NOVEL NEXT Chapter 3 - A Crybaby System
The system 2233 noticed that Jun Jiuxiao was ignoring it again. Just a moment ago, everything was fine, so why was it being ignored now?
It felt wronged and miserable, wondering how it ended up with a host like Jun Jiuxiao.
It couldn’t beat him, the task rewards didn’t tempt him, and it couldn’t contact the main system. This time, it really couldn’t change hosts.
Earlier, it lied to Jun Jiuxiao; every system has one chance to change hosts. It didn’t want to waste that chance, so it didn’t immediately contact the main system, but now it deeply regretted it.
Changing hosts requires the main system’s permission, and since it couldn’t contact the main system now, it had no choice but to stick with Jun Jiuxiao.
2233 gently called out to Jun Jiuxiao a few times in his mind, but there was no response.
It then started listing the benefits of completing tasks to Jun Jiuxiao.
【Host, by doing tasks, you’ll earn points. With points, you can exchange for anything you want.】
【Whether it’s cultivation methods or divine abilities, you can get it all.】
【Host, just by completing tasks, you’ll also receive a beginner’s gift pack.】
【I’ll even add 100 points myself, how about that? 100 points is equivalent to completing a basic task.】
No matter how 2233 tried to tempt him or what conditions it offered, Jun Jiuxiao remained unmoved.
Expecting him to grovel to the female lead and present himself to the male lead for a beating? Not a chance.
Jun Jiuxiao continued to pretend he couldn’t hear and closed his eyes to rest.
Seeing that its efforts were futile, 2233 started to cry out loud, even though it was just in Jun Jiuxiao’s mind.
【Woo woo woo… my promotion and raise.】
【Woo woo woo… my rich and beautiful life.】
【Woo woo woo… my peak system career.】
2233 cried with a strong sense of rhythm. Thankfully, systems don’t have tears, or Jun Jiuxiao’s mind would be flooded.
Jun Jiuxiao thought that if he let 2233 cry for a while, it would stop, but 2233 cried endlessly, like a never-ending crop of chives in the field.
Just as Jun Jiuxiao was about to fall asleep, 2233 suddenly cried out louder, 【My Xiao Cui, woo woo woo, you must wait for me to come back.】
“Who is Xiao Cui?” Jun Jiuxiao finally gave in to 2233, who could cry so much, and casually found a topic to stop its crying.
【Uh… hic… Host, you’re not asleep?】 2233 instantly stopped crying.
Jun Jiuxiao rubbed his temples, “You’re so noisy, who could sleep? And who is Xiao Cui?”
【Xiao Cui is the prettiest system in our group.】 After saying that, the system made a sizzling sound.
“Systems can be pretty? Aren’t you all just a bunch of code?” Jun Jiuxiao was puzzled.
【We systems have forms too.】 The system snorted proudly; humans just don’t understand us systems.
“So what’s your form?” Jun Jiuxiao was curious about what this crybaby system looked like.
2233 proudly said, 【I am one of the top handsome guys in the system world.】
“Then let me see what the top handsome guy in the system world looks like.” Jun Jiuxiao didn’t believe 2233’s words but went along with it out of curiosity about the system’s form.
Then 2233 manifested its form in Jun Jiuxiao’s mind.
Seeing 2233’s appearance, Jun Jiuxiao spat out his drink.
Jun Jiuxiao now had the expression of an old man on the subway looking at a smartphone. My god, even an alien could be considered one of the top handsome guys?
It was the kind of alien with many antennae on its head, blue skin, skin and bones, and two eyes taking up half its face.
Jun Jiuxiao didn’t know if 2233 was bragging or if the system’s aesthetics were just like that. Either way, he couldn’t stand the sight and needed to cleanse his eyes.
Closing his eyes, Jun Jiuxiao thought of all the beauties he had seen in his past and present lives to recover. He then calmly said to 2233, “You better turn back into a string of code.”
2233 sensed that its host disliked its form and turned back into a string of code.
Thinking to itself, carbon-based life forms’ aesthetics are indeed lacking. They can’t even appreciate a top handsome guy like me in the system world.
After confirming 2233 had reverted to code, Jun Jiuxiao’s consciousness returned to his mind to communicate with 2233.
“Alright, stop crying. I will never be a bootlicker. Go find someone else.”
Once 2233 turned back into code, Jun Jiuxiao’s consciousness returned to his mind to communicate with it.
【Woo woo woo… hic… I can’t find anyone else… hic,】 2233 started crying again.
“Shut up, stop crying,” Jun Jiuxiao shouted.
【Hic…】 2233 was so scared by Jun Jiuxiao that it didn’t dare cry anymore.
Jun Jiuxiao rubbed his temples and helplessly said, “Can’t you switch to another host?”
【No, I can’t contact the main system anymore.】 Saying this, 2233 was about to cry again.
Sensing it, Jun Jiuxiao interrupted, “Don’t cry. Explain carefully why you can’t change hosts, and I’ll help you find a solution.”
【Uh… hic… I told the main system that my host is at the Great Emperor realm, and it immediately cut off contact.】
【Switching hosts requires the main system’s approval, and I can’t contact the main system now.】
“So when you said you couldn’t change hosts, you were lying to me,” Jun Jiuxiao’s tone became heavier.
2233 cautiously said, 【Host… I… I like you and admire you, so I want you to be my host.】
“Forget it, I don’t want to hear your nonsense. Do you have any other way to contact the main system?”
【No, I can only wait for the main system to contact me, or if the tasks are completed successfully, I can detach from the host and return to the task hall to bind with a new host.】
Jun Jiuxiao sighed, “So you’re stuck with me?”
【Host, you can’t put it that way. We’re in a cooperative relationship,】 2233’s code flickered guiltily.
“If I don’t do tasks, you’ll stick with me forever?”
【Theoretically, yes. Host, tasks are easy to do, why don’t you give it a try?】 2233 cautiously tempted Jun Jiuxiao.
Jun Jiuxiao didn’t respond and closed his eyes, lost in thought for a while.
“As long as I complete the task, it doesn’t matter how I do it, right?”
【Host, what do you mean? The system doesn’t understand.】
“Besides crying, what else can you do?” Jun Jiuxiao was speechless with this system.
【Host, according to our system’s age algorithm, I’m still a child. It’s normal for me to cry,】 2233 defended itself.
Great, a child, a millions-year-old child, and an ugly one at that.
Jun Jiuxiao resigned himself and continued explaining to 2233, “For example, your first task: deliver healing medicine to the female lead. It doesn’t matter how I deliver the medicine, or what I do along the way, as long as the medicine reaches the female lead, right?”
【Mm-hmm, yes, as long as it’s delivered to the female lead.】
“That’s more manageable. Now it’s getting interesting.” Jun Jiuxiao rubbed his chin, smiling wickedly with a calculating look in his eyes.
【Host, what do you mean by ‘more manageable’?】 2233 asked, puzzled.
“Nothing. Let’s go do the task.” Jun Jiuxiao thought he was bored anyway, so he might as well go play with the male and female leads. He just wondered if they could handle his play.
2233 was so happy to hear that Jun Jiuxiao was willing to do tasks that it emitted a joyful electronic sound.