Chapter 1: Transmigration: Prey of the Night

"Bang!"

A loud noise rang out in her dream, and Han Ziqing jolted awake. Before her eyes was not the room that was always brightly lit throughout the night, but an endless, boundless darkness!

She instinctively reached out to the right to find the light switch, but no sooner had she raised her hand than waves of dizziness washed over her. Large, fragmented chunks of unfamiliar memories surged into her mind, vying for space!

Han Ziqing, fifteen years of age, the concubine-born daughter of the Great Zhou Prime Minister’s estate, timid, cowardly, and unloved!

Could it be that she had transmigrated just by having a nightmare? Transmigrated into a girl with the same name and surname!

Those strange memories told her what she had experienced in "Guose Tianxiang," the most luxurious restaurant in the Great Zhou imperial capital.

She had been drugged with something called "Charm Incense," and had been bullied by someone?

No!

"Harmless" was an understatement for the shock she felt now. Han Ziqing tried to get up, only to find herself extremely weak and unable to move.

Although she could not accept the experiences of the original owner, as a mercenary, she quickly regained her composure. In such a dark and unfamiliar environment, the most dangerous thing was not the unknown, but a lack of composure on her own part!

However, as Han Ziqing calmed down, she caught a strange scent. It seemed to be the faint aroma of medicinal herbs lingering in the air, and it felt as if someone had been here!

Was it that person’s? The one who bullied her?

Who exactly was it?

Sniffing the unfamiliar fragrance, Han Ziqing monitored the movements in the darkness while recalling the events that led her to "Guose Tianxiang"!

It was her own elder sister, the legitimate daughter of the Han Prime Minister’s estate, Han Xi'er, who had tricked her into coming here!

With the Great Zhou’s Prince Yao about to select a consort at the Prime Minister’s estate, Han Xi'er had actually resorted to such a sinister scheme just because she feared that Prince Yao would take a fancy to her beauty. Should one say she lacked confidence in herself, or that she viewed Prince Yao, hailed as the "God of War" of Great Zhou, too superficially?

Regardless of the reason, it had nothing to do with her. However, now that she had inherited everything from the original owner, the humiliation the original owner suffered was now her own shame!

A fine Han Xi'er, a fine sister indeed!

Just wait and see. Once she regained her strength, she would definitely settle this score! She should know that she was no longer the timid and fearful "Han Ziqing" of the past! She was a mercenary from the twenty-first century!

As Han Ziqing organized her thoughts, she kept track of her physical strength. She felt that the exhaustion in her body was somewhat strange; heaven knows what kind of drug Han Xi'er had made her take!

Regardless, Han Ziqing had excellent stamina. Long-term mercenary training had made her body more resilient than the average person's. She had originally thought she would recover quickly, but who would have guessed that not only did she fail to recover, but she was becoming increasingly exhausted, her consciousness growing more and more blurred!

How could this be!

This defied the common logic of such drugs!

Gradually, even though Han Ziqing tried her best to stay awake, she slowly slipped into unconsciousness!

To fall unconscious in a place like this—was God playing a joke on her?

The surroundings were pitch black. However, just outside this fully enclosed secret room, there was an outer chamber, and the man who had bullied her had not left!

Who was he?

Although the outer chamber was not as pitch-black as the inside, where one could not see their own fingers, it was still very dim. A man stood by the window, dressed in loose robes, his back to the lamp.

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