The sequel to OE that “we” are looking forward to (Part 20)
Jiang Yuanshi and Z01 looked at each other. This day had finally come.
Regardless of whether this recall is true or false, they have been tricked into having paranoid delusions and it is hard not to suspect that this is a trap.
The village chief outside the door stared at Z01 intently: [Z01, please return quickly to avoid delaying the host's subsequent tasks.]
Z01: "Okay, but before I leave, let me say a few words to the host."
[Please return quickly, Z01. The Lord God has requested this. Time is pressing.]
Z01 said calmly, "This is a temporary arrangement. Before I leave my post, I must take safety measures for my host. Otherwise, you will be responsible for ensuring my host's safety. If anything were to happen to my host, it would not only negatively impact my work, but would also cause other hosts and the system to have a negative view of the Lord God's decision. We cannot allow the Lord God's decision to be tainted, affecting the reputation of the Transmigrating Bookstore and everyone's performance, right?"
【……】
The superior system that issued the order was speechless. Xiaolong, who was lying on Z01's shoulder, clapped silently and marveled at the height of the ascent.
Z01 asked politely, "So, what do you think?"
[…Of course you can. Please do it as soon as possible, within 10 minutes.]
"Okay, thank you." Z01 said, and walked out with Jiang Yuanshi. The superior system was puzzled, "Where are you going?"
Z01: "We're going to pick the vegetables. It's a lot of work, and I need to help. Why don't you come too?"
Probably they didn't expect Z01 to do such a thing after buying time. The superior system refused silently. Anyway, Z01 couldn't escape, so they let them go.
In order to expand the area, they also bought a piece of land outside the village and planted it with crops. Z01 harvested quickly and finished the harvest with a wave of his hand. Jiang Yuanshi, who was leaning on his shoulder, said speechlessly: "So you were so diligent in farming before, it was all on purpose?"
Z01: "You were the one who said you wanted to experience gaming life."
Jiang Yuanshi: "Okay, but I didn't expect you to be so fast. So there are still 6 minutes left. What are you going to do?"
Z01 moved swiftly, almost teleporting. With a wave of his hand, he finished defeating the monsters in the wild and put them into his backpack. He then instantly went to the shop in Wuxiu City and bought new items. He returned to the kitchen in the Novice Village and cooked the remaining ingredients into a dish and stored it in his backpack. He then returned to his bedroom and waved his hand. A pile of gold coins appeared before his eyes. He said, "This is your new bed. If I'm not back by now, you can fill it yourself."
Jiang Yuanshi hadn't understood what the other party meant when he heard a "ding" sound and a light screen popped up in front of him. Looking at the interface, Z01 seemed to have transferred all the permissions of the hero character to Jiang Yuanshi. The two of them hadn't discussed the subsequent plans along the way, but just worked as usual. But now Jiang Yuanshi took a deep breath and said, "What are you doing? Are you entrusting your orphan to me?"
Z01 was puzzled and said, "The time in the system world is different from that in other worlds. I'm just worried that you'll be bored and hungry if you wait too long. This will ensure that you can move freely and safely."
"Then why didn't you do this before?"
"Because I haven't left, leaving this world system is equivalent to a hero logging out, so I have the opportunity to transfer my authority to you. As for entrusting you with my care, I promised to die with you, so I won't disappear alone. Even if I die, I will come to your side before I die and take you away."
It sounded like the arrival of death. Jiang Yuanshi smiled helplessly and accepted the answer. Z01 continued, "I hope you can fulfill my long-cherished wish then."
"..." Jiang Yuanshi said, "Okay, but only if you can come back dead."
"Okay, I understand." Z01 put Xiaolong on the bed. Jiang Yuanshi watched the other party reaching out towards his face, but finally paused and turned to pull his hand.
10 minutes passed quickly, and Z01's figure began to disappear. Jiang Yuanshi watched Z01 disappear from his sight. Before disappearing, he seemed to hear a strange sound, very crisp, like the sound of jade colliding, but he could not find the source.
The house was silent. Xiaolong stood on the bed. The ordinary room in the past now seemed extremely spacious and empty.
