Strongest Robbery System

Lin Yu watched the progress bar move through his mind. It loaded roughly 1% per minute.

"Why is this taking so damn long? Even XP wasn't this slow!"

Lin Yu wished he could dive into his own mind and give it a push, but sadly, he was powerless. All he could do was rage helplessly and wait in torment.

The system took nearly two hours to load, and he stared at it for the full two hours. Finally, the progress bar crept up to 99%. Lin Yu's eyes began to shine unconsciously as he muttered excitedly.

"Come on! Come on! Come on!"

"Ding!! System loading complete. Hello, dear host! 9527 is at your service!"

A voice rang out in Lin Yu's mind. It was the most pleasant voice he had ever heard across both lifetimes.

"Nice! Come on, come on... 527, hurry up and tell Daddy what you can do!"

Rubbing his hands together, Lin Yu spoke excitedly. Back when he read webnovels in his previous life, he had always envied those protagonists who obtained systems. He often fantasized about getting one himself and going on a rampage in every direction. Now that it had really happened, how could he not be excited?

"All right! Host Daddy, please wait a moment!"

"Rustle, rustle..."

Immediately afterward, Lin Yu heard the sound of pages flipping in his head.

"Hey! 9527, don't tell me you're flipping through a manual??"

Lin Yu asked suspiciously.

"How could that be!!! 9527 is the most professional! Host Daddy, don't make things up!!"

Listening to the slight panic in 9527's voice, Lin Yu's mouth twitched wildly. He was one hundred percent sure that 9527 was flipping through a manual. Why did his system feel a little unreliable...?

"Ahem, ahem!!! Host Daddy, allow me to formally introduce myself. I am 9527, the auxiliary sprite of the Strongest Robbery System. Please take care of me from now on!"

"The Strongest Robbery System can rob everything from the myriad heavens and worlds. As long as Host Daddy has enough Robbery Tokens, everything in the world can be robbed!!"

9527's tone was filled with inexplicable pride.

"Robbery? Interesting! I just said I wouldn't be a good person, and this came right after. Fate truly can't be defied! Hehe..."

"By the way, 9527, what are Robbery Tokens? How do I get them??"

"..."

Lin Yu listened speechlessly as another burst of frantic page-flipping sounds came from his mind!

"Why don't you just give me the manual directly? That way you won't have to keep flipping through it?!"

"How could I do that? Serving the host is the duty of a system sprite. I'm a professional!! No, no!! What manual? Don't make things up!!"

Listening to 9527's righteous sophistry, Lin Yu's forehead was covered in black lines. Talk to me about being professional after you stop flipping through that damn manual. Don't disgrace the word professional.

"Forget it, forget it. If you say there isn't one, then there isn't one! Have you found it yet?"

Lin Yu asked weakly. What else could he do? It was his own system. No matter how pitiful it was, he had to put up with it.

"I'm about to find it. Please wait patiently, Host Daddy!"

Well, damn. It was no longer even pretending. Lin Yu could practically see a little brat sticking its butt out while desperately flipping through a manual...

"Found it. Sorry to keep you waiting, Host Daddy. The system requires a specific kind of energy to carry out robbery, and Robbery Tokens are the physical manifestation of that energy!"

"There are four types of Robbery Tokens: Primary, Intermediate, Advanced, and Legendary. Different grades of Robbery Tokens can rob items of different quality. The higher the grade of the Robbery Token, the greater the chance of robbing high-grade items."

"Primary Robbery Tokens can rob F- to E-grade items. Intermediate ones correspond to D- to B-grade items, Advanced ones to A- to SS-grade items, and Legendary ones are guaranteed to rob SSS-grade items."

"There are three ways to obtain Robbery Tokens. The first is daily check-in. The host has one check-in opportunity every day, and checking in will randomly grant the host one Robbery Token."

"The second is completing missions. The system will randomly trigger certain missions, and completing them will reward Robbery Tokens. As for the trigger conditions, they are determined by the system."

"The last method is absorbing natural energy. There are two ways to absorb natural energy. One is by absorbing substances containing natural energy, such as all kinds of heavenly treasures. The pill Host Daddy just took also counts, but the energy in pills is not natural energy, so the system's absorption and conversion efficiency is very low. The other way is collecting biological energy released after living creatures die, but it only works if Host Daddy kills them personally! Once the energy value reaches a certain threshold, Host Daddy can choose to synthesize Robbery Tokens himself."

