Yu Wanling received no answer from Li Xin'er, and the system in her mind had been silent ever since Li Xin'er arrived.
Yu Wanling was once again ignored by Li Xin'er, who then whispered to Lu Zheng sitting next to her:
"Base Commander, I have to go back to S City. I don't have time to waste on them."
Lu Zheng understood almost instantly. "Don't worry, we already have a plan for dealing with Du Zhiyuan, but..."
He hesitated for a moment, then looked up at Yu Wanling before continuing:
"It's the system you just mentioned. I wonder what kind of existence it is? We've had full-body CT scans, and we've even tried it with psychic ability users, but we haven't found anything abnormal."
Li Xin'er tapped her fingers lightly on her arm.
“I know what you want. I can separate the system from her, but apart from me, you have no ability to control or operate it.”
She then immediately reminded him:
"The system is like a shopping platform, except that this platform belongs to the future world. Those goods are not free; they need to be purchased with currency."
"The currency required by this system is not crystal cores, nor anything tangible. It is an emotion embodied in numerical form. What it tells Yu Wanling is points."
Lu Zheng was somewhat taken aback, "Points?!"
Li Xin'er nodded, "I didn't study this system before in order not to alert them, and I don't know much more about it yet."
Her soul power can affect the system, but that doesn't mean the system is powerless.
The two spoke in hushed tones, while everyone else instinctively waited quietly.
Some people tried to listen carefully to the conversation between the two, but no matter how hard they tried, they could only hear low whispers and couldn't make out the specific content at all.
Since Li Xin'er had discussed it with Lu Zheng, she naturally used her soul power to prevent eavesdropping beforehand.
Lu Zheng silently pondered how to handle the matter, and finally made up his mind, sincerely saying:
"I would like to ask Miss Li to first separate the system."
Judging from Yu Wanling's behavior, it's clear that the system has the ability to control her, which makes it impossible for her to cooperate properly with their work.
Lu Zheng followed up by saying, "Of course, we can discuss how much crystal core compensation you want."
Based on the fact that Li Xin'er needs crystal cores for every transaction, it can be inferred that someone as mysterious and powerful as Li Xin'er would resort to such trivial matters as selling resources and making transactions, indicating that she desperately needs crystal cores. Regardless of what the crystal cores are used for, they are at least useful to Li Xin'er.
Li Xin'er hadn't initially planned to accept crystal cores, but since Lu Zheng had already offered, she certainly wouldn't refuse.
"100,000 Level 1 crystal cores."
"Okay, no problem!"
Lu Zheng agreed almost without thinking.
Li Xin'er didn't hesitate; once the matter was settled, she took immediate action.
The system had always been enveloped and locked by her soul power. In the blink of an eye, a transparent sphere the size of a ping-pong ball, glowing with white light, floated out of Yu Wanling's body.
"What...what is this?!"
Everyone in the meeting room saw it and gasped in surprise.
Once Li Xin'er got her hands on the system, she lost interest in staying any longer and just wanted to find a place to study it properly.
She put the ball of light into her hand, stood up, and said to Lu Zhengdao:
"You handle this first, and we'll talk afterwards."
After saying that, he hurriedly disappeared from the spot.
Yu Wanling, who had been deprived of her system, felt dizzy and staggered to the ground, feeling extremely weak.
Still unwilling to give up, he muttered to himself,
"No, that's impossible, that's my system, my system."
How could the system she was bound to be taken away so easily?
Lu Zheng waved to You Su, who was still in surprise, and said, "Take her downstairs first."
Yu Wanling was practically carried out of the conference room by the two men.
Inside the conference room, most people's attention was focused on the system that Li Xin'er had just taken away, but Du Zhiyuan, who was still unable to speak, and his men sensed that something was wrong.
But it was too late to react; Lu Jin'an had somehow emerged from the conference room, bringing with her a team of armed men.
"Deputy base commander, please cooperate with our investigation."
That's a polite way of putting it, but everyone knows that Lu Zheng is going to completely purge Du Zhiyuan's faction.
The cleanup doesn't mean killing them all, but it definitely means that their jobs will be taken over by different people.
Du Zhiyuan was anxious, his face turning red with worry, but he still couldn't speak. He could only express his dissatisfaction by slamming his fist on the table.
He had several followers who then became Du Zhiyuan's mouthpieces.
"Lu Zheng, what do you mean!"
Lu Zheng looked upright and his eyes were clear. "You know what you've done at the base. We're not stupid or blind."
After saying that, he impatiently waved his hand, signaling Lu Jin'an to take the person away.
"I will present the evidence to you and convince you."
The arrest team received instructions and immediately began making arrests.
Du Zhiyuan never expected Lu Zheng to make such a sudden move; he was completely unprepared.
His men weren't around, and he knew that if he resisted now, he would suffer losses, so he simply cooperated for now and waited for an opportunity to act.
However, Lu Zheng wouldn't give him another chance to cause trouble.
After the people were driven away, the meeting room became much quieter, and the meeting continued.
Lu Zheng explained that the system had been separated from Li Xin'er. Everyone present was at the highest level of the base, so there was nothing to hide.
Regarding Li Xin'er, some senior executives were wary, some questioned her, and some completely believed in her; their opinions varied.
Finally, they came up with a plan and waited for Lu Zheng to discuss it with Li Xin'er.
After the meeting, Lu Zheng first dealt with the matters concerning Du Zhiyuan, Yu Wanling, and others before sincerely going to see Li Xin'er.
Lu Zheng was the only person present at this meeting; even Lu Jin'an and You Su stood guard at the door.
At the tea table, Lu Zheng said, "Yu Wanling couldn't accept the system leaving and suffered a mental breakdown... She is currently delirious."
Li Xin'er didn't react much to this. After returning and studying the system, she learned that it would absorb the life force of the host for energy, and guessed that Yu Wanling's situation was not good.
Seeing that she didn't show any dissatisfaction, Lu Zheng continued to probe:
"The base will provide her with appropriate medical support."
Li Xin'er sensed the probing tone in the other person's voice and couldn't help but smile.
"Does the base commander really think I care about her life or death?"
Lu Zheng felt a little guilty. "I thought you had some kind of conflict with her and didn't want her to have an easy time."
That's still a euphemistic way of putting it.
Li Xin'er nodded in agreement, "She shouldn't have tried to scheme against me."
She shrugged slightly. "I'm the kind of person who always holds a grudge."
Then, changing the subject, she added, "However, since she's lost the system, I'm quite satisfied with things as they are now."
Only after Li Xin'er expressed her satisfaction did Lu Zheng feel relieved.
From their perspective, Yu Wanling is different from Du Zhiyuan. She didn't actually do anything bad; on the contrary, she was actually credited because of the system.
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