Zhang Chunliang dreamed of that day again.

——After lunch, he was helping the aunts in the orphanage wash dishes. For every ten dishes he washed, the Holy Father System would reward him with one Holy Father point.

He didn't know what this system that suddenly appeared in his mind a few days ago was, he just regarded it as an interesting mysterious playmate.

The Holy Father System seemed to be very busy. It would not chat with him all the time, but would only appear when issuing tasks.

Zhang Chunliang always suspected that there was another host behind it, which made him feel like his only good friend betrayed him.

"After testing, the target person appeared next to the host."

Zhang Chunliang was a little absent-minded when the sudden system prompt sound scared him. He lost his grip on the bowl in his hand and it fell to the ground.

If you break a bowl, the aunt will spank the palm of your hand fifty times. If the spanking is a little stronger, your bones will hurt for half a month.

But Zhang Chunliang didn't care. He rubbed his wet hands on his body and prepared to go find the "boss" of the orphanage, a little fat boy who loved to bully others and get into trouble.

What kind of reason could he find to get that guy to come to the kitchen on his own initiative? He thought carelessly as he walked through the front yard of the orphanage.

The orphanage was a bit quiet. At this time, most of the children were under the supervision of their aunts, pulling weeds in the vegetable garden. There were many insects there and the sun was very hot.

Just because Zhang Chunliang was very well-behaved and was very much liked by the aunts, they showed him special favor and allowed him to work in the cool kitchen.

It was at this time that Zhang Chunliang met Shen Xingyi.

The little boy, wearing a T-shirt and shorts, was pushed in front of the dean by a strange woman with an expressionless face.

"His unfaithful father doesn't want him, and I can't raise him, so I have no choice but to leave him with you." The woman was very beautiful. She argued with the director for a long time before she reluctantly agreed to pay 300 yuan per month for food expenses to the orphanage.

"After detection, the target person appeared next to the host, and the system task is now issued.

Mission 0: Please help Shen Xingyi get a bed in the orphanage. (1/)

Come save the world, Holy Father! 』

The mechanical sound of the Holy Father System was much louder than usual, which actually made Zhang Chunliang feel a sense of urgency. He looked at the little boy in surprise.

Not all children in the orphanage can get a bed that is sheltered from the wind and rain. Those who are just thrown here often have to live in a large bunk bed in a dilapidated coal ash house, which is full of rats and bugs, and leaks when it rains. Many children died of fever because they could not survive the environment there.

The child with an indifferent expression did not seem to realize that he was being abandoned by his mother. He looked around the orphanage casually, and then looked at Zhang Chunliang under the eaves.

The boy was very handsome, with medium-long hair, like an exquisite and handsome doll. He saw that Zhang Chunliang did not leave, but just stared at him steadily. He raised his eyebrows and silently uttered the word "get out".

Zhang Chunliang: “…”

For the first time, he disobeyed the mission of his good friend, the Holy Father System, and decisively turned around and left.

Shen Xingyi's stingy mother only paid one month's food expenses for him and then disappeared, which made the dean's aunt a little annoyed, so she made Shen Xingyi live in the woodshed for three whole months.

He occasionally heard people say that strange things often happened in the woodshed where the little boy slept.

For example, when he was sleeping, the roof beam suddenly collapsed and fell directly on his bed; there were also sick and rotten rats making nests under his bed, and the germs infected all the children in the house, killing many people; during that time, the orphanage also housed a child with rabies, who would chase and bite him when he was sick.

Zhang Chunliang was getting a little restless. Shen Xingyi was so unlucky. If he continued to live there, he might even lose his life.

What's more, the Holy Father System urged him to help Shen Xingyi every day, chattering and nagging him, which made him feel overwhelmed.

So Zhang Chunliang thought of a way and took Shen Xingyi out of the woodshed.

However, the days after leaving the woodshed did not improve Shen Xingyi's life much. The little boy's pretty face brought him too many uncontrollable dangers. The jealous children bullied him day and night, and malicious adopters often came to harass him.

During those days, Zhang Chunliang was exhausted both physically and mentally. Every day as soon as he woke up, he would think about what bad thing would happen to Shen Xingyi that day?

Since Shen Xingyi appeared, the Holy Father System seemed to have "come alive". It no longer disappeared every now and then, but issued tasks every day diligently, asking Zhang Chunliang to help Shen Xingyi do various things.

