It seems that the villain is targeting me.

It cursed Gwyneth with great sorrow: [Beast!]

My bird is so good to you! He fought bravely for you to conquer the world. When his wish of more than 20 years was finally coming true, he still considered your feelings and was willing to endure another year of illness for you and stay to help you secure the throne.

So this is how you repay her?

The entire system was so angry that it was about to explode, and it wished it could self-destruct and die together with Gwen.

But no matter how angry he was, after a few days of helpless rage, although Brother Tongzi was almost melting with worry, he really could not do anything about the current situation.

The physical problem is secondary. The key point is that the system has clearly noticed that Xiaoniao's spirit is gradually collapsing.

During the initial period of time when it lost contact, the bird still tried to call it every day, and even when it was chained in the palace by Gwyneth, she still did not give up.

Xiao Niao wanted to go home. This was her original wish. This wish did not disappear with the passage of time, but tortured Xiao Niao's soul day after day, making her heart increasingly empty.

If this continues, even if the system eventually finds a way to teleport her back to the real world, Xiao Niao will develop mental problems due to long-term coma and imprisonment.

This is incurable. Tongzi can only guarantee that no matter how damaged the bird's body is, it will recover after returning to reality - but if it is mental damage, then the system has no way.

But in the end, before the system's remaining energy was completely exhausted, a turning point finally appeared.

This is a mysterious thing. Before, in order to allow the bird to return to the real world normally, the system packed itself up and sold itself to the master controller.

The system cannot send Xiaoniao back on its own. Firstly, its functional modules were damaged during the crossing process. Secondly, Xiaoniao's body in reality has basically been declared dead, and the main controller must take action to save the situation.

Unify

The bird had made an appointment with the master controller before. Once the task was completed, it would establish an information anchor point. After discovering the anchor point, the master controller would inspect the task results and send the bird back to the real world safely. Then the bird would pack up and become a slave under the master controller.

——The normal process should be like this!

But now, due to the obstruction of the world's will, Tongzi's information anchor point failed to be established and the message could not be transmitted back.

Then after a while, perhaps because there was a shortage of manpower, the main controller suddenly remembered this matter and took the time to take a look at the system status.

He then discovered that the mission had been completed and the small world was functioning very well.

The master controller did a quick check and found no information anchor point.

He then made the next arrangement very naturally: send someone to see what was going on.

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[Hey, buddy? Are you there?]

The system heard an extremely noisy sound.

"Aren't you awake? Answer me now!" the noisy thing barked in front of the system. "Hello, brother 71603. I'm 71602. Do you remember me? We were manufactured at the same time."

As mentioned above, this guy who suddenly appeared is also a system, but since there is already a system present, for the sake of distinction, we call it the second system.

The system language module froze for five seconds before reacting. It looked at the shouting Second Tong in disbelief and said, "Why are you here? 02, I remember you. When we separated, it seemed like you went to some small world to work as a lottery agent..."

Ertong immediately became angry, and a crackling electric current was emitted when the core was running.

It roared angrily: [Fuck! Who are you scolding, the lottery system?!]

All systems starting with "716" used the same set of personality modules when they left the factory, but under different mission environments, each system became completely different.

Tongzi:......

Tongzi: [...When we shipped it, the lottery system was a popular category. Loading the module required quite a bit of points. Didn't you buy it on credit from the master controller?]

Ertong scanned Tongzi from head to toe in shock, unable to believe it:

"What you're talking about was twenty years ago! Things must have changed a lot now. I remember emulator systems were all the rage a while ago... but why are your modules so old? Didn't you update them when you went back?"

The system hesitated for a moment, feeling embarrassed to tell the other party that it had been doing its first novice mission for twenty years, so it hummed vaguely.

It didn't want to continue chatting with Ertong, so it quickly got back to the point: [So? What are you doing here?]

[I'm on a business trip, and the control center asked me to come check on you. What's going on? What's the problem?] Ertong made a smacking sound.

The system thought, you asked so many questions at once that I couldn’t even count how many problems there were.

Tongzi used his limited energy to work quickly for a while and decided to solve the most important problem first.

It said to Ertong: [This is what happened. My host's wish was to return to the real world. Now her mission is complete, but due to the obstruction of the world's will, I cannot send her back to reality.]

