System, are you messing with me? - Chapter 17: Chapter 17
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The new world Shu Ning got thrown into was a B level interstellar world and the creatures that attacked him before were called Sphinx.
Those types of ugly monsters just suddenly appeared one day on the neighboring planet Samadon and from then on they multiplied, spread out and started terrorizing and eating all the living humans .
The people tried fighting back with all their power but could never truly get rid of the Sphinx and only reduced their numbers and chase them back to Samadon but that of course wasn't a permanent solution.
So since then the armies were caught up in a huge world war against those monsters from time to time to keep the civilization safe from annihilation until someone could find a way to get rid of them once and for all.
In such a way the people could still go on living to the best of their abilities for a long long time until they cultivated this someone but in this World there was just one virus that they couldn't defend against and that was the Female Protagonist Zhou Feng.
The girl was born into a prestigious military family and always dreamed of one day entering the third armies ranks to collect achievements and become a national hero. But because women weren't allowed to become soldiers, the girl was already rejected before even entering the swordsmanship classes in the academy.
That didn't stop Zhou Feng though. She started training secretly and looked for a chance to show of her accumulated strength and make the high ranking soldiers trip over each other to have her in their team..
When she turned fourteen years old her older Brother Zhou An who was being raised outside of their home because of his weak body finally came back. The boy had a very slender and feminine appearance because of his long time illness, so Zhou Feng suddenly saw her chance to chase her dreams. She killed Zhou An, letting it look like his illness acting up and then took over his identity to apply to the academy.
No one noticed that the new Zhou An was actually Zhou Feng in disguise, so the girl was able to enter the academy without problems and graduated five years later at the top of her class and entered directly into the third unit.
As the newbie of this division, she was constantly looked down upon and bullied but thanks to her well trained swordsmanship skills, she was able to shut up all her comrades that were against her and gained a strong foothold instead. All was finally well as she lived her dream, until one of her seniors in the army, Yang Quan, accidently found out her real gender and tried to persuade her to leave the army out of her own accord.
But after getting this far already, she was of course reluctant to give everything up now and under the excuse of thinking about it, she started getting closer to the boy and seducing him until he wouldn't force her to drop out anymore.
A year later the third unit was send to a suicide mission to a secluded area of Samadon to defend the army base stationed there. It was clear to everyone in the army that the chance of surviving this was close to none, so in her fear Zhou Feng went to find Yang Quan to complain and cry to him about it. And because Yang Quan wanted to protect the female, he decided to take her away from the ongoing fight on Samadon and stole one of the airships to hide at a nearby smaller star.
What the Protagonist didn't expect though was that the third unit actually survived this mission and returned to their home planet victorious, so suddenly the whole nation was pursuing the two soldiers because of treason. While hiding from the sight of her superiors looking for her, Zhou Feng meets Wu Kang, the son of a lord and after interacting just a little bit, the man falls in love with 'Zhou An'.
Only a few days later Zhou Feng and Yang Quan are found and surrounded by the army to be dragged back for punishment but in the face of her destroyed future and her fear, the Protagonist makes up some complete nonsense to put the complete blame on Yang Quan's head and Wu Kang, who was at the scene as well, uses his status and some fabricated story to help her out as well.
In his anger, Yang Quan throws himself at Zhou Feng and to defend herself the female stabs the other with her sword and kills him.
Thanks to the combined effort of Zhou Feng and Wu Kang the girl is released of all her charges and returns back to the third unit together with Wu Kang who joins the fifth division shortly after.
Using his connections and status, the male helps the Protagonist gather achievements and become the Lieutenant of the third army and in the middle of the next big war with the Sphinx the two plot to kill the General and have Zhou Feng take over the entire division. With one of the strongest and most powerful figures gone though the Sphinx overrun the entire Army and annihilate more than half of them. In the process of the slaughter Wu Kang and Zhou Feng are separated from the rest of the humans and accidentally enter the Sphinx's denn and find a shining round stone in the center that they decide to take with them.
After returning back to their home planet the two of them are rewarded with the title of national heroes because the stone they brought back was a very important artefact to the Sphinx and having it stolen from their home planet made them uncoordinated and weak. So finally under the guidance of Zhou Feng and Wu Kang, humanity was able to strike back against those monsters and force them back onto Samadon to seal them there.
