With a loud bang, Wen Xu, who was waiting at the entrance of the miniature garden to enter the mission world, tensed up. He gazed at the billowing smoke in the distance and anxiously looked down at his wristwatch. Time pointed to the moment of departure, and the always punctual No. 1234 had not yet appeared.
Can’t you be a bit quicker? He was eager to enter the mission world to avoid Ji Yiwei!
In fact, Wen Xu was somewhat scared. Before today, he had sent out robots to probe Ji Yiwei under the guise of delivering a fruit plate. He was hiding behind the scenes, initially even slightly complacent, thinking that Ji Yiwei was nothing special.
— Until he was injured by an explosion, losing an eye.
Although the technology of the infinite space was cutting edge, featuring healing pods that could quickly heal his injuries, the palpitations and panic of that moment still left a deep imprint, causing a huge psychological shadow.
Afterward, he personally witnessed Ji Yiwei in the main system space, where fighting is not allowed, madly and unscrupulously chasing and killing Sheng Songshi and his party. In a situation where all abilities were sealed, even the powerful host, Sheng Songshi, could not resist, as if the gap between them was as vast as several oceans. The fact that he was only injured in an eye by the explosion that day was considered light.
Because of the incident with Zhou Yueluo, Wen Xu’s attitude became more radical. He parted ways with Sheng Songshi and the White Bird Plan early, intending to seek freedom in his own way, and using Ji Yiwei was also within his arrangements. But he only thought Ji Yiwei was a madman, never expecting him to be this crazy, nor did he expect the consequences of provoking Ji Yiwei to be so severe.
He will die.
Once Ji Yiwei is done dealing with Sheng Songshi and others, and he leisurely remembers him while munching on a large pancake, he will surely die.
Thinking of this, Wen Xu became even more anxious. Fortunately, he had already seen the figure of No. 1234 floating over shakily. For some reason, Wen Xu could sense uneasiness from that mechanical sphere with cat ears. He immediately mocked himself in his mind; all of the system’s responses were just programmed settings, there was no such thing as restlessness.
“You came late,” he said somewhat dissatisfiedly, his gaze still on the commotion in the distance.
One of the mechanical cat ears of No. 1234 twitched slightly as it lifted the screen to look at its host, its expression crumpled.
It’s really annoying. Usually, it wouldn’t have minded such things normally, but it was in a bad mood right now because No. 2333 had disappeared right before it! Vanished as if swallowed by a trash can!
Because it was rushing to complete the task, it had no time to search further. Unfortunately, the intelligent No. 1314, who usually would have taken care of it, was out meeting with its host today, so it had no choice but to send another subordinate, No. 1414, to dig around for clues.
In the sixth underground level of the System Living Area, No. 1414 stood bewildered next to a trash can, leaning on a shovel and pondering No. 1234’s instructions, feeling slightly confused.
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[Destroy all the trash cans! Rescue No. 2333!]
Rb. 1414: “……”
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Qtja fzjmais vlv la wfjc ab ‘vfragbs jii atf agjrt mjcr’…
Coafg tfrlajalcu obg j ktlif, Rb. 1414 olcjiis iloafv tlr rtbnfi jcv uijgfv wfcjmlcuis ja atf cfjgfra agjrt mjc.
Whatever! According to his own understanding, he would just dig up all the trash cans on the entire sixth underground level, clean out the trash inside, and bring it all back for the boss to sift through and find No. 2333 himself!
No. 1234 was still unaware that it was about to receive a giant trash gift package. The host was still urging him, even though it wasn’t time yet. He was already going through processing the mission paperwork and was still being rushed! No. 1234 was instantly furious, rage boiling over, deciding to let the impatient host see a cat’s petty side.
Wen Xu, terrified, noticed that the smoke and dust in the distance gradually stopped rising, which meant either Ji Yi was tired and had stopped for water and pancakes or… Sheng Songshi’s group had perished.
He was even more terrified to discover that under his constant urging, No. 1234 seemed to shit down! The screen was blank!
【Task application loading…】
【Network fluctuation, application may be delayed…】
A host passing by with his own system floated past. He knew Wen Xu and, seeing this scene, chuckled and said,
“Hey, did you urge it many times?”
