatural phenomenon that appeared overnight.

Others claimed it was aliens in UFOs threatening humanity from the atmosphere.

Scarlet mist bled out from the broadcast captions, spreading all the way to the distant horizon. From that day on, the sun and moon never rose again.

【Closed Beta Instance “Labyrinth of Desire” is about to go live. Trial player count: 100. All newbie players, please make necessary preparations.】

The characters embedded in the sky weren’t static—they writhed and twisted like tongues, or like raw, skinned flesh, oozing with blood.

The dark red strokes trailed sticky filaments, suspended mid-air, threatening to brush against human heads at any moment.

Modern science had no explanation for what was happening. A wave of unprecedented fear swept across the world.

In less than a day, screaming, chaos, and mass panic engulfed every corner of the globe, with casualties far exceeding 100.

Some died of sudden cardiac arrest. Some jumped to their deaths. Some ran aimlessly and were hit by cars. Stampedes broke out on crowded streets…

But one day passed. Then two… and no mysterious disappearances occurred. Those who managed to steady their nerves began preparing for the worst.

Even though the trial was limited to just 100 people, 99% of the world took action—training, stockpiling supplies, boosting fitness levels…

No one wanted to be that one unlucky soul who got chosen unprepared to face the horrors beyond human comprehension.

Of course, there was still that 1% who simply gave up and decided to enjoy what little time was left. After all, the odds were low. Why worry?

And if they were chosen, they’d just give up inside the instance too. Lie flat, do nothing. That was the real survival tactic.

When the strange sky first appeared, Xu Siwei and her best friend Qin Jin were shopping at the mall, trailed by bodyguards in black suits, arms laden with shopping bags.

“Siwei? Siwei? What are you zoning out for? Help me look—does this limited-edition dress suit me?”

Xu Siwei jolted as if waking from a nightmare. Cold sweat beaded down her face.

After a long pause, her vacant eyes slowly refocused. She forced a smile at her friend.
“It’s fine… but it doesn’t matter. We need to leave. Now.”

Having lived this life once before, Xu Siwei knew she and Qin Jin were two of the selected beta players.

One month from now, they would be pulled into the instance.

It was a nightmare realm filled with bloodshed and monstrosities, where survival meant completing impossible tasks—and surviving deranged, horrifying beings.

Due to differing mental thresholds, people perceived the anomaly at different times. The first ones to see the broadcast were even attacked as lunatics.

Qin Jin, still clueless, screamed in terror when she finally looked up and saw the blood-drenched sky while being dragged out of the mall.

Xu Siwei impatiently covered her mouth.
“What are you scared of? Get it together. Go home and prepare—we’re going in together when the time comes.”

Qin Jin widened her eyes, voice trembling.
“Siwei, how… how do you know we’ll be chosen?”

“Don’t worry about how I know. Better safe than sorry.”

She pushed Qin Jin to leave, offering no further explanation, then turned and left with her bodyguards, leaving her friend bewildered.

Xu Siwei couldn’t understand how someone as timid, naive, and clumsy as Qin Jin had managed to clear the instance last time.

In her previous life, Qin Jin had completed the mission and escaped alive.

But Xu Siwei had been trapped—forever—inside that blood-soaked world of carnage.

Now that she had another chance, she was determined: no matter what, she would kill that monster and never be caged in that hell again.

But then… she remembered the mountaintop villa. The female ghost in red with overgrown claws. The security guard whose head was split by an axe. The mechanic turned to minced meat. The hunched old woman who forced people to eat “pork ribs”…

If it hadn’t been for that monster’s protection, she never would’ve survived that place.

Wasn’t there a way to have it both ways? To gain the monster’s protection… and still complete the mission and leave unharmed?

Back home, Qin Jin, though terrified, still messaged Xu Siwei to thank her—and to ask for more details.

But Siwei never replied.

Qin Jin could only prepare on her own.

Her family owned a listed company and had money to burn—no less than the Xus.

She enrolled herself and her relatives in combat and survival training, stocked up on supplies and weapons, and even hired a small army of bodyguards.

The odds were slim, yes. But what if someone in her entourage got picked too?

Meanwhile, at the Xu residence, Xu Siwei locked herself in her room, brainstorming escape plans.

Her father hired physical trainers and begged her to learn survival skills.

But Xu Siwei snapped,
“No need! The small-fry monsters wouldn’t dare touch me. I don’t need any of that. Just leave me alone!”

Because in the instance, the monster that had caged her was invincible. No matter how skilled or fast you were—once it locked onto you, there was no escape.

The TV was looping beauty product commercials. Xu Siwei sat motionless, until a flash of clarity lit up her eyes.

She had it!

Why not get plastic surgery? She and Qin Jin could switch faces!

That way, the monster would go after Qin Jin instead. As her bestie, Qin Jin could just sweet-talk it into submission. She’d be fine!

High on her “brilliant” idea, Xu Siwei never once questioned if the monster actually chose its prey based on looks.

After all, it was a soft, snow-white, non-Newtonian blob with only two pitch-black eyes—no mouth, no ears, no nose, and it couldn’t speak. Half the time, it didn’t even understand what she was saying.

After days of nervous training, Qin Jin answered Xu Siwei’s call during a weighted jog, overjoyed.

She had a gut feeling that Siwei knew a lot more than she let on about the closed beta—but was keeping quiet out of fear of angering… “It.”

Qin Jin assumed Siwei, like her, had been training under experts in secret.

The fact that Siwei contacted her during such a critical period proved she was a real friend. Qin Jin was ready to award her the title of “Number One Bestie.”

But to her surprise… Siwei asked her to go get plastic surgery together.

Seriously? That was beyond weird. Besides, even doctors wanted to survive. Most hospitals weren’t taking new patients anymore.

But Xu Siwei had money—tons of it. Offer ten or a hundred times the usual rate, and someone was bound to accept. The unchosen still needed to eat.

“Siwei, why do we need to make our faces look like each other’s?” Qin Jin asked, baffled. “Will it confuse the monsters in the instance?”

Some horror game experts had already made predictions based on gaming experience. Qin Jin had stayed up late studying them and played several horror games to toughen her nerves.

Xu Siwei’s eyes flickered. She didn’t tell the truth.

“Mm. There are restrictions during clearance. Some players might sabotage others.”

“If we swap identities, no one will know our real objectives, and they won’t be able to interfere.”

Like stopping a “drink water” task by forcing someone to eat. Pointless.

The logic was flimsy. They hadn’t even entered the instance yet. But Qin Jin trusted Siwei. She was her best friend—she’d never hurt her.

As she lay on the operating table, Xu Siwei’s eyes flashed with a trace of guilt.

Qin Jin… I’m sorry.

Even if this means you’ll be stuck in the instance forever… you’ll have that monster to protect you. You’ll be fine.

In her last life, Qin Jin had cleared the instance—but her terror level had gotten so high she brought the trauma back with her.

She lost an arm. Permanently disabled.

I’m doing this for both of us… so we can live. You have to understand, Qin Jin. Help me.