Chapter 177: Auxiliary System

This upgrade added a lot of new furniture: two small side tables, a shoe cabinet, a nightstand, and a slightly larger drawer cabinet. It's as if a whole set of cabinets were made especially for Cheng Shuili.

Cheng Shuili felt increasingly uneasy as she looked: 60 energy stones! The system spent them on these things? She steadied her emotions and walked around the carriage a few more times.

A coffee table appeared in front of the sofa, and the sofa itself had grown considerably.

Earlier Su Rui complained that the sofa didn't allow her to stretch her legs, preferring to sleep on the floor rather than on the sofa; now she can finally sleep on the sofa.

A middle shelf was added to the refrigerator, allowing more items to be stored.

The furniture she crafted herself showed little change, but most of the furniture's positions were now unsuitable, requiring time to rearrange.

Cheng Shuili thought about where these items should be placed and suddenly made a fierce expression.

No!

60 energy stones! Where exactly did they go?

Even though no energy stones were actually consumed, using the vehicle upgrade core hurt Cheng Shuili just the same!

This thing appears even less frequently than energy stones.

If it's really this kind of painless upgrade… she might actually accuse the system of embezzlement!

Cheng Shuili's brows were tightly knit.

Su Rui also sensed her dissatisfaction, but she still couldn't tell why.

Su Rui scanned the vehicle, which was clearly twice as large, and thought, "Well… that's actually not bad, right?"

What exactly is Cheng Shuili dissatisfied with?

Cheng Shuili remained silent; after circling again and finding nothing noteworthy, she helplessly sat on the sofa.

She now felt like a fresh victim of a scam. In the previous world, she could have reported it to the police; even if recovery wasn't guaranteed, it would have offered some psychological comfort.

This world, however…

Cheng Shuili suddenly stood up; at that moment she made up her mind—one day she would overthrow the system's rule!

Cheng Shuili, still sulky, sat back on the sofa, opened the vehicle's upgrade page, and glanced at the latest vehicle status.

【Congratulations player Cheng Shuili, vehicle upgrade successful! Current level: 5.】

【Vehicle storage capacity expanded to 1500 kg, maximum speed increased to 100 km/h.】

The storage space doubled, and the speed increased considerably.

For the next upgrade, from vehicle level 5 to 6, the required Vehicle Upgrade Material Fragments…

Turn out to be a full 600 pieces! That's double!

Cheng Shuili lowered her eyes, feeling down, when she suddenly heard an oddly unnatural mechanical voice.

【Player Cheng Shuili, hello!】

Cheng Shuili: "???"

She jerked her head up, searched the panel for a while, but couldn't find what was speaking!

【I am the 001 Auxiliary System, providing free service to you—the server's first player to upgrade a vehicle to level 5!】

Cheng Shuili fell silent again; she seemed to know where those 60 energy stones went. She tentatively asked, "Auxiliary System? What can you do?"

The voice suddenly became extremely human‑like, shifting from mechanical to a human timbre.

【Hehe, just call me 001. I can do a lot—intelligently filter suitable trades for you, block useless spam messages, and even generate insulting attack messages with one click, so you never have to worry about being out‑spat when you trash‑talk.】

Cheng Shuili: "Sorry, this one has never lost."

She forced herself to focus on other functions, and only then saw the trade‑filtering feature.

Seems somewhat useful.

Cheng Shuili's eyes brightened, and she tentatively asked, "Any other functions?"

【Of course! Our auxiliary system is practically omnipotent. All mechanical, repetitive tasks that require the system—the great 001 system can handle them for you!】

Cheng Shuili's eyes shone even more, and she asked, "Can you help me craft items at the workbench?"

【Sure!】

"Can you, based on my specified criteria, filter suitable trading players and automatically complete the trades?"

Cheng Shuili rattled off several conditions in one breath, just to test how intelligent the system really is.

【Sure!】

Again, the same reply.

Cheng Shuili furrowed her brow and asked, "Can you control these smart appliances inside my vehicle?"

【A piece of cake, Lao Da!】

That is indeed very handy!

Although it's called an auxiliary system, Cheng Shuili prefers to call it a smart butler.

But saying those 60 energy stones were spent to create this thing… Cheng Shuili squinted, deciding to test it before judging: "Block the spam messages in my private chats."

【Got it, Lao Da! Spam blocked!】

That fast?

Cheng Shuili, half‑believing, opened private chats at random, and indeed they were all legitimate trades.

Now Cheng Shuili completely trusted this thing and issued a second command: "For the trade messages in my private chats, directly approve purchases of a Designated Player Duel Card costing 20 Game Coin or more."

【Completed! A total of 2,398 cards traded, total Game Coin earned! Game Coin has been credited! Current account balance: 0 Designated Player Duel Cards remaining!】

【Would you like to conduct other trades, Lao Da? 001 is at your devoted service!】

Oh no.

This thing is really somewhat useful.

Misunderstood the system.

Cheng Shuili feels not the slightest guilt toward the system; after all, this misunderstanding should be on the system's side to reflect on itself! If it hadn't consistently behaved this way, Cheng Shuili wouldn't have speculated about it in this manner.

Exactly.

Cheng Shuili nodded, and could be said to be very satisfied with this auxiliary system.

She issued a few more commands: "001, select all trades with reasonable prices and approve them all. For those who placed trades that are clearly trying to take advantage of me, and after placing the trade they also wrote a little essay about how pitiful they are, trying to get freebies, delete their private chat windows outright."

【Good, Lao Da!】

This time there are more messages to handle, and 001 has been running noticeably longer.

But the marvel of the system lies in its ability to handle several tasks simultaneously, carrying out Cheng Shuili's orders while answering her questions.

"Do all Level‑5 vehicles have auxiliary systems?"

Cheng Shuili asked the question she was most curious about; she had expected the system to dodge it, but it answered point‑blank.

【Not all Level‑5 vehicles have it; only the first 100 players on the server who upgrade to a Level‑5 vehicle receive an auxiliary system. Our IDs run from 001 to 100, each ID corresponding to a system. Moreover, the earlier the ID, the smarter the auxiliary system the player gets.】

【Lao Da, I mean, 001—that's me—is the smartest one!】

Cheng Shuili: "……"

I see, they already brag about themselves.