Chapter 691: The System Chooses
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The moment Shen Ying and the others entered the River of Forgetfulness, they saw white cracks appearing all around the system in front of them. It looked like it was breaking through the system. Chef's chest tightened. Suddenly, all the source power gathered around the system, blocking its way.
Yi Qing waved his hand and caused a huge nomological force to surge toward the system, engulfing it. It became tighter and tighter, and threatened to control the system. The green codes around the system's body began to swirl. The light became dimmer as the system looked to be more unstable. A clear electronic voice was heard.
[Di di, emergency situation. Identity exposed. Heavenly Dao attacking! Heavenly Dao attacking...] [
[Di di, activating self-protection. Back-up energy in use.]
[Activating back-up energy...]
"Ah!" An ear-piercing scream was emitted from inside the system. The black primary soul which had been covered by the green light from the system was now struggling. "001, what are you doing? It hurts! Let me go, let me go..."
Before "Shu Yi" could finish speaking, the entire black soul disappeared. The system began to glow green once again, as if it had re-activated its energy. Immediately, it broke through the suppressive nomological force. There was a loud crack. The system escaped through the hole in the River of Forgetfulness.
"Chef, what are you doing? Lonemoon asked, shocked. "Why didn't you block it?"
Yi Qing frowned, not saying anything. Instead, he turned to Shen Ying questioningly. "Master, why did you..." The system had swallowed the ghost and increased its own energy by ten times, but its power was still nothing compared to Yi Qing's. Shen Ying was the one who pulled Yi Qing back.
"Mm," Shen Ying responded. She did not say more. Instead,she retrieved a familiar blue box and patted it. It was the parenting system from before. "Hey, stop playing Tenant Tycoon for a second. Direct me."
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[Arlight, Boss!] The blue box flew up. The pack of poker cards on the screen immediately switched to a familiar cartoon eye. {Signal confirmed. The target is heading toward Plane Coordinate SBSBSB155.24 – a wasteland.]
Shen Ying caught the parenting system in her hand once again and raised her hand to open the plane gate. She turned to the two of them and said, "Hurry, let's go to its old cave!"
The two of them: "...." They exchanged a puzzled look.
( ̄△̄;)
It was then that they remembered. The 001 was only a supplementary system. There was something behind it, but they did not know yet what it was. Was Shen Ying trying to capture both of them at once? But when did this parenting system become so powerful? 001 had already escaped the plane, yet this parenting system was still able to track it down. It did not seem like the same system as before, which got stuck every time it tried to do something
But Shen Ying was already going through the plane passage. The two of them exchanged one more look. Then, they fixed the hole in the plane and followed Shen Ying's lead. In a blink of an eye, everything around them became dark. They found themselves in absolute nothingness. There was nothing around them at all. Even the ground beneath their feet had disappeared.
"This is... the Chaos Void?" Lonemoon stared into space. This was the first time he was seeing the legendary Chaos Void. In the past, even when he left his own plane, he would only pass through the space between the planes. The Chaos Void was entirely outside any plane. It had no boundaries. No one knew just how big the void was. What's more, there was nothing inside. Even the concepts of space and time meant nothing in this void. It was not just an empty land.
Lonemoon instinctively looked down at his own palm. Was he dreaming? Logically, their powers came from their own planes. Why did he feel like he was even more powerful in this void?
Before he could give it any further thought, the parenting system's light flashed. It gave a reminder, "Reporting to Boss! An invader has been spotted 500m in front."
They focused their gazes and found a white light flashing in front of them. A ball of green from a familiar system was rushing out of that white light It seemed to have just arrived here after breaking out of the plane. It was a surprise that the system was even slower than them.
Yi Qing moved quickly. He conjured a seal to hide the three people and one system.
The moment that system emerged, it headed toward its right. The three of them exchanged looks, then followed its lead very quietly. The parenting system led the entire group confidently.
