Quick Transmigration: Yandere Male Leads? Hand 'Em Over! - Chapter 23

After the surgery, Qin Jin stared at her bandaged face in the mirror, a strange unease creeping up her spine.

She and Xu Siwei were both considered good-looking, but their features were completely different. A full-face transplant wasn’t just about minor tweaks.

To look exactly like her, Xu Siwei had even shaved her jawbone and had teeth removed on both sides. Her face was now swollen like a balloon.

Qin Jin’s not-so-sharp mind slowly turned over the facts… If the goal was simply to avoid attention, couldn’t they have just had their faces altered into something more average and unmemorable?

When she voiced the question aloud, a flash of panic crossed Xu Siwei’s face before she quickly explained with a guilty smile, “I just want both of us to look pretty.”

Qin Jin thought it over—fair enough. Both of them had always been obsessed with beauty, spending tens of millions each year on skincare and cosmetic treatments.

Before they parted, Qin Jin pulled a black pistol from her bag. Making sure no one was watching, she slipped it quickly into Xu Siwei’s pocket.

She whispered, “Siwei, my dad pulled strings to get this from overseas. Take it with you into the instance for protection…”

“What is this?”

Xu Siwei took it out, glanced at it, and without so much as blinking, tossed it straight into a trash can. She said with an air of superiority, “Don’t waste your effort. You can’t bring stuff like this inside. You’re not one of those idiots who’s stockpiling supplies and weapons too, are you?”

What Xu Siwei knew—and others didn’t—was that even if you could bring it in, it’d be useless. The monsters in the instance weren’t something human strength or science could fight against.

Qin Jin froze. The bandaged skin beneath her face ached from her shifting expression. She asked, “Siwei, why didn’t you tell me none of that stuff would work?”

All her money, all her time—it had all been wasted for nothing. Xu Siwei could’ve told her from the beginning.

Before, Qin Jin thought maybe Siwei had a reason she couldn’t share. But now? She’d just said it like it was no big deal.

Had she known earlier, she wouldn’t have burned through so much of the Qin family’s savings.

Used to having absolute control over other players in the instance, Xu Siwei frowned the moment she heard Qin Jin’s questioning tone.

“It’s not like I told you to stockpile anything. What’s with the attitude?”

Qin Jin was stunned again, a lump rising in her chest. She wanted to say something more, but Xu Siwei got into the car and drove off without looking back.

It wasn’t just the gun—Qin Jin had prepared backup supplies, just in case. She hadn’t even had a chance to deliver the rest yet.

She hadn’t expected Siwei to not only reject her help but mock her for it—and then get mad.

This wasn’t the same person who’d asked her to go under the knife just days ago.

Back at home, to ensure her face healed properly, Xu Siwei barely moved. Her parents came to persuade her a few times, but she brushed them off.

Helpless, the Xu parents began to consider another solution.

There were a hundred testers, right? Some of them had to be capable.

They decided to spread money around, offering large sums to healthy young men in hopes they could protect Xu Siwei in the instance. There’d be more rewards if they came out alive.

But as soon as they brought it up, Xu Siwei shut them down.

They asked why. She didn’t answer. She just started making a scene, threatening to hurt herself if they spent a single cent.

Xu Siwei didn’t dare tell them the truth.

The instance was called “Labyrinth of Lust” for a reason—it allowed players to trade real-world items in exchange for whatever they desired.

That included money, intelligence, physical traits… and even direct relatives, willingly offered.

In her last life, before she got protection from that monster, she used up all her wealth and then mortgaged her father’s eyes and her mother’s hands.

She’d never returned from the instance, so she didn’t have to face her parents’ ruined bodies.

—

Meanwhile, back at the Qin household, just as Qin Jin was getting ready to resume her training, she was bombarded with a dozen frantic calls from Xu Siwei.

She thought it might be an apology. Instead, Xu Siwei’s tone was still sharp.

“Qin Jin, don’t move around so much while you’re at home! Don’t mess up your healing.”

Full facial surgery made one’s features extremely fragile. If the stitches tore or the face shifted, all her careful planning would be for nothing.

“But I have to train my body. I need to be strong if I want to survive in the instance…”

Xu Siwei’s frustration peaked. “What’s the point of all that? You can’t outrun them anyway—they’re not human.”

