Three o'clock in the morning.

The sea breeze seeped in through the seams of the ship, and the only sound in the cabin was the crashing of the waves against the deck. Jiang Zhiyu was already standing at the bottom of the cabin, and by the dim light of a small lamp overhead, her fingers groped along the damp wooden planks as she followed the remaining memories of the original owner of the ship step by step.

The innermost room was my uncle's room. The door was tightly closed, and his snoring could be heard through the door, especially clear in the quiet of the night. The two rooms on either side, it was obvious, were occupied by my hypocritical and selfish cousins.

Jiang Zhiyu suppressed her breathing, listened carefully for a while, and confirmed that there was no movement in any of the rooms.

She slightly raised her fingertips, and a slender vine slipped through the crack in the door, silently climbing along the floor to the bedside. A thin thorn grew from the tip of the vine, piercing into both of their bodies. A wisp of purple poisonous mist followed the thorn, silently seeping into their bodies.

Unaware of what was happening, their breathing gradually calmed down, and they fell into a deep sleep.

Following the same method, they knocked down the people in the two adjacent cabins before gently pushing open the door to the uncle's room.

The room was neat and tidy, and the bedding was brand new, a stark contrast to the cramped and crowded cabins on the lower level. Jiang Zhiyu walked to the bedside and looked down at the middle-aged man sleeping soundly on the bed.

Judging from his appearance alone, he was upright and peaceful, showing no signs of being ruthless. Yet he was able to heartlessly devour his younger brother's entire family fortune and kill his niece to eat away her family's property.

Jiang Zhiyu raised her hand and patted his face, but he didn't react. She simply bent down, pulled him off the bed, threw him on the floor, and kicked him again. Seeing that he was still unconscious, she dragged her aunt off the bed as well, and the two of them lay side by side on the floor.

He glanced around the room; there were two large leather suitcases and two coarse cloth bundles stacked by the door. Without thinking twice, he put them all into his storage space. Finally, he opened the briefcase on the bedside table.

Wow, he's quite well-prepared. Inside was a stack of pounds, roughly over 50,000. It seems this uncle is not as ordinary as he appears.

There were also two yellowed land deeds in the bag, private property from the old concession area. Although it was now occupied, the property rights were still valuable, and the owner was none other than her grandfather. Jiang Zhiyu smiled and accepted them all.

She turned and went into the next room, where she saw her cousin sleeping soundly on the bed. The original owner's remaining memories then appeared uncontrollably.

This girl, who had been jealous of the original owner's beauty and status as an only child since childhood, constantly sowed discord at school and spread vile rumors outside. Her petty actions were insidious and despicable, and every single one of them was motivated by a desire to harm others.

The resentment that had been building up in the original owner's heart surged through her chest, and Jiang Zhiyu's eyes were filled with coldness. Today, she would first collect some of the grievances the original owner had suffered.

[Warning! Warning! Host! Wake up!]

A sudden, mechanical sound crashed into Jiang Zhiyu's mind.

Jiang Zhiyu's eyes sharpened, and she instantly realized that this was her cousin Jiang Jingshu's cheat system, the legendary system?

She stared at the woman's brow on the bed, her mental energy fiercely attacking the white light hidden in her consciousness.

[WARNING! Malicious attack underway! System protection breached! Calling the mastermind! 0047 requests emergency recovery!]

Want to run?

Jiang Zhiyu gritted her teeth, desperately suppressing the attack with her remaining mental energy. This body was still too weak; prolonged use of mental energy had already strained her. Just a second before her consciousness was about to dissipate, she finally managed to detach the white energy from the other's mind, and with her last ounce of strength, threw it directly into her own spatial storage. She couldn't let something she was about to have escape! That would be a huge loss.

Jiang Zhiyu staggered and fell onto the bed, her face deathly pale, her back already soaked in cold sweat. She immediately drank a cup of spiritual spring water, and only then did she regain some of her strength.

Her consciousness sank into the space, where the tiny energy entity was rampaging and constantly calling out to the mainframe. It was the first time Jiang Zhiyu had ever seen a real system, and she found it rather novel.

"Tell me, what are you?" She sat down cross-legged, looking at the trembling little system with a leisurely air.

[I...I'm a Level 1 auxiliary system, with only basic environment scanning capabilities!]

Seeing no hope of escape, 0047 cautiously approached, its tone ingratiating. Jiang Zhiyu could tell at a glance that this was a cowardly system that bullied the weak and feared the strong.

"That doesn't sound very useful," she said casually. "I have a spatial ability, superpowers, and plenty of resources, so I'm not worried about protecting myself. If I could just devour you, maybe my mental strength could even improve."

[No, no, no! I'm useful! I really am useful!] The little system screamed in fright. [I can scan your surroundings in real time. I can warn you immediately who's plotting against you, who's harboring ill intentions! I can be your personal auxiliary system, and I'll never betray you! I can accurately pinpoint who you want to monitor or guard against! I can even help you manage your space and cultivate it with one click, without you having to lift a finger! Please don't delete me!]

Jiang Zhiyu raised an eyebrow, only then realizing that this was somewhat interesting.

In her previous life, during the apocalypse, she had read countless system novels. Who wouldn't want to have their own cheat system?

"Let's bind!"

[Ding! Host has successfully bound to System 0047!]

[Host, your space is amazing! It even has a spiritual spring with built-in preservation capabilities. Even the main system doesn't have this feature. Your luck is simply heaven-defying!]

"Preservation?" Jiang Zhiyu was slightly taken aback. "My space doesn't have a preservation effect. Is it because of the jade pendant from last night, or is it because of you?"

[It has nothing to do with me! I'm just a piece of data energy!] 0047 quickly distanced itself, not daring to claim any credit.

"Hmm! Not bad, you're quite honest." Jiang Zhiyu reached out and gently poked the little ball of light, her mood brightening instantly.

It's time for a "warm-up"!

Jiang Zhiyu went into her cousin's cabin and dragged the four unconscious family members into the same room one by one.

Without the slightest hesitation, she raised her hand and slapped her uncle hard across the face.

The crisp, loud slap was exceptionally clear in the quiet cabin.

She was extremely ruthless, slapping and punching repeatedly, targeting places that hurt but wouldn't kill.

The blankets tightly smothered the screams of the group, who were in a deep sleep, only able to twitch and groan unconsciously, unable to wake up.

Inside the space, 0047 huddled together, trembling, secretly relieved that it had abandoned the darkness and turned to the light in time, and that its host had been relatively kind to it.

A wisp of pale purple mist condensed at Jiang Zhiyu's fingertips; it was a mutated toxin from the datura plant she had cultivated during the apocalypse.

She flicked her finger, and the poisonous mist slowly seeped into the bodies of the four people.

Although this poison is not fatal, it causes aches and itching all over the body. The mutated toxin has a strong hallucinogenic effect, causing the user to fall into endless nightmares while in a coma, suffering day and night.

We're still at sea, so we can't afford to cause any deaths or disrupt the voyage. Let's first collect some interest on behalf of the original owner. We'll settle the score properly once the ship docks.

After doing all this, Jiang Zhiyu returned to the bottom of the cabin along the same route.

My nerves have been on edge ever since I came here, and now I can finally take a good rest.

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