"There's nothing here, what are you showing me?" Leng Yue turned around and pouted.
"You know there's nothing there, that's why I came to you," Zero said, pouting.
Of course, whether Zero pouted or not, Leng Yue could only guess, but she knew that Zero's tone wasn't very nice.
"It can't be because you think I'm amazing, right?" If it were because she was amazing, Zero wouldn't be speaking in this tone.
"Well, at least you have some self-awareness!" Zero said in a tone that suggested he was a promising student.
"Why is that?" Leng Yue asked, puzzled. If he didn't like her, why did he choose her?
Zero fell into an eerie silence.
"Can't I say? Then forget it. Actually, I'd really like to be reincarnated." Leng Yue shrugged, saying indifferently.
Leng Yue knew quite a bit about the so-called "bound system," having read countless transmigration novels, to name a few. In these transmigration stories, one had to complete countless tasks to break free from the system's control.
Besides, who knows when I'll be able to return to my own body and my own world?
Anyway, Leng Yue wasn't very interested in this!
"You systems are all about deceiving people. Anyway, once you've drained me dry, I won't have a good ending."
"Since that's the case, why should I waste my time here? I might as well reincarnate sooner, and maybe I can meet a good family and be a happy child."
"Alright, that's settled then. We're not a good match, let me out!"
Leng Yue rambled on and on.
zero:……
"What's going on in your head?"
"What? All of us systems are just lying to each other? How have I lied to anyone? You're the first person I've ever met, okay?"
"What do you mean by 'you'll only end up badly if you're squeezed dry'? Where did you get all that result from?"
Do you have paranoia?
"Seriously, if you don't want to do it, fine. I don't believe I can't find a host, humph!"
Ling Yi vented, "What's wrong with it? So what if its grades were a little low and it got the worst internship opportunity? What's the big deal? Does its classmates and teachers look down on it, and now it's being looked down on by a human?"
Hmph, fine, I won't do it then. Who can't live without whom?
"Then I'll be going?" Leng Yue reached for the door on the wall.
"Go away, and don't come back!" Ling said, but didn't open the door for Leng Yue.
"Then why don't you open the door?" Leng Yue said helplessly, really not knowing how big Zero really was.
"Waaaaah~"
"Open the door!"
"I knew it, nobody wants me. Go away, all of you, go away!"
"Waaaaah..."
Zero suddenly abandoned all pride and burst into tears! She was heartbroken!
Leng Yue: ...Why don't you open the door?
"What do you want?" Leng Yue asked softly. She didn't care. Reincarnation or time travel were both fine, as long as she could live.
"Aren't you leaving?" Zero asked whimperingly, like a child who had agreed to be given candy by an adult.
Leng Yue: Actually, I want to leave, but will you let me?
"I knew you wouldn't want to leave, hmph!" Zero became proud again.
Leng Yue: You won't even open the door, how can you leave! You arrogant brat!
"Can you tell the truth now?" Leng Yue felt a headache coming on. Was this a system or an overgrown baby?
Why is this zero different from the awesome system in the novel?
"We're in a partnership, right?"
"Cooperation means partnership, and partnership requires a minimum level of trust."
"The foundation of trust is honesty and openness. Don't you agree?"
Leng Yue tried to persuade Ling with both emotion and reason.
“I think what you said makes sense,” Zero replied after thinking for a moment. “But, I told you, don’t laugh at me.”
"I promise I won't laugh at you." Leng Yue nodded seriously.
"My place is too dilapidated. The souls that can come here are all of a higher level, and they all look down on me."
"So, I haven't finished my internship yet."
Zero didn't say that Leng Yue's soul level was low, but it was obvious.
"Soul level? What is that?" Leng Yue asked curiously. She knew it! It was impossible for everyone to find the system's hideout—or rather, its headquarters!
"Soul level, simply put, is the classification of souls, that is, the strength of the soul." Zero gave a simple explanation; the teaching in school was much more complicated, and Leng Yue wouldn't understand it anyway.
"And what about me? What level am I?" Leng Yue asked, even more curious.
"You? So low it can't be measured..." Zero's voice was so soft it was almost inaudible.
"Then...how could I be here?" Leng Yue was completely bewildered. She didn't harbor any strong resentment, nor did she have any urgent wishes to fulfill. Her soul wasn't strong enough either, so how did she inexplicably end up here?
"Perhaps, I mean possibly, you died in a strange place, so the ghost messengers... are unwilling to go," Zero said, trying to be as tactful as possible.
"Even the ghost messengers despise me?" Leng Yue felt it was a tragedy of the century.
Leng Yue, this little girl, was abandoned by her biological parents at birth, and the orphanage kept passing the buck until she was finally taken in by the director. If it weren't for the director, she would have died long ago.
Later, all the other pretty children were adopted one after another, leaving only Leng Yue, who was beautiful but unwanted. It was the headmistress who comforted her, gave her a formal name, and sent her to school.
After she started school, she only got what others didn't want. This was even more true after she started working; otherwise, she wouldn't have been lying in a cesspool pretending to be a corpse.
Unexpectedly, even in death, she was rejected by the ghost messengers! Who could be more tragic than her?
Just moments ago, Ling was sobbing, but now it's Leng Yue wiping away tears. She's talking and crying at the same time, crying as she talks—it's so heartbreaking…
Finally, Zero couldn't hold back any longer and revealed that he had been ostracized in school due to his poor grades and that he was still in his internship period after graduation!
My classmates who graduated at the same time have all become managers, but it doesn't have a single project because it doesn't have enough staff! Without staff, it's not qualified to take on projects!
It's so rare to find someone who can move, but it turns out that the ghost messengers disliked them and they just wandered over.
Running around is one thing, but with such a weak soul, what can it possibly do?
How pitiful, how tragic!
One person, one system, hugging each other—no, Zero has no physical form—and crying together.
"Then, hiccup, tell me, hiccup, the truth," Leng Yue cried so hard she was a little out of breath. Between hiccups, she spoke to Ling, "Will you kill me? Hiccup! Where will I go after this? Hiccup!"
"Hiccup, I won't kill you, don't worry, hiccup!" Zero also hiccuped, not because it had a stitch, but mainly because it thought Leng Yue's hiccup was quite funny, so it copied her.
"Why?" Leng Yue asked.
“That’s our instruction, and the school also said that it’s strictly forbidden to devour a host,” Zero explained.
"What if it devours it?" Leng Yue continued to press for answers.
"Destroy them directly, no matter how many projects were completed!" Zero said, seemingly trembling slightly.
"As for where you will go, that depends on how well the project is completed."
"The better you do, the higher your score, and the greater the benefits you'll receive in the future."
"Don't ask me about the minimum and maximum limits, I don't know, because I don't have any projects and I don't understand."
Zero finally finished speaking.
"What I'm trying to say is, do you think a combination like ours, which is about the same as everyone else's, can achieve anything?" Leng Yue was unsure.
"Give it a try, how much worse can it get?" Zero replied uncertainly.
As it turned out, it didn't take long for Zero to experience the sting of their own words. They realized they could get even worse!
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