Sheng Shaoqing really didn't want to believe that things would develop like this. Could his fate be at the mercy of a group of "systems" he had never seen before, without the ability to fight back?
They were the ones who brought her here, and they were the ones who wanted to give her up. In their eyes, is her existence so worthless?
The system is helpless, [From the first day you come here, you should realize that there is never a way back.]
"Then there's no need to stop or find a unifier?"
"What's the reason for this? You have to give me an acceptable reason, right?"
The system was silent for a long time, but decided to tell Sheng Shaoqing everything it knew, [In the past, you were needed to stabilize Beiliang and delay the unification of this world. That is because time in this world is very important to the prehistoric times. 】
[But now, whether this timeline exists or not can no longer control and affect the operation of the entire world. And you and I have lost value.]
Although this is the first time it has encountered this situation in its system career, since it is the above decision, it must be implemented.
Sheng Shaoqing asked with a trembling voice, "In other words, I was abandoned?"
The system was silent again, and Sheng Shaoqing had no intention of hearing its answer.
When she asked this question, she already knew the answer.
"Can I. know why?"
The system remains silent.
On such a spring night, Sheng Shaoqing suddenly felt a deep chill enveloping her, causing her to fall heavily.
After a long time, Sheng Shaoqing sneered and said, "If I had known this, why did you bother to let me do so much in the first place?"
It's better to lie down as early as possible. How can you be played like a monkey like now?
[Host, please don’t be excited]
[After all, you can’t go back, so it’s better to. 】
"What better?"
[It’s better to accept your fate and continue to live a good life here.]
[Moreover, you are now relieved of your mission. To a certain extent, you are now free.]
"free?"
【yes.】
[Since this world does not need to develop according to the original timeline, you can naturally develop freely.]
Sheng Shaoqing:
"I can do whatever I want?"
【Yes.】
"It's okay to kill people and set fire to wine pools and meat forests?"
【Uh, host, can't you do something good now?】
"If you don't do good things, why do you want me to be a good person?"
system:.
"I didn't have a choice before, but now, I want to be a bad person."
Why did she respond with songs when the world kissed her with pain?
She's going to turn this place upside down before it's over!
Accept fate?
Pooh!
She doesn't accept her fate!
This bullshit system chose her a bullshit life!
system:.
【no!】
"why not?"
[No, it doesn’t work! You are the host chosen from thousands of people above. How can you be so irresponsible and do such a heinous thing? 】
Sheng Shaoqing laughed out loud, "What does it mean to be irresponsible? What does it mean to be treasonous?"
"Did you ask for my opinion when you selected me?"
"Are you responsible for me? Is this where I want to be? You don't think that giving me skills to do this is a gift, do you?"
"There is also the great rebellion against the Tao. What is the Tao? Is your calculation the Tao?"
"Since you said I am free, then why should I listen to you in what I do now?"
This is the first time the system has been interrogated by a host until it becomes speechless. The person who maxed out his points last time was not as aggressive as Sheng Shaoqing, right?
【me.】
The system actually doesn't understand why the higher-ups suddenly terminated Sheng Shaoqing's mission. Everything was obviously moving in a good direction, so why did it suddenly happen?
"Can't answer?"
"Are your calculations necessarily accurate?"
"I can't even see it."
The system muffled and said, "I don't know either."
【I only have one option: execute the command.】
"But I don't just have this choice."
【What do you mean?】
"I just want to ask you, do you really no longer need to maintain it and just let nature take its course?"
【yes.】
"What do I want to do?"
【yes.】
"how about you?"
The system was slightly relieved and said, [I will stay with you until the superior assigns me a new task.]
"ah…….?"
[I said I wanted to accompany you, you. Why do you sound so disappointed in this tone? 】
"Since the mission has been terminated, you should just go and do whatever you are supposed to do."
"Stay somewhere cool."
system:?????
【No...no!】
"No, why not?" Sheng Shaoqing knew what the system was worried about and repeatedly assured that she was just joking, but the system still insisted on keeping an eye on her.