From then on peace returned to the civilization again and the army started idling around because they weren't needed anymore. This state of the people held on even after Zhou Feng revealed her real gender to the people, married Wu Kang and grew old with her husband until they died together.
It was only broken many years after the two heroes passed away as the Sphinx increased in numbers over the years because no one worked to decrease them, so they accumulated enough power and hunger while staying in seclusion and burst through their restrictions and spread out to all the other stars again to attack all the cities. The unexperienced soldiers at that time didn't stand a chance against the huge numbers of the monsters and so it didn't take long before every last human in the universe was killed and eaten by them.
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Shu Ning woke up shivering on the cold ground. His muscles were sore from the running and fighting before and his clothes were wet with sweat and mucus from the Sphinx, making him frown in disgust.
But there was no chance here to take a nice hot shower and get rid of the filthy rags on his body and there was still the problem with those creatures called Sphinx that were crawling around out there. As things stood, he wouldn't be able to defend himself against those monsters for long with his current understanding of the world and on top of that he still had that boy that was following him.
Only after thinking about those ugly visages of the creatures before and the smeared face of the crying young soldier did Shu Ning finally notice how quiet the cave actually was. There was no growling, no trampling, no whimpering, no crying and no teeth or nails hitting against rocks. The Sphinx that were still trying to split open the rocks before had already disappeared at an unknown point in time and the other boy was sprawled out on the floor right next to him, heavily sleeping.
For Shu Ning that was a huge relieve. At least that way he didn't need to bother himself with loud noises or disturbance and could think of a way to get away from this place alive.
A pained moan escaped Shu Ning's lips when he tried to move his body into a sitting position. All the bones and muscles inside of his body were screaming at him to take some more rest but he couldn't get bothered by that now. He needed to survey the situation fast and think of a solution because time was tight.
From the memories Shu Ning got from the original Host of his body, he now finally understood what was going on. The place they were stranded at at the moment was actually the planet Samadon, the home of the Sphinx and the turning point of Yang Quan's life. This was where he took away the female Protagonist to steal an airship and leave their comrades behind in the face of death.
And this wile woman Zhou Feng from the plot information was actually the young soldier that had been annoyingly crying when he first saw her. The girl really did look like a boy and even from up close it was hard to tell her real gender. She just looks very slender, has softer contours, is a bit small and looks kind of weak.
In comparison, the Body of Yang Quan, that Shu Ning is inhabiting this time was handsome, had a strong physique, a gentle aura and great talent. Sadly this good seedling didn't have a chance to shine yet when his future was already destroyed by the Protagonist.
Luckily the two of them still didn't have the time to steal the airship this time or Shu Ning really didn't know how to wash Yang Quan's name clean again. But now there might still be a way to return to the third army again without being condemned and fulfill the dreams of the original.
Shu Ning: "You sure know how to make things difficult for me. Had you send me over here just a moment later, then we could have only waited for death."
System: "I believe in Host. No matter what happens Host will find a way out."
Shu Ning: "I don't think I'm worthy of your trust but I do have an idea on how to get back the good will of my team. I would need your help for that though. Oh yeah, I forgott to ask before, but did you get some new features after I ubdated you?"
System: "Of course. This system will become more amazing with each upgrade (ᗒᗨᗕ). There will be more Items available in the System shop, like poison, magic scrolls, etc. The System Space will get bigger and Host will be able to store more things inside. There will be more skills available and the skills Host has already learned, can be pursued till perfection. And of course this System is now stronger too. I'm able to appear outside of your consciousness for longer and I can reach further with my senses. Does this help Host for his plans?"
Shu Ning: "Yes. I will find a use for that but before I tell you about what to do first show me my missions."
System: "Roger that Host ⚈ ̫ ⚈."
[Main Missions:
1. Get promoted to Lieutenant in 3 years
2. Protect General Sun]
[Side missions:
1. Hold a funeral for Zhou An
2. Marry]
Shu Ning: "..." 'Marry?'
Shu Ning really didn't expect to get a mission bothering about his personal life like this but after being initially shocked by it, he soon threw it to the back of his mind again. It was only a side mission anyway, so there won't be a problem even if he doesn't fulfill it. So he didn't dwell on it any longer and instead heaved himself up on his arms and ruthlessly kicked the still sleeping person by his side to wake her up and then leave this cold and dark cave.