[The "bad system" in front has taken a right turn 200m ahead... The "bad system" in front has knocked into some stones 300m ahead, please avoid... The "bad system" in front has sped up...]
Lonemoon: "..."
Yi Qing: "..."
"Shen Ying..." Lonemoon could not help but ask, "Since when did the parenting system have a GPS installed? Did you intend to let 001 out of the plane from the beginning?" It was no wonder that she did not seem anxious at all.
"That's right," Shen Ying took a bite out of her fruit and nodded. "Installing the GPS into the parenting system just makes everything easier. Otherwise, that system might take our plane as some rabbit's hole." Rather than allowing the system to create holes all over the plane, it would make much more sense to let it go once and for all."
"Well..." Lonemoon wanted to ask more questions.
"It's gone!" Yi Qing suddenly halted. He looked in front, confused.
Lonemoon paused and looked up. Indeed, the 001 system that had been in front of them the entire time had disappeared. All that was left was darkness.
"What happened?" How did it disappear? They were following it so closely. They weren't even 500m away from it – it's not possible that they lost it!
"I don't know either. It disappeared all of a sudden." Chef shook his head.
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Even the parenting system was beginning to sound anxious.
[Boss, target disappeared! Target disappeared!]
"It didn't disappear!" Shen Ying responded, frowning. She took one step forward and raised her right hand. She lightly moved her hand, as if touching something. The blackness gave way like a current on hitting a stone. The scene in front of them changed completely.
The other two watched closely, sucking in a deep breath.
What... is this?
After the ripples faded, they saw something huge floating in front of them. Green beams of light were shooting out of it in all directions, forming a cage around it. There were talismans with codes on them all around the cage. The thing had several hands waving around, each one wriggling in one direction. Faintly, they could see souls of various colours in each hand. They were gathering toward the palms.
That thing was incredibly huge. In fact, it was so huge that they could not exactly tell its size. They could not tell the parts of the body from one another. On the one hand, it looks like a plane tree, yet it did not have the aura of any source. A couple of systems that resembled 001 were leaning against the thing, not far away from where the hands were wriggling. After releasing the primary souls that they captured into the thing's palms, the systems would turn and leave.
Looking around, Lonemoon realised there were countless little systems. They almost looked like a colony of ants, working in an anthill.
Chapter 692: Fighting the Boss
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
[Reporting to Boss – the main system has been detected.]
Lonemoon took a closer look at the huge thing. Faintly, he could sense that its power was comparable to that of managers. The only difference was that this thing contained a mess of powers – the power it had was not as pure as managers'. It was a combination of power from all different sources. And the strongest point was in the centre of the thing.
"There are so many systems. What do we do now?" Lonemoon asked. He instinctively suggested, "Why not we look for an entrance to this thing? We can make our way quietly inside of it." This main system had to have a main power switch, right?
"Why do you want to go inside?" Shen Ying tilted her head, asking in a very serious tone.
"nonsense – what else can we do?" The core of this huge thing was located right in the middle f it.
"Why can't we just kill it?"
"Ah?"" Lonemoon paused. Before he could react, Shen Ying had already appeared by one of the hands of the huge thing. She reached out and caught the hand, making sure that she got a tight grip on it.
"Wait, what are you doing?!" Holy shit, are you really just going to kill it like that?
In a flash, the countless busy systems stopped working. It was almost like Shen Ying had hit a pause button on the entire system. They all turned to face her.. The patch of green lights turned red at once. They looked almost like little red eyes, glaring in Shen Ying's direction.
Indeed, one by one, their in-built alarm bells began to ring.
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"Shen Ying!" Lonemon's heart stopped. He reached out to pull her back. Before he could even reach her, she gave a sharp tug on the arm that she was holding. There was a solid crack. A blinding white light flashed past them. Shen Ying had plucked the huge arm right off the thing's body.
The huge primary system began to twist and turn. It waved its arms around, trying to attack the three invaders. Even the countless ant-like systems began to head toward the three of them.
