Reborn As A Doomsday Villainess-Chapter 50: It’s best to leave Xi’an immediately

Qingran studied the options carefully. Each one had its merits, but one in particular caught her attention. "If I unlock the System Exchange, what kind of items can I expect?"

[The exchange functions as a trade hub among system users. You can find rare herbs, blueprints, restricted materials, and even evolutionary resources that don’t exist in the regular world. However, it operates on a barter system—no traditional currency, only equivalent trades.]

That was valuable. With the apocalypse looming, an exclusive market could provide things she wouldn’t be able to find elsewhere. But auto-extraction was tempting too, especially since she’d need a large number of cores to fuel her progress.

Qingran exhaled lightly. "I’ll decide after we leave."

[Understood, Host.]

She dismissed the screen and shifted her focus back to the present. Feng Yizhou carried the case effortlessly beside her, his stride relaxed as if they hadn’t just spent an obscene amount of money.

"By the way," she asked, as if in passing, "how many system coins do I have now?"

[Your balance is now 735. After deducting expenses from recent purchases and mission rewards, you’ve gained 200 coins from the mission completion.]

Qingran’s lips curved slightly. A steady increase. That was good.

But before she could settle her thoughts further, she felt something—an instinctive prickle at the back of her neck.

Qingran turned her head slightly, her gaze sharp and steady. The silver-haired man and the crimson-eyed girl were trailing behind them, their presence deliberate rather than coincidental.

Feng Yizhou noticed too. He didn’t stop walking, but his fingers tapped once against the side of the case he carried—a silent acknowledgment.

"They don’t seem like the type to let things go easily," he murmured under his breath.

Qingran agreed. Their earlier encounter hadn’t felt like idle curiosity. The way the girl had studied her, the way the man had tested her with his words—it was clear they weren’t just ordinary bidders.

She turned fully, stopping in her tracks. If they wanted something, they might as well say it now.

The silver-haired man mirrored her movement, coming to a halt a few steps away. His expression remained unreadable, his hands loosely in his pockets, as if he had all the time in the world.

The girl beside him tilted her head, her red eyes gleaming with amusement. "Leaving so soon, Auntie?"

Qingran’s eye twitched. "I don’t recall giving you permission to call me that."

The girl grinned. "But it suits you."

Feng Yizhou chuckled. "You really have a habit of provoking people, don’t you?"

The silver-haired man finally spoke, his voice calm but carrying weight. "It’s rare to see outsiders so interested in Evol weapons." His gaze flickered toward the case in Yizhou’s hands. "Especially those who aren’t known within certain circles."

Qingran held his gaze, unfazed. "Does that mean you want it?"

A pause. Then, he smiled faintly. "No. But I am curious why you do."

She had expected as much. They were testing the waters, trying to gauge whether she and Feng Yizhou were simply reckless bidders or if they had the strength to match their purchase.

Qingran didn’t bother answering directly. Instead, she returned his smile, cool and unreadable. "Curiosity is a dangerous thing."

The man studied her for a moment before letting out a quiet chuckle. "That it is."

The girl, however, seemed less patient. "You really won’t tell us anything?"

"No."

She huffed. "Stingy."

Qingran ignored her, turning back toward the exit. "If there’s nothing else, we’ll be leaving."

This time, neither of them stopped them.

"They’re not letting us go, they’re just letting us leave this place. What do we do?"

Feng Yizhou turned back, these two were starting to become a nuisance now and he didn’t like that.

"Don’t worry, they won’t be able to follow us.."

Saying this, Yizhou sent an instruction to Caocao.

"Immediately we get to the car, turn on cloak mode, make sure on no account should they be able to find our location."

[Ding! Understood. Running command. It’s best for you to leave Xi’an today]

"Yes I understand.."

Qingran didn’t look back as they walked, but her senses remained sharp. The silver-haired man and the girl hadn’t followed, at least not immediately, but she doubted their interest had waned so easily. freewёbnoνel.com

As they stepped into the underground parking lot, the cool air carried a faint hum of idling engines.

The system chimed softly as they got into the car.

"Ding! Cloak mode activated. All tracking signals have been disrupted. Estimated time before recalibration: 72 hours."

"We are leaving Xi’an this instant..."

Qingran nodded, they would probably come to find them in the hotel sooner or later.

[Ding! Would host like to keep the Evol weapons in warehouse. This would guarantee it’s safety no matter what]

Qingran blinked as a second before nodding, she had almost forgotten about the warehouse.

"Immediately Lingquan, thanks for the reminder"

Feng Yizhou tapped on the steering wheel, they would have left Xi’an straight but it wouldn’t be best to leave any of their belongings behind.

So they had to go back to the hotel.

Getting back, Qingran immediately cleaned out her things, whatever she had used she just tossed it into the warehouse, anything left behind could be evidence.

"I’ll take care of the clean up, you just go out, have you gotten all your things?"

Qingran nodded as she was pushed out of the room, what kind of clean up was he going exactly.

"Caocao begin clean up, I want every hair, fingerprint, I want everything gone. Like we were never here.."

"Ding! Got it. Clean up progress at 0.1%"

5 minutes later another pop up notification came.

" Ding! Clean up completed. No traces of host and his girlfriend left behind >< "

"This isn’t the right time for time. But I’ll take up your offer when it’s time to get my kiss.."

Qingran leaned against the door, she had been outside for almost 6 minutes. What kind of clean up was he doing?!

[Ding! Feng Yizhou is just cleaning out finger traces and footprints. So host could at least be patient]