“Let me tell you, don’t urge too much. People get annoyed if they are rushed too often, and systems are the same. They will definitely snap if urged too much.”
The annoyed cat balls: “Meow!”
It’s fierce! The performance was broken down on the spot!
Wen Xu: “……”
He watched in despair as the screen of No. 1234 remained blank. Perhaps it was his imagination, but as the dust settled in the distance, he felt as though Ji Yiwei was slowly approaching him with the Grim Reaper’s scythe. He was so panicked that he broke into a cold sweat, forgetting that what was in front of him was a system, a program, and he desperately pleaded as if praying to his ancestors.
In the end, No. 1234 was still soft-hearted, seeing the host so anxious he was about to cry. It just so happens that his program was also completed, it “meowed” arrogantly in its mind and led the host into the miniature garden.
***
Wen Xu escaped into the mission world to hide, while Zhou Yuechu was running frantically.
Due to the explosion, public transportation between the forest and sea areas was interrupted. She could only ride her bike all the way to this heavily damaged area. After that, her only option was to travel on foot. Hosts returning to the main system space would have their abilities sealed, but fortunately, her physical condition was superior. Still, even with such physical prowess, Zhou Yuechu was still staggering and gasping for breath after the journey.
She couldn’t afford to slow down. She feared that if she was any later, Sheng Songshi and the others might be gone. If she arrived in time, she was quite confident that she could persuade Ji Yiwei.
Because—
She received a tip from No. 1314 before she left.
“Host, where are you going?” The mechanical cat ball came to her and asked with a steady voice, “The main system has issued a warning: there was an explosion in the sea area. Please host, be careful and don’t linger in dangerous areas.”
But it was precisely the sea area that Zhou Yuechu needed to go to.
She rushed out, worried that she wouldn’t make it in time to rescue her friends under Ji Yiwei’s control. As she hurried out of the garden, she didn’t notice the slight reflection on the screen of No. 1314.
As Zhou Yuechu got on her personal transport, she suddenly heard her system mechanically reciting one of the rules of the Infinite Space:
“Rule No. 31, before a host retires, they should promptly delete personal data stored in the system. The system of a retired host will be assigned to a new host within three to five working days…”
Zhou Yuechu listened, initially not paying much attention, just hurrying on her way. She didn’t find it strange—some systems had the Infinite Space Host Rules set as the standby voice, it just happened to recite this particular rule. However, while thinking of systems, Zhou Yuechu casually remembered the rumors about Ji Yiwei’s beloved system No. 2333.
Her woman’s intuition made her think that perhaps she could try to persuade Ji Yiwei from this angle.
When she arrived at the seaside, panting, she saw two groups confronting each other from a distance. Ji Yiwei made a terrifying statement that everything was sufficient under the system. Sheng Songshi’s plain glasses were lost somewhere, and he was cursing angrily.
“Crazy!” he cursed, and Ji Yiwei didn’t even bother to blink until Sheng Songshi continued, “For a program, you don’t even care about human dignity!”
Zhou Yuechu: “…”
Since you know that he is crazy, why do you keep provoking him!
Ji Yiwei turned his face on the spot. He wasn’t upset by Sheng Songshi cursing him; that was trivial. He was angered because Sheng Songshi called San San a cold, boring, and worthless program.
Sheng Songshi: “…”
Those weren’t his words! He was wrongly accused!
But by now, Ji Yiwei had him pinned down, pressing his head on the ground. One of his arms was in excruciating pain, shot by a homemade firearm, presumably now useless. The main system strictly prohibits hosts from carrying weapons in the main system space, but some hosts choose to make their own, and Ji Yiwei was clearly one of the exceptional ones.
With his foot on Sheng Songshi’s head, Ji Yiwei spoke with a smile on his face, yet his anger was uncontrollable.
“San San is very warm, a million times better than all of you hypocritical and pitiful things,” he said coldly. Feeling it wasn’t enough to vent his anger, he remembered how this person, now under his foot, had used those terrible adjectives to insult San San. He knew how to stimulate him, to make him aggrieved.
Don’t worry, San San, you won’t be slandered for nothing.
Sheng Songshi: “…”
Emphasizing it again! He really didn’t add those adjectives! He’s really wronged!
However, the words that followed from Ji Yiwei made Sheng Songshi and several others present feel cold all over.
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