Jiang Yuanshi flapped his wings and flew out. When he reached the door and opened it, he saw only the back of the village chief leaving.
Everything returned to normal, but this time there was no hero, only a little dragon.
Xiaolong returned to the house and burrowed into the pile of gold coins, not moving again.
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[Beep—Welcome back to the system lobby]
Z01 stood in the empty hall without receiving any instructions. He looked at the systems coming and going and working as usual, and without hesitation, he went to the management office to handle the formalities.
The management office's system: "Hello, are you handling the mail retrieval procedure here?"
"Yes," Z01 gave the exact date. "This email was sent to me by my host, but I haven't received it yet. Please retrieve it as soon as possible."
"Okay, I'll check for you," the management system said as it operated. After a while, Z01's email beeped, "Please open it and see if it's the email you're missing."
Z01 clicked on it the moment it was sent. It was a red rectangle with the word "peace" written in gold on it.
The email also contained a very brief message from Jiang Yuanshi: "Have a safe journey."
Z01 clicked to accept, and the amulet appeared in his hand. It turned out to be made of cloth and had a very thick feel.
As Z01 fumbled with the amulet, the management office's system greeted him with a professional greeting: "You and the host have a really good relationship. The host actually spent his willpower to give the system something. You're quite worthy of me. But it's a little strange. Logically, there weren't any problems with the bureau during that time. I don't know why, but only your email was withheld that day."
Z01 paused and asked, "Detained? Didn't they say the transmission failed due to signal problems?"
The management office's system said, "Ah... well, I see from your records that you haven't returned to the system world recently, right? Then you might not know that there was an unexpected virus in the bookstore's database. It was found to be mixed in with emails, so the Lord God ordered a thorough investigation of all emails at that time. Any problematic ones were detained. But since you were able to retrieve it, it proves that there is no problem. Please rest assured."
"I see. Thank you," Z01 said. "By the way, I need to take care of one more thing."
"Okay, what is it?"
“Asset transfer.”
The system of the management office hummed twice as usual. This is very common in the system. Generally, it is the sharing and transfer of property between systems in a partner relationship. Of course, there are also hosts and systems. After all, there are many love-brained systems in these systems. They foolishly transfer their own wages to the host just to help the host complete the task. If they are lucky, they will become real partners. If they are unlucky, they will naturally be cheated of everything, losing both feelings and money. However, there are also hosts who dedicate their willpower to the system. Anyway, they have everything and it is also eye-opening.
“Uh-huh, you want an asset transfer…?”
The management system felt something was wrong as it was talking, so it looked at the system that handled the procedures.
No, this is Z01.
"Excuse me... you want to transfer assets? But this system only allows it when you're in a partnership."
Z01 calmly took out a scroll, which was the [Marriage Certificate].
He pointed to his partner's name and said firmly, with an expression as if the management system had crashed, "Please transfer all of this to my partner, who is also my host, Jiang Yuanshi."
The management system clicked several times before it restarted. He took the scroll and looked at it again and again. It was really a marriage certificate, honest and trustworthy. Although it was from the mission world, it was filled out with real names and was still valid, so it was really considered authentic in the system.
The management system took a breath, tried to keep smiling and said: "Although this is indeed a proof of partnership, it is only temporary. Please consider it again and do not act on impulse." Don't fall in love!
Z01 said calmly, "I've thought it through clearly. As for the temporary certificate, it's because extramarital affairs in the host's world require proof of long-term residence. Also, same-sex marriages in the host's world are difficult, so having a certificate is already good enough."
The management system keeps smiling: What’s the good thing?
It was obvious that this was a permanent marriage, so what happened? Was the sales champion kidnapped by humans?
The management office's system silently said, "One thing is that your asset management office does not have the authority to query. You need the approval of the Lord God. We can only help you transfer your assets, but we do not have the authority to enable the transfer."
At this point, Z01 took out a video and an e-book. These were the guarantees the main gods had made to Z01 many years ago when they had misappropriated and confiscated his salary. It clearly stated that if Z01 wanted to get his salary back, he could show these to the relevant department at any time and use them directly.
There are videos and letters as evidence, and even the divine handprints of each main god.
