Chapter 315 Incomplete System

[Nothing, just a casual question.]

Yinqiu felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. He threw back the quilt and lay in Zhilan's arms, allowing him to hug him for warmth.

[It's getting late. Take your medicine and go to bed early. Don't overwork yourself.]

Zhi Lan nodded. His bedside cabinet was filled with various medicine bottles. He took out one or two and swallowed three or four pills with an expressionless face.

"Yuzhuo is going to the river bank to check on the situation tomorrow. His injury hasn't healed yet, and he wants me to go with him." After taking the medicine, Zhi Lan threw the bottle back into the bedside table.

"But you know my situation. I can't walk too far in this body, and it's hard for me to protect him."

It seemed as if Yinqiu had no idea what he meant and he just held onto the corner of Zhi Lan's clothes without moving.

【so?】

"So I want you to go out with him. You have to be a little bit better than me." Zhi Lan rubbed the surface of the silver ball affectionately. "How about it?"

【I won’t go.】

Silver Ball felt irritated.

[He has hands and feet, he's not mentally handicapped, why do you want me to protect him? My intuition is always right, I tell you he's staying here just to trick you! ]

"What does he want to deceive me about?" Zhi Lan chuckled, "Money? House? Or this deformed body? He won't do that."

[How do you know he won't? The way he looks at you is just not right, it's not pure, he even eavesdropped on our conversation before, he's a bad guy! ]

Zhi Lan: “…”

The temperature of the silver ball's body was so high that it burned one's hands. Zhu Lan caressed his body slowly, as if soothing his suddenly irritable mood.

"You seem to... hate him?" Zhi Lan pondered for a moment before asking.

The Silver Ball is a system from the outside world, and it has never had too many emotions towards the creatures in this world.

Except for Yuzhuo.

Silver Ball launched an electric current attack the moment he saw Yu Zhuo, and until now, he has been obviously hostile to Yu Zhuo.

[No, I'm just stating the facts.]

Zhi Lan nodded: "You really do hate him, why?"

【……】

The silver ball turned around and he stared at Zhi Lan's face unhappily.

【You like him very much, why? 】

Zhi Lan was stunned: "What?"

[You don't accept offerings from the sea god, don't allow outsiders to enter the castle, and told me that you don't like outsiders... but now you let him live here, chat with him, go out with him, and now you make soup and send him medicine every day. What do you mean? ]

It was the first time that Yinqiu suddenly blurted out so many words. Zhi Lan heard the crackling sound of electricity in the air and knew that he was very angry.

"...You don't want me to be with someone else?" Zhi Lan said slowly, "Yuzhuo is a very well-behaved child. He doesn't have any bad intentions."

Silver Ball paused, and he said in a cold voice.

[He is not a good boy. He is taller than you now and is already an adult male! ]

"I know all this." Zhi Lan said helplessly, "Actually I don't know why, I just feel that he is very familiar. This feeling is even stronger when he helps me with housework and chats with me. He is different from other people."

The silver ball froze in the air for a moment.

Unlike the rest...

They had only met for two or three days, but Zhi Lan's opinion of Yu Zhuo had already reached such a high level.

Why is it different?

Silver Ball's voice gradually became lower, and his tone inexplicably contained a deeper hostility towards Yu Zhuo.

【What's the difference?】

"Well... he's like my child." After thinking for a moment, Zhi Lan came to the conclusion, "Every time I come into contact with him, I always feel happy."

【……】

[You treat him as your son? ]

Silver Ball was a little bit unbelievable.

"That's not the right way to put it. It's just a weird feeling." Zhi Lan said, his pupils turned towards the direction of the silver ball. He continued to ask, "What about you? Why don't you like him?"

Silver Ball thought for a moment and immediately changed his tone.

[I don’t dislike him. I treat him as my son.]

Zhi Lan: “…”

The silver ball squeezed into Zhi Lan's arms again. He rubbed it against Zhi Lan's chest, and the silver light on the ball flickered.

[I will go out with him tomorrow, you just need to rest at home. ]

His attitude was so different before and after that, and Zhi Lan was a little suspicious when he heard what Yin Qiu said: "Are you planning to beat him up secretly? You wanted to electrocute him to death before."

[That's because I wasn't sure how much of a threat he was to you. Now that the crisis is resolved, I certainly won't attack him again.]

"real?"

[Of course. You are my host, I will obey you in everything.]

Zhi Lan snorted softly, hugged the silver ball and lay down in the quilt with him again.

"Come back early tomorrow. I'll be waiting for you."

