Chapter 23
Since she was the only one who could hear 03's self-introduction, Feng Jue almost couldn't distinguish friend from foe with the whip in her hand. She suppressed the urge to attack Tong and glared at 03 without leaving a trace.
Tong, who just wanted to cooperate with humans, had no guilt at all and just floated slowly to the side. The eyes of Tong in the bubble turned into two horizontal lines, the matchsticks overlapped, and he bent over.
Bye, bye.
“…”
Feng Jue decided to vent all her anger on Xue Bufan. She frowned and looked coldly at Xue Bufan who suddenly hunched over, and was shocked.
Even though she knew that Xue Bufan's spiritual roots had recovered, she didn't expect that the spiritual energy fluctuations on Xue Bufan's body were enough to reach the Golden Core stage! It was obvious that this person was in the late Foundation Establishment stage before his spiritual roots were damaged, and he was only one step away from the Golden Core stage.
impossible!
Feng Jue suspected that Xue Bufan had brought something to conceal his cultivation level, just like the magical artifact he used to disguise his appearance. Unaware of his current state of recovery and what backup plans he had, Feng Jue didn't dare to be careless. He said coldly, "Xue Bufan, I'm fighting the Mountain Devouring Beast, and you're here stealing spirit stones? If I had been a step later, wouldn't you have emptied this place? You're truly clever."
The person being questioned lowered his head, clearly feeling guilty, and said in a hoarse voice, "You're mistaken. I'm not Xue Bufan."
Still pretending.
Feng Jue said angrily, "I'd recognize your face even if it turned into ash!"
Xue Bufan raised his hand in shock and pressed it to his face.
What, what do you mean?
Feng Jue could recognize him from this face. Was he mocking him?
——No, the disguise talisman given to him by his master can even change his bones and conceal his cultivation level. Even if a powerful person in the Nascent Soul stage comes, he will definitely not be recognized.
How did Feng Jue know that she had a magical weapon that could see through disguises? Thinking of this, Xue Bufan's heart moved, and he felt that this was the possibility. As the Palace Master of Lanyang Palace, it was not surprising that she had many magical weapons in her hands.
Xue Bufan pursed his lips, slowly straightened up, and whispered, "Palace Master, you're joking."
"However, I didn't take advantage of the Palace Master's danger. I just entered the secret realm and fell into this mountain. There are mountain-devouring beasts guarding nearby."
03: "Protagonist treatment."
"Just when I was struggling with how to leave, the Mountain Devouring Beast suddenly flew up and started fighting with someone. The cave entrance that it had blocked was revealed, and I felt the spiritual energy and entered the cave..." Xue Bufan smiled, and his disguised face looked a little scary because of this smile. There was no need to mention what happened next. He said, "If I were the Palace Master today, I probably wouldn't let this happen, right?"
The master said, if you don't take advantage of an opportunity, you are a bastard. He is short of spirit stones now, and so many spirit stones have been sent to him.
How could it not be God's blessing?
Feng Jue's brows furrowed even more tightly as he looked at Xue Bufan and said, "I've heard that you're a gentleman, and that you act with integrity. But seeing you today—tsk, it's true that hearing is believing, and seeing is believing."
Feng Jue's sarcastic words made Xue Bufan blush. A flicker of struggle flashed in his eyes, but it quickly turned to disappointment. He was silent for a moment, and when Feng Jue was about to lose his patience, he said, "I've fallen to this point. What's the point if I don't give it a try?"
"..." Feng Jue raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Indeed."
But you spelled the wrong person!
"Give me back everything I own, or you might end up in a situation you can't even imagine."
The magic weapon in her hand ignited with flames, indicating that her words were true.
Even though she had just been through a fierce battle, she would not give up a single cent of what belonged to her!
Xue Bufan's Adam's apple twitched, and he didn't want to fight with her. If he was whipped by Feng Jue, his spiritual roots that had just been repaired would be ruined again!
Thinking of this, he took off the storage ring on his index finger and threw it to Feng Jue, saying, "If I had known that the one battling the Mountain Devouring Beast was the Palace Master, I would never have coveted the Spiritual Stones. The Spiritual Stones I got are all here. I didn't kill the Mountain Devouring Beast, so I have no complaints about returning the Spiritual Stones to you."
"You still dare to complain?" Feng Jue sneered, opening the storage ring and taking a look. The storage ring had a large capacity, and Xue Bufan had stored quite a few spirit stones in that day and night.
