Evil of all ages

Chapter 243 The Gu-Raising Mode
Lu Wenze remembered mentioning the "golden finger" to Li Zhentian, but he deliberately avoided using the word "system."

Only time travelers know about the system.

Besides him, there are two other transmigrators in this world: Luo Sanxiao, the controller of the Ghost Market, and Li Xunhuan, the strongest person in the world.

Given Li Zhentian's cautious nature, it's impossible for him to approach Li Xunhuan, who poses the highest risk.

It's possible that Li Zhentian learned about the system's existence from Luo Sanxiao.

He remembered that Li Zhentian had sent people to investigate what Luo Sanxiao's "golden finger" was.

Could Luo Sanxiao's cheat system be a system?

Seeing Lu Wenze's expression, Li Zhentian realized he had come to the right place; the transmigrator really did know what a system was.

"Tell me, why does this system exist, and what is its true nature?"

"If you become its host and fail to complete the tasks it assigns, is the punishment of being eliminated real?"

Li Zhentian didn't reply to Lu Wenze's question, but instead asked what he wanted to know.

"You...you are the system owner!"

When Lu Wenze heard that Li Zhentian knew that the system could issue missions and punish and eliminate people, his expression froze, and then he clenched his fists.

Even if a transmigrator exposes the existence of the system, they cannot tell the natives that the system can issue tasks to obtain rewards, and punish failure with elimination or other penalties.

The fact that Li Zhentian knows so much detail suggests only one possibility: he is the owner of the system.

Why?
This is so unfair! He, a transmigrator, can't even get a system, so why should a native get one?

Moreover, this native was the Black Emperor of the Da'an Dynasty.

With the highest power, the highest status, and the highest strength, now another system has arrived.

Is this reasonable?

"No"

Upon hearing this, Li Zhentian instinctively denied that he was the owner of the system.

Although Lu Wenze has been placed under house arrest, he possesses the system, and it's enough for him to know about it alone.

"No, then how did you know the system existed?"

Lu Wenze looked puzzled when he heard Li Zhentian deny that he was the owner of the system.

"It was a meteorite that fell outside the city. There were inscriptions on the meteorite, and the content was about the system."

Li Zhentian replied calmly.

"What content?"

Lu Wenze said he wanted to see what was on the meteorite.

Li Zhentian looked at Lu Wenze for a while and knew that Lu Wenze would not answer his questions if he did not show him the contents of the meteorite.

Fortunately, he had made preparations beforehand.

He took out a piece of silk from his sleeve, the contents of which were copied from the contents of the meteorite.

Of course, some content has been modified.

Lu Wenze caught the silk cloth that Li Zhentian threw to him and opened it to look at it.

What God System, King System...?

The idea that it takes ten years to become a master, or a hundred years to become a great master, is a misconception.

……

After reading the above, Lu Wenze was unable to calm down for a long time.

"It's time for you to answer my question."

Li Zhentian was anxious to know whether the system was harmful or harmless.

If he is harmless, he has a good chance of becoming a grandmaster.

"I need a blood crystal."

Lu Wenze presented his conditions.

This made Li Zhentian's face darken; there's a limit to pushing one's luck.

“You are the Black Emperor of the Great An Dynasty. You are absolutely capable of seizing two or three of the sixty Blood Crystals.”

"Give me just one, and I swear I will be your most loyal subordinate and never betray you."

Lu Wenze desperately wanted the system.

Only by obtaining the system can he turn his life around.

He swore he would do anything for it.

Even though he knew the chances of Li Zhentian giving him a blood crystal were slim, he still wanted to try.

If he succeeds, he will have the ability to challenge anyone.

Including Li Zhentian!
It's just making a solemn oath. People in ancient times believed in things like "there are gods watching from above."

But he's a modern man. There are so many scumbags who make solemn oaths in modern times, and I haven't seen many of them come true. What is he afraid of?

Li Zhentian thought for a moment, and his gloomy expression returned to calm.

"Yes, once you obtain a Blood Crystal Stone, you will receive one."

Li Zhentian verbally agreed, but he never intended to give Lu Wenze a Blood Crystal Stone.

Because Lu Wenze is a time traveler, he is more familiar with the system than Lu Wenze is.

For this reason alone, he absolutely could not allow Lu Wenze to possess the system.

Lu Wenze saw that Li Zhentian had agreed.

Even though he could tell that Li Zhentian was probably just giving him the runaround, there was nothing he could do.

"The system is also a kind of cheat code."

Seeing that Li Zhentian was getting impatient, Lu Wenze didn't dare to keep him in suspense any longer and answered Li Zhentian's question.

Li Zhentian remained silent, waiting for Lu Wenze to continue, as he wanted to learn more about the system.

"The essence of the system is to help the host defy fate and reach the pinnacle of life."

"The mission rewards are real, and the penalties for mission failure are also real."

"Although the punishment for failing a mission is too severe, often resulting in elimination, that's just how the system is."

"Forcing you to complete the task."

"However, a system can easily make or break a person."

Lu Wenze paused deliberately.

"How to say?"

Seeing that Lu Wenze had stopped at the most crucial part, Li Zhentian couldn't help but ask.

"There's no such thing as a free lunch!"

Only a very small percentage of systems are harmless.

"For example, if the system is created by oneself, one can send the system to oneself in a past time period and give that past self a cheat code."

"For example, a certain advanced civilization might be bored and create a system, then give it to lower-level humans to watch them rise up and reach the pinnacle of life."

"For example, an unclaimed system..."

In short, systems that are selfless and dedicated are very, very rare.

"Most systems are designed to breed treacherous creatures."

"It's some powerful being or evil god who used the system to fatten up the host so that it can be harvested later."

Lu Wenze said.

"You mean the system owners are all objects for raising venomous insects?"

Li Zhentian's expression changed. If it really was the latter, fattening them up before slaughtering them, how could he accept that?

"Those who possess systems are usually the protagonists, but the appearance of a hundred systems at once is very likely a case of 'raising worms' (a term used to describe a corrupt or exploitative practice).

Lu Wenze replied.

"If that's the case, why do you still want the Blood Crystal Stone?"

Li Zhentian didn't want to be taken advantage of and wanted to ask how to get rid of the system, but then he remembered that Lu Wenze knew about this situation and still longed to obtain the Blood Crystal Stone and the system.

He felt something was off. Was there something he didn't know about?
Or perhaps Lu Wenze didn't tell the whole story, or he withheld important information.
"Because the system can make people stronger quickly."

"Even if this is a breeding method, it doesn't mean you have no ability to resist at all."

"As long as you know how to use the system and become stronger, you will have the ability to break free from the system, and even the ability to fight against the system's creator."

"If you can't do this, it means you're not strong enough."

As a transmigrator, Lu Wenze had this confidence. He wasn't afraid of being raised as a venomous creature; he was afraid that others wouldn't give him the opportunity to become stronger.

Upon hearing this, Li Zhentian breathed a sigh of relief; it was good that he could resist.

Otherwise, he would really be reluctant to give up the system.

After all, with a system, even the worst player can become a grandmaster in ten years and a great grandmaster in a hundred years.

Hunting down other system owners can also shorten the time.

If he gives up, everyone else with the system will break through to the Grandmaster level, while he remains stuck in the same place. How can that be allowed?
However, he overlooked one thing: the system is not something that can be easily gotten rid of.

(End of this chapter)