Chapter 230 The Past
Chi Li raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you busy upgrading?"
"The upgrade has been successful!" Liu Shen'ai showed a proud and excited smile on his face.
She jumped down the stairs, walked to the last three steps, jumped down directly and neatly, rushed to Chi Lan, and looked up at her.
“Guess what I upgraded for myself?”
Chi Li took a quick look and found that she was different from her previous virtual image. Her facial features became lively and vivid, and her light gray eyes revealed a natural joy. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't tell that she was just a system made up of data.
She was a little surprised. "You can already create a physical entity for yourself?"
Liu Shen Ai raised her hand to brush the loose hair beside her ear and said with a smile, "That's not all. I've successfully reproduced the functions of the main god system. Now, I can even grant the host godhood!"
Chi Qi narrowed her eyes slightly. When she had the Six Gods of Love upgraded, she was just giving it a try and didn't have much confidence in success. She didn't expect that she could actually reproduce the functions of the main god system.
"Godhood... shouldn't be something you can just take it for granted, right?"
"Well, you still need to bind to a host first, and then complete the Lord God's mission to obtain the energy of the small world to upgrade. But you also know that becoming a Lord God is very difficult. Not everyone is like you, with both a brilliant mind and a heart of steel. Most people are fools like Song Yu."
Seeing her distressed look, Chi Qi couldn't help but chuckle. She actually called Song Yu a fool, even though she was so afraid of him at the beginning.
"Then why don't you just come and help me?"
Liu Shen Ai rolled his eyes at her. "I just heard the system notification that you've already reached level eight. Why do you still need me? There's no use for me around you!"
"So, you are afraid that the host is not good enough, but also afraid that the host is too good?" Chi Li sat down on the sofa in a relaxed manner, leaning her body sideways, supporting her cheeks with her palms.
Sure enough, compared to being respected and admired by everyone in the mission world, the feeling of bickering with the Six Gods made her feel more relaxed.
As the system and the host, they can be said to have walked this journey hand in hand.
But all good things must come to an end, and she couldn't keep Liu Shen's love by her side forever.
Even though she really wanted to do that.
The room became quiet, and Liu Shenai lay on his back on the sofa.
She raised her hands above her head, staring at her long, bony fingers, and muttered softly, "Strange, is it because of the upgraded function? I feel like my energy is depleting so quickly, and my body is so tired. It seems like I need to bind to a host as soon as possible to replenish my energy."
As he spoke, his gaze passed through the gaps between his fingers and met Chi Qi's lowered eyes.
But she spoke softly, "Xiao Liu, actually there are some things I have kept in my heart for a long time. I have always wanted to tell you, but I was embarrassed to say it."
Liu Shen'ai instantly became alert and stared at her suspiciously, "How strange! Do you ever feel embarrassed?"
She had suffered so much at the hands of Chi Lan that she would not be easily fooled by her.
Chi Li said in a low voice, "Of course, you may think I'm too calm and rational, but I'm not without feelings. I'm just... not good at revealing my true feelings to others."
When Liu Shenai felt her sincere gaze, he felt as if burned and turned his face away instantly, with the tips of his ears slightly red.
"Okay, what do you want to say?" She waved her hand hurriedly, but was suddenly held by Chi Lun, and her cold fingertips were wrapped in warmth.
"I just want to say, Xiaoliu, you are truly outstanding. You are smarter and more responsible than anyone I have ever met. It is my greatest fortune to have experienced so many mission worlds with you. So... thank you."
Liu Shen'ai thought she was going to say something so seriously, but she didn't expect to hear such straightforward and enthusiastic praise. She was so happy and moved that she almost couldn't help crying.
So the host needs her so much? If she just leaves like this, can she still be considered a human being?
Although she is not a human being, it doesn't matter.
Liu Shen'ai held Chi Lu's hand with his backhand and was about to promise her, but he saw a cunning flash in her eyes, and the words that were about to come out of his mouth were swallowed back in an instant.
"You, you are trying to trick me again!" She shook her hand away and said angrily.
Chi Li smiled helplessly, "Everything I said came from the heart."
Liu Shen Ai squinted at her, "I'm just a system, why do I need your sincerity?"
"Okay, you don't need sincerity." Chi Yan was seen through by her intentions and no longer insisted. She stretched out her hand and handed her something, "But you definitely need this."
"What is this?" Liu Shen'ai took it and frowned in confusion.
Chi Li looked at her with a smile, "A miniature nuclear fusion reactor device can provide you with almost unlimited energy."
She accidentally discovered that the main god system, which had a trihedron appearance, was embedded with such a core device. So, when she heard Liu Shen Ai complain about being tired, she used her points to copy one.
Liu Shen'ai's eyes lit up, and he immediately unbuttoned his shirt. A circular gap appeared in the soft bionic skin on his chest, and a few strands of faint blue light stretched out like tentacles, wrapped around the reactor and gently pulled it. With a click, the micro reactor was precisely embedded in the groove, fitting perfectly.
Feeling the abundant energy surging from his chest, Liu Shen'ai recovered instantly, his tiredness swept away, and he sat up straight on the sofa.
