"So what are you, a system?" Qiao Xuejun followed up on this question and asked it in his heart.
System: "I am the farming system."
Qiao Xuejun had asked the system this question before, but just like today, nothing came out.
Zhao Xian stared at Qiao Xuejun for a few seconds, then turned back and interrogated Shen Xingtang for some details.
"I'll have Professor Huo come to see you tomorrow. You can't leave this room yet."
Shen Xingtang nodded, expressing his understanding. "Okay, I understand. I'm not sure how long I can control this body."
Qiao Xuejun secretly asked the system: "Can you pull it out and devour it?"
System: "Host. I must wait for its host to die before I can completely devour it. I can only confirm that a small part of it is still in Shen Xingtang."
Qiao Xuejun: "A small part?"
System: "Yes, only a small part of it. Most of it is gone."
Qiao Xuejun asked Shen Xingtang, "If the book consciousness is not in you, where else can it go?"
Shen Xingtang was bewildered, but soon his eyes lit up: "It said before, before you came in, it said it wanted to transfer most of its energy to a safe place, and didn't want to be devoured again."
Qiao Xuejun: "What safe place?"
Shen Xingtang: "It didn't say that..."
Unable to get any more information, Qiao Xuejun took Zhao Xian back.
The two of them walked back to the room in silence. Qiao Xuejun looked at Zhao Xian's expression. He was tense the whole way, and it was unclear what he was thinking about.
After returning to the room, Qiao Xuejun asked, "Zhao Xian, what are you thinking about?"
Zhao Xian and Qiao Xuejun looked at each other. Seeing the worry in her eyes, Zhao Xian reached out and touched her head, whispering, "I'm wondering if your system is the same product. Will it control you one day?"
Qiao Xuejun was stunned: "You..."
"Have you ever considered that Shen Xingtang said it was just a book—"
Zhao Xian took Qiao Xuejun's hand and gently pressed her wrist, not caring at all. "Teacher Qiao, in this tiring time of the natural disaster, I will only consider which departments need to pay attention to tomorrow's river excavation and ask them to coordinate and get the job done with the highest efficiency."
"We will consider whether the toxins spilled by the sea monster on the ice rink will spread and how to deal with it."
"I'm still distracted by whether there's any progress on Shen Xingtang's case, what kind of trouble the alliance with the sea monster camp will bring us, and how to prevent it. Why would I even consider whether this is a book?"
That kind of question is too vague.
Zhao Xian smiled: "Didn't you teach me? Just do it."
Qiao Xuejun's expression relaxed after hearing this: "Well, just do it."
Zhao Xian: "We have preliminarily located the direction of the sea monster camp and plan to go over and explore again to collect more information."
Qiao Xuejun: "Know yourself and know your enemy, good. Be careful."
Zhao Xian: "Don't worry. The weather department recently said that the temperature is going to continue to rise. It will be much more convenient to move around outdoors."
Qiao Xuejun: "Don't worry, my system won't control me, and it has never controlled me."
Now Qiao Xuejun is not sure whether that thing is really a system.
Even its founder, operator, and designer are completely unknown. It seems to have appeared out of thin air, just like the favorability system.
When asked about its ultimate goal, it simply said that it wanted to build a large city with a population of 10,000.
What's next? It has no idea. It's like it has no complete plan at all, just taking one step at a time.
From the time it was put into operation till now, it seems to be just an intern system.
Many functions feel so unfamiliar that they seem like they are learned on the spot, rather than being functions that are natively equipped.
Seeing that Qiao Xuejun had directly admitted that there was indeed a "system" in her body, Zhao Xian asked, "When did it happen? What happened to cause it to parasitize?"
System: "That's not called parasitism, that's called loading!"
Qiao Xuejun ignored the system's protest: "Actually..."
She struggled for a moment and found the right words: "I could have actually pursued a doctorate, and I had already chosen a supervisor, but an accident happened before I started. The moment I opened my eyes, I found myself in an unfamiliar world."
“It’s just in my head.”
"It said this was a completely different world, apocalyptic, and that I needed to work hard to survive. ... I've been surviving until now."
The more Zhao Xian listened, the tighter his brows furrowed. "You're not from here? There aren't any natural disasters where you are?"
Qiao Xuejun: “Yeah.”
Zhao Xian: "Then why did it drag you in?"
Qiao Xuejun: "This..."
The system trembled and dared not speak.
Zhao Xian frowned and asked again, "Will it pull you into some other book?"
The other party was serious, but Qiao Xuejun suddenly smiled inappropriately: "Zhao Xian, I see three words in your eyes now - want to study. I don't have that much blood to draw from you."
Qiao Xuejun thought she was very humorous, but Zhao Xian obviously didn't think so.
He really wanted to investigate, so he took out his intercom and contacted the duty team guarding the small dark room: "Keep a close eye on Shen Xingtang. When she starts to behave abnormally, like she started moving her mouth like before, have someone draw her blood."
After that, he said to Qiao Xuejun: "Since they are all similar things, our experience can be used."
Qiao Xuejun: "Zhao Xian, my system tells me that this warm period will only last about a week. We still need to prepare and stock up on supplies this week. The second cold period will be very long, probably lasting until the arrival of spring."
Zhao Xian: "Is it accurate?"
Qiao Xuejun nodded: "Generally speaking, it's very accurate."
Zhao Xian: "I understand."
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