Thinking that the elf sister knew about her system, and that Lian Han probably knew as well, she didn't hide anything, saying, "Xiao Ya is the system I'm bound to."
"Xiaoya said that the method of awakening spiritual power as a talent attribute was abandoned by humans in their time. This is because they discovered that spiritual power is the purest and most fundamental power before awakening a talent attribute. Although it is strengthened in certain aspects after awakening a talent, spiritual power will gradually become singular, and breakthroughs will be very difficult afterward. It can be said that it is completely a losing proposition."
"In this situation, once humanity developed mental source techniques, the path of awakening was directly abandoned. But instead of awakening, humanity found another way to create mental source techniques."
"Spiritual Source Techniques, or Source Techniques for short, come in a variety of types. Once mastered, they are no less valuable than the talents gained after spiritual awakening. Your talent attribute has been awakened as Blocked, so I can directly learn Blocked Source Techniques. I might be weaker than you at first, and it will take me longer, but I can learn other Source Techniques later!"
"Furthermore, my mental strength is close to the origin, so the same output consumes less mental strength, allowing me to completely crush you at the same level! You awakened the blocking talent, but I can directly learn blocking source techniques. I might be weaker than you at first and it will take longer, but I can learn other source techniques later! Moreover, my mental strength is close to the origin, so the same output consumes less mental strength, which might allow me to completely crush you at the same level..."
Pei Sumei described exactly what the system Xiaoya had said back then, without any changes.
Lian Han listened quietly to her finish speaking, then asked, "Since you mentioned having source techniques, how's your learning going?"
"I've learned a few, but their power doesn't seem very strong. It seems I need to wait until my mental strength advances further." Pei Sumei said with some helplessness.
"Do you think your mental strength can still advance?" Lian Han raised an eyebrow.
"What do you mean?" Pei Sumei's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly felt something was wrong.
Indeed, Lian Han took out a card, a flash of black light appeared, and it entered Pei Sumei's brow. After that, the chattering Xiao Ya immediately fell silent.
What did you do?
"It's just to prevent him from going down a path of mutual destruction." After saying that, Lian Han continued the previous topic, "I don't know what the outside world is like, or what his era was like, but in the interstellar age, you can't go against the rules here. Simply put, when you go to a place, you have to abide by its rules."
Pei Sumei frowned, vaguely understanding something, but not quite grasping it.
"A-level mental power awakening attribute, this is the rule of this world. And you—have broken the rule."
Pei Sumei's heart skipped a beat. "What will happen if the rules are broken?"
“Not so great,” Lian Han said, then added, “It’s just that I’ll never reach S rank.”
What? Pei Sumei's face turned deathly pale, but Lian Han continued, "Of course, your system might have a way to help you advance further, but you'll definitely have to exchange something for it."
Pei Sumei remained silent; what she said made perfect sense. Because aside from the initial body-tempering fluid and the Gran fluid that directly ended her mental power attribute, Xiao Ya was now asking her to exchange energy ore for what she needed.
Pei Sumei paused for a moment, then asked, "Does my sister also have a system?"
"have."
"What kind of system does your sister have?" Pei Sumei asked curiously.
"Card system."
"Cards?"
Pei Sumei thought of the elf sister and couldn't help but exclaim, "Amazing! No wonder the elf sister is so amazing, she's like a real person."
"Do you have anything to say about your system?" Lian Han immediately steered the conversation back on track.
Pei Sumei paused for a moment, then said, "Xiao Ya has his own selfish motives, but he's also doing it for himself. Everyone looks out for themselves."
Lian Han frowned slightly. "You should be able to guess that systems fight each other just like we humans do."
Pei Sumei pouted, "So the weak should be eliminated?"
"He should have told you that he was referring to an external system."
Pei Sumei nodded, and Lian Han continued, "The card system was born out of the needs of interstellar rules, and is recognized by the rules, taking it as its mission to promote interstellar development. On the other hand, the foreign system comes from other worlds, and its purpose is to seize the power of the rules of a world. Its intentions are despicable. So if you encounter it, it's either you or me who dies."
Pei Sumei clicked her tongue in surprise. So that was the reason? She wanted to ask Xiaoya why she lied to her, but quickly realized they couldn't contact each other now. However, her sister rarely spoke so decisively; since she had said so, it was probably the only way out.
But Xiaoya...
"This is probably the difference between a biological son and a stepson. What's more, this stepson wants to seize the family business, so wouldn't he be eliminated by the legitimate son?"
After Lian Han finished speaking, he added, "However, erasing that system might have an impact on you. Once an external system binds to a selected host, it will reside in your mental sea, just like you are now. But it is, after all, an outsider, and it cannot be without any support. You should have something related to the system on you. Destroying that thing will eliminate the external system. But at the same time, your mental sea will suffer irreparable damage for colluding with the external system."
Pei Sumei's expression changed, and after a long silence, she asked, "Sister Xiaohan, do you really have to do this?"
Instead of answering, Lian Han asked, "Do you really need to protect that system?"
Pei Sumei remained silent. If she hadn't known the harm Xiao Ya had caused, she would have pleaded for him, but now—even she knew that his theft of the power of the rules had harmed everyone.
So Pei Sumei finally gave a wry smile and took a silver ring off her hand, saying, "Sister, you do it."
Is this something belonging to the system?
Lian Han looked at Pei Sumei, "Xiao Mei, will you hate me?"
Pei Sumei shook her head. "I was too eager for power and too eager to become stronger. I completed the binding hastily without properly analyzing the pros and cons. I thought I had obtained a treasure—sister is right, that was my biggest mistake." Finally, Pei Sumei added, "If my sea of consciousness is really damaged, sister, you must protect me in the future."
Lian Han smiled. Xiao Mei was still the same Xiao Mei she knew, but she—Lian Han closed her eyes and asked: [Is erasing the external system the only way?]
In that case, Xiao Mei's sea of consciousness... She became an A-level person at the age of 12 through her own efforts! How could she destroy such talent?
The system finally responded again: [Initial assessment indicates the intruder is an energy system, lacking offensive capabilities, and can be subdued.]
[Subjugate?] Lian Han's eyes lit up; was this a sudden turn of events?
[Host, don't be too happy yet. If you fail to subdue it, you will face the danger of your realm falling, and you may never be able to advance again.] The system poured cold water on your hopes.
[Tell me how to do it.]
The system didn't answer, but instead threw a memory into Lian Han's sea of consciousness. In her view, subduing a foreign system was too risky; it was better to just destroy it and be done with it. That's why she hadn't mentioned before that foreign systems could be subdued.
But this host—she had actually considered disobeying the system's mission! She had no choice but to back down. The card system couldn't abandon this host unless absolutely necessary, after all…
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