Hold on, the system and I have never been angry

The surrounding waters are empty, with no signs of other fish, only the occasional drift of marine snow - tiny particles made up of microorganisms that slowly settle under the water pressure like a silent white drizzle.

A thick silence enveloped everything, as if even the light had become slow and heavy.

Lu Jinchao felt something was wrong and patted the shark, signaling it to move on and leave as soon as possible. But the shark seemed to sense extreme danger and refused to move forward.

Suddenly, a strange singing voice echoed underwater. Its melody was melodious and carried an irresistible magic, as if it came from the call of the legendary siren.

Lu Jinzhao became alert instantly and quickly looked for a hiding place, using the intricate underwater reefs around him to conceal his figure.

The alluring song continued, as if a group of creatures were approaching the place where they were just now. Dozens of figures slid out of the deep undercurrent like ghosts, and they cut through the silent sea water gracefully and lightly. Seeing these creatures with human upper bodies and fish tail fins, the sharks swung their tails and retreated, turning around and fleeing quickly.

They were mermaids. They were just as described in the records, each of them was born with unparalleled beauty, with long hair drifting in the water, and cold light flashing in their eyes. Their eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the soul, and their singing spread in all directions along with the ripples of the water.

The mermaids formed a circle and began to slowly spin, as if performing an underwater dance. Their singing became louder and louder, and each note was filled with deadly charm, luring the surrounding creatures to come closer.

Some small marine creatures are attracted by the sweet singing, and they slowly swim towards the mermaids' circle as if hypnotized. However, once they get close, the mermaids will instantly show their fangs, turning from seductive beauties into cold hunters, and quickly bite through their prey.

The blood dyed the sea around them and the smell of blood filled the air.

Chitose retreated behind his host: "You are so unlucky that you actually encountered a group of wild mermaids hunting you."

Lu Jinzhao hid under the coral reef, feeling quite helpless: "Let's just stay here and wait until they finish hunting before going out."

Chitose touched his head and said, "Aren't you a android? They won't eat you, right?"

"It's hard to say. It is said that sharks don't like to eat human flesh, but it doesn't stop them from biting people and smelling them. If they find that it is not their food, they will give up. Therefore, most people attacked by sharks die from serious injuries and blood loss instead of being eaten." Lu Jinchao said calmly, "There are so many mermaids here. If they bite me one by one on a whim, I will be ruined on the seabed."

After killing all the fish that were attracted, the mermaids changed the tone of their song, and two huge monsters, as big as a skyscraper, slowly swam out from the trench behind them.

They are clearly much larger than the mermaids, yet they seem to be controlled by the mermaids.

Chitose exclaimed, "It's that giant sea monster I saw before!"

The mermaids led the sea monsters and swam in the direction where Lu Jinchao came from - to where the two giant whales sank.

After confirming that the mermaids had gone far away and there was no sound around, Lu Jinzhao crawled out from under the reef, breathed a long sigh of relief, and prepared to bypass the trench in front and find a place to land as soon as possible.

But everything under the sea looked the same, and I couldn’t tell where the land was in the nearby sea, so I was at a loss for a moment.

Chitose: "It would be nice if there was something that knew the way and could lead us there."

As soon as he finished speaking, the shark that had just escaped swam back. It rubbed Lu Jinzhao's legs with its head, bit the hem of his clothes, and tried to pull him in a certain direction.

Lu Jinchao didn't understand why, but he guessed that the shark was helping him, so he climbed onto its dorsal fin like he did before and let it carry him forward.

"You seem to be quite popular with animals," Chitose looked around and felt strange. "Could it be that you really caught the smartest one? But I feel like this thing is a bit masochistic..."

The shark swam with Lu Jinzhao for about an hour, and finally saw the land in the distance.

This time, it is a real island supported by the seabed.

Lu Jinzhao took out a piece of sandworm meat from the compartment of his backpack and placed it in front of the shark. Seeing the shark swallowing it in one gulp and eating it happily, he simply gave it all the meat in stock, patted the shark's head, and slowly broke through the water and walked ashore.

Finally breathing fresh air, Lu Jinzhao breathed a long sigh of relief, spread the remaining sandworm skins in the compartment of his backpack flat on the beach, took off his combat boots, and lay down on it.

I'm so tired. I feel like I've just come home from a long day at work, all my energy is gone and I just want to lie down like Ge You.

Chitose laid down next to his head and asked, "What should we do next?"

