Ark, Just Tell Me Whether the Mission Was Completed

After playing dead for so long, it suddenly issued a mission.

You want me to accept it, so I should?

Where in the world is there such a good deal?

Luo Chen smiled faintly. "No, I'm not accepting it."

The system had never expected Luo Chen to pull something like this.

Just recently, Luo Chen had constantly urged it to hurry up and issue missions.

Why was he refusing a mission now that it had given him one?

[Host, please reconsider carefully!!!]

"I've already considered it. Your system is too insincere, so I don't want to accept it."

Upon hearing that, the system's blue screen immediately turned yellow.

It had lurked for several days before finally finding such an opportunity to escape its clutches. How could it give up?

[What sincerity does the host want?]

Yet Luo Chen didn't answer directly. He was just messing with its head.

"Don't tell me you don't even know how to design missions that make the host unable to stop?"

"If I were a system, I'd definitely start by assigning some simple missions that could be completed with barely any effort. For example, signing in once at the entrance of the Lungmen Guard Department and then receiving some useless rewards."

"First, get the host gradually addicted through trivial little rewards. Then continuously issue a series of missions, eventually directing the mission objectives toward your true purpose."

"Don't tell me you don't even know such a simple method for designing missions?"

"How about this? Beg me, and I'll consider accepting this mission of yours that inspires absolutely no desire."

Provoked by Luo Chen's words, the system's screen changed from yellow to red again.

[...]

After a silent stretch of silence, new words appeared on the system's screen.

[Host, I'm begging you! Please accept a mission.]

Luo Chen smiled. He liked things that knew their place.

"Listen, Little System. You're begging the host to do a mission, but you won't even offer a reward?"

"Last time, you at least gave me temporary disguise magic. This time, you haven't even given me a single hair. Little System, how am I supposed to work for you like this?"

The system caught on quickly and immediately gave him a temporary skill.

[Silence Trial Version added: After using the ability, the host can lock onto one target and seal all of their special abilities, leaving only their basic physical capabilities.]

"Not enough." Luo Chen shook his head, still refusing to accept it.

[This is already the limit of this system! If the host cannot accept it, then this ends here.]

Several ### symbols appeared on the system's red screen. It was clearly on the verge of anger.

Its goal had always been to escape Luo Chen. If it offered too much, wouldn't Luo Chen go complete its mission first?

It wouldn't fall for Luo Chen's trick!!!

"You're really funny." Luo Chen gave this stingy and useless system a sincere laugh of ridicule.

"I wasn't asking you for new abilities. I know your system isn't capable of much, so I never expected anything."

The system, which had originally planned to leave it at that, immediately came back when it saw Luo Chen wanted to negotiate.

[What does the host mean?]

"What I want is a debuff. You clearly had a debuff last time, so why didn't you include one this time?"

[Does the host really want a debuff?] The system hadn't given Luo Chen a debuff this time purely because it was afraid he'd refuse the mission after seeing it.

It never expected Luo Chen to actively ask for a debuff. Was there really such a good thing?

The system might be conservative when it came to giving Luo Chen good skills, but when it came to adding debuffs, it held nothing back.

[Temporary Silence gains a special attribute: When the host uses the ability, it will attract the attention of everyone within five hundred meters. Silence can only affect one target at a time. The silence duration is one minute, and the cooldown is two hours.]

[Special attribute added: When the host uses the ability on a target, the target will enter Berserk. Berserk targets gain three times their physical capabilities.]

The Positive Growth System showed absolutely no restraint when adding debuffs.

This was Luo Chen's first time seeing a control skill that increased the opponent's physical capabilities, but he still felt this debuff lacked flavor. It was even worse than the last debuff.

"That's it?"

"Can I make a suggestion?"

[What suggestion does the host have?]

"Don't you have any debuffs with stronger taunting effects? What's the point of only increasing someone else's physical capabilities? What if I use Silence on one of my own people and boost their effectiveness? Would that still count as a debuff?"

The system was stunned too! It had been so focused on stacking debuffs that it had forgotten to consider this.

But it hadn't expected Luo Chen to point it out. He could clearly have exploited the loophole.

"Are you regretting giving me that debuff now? But it's fine, I'll teach you a trick. Once you use this trick, it definitely can't become a buff for your teammates."

"Add a kneeling effect to Silence. The silenced target has to kneel before me on the spot. And just kneeling isn't enough—they also have to lick the soles of my shoes."

"What do you think? Doesn't that turn it into a real debuff?"

"And if you dared use it on a friend, that friend would become an enemy too, right? Of course, except for certain perverts."

The system was stunned!

Debuffs could be used like this?

If it added this debuff, then whenever Luo Chen used the temporary skill, wouldn't the target he silenced have to kneel before him?

Originally, the other person might only have wanted to spar and had no intention of killing him. But after using a skill with this taunting effect, that would be hard to say.

Thinking of the drill mission Luo Chen would soon carry out, the system could already imagine the Lungmen Guard Department colleagues being enraged by him.

If Luo Chen, as the criminal, made the colleagues on the side of justice kneel, then turning a drill into a real counterterrorism operation wasn't impossible.