"It's absolutely perfect. Now all I need is a human-machine host as perfect as you, and then I can begin my god-making plan."
Chi Li narrowed her eyes and asked, "Explain what a human-machine host is."
"Well, this..." Liu Shenai looked away guiltily. How could he have accidentally said the truth?
She explained in a low voice, "Because I've followed the host all this way, I've seen everything you've sacrificed. You've abandoned everything from your past, including your own world and identity, your former family and friends. No one can understand you or listen to you. And on this lonely road ahead, you have to constantly repeat the cycle of gaining and losing, saying goodbye to everyone who appears around you, without even a friend to reminisce with."
The smile on Chi Li's face faded, "Don't I still have you?"
"But after all, it wasn't you and I who went through all that!"
If it wasn't Liu Shen Ai, then who could it be? Chi Li closed her eyes, and a series of blurry faces emerged in her mind, like the moon in a mirror in the water, unable to be seen clearly.
"You clearly care about me to death, but every time you don't even dare to say goodbye face to face, doesn't that speak volumes?"
She opened her eyes, only to see Liu Shen Ai looking at her with a sad face. She was puzzled, "Why are you, a system, more emotional than me?"
"Don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who dwells on the past. The future results are more important than this." Chi Qi stretched out a finger and lightly poked the corner of Liu Shen'ai's drooping mouth.
Liu Shen Ai slapped her hand away and said angrily, "That's why I said you were a human-machine! But only someone like the host who is not bound by emotions can obtain the godhood."
Chi Li curled her lips and smiled lightly, "So Xiaoliu admires me so much? Then do you want me to introduce someone to you?"
Liu Shen Ai blinked in surprise, "Who?"
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Time went back rapidly, and memory fell back to the night when Shi Nian'an killed Qiao Yanzhi.
Chi Lan was wearing an invisibility cloak and standing in a corner of the villa terrace.
Qiao Yanzhi was immersed in excitement and was unaware of it. He looked at the woman in front of him wearing a black mask and his breathing became rapid.
"Haha... well done. No wonder father always praises you as a useful dog... Hahahaha!"
Chi Qi turned his gaze to the woman sitting opposite him. Even though she was being humiliated like this, this person had no reaction at all.
What was she thinking at this moment? Had she already foreseen Qiao Yanzhi's death, and that was why she was so indifferent?
Or is he so used to being belittled and scolded that he behaves so numbly?
Or maybe she really is an emotionless monster, and neither praise nor scolding can stir up any waves in her heart.
Chi Qi looked at Shiqi quietly for a while, with complicated thoughts in her heart.
She thought for a moment, but ultimately did not show up. Instead, she flashed to Qiao Yanzhi's room, just in time to see Shi Nian'an knocking Qiao Yanzhi down with a laser gun.
Shi Nian'an stood there in a daze for a few seconds before taking a deep breath. Suddenly, as if she had discovered something, her gaze shot straight towards where Chi Yan was hiding.
Chi Qi curled the corners of her lips slightly. As expected of the heroine, she was even bolder and more perceptive than she thought.
The moment Shi Nian'an got the phone and dialed her number, Chi Yan slipped out of the room and returned to her apartment in the city center.
Then the phone rang.
Chi Li picked up the call as if nothing had happened. While speaking, she stared at the virtual screen in front of her, which was showing the scene of Qiao Yanzhi's room in real time.
Nothing escaped her that night.
A week later, the case went to trial in the Supreme Court.
When Qiao Zhizhang was threatening reporters in front of the court's main gate, Chi Lan, who was sitting in the car, stopped Shiqi who was about to enter the court to listen.
She rolled down the window and gestured for the other person to get in the car. "Sky Dome President Zhou Fanyi, is it okay to take up five minutes of your time?"
Seventeen stopped and swept a cold look over Chi Lan's face. Then he reached out without hesitation to open the car door and got in.
"Do you know who I am?" She asked coldly, looking at Chi Lan's slightly gentle profile.
Chi Li smiled and said, "No one knows who you are better than me."
Seventeen asked: "Who am I?"
The smile on Chi Li's face suddenly faded. "You lived in the countryside until you were thirteen, raised by a widowed old man, right?"
Seventeen's usually cold eyes began to shake.
"Five years ago, not long after you were taken back to Floating Cloud Palace, the old lady passed away. However, her death was not an accident, but rather a deliberate act."
Seventeen's chest rose and fell violently, and his voice became a little hoarse. "Who is that person? Why?"
"Only by severing the monster's only emotional bond can we completely control her."
Seventeen's eyes suddenly widened. She knew who this person was. But she wasn't angry or furious. Her expression remained as cold and emotionless as ever.
After a long silence, he finally spoke, "You came to me for the same purpose as Qiao. Do you want me to be your thug?"
After waiting for a while, he didn't hear any answer. Seventeen turned his head to look at Chi Li and found that she had also fallen silent at this moment, with a struggling look in her eyes.
What a strange person.
Chi Li hesitated because she knew her next words would hurt the other person. If there was one person in this world she absolutely did not want to hurt, it was Seventeen.
But now, this is all she can do.
"I hope you can testify in court for Shi Nian'an." The voice trembled slightly.
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