Stepping out of the corridor, you are greeted by a 100-square-meter room with a simple workbench against one wall.
The walls were lit up like a screen, and there was a simple chair in front of the workbench. Apart from that, the room was empty.
Xin'er walked to the control panel. Xiao Youfei, standing above the control panel, pointed to the two buttons, one red and one white, and said:
"Master, since the destination has been locked, the flying vehicle only has the start button for now."
"Red indicates that you are about to leave and head to the Time and Space Administration Bureau."
"The white button is for communicating with the Time and Space Administration."
Xin'er looked down and then slapped the white button.
A golden vortex appeared on the screen on the wall. After the vortex disappeared, a woman dressed in a black brocade robe and ancient costume appeared on the screen.
The woman had delicately drawn eyebrows and a beautiful appearance. Her gaze towards Xin'er was gentle.
"Hello, this is the Time and Space Administration Bureau. I am Shen Zhuxin, the contact person from Water Blue Star."
Xin'er casually lowered her gaze, a slight smile playing on her lips, a cold, sharp curve.
"Tell me, what is the purpose of all this trouble you've gone to?"
Shen Zhuxin wasn't annoyed by her attitude. Although she looked to be in her early twenties, the way she looked at Xin'er was like an elder looking at a junior. She still wore a gentle smile.
Should I call you Manzhu or Xin'er?
After saying that, she asked herself a question and answered it herself, "I think you should like the name Xin'er."
"Xin'er, you've misunderstood. It's just a coincidence. You can take a look at the information I'm showing here."
As she spoke, Shen Zhuxin did something with her hands, and Xin'er's screen automatically split in two. One half maintained the video call, while the other half displayed the information Shen Zhuxin wanted to show her.
Xin'er watched, while Shen Zhuxin spoke to her at the same time.
"When the Time and Space Administration was first established, it lacked manpower and deployed a batch of first-generation systems to the outer universe."
"The first-generation systems were all made by Her Majesty the Goddess herself. They possessed their own spirituality and could find a suitable master on their own."
"After the system is bound, you still need to complete different tasks in order to pass the final test of the Time and Space Administration."
"For example, your current system, Xiao You, is set as a post-apocalyptic business system, and the final test that matches it is to earn 100 million points through methods such as hoarding goods and engaging in business."
After listening and watching, Xin'er learned about Xiao You's background.
The Doomsday Business System – Her Majesty the Goddess created this system with the intention of saving worlds where the apocalypse has arrived and humanity is on the verge of extinction.
Therefore, the world it was supposed to be placed in should be a post-apocalyptic world in the outer universe, but something went wrong and Xiao You ended up in the world where Manjusaka once lived.
It's unclear whether there's a problem with Xiao You itself, or if the world didn't end and the activation conditions weren't met, but it has remained in standby mode.
Even though it was in standby mode, Xiao You still had energy fluctuations, which is why Sha Hua accidentally discovered and picked it up.
Shahua found the energy body strange and unique, something he had never seen before, but he couldn't figure out why, so he lost interest.
He couldn't bear to throw her away, but he was also afraid that Xiao You might be some unknown danger, so he found a magical artifact—the Eight Ning Tower—and put Xiao You inside, slowly forgetting about her.
Until, the two demons, Shahua and Manzhu, were sent to guard the red spider lilies. The two demons fell in love, which angered the gods, and they were punished by the gods.
The two demons merged into one, becoming the Manjusaka flower, and their natal spaces naturally merged as well.
After crossing the River of Oblivion, Manzhu split into two, one of whom became Xin'er.
The part of her natal space that Xin'er took away just so happened to contain Xiao You, and Xiao You only woke up after Xin'er came to this apocalyptic world.
After reading all this information, Xin'er connected the dots, sorted things out, and understood.
"So, Shahua is currently with your Time and Space Administration Bureau?"
Otherwise, Shahua wouldn't have told the original owner that as long as she unlocked the third floor of the Root Tower, she could find him through tracing the source.
It seems that this is all part of Shahua's scheme.
There was no spatial connection between them; they were actually contacting her through the Time and Space Administration to tell her their location.
He thought she would merge with the original owner of the body and revert to the former Manzhu.
He couldn't come here, but Manzhu knew his whereabouts and would definitely come looking for him, so he waited at the Time and Space Administration Bureau.
Unfortunately, despite all her calculations, Sha Hua did not anticipate that Xin'er would not only fail to merge with the original owner, but would also seal the spiritual body generated from her memories within the space.
Shen Zhuxin shook her head slightly, "No, he is currently on Pluto in the outer universe. Pluto is just a reserve location for personnel of the Time and Space Administration."
She smiled at Xin'er, her meaning ambiguous, and said, "The Time and Space Administration is not what it used to be. Now there are many mission takers, and the staff is saturated. It's not like anyone can just come whenever they want."
Xin'er understood what she meant. It seemed that Shahua wanted to go in, but didn't.
Seeing that Xin'er remained silent, Chen Zhuxin spoke up again.
"Of course you are different. You are the host recognized by the first generation system. Since you have passed the final assessment, you can come to the Time and Space Administration at any time."
Xin'er slightly lifted her eyelids. "What if I don't go?"
Shen Zhuxin maintained a very calm and businesslike demeanor.
"Of course, if you don't want to, we won't force you. However, we will erase all your memories related to the Time and Space Administration and take back the system."
She glanced down at something, paused for a few seconds, and then added:
"Given the special nature of your soul, the Time and Space Administration will restrict and manage you. From now on, you will only be able to exist in any one world in the outer universe, and you will no longer have the ability to be immortal and travel through time and space at will."
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