The narrow passage was almost entirely filled with surging vines. When those sharp vine spikes, enough to pierce a person right through, came at Ruan Qing'an, there wasn't even room to dodge!
Her expression darkened slightly, and she took a deep breath.
Just as Ruan Qingan was preparing for a desperate fight, the vines that were rushing towards him suddenly slowed down as they approached, and only brushed against Ruan Qingan's slender, exposed ankles in an almost intimate manner.
After leaving an ambiguous red mark, it actually pulled Ruan Qing'an up her feet and down, dragging her whole body towards it.
"hiss--"
Ruan Qing'an gasped, forced to stand before the mechanical life support device, where Shi Yi's handsome and refined face met her gaze.
The situation took a sudden turn for the worse, leaving even 037 completely bewildered.
It wasn't until it realized what was happening and saw Ruan Qing'an being controlled and about to be forcibly freed that 037 quickly raised its voice.
[Save him!]
After the initial emotional turmoil subsided, Ruan Qing'an calmed down, and the surrounding vines seemed to become obedient again, merely binding and restraining her without even exerting any force. As for the other roots, they once again surged into the mechanical life support device.
As if startled, the pace of offerings increased once again.
Ruan Qingan gripped the hilt of his Tang sword tightly, ensuring he could react quickly to any unexpected situation, before asking, "What exactly happened?"
037: [Ancestor, do you remember me telling you that the abnormal energy fluctuations here are very similar to those in S City? My calculation system originally suggested that it might be due to the mutated plant itself, but that's not actually the case.]
To be precise, it's not because they are all homologous mutant plants, but because the upper-level gene sequences controlling them originate from the same source, which leads to energy fluctuations with such high similarity!
Ruan Qing'an paused: "You mean... Zhou Ziqi?"
037: [No, Eleven is Eleven, and the male lead is the male lead.]
However, what they have in common is that, according to the world's consciousness, they are the same person, or share a common origin—simply put, their ancestors; they have a symbiotic relationship.
Eleven cannot die, otherwise Zhou Ziqi will also be doomed.
What 037 said was a bit abstract, but Ruan Qing'an understood its meaning. Regardless of whether Shi Yi was the main god or not, she could not kill him, otherwise the mission target Zhou Ziqi would be buried with him.
Upon hearing this, Ruan Qing'an closed his eyes and calmed down completely.
The underground passage was deathly silent. Ruan Qing'an was entangled in vines. If he disturbed them in a short time, it would be a deadly battle, and he would have no way to escape. If he did not sense any malice, he could only wait.
Although the root system has accelerated the supply of nutrients, it will still take some time for Shiyi to recover in a short period of time.
037 cautiously said, "Ancestor, so... so why did you immediately want to attack Shiyi the moment you saw her? You said you'd tell me when we met again..."
"Oh, I was just kidding."
【！！！】
Ruan Qing'an half-closed his eyes before saying, "Just kidding. If you want to know, then I'll tell you, little system."
She spoke softly, subconsciously turning her head to look at Shiyi with her eyes closed. The familiar eyebrow and eye contours and the dark green data stream were visible. Only when she got closer could she see the faint traces of mechanical structure on Shiyi's face. But without close inspection, she was no different from a human.
"When I joined the Administration Bureau as a mission taker, the Supreme God was a newly manufactured system, numbered x09. I was its first host, and to be precise, its last."
"Before I was sealed, all the missions were handled by him together. Little system, you should be able to see my past mission records in the file now. If nothing unexpected happens... we should continue to cooperate. We are the Bureau's golden partners."
Systems starting with 'x' are among the most advanced.
As Ruan Qingan's second system after succeeding the main god x09, he suddenly felt immense pressure and wiped away non-existent cold sweat.
037: [Then how did you get sealed by the main god, ancestor?]
Wait a minute, how did he become a god?!
"It's not difficult. The two of us killed the previous chief god."
Oh, I see. That's definitely not the case.
037 realized: [Holy crap, you two killed the main god?! No, wait, why did you kill the main god so casually, like taking a walk after dinner and casually buying a drink?!]
"When the previous chief god dies, there will be a next chief god."
That makes sense, but it's also—037 gave up and said, "[It's alright, Ancestor, please continue. I'll light your cigarette.]"
Ruan Qingan paused before saying, "The reason for the later change was that the 'tool' fell in love with the 'master,' and the 'master' became attached to the 'tool.' Ha... a cliché plot, isn't it?"
"But how do you combine a tasker and a piece of data?"
037 realized what was happening: "So, therefore?"
Her leaden-gray eyes were half-closed, with a hint of mockery: "So, I used up all my points and all my authority in the Administration Bureau to try to turn x09's data into consciousness, and with the help of the world consciousness of this plane, I separated him from the system."
"But consciousness alone cannot survive, so I used up all the rewards for the next fifty years of missions in advance to create a body for him, so that he could temporarily bear his consciousness."
"x09 has a human body and human thoughts, so I named him 'Xie Huainan'."
As soon as Ruan Qing'an finished speaking, she keenly sensed a gaze falling on her. She subconsciously looked at Shi Yi and chuckled, "Little system, it seems like I won't be able to finish this time."
"Next time, I'll finish telling you the rest of the story."
Having said that, Ruan Qing'an gripped the hilt of her knife tightly. She closed her eyes, and a sharp blade of light instantly appeared around her, severing the vines as she landed lightly on the ground. But just as she was about to retreat—
The root system, which had been quiet for only a moment, began to stir again.
The underground passage was densely packed with people. When Ruan Qing'an was almost exhausted, he was completely entangled by vines and tied up in front of Shi Yi.
Faced with this near-utterly helpless situation, she instinctively frowned, raised her knife, and pointed it at Shiyi: "I know you're awake. Stop right now, or I'll kill you—"
'Ding!'
The vines wrapped around her arm, carrying her knife, and pierced the man's chest. Beneath the torn skin, there was no flesh or blood, only intricate structure. As the only barrier between them, the man personally pushed the blade into his chest, closing the distance between them.
He opened his dark green eyes, the mechanical arms around him shattering inch by inch, as he tried to reach out to her—
This is an embrace through a blade, a heart pierced.
"If I were to initiate, could I give you a hug?"
"Long time no see, host."
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