[I'm here.]
Only after hearing the voice in his mind did Xiao Ling finally breathe a sigh of relief. He'd nearly thought the system had croaked. Luckily, the thing was still hanging in there.
However, Xiao Ling, whose mood had just settled, didn't notice that the system's mechanical voice had taken on a faint hint of liveliness.
"Phew..."
"System, you finally answered. I thought you'd croaked."
System: [???]
[It's a good thing you only used it once, Host. Otherwise, you'd really have drained this system to death!]
"Huh?"
Xiao Ling rubbed his nose sheepishly and said awkwardly,
"Um... I didn't do it on purpose. Besides, I even fed you all the good stuff I got last time..."
His meaning was simple: We're even now, so don't hold a grudge and use your power against me later.
But could the system understand what he meant?
Regardless, he didn't wait to find out. Instead, he changed the subject again and asked in his mind,
"System, what exactly happened this time? And is this Xiao Clan something like a small world?"
[Ding! This system doesn't know what happened this time either. As for the Xiao Clan, it is indeed something like a small world.
And the Host could say that this time, misfortune turned into good fortune. This Xiao Clan can let the Host's true body enter, and can also bring in people who give up resisting...]
[However...]
"What is it, System? Don't tell me this Xiao Clan has some kind of side effect?"
Xiao Ling raised an eyebrow and asked in his mind.
[Not exactly. But this Xiao Clan was created using my power and is bound to your soul, so when bringing people in later, the Host must pay attention to their strength.
Otherwise, the backlash won't just damage the Host's