【OK.】

Silver Ball moved Yu Zhuo's name out of the text box of the object to be eliminated.

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Yuzhuo got out of bed at six or seven o'clock the next day.

He and Zhi Lan decided on a place to go out together, and Yu Zhuo planned to take this opportunity to ask Zhi Lan everything about the system.

When Zhi Lan woke up in the morning, his face was quite pale. He had difficulty moving and had to rely on crutches and wheelchair to walk during this period.

"Sorry, I made an appointment with you before, but I may not be able to go now." Zhi Lan coughed twice in the chair.

Yu Zhuo supported Zhi Lan and walked forward a few steps. Seeing the situation, he could only say, "It's okay. I can go by myself. Can I help you go upstairs to rest?"

"No need. The more you sleep, the more dizzy you'll feel. I'll just sit here." Zhi Lan closed his eyes and shook his head. "I'll let Su Hui go with you. He's very familiar with this area. You can ask him if you have any questions."

Yuzhuo paused in packing his things, raised his head uncertainly, and asked, "...upstream?"

The ball emitting silver light floated to Yu Zhuo's side at some point. The edge of the ball was wrapped with a layer of fine electric current, and it controlled the distance so as not to fall on Yu Zhuo.

【Let’s go. 】

Yu Zhuo: “…”

"It's okay, he won't hurt you." Zhi Lan smiled at Yu Zhuo, "I've already set up a program for him."

Yu Zhuo raised his eyes and glanced up into the sky. The silver ball snorted and flew out of the door without even looking at Yu Zhuo.

"Okay, I'll go with him." Yu Zhuo retracted his gaze and thought about his next strategy. After saying goodbye to Zhi Lan briefly, he also walked in the direction where the silver ball flew away.

Going to the river bank was just an excuse for Yuzhuo to be alone with Zhilan. Zhilan had a gentle temper and would easily tell Yuzhuo some secret news.

Unexpectedly, when he was leaving, his partner suddenly changed and became this silver ball to accompany him.

Yu Zhuo secretly paid attention to the condition of the silver ball and quickly followed it out.

The castle was surrounded by dense forests, and the trees and boulders inside were covered with mosses, often with brown pythons lingering around. Yu Zhuo walked inside and saw many poisonous creatures crawling past his feet along the way.

The silver ball seemed to be invisible. It flew in the sky at a distance from Yu Zhuo, and did not speak a word to Yu Zhuo during the whole flying.

Yu Zhuo looked up and said, "You're just going to say nothing? Zhi Lan mentioned you to me before. Do you want to get to know me?"

The silver ball was flying in the sky. Hearing this, he glanced at Yu Zhuo and showed a warning sign.

【I have nothing to say to you.】

"But I have something to tell you." Yu Zhuo followed the silver ball slowly and said directly, "You are the system, right? What is your ability?"

The silver ball maintained its flying speed and said nothing.

Yu Zhuo didn't care. He continued, "I have tested you. Generally speaking, the system will have numbers and identifications. They are the characteristics that connect it to the headquarters. But you..."

Yu Zhuo glanced at the silver ball and said, "It seems not."

Silver Ball sneered and said nothing.

Yu Zhuo raised his eyebrows, followed the silver ball and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't tell me, I'm just guessing. Zhi Lan said before that you didn't issue any tasks to him, and you never talked about your own tasks, which is quite strange... Actually, you are not a system, right?"

Before Yu Zhuo finished speaking, the silver ball suddenly stopped in the air.

He turned the ball around, and the numbers on the data panel jumped, actually forming the shapes of human faces.

[Heh...you said I'm not a system, then let me ask you, are you a human? ]

Yu Zhuo looked up at him and smiled: "What do you think?"

[You don't have to pretend. You tested me, and I tested you. There's plastic and machinery buried inside your body.]

【You are a system.】

"Yes, I am the system." Yu Zhuo admitted directly, "I have never said that I am a human or a dragon, and Zhi Lan didn't ask me either."

The cold light on the silver ball spread.

【He treats you as his peer, you can't deceive him. 】

"What about you? You didn't deceive him?" Yu Zhuo narrowed his eyes slightly, "You are not a system either, right? You hid in the shell of this system, approached him, and got intimate with him... What do you want to do?"

【I am the system. 】

The silver ball said one word at a time.

【I am the system.】

"What's your number? What's your connection with the headquarters?" Yu Zhuo easily pointed out his flaws. He said slowly, "You and your host are so close. Does the main system know?"

[…Main system?]

The silver ball was in a trance. He was stunned for a moment, and a strange laugh came from inside the ball.

【He doesn’t know.】