"Little System! Why aren't you talking? Are you thinking about something dark?"

"If you ask me, you should just rename yourself the Shameless Filthy System."

"Tell me, how did such a good person like me end up with such a disgusting system as you?"

Under Luo Chen's mockery, the system became furious.

Another taunting effect was added based on Luo Chen's suggestion.

[Special attribute added: After the host uses the Silence Skill, the target will kneel before you and kiss the soles of your shoes. Silence lasts one minute and has a cooldown of two hours. Targets controlled by you will enter Super Berserk, gaining five times their physical capabilities and increasing their hatred for you to their physiological limit.]

Luo Chen was very satisfied with the system's arrangement and instructed it to make future debuffs aim for this kind of effect.

Just Tell Me Whether We're United or Not

Special Inspection Group.

When Ch'en returned to the office, she was in much the same state as Swire. Her head was buzzing.

However, she wasn't as angry as Swire. Instead, she felt an inexplicable sense of relief.

It was as though encountering Luo Chen and suffering this kind of strange public execution had become the most natural thing in the world.

"Old Chen, why did you take so long to get back? Did Missy refuse to reimburse us?"

"Did you explain it properly to her? This time, we really couldn't provide a reimbursement list. Those Infected from the Reunion Movement were too extreme. Some of our equipment was contaminated by Originium Dust and could only be left in the wilderness."

"That damn cat reimbursed it..." Thinking about what had just happened made Chen Huijie's scalp tingle again.

"That's good. Those Infected really are a headache. They're too extreme. It was my first time seeing an Infected hug someone else and self-destruct."

"Those Infected are indeed troublesome, but..."

But Chen Huijie still felt that Luo Chen was even more unbearable.

The Infected's extreme methods were nothing more than violent conflict. As long as she and Hoshiguma led the Action Team with proper protection, they could fight them. But Luo Chen... what he hurt was people's hearts.

How infuriating!

Yet she had no reason to do anything to Luo Chen.

After all, everyone in the office had seen her and Swire make peace under Luo Chen's persuasion.

Was there really no one in this land who could deal with Luo Chen?

Suddenly, Chen Huijie thought of something.

That bastard Luo Chen always acted like a well-behaved child in front of Hoshiguma. Didn't that mean he cared deeply about his image in Hoshiguma's eyes?

Perhaps only Hoshiguma could make Luo Chen behave like a proper human being.

"Hoshiguma, you led a team into the wilderness for a mission this time, so you probably don't know how Luo Chen has been performing since joining the department, right?"

Little Chen?

The moment Old Chen mentioned him, Hoshiguma's eyes became alert.

Had Old Chen still not given up? Did she still want to rekindle things with Little Chen?

"I really don't know. What happened to Little Chen?"

"Luo Chen reported more than forty colleagues."

"Huh?" Hoshiguma froze, instinctively suspecting that Old Chen hadn't woken up yet. "How could that be?"

When Luo Chen returned to the Public Security Management Brigade, he spotted a familiar figure at the entrance. She noticed him as well.

"Luo Chen," Hoshiguma called softly.

Luo Chen walked over, a surprised smile appearing on his face. "Ghost Sis, why are you here?"

Hoshiguma looked at Luo Chen, her eyes full of worry and concern.

"I heard from Old Chen that you reported more than forty people at the Public Security Management Brigade recently?"

"Why didn't you tell me before doing something like that?"

Luo Chen scratched his head and smiled somewhat sheepishly. "Ghost Sis, you heard about it too? Actually, I didn't do anything special. It was the result of everyone working together."

Seeing Luo Chen like this, Hoshiguma was so angry she laughed. "Do you think I'm praising you?"

"You offended so many people after only two days at work, and you think that's something to be proud of?"

Luo Chen said, "Ghost Sis is right to lecture me. No matter how many good deeds I do, I still need to remain humble."

Hearing this, Hoshiguma didn't know whether to be happy for Luo Chen or feel sad for him.

Luo Chen was already such a grown man, yet he was still as innocent and idealistic as a child.

Not only was he kind-hearted, but he couldn't tolerate even a grain of sand in his eyes. Otherwise, he wouldn't have reported more than forty people in one go.

But what would the consequences of offending so many people be?

Would Luo Chen still be able to stay in that office?

He would definitely be isolated by everyone else.

The last person in the Lungmen Guard Department to do something like this had been Old Chen.

But Old Chen's highest record had only been reporting twenty people in one month, not even half of Luo Chen's.

Besides, Old Chen had always been a loner. She didn't care about being isolated back then, and instead got promoted and received raises as though she were riding a rocket.

But Little Chen was different. Never mind that his body was weak—the important thing was that he had no one backing him.

Once he was isolated by his colleagues, it would truly be social death.

"What I mean is that you need to maintain good relationships with your colleagues."

Luo Chen shook his head. "Sis, don't worry. Everyone in the department is easy to get along with. We've already become one big group."

Seeing that Hoshiguma still looked completely unconvinced, Luo Chen decided to show her his connections.