Lu Jinzhao raised his arm and placed it above his eyes to block out the light: "Wait."

Wait for the player population to drop and for the mission to be nearing completion.

"Sure enough, I should cultivate to become an immortal first... Even if my cultivation will be suppressed by the power of the small world's laws, I may not be a match for the mastermind. It shouldn't be difficult to fly with a sword or shrink the earth to an inch and leave here." Qiansui didn't notice that his host didn't want to speak, and started to babble on his own: "I don't know why, but all I got in the interstellar era were cold weapons, and there were very few hot weapons, otherwise it would be easy to blow up the game. But it's normal when you think about it, weapons control, there was in the previous life, too many people without control will easily cause chaos."

"I've decided. I must cultivate to become an immortal in the next small world. By then, even if the system functions are disabled by other more advanced systems, it will be much better than being helpless like now!"

"Things like walking on air, calling the wind and rain, turning stone into gold, etc., it's so exciting just to think about it."

Lu Jinzhao raised his eyelids and looked at it: "Can this system cultivate immortality?"

"Emmmm," Chitose instantly wilted, "I can't..."

"Even though I can't do it, you can! As long as you practice hard, we can join forces and walk sideways without any problems!"

Lu Jinzhao couldn't help laughing: "Okay, let's join forces."

"What?! I'm serious! Don't laugh at me!"

"Huh? There is actually a system holder on such a deserted island." Three people in white uniforms floated in the air, looking down at everything below.

"Number 10, let's go kill him."

System No. 10 took out a long list and looked at it: "But he doesn't seem to be on the wanted list."

System No. 9 slapped him on the back of his head: "I said kill, so I kill. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

Eleven looked at his companion expressionlessly: "If you want to take action, hurry up and make it quick. There are three more in the dungeon waiting for us to deal with."

Number Nine: "I know, stop nagging. Go catch the one on the wanted list, I'll take care of this one."

Eleven nodded helplessly: "Number Ten, you go with her."

System No. 9 and No. 10 did not conceal their own auras when they dived down. Qiansui quickly sensed it. It knew that the newcomers were not friendly, and hurriedly patted its host's face: "Run!!!"

Number 9 and number 10 were traveling at such a high speed that they hit the ground vertically, creating a huge hole on the beach and causing dust to fly everywhere.

Number Nine lifted up the tattered sandworm skin, and found nothing underneath. He asked in confusion, "Huh? Where's the person?"

Immediately, three light bullets pierced her body. The dust that obscured her vision dissipated, and Lu Jinzhao held the gun in both hands, exposing each other to the other's field of vision.

The place where the light bullet passed through rippled a few times like water waves, and then returned to its original state. Number Nine smiled and said, "Your shooting skills are good, but it's a pity that he is not a physical entity."

Number 0113's appraisal of Chitose: [System number: LT-, level: intermediate, risk factor: three stars.]

Chitose: "They are systems! At least advanced systems! Probably combat systems! Run away!"

Number Nine stretched out his right index finger and waved it left and right: "You can't escape."

Escape? Not possible. Not only did Lu Jinchao not plan to escape, he was even a little excited. After coming here for so long, he finally saw other systems - he did not forget the purpose of coming to this small world, which was to collect systems for Qiansui to upgrade. Now that a system has appeared on its own, he must take advantage of it.

The battle was about to break out. The howling sea breeze blew up the sand, but it could not cover up the tense atmosphere between the four people.

It was obviously impossible for the opponent to fight him in close combat with cold weapons, so Lu Jinchao took the lead. The sound of gunfire rang out in the air, forcing the opponent to constantly change positions and dodge with flexibility.

Number Nine's entire forearm transformed into an energy weapon. With a flash of breath, a dazzling blue beam of light cut through the air. Lu Jinchao reacted quickly and dodged it by jumping sideways. The energy bullet hit the sand beside him, and the sand evaporated instantly, leaving a charred mark.

The two sides fired shots back and forth.

Number 10 seemed to have inferior combat instincts to Number 9. He provided fire support to Number 9 and aimed at Lu Jinzhao, charging the weapon in his hand.

It was obvious that both sides wanted to kill the other with one blow.

After blinking dozens of times, Lu Jinzhao discovered that the two systems could switch between entity and phantom freely. The phantom state ignored any damage, while the entity state could launch active attacks.

He needed something to temporarily block their view.

