Hold on, the system and I have never been angry

That night.

Lu Jinzhao walked alone in the fog, surrounded by quiet and mysterious. The world in the fog seemed to be a forgotten corner, without noise, without disturbance, only tranquility and beauty.

He knew clearly that he was in a dream.

The sceneries in the world were ever-changing, sometimes picturesque and sometimes bizarre. He saw a vast forest with towering trees and lush branches and leaves. They swayed gently in the breeze, making rustling sounds. The sunlight shone through the gaps in the leaves and cast mottled shadows on the ground. A clear stream meandered from the depths of the forest, and the sound of the water was like the sound of nature.

In the forest, winged elves shuttled between the trees, their laughter was clear and melodious, like silver bells. Unicorns played on the grass, their horns on their foreheads flashed colorful light, extremely beautiful. There were some mysterious plants growing on the ground, their flowers would change color over time and emit a strange fragrance.

He seemed to be in another world. Looking ahead, he saw a towering castle in the distance, located on a green hill surrounded by a blue lake. The castle's architectural style was simple and elegant, and the stone walls were covered with ivy, showing a long history. The castle's gate was closed, as if it was hiding endless secrets.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the castle gate.

The castle gate opened and a butler in a tuxedo walked out. The butler raised his head slightly, revealing a thousand-year-old black cat face.

Lu Jinzhao: “…”

In an instant, I was out of the dream.

Lu Jinzhao opened his sleepy eyes, but was still not fully awake for a while. He looked around in a daze, trying to figure out where he was. However, as his vision gradually became clear, he was surprised to find that he was lying on soft white sand instead of the familiar bed. What was even more shocking was that everything in his room - the walls, desk, wardrobe, and even part of the ceiling - were cut into irregular shapes by space, as if they were randomly cut by a huge invisible blade and scattered around him.

His bed was also affected by this incredible spatial division, half embedded in the sand, and the other half leaning against a wall fragment that seemed to be cut from a corner of the room. The sheets and bedding were in disarray, partly covered with sand, and partly floating in the air, as if gravity had lost its effect here.

If he had not seen this kind of scene many times in anime, he might not be as calm as he is now.

Chitose retracted the claw that was slapping his host's face, "Bad news, the kids didn't find out anything."

Lu Jinzhao rubbed his brows, his face full of sleepiness: "What's the good news?"

Chitose: "How do you know there is good news?"

"When there is only bad news, the first sentence will be 'It's bad'."

"Okay, okay, the good news is that you don't have to go to great lengths to gather intelligence. Because an unknown force has completely sucked our mobile fortress away."

"…Are you sure this is good news?"

The warning function did not sound in advance, and he was even unaware of it in his sleep and even had a dream...

I think it must be someone who also owns the system who took action.

Chitose looked at him pitifully with his ears drooping like an ordinary cat who had done something wrong. "The worse news is that we are trapped - not only are you and I trapped here, but most of my functions have also been disabled."

In order to help his host understand the situation as quickly as possible, Qiansui called up all the major interfaces and displayed them in front of him one by one: "Look, the mall is disabled, the system space cannot be entered, and the space-time trading bank cannot be connected. We are finished!"

Hearing this, Lu Jinzhao tried the weapon system and found that it was still there, but it could not be automatically replenished from the weapons library bound to the system space. Every time one weapon was broken, there was one less.

It's not the worst situation.

"Where are the children?"

"Ah? I don't know. I can't locate him. He should still be alive, but just separated by space."

"Row."

"No, why don't you seem to be in a hurry at all??? Now is the beginning of the collapse of the sky!"

The clothes on the bedside and the slippers beside the bed were all shattered, leaving only a vest and trousers on Lu Jinchao's body. He was somewhat glad that he didn't have the habit of sleeping naked. Fortunately, his combat boots were also intact. He tore off the white bed sheet and made a simple cloak to drape over his shoulders to block the harsh ultraviolet rays: "I was mentally prepared as early as the day you said you couldn't contact the Administration. If you can live, you will die."

It’s not like he never died.

