Chapter 292: Volume 1 Chapter 292 You Are My System (2)

Xie Xunze looks young, but he's good at haggling; he exchanged a C-rank item for fever medicine and various other drugs at a stall, most of which are for infectious diseases and very useful in this world.

However, C-rank items are also quite rare in the current world; the highest grade announced by the major bases is only A, with S, double S, and mythic triple S above that.

Those who hunt monsters are called hunters; most hunters' gear tops out at C-rank, while B-rank seems far away to them.

So when the boy produced a C-rank item, the nearby onlooking vendors stared, their eyes gleaming with greedy desire.

It is a defensive C-rank item, a substitute straw dummy, capable of blocking one monster attack.

The boy took the medicine and his figure quickly vanished into the crowd.

In the blink of an eye, those who wanted to follow him with ill intent found the boy gone, nowhere to be found.

The boy quickly changed clothes, looping around the already winding alleys, cautious and suspicious.

Looking at him, he doesn't seem like a twelve-year-old boy at all.

"Is he reborn?" Jiang Zhi, shadowed by her past life, couldn't help asking Brother Seven.

777 replied: "No."

Jiang Zhi couldn't believe it: "Do you see him as a normal child?"

She handled the vendors with ease, having prepared to help him when he produced the C-rank item, but she hadn't expected him to solve the problem so easily himself.

The key point is, he's still only twelve years old.

If he were an adult, he'd become a terrifying monster.

777 weakly said: "But he's a villain……."

Villains are monsters by nature.

Jiang Zhi thought about it and agreed.

On the way back to the slums on his small electric scooter, Xie Xunze saw the previously clear sky suddenly covered with thick black clouds; the sun was quickly obscured by dense clouds, cutting off the light, which grew dim.

A few alarm sounds rang out in the distance.

This is a watchtower jointly built by the two major bases to monitor the weather.

Once the sunlight disappears, the watchtower will sound an alarm to warn hunters outdoors of danger.

Jiang Zhi has now become a system, with a complete world map in her mind marking monster locations and plot points.

When the light dimmed, she keenly sensed impending danger.

This time, she did not warn the boy in advance.

Since he decided not to use her abilities, she has no right to interfere with his storyline.

Heitan boy's nerves were visibly taut; though his face gave nothing away, he gripped the handlebars of his small electric scooter and sped forward at top speed.

Just getting the small electric scooter to run is a miracle; expecting it to outpace a car is a luxury.

As sharp howls came from all directions, Jiang Zhi saw hulking monsters running toward them.

Xie Xunze knew he couldn't go back, turned the handlebars, and arrived at a nearby long-abandoned small town, abandoned his electric scooter, and swiftly climbed into an old residential building.

Jiang Zhi felt as if she were watching a sci-fi blockbuster, her heart pounding, and she was immensely glad to be a system at this moment.

The dark mass of monsters had acute hearing and sight; even the slightest rustle would draw their attention.

The boy hid in a two-bedroom, one-living-room flat, calmly peering through the curtain gaps to observe the situation.

Jiang Zhi kindly reminded: "Your grandfather's condition is getting worse."

If he delays any longer, his grandfather will die.

As soon as she finished speaking, the previously calm and rational Xie Xunze's body stiffened, his face grim, and he did not respond to her.

Jiang Zhi wasn't anxious either; she had plenty of ways to make him agree to let her be his system.

"Bang bang bang——"

Continuous gunfire rang out, shattering the town's silence.

The monsters rushed toward the gunfire in panic, moving at astonishing speed, becoming blurs.

Seeing this, Xie Xunze looked for a chance to go downstairs, and while the monsters were drawn away, he mounted his electric scooter intending to leave.

He had barely started when several hunters suddenly ran up, guns raised, shooting at the monsters behind him.

The monsters' bodies were covered in hard scales; their weak point is the eyes, and bullets can pierce through the eyes into the brain.

That hunter squad was veteran, their marksmanship precise—basically every shot was a headshot.

Among them was a pretty, fresh-faced girl who raised her gun and ran to Xie Xunze's side, then immediately said into the walkie-talkie: "There's a survivor, a child."

From the other end of the speaker came a deep, cello-like voice responding: "Protect the survivor and gather at the square ahead."

The girl replied, turning her head: "Stay close to me."

Jiang Zhi glanced at her through the boy's eyes: level 36, not yet awakened any special ability, with her highest stat being agility.

Ability points are divided into five categories.

Attack, defense, agility, endurance, luck.

Each level up grants one attribute point.

She can see the attributes of most people, but Xie Xunze's are all question marks, and she has no right to check them.

Xie Xunze refused: "I don't need your protection."

Having said that, he rode his vehicle to leave.

Seeing this, the girl immediately stepped in front of him, her voice gentle: "You don't need to be afraid; we're a squad from the Huabeiji base, and we'll definitely keep you safe."

Xie Xunze frowned: "I said, I don't need it."

The girl patiently urged: "This area is very dangerous; wait for us to clear the nearby monsters before you leave, okay?"

Xie Xunze was quite irritable, having dropped his usual pretense, his tone edged with hostility: "Can't you understand human speech? Get lost!"

Having said that, he ignored the stunned girl and rode away on his electric scooter.

But his rear seat was grabbed by a girl; her face showed fear and panic that couldn't be concealed, yet she forced herself, insisting on speaking.

No! You can't leave!

From a third-person perspective, Jiang Zhi watched, sighing incessantly.

Indeed, as a lifelong lone villain, even the transmigrated female lead can't take him down.

This world was created from a novel; she is the world's female lead, Wen Qian, transmigrated into the novel. Since the novel's ending has the villain destroy the world, she swore to change the ending, absolutely not allowing the tragedy to repeat.

She could instantly recognize the villain still in boyish form; Jiang Zhi guessed she must also have a system.

777 appeared and answered her question: 'That isn't a system; it's quite stupid.'

Jiang Zhi didn't agree.

A system capable of making one the female lead shouldn't be as stupid as 777 said.

Before Xie Xunze could speak, the entire ground trembled like an earthquake, making his stance unsteady; the monsters stopped their attacks and let out long howls toward the sky.

Xie Xunze sensed the approaching danger, discarded the electric scooter, and pulled out the last remaining item from his bag.

It was a C-rank defensive item.

A transparent protective barrier enveloped his body as the ground split open a deep chasm, and the monsters and hunters alike fell down together.

He fell into a bottomless dark pit.