Chapter 63: Special Case
Despite her emotional question, the System still continued with its prompts.
[Host, welcome to Survival System!]
[You have been successfully bound to the Survival System. Just like its name, this system is equipped with survival quests and rewards! The more quests you do, the greater the rewards!]
[I will be helping you to survive in the exile before your family is cleaned from the unjust accusations!]
[Do your best and feel free to ask if you have any questions~]
Ye Lingyue’s mouth twitched. The System prompts sounded so annoying to her. After all, she had no interest in doing whatever quests or rewards it was offering.
She only wanted justice, to earn her due compensation for all the hard work she had done.
"Stupid System, don’t pretend to deceive me with some new foolish names. It won’t work!" Ye Lingyue yelled angrily, her face flushed.
During the time the System was spouting nonsense, she had already jumped out of the house through the window and headed toward the forest-like surroundings.
She didn’t want to wake up the whole house while she scolded the System to her heart’s content.
Now that it was bound to her, how could it run away!
"Give me my one hundred million yuan and send me back..." she trailed off at the second option and weirdly, she began to hesitate.
This world was actually quite fun, but ultimately, it wasn’t her own body or world.
She clenched her fists. "Give me the rewards I deserve!"
The System fell silent for a moment, full of bewilderment. Facing such an almighty and cool existence who could grant things through quest completion, isn’t this ancient mortal supposed to worship it like a god?
Why is the script different from how it had imagined it?
Instead, it was facing an angry mortal woman with a pair of eyes that could kill.
[Host, calm down first, calm down.] It told Ye Lingyue, rejoicing that it was a formless entity.
If it were to have a manifested form, it wouldn’t doubt this mortal would have torn it to pieces just to vent her anger.
[Let’s talk this through and not use violence. After all, we are civilized beings...] The System persuaded.
Ye Lingyue rolled her eyes.
"Get straight to the point and explain!" Ye Lingyue demanded.
[Host, I can’t understand what you are talking about. How about you elaborate it to me a little? Maybe...] Its voice became as quiet as a mosquito when it saw Ye Lingyue’s eyes.
[Uhh, I have no recollection about what you were talking about. Can you help me remember?] It asked in a softer tone as though it was coaxing a wild animal.
"You said you don’t remember? You must be lying to me, you stinky system!" She started to chatter on, venting her grievance.
"You let me occupy this body, suffering on the way to exile where I have no delicious food to eat. Even the place where I slept is so uncomfortable."
Her finger pointed to nowhere in particular, pretending it was the System.
"Now, after you return, you pretend to know nothing?! Are all my efforts a joke in your eyes? You came back and tried to make me another slave to your damn Survival System or whatever the name it is!"
She collapsed on the ground, taking a deep breath. Then, she rubbed her temples, trying to clear all the frustration away.
The System was taken aback.
It didn’t understand what its host was talking about. Isn’t it its first time binding with this host?
Don’t tell me this host had bound to another system before and that system was an evil one! After the host completed the mission, the evil system abandoned her and didn’t give her the rewards it promised.
Or... perhaps, did its memory get erased?
[Host, you mentioned before that the reward for completing the mission is one hundred million yuan and send you back... uh, sending you back where?]
Then, it dawned on the System. [You are a modern person, Host?]
She let out a snort.
The System fell silent after that, making her feel impatient. "Speak!"
It slowly explained to her. [Host... I need to confirm this with the higher-ups.]
She nodded. "Go ahead and talk with them. Tell them I also need additional compensation for the mental damages I have suffered during the wait."
"I will be waiting." She made a shooing motion.
The System was in a dilemma. It had just finished binding with the host and was already facing such a difficult situation.
[Host, actually... we systems can’t actively contact higher-ups. We mostly can only do that during the mission completion...] its voice grew incredibly quiet at the end.
Ye Lingyue banged her head against the ground, utterly exasperated.
She didn’t know what she should do now. After patiently waiting for the system to return, she received such an annoying answer instead.
Her hands gripped her head in frustration, and the System became incredibly quiet, silently shivering.
She stayed sitting on the ground for quite some time, trying to come to terms with her new reality. Now, what? She was trapped in this ancient world again and unable to return.
At this time, the System suddenly became brave again.
[Host, how about you complete the quests? We will have the chance to contact higher-ups after that...]
Ye Lingyue’s mouth twitched, and she ignored it. The night wind made her shiver a little, and she sighed. She sat up, pulling her clothes tighter on herself.
The System was afraid she would scold it again, so it tactfully kept its silence. It could tell that its host wasn’t in a good mood currently.
"Is that the only way to contact the higher-ups?" She suddenly asked.
The reply came almost immediately. [Yes, Host. It’s truly the only way... actually, if not for your special case, I also wouldn’t have exposed the existence of the higher-ups to you.]
After the System finished explaining, she suddenly heard another voice.
"Who are you talking to?"