Seeing the system's resolute denial, Zhao Ling couldn't help but fall into thought.
Since the system said it wasn't its doing, then it probably wasn't. After all, the system had no need to lie to him; in Zhao Ling's memory, the system had never lied to him before.
Could it be that the Heavenly Dao of the Douluo World was displeased that he had actually brought Tang Wutong from over ten thousand years in the future to this timeline, and thus brought the divine-level Xiao Wu to this timeline as well?
It was possible, quite possible, but it wasn't a huge concern. He, Zhao, wasn't a pushover.
Thinking this, Zhao Ling asked the system again: "System, after Xiao Wu from that timeline travels to this timeline, what exactly will happen? Can she possess divine-level strength?"
The system panel quickly gave a negative reply.
[Due to the presence of a Soft Bone Demon Rabbit Xiao Wu already in this world, the Xiao Wu who traveled back from over ten thousand years later cannot appear as an independent entity in the past timeline. Therefore, she can only integrate into the Xiao Wu of this current timeline through soul fusion.]
"Is that so?" Zhao Ling pondered for a moment, then asked the system with a mischievous grin.
"If that's the case, then this prime minister is relieved. System, can you help me suppress the self-awareness of Xiao Wu's soul that traveled back from over ten thousand years later?
I hope that after the fusion, the Xiao Wu of this current timeline will always occupy the primary consciousness. Let the memories of Xiao Wu from over ten thousand years later be treated as if she had a long dream. If possible, help me turn her feelings for Tang San into extreme disgust. I don't want my wife to like another man."
[No problem.] The system gave a straightforward answer. For it, suppressing the divine-level Xiao Wu's self-awareness was effortless.
Soon, Zhao Ling saw a golden streak of light fly out from the system panel and drill into the closed room door, presumably flying towards Xiao Wu.
After all this was done, the system panel automatically closed. Zhao Ling quickly re-entered the room, dressed the sleeping Xiao Wu, and carried her back to his own room.
Although the system said it could help suppress the divine-level Xiao Wu's self-awareness, Zhao Ling was also afraid that she might become distant due to these suddenly appearing memories.
He had worked so hard to win Xiao Wu over and make her his partner; he wouldn't allow a soul from over ten thousand years in the future to make her distant from him.
And so, Zhao Ling stayed in his room, holding Xiao Wu, for an entire day.
As night fell, Xiao Wu finally rubbed her eyes and lazily opened them. Upon seeing Zhao Ling first, she sleepily called out.
"Husband..."
Then Xiao Wu leaned in and gave Zhao Ling a prolonged kiss. After the kiss, she nestled into his arms.
Zhao Ling saw that she didn't seem to have any reaction and was a bit puzzled. Could it be that the system's promised Xiao Wu's soul hadn't yet arrived, or had the system suppressed the Xiao Wu from over ten thousand years later perfectly?
Zhao Ling pondered for a moment, then tentatively asked: "Xiao Wu, after you woke up, did you feel anything unusual? I heard you talking in your sleep earlier, saying strange things."
Xiao Wu heard Zhao Ling's question. She furrowed her slender brows and thought carefully. She found that many memories seemed to have appeared in her mind. She nodded and replied to Zhao Ling.
"Mm... Husband, I seem to have many more memories, like I had a very long dream. In that dream, my mother went to the Great Calamity Land to find my father, and she also perished in the mouth of a fierce spirit beast.
Then I went alone to a place called Nuoding Elementary Spirit Master Academy, and there I met a very annoying man, seemingly named Tang San..."
Xiao Wu's face was filled with disgust, as if she was trying hard to recall memories: "That guy kept pestering me. Wherever I went, he would follow.
I've never seen such a disgusting guy. The key is that he was also very self-important. Yes, exactly as you described: self-important..."
Xiao Wu recounted what she believed was a dream to Zhao Ling in detail. Zhao Ling realized that the system was quite adept at making her feel disgusted towards Tang San.
All sorts of events and memories were perfectly altered, making her aversion to Tang San reach an almost insane degree.
It could be said that however much the Xiao Wu from over ten thousand years later loved Tang San, this current Xiao Wu now equally detested him.
Zhao Ling even suspected that if Tang San were to appear before Xiao Wu now, she might not be able to resist slaughtering him.
This made Zhao Ling sigh in admiration. This system was truly powerful, capable of such a heaven-defying feat.
With this system assisting him, it was no wonder that some mysterious entity was displeased with him and sent the Xiao Wu from over ten thousand years later to this world to target him.
However, that mysterious entity probably never imagined that his system was so heaven-defying, capable of turning disadvantages into advantages.
Zhao Ling couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. Xiao Wu, seeing his relieved expression, wrapped her arms around his neck and again offered a prolonged kiss.
After the kiss, Xiao Wu asked Zhao Ling in a testing tone: "Husband, I actually had dreams that had nothing to do with you, and you weren't in them at all. Will you be angry?"
Seeing her anxious look, Zhao Ling raised his hand and gently patted her bottom, saying dotingly.
"Silly girl, why would your husband be angry with you? Those were just dreams. Your husband will always be by your side, always accompanying you."
"Mm... Thank you, dear," Xiao Wu looked at Zhao Ling gently, then snuggled into his embrace.
In truth, by combining the memories in her mind with what Zhao Ling had mentioned in his diary before, Xiao Wu understood that those events were probably not dreams at all; they were absolutely real.
Her mother should have died in the mouth of a spirit beast, and she should have become an orphan with no parents. Although she would recognize a man named Tang San as her older brother, that guy's eyes, when he looked at her, were often lecherous.
Even Tang San's father had told her in those memories that she was originally intended to be a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring for Tang San, which Xiao Wu found extremely repulsive to think about.
She wouldn't have guessed that the system, unlike with Tang Wutong's memories, hadn't completely erased all of Tang San's memories, but rather altered Xiao Wu's memories with seven parts truth and three parts falsehood.
This made it impossible for Xiao Wu to detect any loopholes in the memories. For example, her memories of sacrificing herself to Tang San, and even Da Ming and Er Ming sacrificing themselves to him, were all like this.
In those memories, there were subtle hints of Tang San forcing them to sacrifice themselves through certain means.
Even her memory of marrying Tang San was due to coercion. In any case, Xiao Wu couldn't detect any flaws in those memories altered by the system.
This directly made Xiao Wu even more convinced about why she felt such an aversion to Tang San, and why her daughter disliked him so much...