Despite this, Shen Ying continued to look lay. She used the coarse arm in her own hands like a rope. She turned around and waved it at the little systems. With a loud crash, something exploded. A flurry of colours appeared in front of them. The many systems and hands on the primary system began to explode one by one, scattering all over the place.
Still, Shen Ying did not stop waving the arm in her hands around. Instead, she turned around and headed straight for the huge primary system's body. There was another loud crash. The impact caused the huge pile of waste to stumble backward. There was a series of cracking sounds as huge cracks began to appear on the huge system's body. From top to bottom, the entire body became covered in cracks. Huge amounts of its energy turned into remnant souls which escaped from within. Faintly, they could see the score on the inside of the system.
"Alright, we don't have to enter now!" Shen Ying said.
Lonemoon: "..."
Yi Qing: "..."
o(╯□╰)o
Shit! What a violent cheat! Indeed, everything seemed like paper tigers in front of the cheat.
With just a few moves, Shen Ying seemed to destroy something important. The primary system twisted and turned around, making strange electronic noises. Even the countless little systems were scattering in all directions.
Lonemoon's heart sank before he finally reacted. He turned to Yi Qing and said, "Chef, quick, stop these systems!" They could not allow them to invade yet another plane, otherwise the consequences would be dire.
Yi Qing took no time at all to react. With a flash, he retreated to the end of the space. He created a huge fire wall which headed toward the countless little systems. There were loud roars. Every system that came into contact with the fire wall was reduced to ash.
The fire wall became taller and taller. Suddenly, it looked like the ground had become lava. Since the place was so huge, Chef had to turn into a phoenix in order to seal off all the exits. Only by turning into a phoenix could he create a fire wall big enough to control the primary system and all the little systems.
Lonemoon summoned his immortal sword and waved it around as well. Each time he waved his sword, he killed off more than ten systems. The army of little systems was being reduced in size by the second.
Shen Ying, however, stood rooted to the ground. She looked up at the cracks on the main system's body, then scanned the chaos all around her. Narrowing her eyes, she tapped on the parenting system that was floating beside her.
"My personal system."
[Yes, Boss! What instructions do you have!]
"Scan the energy levels of all the systems over here..."
[Yes, Boss! No problem, Boss! Scan in progress... Discovered 50 billion plus... Energy is about a B standard... Discovered strange powers... Data grades surpass SSS.... Reporting to Boss – there seems to be a problem here..."
"Display it."
[Yes, Boss!]
The parenting system let out a soft beep. A white line appeared on the blue screen. It pointed toward a dark area on tShen Ying's right. On the forehead area of a little ball that looked just about as green as every other little system around it, there was a red warning light.
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Lonemoon, who had been fighting the countless little systems, suddenly realised what Shen Ying was up to. He paused and asked, "What is this?"
"Its true form," Shen Ying responded. "The main system's!"
"What!" Lonemoon stared blankly at the huge thing in the centre of the entire space. He turned back to the little system that had been singled out and said, "He can move to any system in here!"
"Mm." Shen Ying nodded.
"Holy shit!" Lonemoon cursed under his breath. He raised up his sword once again and flew toward the singled out little system. The system did not have a body, therefore they had no choice but to capture its soul. He should have known that the so-called main system would not have a physical body. That was why it could transfer to any little system that it wanted to.
It was no wonder that Shen Ying took action without any further thought. If they had entered the system's body secretly, they might not have been able to catch the main system. Much worse – it could have changed bodies and escaped. From the beginning, they had to get rid of every single system. That was why it made more sense to immediately trap all of them.
The amount of power that the main system had was frightening. It was comparable to that of an ordinary manager. However, after what Shen Ying did, the main system seemed to be on the verge of falling apart. Even the supplementary systems were trying to escape from the space. Now, on further thought, it seemed like the main system was doing this on purpose. It knew that it was no match for Shen Ying. That was why it was creating so much chaos – it was supposed to be a distraction so that it could get away.