Those types of ugly monsters just suddenly appeared one day on the neighboring planet Samadon and from then on they multiplied, spread out and started terrorizing and eating all the living humans .
The people tried fighting back with all their power but could never truly get rid of the Sphinx and only reduced their numbers and chase them back to Samadon but that of course wasn't a permanent solution.
So since then the armies were caught up in a huge world war against those monsters from time to time to keep the civilization safe from annihilation until someone could find a way to get rid of them once and for all.
In such a way the people could still go on living to the best of their abilities for a long long time until they cultivated this someone but in this World there was just one virus that they couldn't defend against and that was the Female Protagonist Zhou Feng.
The girl was born into a prestigious military family and always dreamed of one day entering the third armies ranks to collect achievements and become a national hero. But because women weren't allowed to become soldiers, the girl was already rejected before even entering the swordsmanship classes in the academy.
That didn't stop Zhou Feng though. She started training secretly and looked for a chance to show of her accumulated strength and make the high ranking soldiers trip over each other to have her in their team..
When she turned fourteen years old her older Brother Zhou An who was being raised outside of their home because of his weak body finally came back. The boy had a very slender and feminine appearance because of his long time illness, so Zhou Feng suddenly saw her chance to chase her dreams. She killed Zhou An, letting it look like his illness acting up and then took over his identity to apply to the academy.
No one noticed that the new Zhou An was actually Zhou Feng in disguise, so the girl was able to enter the academy without problems and graduated five years later at the top of her class and entered directly into the third unit.
As the newbie of this division, she was constantly looked down upon and bullied but thanks to her well trained swordsmanship skills, she was able to shut up all her comrades that were against her and gained a strong foothold instead. All was finally well as she lived her dream, until one of her seniors in the army, Yang Quan, accidently found out her real gender and tried to persuade her to leave the army out of her own accord.
But after getting this far already, she was of course reluctant to give everything up now and under the excuse of thinking about it, she started getting closer to the boy and seducing him until he wouldn't force her to drop out anymore.
A year later the third unit was send to a suicide mission to a secluded area of Samadon to defend the army base stationed there. It was clear to everyone in the army that the chance of surviving this was close to none, so in her fear Zhou Feng went to find Yang Quan to complain and cry to him about it. And because Yang Quan wanted to protect the female, he decided to take her away from the ongoing fight on Samadon and stole one of the airships to hide at a nearby smaller star.
What the Protagonist didn't expect though was that the third unit actually survived this mission and returned to their home planet victorious, so suddenly the whole nation was pursuing the two soldiers because of treason. While hiding from the sight of her superiors looking for her, Zhou Feng meets Wu Kang, the son of a lord and after interacting just a little bit, the man falls in love with 'Zhou An'.
Only a few days later Zhou Feng and Yang Quan are found and surrounded by the army to be dragged back for punishment but in the face of her destroyed future and her fear, the Protagonist makes up some complete nonsense to put the complete blame on Yang Quan's head and Wu Kang, who was at the scene as well, uses his status and some fabricated story to help her out as well.
In his anger, Yang Quan throws himself at Zhou Feng and to defend herself the female stabs the other with her sword and kills him.
Thanks to the combined effort of Zhou Feng and Wu Kang the girl is released of all her charges and returns back to the third unit together with Wu Kang who joins the fifth division shortly after.
Using his connections and status, the male helps the Protagonist gather achievements and become the Lieutenant of the third army and in the middle of the next big war with the Sphinx the two plot to kill the General and have Zhou Feng take over the entire division. With one of the strongest and most powerful figures gone though the Sphinx overrun the entire Army and annihilate more than half of them. In the process of the slaughter Wu Kang and Zhou Feng are separated from the rest of the humans and accidentally enter the Sphinx's denn and find a shining round stone in the center that they decide to take with them.
After returning back to their home planet the two of them are rewarded with the title of national heroes because the stone they brought back was a very important artefact to the Sphinx and having it stolen from their home planet made them uncoordinated and weak. So finally under the guidance of Zhou Feng and Wu Kang, humanity was able to strike back against those monsters and force them back onto Samadon to seal them there.
