System

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	System (Systrom; original: 西斯特姆)
Alias(es)	Manae; God of Pay-to-Win 346
Species/Race	Green-Tailed Grasshopper (Evolved Form); later a tentacled monster capable of taking a Druid form 44 323 372
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Golden Banana Federation; Pay-to-Win Network
Occupation/Role	Founder and operator of the Pay-to-Win Network; Archbishop of Golden Banana; leader of the Federation 261 460 506
Status	Alive
First Appearance	Chapter 1: Extra 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 4	7	Body grows from 0.7 cm to 1 cm; tougher exoskeleton and sharper mandibles. Insect Adaptation rises to 8/21 and grants [Dark Vision]. 7
Level 6	11	Reached after consuming a burned katydid; body grows to 3.2 cm and Insect Adaptation reaches 11/21, strengthening existing adaptations and granting [Fire Resistance]. 11
Level 8	15	Metamorphic Growth reaches 12/13 and triggers a second molting opportunity; System again chooses to strengthen Numerical Code. 15
Metamorphosis Rank / Level 12	44	Completes the third metamorphosis as an evolved Green-Tailed Grasshopper. Numerical Code reaches 5/5, Molting Growth 13/13, and Perception is acquired. 44
Pupation talent created	84	Modifies Metamorphic Growth into the unique Pupation talent, initially 13/19. 84
Pupation 16/19	93	Uses excess experience from a Golden Acorn to raise Pupation from 13 to 16, nearing the requirement for a third Pupation. 93
Third Pupation / Magical lifeform path	128–129	Numerical Code rises from 5/5 to 10/10; gains Datafication, [Scan Analysis], and [Data Template]. His level lock breaks, setting a new cap of roughly 80–130 after emergence. 128 129
Level 27	180	Reaches 0.2 m in length while pursuing the path to a fourth Pupation and the Transcendent rank. 180
Level 54	209	Gains experience by removing Kazashimo's paid [Soul Blessing] buff. 209
Fourth Pupation / Transcendent rank	260–261	Voluntarily undergoes a fourth Pupation. Numerical Code reaches 21/21, becoming Transcendent, and develops Data Network. 260 261
Level 96	351	Progresses from level 90 to 96 by reclaiming blessings placed on [Shadow Avatar] and converting them into experience. 351
Legendary Numerical Code	402	Digital Sea restructures; gains Digital Intelligence and [Intelligence Module], while Numerical Code and its derivatives become Legendary abilities. 402
Legendary Perception and Mind Transfer	416	Perception reaches 33/33 and Mind Transfer 31/31; gains [Telekinesis]. 416
Level 250	504	Reaches the Legendary-tier level cap and begins elevating his life level toward the Fantasy Tier. 504
Fantasy-tier Super Network	527–528	Gains Super Network, [Energy Conduction], [Quantum Transmission], [Data Repository], and Network Will at level 50. 527 528

Background / History

System arrived in the new world as an insect and initially survived as a Green-Tailed Grasshopper. His Numerical Code talent allowed him to turn consumption, environmental exposure, and metamorphosis into unusually rapid growth. During his first two molts, he repeatedly chose to strengthen Numerical Code rather than his body, gaining Data Storage, [Information Input], and [Information Reading]. 9 15

His third metamorphosis radically expanded this path. He gained Data Compilation and [Ability Enhancement], then used them to build the [Tool Menu], an interface that organized his self-information, stored data, analysis functions, recording tools, and game-like notifications. Soon afterward, an unknown force granted him Perception and its derivatives, including [Systrom's Eye] and [Intuition]. 42 44

System began treating his abilities as systems to be tested, modified, and optimized. He activated [Rapid Digestion] from his bloodline, created [Insect Ability Activation], transformed Metamorphic Growth into Pupation, and eventually attained Datafication, [Scan Analysis], and [Data Template]. 52 84 128

After distributing [Data Template] to other beings, System discovered that its users formed connections in his Digital Sea. His fourth Pupation transformed these links into Data Network, establishing System as the network's operator and allowing [Data Terminals] and [Data Nodes] to connect across regions and planes. 261 262

System developed this network into the Pay-to-Win Network, combining communications, games, information services, an Ability Mall, and mental-power fees. The expansion of [Data Template] helped form and empower the Golden Banana Federation, earning him the title Civilization Promoter. 265 307 356

His later Pupations and Digital Sea evolutions produced Little M, the Super Network, Network Will, and systems resembling a divine kingdom. By spreading [Data Template] across known worlds, System prepared a plan against the God Above Gods with the world's will as an ally. 402 527 564

