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"Host, did you see that? What a touching scene! That intense resentment is truly extremely rare."
The system's gloating voice echoed in my ears.
Shen Zhao took a deep breath, his expression growing increasingly cold.
"Perfect timing. I'm also tired of the same perfect strategy that's been going on for millions of years. It shouldn't be too much to ask me to change the host's life trajectory once in a while, right?"
"Host, look, that Yu Xiyan, the Empress of the Great Yin Dynasty who once bluntly regarded you as an ant and refused to marry you, upon learning how strong you are..."
And how much regret and remorse he must have felt for his past ignorance when he had raised Su Yunying, a nobody from the martial arts world, to the point where she wasn't even worthy of his attention!
Therefore, I was moved; therefore, I decided to rewrite your destiny; therefore, from the moment I bound myself to you,
It's like you keep telling yourself that Yu Xiyan is your true love, and you have to win her over no matter what.
If you show enough sincerity, the iceberg will eventually melt.
"Since you like her so much, why don't you try to get close to her?"
"Bind her? Haha, don't be ridiculous, host. Yu Xiyan's ambitions are sky-high, but her abilities don't match her ambitions."
Without your help, she wouldn't have dared to even dream of reaching that level in these nine lifetimes.
In layman's terms, someone who's bad at the game but loves to play is someone the system doesn't even consider.
Do you really think the system will just randomly pick some random object to bind to?
Shen Zhao could no longer tolerate it: "Even if you want to rewrite my life and destiny, you shouldn't involve Yun Ying. She is innocent!"
"Host, the system only considers your fate; everything else is not your concern."
What I didn't expect was that Su Yunying's obsession with you remained unchanged for nine lifetimes.
"So, Yunying sacrificed herself for me nine times in a row?"
The anger in Shen Zhao's eyes could no longer be suppressed.
Do you find it fulfilling to manipulate other people's destinies?
"Other hosts might not, but you alone truly enjoy it!"
The system transformed back into a child's form and floated to Shen Zhao's side: "So, host,"
The truth is laid bare before you; shouldn't you give me some response?
Shen Zhao took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and pondered for a long time.
"Are you done talking?"
Suddenly, a disdainful smile appeared on his lips, so calm it was infuriating.
"Thank you for answering the questions that have troubled me for nine lifetimes. Now, I have finally found a clear answer."
"So, would you like to hear my story next?"
The system frowned: "What do you mean?"
"System, I think you've made a mistake."
"What?"
Shen Zhao opened his eyes and stared intently at the system.
"In my first life, I was indeed manipulated by you and reduced to a sycophant who knew nothing of dignity. But starting from the second life, do you think I'm still the clown you can control at will?"
The system frowned.
"From my second life onward, I've been pondering how to escape your control and trying to confirm the doubts I had before my death in my first life."
That means you only determine my life trajectory based on the predetermined plot and rules.
So, I decided to take a gamble and repeat the same path I walked in my previous life, almost exactly the same, starting from my second life.
He still adopts a subservient attitude, seemingly trying to please Yu Xiyan, but in reality, he's testing whether you've changed or wavered in the plot development he's created.
Sure enough, in my second life, just before I died, I finally discovered the flaw in your scheme.
That is, experiencing the same route won't attract your attention.
"You only focus on my emotional changes towards Yu Xiyan, which makes me realize there's a chance to break free from your enslavement."
"So, starting from the third life, I began to ponder your motives and why you insisted on binding me to complete such bizarre tasks."
Then, I happened to recall the various system books I had read before my transmigration, and it actually made me think of a possibility.
"Before that, there's another question I need to consider: where did the system come from? Thank you for answering that question earlier."
So why did the system, despite possessing power surpassing all realms, still need to bind itself to a host to demonstrate its value?
"After pondering this through two lifetimes, and with the crucial clue you just gave me, I can finally confirm one thing."
No host, whether a good-for-nothing, a villain, a passerby, or a supporting character, will be bound to the system inexplicably unless they possess something the system desperately needs.
This thing is called luck. The system relies on luck to maintain its operation. The stronger the luck of the bound host, the more power you can obtain.
But what fate awaits the host when they complete the so-called final mission and seem to have entered a perfect ending?
Why did their story inexplicably end there? Was it really just wiped clean because the system left, or did it enter a perfect happy ending as described in the book?
The system frowned even more deeply.
"It wasn't until the fifth cycle of reincarnation began, when you mentioned the theory of three thousand lineages of Taoism spreading throughout countless worlds, that I deduced a terrifying and chilling possibility."
That is, any host who completes the system's final task actually becomes part of the system.
Since their luck has been absorbed by the system, without the blessing of luck, can they still be considered the protagonists of this world?
No, they've all become puppets of the system; you could even say they're just clones of you.
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