Indeed, the moment Lonemoon headed for that one supplementary system, the others seemed to receive some sort of orders. All of them turned and headed toward Lonemoon instead. Suddenly, they formed a green wall that attempted to stop him from advancing.
Lonemoon conjured a sword array and caused hundreds of thousands of immortal swords to fly toward the wall of green systems. He headed straight for the body of the main system. His sword landed right in the middle of it. But before he could heave a sigh of relief, the supplementary systems began to multiply before his eyes.
[Ding! Target moved once again!]
The parenting system's screen went dark. Suddenly, it pointed to another little green ball just a few metres away from them.
It moved again!
The parenting system was good! Lonemoon's heart leaped. He suddenly felt the urge to pay its allowance. Suppressing the urge, he turned and headed for the new target.
Chapter 693: Destroying the Core
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
With the parenting system's assistance, no matter where the main system moved, a red warning side would appear on the machine it was in. What's more, Chef's fire wall was closing in on all the systems and Lonemoon had set up multiple sword arrays within in. All around, the supplementary systems were being taken down. They were being constantly reduced in number until there were only a few of them left.
The main system seemed to have realised this. The red warning light above one of the supplementary systems suddenly disappeared. The coarse arms of the huge thing in the middle began to move once again.
[Ding! Reporting to Boss – the target has reverted to its original position.]
The huge plane-tree-looking main system suddenly shot out beams of eye-blinking green light. They resembled lasers, which swept toward the three of them. Everything that the beams of light touched seemed to explode. The beams also seemed to carry with them the aura from the source.
"It's collecting all the source powers to attack us!" Lonemoon exclaimed. He turned and ran toward Yi Qing, who was still controlling the fire wall. "Chef, quick, avoid these-"
"There's no need!" Shen Ying interjected. In a flash, she jumped in front of the laser beams. The beams were so close to touching her. Shen Ying stretched out her hand. Immediately, the beams reflected off her hand, as if she was holding a mirror. There were a series of cracks. The smell of something burning filled the air.
Then, they heard a loud crash. The main system, which had been covered in huge cracks, had been hit. A big hole had been blown into its huge body by its own green light.
"We can enter now!" Shen Ying pointed toward a huge crack
Lonemoon: "..."
Yi Qing: "..."
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You're unbelievable!
凸(艹皿艹)
Was this what she called entering the body? She freaking ripped the system apart! It was the worst method of ripping the machine apart, at that!
Shen Ying took one huge step into the center of the system. Lonemoon and Yi Qing exchanged a meaningful look before following her into the machine.
The moment they entered the crack, everything around them changed. The darkness was gone. Instead, they found themselves in pure white territory. There was nothing but light in that place. Faintly, they could feel thick energy from the plane's source floating in front of them.
Indeed, the next thing they knew, a figure appeared before their eyes. The aura was condensing to form a human figure. The person floated in mid-air. The man was of average height and dressed in black robes. His gaze was cool, yet his face showed no expression. Without opening his mouth, an electronic voice echoed throughout the surroundings. .
"Invaders from a low-grade plan – how dare you challenge the main god. You must give over your souls as the price!"
"Invaders?" Lonemoon looked at the man in mid-air, amused. "Aren't you the one going around and invading other planes?"
The man frowned, as if very angry. The electronic voice sounded once again, but did not say anything in response to Lonemoon. "You've entered my main god's space. Nobody will be able to defend themselves against me."
Main god's space?!
Lonemoon hesitated. Did it lure them here on purpose? He instinctively tried to check his connection with his own plane. Where he could freely form the connection before, he found that he could not now. It was almost as if someone had torn the connection apart.
His chest tightened. Before he could think of another solution, the electronic voice sounded again.
[Successfully adjusted the source's power. Get ready to redeem the souls. Beginning redemption...]
A huge wind blew past them. There was a series of crashes. Then, they felt a huge suppressive force press down on them Lonemoon's heart sank. He tightened his grip on the immortal sword in his hands. The force was getting closer and closer... Closer and closer...