The management system took the certificate with an official smile and said, "Okay, we'll handle the asset transfer for you. However, due to your asset issues, we need to notify the Lord God. Once the Lord God takes action, even if you have the certificate and we approve it, it will be difficult to complete the formalities. We may even lock up your assets. Are you sure?"
Z01 watched the management system enter the certificates into the database and said calmly, "Sure, no problem."
All the formalities were ready, and the asset transfer process went smoothly without any problems. It seemed that even the Lord God agreed to this relationship. After Z01 received absolute assurance from the management office confirming that the transfer was correct, he thanked them expressionlessly and left.
It was not until Z01's figure completely disappeared from the management office that the management system burst into a shocking scream. He could not help but use all his energy to share the melon with his colleagues in the transfer room. Although the signal was a little stuck and the transmission was a little slow, after the procedures were completed, the information spread to every system like a virus. It can be said that one spread to ten, and ten spread to a hundred. When it only reached 0.1 system, almost all systems had fallen in love with the host and paid their wages for love.
The system also loves gossip and is curious about what kind of creature could have abducted Z01. Under the anonymous system's sharing message, the name Jiang Yuanshi, along with his appearance and life experience, spread throughout the book-transmitting agency.
It was a long creature with extreme appearance reviews, both good and bad. Those who thought it was good-looking thought it was super good-looking, while those who thought it was ordinary thought it was super ordinary. But that was not the point. The point was that this creature could also make games, and the characters in the games were very cool, which won the favor of the system. For a while, the topic shifted, and many systems began to analyze how much it would cost to import the character images in their games into the system skin library, and even began to fantasize about crowdfunding.
The information network of the system world is widely interconnected, including among the main gods. The main gods who learned of this news initially just regarded it as a joke. Without their consent, Z01 would never succeed. However, not long after, all the main gods received the news of Z01's asset transfer, and most of the system funds were lost at once. Many old antiques who supported killing Z01 could not help but smash the round table, and the meeting was forced to be suspended.
"It's only been 1.5 system hours since Z01 came back. What's going on in the management office? Why didn't they report it?" The bearded old god was so angry that his beard stood up. But before he could finish his words, he heard a beep and a new message came. He clicked it and saw that it was a message to notify the gods. However, the message was sent 1 system hour ago, but the gods had just received it. The reason was: signal delay.
The Lord God: “…”
The Lord God couldn't get rid of Z01, so he subconsciously went to find fault with the management office. However, the news he reported contained their proof. That was the ritual they used to trick Z01 into handing over his salary. In order to prevent Z01 and other systems from feeling abnormal, and to show the Lord God's thoughtfulness and consideration, they worked together to leave a proof. At that time, they knew that an emotionless monster like Z01 would not be able to use this proof, but they didn't expect that there would be such a day when they would be tricked by themselves.
That was the willpower accumulated in order to kill Z01, and now it’s all in the hands of that human. What should I do now?
At this moment, a certain god, who had been slacking off on his exam, shook his paper, making a rustling sound that attracted the attention of the other gods. Ysl404 said casually, "Why don't we all contribute our own efforts and use that human as a carrier? They have such a good relationship, so maybe if their abilities are equal, they can coexist harmoniously. That way, there won't be any fighting."
The bearded Lord God snorted heavily after hearing this. "You're quite quick-witted. I think you contributed to Z01's actions. Did you intend to do this from the beginning?"
Ysl404 scoffed. "My brain is quick because I'm educated. Is your memory failing because of your age? I wasn't even in office when you and Z01 were working on this proof. I just found out today. I'm being speculated about for giving me advice on your mistakes. Are you deliberately trying to put the blame on me? Heaven and earth know for sure. I know nothing."
Before the other main gods could say anything, 404 spoke up again, "If you guys have time to mess with me, why don't you think about what to do next? Funds are tight right now, and Z01's accumulated wish power has already reached 10 billion, barring any accidents. Now that our trump card is gone, we should quickly come up with a better plan than mine."
For a moment, the space was silent, and finally the bearded man said, "I have a solution."
"What?"
"Let that human become a wish power, and then perish together with the resentful power. Aren't they companions? Then let them go together. After all, leaving one behind would be too cruel, wouldn't it?"
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