Caicai akimbo, pointing at Lou Yan Zhi, criticizing, "How many tis do I have to remind you?"
"You are Long Aotian!"
"In Long Aotian’s life, there is no such concept as asking for help."
"If you want to unbind from , complete the unbinding task yourself."
"Don’t even think about seeking help from others or taking shortcuts."
"Do you want to take a look at what the unbinding task requires?" Lou Yan Zhi retorted, and was promptly electrocuted for a full minute.
"Isn’t your main mission killing the Insect Clan and maintaining character settings?" Xiao Jinsheng asked curiously, "Is the unbinding task different?"
"The unbinding task is..." Lou Yan Zhi’s mouth spewed black smoke, grimacing in pain, "bringing peace to the Interstellar World."
The crowd fell silent.
Xiao Jinsheng hesitated for a while before comnting, "I think, instead of waiting for interstellar peace, it’d be better for you to start training your resistance to electrical shocks."
"Don’t Immortal Cultivators need to face Tribulation Thunder when ascending? Just treat it as an early adaptation."
Lou Yan Zhi scoffed coldly, "I cultivate Carefree Dao."
"This kind of cultivation that goes against my true intentions will only lead to Inner Demonic Deviation... Could you hold off on shocking for a stick of incense worth of ti?!"
Sure enough, before he could finish his sentence, the system detected OOC (out-of-character), automatically triggering electric shocks.
While enduring the lightning strikes, Lou Yan Zhi managed to spit out his last complaint before finally quieting down.
He shut his mouth, expressionless, with a frosty deanor.
It’s not that he was born unwilling to speak.
It’s not that he was born unwilling to smile.
It’s just that, in the presence of others, saying less and moving less could avoid nurous instances of being electrocuted.
"I’ll give you so ti to think about it." Lou Yan Zhi couldn’t stay here any longer.
He stood up, looking out the window toward Mist East, "The Insect Clan descended over there?"
"Yes, there’s Poisonous Fog in Mist West; they can’t cross over for now," Xiao Jinsheng replied.
Lou Yan Zhi curved his lips into a smile, "Fine, then let show you my sincerity in cooperation first."
After that, he raised his hand and boldly proclaid, "Sword, co!"
The surroundings fell silent, void of wind or sound.
The only thing present was the suspicious gazes everyone directed at him.
Lou Yan Zhi felt a bit embarrassed but didn’t show it on his face, his voice lowering in tone, yelling sternly, "Sword, co—"
Silence—
Stillness—
Absolute quiet—
The world soundless—
"Are you... trying to look for sothing?" Xiao Jinsheng hesitantly broke the silence.
Lou Yan Zhi maintained his stiff deanor, turned to the Cannibal Flower, pried open its mouth, and reclaid his Lifebound Sword.
"Mine, you thief!" the Cannibal Flower furiously protested.
Its vines lashed out at Lou Yan Zhi.
Lou Yan Zhi retrieved the sword, his figure disappearing in a blur as he jumped through the window and fled.
Lou Yan Zhi’s aura was overbearing, but his retreat speed resembled soone escaping for their life.
Caicai didn’t leave; it stood there, onion-like, shaking its head.
Watching the onion shake its head, Xiao Jinsheng asked with concern, "Caicai, I feel like you were acting a bit strange just now. Why?"
"Strange how?" Caicai asked in confusion, grinning broadly, "Strangely cute?"
Xiao Jinsheng: ...
"When Lou Yan Zhi acts OOC and you shock him, it’s as if you beco a completely different system," Xiao Jinsheng pointed out her observation.
As a system, Caicai displayed human-like traits.
Whether it transford into a dog, a seaweed, an onion, or even a snot slug.
Although the snot slug was admittedly more disgusting.
But all that didn’t matter.
No matter what Caicai transford into or its external appearance, its essence remained the sa—it was still Caicai.
It felt alive, not like a re program, but like a sentient being with its own consciousness.
However, when Lou Yan Zhi acted OOC and got shocked, or even simply appeared, Caicai’s state would toggle back and forth between a cold, chanical protocol and the warm, personable Caicai.
"You an to ask why I’m so rciless when shocking Lou Yan Zhi, right?" Caicai, still onion-like, scratched its head.
