"...Huh?" The system froze.
Compensation? What kind of compensation?
"You brought me to this strange world without even asking my opinion, and because of your own reasons, you couldn't coordinate our work in time." Wen Shuqiao's smile faded. "What if I hadn't succeeded? What if I had been pushed into the plot by the world's consciousness? Would I still have the chance to sit here and meet you in my dream?"
The system froze for ages, unable to utter a single word.
It had completely crashed, but Wen Shuqiao didn't care. She continued, "You've enjoyed the fruits of my labor, so you have to take some responsibility, right? If you can't reach an agreement, you can have the mainframe come to me."
Mentioning the mainframe, the system reacted, even arguing, "You died in your original world. If you hadn't come here, you would have..."
"So what if I die?" Wen Shuqiao said indifferently. "How do you know I want to live? You yourself said that people's emotions and thoughts are complex. You didn't even ask for my opinion, so how can you be sure that I definitely want to live?"
The system's code was starting to twist into a pretzel: "But...but..."
"No buts. Either you talk to me, or I talk to the mainframe," Wen Shuqiao said calmly. "And give up on the idea of eliminating me. What do you think will be Can Can and Shen Jiazhou's reaction if I'm gone?"
The world will collapse again.
After a crash, not only will the system be destroyed, but the mainframe may also be destroyed, and then a new mainframe will be installed, replacing the system with a new batch of systems.
How terrifying! Humans have a chance to start over, but their systems truly don't.
After a long pause, the system finally asked, "Host, what kind of compensation do you want?"
Just as Wen Shuqiao was about to speak, she heard the system say quietly, "If the compensation you want is to keep Shen Shiyue in this world, then give up. Even if you destroy me and the mainframe, we still can't do it."
Wen Shuqiao paused for a moment; she did indeed have this idea.
However, since the system had already said that, Wen Shuqiao took her words back. She wasn't afraid that the system was lying to her, after all, the system had said before that Shen Shiyue was more connected to the world's consciousness and was a being higher than the system.
She thought for a while before saying, "Then let him... have his wish."
The system hesitated for a moment before saying, "Host, the scope of 'wish fulfillment' is too broad; it may require using up your wish."
Fearing that Wen Shuqiao might misunderstand, it quickly explained, "I didn't mean to trick you, but Shen Shiyue is simply superior to us; his level is really not high enough."
Wen Shuqiao wasn't too surprised and asked, "I used up my wish, so what about the compensation?"
The system said, "I can give you 20 million in cash, which will be distributed to you along with the rewards. Is that alright?"
Wen Shuqiao didn't answer immediately. The system code twisted into a pretzel involuntarily. Now it just wanted to deal with Wen Shuqiao's matter as soon as possible. This host was a little scary. How could someone so gentle threaten the system?
Fortunately, Wen Shuqiao was just thinking about it. She said, "In addition, I hope that our whole family can be safe and well."
"Don't worry about that! Even if you didn't say anything, we would still help you do it!"
Wen Shuqiao nodded, then looked up and gave a gentle smile: "It's been a pleasure working with you."
She lied to Shen Shiyue once, so this wish can be considered an apology.
The system flashed twice, and the mechanical voice became a bit stiff: "...Pleasure doing business with you, host."
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