Chapter 301: Volume 1 Chapter 301 You Are My System (11)

Their captain is Mu Tianyi; I wouldn't go even if they asked me.

Jiang Zhi heard their whispering, and her gaze involuntarily shifted to that small squad not far away.

Six years later, the male and female leads have become much stronger, but compared to the villains, they're still not up to par.

As a villain, Xie Xunze usually takes ten missions each night, and among those ten there must be one A-rank mission; after years of tempering, his strength is terrifying.

So she wasn't surprised at all by the male and female leads' levels.

"What are you looking at?" Xie Xunze asked her through their mind link.

Jiang Zhi pointed at that squad and said, "Those people are being praised to the heavens by them."

Xie Xunze followed her finger and looked over, his expression calm and undisturbed.

"Oh."

He withdrew his gaze, uninterested.

Jiang Zhi, knowing they couldn't hear her, freely critiqued: "What's so great? In my view, it's just so-so, not even half as strong as you! Hmph!"

The Stupid System says whatever it thinks, never hiding anything, and is extremely sharp-tongued. But this is also the first time she's praised herself like this.

A flicker of dark gloom passed through Xie Xunze's eyes: "Am I really that strong in your heart?"

Jiang Zhi became tsundere: "Just so-so."

That squad suddenly walked over here.

Meng Qi, walking at the front, spoke in a rough and loud voice, sounding fierce and brutal.

"Those who finished missions, make some space."

No one dared say more; they all made way for them.

"What are you pulling for? This isn't your home!" Jiang Zhi pointed at the burly man's nose, unafraid of causing trouble, and shouted angrily.

Xie Xunze didn't move; his gaze fell onto the notice board.

Soon he peeled off several mission slips, turned, and prepared to leave.

"Wait a moment." Mu Tianyi suddenly spoke.

Xie Xunze hadn't used a disguise to alter his height; it was his natural height. Having just turned eighteen, he was half a head taller than the male lead, and wasn't suppressed in the slightest by the male lead's aura as he stopped.

His appearance was ordinary, but his black eyes were as still as a silent lake, without a ripple.

"What's up?"

Jiang Zhi muttered from the side, "He thinks he's a young master, giving orders left and right!"

Xie Xunze felt somewhat helpless and told her, "Don't be angry."

Jiang Zhi crossed her arms: "I'm not angry at all."

Mu Tianyi looked at the mission slip in his hand and said, "Can you give me that A-rank mission slip?"

As soon as he said that, the surroundings erupted in noise.

"An A-rank mission slip? Who took it! That's the only A-rank slip on the notice board, also the most dangerous one, which no one dares to take."

Xie Xunze usually accepts missions anonymously, but this time a man directly called him out; all kinds of gazes were directed at him from around, and he pressed his thin lips together.

He refused: "I can't."

Mu Tianyi frowned slightly, also not expecting anyone to publicly refuse him.

"How about trading two B-rank items for this A-rank mission slip?"

A blond-haired guy in their team said harshly, "Can you even survive completing an A-rank mission slip? You brat, don't try to look strong by pretending to be fat!"

Upon hearing that, the hunters laughed, all mocking Xie Xunze for overestimating himself.

Jiang Zhi rolled up her sleeves in anger: "You damn it, you can't even do it yourself, yet you're here saying others can't. Axun, quickly activate your physical function so I can beat him up good."

Xie Xunze had long grown accustomed to prejudice and mockery; not only did he not show anger, he even smiled and agreed: "Sure."

After saying that, they began exchanging.

One offensive B-rank item, one defensive B-rank item.

A sure profit, no loss.

After handing over the A-rank mission slip, he cheerfully left the hall.

The blond-haired guy, seeing this, muttered, "I feel like we lost out..."

Mu Tianyi gave him a stern glance and warned, "Don't talk like that again."

The blond-haired guy replied with an embarrassed face: "Captain, I just wanted him to know his own limits; how could he alone take an A-rank mission? I'm saving his life."

Mu Tianyi said nothing more, accepted the A-rank mission and prepared to leave; out of the corner of his eye he saw the female beside him turn deathly pale, and immediately asked with concern, "Qianqian, are you feeling unwell?"

Wen Qian shook her head: "I'm fine."

Her heart pounded uncontrollably; she always felt that the ordinary-looking man was not simple.

Adding to that, she hadn't seen the villain in six years, the story's plot was approaching, and she feared experiencing the novel's ending.

…

Xie Xunze, walking out of the bounty hall, put the items into his backpack, ignored the few hunters tailing him behind, and continued forward.

Jiang Zhi laughed until she doubled over: "It's just an A-rank mission slip; the monster it deals with is only B-rank, yet they treat it like a treasure and exchanged two B-rank items with us."

What a sucker.

Having said that, she glared resentfully at the hunters tailing them: "They just want to wait until you leave the base, then snatch your items."

The two B-rank items made those hunters in the hall restless, and they teamed up trying to seize them.

Xie Xunze wasn't anxious: "That's why I exchanged."

Only then will the big fish bite; by that time, what we gain won't be just those two B-rank items.

Jiang Zhi didn't understand his meaning.

Only when I saw him outside the base in the long-abandoned factory, after he had dealt with those hunters and was picking up equipment, did I understand what he meant.

Wow, you're so bad.

Xie Xunze watched the excited girl pat herself down, shoving each item into her bosom, so excited she seemed about to jump.

They have so many items!! Her eyes lit up; she turned into a hamster, frantically scavenging gear.

Although most of them were D-rank items, she was still very happy.

Xie Xunze stood beside her, bathed in moonlight as he gazed at her face; her peach‑red cheeks were lovely and alluring, exuding a different kind of beauty, as addictive as poppies.

"Axun? Xie Xunze!" She called him several times, got no reply, then turned her head and saw him staring at her.

Xie Xunze snapped back to his senses: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Zhi looked puzzled: "What are you looking at me for?"

She thought maybe something had grown on her face, so she hastily reached up and rubbed her face randomly.

Xie Xunze walked over, wiped the black grime from the tip of her nose, his voice tinged with a little tenderness: "Nothing."

Jiang Zhi couldn't bear his sudden softening, dodged his fingers, thinking he would take away the gear she had picked up, stepped back, clutching her canvas bag nervously, and said: "These are mine; you're not allowed to take them!"

She had deliberately picked only D-rank items, leaving the C-rank and even one or two B-rank items untouched, saving them especially for him.

Xie Xunze was at a loss for words.

He felt that the road he was on stretched far ahead.

The Stupid System seemed never able to discern his feelings.