The system struggled for a long time before speaking, [Are you...really unwilling to accept your fate?]
"nonsense!"
Although the host's reaction to hearing the news was completely opposite to what it had imagined, from another perspective, she was at least full of the same rebellious spirit as it.
That's right...rebellion is a bit too much...
But as long as you don't accept your fate, things will turn around.
[If you can help me become a top correction system, there is still hope for sending you back.]
"Go back?" Sheng Shaoqing frowned, what did the system mean?
The system paused for a long time before continuing, [These are things I couldn't tell you originally.]
【But...I'm also willing to risk it.】
[In fact, there is also a strict level task allocation in the correction system. 】
[You can assign me as my host... on the one hand... I made a request to the superiors, and on the other hand... it is also... also because... my level was reduced to the bottom after the last host's accident.
】
[Therefore... you and I... are actually in the same boat.]
Sheng Shaoqing:????
"Who shares the same problem with you?"
Sheng Shaoqing pointed at himself, "You mean, I can only be worthy of your lowest level???"
The system defaulted to Sheng Shaoqing's conclusion, [Actually, you know it yourself...]
Sheng Shaoqing took a long time to endure this breath and continued to ask about what the system just said about sending her back, "But didn't you say that I have turned into loess, and even that world may no longer exist?"
The system explained, [That is the unified statement above to allow every host to complete tasks with peace of mind.]
[But who told you...you are so rebellious that you will destroy the world if you disagree...]
Sheng Shaoqing couldn't bear it anymore and retorted, "Why is it still my fault?"
Besides, she was just talking about... letting go of her resentment, but she didn't really do it...
[Okay, okay, there is no point in arguing about who is right and who is wrong. Your mission has been terminated now, and I am just the last system. If you accept your fate, I won't say anything. 】
[But since you want to go home, and I also want to become a top correction system, we must cooperate. 】
Sheng Shaoqing whispered, "I didn't expect you to be quite enterprising."
System: Everyone is like you.
"In other words, as long as you become the top correction system, I can go home?"
【No, to be precise, there is a possibility of going home.】
Sheng Shaoqing:………………
"After working on it for a long time, it's still just a possibility?!"
[But if you don’t work hard, how do you know that this possibility will not come true? 】
Sheng Shaoqing frowned, considering all the unreliable behaviors of the previous system, "You don't want to become a top system, so you tricked me into helping you and then dumped me, right?"
The system said anxiously, [I...am I this kind of system?!]
"yes."
"To be precise, you and the group of unknown systems behind you are all such unreliable existence."
system:……………
【I...we...I...】
The system thought for a long time, but couldn't think of anything to refute Sheng Shaoqing.
After all, from Sheng Shaoqing's point of view, they...are indeed very unreliable.
[I understand your concerns, but you must believe me. According to my observation and analysis, it is because time in this world has lost its meaning that the higher-ups gave up on your mission.]
"so what?"
【So now we must rediscover the meaning of time!】
Why did you suddenly become philosophical?
What is the meaning of time?
"Why can't I understand something?"
[Do you know why your mission is to delay the unification of this world until forty years later?]
Sheng Shaoqing shook his head, "How do I know this?"
[That’s because only the unification after forty years will be meaningful. Cause and effect are continuous, deriving the fate of countless people later. But since you don’t need to correct it now, it means that no matter what cause and effect is now, it will not affect
to the fate behind.】
Sheng Shaoqing still didn't understand the meaning of the system, "But what does this have to do with you becoming a top correction system?"
[Of course it does matter! The reason why the top correction system is top-notch is that it has the ability to change cause and effect. Among the hosts I have assisted before, your situation has never happened. And since the last crash,
, strange things followed one after another.】
[Even your mission will be cancelled. I have thought about it carefully in the past few days. Maybe this is my opportunity to become a top correction system. 】
[And once I become the top correction system, I will have a place among many systems, and I will also have the ability to change cause and effect. It will no longer be impossible to send you back to your original world. 】
"You said that. It sounds a bit credible." Sheng Shaoqing curled his lips, "Then why didn't you say it before and had to wait until now?"
