I listened to my sister's words today.

At this time, Yun Yiruo was standing in the system space, holding tightly in his hand a rope that he had found from somewhere, and tied tightly to the system's virtual body.

The rope seemed to come alive in her hand, swung by her, making whizzing sounds and drawing sharp arcs.

"Ancestor! Ancestor! I was wrong, Ancestor!" The system's voice was filled with fear at this moment, and the originally cold mechanical sound was tinged with crying.

"Some things are not that I don't want to say, but I can't say them!"

Its body was constantly swung back and forth in the air, like a spinning top in the hand.

"Can't tell?" Yun Yiruo increased the strength of his hands upon hearing this, almost flinging the system into a parallel line. "You stupid system!"

"What did you promise me? You said you'd always be with me, that you'd stick with me through thick and thin and never leave me!"

"What happened? You went on a trip?!"

At this moment, the system really wanted to disappear immediately - no, it would be better if it had two legs, so that at least it could run away!

At this moment, Yun Yiruo suddenly sneered, and the corners of his mouth curled up in an arc that made the system's scalp tingle.

He took out the God's Core from his pocket, the reward for the last mission. The crystal clear glass ball emitted a mysterious luster under the light.

"Tell me, what is this thing?"

With a lift of his wrist, he actually smashed the core directly into the system!

"Ancestor! Don't!" Seeing the core flying towards it, the system hurriedly broke free from the rope and caught the core steadily. Its entire virtual body was shaking.

"You can't throw this thing away! It's your life!"

"My life?" Yun Yiru was stunned, then snorted coldly, snatched the glass ball from the system's hand, and held it high.

If you can't explain it clearly, I'll really smash it!"

"Tell me, tell me! I'll tell you!" The system was nearly paralyzed with fear. "This core...it can be understood as you!"

"What do you mean?" Yun Yiruo narrowed her eyes, and the glass ball in her hand emitted a cold luster.

Looking closely at the core - it looks like an ordinary glass ball, but the surface is covered with cracks.

Through the cracks, she could also see the withered tree inside the sphere.

The trunk was dry and thin, with a few dry yellow leaves hanging on the branches, as if they would fall off at any time.

"See these cracks? Each one represents an injury you've sustained."

"These cracks will increase as your force is consumed. If the cracks are severe enough to threaten the sphere."

"That little tree in there will drop its leaves to patch up the cracks."

"Repair?" Yun Yiruo stared at the withered tree.

“What happens when all the leaves fall off?”

"All fallen off?"

When the system heard this, its voice became tearful, "That means your life is over!

The small tree will completely wither and die, and the ball will shatter into pieces! My ancestor, this is no joke! "

Upon hearing this, Yun Yiruo looked down at the glass ball in her hand. After a moment of silence, she finally lowered her raised hand.

"Don't smash it..." He muttered and carefully put the glass ball back into his pocket.

“I almost killed myself…”

Seeing this, the system finally breathed a sigh of relief, but before it could completely relax.

Then Yun Yiruo said, "But we'll have to settle this account sooner or later."

The system suddenly felt a chill on its back, and could only secretly complain in its heart: "Why did I have to deal with such an ancestor..."

I could only stand there obediently, with my head lowered like a primary school student being scolded, and the light became a little dim.

Yun Yiruo narrowed her eyes and sat back on the floating chair in the center of the system space.

"What's going on with this God Core? Also, have you been hiding this problem of my body from me?"

The system was stunned for a moment. When did the host become so smart? Shouldn't he have forgotten it in the next second?

"Grandfather, I really didn't mean to hide this from you. The creator of this information had set permissions from the beginning, so I can't tell you directly—"

"Creator?"

"Correct."

The system's voice lowered a few notches, as if it was a little apprehensive.

"The world you live in is actually created... and you, you are also - uh -"

"Speak clearly!"

The system hesitated for a long time, and finally sighed: "You are not... a human in the true sense.

"To be precise, your existence was created as a kind of—well, you could say it's an 'experimental subject'."

Seeing her like this, the system didn't dare to hide it anymore: "In fact, your body is not an ordinary body, but is composed of a special energy.

This core of God is the source of your existence.

It can sustain your life, but it can also break down for various reasons—for example, if you get injured or your energy is over-consumed.”

Yun Yiruo clenched his fists even tighter: "Then what is Li Heng?"

The system answered honestly: "Li Heng is a special power formed by the combination of your vitality and energy.

Every time you use a skill or take damage, your energy is consumed.

If you consume too much strength, cracks will appear in your divine core.

Once the core collapses, you will disappear completely, without even the chance of reincarnation."

"So, I'm not even a complete living person?"

The system noticed that her mood was not right and hurriedly explained: "Ancestor!"

"Although you are an experimental subject, you are no different from ordinary people!"

"You have your own emotions, memories, and thoughts, and they are all real!"

"reality?"

"Can a person who relies on a glass ball to stay alive be considered real?"

The system looked at the host, confused at first, then seemed to have thought of something, and began to sob with a trembling voice.

"Why...why are you crying again?"

The system shrank its virtual body. "I... I admit that I made some of my fabrications just now... but... but it shouldn't be so vulnerable..."

It wiped the non-existent cold sweat and tried to calm down, but when the topic was brought up, its eyes seemed to darken like floodgates.

"Uh... that's the host..."

"If you don't get out now, Jiang Ling might really get into trouble."

"Wuwuwu…..w….what?"

Yun Yiruo's body stiffened noticeably, and his pupils suddenly contracted, as if he had been hit on the head with a stick.

"Oh! Stop crying!"

The system whispered comfortingly.

"To put it bluntly, that person's words were just to scare you."

"You're trying to scare me?"

Yun Yiruo's voice changed: "Really?"

The system explained, "But some things must be experienced...it won't be that tragic..."

"Huh? Wait, you know that guy?"

Yun Yiruo suddenly narrowed her eyes.

The expression on the system's face suddenly became as if stuck, extremely stiff.

It shook its head in panic, "Uh... um... did I say I knew him?"

"I... I didn't say that..." Its virtual image began to flicker, as if the data had begun to become confused.

The system was shaking in its place: "It's over... We're going to be discovered..."