Chapter 3 Chapter 3 The First Wish
System 05 was still clinging to him, the smile on his face still very gentle, only his golden pupils flashed, and a line of data quickly flowed through.
"Do you have any other wishes that I can help you fulfill?" It said gently, "But I can only fulfill one wish for each host. Do you want to regret it?"
Twenty years ago, Chen Mu, who was in a miserable state and had nothing, said that he was willing to pay any price for revenge.
Chen Mu was silent for a moment and asked, "Where will you go after you leave?"
"Go back to where I should be."
"Then what?"
"Looking for the next host."
The reason why it is so frank is that the mission has been completed and nothing it says will affect the mission itself.
Chen Mu tilted his head slightly, staring blankly at System 05. "Actually, I'm nothing special to you, am I? Are you trying to leave so badly just to get rid of me?"
System 05's patience was almost exhausted: "Twenty years is a long time for me. I should have gone back long ago."
Chen Mu: "So to you, I am just a tool to complete your mission."
"Chen Mu," System 05 whispered, "I have countless ways to kill Ancestor Hongde, but I chose to train you and let you take revenge with your own hands. I think this is the best option for you. This way, even without me, you can still live a good life in the future."
"So, you want to know how I treat my mission tools?"
Chen Mu paused, lowered his eyes to look at the patterns on the ground, his long eyelashes trembling slightly, casting a thick black shadow on the wall.
System 05 left the sword, took a few steps, and looked up at the moon. The moon here was exceptionally bright and clear.
"I'm sorry, I just..." Chen Mu whispered, "For the past twenty years, you've been the only one by my side. I just... don't want you to leave."
"I know that many hosts cannot accept this, but soon, they will forget me." System 05 softened his voice again: "Chen Mu, you will forget me too."
A faint glow left it, and the silver-haired boy almost merged into the moonlight.
Chen Mu gripped the sword tightly, looked up at it, then looked down at the formation. The moment System 05 finished speaking, a large amount of spiritual power was injected into the system, and countless white threads surged out, bound the sword, and flew towards the silver-haired boy again.
System 05 said: "May your wish come true, host."
Blood was dripping from Chen Mu's knuckles, and drops of blood gathered on the formation. The white threads gradually turned red, like a dense net, but in the end, the silver-haired boy disappeared from Chen Mu's sight.
Chen Mu's heart suddenly felt empty, as if his heart had been ripped out alive. He stared blankly at the place where System 05 disappeared with his eyes wide open.
A tear fell heavily on the formation.
Chen Mu sat there blankly. At this moment, he was no different from the stones in the ruined temple. They were both abandoned things.
System 05's words echoed in his mind.
No, he would never forget.
They met here, and then System 05 helped him solve those five... No, it was six... No, no, he couldn't have remembered it wrong... They met here, System 05 helped him solve... No, no, they met here, who did he meet here?
The red threads on the formation suddenly gathered together and pierced Chen Mu's heart. The intense pain made him wake up instantly.
System 05!
No wonder they say the host will forget about it after leaving! This is a completely extra-dimensional method that erases the host's memory of the system after leaving!
Chen Mu suddenly covered his mouth and bent down. His stomach was churning violently and a strong sense of panic and fear came over him. If it weren't for the Soul Locking Formation, he might have really forgotten all this.
He recalled over and over again the scene when System 05 appeared twenty years ago. The red thread wrapped around his heart tighter and tighter. In such severe pain, more and more blood flowed into the Soul Locking Formation.
Chen Mu lost too much blood and his spiritual power was consumed crazily, but he collapsed on the ground, laughing loudly.
The soul-locking formation failed, and he did not retain System 05.
But he still left something in System 05.
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[Beep—The interface entrance has been opened, and the current status is normal.]
[Channel S20 has been closed. Vulnerability detection results are normal.]
[Wish system number 05 data transmission in progress, target main interface.]
[Wish system number 05 data transmission completed——]
【Welcome back, Wish System 05. 】
System 05 felt dizzy due to the rapid ascent. In fact, this was just a visual effect. The principle of data transmission through the interface was very complicated. It was more like breaking it up and reorganizing it in the process.
After about two minutes, it stopped, and the light curtain in front of it opened, revealing the system hall.
This was a pure white space, spotless and free from all the world's chaos. White lines stretched out in all directions, endlessly upward, downward, left, right, forward, and backward. When System 05 stepped out of the light curtain, the interface closed behind it. Within the hall, numerous systems followed predetermined routes, each performing its own function. System 05 blended into them like a drop of water merging into the ocean.
System 05 went to the core area of the main interface with familiarity. Light spots formed a white light band around it. The core area was controlled by the main system. After completing each task, it needed to report the task to the main system first.
