On the interface was the scene of Mei Yue’s dormitory. Mei Yue was curiously touching her chest. She lowered her head and muttered, “Eh? It doesn’t seem to hurt anymore. This is so strange.”
She reached out to touch her entire body. “Hmm? I feel so comfortable. My head is so clear and my body feels so relaxed.”
“This is so weird!”
Su Yang was speechless
‘You think that’s weird? I’m the one who should be weirded out!
‘How did I end up in a virtual space?
‘Could it be that someone saw you waking up and placed me inside the virtual space?;
With that thought in mind, Su Yang started to call out. Other than himself, the only other person who had the authority to operate the virtual space was Little Deeny.
“Little Deeny! Little Deeny! Are you there?”
A moment later, Little Deeny appeared in front of Su Yang. “Master, were you looking for me?”
Su Yang asked, “Why am I in the virtual space?”
Little Deeny said smugly, “Master, when your body suddenly stopped moving, I was shocked. I didn’t know what happened to you, but I was afraid that Sister Mei Yue would wake up, so I took the initiative to move you into the virtual space.”
“It’s a good thing that I moved you earlier. Otherwise, Sister Mei Yue would have found you.”
Su Yang asked, “So she won’t find out now?”
Little Deeny shook her head. “There’s no way she will. The glass screen is my avatar and it has a disguise function. If I stick it to the ground, it will become the same as the ground and I won’t be discovered.”
Su Yang was relieved.
Just as the two of them were chatting, there was a slight vibration in the virtual space. Little Deeny cried out in shock and Su Yang quickly looked at the interface.
In the end, he saw Mei Yue getting out of her bed. As she prepared to go to the living room, she stepped on the glass screen.
Even though the glass screen was disguised as the ground, it did not disappear. Thus, Mei Yue felt something under her feet.
She made a “Hmm” sound in surprise, then stopped and gently kicked the spot that had touched her earlier. The ground was slippery, so the glass screen was kicked away…
Su Yang was speechless.
Little Deeny was speechless as well.
‘This is awkward.’
Mei Yue picked up the glass screen from the floor in shock. Because it was no longer close to the item, the glass screen returned to its original form, a transparent glass the size of a phone.
Yang Meiyue held the glass in her hand and looked at it over and over again. She blinked her eyes and mumbled, “What is this? Why do I have this at my house? This is so strange.”
Mei Yue recalled the situation on the ground and was confused. “Was it invisible just now? Or did it become the color of the ground?”
With that thought in mind, Yang Mei placed the glass screen back on the ground. She wanted to see if the glass would really become the color of the ground.
However… The invisibility of the glass screen was controlled by Little Deeny! Now that it had been discovered, how could it become invisible again?!
So, Mei Yue waited for a while and realized that nothing had changed.
She was even more confused. She could not understand what was going on, so she started to play with the glass screen…
Su Yang looked at Little Deeny.
Little Deeny smiled awkwardly. “Master, you’ve got to understand. Flags can’t be erected casually.”
Su Yang knocked her head. “No sh*t, Sherlock.”
Although it was a little awkward, Su Yang was not worried. ‘I’m sure Mei Yue is going to throw it aside once she fiddles around with it and doesn’t find anything.
‘After she tosses it aside, I’ll use my abilities to take it away. There would be no risk of me being exposed.
‘As for why I can’t use my abilities to take the screen away now…
‘That’s because I can’t operate it at the moment.
‘Now that the glass screen is in Mei Yue’s hands, I could just leave with my phone if I used [Hands Of Fate]. However, Mei Yue is no fool, she’ll definitely become suspicious, shocked and in disbelief if the thing in her hand suddenly disappeared.
‘If that happens, I would have to change Mei Yue’s memory.
‘However, when time is stopped, I won’t be able to use [Memory Editing], so I will need to deactivate my ability first. However, if I do that, Mei Yue would discover that I appeared before her out of thin air.
‘Once Mei Yue sees me appearing out of nowhere, I would have to knock her unconscious before changing her memory. After all, if I were to forcefully edit her memories, her eyes would always be looking at me and I’ll never be able to completely remove myself from her memories, causing an endless loop.
‘Anyway, there’s a whole bunch of problems!’
