[Thirty seconds remaining until the punishment.] [Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one...] [Punishment generated!]
After the system upgrade, even the punishment announcements had gotten wordier.
Shen Yangge felt no changes in his body, which left him puzzled.
[-System, what exactly is the punishment this time?]
System 615 stammered:
[I checked the database... it seems to be vampire syndrome (＞﹏＜)] [If you wish to make it through the punishment period, you must drink blood. You must also keep your skin out of sunlight throughout the punishment period. Accidental exposure may cause blisters and rashes in severe cases.] [It is also accompanied by intermittent stinging pain and physiological **.] [Host, are you all right? Why aren't you saying anything? ⊙ω⊙]
Shen Yangge was too furious to speak. He gave a few hollow chuckles without a trace of warmth. After a long pause, he remarked with headache-inducing sarcasm, [-Even skin hunger syndrome would've been better than this. Fuck!]
System 615 felt embarrassed. It thought this was absurd too. Ever since it had bonded with this host, strange things had kept happening.
First, the male lead had turned gay. Then the plot had started falling apart a little. Although things were broadly following the main storyline, somehow everything felt wrong.
Besides, it was supposed to be a death-seeking system, and its task wasn't difficult. All its host had to do was die as prescribed in the original story, and its job would be done. Yet after all this time, not only had its host failed to die, he had also triggered all sorts of bizarre punishments for breaking character.
As it questioned its existence as a system, it also began to wonder whether it had taken the wrong approach.
The two children watched the