After Transmigrating into a Book as a Cannon Fodder Character, The System Turned out to be Completely Unreliable! - Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Intermediate Exam? Open Discontent!

“I saw you weren’t doing so well on the spiritual power test, so I came out to help,” Ji Fuyu said as she glanced at the surroundings.

Ye Lingxi was instantly stunned. “What did you say? You said you helped me?”

“What else ddi you think?”

Ji Fuyu looked at her like she’d never seen the world. “How dare you question this king?”

No, no, I wouldn’t dare.” Ye Lingxi had assumed the light blast came from her own spiritual power… but it turned out to be this demonic queen’s doing. Ruthless. A top-tier prodigy born with inherent magic.

Ji Fuyu sat on the kang. “A mere level-ten spirit stone? I only needed one ten-thousandth… no, one hundred-thousandth… no, one-millionth… point one of my magic power.”

Ye Lingxi nearly had an out-of-body experience.

Big shot, was that humblebrag really necessary?

Magic? Right, she’s from the demon clan—it would be magic, not spiritual power.

“This place is such a dump. Hey, when are you going to get my sword back?” Ji Fuyu scowled at the group dormitory with outright disgust.

Ye Lingxi clenched her fists, exhaling deeply. “This is just the initial assessment.”

Ji Fuyu frowned. “What?”

Ye Lingxi nodded slowly. “There’s not just a preliminary, but also an intermediate and advanced test.”

Ji Fuyu scratched her silver hair. “So troublesome? You cultivators are really something else.”

Ye Lingxi: “…”

Yeah, I’d like to know too.

I’d like to know the reason myself.

Just as they were still talking, someone outside returned.

Ye Lingxi turned around and saw a fellow cannon fodder with a pixelated face walk over and grab her hand. “You were amazing!”

“That light was so bright!”

Ye Lingxi awkwardly turned her face to the side. *Would anyone believe me if I said that light wasn’t my doing?*

It was her first time being surrounded by so many pixelated faces. She wondered if the female lead dealt with this all the time. If so, then this was her taste of what it felt like to be the protagonist.

It was awful. No wonder the protagonist liked wiping out cannon fodder with a single move.

She finally understood.

Ye Lingxi forced a laugh. “Hahaha… is that so?”

“Yeah!”

Ye Lingxi didn’t want to chat further. She had a storyline to follow, and no time to waste here.

She pulled away and sat on the kang. “Shouldn’t you all get to sleep? There’s another test tomorrow, right?”

“Right, right!”

Everyone climbed into bed.

Ye Lingxi could finally breathe and rest. She let out a long sigh of relief.

In the system space, she asked, “Hey, do you think I should find another big shot to cling to?”

System: Sure thing

“Then who should I pick? I definitely can’t go with Mo Huaishu.”

System: Why not?

“Because she’ll kill me. Did you see her eyes today, right? She clearly knows something.”

System: I wasn’t online ,then I don’t know

Ye Lingxi: “…”

Sigh. She was getting used to having such an unreliable system.

“Then who should I cling to? Oh!” Her eyes lit up. “What if I go with Bai Luotang instead?”

System: ???????? Why?

Ye Lingxi giggled. “You don’t get it.If I earn her trust, then when Mo Huaishu tries to kill me, Bai Luotang won’t let it happen.”

System: ????????

System: Well, good luck then

If she couldn’t survive to the finale after clinging to two big shots, then there was really nothing more to say.

The next morning, Ye Lingxi woke up and found the kang completely empty!

She was completely stunned.

She got up and shouted, “System! What’s going on?”

System: They others have already gathered

Ye Lingxi yelled, “Why didn’t anyone wake me?”

System: They’re preset NPCs. They don’t have self-awareness

Ye Lingxi: “…”

“You d#mn system—why didn’t you wake me?”

The system sounded guilty: I…

Ye Lingxi interrogated, “Don’t tell me you overslept too!”

The system backed away nervously.

Ye Lingxi cursed, “You’re just data! You need rest?!”

System: Please don’t tell my supervisor

Ye Lingxi: “…”

She glared. “If you want me to keep quiet, then be more reliable from now on—or I’ll report you in a heartbeat!”

