[Yes.]
The panel continued.
System: Villain Survival System
Self Perception: Villain
Actual Narrative Status: Emerging Protagonist
Current Fate Value: 110,000
Luck: 588
Original Role: Minor overseas villain in Lu Chen storyline
Current Role: Replacement Fate protagonist
Shen Tian laughed quietly.
Rose watched.
"That expression worries me."
"Should."
Xu Ning continued.
[There’s more.]
The panel changed.
Adrian Vale possesses original knowledge of Lu Chen’s storyline.
He knows Lu Chen was supposed to destroy him.
He knows Lu Chen’s overseas opportunities.
He is actively stealing abandoned protagonist routes.
Shen Tian’s smile widened.
"Smart."
[Very.]
Then...
Another notification.
Major Opportunity Detected
Temple of Amunet
Reward: Desert King Combat Scripture
Current intended Fate beneficiary: Adrian Vale
Potential Fate Gain: +37,000
Xu Ning looked toward Shen Tian.
[He’s heading there now.]
Shen Tian leaned back.
Rose watched him.
"Where are we going?"
Shen Tian looked toward her.
"Change of plans."
She raised an eyebrow.
"Already?"
"Yes."
"Where?"
Shen Tian smiled.
"Temple."
Rose stared.
"Of course."
She pulled out her tablet.
"Coordinates?"
Xu Ning displayed them.
Shen Tian gave Rose the location.
She entered it.
Then...
Her expression changed.
"That’s four hundred kilometers from the contract site."
"I know."
Rose stared.
"Are we stealing something?"
Shen Tian smiled.
"Probably."
Her lips slowly curved upward.
"Okay."
Shen Tian raised an eyebrow.
"That’s it?"
Rose shrugged.
"I’ve learned."
He laughed.
Then...
Xu Ning became serious.
[Host.]
"What?"
[Adrian isn’t Qin Hao.]
Shen Tian looked toward her.
[Qin Hao knows you’re dangerous.]
[He respects boundaries.]
[He doesn’t want unnecessary war.]
[Adrian...]
A profile appeared.
Psychological State: Euphoric after escaping original death route
Confidence increasing rapidly
Ambition: Very High
Current belief: Lu Chen’s abandoned destiny belongs to him
Shen Tian smiled.
"There."
Xu Ning stared.
[There what?]
"The mistake."
[He thinks the abandoned opportunities belong to him.]
"Yes."
Shen Tian looked out the aircraft window.
Clouds below.
Ocean ahead.
Somewhere thousands of kilometers away...
Another transmigrator was running toward an inheritance.
Another man who believed being reborn as a villain made him special.
Another system user who believed he understood the plot.
Another young master.
Another supposed villain.
Except...
Like Qin Hao...
Adrian hadn’t realized the truth.
The moment destiny began rearranging itself around him...
The moment abandoned protagonist opportunities started falling into his
path...
The moment heroines began noticing his change...
He stopped being the disposable villain.
He became the replacement protagonist.
And protagonists...
Were Shen Tian’s prey.
Several hours later.
Temple of Amunet.
Adrian arrived first.
Desert wind moved across ancient stone ruins.
Elena stood beside him.
Eight elite mercenaries spread outward.
The entrance was buried beneath sand.
Adrian knew exactly where it was.
Original plot knowledge.
He walked toward a broken statue.
Pressed one stone.
Nothing.
He frowned.
Then...
Remembered.
Wrong side.
He pressed another.
RUMBLE.
The ground opened.
Elena stared.
"How did you know that?"
Adrian smiled.
"Lucky guess."
She stared.
"That’s bullshit."
He laughed.
"I like you."
Silence.
Elena’s eyes narrowed.
Adrian froze.
Original villain habit.
Danger.
He immediately raised a hand.
"As an operator."
She stared.
Then...
Walked past.
"Sure."
Adrian exhaled.
Close.
His system spoke.
Heroine hostility avoided.
Minor Fate gain: +1,000
Adrian smiled.
Easy.
Then...
They entered.
Deep underground...
Torches ignited automatically.
Ancient hieroglyphs covered the walls.
Adrian’s heartbeat increased.
The Desert King Combat Scripture.
