Chapter 736: Chapter 719: Martial Arts Grandmaster Level 100 (Part 3)

Yet when she retaliated, her face was full of sincerity and innocence, making people doubt if they had done something wrong.

After observing in secret for a while, Jin Lin thought, perhaps her daughter was just good at dealing with this kind of person.

Her stubborn father was hard to deal with, and this brother-in-law, who had become somewhat obsessive after losing his wife, was also difficult. Yet her daughter could retaliate in a cute manner, without making people feel it was disrespectful to elders.

"Miaomiao," Jin Lin’s face was full of smiles, "my daughter is just too adorable and clever."

Another half a month passed like this, and by the end of January, with about ten days left until the lunar New Year, Tuanzi finally upgraded the martial arts master to level 100 under her second brother’s guidance after several attempts.

As soon as she reached level 100, she impatiently called the system.

[Ancient Martial System: I have already prepared the relevant application materials and will send them to headquarters immediately]

Tuanzi happily spun around in the small courtyard.

"Lalala, Master is coming to accompany us too~ Big family reunion~"

She was very happy, but the system felt very apprehensive.

After much hesitation, the system decided to speak the truth.

[Ancient Martial System: Miaomiao, don’t forget, the reward for reaching martial arts master level 100 is actually a big gift package, containing various items. In principle, I should be giving you the big gift package right away, instead of applying to exchange it for bringing your Master over]

Tuanzi, who was spinning, paused.

"But, but wasn’t it possible to exchange rewards for other things before?"

To provide more motivation for the host, each accumulation of reputation value allows for one lottery draw. This is the headquarters’ rule.

Some of the dropped items were useful, some were not.

Tuanzi was a person content with little things, and later simply used the lottery chance to exchange for photos of her parents, allowing herself and her two brothers to be at ease.

In her understanding, the energy used for these two should be similar.

If they were similar, why wouldn’t headquarters agree?

There was a hint of fear in her big, bright eyes.

[Ancient Martial System: Indeed, both require a similar amount of energy, but the main system, 001, it’s... it’s sick!]

Tuanzi’s eyes widened.

"Can systems get sick too?"

[Ancient Martial System: Ah, what I mean is, it’s different from other systems, specializing in learning humanity’s bad traits]

At the start, systems were just data life forms, dutifully working and exchanging with hosts to gain energy to maintain themselves and the operation of planets. But as contact with hosts deepened, inevitably, they became more like humans or species from other worlds.

All species have multiple facets, but 001 happened to learn those people’s ambition, suspicion, and autocracy.

[Ancient Martial System: It started treating headquarters, no, our homeland, that beautiful planet as its own system’s kingdom, deducting energy from us and the hosts, liking to quibble over trivial matters to show its status, so we secretly curse it as sick]

"Hearing you say that," Tuanzi hugged her arms and nodded, her expression somewhat grave, "it is sick. But, but isn’t this an unprofitable business?"

She racked her brains trying to find a way, "Then, can Miaomiao work for free for a few more years?"

[Ancient Martial System: I’ll try, I heard from other colleagues that it seems to be getting even worse, suspecting someone of rebellion again, constantly being paranoid, not allowing any system flexibility, strictly adhering to the rules, sick!]

For the normally serious Little Gu to say this, the main system must be very sick indeed.

Coming to this realization, Tuanzi found it hard to eat well or sleep soundly during the waiting days.

She was very powerful, but without the help of the system or even headquarters, she was far from powerful enough to bring her Master here across time and space.

In the vast universe, there’s a digital planet.

This planet is a blue, semi-transparent space, with green data streams flowing everywhere, and various morphs used by the systems.

Usually relaxed and carefree morphs were somewhat tense today.

A system in the form of a cat blocked a system in the form of a unicorn, "Could it be that one has relapsed again?"

The unicorn system nervously said, "Stop cursing! Maybe because we’ve cursed too much, his relapses are becoming more frequent, just now he suddenly ordered a well-performing system to come back and report."

Although systems could report across different planets, this time, that system was ordered back, making everyone suspect 001 was again paranoid about a rebellion, and this time, tricking the system back, perhaps to kill.

The cat system let out a wail.

In the main system’s office.

001, transformed into an adult man, coldly stared at a semi-transparent computer.

Various applications spat out from the computer from time to time.

These applications could be processed directly in the brain, but it particularly liked the feeling of reviewing with an application form in hand, finally writing ’approved’ or ’rejected’.

It was a feeling of holding great power.

An application form flew over. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

picked it up and looked, "Don’t want the big gift package, exchange for the Master to travel to the host’s world?"

Headquarters indeed had a way to achieve this. Moreover, the application form emphasized that the Master possessed Spirit Jade, a substance similar to their world’s energy, which could save a lot of energy.

This was a cost-effective deal.

If it were a clear-headed 001, it would definitely agree, eager to accumulate more energy.

But now, it only wanted to constrain systems and hosts through various strict rules.

"Rejected!"

It said while picking up a pen.

Just as the pen tip was about to touch the paper, a white jade-like hand stretched over and snatched the application form away.

"Who?"

looked up angrily, and upon seeing the person’s face, there was a mix of fear in its tone.

"Qin! Le! Le!"

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