Chapter 17
"You mean he's missing..." The other party was silent for a moment, then asked, "Or, his body has been confirmed dead, but you think his soul is still alive?"
"The latter." Yan Yunzhen said.
"I don't know." The other party said bluntly, "Although I am a system, I am not omnipotent. I have my own expertise."
Yan Yunzhen looked out the window silently.
As a host who had traveled through many worlds, or rather, a quick traveler, he knew the system wasn't lying. Systems, like humans, each had its own responsibilities. This time, the male god system was leading him to complete his mission, and it wasn't particularly skilled at such tasks. Furthermore, the system's capabilities and authority were generally tied to the difficulty of the mission, and compared to other worlds, this one was ridiculously easy. He should have achieved his goal quickly and successfully, but he hadn't expected that he, who had always refused romantic quests, would fall prey to an extraordinary little creature in this ordinary world.
The night was as thick as ink, and in the distance the sea and the sky met. The salty sea breeze made the curtains look like inflated sails, rustling beside him. Apart from the distant sound of waves, it seemed that this was the only sound left between heaven and earth.
He recalled the young man whose father was a major general in the navy and army. He had once said to someone that he was born in a military hospital in a port on the Pacific coast. He was the son of the sea, so he had a special fondness for everything related to the sea. Yan Yunzhen seemed to be listening nonchalantly at the time, but a thought suddenly popped up in his mind: I was also born in a port on the seaside, coincidentally, it was also the Pacific Ocean. Would you also have a fondness for me?
"Did you sense something unusual, so you contacted me again?" The system's voice interrupted his recollection. "I don't think you really want to catch up with me."
"I recently felt that there was someone who looked a lot like him." Yan Yunzhen sighed, "I gradually realized that people like him... I don't think anyone should be like him."
So eye-catching, so brilliant, he obviously had the confidence to look down on everyone, but he always insisted on being humble towards the people and things around him. He obviously could have a smoother path, but he insisted on sticking to his dream. He always remembered the light that ignited in that person's eyes when he talked about acting. That was true love, so pure that it made people subconsciously want to protect this piece of pure land.
He was a man who was unique to Yan Yunzhen. He was outstanding, yet he didn't intimidate others. Even when he was arrogantly showing off or even challenging him, Yan Yunzhen only felt that he was a puffed-up cat, and he always felt a secret sense of enjoyment in his heart, because he knew that this person only showed this side of him in front of him, a feeling similar to being spoiled and arrogant. Lu Zixi was very smart. Although he didn't do it deliberately, he subconsciously knew how to show his difference and get his attention.
Yan Yunzhen wanted to ask, do you know that showing your affection and respect for me without reservation in front of me is a very dangerous thing. I won't like a cat that comes to me on its own initiative, but I will like you who comes to me on your own initiative. More importantly, I can show my affection for a cat, but I can't just say I like you casually.
"Nonsense! How could someone actually look like him? Even if they do, I don't know how much of a discount they'd have," the system scoffed. "You have to understand that your original mission was to accumulate adoration points to become the nation's male idol. The database shows that your only possible obstacle is him. His various indicators are no worse than yours. Do you understand what that means?"
"I know." Yan Yunzhen sighed.
"You know shit." Although the system's tone was still cold and electronic, Yan Yunzhen could still sense its anger. "You know you shouldn't have led him down the path of the entertainment industry! And you shouldn't have given him the green light in the future! You're a host! What's going on in your head? Even if you've never carried out a mission with a romantic connection, even if you're deeply immersed in this body this time, you wouldn't fall so seriously in love with a native of this world, right? You said you wanted to give up the mission, and you couldn't just stare at him covetously, but what was the result?"
"He is dead now." Yan Yunzhen said softly.
"Do you want to restart the mission?" The system finally returned to normal. "Then I'll clean up..."
"No," Yan Yunzhen said, "I want you to help me find him."
"Crazy?" The system was baffled. "Didn't he tell others back then that he didn't like you? Why are you still reminiscing about it?"