From then on peace returned to the civilization again and the army started idling around because they weren't needed anymore. This state of the people held on even after Zhou Feng revealed her real gender to the people, married Wu Kang and grew old with her husband until they died together.
It was only broken many years after the two heroes passed away as the Sphinx increased in numbers over the years because no one worked to decrease them, so they accumulated enough power and hunger while staying in seclusion and burst through their restrictions and spread out to all the other stars again to attack all the cities. The unexperienced soldiers at that time didn't stand a chance against the huge numbers of the monsters and so it didn't take long before every last human in the universe was killed and eaten by them.
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Shu Ning woke up shivering on the cold ground. His muscles were sore from the running and fighting before and his clothes were wet with sweat and mucus from the Sphinx, making him frown in disgust.
But there was no chance here to take a nice hot shower and get rid of the filthy rags on his body and there was still the problem with those creatures called Sphinx that were crawling around out there. As things stood, he wouldn't be able to defend himself against those monsters for long with his current understanding of the world and on top of that he still had that boy that was following him.
Only after thinking about those ugly visages of the creatures before and the smeared face of the crying young soldier did Shu Ning finally notice how quiet the cave actually was. There was no growling, no trampling, no whimpering, no crying and no teeth or nails hitting against rocks. The Sphinx that were still trying to split open the rocks before had already disappeared at an unknown point in time and the other boy was sprawled out on the floor right next to him, heavily sleeping.
For Shu Ning that was a huge relieve. At least that way he didn't need to bother himself with loud noises or disturbance and could think of a way to get away from this place alive.
A pained moan escaped Shu Ning's lips when he tried to move his body into a sitting position. All the bones and muscles inside of his body were screaming at him to take some more rest but he couldn't get bothered by that now. He needed to survey the situation fast and think of a solution because time was tight.
From the memories Shu Ning got from the original Host of his body, he now finally understood what was going on. The place they were stranded at at the moment was actually the planet Samadon, the home of the Sphinx and the turning point of Yang Quan's life. This was where he took away the female Protagonist to steal an airship and leave their comrades behind in the face of death.
And this wile woman Zhou Feng from the plot information was actually the young soldier that had been annoyingly crying when he first saw her. The girl really did look like a boy and even from up close it was hard to tell her real gender. She just looks very slender, has softer contours, is a bit small and looks kind of weak.
In comparison, the Body of Yang Quan, that Shu Ning is inhabiting this time was handsome, had a strong physique, a gentle aura and great talent. Sadly this good seedling didn't have a chance to shine yet when his future was already destroyed by the Protagonist.
Luckily the two of them still didn't have the time to steal the airship this time or Shu Ning really didn't know how to wash Yang Quan's name clean again. But now there might still be a way to return to the third army again without being condemned and fulfill the dreams of the original.
Shu Ning: "You sure know how to make things difficult for me. Had you send me over here just a moment later, then we could have only waited for death."
System: "I believe in Host. No matter what happens Host will find a way out."
Shu Ning: "I don't think I'm worthy of your trust but I do have an idea on how to get back the good will of my team. I would need your help for that though. Oh yeah, I forgott to ask before, but did you get some new features after I ubdated you?"
System: "Of course. This system will become more amazing with each upgrade (ᗒᗨᗕ). There will be more Items available in the System shop, like poison, magic scrolls, etc. The System Space will get bigger and Host will be able to store more things inside. There will be more skills available and the skills Host has already learned, can be pursued till perfection. And of course this System is now stronger too. I'm able to appear outside of your consciousness for longer and I can reach further with my senses. Does this help Host for his plans?"
Shu Ning: "Yes. I will find a use for that but before I tell you about what to do first show me my missions."
System: "Roger that Host ⚈ ̫ ⚈."
[Main Missions:
1. Get promoted to Lieutenant in 3 years
2. Protect General Sun]
[Side missions:
1. Hold a funeral for Zhou An
2. Marry]
Shu Ning: "..." 'Marry?'
Shu Ning really didn't expect to get a mission bothering about his personal life like this but after being initially shocked by it, he soon threw it to the back of his mind again. It was only a side mission anyway, so there won't be a problem even if he doesn't fulfill it. So he didn't dwell on it any longer and instead heaved himself up on his arms and ruthlessly kicked the still sleeping person by his side to wake her up and then leave this cold and dark cave.
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