Chapter 294: Volume 1, Chapter 294 – You Are My System (4)

Her voice didn't sound like it came from a machine; to the ear it seemed to carry the warmth and vitality of summer, light yet giving a strange sense of safety.

But he had already lost the desire to keep living.

Grandfather couldn't wait for him, and he couldn't go back.

The situation was urgent; Jiang Zhi saw the monster about to pounce and tear him to shreds, shifted her viewpoint, and met the boy's hollow eyes—only someone without a will to live would have such a gaze.

He truly did not want to live.

Jiang Zhi turned into a phantom, stood before him, and directly devoured the dying B-rank monster whole.

As a weak system energy entity, she could barely withstand the B-rank monster's energy, almost dying on the spot, and only stabilized after a while.

"Xie Xunze, Grandfather isn't dead yet—have you really chosen to give up? I thought you were amazing, but now it seems not so much! You've even given up on yourself—who else could save you?"

Lying on the ground awaiting death, Xie Xunze listened to her reproach with a blank expression; a phantom flickered in his vision, growing increasingly translucent.

"What's your name?" he suddenly asked out of the blue.

Jiang Zhi stared for a few seconds, then instinctively replied, "Jiang Zhi."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xie Xunze abruptly sat up: "You're noisy."

Jiang Zhi gritted her teeth; if she had a physical form, she would surely bite him to death right now.

The boy's expression returned to normal, showing no trace of despair; he lifted his face and pulled a device from his pocket: "I still have a defensive item."

That blow from the monster just now wouldn't kill him.

He had picked up that item from a dead hunter while fleeing.

So, even before the explosion, he had been thinking about how to scheme against her.

Jiang Zhi had also been deceived by him.

Now Xie Xunze was certain of one thing.

"If I die, will you die too?"

Jiang Zhi: "……"

Her head felt like it would split.

She couldn't understand why she had been outwitted by a twelve-year-old boy.

"Yes, if you die I can't live either." She laid her cards on the table: "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

"No." Xie Xunze shook his head, rose from the ground, and brushed off the dust clinging to him.

Jiang Zhi said listlessly: "Still going to bind or not?"

Xie Xunze: "Bind."

This time he readily agreed.

Jiang Zhi didn't feel happy; she only felt that the road ahead would be painful.

"Binding successful!"

As the words fell, a blinding bright light spread before his eyes, forcing him to close them; after a long while, when the light faded and he opened his eyes again, countless points of light danced and swirled around him.

Clearly unscientific, ordinary people seeing it would either be stunned speechless or have many questions arise in their minds.

But the boy was astonishingly calm, standing in place and gazing at the scene lightly, without a hint of surprise.

Jiang Zhi's heart bubbled with excitement she could not suppress, and she said: "All right, you can draw a card now."

A crimson button appeared before him; Xie Xunze didn't move and asked, "What do I draw?"

Jiang Zhi smiled and introduced: "You've just bound, so you have one free card draw; you draw a Character Card, the best being Mythic SSR rank, the lowest being foolish N rank…"

There are many Character Cards, for example Sea God Poseidon, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong, Snow Elf, Moon Goddess…

All kinds, they can be summoned, but there is a usage limit.

A Character Card can be drawn only once; thereafter draws are weapons and items, etc., which can be used to upgrade the Character Card—the higher the rank, the stronger the ability.

After finishing her introduction, she deliberately lowered her voice, sounding soft and shy.

"My Character Card is also in the card pool~"

Xie Xunze responded coolly with an "Oh."

Jiang Zhi grew anxious: "What's your attitude? My Character Card is super strong—with your African luck you definitely won't draw it."

Xie Xunze said nothing, raised his hand, and tapped the crimson button.

With a sputtering sound, the shoddy special-effect fireworks shot up, burst, and quickly faded.

A pitch-black card fell into his palm.

Xie Xunze flipped it over to look.

【Congratulations~ you drew an N-rank Character Card, Jiang Zhi.】

A cheerful mechanical voice sounded in his ear.

He lowered his head to glance at the all-black card, not understanding what there was to congratulate about.

Jiang Zhi also felt speechless.

She couldn't help but ask: "Have you ever put points into Luck in your stats?"

Xie Xunze opened his status panel in front of her.

Attack and Agility were highest, Luck points at zero.

She couldn't utter a word.

Ordinary people would at least add a point to Luck, which counts as giving themselves some psychological comfort.

The boy, however, had never added a single point to Luck.

No wonder he's so unlucky.

Wait, she thought of something, her voice trembling with anger: "Why is my card the worthless N-rank? Are you looking down on my Fatty Tiger?"

777 hurriedly soothed: "Host, you're just a system; compared to some mythological figures, how could you compare?"

Jiang Zhi felt even more upset.

Xie Xunze's mood was much more stable than hers, his gaze falling on a line of text at the bottom of the Black Card.

［Bound Person N-rank Card: Jiang Zhi.

Level: 0

Skill: Chatting little expert? /Unknown

Prompt: Kiss the card face to summon the N-rank Card Jiang Zhi.

He fell silent for a few seconds, then suddenly asked: "Can I throw it away?"

Jiang Zhi answered sternly: "No!!"

She was both angry and aggrieved, her voice trembling with tears as she scolded.

"Why is my card an N-rank Card? I'm obviously super strong; you're not allowed to discard it, and if you do, you're looking down on me! Even as a ghost I won't let you off!"

Xie Xunze, afraid she'd get even more worked up, hurriedly slipped the Black Card into his pocket, stiffly saying: "Not discarding."

Jiang Zhi gave a cold snort: "That's more like it."

Having said that, she excitedly said: "Hurry up and summon me now—I've never even seen what I look like."

Xie Xunze found the lone electric scooter fallen on the ground, felt relieved, got on and rode.

"Let's talk about it later."

Jiang Zhi said: "I can give your vehicle a boost."

Xie Xunze immediately took out the Black Card from his pocket, enduring the embarrassment, and kissed the card face.

Jiang Zhi: "……"

Is it really this real?

In two seconds, a golden light flashed, and a figure formed from light points stood before the boy.

She wore an ordinary white shirt and jeans, her long hair flowing down like a waterfall, her snow-white hair reaching her waist, her light-green eyes curved into a lovely crescent, lingering light points shimmering on her gorgeous, beautiful face—exquisite enough to seem otherworldly, utterly unlike a mortal.

"Am I beautiful?" she exclaimed, arms outstretched as she leaned toward him.

Xie Xunze's gaze was calm and unruffled; even his look at monsters was more fervent than his look at her, he replied: "Not bad."

Jiang Zhi stared fixedly at him: "Am I really that ugly?"

Xie Xunze, eager to get home, closed his eyes and praised: "Beautiful, beautiful as a fairy."

Jiang Zhi: "."

If she asks him such things again, may thunder strike.