Chapter 430 Using You to Kill Me
Meng Shiwan stood high in the sky, looking at the endless horde of zombies surrounding the base, with no end in sight.
The only solution now is to find the system as soon as possible.
Only by finding the system and destroying it will everything end.
Just then, Meng Shiwan's phone rang. She took it out and glanced at it; it was an unfamiliar number.
However, this number had called once before; it was Xiao Yuye who called.
She answered the phone and slowly descended from the sky, saying, "Speak."
Xiao Yuye's excited voice came through, "Meng Shiwan, I've encountered a ghost."
Meng Shiwan: ...
"If you encounter a ghost, go find a Taoist priest. Why are you looking for me?"
Xiao Yuye quickly explained, "No, no, it can't be called a ghost. To be precise, it should be said that we encountered the system."
Meng Shiwan was startled. "Where is it?"
Xiao Yuye: "I don't know."
Meng Shiwan gritted her teeth, "Speak properly to me."
Xiao Yuye quickly explained, "Here's what happened: I was hungover all night last night, and I just fell asleep for a bit today. In my dream, a robot appeared. It was exactly the same robot that Grandpa made; it could jump and bounce, and its eyes glowed blue. It was really creepy."
The robot asked me if I wanted to become the ruler of humanity. I said that humanity is almost extinct, so what kind of ruler would I be? Just a lone commander?
Then the robot asked me if I wanted to have superpowers as strong as mine, a huge farm, and whatever weapons I needed.
What it said was quite appealing, but I'm not an ambitious person. I told them I just want to give up and have no interest in anything else.
The robot's eyes flashed with anger, then it disappeared. I woke up, and remembering you'd been searching for the system, I called to tell you about the situation.
I don't think this is a dream. You dream about what you think about during the day, but I haven't thought about it at all, so how could I have such a vivid dream?
Since Meng Shiwan chased after the system from the Chuangyuan Base last time, Xiao Yuye's good days have finally begun.
He first had the leak sealed off, then began repairs, and then asked someone to check the surveillance footage. After getting a general understanding of what had happened and confirming that the old man was definitely dead, Xiao Yuye was at ease and lay down.
He now owns a large base, possesses the method to produce ability-enhancing fluids, and has endless business dealings with various countries. He has everything he could want and doesn't need to work hard at all.
He wasn't a person who liked to work hard. He worked hard back then so as not to become the old man's blood bank. He could only force himself to be better and better.
Now that the old man is dead, he's safe. All he wants to do is sit back and enjoy his wealth with a clear conscience.
He had no interest in ruling humanity or becoming stronger; all he wanted was to indulge in a life of luxury and revelry, enjoying all the blessings he had missed out on in the first half of his life.
This was a time when he was comfortable, carefree, and liberated. If the system asked him if he wanted to become the ruler of humanity, he definitely wouldn't be interested at all.
Meng Shiwan pondered that the system was probably selecting a new host.
But then I thought about it again and realized something wasn't right.
"The system is trapped inside the robot; it can't leave the robot, so how can it bind to a host? If it can't bind to a host, then why is it looking for you?"
Xiao Yuye thought about it carefully and also felt something was wrong. "Oh right, I asked some of the surviving people around the old man before, and they said that if the system is willing to bind to the old man, the old man has a way to release the system from the robot's body."
But now, the old man and all his loved ones are dead, and there's no way to untie the system. The system can't leave the robot's body, and it can't bind to a new host.
If you can't bind it, why are you asking me these questions...?
Xiao Yuye seemed to have thought of something, and his voice rose considerably, "Damn, the system is quite clever. It's lying to me. It can't bind to me at all, but it still says it will bind to me and make me the master of people and stuff. It's lying to me. What's there to lie to me about?"
Meng Shiwan pondered, "It wants to use you to do things for it."
Xiao Yuye asked in confusion, "Why would you use me?"
Looking at the zombie horde in the distance, Meng Shiwan said, "They probably want to use you to kill me."
In his previous life, even after the system broke ties with Meng Qingyue, it still suffered a great loss at her hands.
Having learned its lesson from last time, the system certainly wouldn't stand idly by and watch her suffer another great loss at Meng Shiwan's hands.
Therefore, the system manipulates the zombie horde, obsessed with killing Meng Shiwan.
However, Dawn Base held off the zombie horde's attack; at least for now, the zombie horde has been unable to inflict significant damage on Dawn Base.
So the system came up with a new idea: to use the bound host as bait to trick Xiao Yuye into attacking the Dawn Base and helping it kill Meng Shiwan.
To the system's surprise, despite the old man's painstaking efforts to bind it, his eldest grandson showed absolutely no interest in it.
They even relayed the situation to Meng Shiwan.
Xiao Yuye exclaimed, "It's over, Meng Shiwan, you're doomed! The system can't fool me, it will definitely try to fool others. There aren't that many people in the world as determined as me. Once you're fooled by the system, not only will the zombie horde be causing you trouble, but soon others will be coming after you too."
Meng Shiwan snorted coldly, "Come on then. Keep an eye on the system's messages and let me know if anything happens."
If the system were to incite other forces to attack the Dawn Base, it would also expose the approximate location of the system.
Based on the current situation, since the system was able to enter Xiao Yuye's dream, it is very likely that the system is still near the Chuangyuan Base, but we don't know where it is hiding.
Xiao Yuye chuckled and said, "Alright, you must stay alive. Once you get through this ordeal, we'll have to cooperate more in the future."
Meng Shiwan clicked her tongue, "Don't talk about the future, let's talk about now. I still have crops stockpiled. I'll exchange them for a batch of weapons. Send someone to pick them up. Our base's ability users can't leave right now."
The constant attacks of firearms on the zombie horde are too costly; it's better to stockpile more weapons than not.
Fortunately, she had previously raided Pirate Island, the Fierce Bear Base, and the Zeus Base, stockpiling a considerable amount of firearms.
Otherwise, the current situation would be a real problem.
Xiao Yuye laughed and said, "That's good. I'll send someone to deliver weapons to you, and I'll give you a discount."
In this world, Xiao Yuye, who has just been freed from the old man's clutches, is probably the happiest person.
Other bases are either searching for systems or struggling against the extreme cold; none of them are having an easy time.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com