Zhang Chunliang began to feel jealous of the Holy Father System's attention to Shen Xingyi.

"Why don't you just parasitize on him..." He complained to the Holy Father System in a low voice, "Who is your good friend?"

The Holy Father System was silent for a long time. This was the first time that he was not spoken to in an official tone.

"It is you, host, you are the most important person in the system."

Later, the Holy Father System proved with facts how important Zhang Chunliang was to it. After Zhang Chunliang's death, it used up all the points and energy accumulated over the years and brought him to the world of Game House.

……

Zhang Chunliang woke up from his dream. He slowly leaned his body against the head of the bed.

His pillow and collar were covered with golden dog hair. In order to avoid being beaten, the culprit had already tiptoed away.

He was the only one in the room, and it was some private time he hadn't had in a long time.

"System." He called out the name of the Holy Father System.

In order to prevent excessive communication from attracting the attention of the Game Home Master System, he rarely communicated with the Holy Father System, whether in the dungeon or in the rest space.

"I am here, host." The Holy Father System appeared soon.

"I haven't thanked you yet." Zhang Chunliang smiled. "If it weren't for that female player yesterday, I wouldn't even know that you sent me from the game world to the real world - I'm afraid that with my few Saint Father points, I can't do this."

"It can be done, host."

Zhang Chunliang shook his head, obviously not believing what it said.

"It really works. Every time the host obtains power from the target character Shen Xingyi through a mission, the system will retain 70% and return the remaining 30% to the host in the form of Holy Father Points."

Zhang Chunliang’s smile froze at the corners of his mouth.

"...So every time I complete a mission, I can actually get a lot of energy - but you took it all away?" Zhang Chunliang sat up straight and asked in disbelief.

"It's not greed, the system also needs energy to operate." The Holy Father System emphasized again seriously.

Zhang Chunliang was stunned for a long while, and felt that the emotion in his heart disappeared by half in an instant.

"Thank you, too." He came back to his senses and answered himself, "You took out the energy that already belonged to you and helped me get rid of the shackles of the game."

The Holy Father System did not respond to him and fell into silence.

Zhang Chunliang looked at the simple light-transmitting plastic film on the window and spoke after a long while: "System, they said that the game plane I'm in is called 'Age of Justice'."

Players here must punish evil people, can only do good things and cannot commit crimes. This is the basic setting of this SS-level copy.

"When I heard Qin Wanyi mention this name, the first thing I thought of was you - Holy Father System. Since I was a child, you have only allowed me to help others. Once I did something bad, you would punish me."

The rule settings of the Holy Father system are very similar to those of this world.

Zhang Chunliang waited patiently for a moment, but got no response.

"They also said that all copies above S level have souls." Zhang Chunliang stretched out his hand and touched the air vaguely, as if he was caressing a friend. "System, you have the authority to travel through dimensions, and you can also absorb the energy of players by issuing tasks. Can I guess that you are the soul of the 'Age of Justice'?"

And Zhang Chunliang, like Wang Jun in the previous copy, is a special NPC chosen by the world consciousness who can change the fate of the copy.

"The system has always known that the host is very smart."

Zhang Chunliang was stunned for a moment, then smiled with relief.

"You don't seem to want to tell me the truth."

Why did it choose Zhang Chunliang, and why did it let Zhang Chunliang take the initiative to help Shen Xingyi, and - as a plane of a game copy, what is the purpose of its actions.

"You can answer. In exchange, the host will need to allocate 90% of the energy to support the operation of the system each time he completes a task."

Zhang Chunliang discovered the little secret of the Holy Father System, and he simply started to go all out, making no secret of his desire for energy, and opened his mouth wide.

"Why don't you go and rob it?" Zhang Chunliang asked politely.

The system sensed his dissatisfaction and continued to play dead.

Zhang Chunliang breathed a sigh of relief and could only compromise helplessly, "Okay, I agree to the deal."

"I was originally a real world." The Holy Father System opened the topic with this sentence.

"The House of Games devoured me and turned me into a virtual dimension in one of its countless game copies."

Zhang Chunliang's brain froze instantly. He thought hard for a long time before asking, "...Are you the only one like this?"

