Time ticked by, second after second. Yan Jinyue and Ruan Xin kept their eyes fixed nervously on the location marker on the computer screen as it moved toward the wilderness outside the city.
The car carrying Yan Jinyue and Ruan Xin continued in that direction, and they kept directing their people to follow in real time. At last, Ji Hanxing's location stopped somewhere on the outskirts. Yan Jinyue immediately called the police and sent them the location.
When Ji Hanxing slowly regained consciousness, he found himself tied securely to a chair. He tried to move but could not budge at all.
He looked around. It was a dilapidated, deserted wreck of a place, with daylight leaking in from above.
Great. Just like the descriptions in so many novels.
"System, if my safety really is threatened, can you protect me?"
The system fell silent for a while. Ji Hanxing continued, "You said before that you had no energy. Now that we've reached the final plot point, you should have nearly enough, right?"
"This is already the final plot point. If something happens to me here, you won't be able to complete your mission either, will you?"
"You don't want the mission to fail either, do you? It would be such a shame to fail at this stage."
Ji Hanxing's string of remarks finally prompted the silent system to speak.
[Host, this system understands what you mean. Within this system's capabilities, it will protect you as much as possible.] [But please, Host, do not court death!]
That promise was enough to satisfy Ji Hanxing.
[Host, you really have grown a great deal.]
The system suddenly added another remark.
Ji Hanxing now even knew how to threaten people with a mixture of persuasion and pressure-no, not people, systems.
"That's