"I don't believe he doesn't like me, he just doesn't dare to go down that path. I won't force him, but I am indeed disappointed, so disappointed that his image in my heart has been discounted. So from now on, bridges are bridges, roads are roads, that's all." Yan Yunzhen said, "I really regard him as my first love, but I am disgusted by the white moonlight complex. No one is a substitute for anyone else. I need a correct explanation for my abnormality."
"I'll give you a precise whereabouts, but you'll have to complete the task for me when the time comes." The system was silent for a moment before saying, "You've actually developed quite well over the years."
"Really?" Yan Yunzhen smiled and pointed to his heart. "Right here, it's a little empty."
But I'm used to it.
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[Quick Transmigration System Red Packet Group]
【Male God System】: Guys, please help me!
【Male God System】: [Send red envelope with password: Charm value upx5] Come out!
【Male God System】: Come out!
【Apocalypse Survival System】: Come out everyone!
【White Moonlight System】: Come out everyone!
【Watermelon Eating System】: Come out everyone!
【Ancient Farming System】: Come out!
[Apocalypse Survival System]: Hey, man, I find your system is unfair! You can grab the red envelopes you sent yourself, why are you so reluctant to give them away?
[Male God System]: Go away, get out of here, you're taking advantage of me.
【White Moonlight System】: Why are you calling us out?
【Male God System】: It’s useless to call out... @Eating Watermelon System Hey, I haven’t seen you much before, what do you do?
【Eating melon system】: ...just, the melon seller
[Apocalypse Survival System]: Part-time job selling acting skills, aura, interpersonal relationships, etc. I really envy it for finding a good host. There are new discoveries every day, and I can always dig out red envelopes from the host.
[Male God System]: ...Then this sounds useless.
【Apocalypse Survival System】: Hey, what difficulties are you facing? Tell us all about it.
[White Moonlight System]: Yes, so that we can be happy.
【Eating Melon System】:……???
[Male God System]: ??? Spit out my red envelope!
[Cultivation System]: You're noisy again, nagging all day long, how disgraceful!
[Apocalypse Survival System]: [wiping sweat] Can you change your words when you're scolding me...
[Cultivation System]: [Angry] You are the one who nags the most!
[Male God System]: Boss, help! @Cultivation System My host has fallen in love with a human in the real world. That person is confirmed dead physically, but now my host suspects that they are not dead, but have traveled through time and space to another person. How can I confirm this?
[Eating Watermelon System]: Well...if you don't mean any harm, can't you just ask directly?
[Male God System]: ...Have you deleted the host identity confidentiality rules? No host can proactively reveal their identity to others, otherwise it will be considered a mission failure and will be kicked out of the world directly.
[Cultivation System]: There is no solution. You can only test each other, find the flaws, and force the other party to reveal their flaws first.
【Male God System】: ...orz
【Eating Watermelon System】: ...
【Apocalypse Survival System】: What’s wrong with you?
【Eating Watermelon System】: I... I'm fine, I'll log off first.
Outside the phone, Lu Zixi, who was originally a little alert because Yan Yunzhen might be the host, stared at the screen, watching the male god system recount the various deeds of the host and the person who needed to be found. The more he read, the colder he felt on his spine.
It can't really be... such a coincidence...
Why did he always feel that the description of this male god system always matched him in some way...
What entertainment industry big shot? I met him in high school, but it ended before it even started, and he passed away ten years later...
The systems in the red envelope group were still chatting, giving advice to the Male God System one by one, and the Male God System carefully recorded it, such as Plan 1 "Give you a CD from the past", Plan 2 "For you, I was exposed to the cold wind and shed tears when I was lonely", until it recorded Plan 14 "Shoot a bullet hard in my heart and let everything return to zero with this loud noise", and then realized that it was my Lyrics Memorizing System that was messing up. I was so angry that I chased after it and cursed it, and then was banned for two days by the Cultivation System on the grounds that it was "not worthy of being in a formal setting".
Lu Zixi couldn't help but frown as he looked at the chaotic chat records.
Maybe he was overthinking it. Someone like Yan Yunzhen, even if he was the host, wouldn't have such an out-of-line system...
I hope so.
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