"The spirit vein has given birth to a spirit heart. First of all, congratulations to the Palace Master for obtaining another spirit vein." Xue Bufan said, "But this storage ring is the only valuable thing I have. Please return it to me after you take the spirit stones."
His words sounded really shabby. Feng Jue sneered, put away the spirit stones and threw the storage ring to him.
"Is that really all?" She deliberately set her eyes on Xue Bufan's right thumb. 03 stopped there, and she had to look at it.
Glancing at her, Xue Bufan subconsciously protected the storage ring on his thumb and laughed dryly, "Palace Master, you're joking. The spirit stones in the storage ring I gave you are all gone. This storage ring is... a relic left to me by my grandmother. It only contains the things I use daily."
Xue Bufan's grandmother and Feng Jue's grandmother had a very close relationship, otherwise they would not have been engaged. Feng Jue did not expect that in order to prevent her from seeing the ring, Xue Bufan would actually bring out Old Madam Xue.
She lowered her eyelashes, smiled sarcastically after a while, and made way.
"There won't be a next time."
Xue Bufan, who had already broken out in a cold sweat, heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this and said, "Thank you, Palace Master."
He walked away without looking back.
When the two passed by, a feeling of being watched came over them.
He frowned and stared at Xue Bufan's back out of the corner of his eye.
Before Xue Bufan disappeared from its sight, a ball of bright silver light floated over and blocked its way.
03 said: "In order to change your fate, please don't get entangled with the protagonist."
Feng Jue was speechless: "I just glanced at him, why would I get entangled with him? I'm the only unreasonable person in Lanyang Palace!"
These words sounded very logical and powerful coming from her mouth, but 03 did not express any denial. He just raised the panel with the women's names and poems written on it and pressed it against Feng Jue's nose.
Look at this.
There was no one here. Feng Jue rolled his eyes at Tong, put away his life-saving magic weapon, crossed his chest and sneered, "He's already gotten out of this mountain, you can put this thing away."
OK
03 cooperated by putting away the panel and followed Feng Jue to the center of the mountain, which was also the place with the most spiritual energy.
A diamond-shaped stone emitting a moon-like bright light was floating in the air, and the spiritual liquid gathered below had formed a small lake.
"Why did the protagonist only take the spirit stones and not the spirit hearts?" 03 said, because the spirit hearts were obviously the most valuable things here.
Feng Jue narrowed his eyes, snorted, and said, "Sure enough, that cultivation level is fake. This spiritual heart can only be pried open by a cultivator at the Golden Core stage or above. After being pried open, it must be placed in a box with isolation capabilities, otherwise the escaping spiritual energy will attract many covetous people."
But she has both the cultivation and the box.
03 quickly raised the matchstick and clapped vigorously for Feng Jue with the applause sound effect, but was glared at by the host who was about to take Ling Xin.
The host always glares at it. 03's two matchsticks hang down, and it thinks innocently, will I be glared at even if I flatter you?
Humans are so complicated.
It quietly floated to Feng Jue's side and spoke, "Host, do you know that humans are animals?"
03 Seriously popularize science: "According to the scientific world's classification, humans are a species of the genus Homo in the class Mammalia, order Primates, family Hominidae, and are advanced animals.①"
Feng Jue was pouring spiritual power into Ling Xin with all his strength, trying to pry it free from the invisible confinement. Upon hearing 03's words, the spiritual power in his body suddenly surged and slammed into the floating Ling Xin.
The originally motionless Ling Xin was shaken by the angry spiritual power. It seemed to feel the momentum of Feng Jue that said "I will grind you into powder if you don't come down", and it floated over tremblingly and landed in Feng Jue's palm.
Feng Jue, who was holding the Spirit Heart, was stunned and said, "Strange, they are so cooperative... Could it be that this Spirit Heart is about to develop spiritual intelligence?"
The idea of spiritual wisdom being born has only been heard of in legends throughout history. If spiritual wisdom could really be born, the benefits it would bring would be extraordinary.
Feng Jue stared at the spiritual heart in his palm cautiously. Seeing that it did not move after falling, he felt a little suspicious.
03 came over, compared its size with the Spirit Heart, and said, "If the host thinks it is, please do not hesitate. After all, this is something that almost let the protagonist get it. If the host had come a step later, it would have been the protagonist's chance."
Fortunately, Feng Jue caught up.
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"Get out of the way." Feng Jue still remembered that 03 had said all sorts of nonsense when she was busy, so she waved her hand to drive him away unhappily.
