Chapter 420 Even More Difficult to Deal With

The biggest problem now is how she can get close to the system.

The old man is now guarding against her like a thief, and won't let her get close to the laboratory at all.

Meng Shiwan also tried to control the old man's thoughts by taking him inside, but this trick also failed.

The old man was always surrounded by psychic beings, giving her no chance to use her abilities.

The old man kept her under tight surveillance, giving her no chance to make a move.

The laboratory was sealed off, and Meng Shiwan was unable to enter using her spatial abilities.

After much thought, Meng Shiwan felt utterly helpless.

Finally, having exhausted all other options, Meng Shiwan felt she had to start with the old man.

The next day, Meng Shiwan came to treat the old man again. She stood by and chatted with him idly.

"You haven't bound yourself to the system yet? Is it really this difficult to talk to? I remember when I was chatting with it before, it said that its energy comes from the crystal core. If there is no supply of crystal core, its energy might decrease. When it is weak, we will force it to bind itself. At that time, the system will have to be happy whether it likes it or not."

Grandpa Xiao suddenly turned to look at Meng Shiwan.

Meng Shiwan felt a little uneasy under his bright eyes and asked, "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong? The system told me that his energy was obtained through crystal cores."

I once asked it to help me move a castle, and it was so tired that it didn't come out for almost half a month. It went to hide away and recharge.

Logically, once the system's energy is depleted, it will become weak, and once weakened, it will be at the mercy of others.

Grandpa Xiao silently turned his head away, seemingly considering the feasibility of a forced binding.

The system crashed that very day.

Grandpa Xiao stood outside the glass window, directing the superhumans inside to deal with the system.

"Using ultrasound can disrupt the system's programming. Spatial ability users should isolate themselves. Use every weapon at your disposal. Let's see if he can keep up his stubbornness."

They actually looked down on me. Just because you're in our world doesn't mean you have to listen to us humans.

The system needs to constantly repair its messy program amidst various interferences.

The system never imagined it would one day be at someone's mercy, and it was so angry and impotent that it roared, "I think you're tired of living!"

Old Master Xiao sneered, "I'm not tired of living, I'm about to die. Our cooperation is the perfect solution, but you refuse to choose me, so there's nothing I can do about it."

The system staggered, trying to prop up its metallic body, its blue eyes fixed on Old Master Xiao behind the window.

"I told you, you can't do anything to me. You're just asking for death by doing this."

Grandpa Xiao smacked his lips. "Really? But you look quite disheveled."

The system's blue-glowing eyes glared at Old Master Xiao before lowering its metal head, kneeling motionless on the ground.

He remained unmoved by the various technological attacks around him, as if he had resigned himself to his fate.

Grandpa Xiao smiled broadly, "Now that you've fallen into my hands, you have no choice but to stick with me."

The next second, the superhumans standing around the system suddenly changed their expressions and looked at the robot kneeling on the ground with horror.

They sensed an immense, dangerous, terrifying, and vast energy gathering within them.

The superhumans were preparing to evacuate when, in the next second, the energy suddenly exploded, rapidly destroying the entire laboratory. The people inside were instantly disintegrated by the energy's impact, becoming utterly dead.

The enormous explosion quickly echoed throughout the Chuangyuan Base.

When Meng Shiwan heard the explosion, she knew something was wrong. She flashed and tore open space, appearing a second later not far from the laboratory.

In the shattered laboratory, a metal robot slowly stood up, glanced at Meng Shiwan, and with a powerful leap, launched itself like a missile, smashing through the walls, glass, and protective barriers before disappearing into the deep sea.

Seawater rushed in through the opening he had created, like a raging torrent, and appeared in front of Meng Shiwan in the next second.

"It's all over, it's all over."

Meng Shiwan vanished from the spot once again.

A loud alarm sounded within the base, and defensive gates were being closed to prevent the entire base from being flooded by seawater.

Meng Shiwan's figure also appeared in the deep sea, chasing after the direction in which the system disappeared.

She originally thought the old man could fight against the system, but she didn't expect that the old man was no match for the system either, and was instantly killed by the enraged system.

If Meng Shiwan's guess is correct, the system had indeed been locked up in the laboratory and its capabilities were restricted, which is why it was forced to remain locked up.

But this doesn't mean the system is truly at the mercy of others. When the old man forced it into a corner, it mobilized its stored energy, triggering the massive explosion and escaping from within.

This energy should be the system's last remaining energy, and it will not be used unless absolutely necessary.

However, once it is used, it will fall into a weak state of energy depletion.

Its first instinct is to flee, to find a crystal nucleus to replenish its energy.

This is the best time for Meng Shiwan to kill it.

The system was weak enough at this point.

The system surged through the deep sea, with Meng Shiwan tearing through space time and time again in hot pursuit.

Just as the robot figure was getting closer and closer and about to catch up, the system suddenly stopped, stood upright in the dark depths of the sea, revealed a pair of blue eyes, and looked back at Meng Shiwan who was catching up.

Without hesitation, Meng Shiwan used her water-based superpowers to create a vortex strangulation system while simultaneously using a spatial blade to cut it, determined to kill it with a single blow.

However, the system's figure suddenly disappeared and reappeared behind Meng Shiwan the moment she was about to unleash her ultimate move.

Meng Shiwan sensed something was wrong, quickly turned around, and swung her metallic fist, colliding with the system.

The impact sent the two men flying dozens of meters backward in the seawater before they could barely regain their balance.

The system's mechanical voice coldly drilled into Meng Shiwan's ears, "Everything you have is given to you by me, and now you're using the power I gave you to kill me?"

Meng Shiwan took out an oxygen cylinder from her spatial storage, took a deep breath, and used her spatial storage to create a bubble around herself.

"I am very grateful for everything you have given me, but the end times must end."

The system was utterly bewildered. "What's wrong with you two sisters? That old man went so far as to imprison and threaten me just to become my host. You two had the chance to cooperate with me; I could have given you immense power, boundless wealth, and made you the elite on this planet. But you refused, insisting on ending the apocalypse."

Whether this apocalypse ends or not, what does it have to do with you? The farm I gave you, as it expands, you are completely free to build your own kingdom.

Meng Shiwan said coldly, "I don't need to explain to you. The apocalypse must end. A kingdom built on countless corpses is rotten and I don't care about it."

The system laughed in exasperation, "This isn't a disaster, it's helping humanity progress! If there hadn't been this disaster, how could there have been superhumans? How could humanity have evolved? How could you be as powerful as you are now? You're enjoying the benefits, yet you say you don't care?"

Meng Shiwan's body turned completely metallic, and she charged towards the system once again.

This already shows her attitude.

The system's cold voice carried a hint of mockery, "Have you forgotten? Everything you have was given to you by me."

Meng Shiwan suddenly stopped, realizing something. She quickly checked her space, but it was too late.

All the crystal cores in her space disappeared and appeared in the system's hands, where they are being absorbed by the system at an alarming rate.

All the crystal cores that Dawn Base has obtained so far have been sent to make ability enhancement fluid.

Meng Shiwan had previously sent out so many space cards, and many people would store their crystal cores inside those cards, but now the system has stolen them.

Not much, but enough for the system to recover some of its power.

Meng Shiwan's expression grew even more solemn. If they couldn't kill the system today, it would only become more difficult to deal with once it escaped.