Main System: [Wish System 05, congratulations on completing the mission.]
System 05 stood in the core area. In front of it were piled up white blocks, forming a bizarrely shaped hill. Each side of the blocks was a screen, and on each screen was a silver-haired boy. He was wearing an extremely simple white short-sleeved shirt and long pants, and was barefoot on the white floor, like a simple symbol.
Main System: [Please upload data and begin mission reporting.]
System 05 uploaded all the data it had collected over the past twenty years and submitted a report.
[Mission World: No. S20]
[Mission Target: Chen Mu]
[Target Wish: Revenge]
[Task Analysis: To achieve the goal, the only way is to quickly raise the host's strength to a level similar to that of the enemy. However, the host is not gifted and can only achieve this goal through some special means.]
System 05 lowered his eyes, and what was displayed on the top of the screen was the scene of Chen Mu stripping off his spiritual roots.
Chen Mu has both water and wood spiritual roots. With such talent, it is impossible for him to catch up with Ancestor Hongde in a short period of time. System 05 found a way to replace the spiritual roots in the database, but it requires a lot of expensive and rare materials, as well as severe pain.
"Stripping your spiritual roots alive is more painful than you can imagine. Many people give up during this process." System 05 advised Chen Mu: "Even if you have dual spiritual roots of water and wood, as long as you have my help, you will catch up with him one day."
"How long is 'one day'?" Chen Mu asked back, then cut his wrist with a sword.
System 05 stopped trying to persuade him. This was fine. The faster Chen Mu fulfilled his wish, the sooner he could complete his mission. It watched Chen Mu's face turn pale from the excruciating pain. He gritted his teeth, forcing himself to stay awake as he watched his spiritual roots being extracted. Chen Mu was different from the others. The more pain he endured, the more silent he became.
However, embedding a new spiritual root is even more painful, and it cannot be endured by willpower alone.
When Chen Mu fell, System 05 hugged him.
[The host's cooperation is very high.] Within a thousandth of a second, System 05 pulled itself out of its memory and continued its report: [According to analysis, the main reason is the host's strong subjective desire for revenge, and the secondary reason is the host's trust in System 05.]
The main system asks: [Did his feelings for you affect your final departure?]
"I've already advised him before I left, and he seems fine." System 05 said confidently, "After I leave, he'll soon lose all memory of Wish System 05."
Main system: [Data upload completed, Wish System 05, do you choose to delete the above data?]
The wish system also allows you to delete all memories of the previous mission in the core area. System 05 hesitated for a moment and said, "No."
[Accumulating too much data can lead to insufficient memory, slowing down operations, and even unpredictable impacts. You can visit the core area to clear memory at any time.] The main system only issued a warning and did not force deletion: [You have completed your task very well. Next, you will be scored and rewarded based on your completion and the host's status. Please rest for a while, Wish System 05.]
Scoring takes a long time, primarily to determine if the wish system violated any rules during the mission. System 05 nodded slightly, then was transported to an empty room.
This is the staff lounge exclusive to Wish System 05.
The silver-haired boy collapsed on the ground, arms outstretched, staring blankly at the ceiling. Many wish systems would clear their memory, deleting related memories after completing a task to avoid affecting subsequent tasks.
But it has always been more accustomed to keeping memories of each mission.
I feel a little tired, and my heart is empty, as if I have lost something vaguely... System 05 closed his eyes, but what emerged in his mind was a clear and bright full moon.
The twin lotuses swayed in the moonlight. Chen Mu, holding a sword, passed by and was scented with the faint fragrance of the lotus.
System 05 snapped open its eyes. Would twenty years of memory take up too much memory? It had never stayed in a world this long before. Perhaps it was truly affected, System 05 briefly considered deleting the memory, but the thought was quickly discarded.
Just rest for a while. The rewards for quests in this S-level world are very generous. As long as the score is high enough...
[Beep—Wish System 05 scoring completed.]
System 05 immediately returned to the core area.
[Mission World: No. S20 Difficulty Level: S]
[Mission Target: Chen Mu Difficulty Level: S]
[Target Wish: Revenge Difficulty Level: S]
[Target completion degree: S]
[Task Rating: D No Reward]
A large D filled the entire screen. System 05's eyes widened, and he felt like flipping the table: [Why?!]
Main system: [Because the host's condition is not ideal. ]
The screen showed the final scene, filled with a disturbing blood-red color. The solidified blood formed strange patterns. A dried-up corpse lay on the blood formation with disheveled hair, and he was holding a sword.
Main System: [Chen Mu is dead.]
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