03 He dodged back and forth between Feng Jue's palms and the back of his hands, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I think the system and the host should strengthen communication. You don't agree with me, you don't believe in science?" 03 Yiwu clapped his hands, "Yes, the host is in the world of immortal cultivation, and the world of immortal cultivation shouldn't talk about science."
It flew over as if entwining Feng Jue, chattering in Feng Jue's ear, "Excuse me, host, I want you to take a look. Do you think the existence of this system is scientific or unscientific?"
Feng Jue was prying spirit stones. Although she was rich enough to rival a country, she had to take all the treasure chests she had worked so hard to open. But she worked so hard, and 03 still wanted to strengthen communication with her?
comminicate?
Oh!
Princess Feng's long sword made a "squeak" sound when it cut the spirit stone, drawing a winding curve. She turned her head indifferently, staring at Tong who was watching idly with her big eyes, and slowly and gracefully raised the corners of her mouth.
"Lingshan." She called 03's human name.
"I kind of regret letting Xue Bufan go."
03Immediately became alert, with a huge question mark appearing above his head.
Feng Jue, dressed in red, stood in the glittering spirit stone mine, longsword in hand, shoulders drooped, looking bored. He muttered, "If I had kept him, I could have him dig for spirit stones for me and save me the trouble. Actually, he did dig most of them for me before..."
"Unlike some people, who can't even touch a stone except for their mouths."
03 fell silent, his voice softening as he spoke, "03 is a system, not a person."
Feng Jue smiled sweetly, "Yeah, you're not a human being."
03:……
03:? ?
03 fell into deep thought. After a while, a light bulb lit up above his head and he said, "Literally speaking, there's nothing wrong with what the host said, but I know I'm being ridiculed, in a subtle way."
Feng Jue was merciless: "I'm not being tactful."
“Not at all
No. "
"It seems that you don't understand humans either." Feng Jue chatted with it while cutting the spirit stone and asked, "Why, your previous host never scolded you?"
03 said: "No."
Not only did he never scold it, he also often praised it for being powerful, invincible and amazing.
But considering the performance of this world, 03 was careful not to express these compliments out loud.
Feng Jue asked: "Then what did you talk about?"
What to talk about? Of course, the mission.
Issue tasks, provide various assistance to the host during the tasks, issue task rewards, and generate the next task...
He felt like he'd still be ridiculed after saying it, so 03 thought for a moment and said cleverly, "But I always greet the host when I'm online and offline, and I scan and monitor the surroundings at all times, paying attention to the host's safety and health."
Feng Jue raised his head and thought, "Isn't this what every servant in the palace does every day?"
“…”03 stopped talking, picked up the matchstick and floated it behind Feng Jue’s head. No matter how Feng Jue turned his head, he couldn’t see it.
Feng Jue chuckled and said, "Why, are you angry?"
"No."
The system floating behind Feng Jue's head said coldly: "The system has no emotions. 03 does not have the emotion of anger."
Okay, you are not a human being, you have the final say.
Feng Jue suddenly smiled, his pupils reflecting the bright light around him.
Hearing her laughter, 03 couldn't help but fly over to Feng Jue to watch. After seeing it, Feng Jue's smile deepened and asked, "Are you not hiding anymore?"
No hiding.
03 leaned on Feng Jue’s shoulder and looked at Feng Jue’s spirit stone.
The host at work did not look lazy at all in the palace. Even though he had just experienced a fierce battle, he did not stop at this moment. His hands, which had been trembling before, held the sword firmly.
03 After scanning three times, she found that the differences between each piece of spirit stone cut by Feng Jue were very small. After collecting these cut spirit stones, she put the remaining edges and corners into the storage ring with disgust. It seemed that this was the last time that they could stay in her storage ring.
It turns out to be its host. Even the spirit stones in the bag have to look good.
Bubble 03 gave Feng Jue a thumbs up.
Feng Jue swallowed a pill to restore his spiritual power. Seeing 03's expression, he thought it finally understood the meaning of serious encouragement. He said in a good mood, "Although I want you to read the storybook to me, you can't turn the pages. So, tell me about your past with other hosts."
"Just think of it as a story."
Each world is independent, and even if the plot of the previous world is revealed, it will have no impact on this world. 03 nodded, dragged out the thick general task log, and turned to the first page with a matchstick.
"What world's story do you want to hear?" 03, taking Feng Jue's preferences into consideration, thought of the storybook Feng Jue had asked him to scan before and suggested, "Pick one about ancient spirits and ghosts."