System: I’ll try my best

“What do you mean ‘try your best’? You should be certain! You must! Absolutely!”

System:

“Fine, I’m done talking. I need to hurry to the main platform.” Ye Lingxi rushed out. The platform was already packed with people.

Thankfully, it hadn’t started yet.

Mo Huaishu stood above and announced, “We’re about to begin the intermediate exam. Before we start, let me explain how the test works.”

A beam of bright light appeared.

Then Mo Huaishu continued, “Each person will be assigned a location based on their spiritual power. Whoever defeats the most magical beasts within a day will pass the exam.”

“On the other hand, those who fail or are killed by the beasts will not be eligible for the final test!”

What the heck?! Isn’t this just sending us to our deaths?

Someone finally voiced it: “Isn’t this basically a death sentence?!”

Ye Lingxi nodded silently—finally, another cannon fodder dared to ask the question.

“Yeah! Exactly!”

That one comment sparked a wave of open discontent.

“Protest! Protest!” Ye Lingxi joined in, and soon everyone followed suit.

Even cannon fodder feel pain when they die—just thinking about it was terrifying.

This female lead really didn’t care about their lives at all.

“Protest! Protest! Protest!”

The scene turned chaotic, and Mo Huaishu’s expression darkened.

Ye Lingxi had never liked this female lead—too self-righteous. She had only ever been interested in the other female lead—otherwise, she wouldn’t have even bothered to pay attention.

With just one cold glare, Mo Huaishu silenced the crowd. Her chilling aura and spiritual pressure stunned everyone below. It was freezing.

Ye Lingxi frowned. “Why did everyone stop shouting?”

System: The female lead is angry

Ye Lingxi was speechless. “Why is sh* angry? She treats our lives like a joke and she’s the one getting mad? How is that fair?”

System: Enough, stop talking. She’s about to speak

Ye Lingxi: “…”

Of course. Everything revolves around her. She rolled her eyes. “Let’s see what she has to say.” She crossed her arms and glared at the stage.

If her stare is scary, mine wasn’t backing down either.

System:

System: Host, you’re so childish

Ye Lingxi snorted. “Mind your own business.”

“Everyone quiet down!” One of Mo Huaishu’s disciples spoke, calming the crowd.

Ye Lingxi had to admit—these NPCs really knew how to hype up the protagonist.

“I knew you’d all react this way,” Mo Huaishu said. “But let me clarify: the magical beasts inside are illusions. They’re not real, so you won’t actually die.”

Upon hearing that, everyone finally relaxed and nodded.

“Oh, that makes sense.”

“I knew the sect leader wouldn’t send us to die for nothing.”

Ye Lingxi: “…”

Yes, you heard right. Mo Huaishu wasn’t just the head of Qingyang Sect—she was also the leader of the four major sects. Bet you didn’t expect that. I didn’t either.

But hey, she’s the female lead. Of course she has to be ridiculously overpowered. Otherwise, what’s the point? And of course she wouldn’t lock up the other female lead for no reason.

“Well then, I wish you all success.” Mo Huaishu instructed everyone to stand before the white light corresponding to their spiritual power level.

Ye Lingxi suddenly felt something was off.

“Didn’t she just say the exam venues were assigned based on our spiritual power?”

Oh no. Ye Lingxi was about to turn to stone.

That means she just made things harder for herself!

Sure enough, everyone lined up and entered their respective white lights—except Ye Lingxi, who stood alone before the highest-level one.

Ye Lingxi threw down her sword. “I knew it!”

**System**: Don’t be mad, host. You can do it

Do it, my foot! It’s all that demon girl’s fault for injecting so much spiritual power!

Ye Lingxi was on the verge of tears.

System: Didn’t she say she only used one ten-thousandth… no, one hundred-thousandth… no, one-millionth point one of her magic? And shedid help you

“System, shut up. Don’t say another word.”

Ye Lingxi’s head was about to explode. “Should I be thanking her now?”

System: With what?

“I’ll thank her with my life, how about that?”

System:

Before Ye Lingxi could finish, she was teleported.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh—!” Ye Lingxi fell from the sky and splashed straight into a lake. Just as she surfaced and tried to swim to shore—

She felt a wave of heat suddenly surround her from behind.

Whoosh.