Chapter 198 The System is a Fool

Gu Jinchen asked, puzzled, "And then? Is something wrong?"

Meng Qingyue was silent for a moment, as if organizing her thoughts, "After that, the system did rest for a few days before it recovered its energy. I asked the system if it had a form and how it recovered its energy. The system said it recovered by absorbing the energy of the crystal core."

Gu Jinchen was startled, but quickly realized the key point. "You mean that crystal cores can not only be used to make ability-enhancing fluids, but are also a form of energy? How does the system know how to absorb the energy of crystal cores? Now think about it carefully, where did the system come from? Why can it so easily manipulate space for us to use? We humans don't have this kind of technology."

Upon hearing this, Meng Shiwan felt her soul go numb, and she was completely stunned.

How familiar this scene is; it just happened to her.

She had previously asked the system to help move the castle from the pirate island to the farm, but the system said it consumed too much energy and needed to rest for a few days.

Last night, when she arrived at the base, she came out of the base director's office and was in the elevator when the system was restored. It was said that it was restored by absorbing the energy of the crystal core.

In the elevator, Meng Shiwan asked the same question: how did the system answer her?

The system said that it was its instruction and mission to exchange all its abilities and resources for crystal cores from her. It knew nothing about anything outside of this instruction, and even the crystal cores it obtained from her would disappear periodically after being stored in an independent space.

At that time, Meng Shiwan also had many questions: Where did the system come from? Why did it need to exchange for so many crystal cores, and where did the crystal cores go?

Unfortunately, the system did not provide her with a useful answer.

Meng Qingyue turned to Gu Jinchen, "That's what I thought too, and that's what I asked the system. Guess what the system answered me?"

Gu Jinchen frowned. "What was your answer?"

Meng Qingyue said, "The system said, 'All evolution takes place in destruction. Survival can be found in the most desperate situations, and a great disaster can also be a great opportunity. Who I am and where I come from is not important. What's important is who I can make you. Haven't you been enjoying everything I've given you? Why ask so many questions?'"

"Isn't its answer strange? I'm starting to get a little scared. I want to build my own base and cultivate my own power so I can cope with future uncertainties."

Gu Jinchen pondered for a long time, "Okay, let's build a base. The system likes crystal cores the most. It says it gives you abilities, but that's actually to enable you to collect more crystal cores. From another perspective, you're more like a puppet used by the system to acquire crystal cores, which is really not right."

Hearing Gu Jinchen's words, Meng Qingyue couldn't help but shiver, her face turning deathly pale. "Jinchen, I feel so creeped out. This system is a bit creepy. I... I'm a little scared of it. Do you think if we hadn't taken Meng Shiwan's RV, this system would belong to Meng Shiwan and wouldn't come after me?"

Gu Jinchen patted her back, "Don't worry, don't be afraid, I'm here for you. I'll always be by your side. Think about it, if it weren't for the system, we wouldn't be so comfortable now. The system is good. It likes crystal cores, so we'll give it crystal cores. It won't hurt you."

The video ends here.

After another wave of dizziness, Meng Shiwan opened her eyes and found herself still in the Grape House, lying on the tatami mat, with Ta Xue and the two pandas still playing.

Everything was calm, as if nothing had happened.

Meng Shiwan's heart was in turmoil.

The same question elicited completely different answers from Meng Qingyue's system in her past life and in this life.

In her previous life, Meng Qingyue's system gave unfathomable answers, like a clever manipulator.

Her system's response was like that of a clueless idiot.

Meng Shiwan, skeptical, asked again, "System, where did you come from?"

System: "I don't know."

Meng Shiwan: "What do you need so many crystal cores for?"

System: "Ugh, I don't know, I don't know. I've asked so many times, it's so annoying."

Meng Shiwan: "Then how do you know you can absorb crystal core energy?"

System: "Core instructions, you're born knowing them. What's wrong? Are you jealous that I'm smarter than you? Ask me again and again."

Meng Shiwan: ...

She said it herself: her system was a complete idiot who knew nothing.

Meng Shiwan recalled what Meng Qingyue had said.

She said her system told her that all evolution takes place within destruction.

Survival in the most desperate situations

A great disaster can also be a great opportunity.

It doesn't matter who I am or where I come from; what matters is who I can make you who you are.

Such a confident and arrogant answer.

It is clear from these words that Meng Qingyue's system knows the source of the disaster, but it just doesn't say it.

Meng Qingyue's system even believes that this catastrophe, which is catastrophic for humanity and the earth, is an opportunity for human evolution.

Evolving into superhumans? So many people died, so many species went extinct, all for the sake of so-called evolution? Who cares?

What Meng Shiwan couldn't understand was why the systems in her past and present lives were so different, even though they were both systems.

Reborn, did the system lose its intelligence too?

Also, her trajectory is similar to that of Meng Qingyue in her previous life: hoarding supplies and building bases.

She just progressed faster than Meng Qingyue in her previous life.

Meng Qingyue decided to build a base four years after the apocalypse, while she will be able to build a new base soon, only three months after the apocalypse.

Meng Shiwan sat up from the tatami mat. Based on her previous conjectures and what the Meng Qingyue system had said, she seemed to have touched upon the truth of the apocalypse.

If we could foresee Meng Qingyue's situation a few more times to corroborate this, we could basically confirm it.

Meng Shiwan rubbed her temples. "This is a huge problem."

Hearing her mutter, the system asked, "What big trouble? With a system as powerful as me, what trouble could you possibly have?"

Meng Shiwan: ...

"Stop talking, you idiot."

system:! ! !

"Are you insulting me? Is that idiot insulting me?"

Meng Shiwan didn't want to deal with this idiot, so she left the farm and returned to her RV.

Just then, Tao Yarong came over and knocked on Meng Shiwan's car door.

Meng Shiwan opened the car door and asked, "How are the preparations going?"

Tao Yarong gave an OK sign, "Everything is ready, we can set off. There are 730 people going together."

The number of people was much larger than Meng Shiwan had imagined.

She glanced at the villa entrance and saw two large trucks, a huge semi-trailer truck with a cargo box, and several private cars.

People and all sorts of luggage filled several vehicles to the brim.

Meng Shiwan nodded. "Let's go."

She drove her RV ahead, followed by the convoy, slowly driving away from the seed base.