Then, it brushed past them...
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Lonemoon, Chef, Shen Ying and the parenting system were still standing steadily at their original positions. The force could not even push them out of place, much less steal their souls.
The three of them: "..."
What a scary soul-redemption machine...
╮(╯_╰)╭
[Redemption failed! Increasing power to 70% for second attempt. Beginning redemption...]
There was again the series of crashes, then a suppressive force. Then...
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The force brushed past them once again!
The three people stood exactly where they were.
[Redemption failed1 Increasing power to 90% for third attempt...]
Once again, the force came toward them and...
Once again, it brushed past them!
The three of them were standing so still that they resembled dead dogs.
[Redemption failed. Increasing power to 100% for fourth attempt...]
"Are you just about done!" Lonemoon pursed his lips. He could not keep silent any longer. "Blow, blow, blow... What are you blowing at! Do you think you're an electronic fan?!"
He must have been mistaken to think that this main system was that powerful. He forgot that the system was not even a manager. It was only a machine that stole the source powers from various planes, before donating them all into this central machine. WIth so many different types of powers, it was good enough that the machine could maintain its outer appearance of power. Of course it would not be able to succeed in stealing the souls of actual managers.
This thing probably had not even discovered their identities!
[Detected an unknown life! Unable to analyse its data! Unable to analyse...]
The main system let out several booms. It was the sound of it getting stuck..
"Lives that cannot be matched to any one plane. What... are you?"
Lonemoon: "..."
Yi Qing: "..."
Shen Ying: "..."
It really did not know who they were?
o(╯□╰)o
It was no wonder that the invader's system 001 kept talking about being discovered by the Heavenly Dao before, but never the Manager. It had no idea about managers, did it? Then everything this man was saying about being in the main god's space was just empty threats?
THe parenting system was right – this really was a low-grade system. It deserved to be eliminated!
Lonemoon frowned as a gust of sword Qi shot out of him and toward the figure in mid-air. The figure seemed to flicker before dropping down onto the floor.
"A hologram?" Yi Qing frowned. He conjured a wind seal and caused a strong wind to blow past them. It was even stronger than the three gusts of wind that the main system blew at them earlier. The white clouds dissipated and everything turned dark once again.
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A green light appeared in front of them. It was surrounded by countless codes. The source was a mess of all different colours. Its energy felt extremely thick. It was almost comparable to the source of ordinary planes. It looked like that was the core of the main system. .
Shen Ying narrowed her eyes and started heading toward the core.
[Wait! Don't touch the core!]
An electronic voice filled the surroundings. It sounded much more panicked than the emotionless voice they heard earlier.
[I'm going to complete my physical body soon. I'm going to become the strongest eternally living thing! Don't destroy my core!]
A physical body?
Lonemoon frowned. The eternally living thing aside – was this thing drilling holes in all the different planes just to create a physical body? He turned around and stared at the little square floating beside Shen Ying obediently. Speaking of this... Was it so difficult to get a physical body?
( ̄△̄;)
[Stop! Stop that now!}
The main system was getting panicky now.
Shen Ying got closer and closer. She reached out to grab the mess that was the source. Suddenly, she felt a weight pulling her hand down. It was almost like something had grabbed her by the hand and pulled her arm down. An amused male voice spoke beside her ear.
"This is such an interesting thing. Don't you think it would be a pity to ruin it?"
"..."
Chapter 694: Mysterious Man
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"Master!" Yi Qing's chest tightened as he flew to Shen Ying's side immediately.
Lonemoon was shocked too. "Who are you?" The man had appeared out of nowhere. How could they not have sensed that there was someone else present? Even Shen Ying was shocked.
The man turned to glance at the two of them, his gaze cool. Where he was smiling warmly before, he now looked at the two of them as if they were nothing but dirt beneath his shoe. "You brought two oil tanks here as well." He grinned as he lowered his gaze. Something shot out of his body and charged toward the two men. "How troublesome!"
