“Besides the main system, there’s another system here. Let’s call it the fake system for now.” Yuan Qingli pointed to the sky.

"A fake system?" Both Lu and Bo looked surprised.

Hua Lulu also called the crocodile to sit down, looking like someone who was just watching the show at the village entrance.

“Normally, each instance has a cold, impersonal system.” Yuan Qingli emphasized the word “cold, impersonal”.

"It's responsible for issuing tasks and settling rewards; I'm sure you've all experienced that."

The two nodded like chicks pecking at rice, while the other nodded with a slightly reserved air.

“The system is always an emotionless machine.” Yuan Qingli looked up. “But, a few times in the middle, didn’t you think the system’s voice was too human? The choice of words, the tone of voice.”

As the clouds parted and the fog cleared, the two reflected on what had happened and seemed to be deep in thought.

"At night, we were attacked outside the hotel. Zhou Meizi was murdered inside the hotel. At that time, we deduced that there was a special entity that used negative emotions in people's hearts as a trigger to capture and harm players."

"I wasn't quite sure at first, but just now..."

"When the system announced my becoming a beast tamer for the second time, I realized that this special entity was a counterfeit system."

"I get it! You kept trying to lie down, so it sent a congratulatory message in the name of the system."

Lu Xingyun suddenly understood: "I was wondering why you, as an animal trainer, have to issue two broadcasts. Is it because beautiful women receive double the treatment?"

"So, the clown last night taught us that the way to deal with it is to be happy. It's about resisting negative emotions."

Bo Zijin said with a serious face, then looked puzzled, "But why didn't it hurt us last night? According to the rules, it's safest to be inside the rest area. Even with Kuaile, we were outside the rest area, and it clearly had the ability to kill all three of us directly."

“I guess this might be related to my applying for a clown job,” Yuan Qingli revealed details of the interview.

"I was very confused at the time. The interviewer was very aggressive and had subdued me, but he didn't lay a hand on me. He even told me to live well."

"I speculate that powerful characters are capable of generating more violent negative emotions. So, it's somewhat reluctant to let go. Therefore, it might be collecting negative emotions for a certain purpose."

"So, it treated you like a fish, planning to fatten you up before cutting you in half. But when you, the big fish, wanted to lie flat, it panicked." Lu Xingyun laughed, and Yuan Qingli, knowing his personality, didn't bother to argue.

"How do you explain 'Millionaire'?" Bo Zijin paid no attention to Lu Xingyun's joke; he just wanted to understand the situation.

"This thing can't directly harm players during the day. At night, under normal circumstances, everyone goes to hotels. So it uses the daytime to draw players into the Monopoly game and uses the oppression in the game to create negative emotions, making it easier for it to act at night."

"Why do you think Monopoly is a fake system, rather than the system's doing?"

"I heard the sound of dice being rolled," Yuan Qingli said, surprising everyone. "Have you ever seen a system that plays games with dice?"

"So, the whole storyline is pretty clear now." Bo Zijin stroked his chin. "Watching the circus performance is to make the players happy and avoid being discovered and chosen by it at night. Although there are still two shopkeepers, Jin and Rose, who don't understand the situation, it doesn't matter anymore."

Bo Zijing paused for a moment: "Our primary task now is to figure out how to get out and find Red Horse?"

"You guys go ahead, I think this place is pretty good." Yuan Qingli said a few words and then lay down, just like a pregnant woman.

Hua Lulu found it strange; had this woman gone through menopause 40 years early?