System

This program was produced by Tomato Listening.

In Episode 4, the system sorted out her thoughts. She roughly scrubbed her arms with a towel when she suddenly noticed something under her armpit. Looking closer, it seemed to be a birthmark.

But it clearly had not been there a few days ago when she had washed up wearing a tank top.

Lin Yuzhu rubbed at it again. The red mark remained, and she secretly found it strange.

Then her mind buzzed, and the entire scene before her seemed to blur.

When her mind cleared, Lin Yuzhu took a deep breath. For a moment, she felt as though her whole body had exploded.

Before she could figure out what was happening, a series of beeps sounded by her ear. "The system has fully integrated with this interface. Would the host like to activate the system?"

A magnetic voice drifted by her ear like a spring breeze.

Lin Yuzhu rubbed her ears. As someone obsessed with voices, why did she suddenly feel like she had fallen in love?

Oh, no, no activation. Just kidding—she was still in the bathhouse pool. What if activating it forcibly dragged her into some space? What would the auntie who had just come in think?

Lin Yuzhu was beside herself with excitement. She was a transmigrator with a Golden Finger too. It seemed transmigration perks really did exist.

Though she desperately wanted to howl at the sky, Lin Yuzhu restrained herself. She climbed out of the pool, showered properly, and hurried home. At least that would make her twenty cents worth it.

After getting home, she checked the wall clock. There was still some time before Mother Lin and the others returned, so Lin Yuzhu hurried into her room, shut the door, and excitedly tried calling the system in her mind.

"Hey, system, are you still there?"

"Welcome to the Kailuo Farm System. Would the host like to activate the system?"

The same pleasant voice drifted gently by her ear.

Lin Yuzhu happily thought that even if this system was utterly useless, just listening to its voice would be nice. "This system can sing, tell stories, and help you sleep."

Just hearing such sunny service showed how advanced this system was.

Lin Yuzhu was so happy she nearly lost her bearings and blurted out, "Hehe, activate the system. Okay."

"Friendly reminder: this system can detect the host's thoughts. The host may communicate silently to avoid attracting others' attention. The system recommends that the host develop good security awareness."

Lin Yuzhu nodded repeatedly. She had gotten too carried away just now.

"Mm, you're handsome. Everything you say is right."

"Would the host like to enter the farm in spiritual form or physical form?"

Having read all kinds of Golden Finger novels for years, Lin Yuzhu naturally understood what the system meant. There was no one at home now, but after she went to the countryside there would be too many people around, making physical entry inconvenient. Since it was convenient now, she might as well enter physically.

The moment she thought that, her vision blurred and the scene changed. The scent of fresh grass washed over her, and the clean air left her feeling utterly refreshed.

Lin Yuzhu was standing directly in front of a small house built from gray bricks. Behind her stretched fields upon fields of farmland. One plot had already been cultivated, roughly one hundred square meters in size.

Looking around, it seemed that this was the only plot of truly cultivated farmland. Beside it stood signs reading "Uncultivated."

Near the farmland was a constantly flowing river. Following it with her gaze, she saw endless plains with no visible end.

Looking farther ahead, there seemed to be some buildings, though she could not make out what they were.

Beyond that lay an unbroken mountain range.

Setting aside the distance, Lin Yuzhu found the scene before her extremely familiar. Wasn't this some famous farm game that had once driven everyone crazy?

The system might as well have been called that.

The system explained, "The system merely borrowed certain designs from the host's former world. In truth, our farm has many forms of presentation. This form best suits the host's worldview, so the system made appropriate adjustments."

Lin Yuzhu nodded in understanding. She had many questions and could not help asking, "Then why is it called the Kailuo Farm?"

"This system was developed on an interface called the Caesar Continent. Our personnel named it Kailuo Farm."

Looking at the endless mountain range, Lin Yuzhu suddenly thought of something. "Is this space infinitely large?"

"Can I go wherever I want with a thought, like the protagonists in novels?"

"The Kailu System does not only include farms. It also includes oceans, mineral deposits, orchards, and more. I am merely the Smart Administrator responsible for one branch among many farms."

"Strictly speaking, the space within the host's body is similar to one planet. This planet consists of many separate sections, each inherited by a host. However, a transparent barrier separates each section, preventing hosts from crossing boundaries. Therefore, not everywhere the host can see is a place the host can reach."

"The system does not recommend that the host use thoughts to teleport."

Lin Yuzhu was speechless. The more she thought to ask, the more questions she had. Shaking her head, she decided to ask the important things first. "Why was I chosen by the system?"

"Could it be that I transmigrated because of the system?"

The system patiently explained, "The host's transmigration was similar to a corresponding magnetic field created when two interfaces became parallel at a certain point in time. The stronger the magnetic field at that point, the more likely soul or physical transmigration events are to occur."

