"What's wrong? Why are you lying there motionless?" Shi Yin weighed the iron rod in her hand and slowly approached. "Do you know what's most important to the protagonist?"
"...What?" Ji Chuan struggled to his feet.
His left arm was in severe pain, and it looked like it was dislocated.
However, Ji Chuan didn't have any medical knowledge and couldn't, like the protagonists in other novels, simply snap his arm back into place without batting an eye after a dislocated shoulder.
“It’s about stats, stats.” Shi Yin gave a strange smile and raised the iron rod in her hand: “The so-called protagonist should put all their points into defense, so that no matter what they do, they won’t die.”
"Isn't that what protagonists are like? No matter how many difficulties or dangers they go through, they can never die. Life is your...capital!"
"Points transfer power... Ah!" Ji Chuan watched helplessly as the gleaming silver iron rod approached in an instant, and he could only hurriedly raise his arm to strike it.
Just as he gritted his teeth and transferred the points, he felt an unprecedented and irresistible force strike his iron rod, sending him flying again and embedding him in the wall in a strange posture.
A vast expanse of white stretched before his eyes, and it felt as if many little fairies were dancing around him.
What's going on? Why did this happen? Didn't he put all his points into Strength?
Logically, he should have limitless power by now.
"Keep yelling, keep yelling."
Shi Yin grabbed Ji Chuan by the collar and threw him to the ground. She placed one hand on Ji Chuan's shoulder and used a little force to make him unable to stand up.
"I've heard that systems are all incredibly powerful cheat codes. Why don't you use up some points or something and let me see it?" Shi Yin tightened her grip, making Ji Chuan's bones crack. "You're kidding me. Maybe I'll be like all the villains, let the protagonist live, and then let you have your turn to turn the tables?"
"Don't look down on the poor young, don't look down on the poor middle-aged, don't look down on the poor old, then you can be respected by the dead, and I might even bow to you three times a year."
[Sister Yin, even if you're trying to undermine someone's confidence and win over a follower this way, don't go too far... Don't make him cry.]
Ye Shaoheng's weak voice came through the earphones.
[If this leaves him with psychological trauma, how will he work in the future? What if I have to do his work? Would I have to work overtime every day?]
The more Ye Shaoheng spoke, the more convinced he became that he was right. He was determined to protect his own interests and those of his teammates, and refused to give his superiors or himself the opportunity to work overtime.
"Who told you these are your teammates?" Shi Yin pressed her earpiece, speechless. "These two belong to another squad and have nothing to do with us."
Ye Shaoheng: [Huh?]
Ye Shaoheng: [Oh, then go ahead and beat them up.]
That's a quick change of heart.
[Beep beep beep - System check in progress -]
Shi Yin vaguely heard some mechanical busy tone, raised an eyebrow, and switched from pressing Ji Chuan's right hand to his left hand, placing his right hand on the back of Ji Chuan's head.
As Shiyin explored further, the mechanical sounds became clearer.
[The system has successfully detected this person's identity and information: Shi Yin, a university student in City S. Combat strength comparison and assessment are currently underway.]
[Assessment failed. Combat strength is severely inconsistent with this person's information. An insurmountable enemy has been detected. The host is being abandoned, and the separation ritual is beginning.]
Ji Chuan's face turned pale instantly.
What does it mean when information and combat strength are inconsistent? And what does it mean when an insurmountable enemy is detected?
And why are you giving up on him now? Isn't the system parasitizing him? How can you just abandon him like this?
He felt he could still salvage the situation!
"Wait, wait!" Ji Chuan exclaimed, but before he could finish, he felt a blank and pain in his mind, giving him a momentary feeling of suffocation.
Shi Yin raised her chin. As the system finished speaking the last word, Shi Yin could clearly feel a pushing force in her palm pushing upwards, as if trying to break free.
"Where do you think you're going?" Shi Yin sneered, slapping the system back at it. "You said you could leave?"
Ji Chuan, whose cheek made intimate contact with the ground again after being slapped by Shi Yin for no reason, was speechless.
Why is he always the one who gets hurt?
System, stockpiling resources, missions, rewards, stat points... Isn't this the protagonist's setup? How did he end up like this?
"Don't move. I advise you to behave yourself, or I'll crack open this kid's skull, dig out his brain, and find you." Shi Yin threatened, "I can't guarantee what I might do then."
"I suppose there's no difference between a system and a person, right? I have a million ways to make your death less painful, even if you're a mechanical system." The more Shi Yin spoke, the colder her voice became: "What? Did the world bring you into existence so you could find people to take kickbacks from?"
system【……】
"If you keep playing dead, I'll crack this kid's skull open right now." Shi Yin's voice rose two decibels.
Ji Chuan: "???"
"Wait, sister, my sister, big sister, good sister!" Ji Chuan was so scared that his legs went weak. He was just an innocent person who knew nothing. How could he suddenly be about to have his skull ripped off?
"A gentleman uses his hands, not his words... No, no, a gentleman uses his words, not his hands. Please don't use your hands! Let's talk this out. I'm very good, I'm very obedient. It was just an accident. You must have seen wrong. You must have really seen wrong."
As an unpopular illegitimate son, Ji Chuan has always been able to bend and stretch. Although he only exchanged blows with Shi Yin twice, Ji Chuan could clearly feel the gap between Shi Yin and him.
This woman beat him up like it was nothing!
"I'll cooperate with anything. Surely the country wouldn't harm an innocent person!" Ji Chuan tried to reason with him and appeal to his emotions: "I'm a model citizen. Apart from my background, which I couldn't choose, I've never done anything immoral!"
"So you knew we were government officials the moment you saw us, yet you still chose to resist?" Shi Yin said coldly, "When you grabbed the baton and resisted, I saw you really enjoying it."
"Uh..." Ji Chuan choked, "I just realized that... Ahh!"
Ji Chuan tried to argue, but Shi Yin tightened her grip on his hand, making a cracking sound as his bones snapped. His face turned ashen, and he begged for mercy.
"I was wrong, I was wrong! I shouldn't have disregarded national interests and recklessly attacked the police in broad daylight!" Ji Chuan was practically begging Shi Yin to be his father: "I shouldn't have become so arrogant after getting the system, I was really wrong..."
Don't lift his skull!
The worst suffering he's ever endured in his life is just going to the hospital for an injection or a blood draw. Don't make a big deal out of it by cracking his skull!
"Tsk, shut up."
Shi Yin clicked her tongue impatiently, loosening her grip a bit. Ji Chuan immediately shut up, not daring to utter a sound, and lay on the ground silently shedding tears.
Why did he do this? Now he's pinned to the ground and even risks having his brain ripped out.
If he had known, he should have knelt down and called Shi Yin "Dad" the moment he was hit!
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