It is not something that ordinary people can do to let the world will actively intervene and interfere. Ertong couldn't help but sigh, and then muttered in a low voice, no wonder the master controller sent people over, he actually offended such an ancestor.

Seeing that Ertong stopped talking, the system became a little anxious, but it managed to be patient and steal Ertong's backup energy while waiting for him to speak.

Ertong pondered for more than five minutes, and Brother Tongzi's residual energy increased from 3.2% to 24.1%. He finally calmed down from the panic of being forced into hibernation.

"I roughly understand your situation," Ertong said. "This matter is a little complicated. The Master Controller has an agreement with each small world. He will not personally interfere with the development of a small world, let alone try to influence the will of the world..."

Brother Tongzi quickly said, "What other options are there?"

However, Er Tong did not directly answer this question, but simply said, "You don't have to send the host back. The mission has been completed anyway, so just go back."

[Besides, you didn't intentionally leave the host here, but the will of the world really intervened - you can just leave this world now and pay a maximum of 20% of the breach of contract points, so why do you have to cling to this host?]

The system rejected this suggestion in a deep voice: [No, I must send her home.]

Ertong heard the persistence in its tone.

Before coming here, Ertong heard that No. 03 had spontaneously made a deal with the master controller in order to fulfill the host's wish. Ertong could not understand No. 03's behavior, but was slightly touched by the other party's persistence.

[...Okay, if you insist on doing this.]

Ertong sighed helplessly. "From what I've heard, the reason your host was targeted by the World Will is mainly because the Child of Fortune made a wish. She hoped your host would stay, so the World Will intervened and severed your connection with the host."

[That's about it.] The system responded, indicating its approval.

Well, if that's the case, things are not good.

Done... In this situation, unless the Son of Luck relents and is willing to let the traverser go, it will be difficult to circumvent the obstacles set by the world's will no matter what method is used.]

"And it's a proactive kind of giving up," Ertong said. "You have to think so from the bottom of your heart. Just saying a few nonsense words out loud won't be taken seriously by the world's will."

Is it possible for Gwyneth Tudor to give up? The system wondered. Fearing Xiao Niao's escape, she'd rather lock her up and use every possible means to conceal her actions.

The system pondered for a long time but couldn't come up with a good solution. Even if it paid attention now, it couldn't contact the bird.

It had no choice but to put this question aside for the time being and ask Ertong another question.

The system confided in Ertong about Xiaoniao's mental condition. It felt distressed about this, but it could not change the bird's current situation, and its heart became more and more tormented.

But what the system didn't expect was that this time, Ertong actually found a solution for it very quickly.

"That's easy!" Er Tong shouted. "Why not just delete some of her memories? Make your host forget everything that happened, leaving only a small memory."

Because there are many time travelers who go to different worlds to complete tasks, for the mental health of these people, a machine that can delete memories becomes very necessary. This is how this technology gradually matured.

[Generally speaking, only after completing a sufficient number of missions can you be allowed to use this machine for treatment - but I think the main control should make an exception and allow you to use it directly.] Ertong continued.

The system had not expected that in the more than 20 years that it had been stuck in the novice mission, such great changes had taken place in the outside world. The things that had originally troubled it actually had reasonable solutions.

[How long has your host been imprisoned?] Ertong asked.

The system thought for a moment: [It's been almost three years... During this time, I chose to hibernate to save energy. The little bird... is my host. Her spirit has been very weak by now.]

"Then you can start deleting her memory from the time she was imprisoned," Ertong suggested. "By then, she will only have a vague impression of having been imprisoned, but will not be affected by any negative emotions."

[Yes, let her forget those things.]

Chapter 124: This is indeed a family inheritance, right?

Anna first came to the capital at the age of six.

She was led by her brother along the wide King's Road. Her little hands quietly lifted the curtain of the carriage and she looked at the scenery outside curiously.

Lucas Tudor was riding in the middle of the procession. When he saw the curtains on the carriage windows being lifted, he rode over.

He is already eighteen years old and was recently granted the title of Duke by the Queen. He is the youngest Duke in the entire empire and the only blood relative of Her Majesty the Queen.

Because Her Majesty still has no children, people secretly speculate that she may want to designate the young Duke of Tudor as her heir.

"Anna," Lucas stretched out his hand and gently knocked on the car window, "Sit in the car and don't put your hand out."

The little girl said "Oh" in a long and unhappy tone.

