"Awakening and stabilizing Nine Dragon God Guards's sleeping protocol and coordinating those ancient energy flows took a lot of effort from me! Otherwise, host, why do you think I always had to do "deep self-examination' and optimize the protocol' before, and sometimes got lost? That was all silently processing massive amounts of data in the background to prepare for the future! The priority is much higher than chatting with you!"
"Um... I said you were fat, but you still breathed?"
Long Jinyu was stunned and looked at her with some surprise. "So... you used to be so mysterious and venerable that you always pretended to be dead and collected points. Are you really holding back your ultimate move to do business?"
"It must be dropped!"
System-chan put his hands on his hips and said confidently, "... But, for some high-end 'goods', such as summoning protocols for specific characters, I don't have complete templates in the database, or the calling conditions are extremely harsh. So... I set the redemption points a little bit higher..."
She used two fingers to draw an almost invisible gap, her eyes wandering, and the gesture became smaller and smaller under Long Jinyu's dangerous gaze that gradually narrowed.
"... Yidiandian? I--" Long Jinyu was interrupted just as he was about to attack.
"Oh, host, don't worry about these details!"
System-chan waved his hand and tried to pass the test cutely, "In short, this is called... a white lie!... Otherwise, when I need to 'deliver' the goods at the last minute, wouldn't it be very embarrassing if I can't hand it over? It will also be judged as agreement fraud! Just like what you said before, you want to summon the 'Light and Dark Douluo'."
"She belongs to a character from the Douluo Dalu III period in the more distant future timeline. The current core protocols and energy orientation of this system mainly focus on connecting dragon-related existences in the 'past'. Not only is the success rate of forcibly summoning future individuals across timelines not guaranteed, but the energy consumption required is astronomical and the cost-effectiveness is extremely low! How can I do this kind of loss-making business if I am as smart as me? With those resources, of course I would give priority to investing in awakening my own Nine Guards! Right?"
She blinked her big eyes, trying to make her logic sound impeccable.
"... Smart... as you?"
Long Jinyu After listening to it, I felt angry and funny. My fingers felt a little itchy. What would I like to pinch?
"... So, those tasks that seem to be as difficult as climbing to the sky, but the rewards are 'just right' and make people work hard, are they deliberately designed by you to delay time, divert my attention, and save 'cover' for the real big project?"
"This, this, this... what happened to scholars, how can it be called intentional design!"
System-chan took a small step back and said plausibly, "That's... that's 'adaptive training' and 'resource accumulation guidance' that are full of humanistic care! And... and I think host you were pitiful when you first came here. Apart from practicing, you just emo looking at the moon in the middle of the night and missing home... I, I can't bear it!"
Her voice became softer and softer, and finally she broke the jar and raised her face again:
"Originally! According to the perfect plan of this system, after you successfully clean out the 'Death Messenger' den, the points accumulated will be...'just enough' to unlock Yu's preliminary awakening protocol, allowing her to appear beside you in a reasonable way and give you a big surprise! Who knew... who knew that such an accident would happen!"
"But! This system stays calm in times of crisis and controls the entire domain! The moment it detects the trigger of Bi Ji feathers and the 'concept level' curse, it makes a prompt decision, activates the highest priority emergency plan, and approves Yu's permission to go out in advance! How about it? Is it a quick response? Proper handling? Super awesome? Do you have a little bit of... the idea of recognizing this system as the boss? Don't be shy, just say it boldly!"
"Um..."
Seeing System-chan's "praise me, worship me" look, Long Jinyu helplessly covered his face and said angrily:
"Ah, yes, yes, our eldest sister System Treasure is the most powerful, she is wise and brave, and she is prepared for a rainy day, okay?"
The tone was perfunctory, but the smile in his eyes could not be hidden.
"Huh, that's pretty much it~"
System-chan's eyes were sparkling, and she was obviously very useful. She arranged her hair, turned around and drifted towards the main console, and began to adjust the last environment parameters before absorbing Soul Bone, while humming an untuned electronic sound.
Long Jinyu shook his head with a smile, turned to look at Xiang Yu, and thought of a practical question:
"By the way, Sister Yu, have we been in this space for a while? Shouldn't we go out and tell Sister Xiaotao and the teacher that they are safe? They must be worried."
Yu Wen said, "Don't worry, Lord, I have made arrangements for this matter. Before taking you into this space, I have informed Tuoba Xi, who will contact the outside world and inform Shrek that you are out of danger and are undergoing in-depth treatment and recovery in a secret place in our house. You need to rest absolutely and will not be disturbed for the time being. They will convey this message to the relevant people."
"In addition, the master does not have to worry about time issues. This 'Slumber Sanctuary' is independent of the main plane of Douluo. The internal time flow rate has been specially adjusted by me and is not synchronized with the outside world."
The green light flowed from her fingertips, and she sketched a simple time model in the air. "Ten days here, only one day has passed in the outside world. It should be around six o'clock in the morning in the outside world now. According to my estimation, when you successfully complete 'Candlelight'Soul Bone The integration of E, the initial laying of the foundation for Dragon Core, and the breakthrough to the realm of Soul King, takes about two days here, but only two or three hours when converted to the outside world."
"Is the time difference so big?"
Long Jinyu was surprised at first, and then thought of some science fiction settings, "Then... doesn't that mean that if I stay in here for a long time and then go out, my actual age will be older than before?"
"The Lord is too worried. Ordinary life forms may be affected by this..."
Yu smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "But we are Dragon God Bloodline, and the essence of life has touched the origin of the law of time and is naturally protected by it. This degree of time and space difference will not cause substantial differences in age growth or life passage. Explain clearly..."
"It's just that we've made a mistake. We belong to the 'privileged class' in this matter and are exempted from these side effects. Your Majesty, you can rest assured."
Long Jinyu laughed dumbly, "Well, the life of a loser is so simple and boring~"
It is naturally a good thing to avoid unnecessary trouble.
Yue's smile faded slightly, and his tone was a little more meaningful. "Besides, my birth and this turmoil also need to give Shrek some time to 'digest' and 'react'. Compared with having a clear goal and being straightforward, Star Dou Great Forest, who goes back and forth, and Holy Spirit Cult, who hides in the dark and has evil intentions. The one who is most anxious and in the most delicate situation at the moment is probably Shrek Academy."
"Oh? Sister Yu, you mean..."
"My lord, have you ever calmly looked back? When you first came to Shrek, Mr. Mu En was so passionate about talents that he took you under his wing due to half fate and half force. This is both an 'opportunity' and a 'determination', so I will not comment."
She changed the subject slightly and said, "However, in the Sea God Pavilion, the college's supervision was negligent, which resulted in you being injured by a rampaging student from Martial Soul. This is one of the 'dereliction of duties'."
"Not long after the injury has healed, in order to solve the student's chronic illness, they did not discuss the pros and cons with you in depth and consider your wishes, so they made arrangements to live together in the name of 'facilitation of cultivation' and 'favor of auspiciousness'..."
Grasp Long Jinyu's wrist more tightly.
"Even though you feel pity for the 'Fire Phoenix' and voluntarily help, Shrek's actions are essentially treating you as a 'good medicine' or a 'good omen', rather than respecting you as an independent and complete 'person' first. Such an approach of lightly adding risks and inconveniences to you is not the way to treat guests, let alone respecting teachers and friends. In Yue's opinion..."
Soul Power surged all over her body, word by word:
"Almost, it's a 'contempt' towards your life and will."