Chapter 687: China Entertainment Truth System (3)

Xie Yang glanced at the Main System's constipated expression, suppressed a laugh, and asked the Sub-system: "Then do you know what the Energy Crystal your predecessor dropped looks like? How do we take it back?"

The Sub-system looked blank: 【What does it look like? I don't know! The predecessor didn't have time to tell me before being sent to the repair workshop. How to take it back? Can't we just take it directly?】

"..."

The Main System rubbed its forehead: 【Host, it is just a Novice Sub-system that just came off the assembly line, it doesn't know anything, don't count on it. If it really is an Energy Crystal from our System Realm, the System knows how to take it back.】

Xie Yang asked: "How to take it back?"

Main System: 【Do you still remember the Love Variety Show Strategy System? The Heaven-Defying Fate-Changing System and the Love Variety Show Strategy System belong to the same system, and their Energy Crystals are extremely similar. The prerequisite for taking it back is that the owner cannot achieve their goal with it. Every time they suffer a setback, the stability of the Energy Crystal will be weakened. Once the setback index reaches 100%, the connection between the Energy Crystal and the owner will disappear completely, and it can be successfully taken back.】

Xie Yang: "To put it plainly, it means sabotaging Lou Yiling from using the Energy Crystal to do bad things, right?"

【... That is more or less what it means.】

"System..." Xie Yang said leisurely, dragging out her tone, "I have already recovered the Sub-system that needed to be recovered in this plane. If you need me to recover the Energy Crystal left behind by that Heaven-Defying Fate-Changing System, that will be a separate price."

Main System: 【...】

The Novice Sub-system raised its hand curiously to ask: 【What task? What recovery? It sounds quite interesting, can I participate?】

"..."

【...】

However, Xie Yang was actually quite interested in it: "Tell me specifically, what do you do?"

The Sub-system introduced itself with excitement:

【I am the China Entertainment Truth System that benefits the audience. I will issue some interesting tasks. After completing the tasks, I will reward points. If you are lucky, you can even directly reward Truth Duration, which can designate any entertainment star to tell the truth. The more points or the longer the Truth Duration, the more explosive the truth content will be.】

Xie Yang rubbed her chin, thinking that if Lou Yiling entered the entertainment industry and let her blurt out some high-criticism truths from time to time, could that also sabotage her from using the Energy Crystal to do bad things?

Thinking of this, Xie Yang temporarily decided not to send the Novice Sub-system back to the factory; it was still a bit useful to keep.

Thus, Xie Yang continued to bicker with the Main System about what benefits the Main System could give her if she helped recover the Energy Crystal.

The Main System looked like it was about to cry.

Sob sob sob... Why did it listen to the Saint System back then and think the Host was a very good person?

【Host, my little treasury has all been used to compensate you, I really haven't saved much. How about this, for future planes, I will do background checks for you, I won't charge you points, free of charge, okay?】

Xie Yang stopped while she was ahead: "Deal!"

Main System: 【...】

Feeling like she had been played by the Host, sob sob sob...

Xie Yang had already stepped into the campus at this moment.

Although the art school the original body attended was an ordinary vocational and technical school, the management was still relatively strict.

One must swipe an access card to enter and exit the dormitory building, one person per gate, very strict.

The school was located next to the Film and Television City. With so many students, there were always some friends and relatives coming to the Film and Television City to play or try their luck as extras. To save on expenses, they usually came to the school to stay.

Out of consideration for the safety of the students, the school set up a one-person-per-gate system, requiring a card swipe to enter and exit.

But there are policies above and countermeasures below; no matter how strict the dormitory management is, it is inevitable that there will be loopholes to exploit over time.

For example, the original body—she had a cousin who did small business in the Film and Television City. A few years ago, she finally saved enough for a down payment and bought a three-bedroom apartment in a new residential area not far from the Film and Television City, settling down here. Lou Yiling came to her to borrow a place to stay, so she gave her access card to Lou Yiling and stayed at her cousin's place herself.

But now, she couldn't be bothered to care whether Lou Yiling had a place to stay. She decisively carried her luggage to the dormitory management office and left a note for the dormitory manager:

"Teacher, this was left with me by a fellow villager who promised to come and get it in these two days. I've left it here for her. Her name is Lou Yiling. This is the last digit of her mobile phone number and the last four digits of her ID card. If they match, let her take it away. I strictly abide by school rules and regulations and firmly refuse to let outsiders enter the building at will."

Dormitory manager: "..."

Xie Yang returned to the dormitory to rest after finishing this matter.

The fever had gone down, but the cold hadn't fully recovered; she had a stuffy nose, a headache, and a sore throat.

She mixed herself a cup of diluted Spirit Spring Water.

Recovery from illness is like pulling silk; Spirit Spring Water has a nourishing effect. Once the body is completely nourished, she would see whether to take the Physical Fitness Potion.

But she forgot that what she had hoarded was all full-level Spirit Spring Water. Even if diluted, it caused significant changes in her body after drinking it—

Expelling toxins from the internal organs, repairing hidden injuries and ailments, her body became delicate and soft, her skin like congealed fat... The most obvious was that her skin was as flawless as white jade, as if newborn, and her chest seemed to have undergone a second development...

Xie Yang looked at her changed self in the mirror and couldn't help but feel a headache.

With such a big change, she had to move out of the dormitory as soon as possible.

The notice posted by the school was to leave the school before the end of June. She originally wanted to wait until June to rent a house, as staying in the free dormitory for one more day was one more day, but she couldn't wait now.

She picked up her phone and searched for housing information around the Film and Television City.

The original body still had some money saved.

Although she was an only child, her family background was truly very ordinary.

Her parents worked at a scissor factory in the town. The couple didn't take a single day off, and their combined monthly income was only six or seven thousand, yet they could give her two thousand for living expenses.

A phrase the couple often kept on their lips was: "Poor at home, rich on the road." No matter how much one saves at home, a daughter studying alone outside needs to carry more money for protection.

Every time the original body called home, the first thing her parents asked when they picked up the phone was whether she had enough money.

The original body was also sensible and knew that her parents worked hard to earn money, so she couldn't bear to spend it recklessly.

Her parents gave her two thousand every month, and she could save half of it. But one thousand yuan was really not enough to spend in a place like the Film and Television City, unless she ate in the Canteen for every meal and didn't buy clothes much.

And the original body did exactly that—except for working part-time for film crews, she rarely left the school gate, ate all three meals in the Canteen, and bought clothes, shoes, socks, and daily necessities at the small commodity wholesale market. For the money others spent on one piece of clothing, she could find three or four.

Saving one thousand every month, she could save Wanyi two thousand in a year. Adding the annual scholarships and the money earned from being an extra or playing bit parts during winter and summer vacations, she had saved a total of over eighty thousand.

The original body originally didn't intend to touch this savings.

After all, once the management contract was signed, not to mention how much the commission would be, the company would provide food and housing.

But now, Xie Yang didn't intend to sign with an entertainment company casually.

Even if she wanted to enter this industry, there was no need to rush to sign a contract.

Being a free and unfettered extra was also quite good.

After all, it was not yet certain what move Lou Yiling would make next...