Chitose received his host's thoughts, and with a flash of inspiration, he clicked on the light energy storage in his backpack, pressed the switch to overload it, and threw it at No. 10 and No. 9. Like a flash bomb, the white light instantly engulfed the entire battlefield.

Although the flash bomb will damage the eyes of everyone present equally, its host has the skill of directly going around the back, so it can take the initiative.

Just as Qiansui thought, Lu Jinchao took the opportunity to instantly appear behind No. 10, and caught the moment when he had just fired the cannon and had no time to turn back into a phantom, and used Yingyue to cut him in half.

Number Nine was stimulated by the flash bomb. He closed his eyes tightly and fired energy shells from his arms indiscriminately in all directions.

When the white light faded, only half of No. 10's body was left on the beach. No. 9 was a little angry and kicked him: "You are useless. You are finished so soon."

Number 10 has lost consciousness.

Number Nine had no choice but to pick up his body and contact Eleven: "Number Ten is dead. I will take him back to his master for repair. The wanted criminal here is in your hands."

Eleven, who had already flown far away, frowned and hesitated for a moment. In the end, she did not choose to turn back. She still had her own mission objectives: "Got it."

Behind a bush not far from the battlefield, Lu Jinchao fell on the grass with a hole of 20 centimeters in diameter on his side. The shell almost blew him in half.

Although he injured his opponent, his condition was not much better.

I just didn't expect that the wound was almost in the same place. Fortunately, it didn't hurt.

If it were a human body, he would have died long ago with such serious injuries.

Qiansui was desperate and took out the disposable nano-repair robot rewarded in the Baisha Town dungeon and sprinkled them all on Lu Jinzhao's damaged body. Tears fell for a moment: "Are you stupid? I'm a system, I won't be hurt if I get hit, why did you rush over to block it for me! What can I do now that I'm injured like this!"

"I can't help it. I have a stupid cat at home. He obviously won't fight but still barged in. He also didn't know how to hide... It's unreasonable for a cat owner to let his cat get hurt." The body's energy was leaking and it needed to be forced into a dormant state. In addition, the soul couldn't leave the body. Lu Jinzhao's eyelids were fighting: "I'll be fine after a nap. Don't bother me."

“No, don’t sleep. If you fall asleep, you might never wake up again! Wake up!” Qiansui anxiously patted Lu Jinzhao’s face with his paws. Tears quickly blurred his vision. He cried and shouted, “What kind of poop scooper is this… You’ve never scooped for me… Wake up…”

Seeing that he couldn't wake up the host no matter what he did, Qiansui cast his gaze on the ball of light beside him.

That was the system body that the host had just cut off.

It pounced forward and swallowed the ball of light into its stomach.

Suddenly, a bright light appeared inside the black cat's body.

On the other side, Number Nine was holding Number Ten halfway up in the air, "Number Six, start the teleportation. I want to go back to see my master."

"Okay Nine, the portal is open."

When Nox saw the half of Ten's body that had been teleported back, he was surprised. "How could someone escape from the three of you and injure Ten so badly?"

Number Nine curled his lips and said, "That guy is not on the wanted list. He brought a mid-level system in the form of a black cat, but his specific function was not identified. It seems that he has a variety of functions, but no particularly outstanding abilities. If Eleven wasn't here, we wouldn't have lost."

"Interesting." Nox stood up from his seat and stretched. "Come on, take me to see who can actually hurt my system."

"Master, what about number ten?"

"Leave it here. Xiao Si will punish him."

The portal opened in front of Nox, and at this moment, System 8 popped up a communication screen: "Master, you may have to come over here to take a look first..."

Nox raised an eyebrow: "Why, what's she doing again?"

"She wants to see you, or she'll commit suicide."

Nox sneered, "That's it? Let her die."

Number Eight blinked and said, "She said she has already thought of the follow-up plot. As long as you go to see her, she can immediately change the status quo and solve everything for you."

"Oh? You're so arrogant. You're going to solve everything for me?" Nox raised her hand and patted System One's arm. System One lifted her onto his shoulder. Nox sat firmly and crossed his legs. "Interesting. I'll go see what she's up to."

The portal was activated, and Nox appeared in front of Wu Xiaolin, the original author of the small world.

Wu Xiaolin rolled over and hugged System No. 1's legs, and began to wail: "Please, let me go back! I can stop writing now! I won't write nonsense again! Please let me go back! It's too scary here, I don't want to stay any longer!"