The System’s contemptuous voice sounded beside Yun Qing’s ear. He desperately controlled his emotions; he absolutely could not alert the enemy.
“Then I’m relieved. What Esper Level is this high-level Psychic Ability?” Zhou Yao clearly let out a sigh of relief and continued asking.
“Above Level Seven. Levels One through Three are beginner, Levels Four through Six are intermediate, and Level Seven and above are advanced. At this level, even in the Interstellar Era, one would be a Big Shot. They’re practically as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns, all right?”
“System, is your Interstellar Era especially powerful?”
“Of course. Our era…”
Yun Qing could no longer hear the words that followed. His mind was completely filled with the words “Level Seven Psychic Ability.” He was now only one step away from reaching that level. If he reached it, could he seize that System for himself?
As a programmer, he was especially interested in such things. The fact that this System could even perform Time Travel made it simply too wonderful!
A product of the Interstellar Era? He was truly curious.
Yun Qing had Lü Xiao monitor those people while he entered the Space. He had to work hard at practicing his divine sense and strive to reach Level Seven as soon as possible. As for whether it would be risky—wealth and honor were found amid danger. Having lived another life, his current life was one he had picked up for free anyway.
Besides, in his previous life, his Jade Token had been absorbed by this thing. If he dismantled it now, that would count as taking revenge and settling the score, right?
Inside the Space, Yun Qing continuously practiced his divine sense, shaping the divine sense he released into various forms. He kept refining it, emptying it completely, then drinking spirit spring water to recover. Each time he emptied and restored it, it grew a little stronger. After ten days like this, he finally achieved a Breakthrough to Level Seven.
“Hahahaha!” Yun Qing stood in the Space with his hands on his hips, laughing loudly. “System? Just wait for me to deal with you.”
When he left the Space, he discovered that everyone was gone. That made sense. Ten days in the Space equaled one day outside, so those people had long since left.
He sent a mental transmission to Lü Xiao, asking where it was.
Lü Xiao quickly sent back a reply. It turned out that they had already left the city and were rushing toward the great mountains outside the city.
It seemed they were going to look for that so-called Energy Source. Yun Qing transformed his divine sense into wings and attached them to his body, then flew toward the outskirts of the city as well.
Once an ability user’s Esper Level reached Level Six, they could lift themselves into the air and fly. That was the ability he was using now.
He quickly caught up with the male and female protagonists’ group. However, he did not approach them. He had to wait for the perfect opportunity. After all, besides the System, there was also the protagonist halo. Such mysterious and inexplicable things were the most uncontrollable.
Relying on the concealment provided by his wood-type ability, Yun Qing followed them from neither too near nor too far away until they stopped to rest. He stopped as well.
“Lü Xiao, keep an eye on that Lightning-Type ability user for me. Be sure to stay safe. If you can’t hold out, let go. Your life is more important.”
Yun Qing watched those people in the distance. Everyone except the person standing watch had already fallen asleep. He gave Little Demon Vine instructions through his consciousness.
Little Demon Vine’s leaves swayed, appearing very excited.
The strongest person here was male protagonist Shen Lian, who possessed a Level Five Lightning Type ability.
Using his mental ability, Yun Qing controlled a dose of sleeping powder and placed it in their burning fire. It was powder made from Mutated Plants. Once inhaled, they would not wake up even if Zombies tore them apart.
Only after even the person standing watch had fallen asleep did Yun Qing release his divine sense and probe into Zhou Yao’s mind.
“Ah! Host, wake up quickly! Something’s wrong. I’m under attack!”
The System’s scream left Yun Qing’s mind briefly dazed.
“Shut up!” Yun Qing transformed his divine sense into a needle and stabbed it into the System’s voice program. In an instant, the System became mute.
At last, it was quiet!
His divine sense swirled around inside Zhou Yao’s mind, tightly enveloping the System. Then he gave it a hard yank, and a small white light was pulled out by Yun Qing.
As for whether the female protagonist would become an idiot—she was the plot’s beloved daughter. How could it let her become an idiot? Of course it would not.
After obtaining the System, Yun Qing took Lü Xiao and left swiftly. They ran until dawn before finally stopping.
“Oh, my goodness! I’m exhausted!” Yun Qing dropped onto the ground. Lü Xiao extended two small leaves and patted his arm, silently comforting him.
“Hehe, it was worth it, though. Perhaps this is the meaning of being reborn!” Yun Qing stroked Lü Xiao’s small leaves and said with a smile.
After the man and the vine had rested enough, they continued on their way, heading toward the Capital.
As for the Energy Source, there was no rush. Without the System, even if they obtained it, they would only take it back for research. Sooner or later, he would be able to seize it.
His most urgent task now was to find a safe place to study the System. For a programmer, this was a deadly temptation.
After walking for half a day, they found a Mountain cave with Lü Xiao’s help. Judging by its appearance, it looked very much like an early air-raid shelter.
Yun Qing planted Lü Xiao at the cave entrance to stand guard, then entered the Space.
Only after reaching the study in the small courtyard did he release the System, still restraining it with his divine sense. What if it escaped?
After confirming that it could not escape, Yun Qing began studying the System.
His hacking technology was not top-notch, but it was by no means poor. Now that he also had the assistance of his divine sense, dismantling the System became much easier.
The System’s screen continuously displayed pleas for mercy, but Yun Qing ignored them completely and focused only on dismantling it, dismantling it, dismantling it!
He did not know how long he had stayed in the Space. He stopped only after completely dismantling the entire System, and he had also learned many things during the process.
It was no exaggeration to say that unless he encountered a high-level technological civilization, he could reach the pinnacle in terms of hacking technology alone.
At the same time, he gained an understanding of the System’s origins and abilities.
It was a System developed by an advanced Interstellar World, numbered 3066. The technology of that world was extremely advanced, and its research into space-time had even crossed an entire threshold.
They had achieved Breakthroughs in such areas as the overlapping and leaping of Space, as well as the suspension and flow rate of time.
Technological civilizations were especially interested in primitive civilizations like theirs. In particular, after cultural gaps caused many ancient texts to disappear, those scholars became even more eager to study primitive civilizations. Thus, they created many Systems.
They sent these Systems to various planes to collect data. The Systems attached themselves to the natives’ consciousness and collected information about each plane through rewards. The rewards were all Pharmaceuticals from the Interstellar World, such as Genetic Potions and healing potions.
The collected data would then be transmitted back to the Interstellar World. Of course, some of these Systems succeeded and some failed. Fortunately, System 3066 was one of the successful ones.
The world Yun Qing was in was already the sixth world System 3066 had visited. However, its fate this time had been rather unfortunate. Just after arriving in this world, it coincided with the beginning of the plot. The energy shock produced during the Small World’s evolution happened to destroy its main program.
Not only did it lose contact with its home star, but it also became a useless System. Apart from chatting, it could not do anything. Even when chatting, it did not dare stay online for twenty-four hours, fearing that its remaining energy would not be enough to sustain its life.
To repair the main program, it needed an Energy Source—in other words, the energy stones produced during this world’s evolution. Explained in Taoist terms, they were spirit stones.
They might be hidden inside some stone in the mountains, such as jade, jadeite, ore, and so on.