“Still, I think it’s better to be a little stronger—”

“I don’t care what you think. I care what I think! Qin Jin, you’re wearing my face now. Once you’re inside, nothing bad will happen to you—just do as I say!”

Xu Siwei then shared everything from her previous run in the instance, every tip and secret she could remember.

She added one final instruction:
“Once you get to the villa on the mountain, go find the white glutinous rice monster immediately. He’s the final boss. Get him to save me.”

Qin Jin was stunned for a long time. “Okay… I’ve memorized it… Siwei, did you really dream all this?”

It felt too vivid.

A sticky, snow-white glutinous rice ball with only two black eyes—it didn’t even sound scary. More like a squishy little dessert baby.

If Siwei was telling the truth, then hadn’t she just handed Qin Jin the best survival odds?

Qin Jin was overwhelmed. Siwei was truly the best friend in the world!

She swore to herself she’d never argue with her again. Everything was her fault. She’d do whatever it took to bring help and save Siwei!

—

In a flurry of last-minute preparations, the month flew by.

In the blink of an eye, the 100 selected beta players appeared together in a vast, empty plaza.

Thick white mist blanketed the area, and countless narrow paths stretched outward into the unknown, each shrouded in uncertainty and dread.

Someone cursed—their machine gun and rocket launcher had vanished.

Someone else wailed about being dragged in while their friend got to stay behind and relax.

Others fell to their knees, begging the demons to leave them alone.

A few lone lunatics rubbed their hands together in excitement, clearly looking forward to the immersive horror experience.

After all, seasoned gamers knew that early-access players often received premium rewards, and beta versions were typically overflowing with valuable loot.

【Welcome, players, to the closed beta instance: “Labyrinth of Lust.”】

【To clear this instance, choose one of the following:】

【A-Rank: Complete a hidden mission to receive massive rewards.】
【B-Rank: Eliminate all entities in your assigned area for major rewards.】
【C-Rank: Accumulate 10,000 personal points through tasks. No reward.】

【Instance Buff: This is the city of greedy desires. All your desires can be fulfilled—at the cost of a small piece of reality. If you hold a large number of points, the reverse is also true.】

【Initial player count: 100. Current living players: 100.】
【Please check your personal task panel. Complete your task within the time limit. We wish you all a swift death and early ascension. Enjoy the game~】

As the cold, robotic broadcast ended, each player saw a personal task panel appear before them—visible only to themselves.

Xu Siwei immediately opened hers.

【On this chilly spring day, the sudden dampness leaves your limbs cold and restless. Sleepless, anxious, and unsettled, you are advised to relax at the “Hot Spring Hotel.”】
【Countdown: 02:59:57】

Hot Spring Hotel?

What was going on? Wasn’t it supposed to be the mountain villa? Why had her task changed from last time?

She stood frozen for several minutes before it hit her.

The switch must’ve happened because she and Qin Jin had swapped faces. Their missions had been reassigned accordingly.

So Qin Jin must’ve received the mountain villa quest?

Thanks to her past experience, Xu Siwei didn’t waste time trying to confirm it. She immediately set out for her own destination.

Three hours seemed generous, but the journey was full of deadly traps. One careless misstep, and you’d die.

Just the thought of that treacherous, winding mountain path gave Xu Siwei chills.

Good thing the mission had changed. Qin Jin was fit and loved exercising—climbing a snowy mountain suited her perfectly.

As the first player to head out, Xu Siwei’s swift departure caused quite a stir.

Meanwhile, in a place hidden from the players’ view, their every move was being broadcast—served as horror entertainment to jaded viewers from other planets.

【No wonder they launched an S-rank instance in beta. These newbies have some spirit. Only five minutes in and someone’s already moving. Nice execution.】
【Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. I’m not betting on her.】
【This one’s just for kicks. Only noobs are playing it. The real players would farm points here and run the real world like gods.】
【They say even the final boss is currently vacationing inside this instance.】

Xu Siwei had no idea that the mountain villa task hadn’t gone to Qin Jin at all.

It had been assigned…
To a woman wearing a surgical mask, keeping an extremely low profile.