Shen Ying narrowed her eyes and moved. She appeared beside Yi Qing and Lonemoon in a flash. before the two of them could react, they felt a defensive shield come up around them. There was a swoosh by their ear. They knew that something terrifying had almost landed on both of them, but Shen Ying had protected them at the last possible moment.
Their expressions changed at once. This was the first time they felt completely defenceless and powerless against someone other than Shen Ying. If Shen Ying had not rushed over to save them earlier, they could have been dead.
They sensed danger like never before. This man... Who was he?
"Master..." Yi Qing's heart sank. He instinctively moved in front of her.
Before he could ask anything, Shen Ying turned, put her hand on his chest and pushed him back. "Go back!"
Yi Qing was not prepared. One push from Shen Ying caused him to stumble backward and knock into Lonemoon. Both of them fell over. There was a bright flash in front of them as something seemed to open up. It looked extremely familiar. This was... the light from the plane gate!
"Master!"
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"Foodie!"
The two of them screamed out in a panic, but they both could not stop themselves from falling through the plane gate. As Shen Ying disappeared behind the gate, they saw her looking extremely strict for the first time.
Then, they were on the ground in the divine realm.
Chef climbed to his feet immediately. He was really panicking now. Raising his hand, he tried to re-open the plane gate. but no matter how hard he tried, he could not cause the plane gate to open again.
Lonemoon tried to help him as well, but to no avail. He turned around to look at Yi Qing, who was almost out of his mind with worry. "It's no se. Shen Ying must have blocked off the plane passage. Everything is locked. We can't go back."
"Master..." Yi Qing was looking worse and worse by the second. He could not get that man – and the attack that he did not even sense – out of his mind. "No way! She's in danger! We have to go back!"
"Chef, you have to calm down!" Lonemoon pulled him back. "Shen Ying didn't even tell us before sending us back here. She must have known what he was. She must have known that the situation was not something we would be able to handle. She sent us back here so that we would not be a burden to her."
Yi Qing let out a long, shaky breath. He was calming back down, but he still looked extremely worried. Yi Qing clenched his fists tightly by his sides. "But Master is a human... If I can't help her, who can... Elder Jing!" His eyes brightened at once. He turned around to face Lonemoon. "Let's look for Elder Jing! That man is not simple. He's not an ordinary manager. Elder will definitely know how to handle this!"
Lonemoon became excited as well. "That's right! There's Older Sister Jing as well!" He quickly retrieved his wristband and connected to Shen Jing. The light in his eyes suddenly disappeared as he began to tremble. In a disbelieving tone, he said, "Shen Ying... Even locked our connection to Shen Jing."
"..."
Their faces drained of all colour. Shen Ying locked the plane passage because they would not be the man's match. Then there could only be one reason why Shen Ying would block off their connection to Shen Jing as well – even Shen Jing was not the man's match...
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At the Chaos Void.
"That's a wise choice." The man kept his eyes on the spot where Lonemoon and Yi Qing both disappeared. Then, he turned to face Shen Ying, a warm smile on his face. "Given your identity, it is not right for you to always be ragging those two oil tanks around. Yet, you bring them wherever you go."
Shen Ying narrowed her eyes and scanned the man from head to toe. A moment later, she retrieved another fruit from her bag and bit into it. "Are you jealous?"
"What?!" The man paused, as if he had not expected her to ask something like this.
Shen Ying tilted her head and continued, "I've seen many single men just like you. I understand!"
"..." What do you understand?! Why are you looking at me so contemptuously?! The man pursed his lips, then let out a long sigh. He shook his head and said, "There's no point talking about all of these things now."
"What do you mean by that!" Shen Ying kept her expression straight. "After all, you're a single, wandering man. You're different from a group like us, sophisticated tourists. It's understandable that you would have an inferiority complex!"
"..." Understandable my ass! Why did he feel the sudden urge to rush forward and strangle this woman? Why didn't he find out that she was like that when he was conducting his research earlier? The man pressed his forehead, trying to keep his cool. "Do you know who I am?"
