Chapter 309: Volume 1, Chapter 309: You Are My System (19) Revised

Xie Xunze didn't sleep all night, and when he met her radiant smile, a hint of bitterness welled up in his heart.

He unwillingly brought up: "What happened last night?"

Jiang Zhi thought for a moment, then replied: "Nothing happened last night; you wanted to keep reading, so I went to sleep early."

Her memory stopped before he left.

So she deleted her own memory; that night's memory was just a nightmare to her.

Xie Xunze lowered his eyes mockingly, tasted a hint of blood in his throat, and swallowed it down hard.

The Jeep set off again, passing through country lanes, entering the main road, heading toward Xintangshi.

Jiang Zhi turned her head to look out the window, and then heard the voice of 777.

"Host, did you deliberately let the villain think your memory was deleted?"

"It has followed the Host through so many worlds, and has also come to understand some things."

Jiang Zhi answered: "Yes."

After she said that, she thought of an important matter.

"Brother Seven, if I complete the mission and leave this world, will the villain destroy the world?"

777 whispered: "Probably... will."

Jiang Zhi scratched her head: "Then isn't my mission just pointless?"

777 quietly suggested: "Host, you can kill the villain after completing the mission."

Upon hearing that, Jiang Zhi exclaimed in admiration: "In terms of ruthlessness, I'm still not as good as you."

777 blushed and laughed: "Not as good as the Host."

Jiang Zhi thought for a moment and said:

"But I don't actually want to kill him."

After going through so many worlds, she roughly understood the Main God's intention.

What He wants is merely for Yun Jin to obtain human feelings; after the Hatred Value mission is completed, there's no need for her to kill the villain unnecessarily.

The journey was long; they drove for five full days before reaching Xintangshi.

Along the way, Xie Xunze was quite abnormal: not only did he shut down his physical functions, but he also stopped summoning her.

She could only watch the outside through his perspective.

Over Xintangshi, the cloud layer was dark and gloomy, with no glimpse of sunlight, like thick ink shrouding the entire city.

The surrounding vegetation was gray and withered, lifeless; looking from outside, Xintangshi seemed even more like a dead city fallen into silence.

Outside, a helicopter and an armored vehicle were parked, with no sign of the people inside; they had likely gone into the city.

But why didn't they drive in?

Xie Xunze obviously thought of this question and tried to drive the Jeep into the city.

But strangely, the moment the Jeep touched the grayish mist inside, it instantly broke down.

Xie Xunze got out of the car and used an air detector to measure the inside air.

The readings on the air detector were all normal, except the air had high humidity.

He put away the detector, donned a waterproof suit, and walked alone into the fog.

"Axun, let me out; I haven't been out in a long time." Jiang Zhi complained.

Xie Xunze bluntly replied: "No."

Jiang Zhi puzzled: "Why?"

Xie Xunze said calmly: "Coming out would easily hinder me."

Jiang Zhi flared: "I won't!"

Xie Xunze fell silent, no longer responding to her.

She could only let out a few resentful hums.

After walking nearly half an hour, a miserable scream suddenly came from afar.

Xie Xunze stopped, listened carefully to the direction of the sound, then lightened his steps and walked toward it.

Approaching, the boy hid behind a deserted floor, watching humans not far ahead being devoured by monsters.

His pupils contracted, and he quickly withdrew his gaze.

Jiang Zhi saw that the few monsters had peculiar physiques, and wondered: "They're different from the monsters we've seen before."

The monsters inside Xintangshi have undergone bodily mutations; all their attributes are stronger than those outside, so it's no wonder this area is designated a forbidden zone—humans currently have no way to deal with them.

Xie Xunze thought: "That person is just bait."

Jiang Zhi didn't understand his words: "What bait?"

Xie Xunze had no time to explain; he wanted to leave, but the moment he turned, those few monsters spotted him and howled, running toward him.

The boy reacted quickly, weaving through the long street layered with gloomy water mist, evading the monsters chasing from behind, and hid in a pharmacy.

With each explosion, the firelight dispersed the water mist hanging in the air, dust and smoke rose, and a group of people hidden in the building seized the chance to run out.

This pharmacy was the most concealed spot here; Xie Xunze hid in a side room before they arrived.

"Damn! These monsters are too terrifying!"

"Xiao Lin... he..."

"He wasn't going to live long anyway; helping us lure those monsters counts as his final aid to us."

"How can you say that, Xiao Lin..."

The rough-voiced man impatiently interrupted him.

"Alright! If you keep yelling, you'll draw the monsters over!"

Quiet returned to the room.

Explosion sounds rang out one after another, lasting like fireworks for several minutes before stopping.

This is our last gunpowder......

A low-spoken sentence broke the silence, plunging the atmosphere into gloom and despair.

There's still a chance; I heard Huabeijidi sent a team also rushing here. We'll wait for them to arrive, then... The person's voice was weak, with a hint of viciousness.

Jiang Zhi listened to these words, sighing incessantly: "They're truly not human."

Xie Xunze originally didn't find this surprising; he had seen too much of this in the Pinminku.

Under the faint light, they could vaguely see the uniforms they wore; they guessed it was likely a team of hunters from Huananjidi, the lowest rank in the team being level 70, the highest level 90.

Not long ago, a rumor was heard among the high ranks of various bases.

Xintangshi hides a mythic-tier artifact.

The high ranks coveted the mythic item, fearing other bases would get it, so they each dispatched their strongest teams, equipped with excellent gear, to come to Xintangshi to hunt for treasure.

That was merely a rumor, yet it drove everyone to flock to it, desperate to obtain it.

"Where exactly is that treasure? We've searched for so long and still haven't found it." Someone in the team let out a sigh of disappointment.

"...... Could it be that Xintangshi simply has no mythic-tier item at all?"

"You damn liar! If there weren't any, why would the superiors have sent us here to look?"

Even if it were baseless rumor, it wouldn't prompt all the major bases to dispatch troops.

In the month they'd been here, they'd seen too many teams slaughtered by monsters, leaving only their own team.

Jiang Zhi heard the voice and exclaimed in surprise: "Axun, what is the divine-tier item they're talking about?"

Xie Xunze's lips curved slightly, revealing a hint of sarcasm.

Most humans are:

Greedy, selfish, hypocritical.

Everyone has desires, and to satisfy the bottomless, endless desire deep within, they can do anything.

Xie Xunze likes to watch them frenziedly fight and seize, ultimately perishing in an instant.

That scene is what he most wants to see.

"Axun? Axun?"

"Huh?"

"I'm asking you a question, Axun."

【Villain Xie Xunze's Hatred Value increased to 78 points.】

Xie Xunze closed his eyes, listening to the sound beside his ears; upon opening them again, he was suffused with a hint of dark excitement.

— He also had a desire, wanting her to stay by his side forever.

However, he was almost able to do it.