Primordial Era: When a Good Guy Awakens a Morally Unethical System

Hongyun: "Let's make a deal. I'll try harder, and you can take it easy and not pressure me."

The system paused for a moment: "Try a little harder."

The second half of the sentence is missing?

Hongyun's eyes gradually filled with doubt and disbelief. Even if he wasn't particularly smart, he wasn't stupid either. He'd been tricked by the system so many times already, how could he fall for something so simple again?

"I'll try my best, but you can't force me or call me. I'll buy what I need myself, and I'll contact you if I need to buy something on credit."

The system retorted, "So all you've done is verbally offer some effort, and you expect me to give in?"

Hongyun immediately retorted, "How could you back down like that? This is something you should know! I've read so many transmigration novels, and I'm the only one who was threatened and tormented by the system. You have none of the professionalism of other systems, and you don't care about your host at all. Someone like you deserves to be ranked last!"

"Heh~" The system sneered in anger.

"Ah~" Hongyun was shocked by the electric shock again, her whole body convulsing. This time she was caught off guard and screamed out in pain.

As luck would have it, Zhen Yuanzi was tending to the ginseng fruit tree, not far from Hongyun's room. Hearing Hongyun's voice, he rushed in without regard for Hongyun's seclusion.

The electric shock stopped the moment Zhen Yuanzi pushed open the door.

"What's wrong with you?" Zhen Yuanzi quickly stepped forward and helped Hongyun, who was lying on the ground convulsing.

[Ding! Reminder to the host: You must not disclose the system's contents to anyone, otherwise, if the Heavenly Dao discovers this, both the system and the host will be eliminated.]

"I...I..." Hongyun heard the system's words and had no idea what reason could explain her convulsing on the ground.

"I've been sitting cross-legged for too long, my legs are numb!" Hongyun tried her best to express sincerity, but her eyes kept avoiding Zhen Yuanzi.

Zhen Yuanzi found it absurd, so he directly examined Hongyun's eight extraordinary meridians and found that everything was normal. Moreover, Hongyun's seclusion this time was very effective.

In an instant, Hongyun's image as a simpleton became even more ingrained.

At this moment, Hongyun suddenly jolted, leaving Zhen Yuanzi completely stunned.

Hongyun slowly raised her head to look at the puzzled Zhen Yuanzi and said, "If I said it was cold, would you believe me?"

Zhen Yuanzi remained silent, his gaze unchanged, simply fixed on Hongyun. But Hongyun, feeling guilty, saw a lack of trust in Zhen Yuanzi's unwavering eyes.

Creatures in the primordial world have no sense of hunger or cold, let alone Hongyun, who is a Great Luo cultivator. His claim of cultivating until his legs went numb was already absurd enough, and now he's talking about cold. Zhen Yuanzi truly felt that Hongyun was treating him like a fool.

"Hehe~" Hongyun chuckled twice, grabbed Zhen Yuanzi's sleeve for leverage, and stood up.

Try to make it sound plausible: "I don't know what happened. Maybe my meditation posture was wrong, and my legs really went numb. I jolted just now because I bumped into something when my legs were numb."

Zhen Yuanzi was utterly speechless. His earlier worries vanished completely. He didn't even bother to reach out and help her up. He just stood there, letting Hongyun grab his sleeve and pull him up, slowly moving back onto the couch.

I don't know what Hongyun was thinking. A simple futon could have solved the problem, so she had to make this couch. What's the point of lying on it? It's as inexplicable as ever.

(End of this chapter)