Thirty-seven thousand Fate.
A combat inheritance specifically designed around killing intent,
battlefield awareness, and physical domination.
Perfect for this body.
They reached a massive chamber.
At the center...
A black stone sarcophagus.
Adrian smiled.
"There."
His system activated.
Fate Opportunity reached
Proceed to claim inheritance.
He stepped forward.
Then...
Stopped.
Footsteps.
Behind them.
Slow.
Calm.
Adrian’s expression changed.
Elena immediately drew her pistol.
The mercenaries raised rifles.
A figure appeared in the corridor.
Blond hair.
Green eyes.
Black shirt.
Hands in his pockets.
Rose walked beside him.
Ghost behind.
Bear ducked beneath the doorway.
Adrian stared.
His system screamed.
WARNING
HIGH AUTHORITY FATE ENTITY DETECTED
SHEN TIAN
Silence.
Shen Tian looked around.
Then...
At the sarcophagus.
Then...
At Adrian.
He smiled.
"So."
Adrian’s eyes narrowed.
Shen Tian continued.
"You’re the new protagonist."
Silence.
Adrian froze.
Elena looked toward him.
"The new what?"
Adrian’s face changed.
His system immediately warned.
Narrative secrecy threatened
Adrian stared at Shen Tian.
"You..."
Shen Tian smiled.
Adrian’s heartbeat accelerated.
He knew.
Of course he knew.
Shen Tian looked toward the sarcophagus.
Then...
Back toward Adrian.
"Villain Survival System?"
Adrian’s face went pale.
Rose slowly looked toward Shen Tian.
Even she hadn’t heard that part.
Adrian’s system erupted.
CRITICAL WARNING
SYSTEM IDENTITY COMPROMISED
Adrian took one step backward.
"How the fuck..."
Shen Tian smiled.
Then...
He walked toward the sarcophagus.
Adrian immediately moved in front of him.
"Stop."
Shen Tian stopped.
Silence.
The mercenaries became tense.
Rose’s hand moved near her weapon.
Ghost watched the exits.
Bear cracked his neck.
Elena looked between both men.
Shen Tian’s green eyes lowered toward Adrian.
"What?"
Adrian’s jaw tightened.
"This is mine."
Silence.
Xu Ning appeared beside Shen Tian.
[There it is.]
Shen Tian smiled.
Adrian saw it.
His stomach tightened.
Shen Tian slowly tilted his head.
"Yours?"
"I found it."
"No."
Adrian frowned.
"What?"
Shen Tian looked around.
"Lu Chen was supposed to find it."
Silence.
Adrian’s eyes widened.
Shen Tian continued.
"He died."
"You took his route."
"Now you’re calling it yours."
Adrian’s expression hardened.
"So?"
Shen Tian smiled.
"So nothing."
He stepped closer.
Adrian didn’t move.
Shen Tian stopped directly in front of him.
Then...
His voice became almost amused.
"I just wanted to hear you say it."
Adrian stared.
Shen Tian looked toward the sarcophagus.
Then...
Back at him.
"Because now..."
His green eyes gleamed.
"...taking it will be much more satisfying."
The system panels of two transmigrators activated simultaneously.
Adrian Vale Major Fate Event Activated
Fate at Risk: 37,000
Then...
Xu Ning’s panel flashed.
Supreme Villain Plunder Event Activated
Target: Adrian Vale
Current Fate Value: 111,000
Available Fate in current route: 37,000
Host authority suppression active
Warning to target system: Ineffective
Adrian’s Villain Survival System suddenly displayed a message it had
never shown before.
ERROR
ERROR
FATE OWNERSHIP AUTHORITY OVERRIDDEN
Adrian stared.
"What...?"
Shen Tian smiled.
And for the first time since transmigrating...
Adrian Vale understood something terrifying.
Lu Chen’s death hadn’t freed the villains of this world.
It had simply created an empty seat.
And the moment Adrian sat in it...
Shen Tian had come to collect.
(Author’s Note: IMPORTANT!)
SEND POWESTONES!!!
ALL SUPER GIFTS (Magic Castle, Space Ship, Golden Gachapon) = MORE ChapterS!

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