Shen Ying took another bite of her fruit. A moment later, through gritted teeth, she said, "You're the man who managed to avoid the monitors' investigations into the Heavenly Dao Organisation, helped Mu Xiang back to her original plane and allowed this system to invade Chef's plane."
"Oh?" The man narrowed his eyes. He looked surprised. "So you knew who I was all along. You are quite smart after all."
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"It's not that I have good eyesight – you've just been too obvious." Shen Ying glanced at him and added, "I'm not blind."
"Heh heh heh..." The man did not get worked up. Instead, he continued smiling. "Then do you know why I'm doing all of this?"
Shen Ying studied the fruit in her hand. She turned it so that it would be easier for her to take another bite. Then, she said, "You're bored out of your mind!"
"..."
The man's smile faltered. Suddenly, his lips twisted. He no longer bothered about acting kind. His gaze turned cool and he said in a very serious tone, "It's my test for you. A test to see whether you meet my standards."
"O," Shen Ying answered nonchalantly. She looked completely uninterested in whatever this man had to say. Tossing the core of the fruit aside, she looked up at the main system. It was acting half-dead, but she noticed it inching backward every chance that it got. All it wanted to do was to escape. She raised her chin to look at the man. "You want to fight me on its behalf?"
"Mm?" The man stared blankly back at her, then glanced at the system. He shook his head. "Don't misunderstand me. I have no liking toward this plane's insects. Of course I'm not going to help it. It's just that..."
"Oh, that's alright then!" Shen Ying cut him off mid-sentence. She began to walk toward the trembling main system.
The man: "..." Was she going to deal with him this impatiently?
Chapter 695: Judgment of the Plane
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The main system began to panic. He let out continuous beeps.
"Don't... D-D-Don't.... Don't come over!"
The green codes which were surrounded by a mess of various different colours began to shake violently from side to side. In a panic, it tried to block Shen Ying from stepping any closer, but nothing that it tried worked. Shen Ying continued to walk steadily toward it. she reached out and grabbed the messy source in front of her.
"Have you thought about this!" The man suddenly shouted. He could not help but remind her, "This thing has the ability to enter any plane that it wants. Although it's a piece of trash, it is pretty useful. As for me... Or the future you, perhaps it would be beneficial. If you destroy it now, you won't be able to use it again."
Shen Ying turned to face the man. Then,she lowered her gaze. In a serious tone, she responded, "Oh." The moment she finished speaking, a huge force engulfed the messy source. Shen Ying clenched her fists. There was a loud cracking sound. The entire source seemed to explode in all directions. The remaining codes seemed to darken significantly.
The source that had been trying to gather together power from all types of places immediately dissipated after the main system was destroyed. At once, everything disappeared into the Chaos Void. These powers were all obtained from people's primary souls.As long as this plane remained in tact, the souls will be attracted back to wherever they came from one day.
The man frowned, as if angered by the fact that Shen Ying did not even hesitate before she killed off the main system. He looked at her unsatisfactorily and said, "You really destroyed it. Actually, if you had just caused it to submit to you, it would be at your beck and call in the future."
"I don't need it!" Shen Ying flicked her hand.
"You...." The man started to speak, but he seemed to recall something else. He sighed once again and said, "I picked this thing out after much thought. I knew it would be useful to you. Do you know at all what kind of people we are?"
"Judges!" Shen Ying turned to face him.
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The man jumped, eyes widening. He was shocked now. "You know?!"
"Mm, I guessed it." Shen Ying nodded. "Someone who was able to prevent two monitors from finding out what would happen to the Great Dao for that many years – only a judge, who's higher than a monitor – would be able to do that." It was a single-choice question. Easy.
"Oh?" The man scanned her from head to toe, surprised. "Then how did you know that judges exist?" Even monitors did not know that judges exist. Yet, she seemed to have the word at the back of her mind.