"Bah, bah, bah! Don't say such unlucky words! If you start now, all your previous efforts to survive will be in vain!" Qiansui scratched his host's head frantically and successfully pulled out a few hairs.

Lu Jinzhao plucked it off, placed it on his shoulder, and purred soothingly: "What I mean is, I can accept any result, whether good or bad. The worst case scenario is that I die again. But I will fight to the last minute to get a happy ending. You know, I don't like losing."

"Okay, okay, no matter what the result is, I will always be with you and you won't leave me!"

White sand is all you can see.

The man and the cat searched the broken room and took everything they could use. There were not many items left. Apart from the Yingyue long sword, a light bullet gun, and two homemade Tang horizontal swords, there were only some snacks and two pots of cat grass. When he wanted to try whether the storage module in the optical computer could still be used, an interface he had never seen before popped up in front of him.

Qiansui pointed at it suspiciously: "This thing looks like a gaming backpack?"

I don't know where it clicked, but all the gadgets it had just searched for turned into small squares and were stored in that interface. The endurance value in the upper right corner also turned into 1/300.

"Hiss...it really is a game backpack? So we are drawn into a real-life game? Can you try to call up other panels?"

Lu Jinzhao tried it and successfully called out a purely digital interface.

[Current number of players: people. ]

The number is still growing.

It seems that it is no longer possible to call up other panels.

Although this may not have been done by Earl, and we don't know what the person behind the scenes is planning, but at present, it seems very likely that this is a life-and-death game designed to eliminate the players.

If it is consistent with Earl's goal, then it is not unfair to put the blame on him.

Taking advantage of the bright sun, Lu Jinchao quickly determined the direction based on the direction of the light and chose to go west. Originally, they were on their way to the west to search for the S-level city. If the children were also teleported here, they should be able to find the direction according to the plan they had made before, and perhaps they could meet up with him.

In the vast white desert, the young man and the black cat walked side by side. Their goal was to cross this desolate land. The sun scorched the earth, and the sand flew in the air. Qiansui's eyes scanned the surroundings from time to time, alert to possible dangers.

After walking for about three hours, a huge deep pit appeared in the sand. Sand kept sliding into the pit, forming a quicksand pit that swallowed everything.

There were bits of red meat and blood next to the pit.

"It's minced meat. Judging from the traces, it must have been eaten." Qiansui thought to himself that it was not good. "Get out of here quickly! There are traces of creatures moving around the pit. Judging from the size, it's not small. It's better to be careful."

The animal ears on Lu Jinzhao's head appeared out of nowhere, and he moved left and right: "It's too late."

As the thought came to mind, a giant creature emerged from the ground.

It is huge, with earthy yellow skin and hard scales all over its body. It has rows of bone spurs on its back, and multiple tentacles under its head, each with a sharp claw on the tip, and an eye on the claw. It has a wide mouth under the tentacles, revealing rows of sharp teeth, as if it could swallow a person in one bite.

Lu Jinzhao immediately entered combat mode. He drew out the two straight knives at his waist, ready to strike. The monster roared and rushed towards them. He nimbly dodged the monster's attacks while looking for opportunities to counterattack. Qiansui disappeared, occasionally popping up to scratch the monster's tentacles with his claws, trying to distract its attention.

The monster's two red eyes were filled with rage and hunger. It let out a deafening roar, and the dust was stirred up by its breath, forming a vague mist.

The battle was about to start. The monster attacked first, rushing towards Lu Jinzhao at an alarming speed. Lu Jinzhao jumped to the side, avoiding the fatal blow, and at the same time swung his knife at the monster's back. The blade collided with the scales, creating a string of sparks, but failed to penetrate deeply.

Chitose took advantage of this opportunity, jumped onto the monster's back, and scratched the row of bone spurs with his claws, trying to find its weak point.

The monster angrily swung its body, trying to throw the black cat off. Seeing this, Lu Jinchao immediately shifted his attack and aimed at the monster's eyes. He rolled to avoid the monster's claws and tried to get closer again and again. Finally, the tip of the knife successfully slashed through the monster's eyes, and one of its tentacles retracted in pain.