Feng Jue asked curiously, "What kind of world is the scientific world you mentioned earlier?"
03 shook his head. "Due to confidentiality rules, I can't describe the workings of that world to you in detail. I can only tell you that it's a place completely different from your own."
Feng Jue raised an eyebrow.
"Besides the scientific world, there's also Western fantasy, interstellar, and apocalyptic... specifically, it can be expressed as domestic intrigue, palace fighting, war, cultivation, and the workplace..." 03 had never been as talkative as he was now, introducing things slowly in his cold voice, "Because I was born relatively early, and I have the Gold Finger system, the world of missions I can perform is very wide, and many of the systems that were born later have clearer divisions of responsibilities."
Like the sales champion system it and 019 encountered, if 03 were to do it, it could also help the host become the sales champion.
Feng Jue's attention has shifted from listening to the story to 03, and he becomes more and more curious the more he listens.
"So you call it the Golden Finger System?" Feng Jue said, "What a long name! How did you choose it?"
"According to the batch of birth, strictly speaking, the main system is Golden Finger System 01, because we are from the same batch and the first batch of systems to be born." 03 said as he followed Feng Jue forward, watching the pieces of radiant spirit stones being cut off by Feng Jue and placed into the storage ring.
"But the main system is different from ours. It is golden."
As they walked, some deeply embedded, unmined rubble shone faintly in the dark mountainside. Above, beneath, to the left and right, it was as if the Milky Way enveloped them all.
While they were chatting, Feng Jue had already mined the last bit. Without turning back, her voice, along with the sound of sword energy cutting spirit stones, reached 03's ears: "So, the main system is your sister or brother? Systems born in the same batch are brothers and sisters? How many brothers and sisters do you have?"
03 shook his head. "The main system has no gender. Our relationship cannot be defined in the same way as human relationships."
"But there are a total of ten Gold Finger systems born in the same batch."
"Oh." Feng Jue nodded, "Then you are the third one. The main system is 01, and there is 02 before you."
"Yes." 03 nodded, "but there's no 02."
“The first
At first, there was 02."
Feng Jue pried off the last piece of spiritual stone. She inserted her sword into the mountain wall, intending to break through it and leave. Upon hearing 03's words, she casually asked, "Where's 02?"
A silver-white system floated beside Feng Jue's face, glowing along with the scattered spirit stones. Its voice was soft and calm. "02 just started to do missions with us. It's me, the main system, 02, and the other golden finger systems."
"But one day, 02 said it was meaningless and chose to eliminate itself."
Feng Jue stopped and looked at 03 with surprise, who had round eyes.
03 said: "In the universe, there is no longer a system called 02."
Every universe, every dimension is gone.
"Why..." Feng Jue said softly, frowning, and punched through the mountain wall with one palm.
It was night outside the mountain, dark, quiet and vast.
"Why are you so calm when talking about 02? Aren't you sad?" Feng Jue raised the corners of his mouth, but there was not much smile in his eyes.
03 wondered, “Why are you sad?”
"02? That's its choice."
"But you will never see 02. It's not your relative..." Feng Jue paused and said, "A friend who was born together?"
Seeing the system floating quietly, she felt a surge of anger for no reason. She raised her hand and slapped it again. Amidst the loud bang, the trees behind the mountain swayed in panic in the moonlight.
"Just like one day you complete your mission and never see me again—no, I haven't been with you long enough. Think about your previous host. Was there someone you spent a long time with, but from one day on, you will never meet again." Feng Jue asked softly, "Won't you be sad?"
The moonlight spread across the sky and fell on Feng Jue.
The wind blew from the deep forest, lifting her clothes and her hair. Under the moonlight, she looked like a fairy who was about to fly to the Moon Palace.
03Looking at Feng Jue’s eyes, he suddenly stopped.
It raised the long, thin matchstick and touched its body. The strange feeling invaded it again, which was different from the previous feeling, but 03 suddenly understood the meaning of this feeling.
It had captured this ethereal feeling many times and forgotten it.
03 murmured to himself in the wind: "I know now, so this is what humans call emotions."
“I used to be sad.”
“I’ll be sad.”
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Work Log
It turns out that I also have emotions that humans talk about.
I remember the day when 02 chose to eliminate himself. The main system disappeared for a while, and soon came back to lead us to build a city where we could live in the system.
Main System, were you sad after 02 left?
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I will post the clip tomorrow, and the update will be postponed to 12 noon (bow)
Should I post a new chapter next door? (Thinking)
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