Therefore, once Su Yang thought of his plan, he decided that he might as well wait for Mei Yue to put down the glass screen before he goes out to retrieve it.
‘This way, even if Mei Yue doesn’t find it, she would probably think that she had misplaced it. Even though she would suspect that there’s something wrong with the glass, she would also suspect that she misremembered and won’t be so sure of herself.’
With that thought in mind, Su Yang ignored Mei Yue and asked Little Deeny, “Little Deeny, why are you wearing a lab uniform?”
Little Deeny said with a grin, “Because I’m testing the items that Master’s liquid metal avatar took out.”
Su Yang asked, “Those pieces of glass?”
Little Deeny shook her head and explained, “Master, those aren’t glass. It’s diamond powder.”
Then, Little Deeny took out a sticker. Su Yang looked at it carefully for a long time before he saw a tiny grain of powder.
‘I didn’t expect that the glass that my avatar saw is actually so small.’
Su Yang asked curiously, “What is this diamond powder?”
Little Deeny explained, “Diamond powder is a type of slow-acting poison that has the property of dehydrating oil. When a person consumes it, it will stick to the wall of the stomach. When the stomach is squirming, it will constantly wear down the stomach mucous membrane, causing the person to have stomach ulcers or gastric perforation.
“If it’s not treated in time, they might even die from gastric hemorrhage. It’s a chronic poison that is hard to defend against.”
“I’ve done some research. During the Renaissance, many rich families used this to commit suicide or assassinate others.”
Su Yang was enlightened. “No wonder Mei Yue had stomach ulcers. No wonder this thing sounded the alarm.”
But on second thought, Su Yang was even more confused. “Then why is this in Mei Yue’s stomach? She couldn’t have mistakenly eaten it, could she?”
This time, it was Little Deeny who shook her head. “I’m not sure about that as well, Master.”
Su Yang frowned. He felt that something was amiss.
He thought about it carefully and realized that there was no point in guessing. ‘I might as well check Mei Yue’s memory when I’m free to see if I can find any clues.
‘As for now, I should look at the resumes of those eight people first!’
With that thought in mind, Su Yang turned off the interface before him and got Little Deeny to inform Janet to do backflips in the courtyard to print the resumes…
Shortly after, Janet arrived. Su Yang took out the [Talent Printer] and asked Janet to print out the resumes of those eight people.
While Su Yang was making arrangements for Janet, Little Deeny was secretly grinning from ear to ear…
Yang Meiyue felt like that day might be her lucky day. Not only did the sickness that had been plaguing her for the past two months disappear, but she had also picked up a magical phone.
That’s right, she knew it was a phone.
Because… The phone told her about it on its own.
After picking up the strange piece of glass from the floor, Yang Meiyue had been studying it continuously. After studying it for a while, she realized that it was just a normal piece of glass and started to suspect that she had seen wrongly.
‘Perhaps this piece of glass wasn’t camouflaged earlier, but I was the one who saw wrongly?’
However, just as she was doubting herself, the glass that had been transparent suddenly lit up and turned black.
Yang Meiyue was shocked. She firstly doubted her eyes and quickly rubbed it before realizing that the transparent glass had actually turned black.
‘What’s going on?’
Just as Mei Yue was lost in her thoughts, a line of white text appeared on the completely black glass.
[Would you like to understand the true meaning of life?]
The moment Yang Meiyue saw this, goosebumps rose all over her body!
Actually, she did not have a high level of education nor was she born into a good family. Her family was from the village, so after she joined Su Yang’s company, other than practicing her basic skills, she spent most of her time reading novels.
So, the very thing before her eyes at that moment was a cheat machine that protagonists usually meet in the novels!
She widened her eyes and nodded. “Yes! Yes!”
Then, another sentence appeared on the screen.
[Ding! System activated!]
The more Yang Mei thought about it, the more confused she became. ‘Other people’s systems would have their own sounds, I’m actually fine if my system isn’t able to make any sounds, but it’s actually writing out onomatopoeias?
‘Isn’t it being too showy!?’
Immediately after, the phone screen displayed:
[Please choose the mode of activation.]
Yang Meiyue’s eyes continued to widen. She grabbed her phone and prayed, “I hope it’s a money-making system. A money-making system! I want to earn money!”
[Ding! Love Cultivation System activated. This system will help you woo the man of your dreams!]
