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The System That Got Devoured By The Feast On The Plate
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Shao Qian stared blankly at the XingHai Space in front of him. When he had been killed, in order to survive, he bound himself to a system called ‘Resurrection’. So that he could return to the past when he had yet to been killed, and subsequently, avoid his imminent death, he diligently completed the tasks the system assigned to him. Although he didn’t have anything tying him to that world and wasn’t reluctant to leave it, he had never expected to die from some unknown cause.
For years, he worked hard to complete his assigned tasks. Even when he was humiliated, mortified and died as a cannon fodder in those so-called novel worlds, he had never thought of giving up on returning to his original world. After all, the current him only had that single goal to strive towards, nothing else.
The result? After he completed all his tasks, the system had unexpectedly gathered together its energy, intending on devouring him. He would be resurrected if he finished the tasks? He had merely been tricked by the system’s deceptive words. What it had actually wanted was for him to travel across various different worlds and complete all kinds of tasks, allowing his soul to grow much more attractive and delicious.
The so-called system was exactly like a glutton, except with higher class taste buds. As ordinary souls were no longer able to satisfy it, the system would gather together souls and toss them into various worlds it believes can be used for seasoning, similar to stir-frying for flavour. It would wait until the ‘heat’ was sufficient and it felt that the gathered souls were ‘tasty’ enough, before enjoying its feast.
However, after Shao Qian passed through countless of worlds, he began to gradually feel that the system’s true purpose wasn’t as simple as it looked on the surface and had secretly raised his guard against it. So, when the system trapped him in the middle of the XingHai Space to devour him, he had long prepared of a way to drag the system down along with him. But, in the end, he had never imagined, that the one that would survive was him.
No, it shouldn’t be said that he survived. Without knowing why, the him that was undoubtedly headed to his death, had somehow devoured half the system instead. Examining the system’s menu, he discovered that its appearance had changed, there were no longer anymore loathsome tasks, nor were there anymore red fonts that would pop out to threaten him from time to time.
Stretching his right hand out and seeing the decorative design on his hand’s surface, Shao Qian let out a bitter laugh. The system never expected, that in the end, it would be devoured by its own ‘food’ instead.
However, now that he had devoured the system, what else should he do? After going through this sort of situation, he didn’t really have much thoughts on returning back to his world. As for the other worlds…..
In every world, he had been killed, and so didn’t have much of a favorable impression towards them. There was a time when he had even thought that if he ever got the chance, he must definitely take his revenge on those so-called male and female leads……
Eh? Shao Qian pondered seriously on his current situation. Although he was currently a soul, but, at the same time, he was half system too. Moreover, he was able to decipher a piece of information from the strings of data within the system after devouring it. A system seems to require energy. It was no wonder why the system always forced those tasks on him then.
Though, since he had nothing better to do now, should he return to those worlds where he had done those tasks, to take revenge on those people who made him past grievances?
He took his newly formed idea into consideration. Before, all worlds had been located by the system. And, although it was now just a single half after being devoured, the coordinates of those worlds, fortunately still remained. He wanted to cross over to other worlds, however, there was a problem with energy. He was naturally clear about the fact, that his body’s current energy was barely enough to cross over to just a single world after he devoured the system. But, he merely needed some time to carefully prepare himself before he could cross into another world.
Sitting cross-legged in the XingHai Space, he began smoothing out the disordered soul power within him. Gradually, his soul body, that had been full of bumps and holes after he devoured the system, returned to normal due to his slowly recovering soul power. Sensing the abundant soul power within him, Shao Qian’s face revealed a rare smile.
At this moment, he could somewhat understand why the system had been so obsessed with gathering energy. His soul that was so full with energy, to the point where it felt like it was overflowing, truly let him feel satisfied and unparalleled in the world.
Shao Qian stayed in the XingHai Space for a while to regulate his energy. When he woke up however, his pair of eyes were emotionless as he stared at the twinkling XingHai Space in front of him. After a moment, they regained their previous vigor.
He kept feeling as if something had left him. It was to the extent where he felt as if he were missing part of his soul. It was like… it was like something very important had left him.
This overpowering and uncontrollable feeling made him unwell. His chest aches dully, as if something had been dug out of his heart.
In the end, Shao Qian couldn’t find out what had happened. Waiting until he felt better, he grabbed a speck of light conveniently floating by his side, leaving the XingHai Space.