The pain made the monster even more violent. It began to swing its claws aimlessly, dust flew everywhere, and the scene became chaotic. At the critical moment, Qiansui discovered that the scales on the monster's abdomen were slightly loose. "Brother Chao, stab here!"

Lu Jinzhao understood, he stepped back a few steps, gathered all his strength and rushed forward, holding the knife in his backhand, with the tip of the knife pointed at that part. Driven by the explosive force of an instant, the long knife penetrated the monster's abdominal scales and pierced deeply into its body.

The monster tried to struggle, and Lu Jinzhao decisively pressed the button on the handle of the knife and injected the neurotoxin into it.

The monster let out a shrill wail, its huge body trembled, and finally fell to the ground with a loud bang, filling the sky with dust.

Lu Jinzhao pulled out the sword from the monster's corpse, and blood and sand mixed together and dripped onto the ground.

With the mentality of "since this is a game, there should be drops after defeating monsters", the man and the cat waited for a while, but nothing appeared.

Qiansui curled his lips and said, "Since it didn't drop, let's cook it ourselves. I think its skin should be quite useful."

Lu Jinchao thought it was a good idea, so he put away a knife and started to peel the monster's skin. This was not an easy task because the monster's skin was thick and the scales were hard. He had to cut carefully so as not to damage the integrity of the skin.

He spread the skin as much as possible, and used the claws removed from the tentacles and the knife to remove some hard scales on the edge. After more than half an hour, he finally peeled off the monster's skin completely. After thinking for a while, he cut off a small piece, folded it in half, tore off a small piece of cloth from the cloak, and tied it into a bag to ensure that it would not leak.

The remaining materials were all put into the backpack.

Qiansui looked at the slightly rough kettle and asked in confusion: "Have you forgotten that you are a bionic man now and I am a system? We don't need to drink water, and there is no water nearby."

"Use it to barter with others." Lu Jinzhao cut the monster's meat into small pieces and put them all into the grid of his backpack. "The formation of quicksand is usually related to the groundwater level. When the groundwater level is close to the surface, water rises between the sand grains through capillary action, reducing the friction between the sand grains and making the sand similar to a fluid. This phenomenon is more common in low-lying areas in the desert or near oases. There is a certain probability that there will be an oasis nearby."

"Is this meat also for barter? It doesn't look very appetizing..."

"If someone wants it, I'll exchange it. If no one wants it, I'll use it as bait next time I encounter another monster. After all, I have enough space in my backpack now. I hope this damn backpack can keep the meat fresh, otherwise it will go bad."

The sun moved slowly across the sky, and the scorching heat seemed to melt people. After walking around the sand pit for a while, Lu Jinzhao suddenly stopped, his ears pricked up, and his tail wagging. He looked up into the distance and found a faint green presence in the sand.

He quickened his pace and gradually approached the green oasis. There were dense trees, clear pools and various flowers. Birds sang happily on the branches and butterflies danced among the flowers. The whole oasis was full of vitality.

Not knowing how big the desert was and it was a rare oasis, he took the opportunity to make a few more kettles and filled them with water, picked some fruits, and collected some wood and hay, which he assembled with the monster skins to make a tent, providing him with a shelter when night came.

Looking at the backpack, there were still many grids and his endurance did not increase much. Lu Jinchao soaked in the pool to cool down the bionic man's body. Because bionic men are dozens of times more resistant to cold and heat than humans, the heat dissipation behavior seems useless, but he likes the feeling of being immersed in cold water, and it would be a waste not to soak in it.

Maybe I will never encounter an oasis again.

Qiansui stepped on his head with all four legs, and his pupils became vertical. He patted his head with his tail to express his dissatisfaction: "Are you going to stay here for the night? I think it's still early, how about we hurry on our way overnight? I always feel that this place is not good."

"Ah."

After resting enough, Lu Jinchao continued on his journey. This time he did not walk, but used his long-lost light skills and was much faster than before.

The white desert seemed too vast. Even at his speed, after running non-stop for more than four hours, he still couldn't see the end of it.

Qiansui stretched and said, "How about we set up camp here and rest for a while?"

Lu Jinzhao twitched his nose and said, "It smells like blood."