Chapter 190: The Price
Shen Tingyu reached out and grabbed the yellow fox's paw, snatched it down from mid-air, lifted it upside down and shook it three times.
"You want to run away without explaining yourself clearly? No way."
“Even if you escape this time, as long as I am still breathing, I will continue to report and complain about you.” Shen Tingyu’s eyes emitted a strange light, and his tone was slightly fierce.
The yellow fox was accidentally attacked by her and was hung upside down in the air. A slender finger was pointing at the tip of its nose threateningly, and the meaningful and kind smile on its lips disappeared.
"You are just a low-level tasker, and you were able to catch me!"
"Let go."
The yellow fox struggled in her hands, thinking that the tasker who could harbor such great resentment was indeed extraordinary.
It seems that his complaint this time will not be resolved so easily. She doesn't seem to be easily fooled. This is really troublesome.
Thinking of this, he simply stopped struggling.
"I can explain, but you have to let me go first."
Shen Tingyu snorted coldly. She was not stupid. What if she let go and this cunning fox ran away in one turn? Where would she go to cry?
She would not let go of the chance to survive before her death.
And this cunning fox was clearly trying to fool her.
Upon hearing this, Shen Tingyu lifted it up in the air with both hands. Although it was not hanging upside down, it was not any better. "Let's put it this way, or do you still want to run away?"
The yellow fox felt a little guilty, but he could only accept his fate and explain it to her.
"I didn't mean to run away."
"I have already solved your problem, and it's time for me to leave. This is the normal process. It's useless even if you continue to complain to me." He stiffened his neck, looked up at her with a faint smile.
Shen Tingyu laughed angrily, "My body is gone, only my soul is left, half-dead, invisible and intangible. This is your solution, and you are stuck here with a bug!"
"No, you must give me a body, the body of a young human woman!"
"My requirements aren't high. Just follow my transformed form..."
The yellow fox widened his eyes and interrupted her: "Wait..., your request is not high enough!"
"Your puppet body has been burned. If your soul hadn't been taken out, you would have died long ago."
The fox's eyes rolled slightly, and he curled his lips in a faint smile: "If you want to be resurrected, you must complete the mission."
Shen Tingyu stared at him with her eyes, “Are you lying to me?”
Fox turned to look at the system behind her: "I'm not lying to you. If you don't believe me, ask that rookie system."
Humph, an internship system, what do you know.
A mere low-level tasker actually dared to hold me upside down. This is the price of threatening me!
Xiao Qi: "Host, what he said is true..."
Shen Tingyu raised an eyebrow, “I don’t believe it.”
"You must have other ideas."
The yellow fox waved his hand calmly, "I can't resurrect you, but there is a way to make others see you. It just... requires a little price."
Shen Tingyu asked cautiously: "What's the price?"
The yellow fox smiled kindly: "Of course, I will use the rest of your lifespan now."
"You have one stick of incense left to live."
"If you fail to complete the mission within one stick of incense, your remaining soul will be wiped out."
"But if you fail to complete the mission before your soul dies, you will truly die."
"I've said everything I should and shouldn't have said. Even if you continue to complain to me, it's useless. I'm already doing my best to help you."
The fox raised his eyes and glared angrily: "So, tasker, why don't you let go quickly!"
Shen Tingyu knew that this cunning fox was not so kind, but she had no bargaining chips to negotiate, so she could only let him go.
[Ding, your complaint has been processed. I wish you a happy life~]
As the yellow fox disappeared, his hearty voice rang out, followed by his violent and sharp curses.
[Damn tasker, what did you do to this fox! How dare you pull out my beautiful fur? Don’t let me see you again (mad)]
Playing with the fox fur that emitted a warm glow in the palm of his hand, Shen Tingyu's dull mood became better.
Even if he was lying to me, it didn't matter.
Xiao Qi floated out from behind her, looking at her with admiring eyes, and said from the bottom of his heart: "Host, you are so amazing. You can actually draw energy from the A-level system."
"What a pure energy body! Xiao Qi has never seen one before."
Clenching the glowing hair in his palm, Shen Tingyu looked at the system with a slightly complicated look.
"Tell me, why are you hiding it?"
Xiao Qi's whole ball became neat and tidy: "Xiao Qi's strength is too weak. Without exception, the hosts he led failed to complete the mission, so he has never been able to become a regular host."
"There were so many failures that even the chosen taskers were snatched away by other systems."
"Some mission participants, seeing I was a trainee commander and a weak character, would laugh at me and look down on me. Xiao Qi had done her best to help them, but they simply wouldn't listen to Xiao Qi and resorted to various treachery, leading to mission failures. This cycle repeats itself."
"So Xiao Qi is still an intern commander."
"Xiao Qi is really not a useless general. Xiao Qi has suffered so much..."
When talking about his sad past, Xiao Qi was filled with grievances and immersed in his own emotions. He couldn't help but burst into tears, and his whole body was shrinking and sobbing.
Shen Tingyu's expression moved slightly, and she recalled the time when the system said it would go back for an upgrade.
Although Xiaoqi is a little clumsy, it is really helping me.
She sighed slightly, that's all...
She reached out and touched the system's head. "Don't cry. Although Xiaoqi is very weak now, I believe that Xiaoqi will become the most powerful system one day."
The big hand touching its head was so warm. Instead of disliking it more, the host was comforting it.
Xiao Qi couldn't help crying even louder: "Host, you are so good. You are the best host Xiao Qi has ever seen."
"It's all Xiaoqi's fault. Xiaoqi shouldn't have kept it from you, wuwuwu..."
Shen Tingyu: "Okay Xiaoqi, do you know what this energy body is used for?"
The ball of light wiped away the tears with both fists and replied with a soft sob: "Host, this is a good thing."
"Our system relies on energy. For our system, this is a very valuable strength-enhancing pill."
"Although the energy you have is not much, it is absolutely pure. It will not only make Xiaoqi stronger, but also strengthen your soul and slow down the dissipation of your soul."
"Host, let me help you merge."
Speaking of the mission, Xiaoqi became more energetic and stopped crying.
The warm fox fur in the palm of his hand turned into a soft and dazzling ball of light, which flew directly into Shen Tingyu's body and turned into a warm current flowing to his limbs and bones.
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