When Oni Yunjie saw the irrepressible grin on Fang Cheng's face, she knew he had definitely come away with a hefty haul.
It involved Fang Cheng's secrets, so she didn't pry. She simply asked, "Did you get it done?"
Fang Cheng nodded. "More or less."
Just getting the system upgraded had already exceeded his expectations, never mind all those extra lives.
"Then let's head back."
The two of them turned to leave, leaving the remaining corpses for the monsters to deal with.
After returning to the Iron-Cast Palace, Fang Cheng asked Oni Yunjie for somewhere quiet so he could see what the system's second upgrade had in store for him.
[System rebooting...]
As soon as the message appeared, countless green lines of code streamed down across his retina like a waterfall, so fast they made his eyes blur.
Fang Cheng's eyesight was good enough to follow them, of course, but he wasn't some bald programmer. He couldn't understand a single line.
In just a few dozen seconds, the system had successfully rebooted.
The moment it did, Fang Cheng's head dipped. It was as if he'd plunged into dark water; his consciousness sank into blackness, and he couldn't even feel his body.
"What's going on?"
Fang Cheng was baffled. Nothing like this had happened the last time the system upgraded.
He had no idea how much time passed before the darkness gradually receded.
The surroundings slowly came into focus, and Fang Cheng realized he was lying in a strange, cramped space.
The top was made of transparent glass. Through it, he could see a wall glowing with a soft light.
On either side of his body were concave panels of silvery-gray metal. Together with the glass overhead, they formed a cylindrical pod.
Fang Cheng almost thought it was a