Yang Meiyue was speechless
“Hey! I don’t want to woo the man of my dreams! In fact, I don’t have one! What can they do?! Eat?!”
“I want to earn money! Earn money! Can I earn money?”
This “system” was actually quite intelligent.
[Please pay 18 yuan to change to another system.]
With this notification, a QR code actually appeared on the screen!
Yang Meiyue was speechless.
Yang Meiyue was stunned. ‘There’s actually a paywall system?
‘Should I pay or should I not? Could this be a scam?
‘Then again… Would this piece of technology which is so advanced that it transcends reality actually cheat me for 18 yuan? I don’t think there’s a need for it to do so… Is there?’
With that thought, Mei Yue took out her own phone from her pocket and opened WeChat. She then scanned the QR code and paid 18 yuan.
[Ding! System conversion complete! Master Chef System activated! This system can help you become the world’s best chef!]
Yang Meiyue was speechless
‘It’s not changing the system according to my will! It’s completely random!
‘I don’t want to be a chef! I want to earn money! Money!’
Hence… another QR code for the conversion system popped up again.
Mei Yue gritted her teeth and hesitated for a while. However, she still scanned the QR code and transferred the money.
The third system appeared. [Fishing System].
Yang Meiyue cried…
In the end, Yang Meiyue did not even know how many times she had made the transfer. In the end, she even suspected that the system was a scam.
‘But, I’ve already paid so much money. What should I do? I can’t just back out now!
‘This isn’t JD, nor are there refunds!’
At that time, she really wanted to hug her phone and cry. Then, she would go online and complain to the netizens. ‘Mobile games with paywalls is indeed an endless abyss. Mom, I won’t play games with paywalls anymore. If I have the time, I’ll just read some novels which would be much better…’
In the end, it was unknown whether it was because Mei Yue had spent enough money or if the “system” finally heard Mei Yue’s cries. A notification finally appeared on the screen.
[Ding! Money Making System activated! Please add this person as a friend on WeChat and bind to your exclusive system. The system will help you become a billionaire!]
Mei Yue’s eyes lit up!
‘Billionaire! I’m going to be rich!
‘As expected, benefits will come in when I’ve paid enough money to the paywall!’
She quickly scanned the new QR code on the screen. The WeChat message that popped up was from a person called [Wu La La Sudeeny Master System]. She clicked on the friend request and the person quickly accepted her friend request.
After a while, another notification popped up on the glass screen.
[System binding complete. This WeChat is your exclusive system. Please follow the orders of your exclusive system. You shall walk on the road to zenith from now on.]
[In addition, please place this phone in an unmanned place. The main system will go to another plane to find the next host.]
Mei Yue came to a sudden realization. ‘No wonder I was asked to add someone on WeChat and be binded to an exclusive system. It turned out that this system is going to find another host in another world.’
Mei Yue asked, “Can you stay with me?”
A line of words appeared on the screen. [If you speak any further, you shall be deleted. Also, no refunds!]
Mei Yue was shocked and did not dare to speak anymore.
She placed the glass in the living room and returned to the bedroom.
After one minute, she returned to the living room and realized that the “system” had indeed disappeared…
The more Yang Mei confirmed that she had definitely pricked up her ears to listen. Indeed, no one had secretly come to her house to take away her things. Thus, she finally completely believed this “system”!
She looked at the new WeChat friend on her phone and clenched her fists. Facing the sunlight, her chubby face was filled with a cute determination. “Mei Yue! You can do this! You’re a person with a system now!”
Su Yang, on the other hand, did not know about all these. He only knew that when he was watching Janet’s backflip, Little Deeny told him that Mei Yue had put down her phone and could leave the house.
Therefore, he did not hesitate to use [Hands Of Fate] and brought his phone back to the hotel…
After returning to the hotel, Su Yang entered the virtual space again. Janet finished flipping through 40 backflips and walked over with eight resumes.
Su Yang took the resume from Janet and started reading it.
Su Yang was actually looking forward to this first batch of talents!
‘It all rides on this whether I’ll be able to find a suitable candidate to manage Jiadian E-Commerce Company and fill up the talents in the entire corporation!’
Therefore, he rubbed his hands and flipped through the eight resumes.
With just a glance, Su Yang was a little surprised.