The System's Origins-Why Don't You Bite Me? (Two Chapters Combined, Brothers, Please Read!)

"System, you haven't spoken up in a long time."

Luo Heng sat in the courtyard behind Emperor Pavilion, holding a cup of hot tea as he spoke to the empty yard.

[...Host, has it occurred to you that things have been going so smoothly lately that this system simply hasn't needed to speak?] The System's familiar mechanical voice was still devoid of warmth, and still carried that irritatingly composed air.

Luo Heng smiled and set down his teacup. "Isn't that a good thing? It means I'm strong enough to solve problems on my own."

[Oh, aren't you impressive. Would you like this system to applaud for you?]

"Tch, no need for that."

Luo Heng gazed into the distance. After a moment of silence, the smile faded from his face, and his tone turned more serious. "System, there's something I've always wanted to ask you."

[Go ahead.]

"I read plenty of novels in my previous life. Once the host became the strongest person in their world, the systems in them either left after completing their missions, got reclaimed by some mastermind behind the scenes, or retired after their work was done. You... will you leave someday too?"

After he said that, the courtyard fell silent for several breaths.

To be honest, Luo Heng still found it hard to imagine the System leaving in the future. After all, it had accompanied him from the Body Tempering Ninth Level until now. The System had been there at every step of his growth.

[...Host, have you been reading too many storybooks?]

[This system is bound to you. I'm not some temp worker.]

Those two sentences sounded rather like it was looking at an idiot.

"Bound?" Luo Heng raised an eyebrow. He had never seen the term "binding type" anywhere on the System panel.

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