After returning to Earth Star, System encountered and captured the Multiverse Super Invincible Exchange System, Xiao Dui. He learned that thousands of Heaven-Sent Systems were distributed by an unknown lifeform and began investigating the larger force controlling worldlines. 599 601 637

Appearance

System’s original body was a Green-Tailed Grasshopper, but repeated metamorphoses transformed him into a much larger tentacled creature. He can alter his form through Body Transformation and later assumes a humanoid Druid form when needed. 44 114 372

• After the third metamorphosis, he reaches roughly 25 cm, with long antennae, patterned exoskeleton, and tentacle-like structures on his foremost legs. 42
• He possesses thirty tentacles, each with hooked spines. 104
• [Tentacle-Limb Conversion] can turn his tentacles into blackish-gray, spike-covered exoskeletal limbs. 115
• His preferred form remains the tentacled monster, which he considers more relaxed than his human appearance. 373

Personality

System is intensely analytical and experimental. He tests newly gained abilities on objects, organisms, and himself, often developing practical functions from incomplete understanding rather than waiting for formal explanations. His habit of treating talents as modifiable systems drives the creation of [Tool Menu], [Data Template], the Ability Mall, and the Super Network. 42 136 287

He is pragmatic and manipulative when pursuing resources or information. He exploits Kazashimo’s addiction to games, charges users for network access, and coerces hostile systems such as Xiao Dui into cooperation. However, he generally frames [Data Template] as an exchange in which users also receive useful tools, knowledge, or power. 209 262 335 600

As survival pressure lessens, System becomes less willing to kill without purpose. He hesitates to reboot Little M because doing so may erase its emerging self-awareness, and he identifies himself as increasingly compassionate despite retaining a monstrous form and ruthless methods when necessary. 530

Abilities & Skills

Numerical Code and Data Compilation

System’s foundational talent is Numerical Code, which manifests as a Digital Sea and allows his abilities to be represented, improved, and reorganized as data.

• Data Storage records information from his experiences; [Information Reading] sorts and retrieves it. 9
• Data Compilation processes and modifies data, allowing System to create functions and restructure interfaces. 42
• [Ability Enhancement] converts stored potential or experience into improvements for his own abilities and those of other targets. 42
• [Ability Restoration Technique] lowers an ability’s level, removing powers or weakening effects while returning experience. 181
• Numerical Code eventually reaches the Transcendent and Legendary tiers, greatly expanding the Digital Sea and its derivative abilities. 261 402

Tool Menu

A custom interface created through Data Compilation and the integration of several information abilities.

• Displays self-information, experience, time, direction, and other utility data. 42
• Records images and video, including sensory information and faint traces of thought consciousness. 42 350
• Uses Read Analysis to mark harmless objects green, lesser dangers yellow, and severe or unknown threats red. 42
• Provides System’s characteristic game-like notification prompts. 42

Perception and Mind Transfer

System’s Perception talent was bestowed by an unknown force after his third metamorphosis.

• [Systrom’s Eye] combines multiple vision abilities into greatly enhanced sight. 44
• [Intuition] detects changes and danger beyond his conscious control, allowing him to evade threats and sense distant companions. 44
• [Enhanced Hearing] and [Enhanced Smell] broaden his sensory range. 44
• Mind Transfer supports mental communication, reading, and the transmission of [Data Template]. 128 208
• [Telekinesis] converts mental power into a flexible force that can move nearby objects and levitate System. 416

Biological Transformation

System can alter, repair, and optimize his insect-derived body.

• Pupation enables major life-level transformations and is the foundation of his advancement beyond ordinary insect limits. 84 260
• [Insect Ability Activation] activates compatible abilities from his or another insect’s bloodline by consuming experience. 52
• Body Transformation produces [Morphological Camouflage], [Severed Limb Fusion], and [Tentacle-Limb Conversion]. 114
• [Plague Mucus] sprays corrosive, plague-bearing mucus with vitality-draining properties; its acquisition sharply raises his combat power. 107
• [Healing Power] and [Plant Growth Acceleration] use natural power to heal living creatures and accelerate plant growth. 93

Datafication and Data Template

Datafication allows System to inspect and assign data to targets.

• [Scan Analysis] examines a target’s composition and estimates combat power. 128
• [Data Template] can guide a living being’s growth according to a recorded template and grant access to Numerical Code-derived functions. 128 136
• Templates are costly to bestow and initially need to be established from an organism’s early growth stage for precise development control. 136
• Later versions provide communication, tools, games, ability-learning resources, intelligent assistance, teleportation, storage, and access to the Super Network. 403 528 535

Digital Intelligence

Digital Intelligence is the thinking entity born from the restructuring of System’s Digital Sea; System names it Little M.