Speaking of this, it also felt awkward.
After all, it owed Lou Yan Zhi so many points.
Yet, it delivered shocks without hesitation.
"The reason is that I’m a system, but I wasn’t conjured out of thin air," Caicai explained, "There’s a Main God monitoring ."
"As a new system, I’m composed of two core programs: one is , serving as the heart."
"The other is the punishnt protocol, serving as the sequence."
"Sequence is a temporary auxiliary program for new systems."
"Because new systems are easily manipulated by the humans they bind to as hosts, every beginner system is assigned a ’sequence.’"
"Without order, there’s no system."
"Tasks are tasks; the rules and requirents are clearly written."
"If the rules are violated, the sequence responsible for punishnt operates autonomously."
"This is beyond my control."
Saying this, Caicai let out a sigh, "As Lou Yan Zhi ntioned, if he doesn’t want to be shocked anymore, his only option is to unbind from ."
Hearing this, Mo Jiao frowned.
He asked, "Since Lou Yan Zhi is asking Xiao Jinsheng for help, saying she should bind with you instead, does this an there’s another way to unbind him besides completing the Interstellar Peace task—like switching hosts?"
Currently, Caicai was bound to Lou Yan Zhi.
If the bond was switched to Xiao Jinsheng, Lou Yan Zhi would naturally be freed.
But this...
Mo Jiao’s gaze turned heavy, his tone darkened, "He’s afraid of being shocked, but does that an we aren’t?"
That Long Aotian persona sounded like asking to be beaten.
What normal person would willingly live out soone else’s life pretending?
If you can’t live freely, is that really living?
Xiao Jinsheng nodded silently to herself.
She was afraid of being shocked too.
Long Aotian... no, Lou Yan Zhi, you can deal with it yourself.
After all, you must be pretty experienced with shock therapy already.
"It won’t shock you." Caicai clarified, "Because I’m a new system, I can’t control the ’sequence.’ As a system, my level is currently zero."
"However, my points are already sufficient for an upgrade."
"Once I use my points to level up and switch to a new host, shedding the identity of a novice system, the Main God will take away the ’sequence’ program assigned to . All rewards and punishnts will then be under my control."
"You’ve ntioned this to Lou Yan Zhi before, which is why he’s trying to convince you to switch hosts, right?" Xiao Jinsheng said.
Caicai nodded.
Xuan Jiu asked, "If it’s about switching hosts, doesn’t it work no matter who the new host is? Why go all the way from the Interstellar World to Mist Continent just to switch?"
"It’s not the sa. For a system to bond with a host, certain compatibility standards need to be t," Caicai shook its head.
It explained, "So far, the only individuals I’ve found who can bind with are Xiao Jinsheng and Lou Yan Zhi."
Which was why, at first, Lou Yan Zhi had resigned himself to slaughtering the Insect Clan daily, earning points and maintaining his persona.
Until Caicai ca to Mist Continent and found Xiao Jinsheng.
It then revealed the earlier accidental bond with Xiao Jinsheng.
Moreover, Caicai often clung to Xiao Jinsheng, barely returning to the Interstellar World.
Suddenly, Lou Yan Zhi saw freedom beckoning him.
He stood with his hands behind his back, riding his sword through the air, surveying the insect swarm attacking the humans below.
After years of killing Insects, there was no need to aim.
Especially against these Insects weakened to just a re Nine Stars in strength.
Lou Yan Zhi casually ford hand signs, unleashing a barrage of fiery teors that obliterated the Insects into bug juice.
The nearby refugees barely had ti to react before Lou Yan Zhi flicked his sleeves and moved toward the most densely-packed Insect area.
He intended to capture a large bug alive to gift to Xiao Jinsheng.
As a token of sincerity in convincing her to help him switch hosts for the system bond.
Bugs are so cute.
Surely she would love it.
Maybe she’d be so delighted that she’d agree to help him switch bonds.
"Hmm?" The Terminal, chewing on an exploding cockroach, turned its dark fog toward the area Lou Yan Zhi had just decimated.
"A strange, powerful force..." The Terminal’s gaze followed Lou Yan Zhi’s figure, licking its mouth in excitent, "Yes! A new delicacy!"
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