Hearing the system sigh, Sheng Shaoqing probed, "Isn't this the cause and effect?"
"Forget it, you just need to tell me what to do."
The system sighed again, [Host, don’t you understand? Now that you have no binding tasks, you can only rely on yourself for everything. As for how to change the cause and effect, I am also trying. 】
Sheng Shaoqing:
Only now did she fully understand that if she had played in a fixed mode before, now she, a newbie who had just left the novice village, would directly face the free fighting mode.
Sheng Shaoqing pondered for a long time, "That's all, I can't figure it out for a while anyway. Just think about it slowly. I'll go meet that Wang Xuan first."
"Ajun!"
Cui Yun happened to walk in from outside, "The Queen Mother is calling her ministers?"
When she got used to the darkness in front of her, she saw that Sheng Shaoqing was not resting on the couch, but was sitting at the table meditating, so she had to ask, "The Queen Mother put out the candle, why didn't you take a nap?"
"It's still early now, and it will be more than enough to leave for the palace in half an hour."
Sheng Shaoqing muttered, "I don't know what kind of medicine they sell in their gourds, and I haven't seen anyone have such a late dinner."
Cui Yun smiled, "That's why Wei Chen thought that the Queen Mother would take a nap. The banquet was held so late, and she might be even later when she comes back."
Only when she saw Cui Yun's clear eyes in the darkness through the moonlight did Sheng Shaoqing gain a slight sense of reality about the world in front of her.
"It'll be later, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep tonight anyway."
Cui Yun frowned slightly. Ever since the Queen Mother came to Chen Liu, her sleeping condition seemed to be getting worse.
In the past, the Queen Mother would have cried out tiredly at this hour, but now she could not sleep more often.
Cui Yun saw the busy government affairs, but the Queen Mother could still sleep well in Beijing, but now.
"What's on your mind, Queen Mother?"
Sheng Shaoqing avoided Cui Yun's probing eyes and stood up, "Please accompany me for a walk outside."
Cui Yun turned around, took the cloak from the shelf, and followed Sheng Shaoqing out.
"The moonlight is really nice tonight."
Cui Yun also nodded silently, "Although the other courtyard is not as majestic as the palace, the moonlight is uniquely clear, unlike the palace where you can only see the square sky."
"yes."
Regardless of the cause and effect, at least the moonlight at this moment is real.
Sheng Shaoqing looked back at Cui Yun, who was disappointed, "Why do I think you have something on your mind?"
Cui Yun quickly shook his head, "What's wrong with Wei Chen?"
A sigh gently fell in Sheng Shaoqing's ear, and the emotion in Cui Yun's eyes was dark and unclear, "Wei Chen."
"But because of Lu Qingfeng?"
Cui Yun did not respond, but sighed aggravatedly.
"That means I was right?"
Sheng Shaoqing patted Cui Yun's cold hand, "What can't you and I say? If he bullies you, just tell me and I will make the decision for you."
"However, I've been busy lately and haven't had time to ask you, how are you doing now?"
Cui Yun pursed her lips, shook her head and said, "Your Majesty, don't ask. He didn't bully Wei Chen, it was Wei Chen himself..."
"you"
Sheng Shaoqing wanted to ask more questions, but Cui Yun had already spoken first, "I think the Queen Mother has something on her mind."
"Since coming to Chenliu, the Queen Mother has hardly had a good night's sleep. Even His Majesty has noticed it and secretly asked Forsythia several times."
Sheng Shaoqing asked doubtfully, "Is it so obvious?"
Cui Yun nodded, "Wei Chen is also strange."
Sheng Shaoqing raised his head and looked at the bright moon in front of him, "What can I have on my mind?"
"Maybe I'm homesick."
Cui Yun smiled and said, "That's it."
"Wei Chen will also be like this when he goes away for the first time when he is young. It will only take a few days for the Queen Mother to return to the palace after Chen Liu's affairs are finished. The Queen Mother does not need to feel sad."