"So, the transmigration novels the host once encountered were not entirely without basis."

Lin Yuzhu pondered for a long time. Although the system's voice was pleasant and everything it said sounded right, she simply could not understand how the past and present could possibly run parallel.

"Friendly reminder: the host has not returned to the past of her former interface."

"What does that mean?"

Lin Yuzhu's mind went blank. She had been here for a month, and the city names she had heard completely matched those from her original world.

"Host, you have actually transmigrated into a book. The contents of the book resemble the 1970s of your former interface."

"Strictly speaking, a single author cannot create an entire interface. It is merely that things from an interface happened to be reflected in the author's imagination. Humans call this imagination."

"Some authors discover while writing that their story's direction has completely slipped beyond their control, straying further and further from their original outline. This may also be caused by such reflections."

Lin Yuzhu listened with her mouth agape, goosebumps rising all over her body. It was a little terrifying.

"In truth, such reflections do not occur often, only occasionally. So when the host transmigrates into an interface similar to a book's plot, you may consider it entering a book. However, this is a real world."

Lin Yuzhu scratched her head. She truly had not encountered a single familiar name. Could it be a novel she had never read?

No matter how hard she thought, she could not figure it out.

Or would she only encounter them after going to the countryside?

Was this a sent-down youth novel?

The system did not reveal anything more and continued, "Because there are only two transmigrators in this interface, and the other already possesses a separate space, this system chose to merge with the host."

Listening to that, Lin Yuzhu had the illusion that she had been picked only because no one else wanted her. Oh well, none of that mattered. Having a system was what mattered most.

Lin Yuzhu happily looked at the scene before her. Going to the countryside no longer seemed as frightening as she had imagined. Even transmigration felt a little exciting now.

"Allow me to introduce the origins of Kailuo Farm. Human technology became advanced, but it also caused severe pollution. Many living creatures, even ordinary animals, could no longer survive. Yet humans desperately needed food supplies, so scientists developed the Planetary System. However, they discovered that the spaces within the Kailu interface still could not grow crops."

"So scientists used Magnetic Field Transmitters to send each branch of the space system to different interfaces, selecting suitable survival locations for spatial development. They then chose a host who met the fusion requirements to become our partner. As a mutually beneficial arrangement, the host may freely control the products of the farm."

"Friendly reminder: the system requires Contribution Points to upgrade. Contribution Points are issued by the Caesar Continent. In other words, the host may choose to sell farm products to the Caesar Continent."

After the system finished speaking, a transparent light screen popped up before Lin Yuzhu. It displayed options for buying seeds and selling products, just like a game. The first page she saw was for purchasing seeds. If she wanted to sell products, she only needed to tap "Sell Products" to switch pages.

Lin Yuzhu looked at the seed icons. Other than the level-zero seeds, seeds of every other level were locked and grayed out. There were only three level-zero seeds: Carrot, White Radish, and Forage Grass.

When she saw Forage Grass, Lin Yuzhu had a sudden realization. Looking toward the distant buildings, she wondered, "Could that be the Pasture?"

"That is correct. That is the Pasture. Its form is also similar to the games the host once played, except it cannot raise magical animals like those games."

"However, a wall of light surrounds the Pasture. There is a certain time ratio between the inner space and real space, regulated by the system. Therefore, the system advises the host not to forcibly enter the Pasture, because the passage of time applies equally to the host's physical body."

Lin Yuzhu nodded in understanding. This arrangement was quite reasonable. She did not want time inside the space to pass more slowly than outside.

Mm, thinking about plant growth, another question arose in Lin Yuzhu's mind. "If everything follows the normal time ratio, wouldn't it be rather slow to rely on selling products to level up?"

"Heh, beneath the cultivated farmland is a layer of Energy Wafers, which can rapidly catalyze plant growth. Once soil leaves the wafer's coverage, it becomes ordinary soil."

"A friendly suggestion: the host may rent Small Robots to sow, harvest, and manage the farm. The prices are fair."

"Each Small Robot can be rented for ten Contribution Points per day."

"One plot of land is recommended to be managed by four Small Robots, allowing for quick sowing and harvesting."

Lin Yuzhu clicked her tongue. This system really was thoughtful. In truth, it was simply finding roundabout ways to make her spend money. She only had two hundred starting Contribution Points, while White Radish and Carrot seeds cost one hundred sixty points, and Forage Grass cost eighty. By that calculation, she could still afford to rent robots, but the Pasture probably could not operate for now.

At that moment, another light screen popped up before her. It showed the Contribution Points required for the Pasture, which were universal. At level zero, she could only raise Chicken, but a single Chicken cost seven hundred Contribution Points. Lin Yuzhu could only temporarily give up on the Pasture and plant radishes first.