Chapter 163 (1/2)
“So this is what you were trying to hide from me, eh?” Grandpa Vremya asked. He was standing over Pravos, who was kneeling with her head pressed to the floor. “The fast-time world has actually entered a state like this.” He stroked his beard. “Interesting.” He glanced at Azalea and broke out into a smile. “You always wanted to beat me in something, no? Let’s have a competition.”
Azalea raised an eyebrow. “What kind of competition?”
“A user-raising competition,” Grandpa Vremya said. “Since resources are pretty scarce right now because of the titans, we’ll limit ourselves to things that can be found inside of this world. That means only techniques developed in this world are allowed to be used as rewards for the users.”
Azalea smirked. “You want to compete with me in management?” she asked, smiling so wide she revealed her teeth. “Are you sure about that?”
Grandpa Vremya’s brows furrowed. “What’s that supposed to mean?”
“Nothing,” Azalea said, her smile still brilliant. “Let’s do it.”
Pravos’ expression darkened. With Grandpa Vremya and Azalea competing, how was she going to fix the fast-time world? She had to restore the special lands, make them able to nurture excellent spiritual herbs once more. Since Grandpa Vremya and Azalea were competing with the resources inside the world, wouldn’t they pillage those special grounds, robbing them of their last vestiges of energy? She had spent a ton of money buying the resources necessary to create those lands, and if she wanted to do it again, it wouldn’t be possible! The materials simply weren’t available on the market anymore. Instead of competing, Pravos felt like Grandpa Vremya’s contributions would be much greater if he pushed the titans back to where the original frontlines were!
Grandpa Vremya took one glance at Azalea’s computer screen before nodding. “I’ll pick him,” he said, pointing at Howard. “His potential is the highest.”
Pravos glanced at Grandpa Vremya. She had already uninstalled her system from the hopeless fellow and transferred it to the girl in second place, Lucy, instead. Pravos had no plans on informing Grandpa Vremya of Howard’s shortcomings at all. It would be good for Grandpa Vremya to lose face once in a while. Maybe he wouldn’t be so … him if he lost a few times!
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[The Destined for Immortality System has been installed.]
Howard rubbed his eyes. For the past three hours, he had been staring at the cultivation techniques he had chosen, doing his best to memorize them. Evidently, he had stared at them for so long that he was starting to see things! He rubbed his eyes and went back to the top of the page. However, rubbing his eyes didn’t help. There were even more lines of text blocking his vision now!
[Are you ready for greatness? No matter what questions you have, the system will answer them for you. Whether it be guidance in picking cultivation techniques, answering questions pertaining to your current techniques, or even answering the questions to exams, the system will do it all.]
Howard’s brow wrinkled. It seemed like the system was back after being uninstalled. Was it a specialty of the academy? Did he have to ask his questions out loud? How was he supposed to ask the system to answer exam questions if he had to remain silent?
[The system is capable of reading your thoughts. If you want to ask the system a question without speaking, address your thoughts to the system. For example, System, what color is my underwear? That’s a trick question; I know you’re not wearing any underwear.]
Howard’s eyes widened. He really wasn’t wearing any underwear! Did the system really know the answer to every question? If that were the case, didn’t it mean he had all the knowledge in the world? System, can you teach me the strongest cultivation technique?