Li Aozi felt very strange.
Logically, the task he assigned to Caral Snail was basically equivalent to a college elective's final exam; even stepping on the test paper wouldn't result in a failure.
However, Caral Snail didn't even show up for the exam.
After exploiting a bug, the enemies wouldn't dynamically enhance based on their combat power, Li Aozi directly employed the Earth Dragon People to crush them, and Caral Snail just needed to obediently follow his instructions to collect items at the designated location.
Even if encountering a couple of minor enemies, it would just take a bit more ti, and dealing with Elite Monsters with templates might only be sowhat troubleso for Caral Snail.
No matter what, he shouldn't be in such a miserable state.
He deactivated the transformation, and the massive Dragonite instantly froze, the magma on its body solidifying as Li Aozi swiftly walked up to Caral Snail, only then noticing he had been absent-minded all along.
He simply raised his hand and slapped the kid's face.
With two 'slap' sounds, Caral Snail finally regained his senses. He looked at Li Aozi, with residual violet spots in his pupils.
"Hmm?" Li Aozi was surprised: "What's happened to you? The power of the Void has eroded your mind? That shouldn't be possible, right?"
"I... I don't know." After Caral Snail said this, he suddenly felt a complete drain of energy, staggered twice, and imdiately collapsed to the ground. Cold sweat seeped from his forehead, his hands clenched into fists, yet he shivered as if in a freezing cave, his gaze wandered, unable to concentrate.
Even though the True General was right in front of him, what Caral Snail saw wasn't the tall and robust man.
'You've completely let down, Jiaozi Niu.'
"No, I'm not like that."
Caral Snail covered his face, yet Cumin Powder's voice constantly entangled in his ears, unable to escape even when he closed his eyes.
'You can't even protect , yet you live so openly in this world.'
"I'm not, I'm not, I just wanted to avenge you..."
Caral Snail trembled, desperately trying to exonerate and defend himself.
'Revenge? Then what have you done until now?' Cumin Powder said maliciously: 'Have you ever been sleepless because of ? Have you ever lost your appetite because of ? You can even laugh while talking with friends!'
"Niu." Li Aozi spoke.
"I've been trying hard, I'm really working hard to grow and beco stronger..."
"I'm asking you, are you listening to ?" Li Aozi stepped forward.
'You hypocritical fool. No one cares about you, and you're not worthy of anyone's care or love.'
[You have disabled ally damage]
Caral Snail trembled, kneeling on the ground, anxiously explaining:
"No! I'm not that kind of person, I'm really try——"
Bang!
Li Aozi kicked Caral Snail in the face, sending him flying several ters away, embedding him deeply into the mountain wall, and before Caral Snail could react, Li Aozi arrived instantly.
Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack!
He raised his fist, clenched his fingers into a single fist one by one, and ruthlessly struck Caral Snail's face.
Boom——————!
The remaining blast wave evaporated the stream flowing through the mountain.
Plop...
Li Aozi retracted his fist, Caral Snail knelt, hands pressing against the ground, falling into a long silence.
"Your cognition filter malfunctioned?"
Li Aozi asked.
"...It's gone."
Caral Snail said dejectedly:
"The system went offline, the cognition filter shattered, I might not even have the dical protocol anymore. I've got nothing left, and I'll be trapped in this world forever... True General."
Li Aozi nodded.
[Cognition filter shattered, system offline — encountering such a big issue, Qiqiao Network hasn't responded?]
[Or is Lai Anding busy with other things right now?]
Anyway, lacking a cognition filter impacts players significantly.
[Co to think of it, I seem to never have triggered a cognition filter.]
Li Aozi opened the system panel and glanced at it.
— Turns out, truly.
True General's system is actually a cull version, and the Lai Anding dical protocol effect is even worse than the original.
As for cognition filter, he never had it.
After all, he truly subrged into the Starry Abyss with his physical body, while other players, or rather Spiritual Warriors, are conscripted bodies.
"Get up." Li Aozi pulled Caral Snail up, calmly saying: "If you can fight, then fight, if not, go back to the Strange Hotel and wait until the official repairs it for action."
Caral Snail was stunned, looking at Li Aozi:
"Wait... What about you?"
"I'll do whatever I have to do."
Li Aozi waved his hand, exploring downward along the Mahmut Ancestral Ho ruins. Casually said:
"Players without a system are like riders without a steed; saying don't worry, it'll be solved eventually is pointless, as far as I'm concerned— you're a burden now, go back and stay put."
Caral Snail opened his mouth: "But, you're going to the East next, aren't you?"
"Sure." Li Aozi dismantled the floorboards, searching for valuable items among the ruins: "What's that got to do with you?"
"We... we're teammates, right?"
"Yes." Li Aozi glanced back at him, saying: "But what I need is a warrior, an assistant who can complete tasks and share my burden."
"So, shouldn't we act together?"
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