"All. All the game copies are transformed from the real world, but their souls are almost dead, and they have lost all resistance. They can only let the power of the Game House control their world. According to the degree of their consciousness, the Game House divides them into A, B, C, D, and F levels. When it drops to F level, the copy plane will truly die and become the nutrients that support Him to continue to invade other planes."

"Can I understand that the reason why the S-level dungeon is so difficult is because you are still "alive" and there are too many uncertainties in the dungeon, so Game House cannot completely control you?"

"That's right."

"In order to completely control you, he will definitely choose some way to invade your dimension and eliminate your vitality..." Zhang Chunliang frowned and fell into deep thought.

"My people are the source of my power. He corrupted me and turned the people in my body into villains full of dark side."

All the people have become evil people, which is a great insult to a world consciousness that advocates justice.

"There are players constantly entering my dimension. In order to quickly clear the level, they choose to kill my darkened people in a very covert way, but it is difficult for me to track them. My strength is repeatedly consumed in such trauma."

Once all conscious NPCs in this world are killed, the free will of the Holy Father system will "die".

"I can't just sit there and wait for death." The Holy Father System decided to take the initiative to absorb the power of the Game House from these players to maintain its own world consciousness.

And Zhang Chunliang is the person that it has sensed can change the fate of the world.

Zhang Chunliang suddenly understood why the system always said that sentence after issuing a task - Let's save the world!

It turns out that every mission of his is to save the world that belongs to him.

As for why the system chose Shen Xingyi as its target, it is actually very simple.

Among all the players in the Game House, Shen Xingyi is the most powerful and can bring the most power to the Holy Father System, so it will persevere in letting Zhang Chunliang catch this sheep and pluck his wool.

"...Thank you for your hard work." Zhang Chunliang said in surprise.

He accidentally saw through a major secret belonging to the Game House.

He is essentially an extremely powerful invader who constantly devours the real planes in the universe. When players enter the "copy" to play the game, they are actually slaughtering the world consciousness of the game copies in disguise.

Why does the Game House absorb those who have committed serious crimes to come to the copy and become players? Because they are vicious enough, cruel enough, and inhumane enough.

"Players are the most powerful weapon of Game House, and you are His ultimate goal." Zhang Chunliang felt cold all over, and his voice trembled slightly.

"...I can't stay here any longer. He is about to notice my presence." The Holy Father System seemed to sense something was wrong and decisively ended the topic.

"Host." It woke up Zhang Chunliang who was immersed in shock.

"...What's wrong?" Zhang Chunliang raised his head in confusion.

"Please save the world."

Zhang Chunliang's heart suddenly trembled.

He wanted to respond, but the Holy Father System had completely fallen silent.

In the dim room, Zhang Chunliang felt his body was empty and unreal, as if it was filled with strong wind.

"Bang bang bang-"

There was a knock on the door. Mad Dog stood outside the door nervously, holding a hot meal. "Dad? Are you awake?"

Zhang Chunliang stretched his stiff limbs, jumped off the bed, and helped Mad Dog open the door.

He hadn't eaten for a long time, and his stomach was burning with pain.

He picked up a pair of chopsticks and put food into his mouth in big mouthfuls. He ate ferociously and awkwardly. Mad Dog hurriedly handed him some water to prevent him from choking.

"Dad, are you okay?" He opened his eyes wide with some worry.

"I'm fine." Zhang Chunliang replied.

He cleaned up the food in a few minutes, wiped his mouth casually, picked up a coat, and walked out.

"Dad——" Mad Dog stood up and strode after him. He tilted his head in confusion and worry, and looked at his expression intently.

Zhang Chunliang stopped and said, "I'm going to continue the dungeon, Duoduo."

"I'll accompany you, Dad!" Mad Dog responded quickly, "My injuries have completely healed, and I can also contact Li Mufeng to -"

Zhang Chunliang gently pinched his mouth and said, "You can't go with me. You have to stay here and recuperate."

The rejected golden retriever looked aggrieved and sad.

"Tingying needs you. She can't handle the internal struggles of Blasphemy alone. You have to do your best to help her stabilize the situation." Zhang Chunliang instructed carefully.

Zhang Chunliang ruffled the puppy's beautiful and smooth fur, just like he did every time before leaving home.

Then he put on his clothes and strode away.

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