"I found out on my own." Shen Ying had no intention to hide these things from him. She continued, "I once entered a deep sleep. At first, I thought that it was because I had consumed too much energy and my body needed rest. But when I regained consciousness, I discovered that my powers were over the limit. Even I couldn't feel where my powers ended. From that day on, the word "judge" had been floating in my head. If I'm not wrong, I'm like you. I'm a judge."
"It's too early to tell!" The man lowered his gaze to look her right in the eyes. A grin formed slowly on his face, making him look as warm as he did before. Except, there was a hint of iciness in his gaze. "Do you know that judges can judge any manager or monitor in any plane? If managers have the ability to control everything that takes place in their plane, then judges are the only people who can control everything that happens under the Great Dao in the entire Chaos Void.
An unexplainable expression flickered across his face. He continued, "There are countless planes in this Chaos Void, and every plane has its own Heavenly Dao. That means there are also countless managers. But there is only one Great Dao in the Chaos Void. That means that there can only be one judge."
"..." Shen Ying frowned.
"You're the chosen one, who's going to take over me." He looked at her sombrely. "But I don't know if you'll make a good judge. That's why be it the Big Dao Organization or the invader systems – they were all different tests that I set for you. You would only meet my standards if you pass those tests. Only then would I be able to hand the Chaos Void over to you with no worries..."
"I don't want it!" Before he could finish speaking, Shen Ying rejected him.
"Huh? Ah!" The man paused.
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What did she mean? Was he imagining things?
Did she just give up this position so easily?
"If you want to stay, you can stay on!" Shen Ying waved her hand lazily. She took another bite of her fruit and turned around, prepared to leave. "If there's nothing else, I'm going to make a move." I'm hungry!
"Wait!" The man finally regained his composure and stopped her. He rushed in front of her to block her way. "You can't go!"
"Why not?!" I don't want the promotion – am I not even allowed to quit?
"Well..." The man hesitated. His eyes darted around. A moment later, he said, "Your powers have already grown to match that of a judge. There can only be one judge in this entire universe. So even if you have passed my tests, there must be some sort of hierarchy between us."
"Oh." Shen Ying nodded. Very willingly, she said, "I admit defeat!" This should do it, right?
it's time to go home, time to go home. Time to eat, time to eat!
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"You..." The man was really getting angry now. He blocked Shen Ying's way once again and said, "Do you know what hierarchy means?"
"How many meanings are there?"
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He lowered his gaze. In a heavy tone, he said, "There can only be one of us in this world."
"..." Shen Ying's hand stopped on the way to her mouth.
The man sighed, and smiled warmly once again. "The only thing is our powers are quite equal now. If we really engage in battle, the entire Chaos Void might be destroyed, along with every single plane within it. That's why I've created a series of tests. I want to objectively solve this problem. If you pass the tests, I am going to disappear willingly."
Shen Ying tilted her head. "You mean to say... One of us has to disappear?"
"That's right." He nodded.
"What if we neither of us disappear..." Shen Ying asked seriously. "Would my pocket money be deducted?"
"Eh?" The man stared blankly at her. He answered without certainty, "I don't... think so?"
"Oh, then that's alright!" She heaved a sigh of relief.
"..."
Wait a moment!
What did that have to do with pocket money? Why did she suddenly bringt hat up?
"You don't understand what I'm saying. I mean that there can only be one ju-"
"Who said that? Is it against the law to have two judges?" Before he could finish speaking, Shen Ying interjected. "From really early on, you have been the judge. And it's been a long time since I regained consciousness from my coma. In other words... It's not like both of us haven't co-existed all this time. Why can't we continue this way?"
"...." The man had nothing to say in response.
"Alright, I'm off now." Shen Ying turned to walk around him.
"Wait!" He blocked her way once again, refusing to give up. "Although I don't know what would happen if we have two judges in one Chaos Void, I'm sure it would not have a good impact on the place. So we have to-"
"Then let's just wait till that actually happens!"