[Ding, congratulations, Host. You have completed all instances and successfully cleared them!] [Ding, congratulations on receiving the hidden achievement awarded by the Main System: "Ultra-Ultra-Ultra-Ultra-Vicious Cannon-Fodder Wage Slave"!]
Shi Jihan was displeased. Why was this thing settling a personal grudge in public?
[Ding, settlement channel now open. Scanning and calculating data... Calculating... Calculation complete. The Host currently possesses 4,795.38 Malice Points. Based on the number of days completed, congratulations on achieving "Earning Forty Thousand a Day." Your Malice Points have been successfully converted into cash.]
A glittering gold bank card appeared in Shi Jihan's hand.
[Ding, instance settlement in progress. Once Zhou Jingcheng's current state has been determined as "losing everything," the worldline will automatically converge, and you will be forcibly returned.] [System assessment in progress. Please wait...] [Ding, system assessment failed. Conditions not met. Immediate return unavailable.] [Warning! Warning! Unable to converge worldline. Requesting reassessment... Assessment failed!] [Requesting reassessment once more... Assessment failed. Worldline cannot converge... Warning! Warn^%#$&@%*#%￥&!!!]
Shi Jihan listened as "reassessment" and "assessment failed" echoed back and forth in his head. Finally, there was a crackle, and then silence.
Did it... run out of power?
No. Shi Jihan sniffed. [Zero-Zero-Zero, did your brain short out?]
Zero-Zero-Zero replied, [Not me. It seems like the Main System shorted out.]
How embarrassing...
Shi Jihan gave a bashful smile and said to Zhou Jingcheng, who had been watching him the whole time, "The assessment didn't succeed." He was puzzled. "Why, though? Isn't your anchor point your identity as a CEO? That fits the usual male lead setting perfectly."
Zhou Jingcheng watched Shi Jihan nod in a daze, then smiled with curved eyes. "An anchor point is the most important part of my heart. Only by