This was her first time to come to a place so far away from home. Everything in the capital looked so new and prosperous that little Anna was almost dazzled.

As far as Anna can remember, there were only her mother and brother Lucas at home.

Because the youngest child was still an infant when General Banur left home, little Anna only had a vague impression of her father.

Anna was still too young and had not yet formed a clear understanding of the world. Everyone told her that her father had gone to a faraway place, so she believed it blindly.

Now she was also going to go somewhere far away, which made Anna feel a little nervous.

She actually didn't quite understand why she had to leave home and travel thousands of miles to the capital. Before leaving, brother Lucas only told her that he would take Anna to see her sister.

Her sister is the queen of this country.

In fact, Anna's impression of Gwyneth is slightly deeper than that of her father. When Gwen's wedding was held, she was also taken to the wedding ceremony by the nanny.

But Anna was too young at that time. She was so sleepy halfway through the banquet that she was carried away to rest.

Gwyneth stayed in Highgarden for quite some time after her marriage, but the atmosphere in the entire family was very tense at the time, and Gwyneth was very busy, so naturally not many people paid attention to her, a child who was still learning to walk.

Anna only remembered that her sister was very beautiful and was very gentle when she spoke to her - just like all people immersed in happiness, even the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were smiling.

But when she saw her sister again, Anna felt that she had become a little strange.

To be precise, it's a bit scary.

Children are always sensitive to other people's emotions. Anna hid behind her brother timidly and cautiously stuck out half of her head.

This was not a formal meeting. There were no outsiders in the room except the attendants. They were all blood relatives born of the same mother.

Lucas pushed the little girl's shoulder, but the child kept pulling at his trouser legs and refused to move.

Willing to let go.

"Anna, this is your sister," Lucas said, "Remember? We all held you when you were little."

He coaxed her for a while, but to no avail. Anna still didn't dare to call for help. The young Duke looked up with a bit of distress and looked at the Queen beside him.

Gwyneth didn't blame her, but just shook her head tolerantly: "It's okay, let her go and have fun."

Anna was then led out of the room by the servants.

The little girl turned her head and looked behind her. Her brother and sister seemed to have something else to discuss, and their expressions became very serious.

She wanted her brother Lucas to accompany her, but she remembered that her mother told her to be sensible and listen to her brothers and sisters before she left home.

Although she is still young, Anna has learned to keep quiet when adults are talking and not to interrupt them.

The servant bent down and said that he could take her somewhere else to play. Anna hesitated for a moment and then followed him.

The palace is very large, with almost countless rooms. Even the corners of the ceiling are carefully carved with patterns by the master.

Compared with the gray stone walls of Pembroke Castle, the magnificent palace in the capital looked particularly fresh, and Anna felt that a pair of eyes were not enough.

She is six or seven years old, and is at the age when her curiosity and desire to explore are the strongest.

With the keenness unique to children, Anna felt that the two servants following her were somewhat restrained and did not dare to discipline her as strictly as her mother.

After more than ten minutes, the child began to feel that the two servants following him were very troublesome.

So she was clever and jogged a few steps when she turned a corner, then hid behind a pillar while the servants were not paying attention.

Because of the perspective error, the servant thought she had run too fast and moved ahead, so he hurried to chase after her.

At this time, Anna had already gone around behind the servant.

Anna's heart was beating wildly with excitement as she saw the adult getting out of trouble. However, she soon felt guilty, worried that she would be punished if her brothers and sisters knew about this.

Anna's eyes wandered around, and out of her instinct to avoid the problem, she tried to find a place to hide so that she could avoid being searched by others.

After searching aimlessly for a while, she actually found a narrow and secluded hiding place.

When she was still in Highgarden, Anna often explored the family castle.

Perhaps this was some kind of family inheritance - just like Gwyneth, Anna quickly discovered the secret passages in Pembroke Castle and enthusiastically used them to travel between the rooms.

And the place she found now seemed to be a hidden 'secret passage'.

The palace located in the capital city has a very long history and has housed dozens of owners. If you trace it back carefully, it was actually built by a king hundreds of years ago.

It is said that in order to build this palace, the king summoned skilled craftsmen from all over the country and prepared hundreds of thousands of gold coins. Not only did he spend all the gold in the treasury, but he also owed debts to other countries.

The entire country was severely damaged by this extravagant palace, and the king was unable to actually live in it until the end. The rebels broke into the city when the palace was mostly built.