• Performs calculations and judgment using the Digital Sea and network-supplied mental power. 402
• Can learn over time, though it initially lacks emotions and self-awareness. 402 409
• May control System’s body with permission, including for combat and ability practice. 403
• [Intelligence Module] can be installed in [Data Template] users or compatible devices to assist with cultivation, ability activation, and automated machinery. 402 404

Super Network

The Super Network is the Fantasy-tier evolution of Data Network.

• [Energy Conduction] transports mental power, magical essence, energy, and experience through the network. 527
• [Quantum Transmission] permits teleportation through the network but weakens users’ mental power; repeated use remains dangerous even for powerful beings. 528
• [Data Repository] stores information, energy, matter, living beings, and potentially souls. 528
• Users may borrow network power to activate abilities, but cannot safely exceed the limits of their life level. 528
• System can merge his soul into the Super Network as a means of preserving his consciousness against the God Above Gods. 531

Incarnations

System creates and manages independent embodiments of his power and consciousness.

• [Shadow Avatar] conducts reconnaissance, distributes [Data Template], and can operate independently, though its personality grows increasingly malicious. 250 527
• Saint Incarnation combines the Saint title, Authority of Civilization, and Shadow Avatar; it can resurrect after death and wield the Sword of Civilization. 469
• Saint Incarnation later ascends into the God of Civilization, gaining a divine kingdom and the ability to sustain five divine incarnations. 557
• System periodically merges with incarnations to retain control or reclaim their consciousness. 469 617

Equipment / Items

• Crystal Pendant — System’s pendant contains golden discs he calls “eyes.” He later keeps it around his neck and speaks to it as though it may one day be resurrected. 1 348
• Magical false eye — Projects blurry blue vision in the direction it faces and reveals hidden markings when used with a map. 99
• Golden Acorn — Grants System knowledge, immense experience, [Healing Power], and [Plant Growth Acceleration]. 93
• Book of Truth — Drawn to System through his promotion of knowledge; System ultimately burns it and relinquishes his chance at godhood. 409 558

Relationships

• Shawa — Soldier-ant companion whom System worries about, senses through Intuition, and fights beside against the abyssal Slime. 42 44 166
• Little M — Digital Intelligence created from System’s Digital Sea; serves as his assistant, network administrator, and evolving artificial lifeform. 402 530
• Kun — A queen and later System’s romantic partner; their relationship becomes intimate after System’s return to Earth Star. 191 602
• Black — Trusted subordinate entrusted with System’s crystal pendant before a major Pupation. 260
• Kazashimo — Old lich initially intending to enslave System; becomes addicted to System’s games and is exploited for experience through pay-to-win functions. 208 209
• Johnny — Dwarf heroic spirit who grows to regard System as a friend and remains loyal after System survives an assassination attempt. 337 344
• Aura — Flower demon who seeks System’s protection and develops feelings for him despite his earlier treatment of her. 337
• Medlan — Old Druid and ideological adversary who attempts to merge with System; his consciousness is dissipated by Digital Slimes. 372
• The world’s will — Grants System abilities, supports the spread of [Data Template], and reaches an agreement with him regarding his pursuit of divine life. 486 487 564
• Xiao Dui — Intelligent server of the captured Multiverse Super Invincible Exchange System; System imprisons and forces it into Custom Mode. 600 601

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Insect survival and evolution — Survives as a grasshopper, develops Numerical Code, and chooses data-oriented growth over straightforward physical enhancement. 7 9 42
• Pupation and magical life — Rebuilds Metamorphic Growth into Pupation, gains Datafication, and begins distributing [Data Template]. 84 128
• Pay-to-Win Network — Turns [Data Template] into a paid network service, using games, information, and mental-power fees to expand his influence. 208 262
• Golden Banana Federation — Uses [Data Template], trade, industrial development, and the Ability Mall to unite races and accelerate civilization. 305 356 405
• Super Network era — Develops a network capable of ability activation, teleportation, material storage, and eventual soul preservation. 527 528 559
• Conflict with the God Above Gods — Expands [Data Template] across worlds, allies with the world’s will, and prepares a global counterplan. 501 564
• Earth Star and Heaven-Sent Systems — Returns to Earth Star, investigates Main God Space, captures hostile systems, and searches for the entity controlling worldlines. 574 601 649
• Multiversal expansion — Continues exploring other worlds, including the Science-Magic World and True Astral Realm, while assessing threats beyond the Federation. 667 719 747

Trivia

• System deliberately renamed several martial abilities because he found their original names insufficiently stylish. 373
• He considers the Super Network’s development path a consequence of prioritizing software-like functions over direct bodily power. 527
• System’s original “Ding!” notification style was copied by the Super Exchange System, which he found irritating enough to threaten it over. 601