"The system has adjusted the standards according to Host Daddy's world. Killing a first-rank creature grants between 1 and 10 energy points, while killing a second-rank creature grants between 10 and 100 energy points, and so on. At the same time, killing creatures above your rank will correspondingly increase your energy gains. Each rank crossed increases energy gains by 50%. However, killing lower-rank creatures will likewise reduce the gains. Once you kill a creature two ranks below your own, you will no longer gain any energy points!!"

"A Primary Robbery Token requires 1,000 energy points to synthesize, an Intermediate one requires 1 million, an Advanced one requires 100 million, and a Legendary one requires 10 billion."

"There are quite a few ways to get Robbery Tokens, but I'm guessing daily check-ins won't give anything good. Missions are too uncertain, and they even depend on the system's mood. Looks like I'll mainly have to rely on the third method!"

After hearing 9527's explanation, Lin Yu fell into thought.

"Heavenly treasures probably aren't easy to come by either. Looks like I'll have to mess with magical beasts more often. And the rewards for killing above my rank are far better than farming weaklings! Seems like the system wants me to fight above my rank more often!"

"Of course! As my, 9527's, host, if you can't fight above your rank, then what's the difference between you and a salted fish!!"

9527 said smugly.

"Oh, right, Host Daddy. The system has materialized your personal data. You can call it up to view at any time by silently reciting 'Attributes.'"

Following 9527's instructions, Lin Yu silently recited Attributes in his heart. An attribute panel unfolded in his mind.

Host: Lin Yu

Age: 17

Level: 0

Talent: None

Cultivation Method: None

Skills: None

Items: None

Missions: None

Energy Points: 0

Robbery Tokens: 0

Looking at that long string of zeroes and "nones," Lin Yu clearly realized that he was a complete newbie. He figured there probably wasn't a transmigrator with more miserable attributes than his!

"9527, where did you pirate this interface from? And pirating it is one thing, but this art style is way too crude. There isn't even a basic 3D model. You've got no sense of scale at all!"

The more Lin Yu looked at the crude character interface, the more displeased he became. That strong knockoff vibe made him thoroughly disdainful.

"Eh!! Isn't there one??? Maybe it was missed. Please wait a moment, Host Daddy! I'll just scan it!"

As soon as 9527 finished speaking, a lifelike miniature Lin Yu appeared beside the attribute panel!

"That's more like it!!"

Lin Yu admired his 3D character model and nodded in satisfaction.

"Something's not right!! Did I forget something?"

Lin Yu looked at the attribute panel with furrowed brows, seriously thinking about whether he had overlooked something. He kept feeling that something was off...

It was not until he saw the small gift box on the table that he remembered.

"Right, 9527, doesn't the system even have beginner benefits?"

"(°_°)... Um, don't worry, Host Daddy. Yes, yes, it does!! Your Beginner Gift Pack will be issued right away!!"

9527 fell silent for a moment before hurriedly replying to Lin Yu.

"Σ(⊙▽⊙)a!! Did you forget about it???"

From 9527's earlier performance, Lin Yu had already realized how muddleheaded his system sprite was. But he never expected 9527 to forget something this important. He immediately felt the urge to uninstall this thing and install another one.

"(°_°)... Host Daddy is a man destined to stand above the myriad heavens, so don't fuss over such trivial matters. The Beginner Gift Pack has been sent. Host Daddy may open it and check..."

After saying that, 9527 immediately fell silent. It was probably too embarrassed to say anything more!!

Lin Yu helplessly looked at the Beginner Gift Pack in his item inventory and silently recited Open...

"Congratulations, Host. You have obtained Robbery Token Blind Box ×10. Opening them will randomly grant Robbery Tokens of different grades!!"

A cold mechanical voice rang out. Lin Yu instantly recognized that it was not 9527's voice...

"Oh ho!! This little thing actually knows how to be embarrassed. It doesn't even dare speak now. Since you know your place, Daddy won't uninstall you!!"

"9527, stop hiding. Hurry up and open the blind boxes for Daddy!!"

"Yes, Host Daddy!"

The moment Lin Yu finished speaking, 9527's voice came through the next second.

"9527, open all ten blind boxes for me!!"

At Lin Yu's command, the ten blind boxes in the item inventory shone with different-colored lights. One of them, in particular, glowed with an especially eye-catching golden radiance.

"Congratulations, Host Daddy, you have obtained Primary Robbery Token ×5, Intermediate Robbery Token ×3, Advanced Robbery Token ×1, and Legendary Robbery Token ×1!! Holy shit, Daddy, are your hands blessed by the gods????"

By the end, 9527's voice had completely warped.