Chapter 42 - Getting Rid of that Bigshot (19)

translator: baumkuchen editor: glitterypanda

In the Space Between Moments.

Countless worlds condensed into film reels. As if with physical form, they flowed over one another, intersecting and interweaving.

They were memory fragments from hosts waiting for revenge. Even as they were played, threads of transparent energy escaped, the Lord Gods dearly coveted energy entropy.

The human brain read through these memory fragments one by one, pulsating as it absorbed the energy. Its dark red surface was subsequently coated in a thin, transparent layer of gloss, making the entire Main Brain look like a huge, glistening, translucent jelly.

The Lord Gods exclusive AI watched him for a long time, before asking, Are you angry?

The Lord God sneered.

AI: Looks like he really is angry.

After a long time of browsing through the many worlds, the Lord God paused its movements, inquiring aloud, No. 1198s state of affairs.

The AI searched up Chi Xiaochis ID number and transferred his existing information to the digital dashboard.

Host number: No. 1198

Host name: Chi Xiaochi

World difficulty level assessment: A Grade

Degree of world completion: 95 (Currently In-Progress)

Host status assessment: All functions are fine and stable, task nearing completion.

Total entropy value: 116 (Below average of 3310)

The Lord God absolutely didnt dare to believe that last number. How much?

The AI said, 116.

The Lord God suppressed his anger, asking in a low voice, The other values?

The AI dutifully conducted a

check

, Contractor 3399, Shen Changqing, cumulative entropy value of 0.

The Lord God,

The AI kindly asked, Do you still want to continue to know more?

The Lord God said, Continue.

The AI, Task targets goodwill level towards him is 0, and regret level is 95.

Before the Lord God could express his opinions on this, the AI said, Wait a moment, the regret level has changed.

The Lord God already couldnt wait to send Chi Xiaochi into the next world, This world is about to be completed?

The AI said, The current value is 85.

The Lord God,

The AI, Wait a moment, its 73 now.

The Lord God said,

The reason for this, was that Chi Xiaochi had gotten up early, gotten bored, and realised that Zhou Kais regret level had risen to 95 overnight.

Shocked, he called 061, Liu-laoshi, Liu-laoshi.

As a system, 061 still occasionally needed to go on standby. After sleeping with Chi Xiaochi in the same bed last night, he naturally reintegrated into Chi Xiaochis body. He had been sleeping until now, before being voice-activated by Chi Xiaochi.

He

didnt have a hard time waking up in the mornings

, but he hadnt completely awoken. His hoarse voice from just having woken up teased at ones ears, making them tickle, Whats wrong?

Chi Xiaochi, Look, how come Zhou Kais regret level is almost full.

061, &#k2026;&#k2026; Whats with this disappointed tone.

061 turned to go check it up. Last night, because of the pain from his injuries, he didnt manage to fall asleep before midnight.

Hed completely fallen from grace, lost both his man and his money. He couldnt help but think about it, and the more he thought about it the angrier he got, wanting to spit out a mouthful of old blood but was unable to spit it out. Of course hed feel regret.

After knowing the reason, Chi Xiaochi said regretfully, A grade difficulty, no? Feels like it wouldnt be worth it if I didnt take advantage of the situation.

061, May I be so bold as to ask what in the world youre planning on doing.

Chi Xiaochi said, I remember that regret points can also be exchanged for stuff. Didnt you even get me a dog yesterday like that?

061 still hadnt fully woken up. So

Chi Xiaochi said, So show me around the shop.

Fine fine fine, shop shop shop.

061 took Chi Xiaochi on an early morning shopping spree.

Because regret value was the only set of data that was consulted to qualify one clearing a world, the value of the items in the regret points shop was higher, and the required value was also on the lower side.

Chi Xiaochi browsed through the shop, eventually choosing three expensive high grade cards and two medium grade cards out of the many cards available, also compiling a full set of high, medium and low grade Brilliant Beauty cards. It could be said that his gains were quite fruitful.

061 reminded him, Theres only sixty plus regret points left.

Boldly casting all restraint aside, Chi Xiaochi said, Ill earn it back.

Earn it back.

061 thought, to Zhou Kai, Chi Xiaochi must be his lifetimes karmic retribution taken human form.

However, in the Space Between Moments, the Lord God flew into a huge rage.

Whats he trying to do? The Lord God asked angrily, Is he picking a fight with me??

The AI didnt raise any objections, but thought to itself, doesnt seem like its ever been stated that you cant play like this in the rules.

In theory, Chi Xiaochi could stay in that world for however long he wanted, but regret points were hard to earn. Practically all task executors valued them as treasures, even just a one percent increase warranted careful budgeting, so the cards stocked in the regret points shop just collected dust all year, there was rarely anyone willing to waste their points like that.

Chi Xiaochi could be said to be the first to dare to extravagantly spend such large sums of regret points.

But it was precisely Chi Xiaochi who had that kind of capital.

After finishing his window shopping, Chi Xiaochi began a busy day.

He went to the hospital to visit Help once again, not for anything other than to reassure the original host that might still be in his body.

After playing frisbee with Help for a while, he received a call from a nurse from the hospital, saying that Zhou Kai was making a fuss about seeing him and asking for a lawyer.

Help arched its head into Chi Xiaochis chest. Chi Xiaochi ran his hand along Helps soft, fluffy ears, saying, Could you pass him the phone, please?

A moment later, Zhou Kais hoarse voice sounded from the other end, Surnamed Shen, get the fuck over here.

Without a hint of hesitation, Chi Xiaochi hung up.

061, If you were going to hang up, whyd you even pick up.

Chi Xiaochi hugged Help around its neck, Precisely to hang up on him.

061,

Chi Xiaochi, Heeheehee.

061 felt Chi Xiaochi was sprinting towards the ultimate goal of giving Zhou Kai a brain hemorrhage.

Soon, the phone rang once more.

On the other end, Zhou Kai fumed through gritted teeth, Shen Changqing, you fucking

This time Chi Xiaochi didnt even give him the chance to get out a full sentence, firmly hanging up.

Probably because hed realised in the back of his mind that if he kept this up he wouldnt even have the chance to open his mouth, when he called for the third time, he finally curbed his anger by a large extent. Shen Changqing, I have something to talk to you about.

While Chi Xiaochi played with Helps paws, he spoke to 061, gratified, See, hes finally learning how to speak like a human being.

The Shen Changqing he was acting as spoke in an amiable manner, I know, you want a lawyer.

Zhou Kai said, Yes.

Chi Xiaochi was silent.

Seeing Shen Changqing hadnt expressed his agreement, Zhou Kai wasnt surprised.

He grinned, sneering, Afraid now? Are you afraid that Ill tell them all about how you colluded with Sam, purposefully struck me into this state, and framed me as an Alzheimers patient?

It seemed like when lying idle in bed, he indeed could think through a