Chapter 22: The Grudge-Holding System

Time flew by.

A month had passed in the blink of an eye since Ye Cang and Di Leina had their "friendly" conversation.

During this month, everything was so peaceful; nothing happened, and Ye Cang had a rare, leisurely month.

However, such beautiful, leisurely times are always short-lived.

Just today, the leisure came to an end.

On this day, Ye Cang went to work as usual, arrived at his office, poured himself a glass of plain water, and picked up a newspaper, preparing to slack off.

The phone in the office suddenly rang.

Picking up the phone, he heard the person on the other end say: "Hello, Mr. Ye Cang, you have just received a sum of project funding."

Hearing this, Ye Cang was somewhat confused.

Hm?

Project funding?

If he remembered correctly, the project funding for the Nantianmen Project was always allocated directly; they would never call to notify him, right?

Then, where did this project funding come from?

Could it be a telecom scam?!

Damn, if it were a telecom scam, that would be impressive; this phone of his is a dedicated line, if a telecom scam could get through...

Ahem, just kidding, how could it be a telecom scam.

But, when did he get an extra sum of project funding?

Before Ye Cang could figure it out, the person on the phone said loudly: "Hello? Mr. Ye Cang, are you listening?"

"Hello? Hello?"

"Sorry, I was a bit distracted just now!" Ye Cang, having snapped back to reality, said hurriedly.

"Um, I'd like to ask, where did this sum of project funding come from? I haven't started any new projects recently!"

"Ah, please wait a moment, let me check for you." Then, the sound of typing on a keyboard came from the other end of the phone.

About 3 minutes later.

"Mr. Ye Cang, this project funding seems to be from the South China Sea."

The mention of the South China Sea made Ye Cang realize!

Oh! He remembered!

It was the funding Du Kaao had promised him back then; a whole month had passed, and only now did he remember to give it to him—he had even forgotten about it himself!

Thinking of this, Ye Cang said he understood, then hung up the phone.

Immediately, Ye Cang sat there thinking about how he should use this money.

And if nothing went wrong, Du Kaao should give him a sum of funding every month until the Nantianmen Project was officially completed.

Hm... truly a very good thing.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Cang already had a plan in mind.

He still remembered that a month ago, he had found the correct way to destroy the Universe and had originally intended to start this project directly.

But the system reminded him that his information would be read, so he went to deal with that matter.

After dealing with it, it was shelved again due to some special reasons.

And then it had been until today.

Counting the days, the time was about right.

In just these few days, he would be able to handle that special reason, and then he could officially start this project.

And this money given by Du Kaao... no, it should be called a friendly sponsorship; it came at just the right time.

Thinking of this, Ye Cang's mood became even better.

He picked up his water glass and drank it all in one gulp.

Immediately, he prepared to ask the system for the data on the Large Particle Collider.

Speaking of the system, Ye Cang had something to say.

Ever since the system told him to "behave himself" last time, it hadn't paid any attention to him, which made Ye Cang somewhat curious: was the system angry?

But thinking about it carefully, there was really no need to be angry at him.

Being a bit lecherous was nothing more than normal.

Thinking of this, Ye Cang said: "System, give me the data for the Large Particle Collider, the kind that can achieve Vacuum Decay!"

【Oh! Got it!】

The system's furious voice rang out, and then Ye Cang felt his brain heat up, and then... he lost consciousness.

When he woke up, it was already dark.

Looking at the pitch-black sky outside, Ye Cang let out a long sigh.

He had guessed wrong.

The system was actually really angry because of his lecherous thoughts!

And it had been angry for a whole month!

One had to know that in the past, when the system transmitted data to him, it would never be so brutal; it would take it slow.

But today, it stuffed all the data into his brain at once, causing his brain to overload and trigger a protection mechanism, making him pass out directly.

Damn it, he originally thought the system's furious tone was just an act.

He didn't expect that it was actually really angry!

What kind of good system stays angry for a whole month!

Even a girlfriend isn't as capable of holding a grudge as it is!

Damn it!

After thinking it over, Ye Cang decided to have a talk with the System and apologize while he was at it, to avoid passing out again next time.

"System, System, don't be angry anymore. Speak up, let's talk," Ye Cang called out.

However, the only answer Ye Cang received was dead silence.

"Uh... why is it ignoring me?" Ye Cang muttered, "Why is it getting more and more like a girlfriend?"

"Damn... that joke wasn't funny at all!"

After muttering that, he shouted a few more times, but the System still did not respond.

At this point, Ye Cang was truly dumbfounded.

No, why is it flat-out refusing to communicate with him!

What kind of System acts like this?

He had seen ones that would erase their hosts, ones that would fawn over their hosts, and even ones that were aloof.

But this was the first time he had ever seen a System that refused to communicate with its host and gave them the silent treatment!

It really left him at a loss for words.

By the way, don't ask Ye Cang where he saw so many Systems; the answer is that he saw them in novels he read before.

After confirming that the System really wouldn't pay him any mind, Ye Cang could only finish his shift with a melancholy look and return to his residence.

After a simple meal, he began to study this Large Particle Collider.

While recalling the data provided by the System, Ye Cang wrote it all down with a pen.

Once he finished recording it, Ye Cang began to read it seriously.

However, he hadn't even read a few lines of the data before Ye Cang let out an exclamation.

"No way! This is so exaggerated! Can this really work?"

"Build a Particle Collider that encircles all of Huaxia?!"

"Are you crazy! This workload is enough to kill someone! A 5,000-kilometer diameter, and it has to be a circle! This blueprint is impossible to draw!"

Saying this, Ye Cang continued to read.

One hour later, Ye Cang finished reading all the data on the Particle Collider.

After finishing the data, Ye Cang couldn't help but close his eyes.

He started his daily muttering again.

"You have to know that the world's largest particle collider only has a diameter of 27 kilometers, and it took a full 15 years to build and cost over 5 billion."

"If I go and build one that's 5,000 kilometers, by that logic, it would take over 900 years, and that's even with buffs."

"As for the cost, don't even get me started!"

"Even if I sold Earth, I'm afraid it wouldn't be enough!"

"Destroying the Universe is just too hard!"