Chapter 691 - Wholehearted Acceptance (1/2)
System Space, the following day.
The System watched the golden book that had flown back to them in a rush and said in jealousy, “D*mn, I’m it’s actual dad, yet why is it closer to you instead? You’re able to actually to command it come and go at your will. This guy obviously did not inherit a shred of my dignity.”
“You’ve asked this question lots of times, and I’ve answered it just as many. I’ve always been a person that’s wanted to win treasures over by virtue, so naturally a just cause would enjoy abundant support. However, you’re more prone to subduing others by force, so naturally it would welcome resistance. A wise sage once said that the sturdiness of rivers and mountains comes from morality and not from danger. You’ve always wielded power instead of morality, so don’t blame the treasures for leaving you,” scoffed Fang Ning proudly, the game book in his grasp.
“All that nonsense about being moral or immoral. I’m a heroic System, I’m practically made of morality… I can’t blame them for having eyes but no sight, for not being able to make a distinction between good and evil, between loyal and disloyal,” retorted the System, “stop spouting nonsense already. Quickly get the ratty book to hand over all its experience points already.”
Just as Fang Ning opened his mouth to say something, his precious game book suddenly started flapping its pages rapidly, as if trying to convey something.
A while later, he suddenly realized something and said, “Wait, I actually have such a large number of treasures, yet I’ve never known about it all this while. You definitely knew, Sir System, yet you’ve never bothered to remind me. You must be trying to cheat me out of a large sum of money again.”
“You’re accusing someone without grounds again… You’re obviously just too lazy for your own good. Zheng Dao’s financial statements and Anderson’s daily reports, tell me how many times do you read them? You only care about playing games every day, so you don’t even know how much money, or how many wives, or how many soldiers that you have… I’ve always asked you to read Zheng Dao’s reports, yet you’re always too lazy to but now you’re trying to pin the blame on me. If you had actively read the reports daily, would you still be in the dark now? Where is the logic in all this? This is all so unfair to me!” complained the System, hurt and insulted.
“Ugh…” Fang Ning was rendered speechless, so he could only admit embarrassedly, “I think I’ve really blamed you wrongly.”
“That’s the truth,” replied the System confidently, “in order to make up for the emotional damage you’ve put my young soul through, all that money, as well as all those experience points are mine now. Hurry up and cough it out.”
Once Fang Ning heard this, he quickly said, “Hey, we’re two hearts in a single body. An ancient sage once said that unity is strength, so we can’t contend with each other overtly and covertly over a little profit. It would be detrimental to efficiency. Besides, I gain nothing from keeping the money and experience points all to myself, since it’ll still be used to improve your strength in the end. However, I’m looking at the bigger picture right now, unlike you, who is short-sighted and always eager to succeed. I have set proper arrangements for the money and experience points, so calm yourself.”
“Ugh… You’re speaking quite logically, but I still feel like you’re bluffing me. Are you coming up with some plan again?” questioned the System.
“The world is in danger and yet almost everyone has no idea. We’re in critical times right now, so why would I want to bother with setting you up? However, it’s just that you’re always using experience points to boost your strength at the moment, so you’re always ignoring the long-term overall situation when in fact, the quality to price ratio isn’t all that high. When I try to talk to you, you don’t listen. So all I can do is putting aside some of it for the future,” said Fang Ning assuredly.
“Oh, is that so? Then tell me, what exactly are you plans?” the System finally relented.
It was a martial hero system born out of a kimchi online game, which meant that despite slightly lacking intelligence-wise, it would still be able to reach the peaks of battle micro-operations that even divine beings could not.
However, just as Fang Ning had said, it had one fatal flaw when faced with the grand scheme of things—it could not see the direction of strategic development clearly.
The System was like a peasant soldier wandering around, running at the first gun shot and slipping away at the first chance. It did not have a complete strategy or clear strategic goals.
With an imposing look, Fang Ning said, “Sir System, before I set up any of your future plans, there’s one thing on my mind that I’ve decided to tell you about. After thinking about it yesterday, I didn’t manage to tell you. Before that, can you guarantee that all conversations that happen from now within the System Space are never made known to the outside world no matter what?”
“Of course. Look at you being all mysterious, what are you up to?” asked the System.
Yesterday, Fang Ning did not intend to tell the System about the extremely shocking discovery he had made. He was afraid that it would make a mess of things by revealing the secret, since the System has never been subtle…
However, the reason why he contradicted himself today was simple. After being chided by the System just now, he suddenly realized that he just might forget the discovery he made yesterday entirely…
He had even forgotten the amount of money he had. Although the discovery he had made was a big deal, it was still possible for him to forget it or lose his memory about it because of some kind of curse or something.
Therefore, he had no choice but to tell the System, who would never forget things. Having it help him remember the discovery was far better…
“Very well. You are to close off the System Space completely so that no information will be allowed to leave or enter,” ordered Fang Ning.”
Alright.” As long as Fang Ning was getting down to proper business, the System would always follow his orders obediently.