Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

The colorful ball heard the inorganic sound behind it pause, turned around, and hesitated: "...Looking for me?"

The small system responsible for relaying the message tapped the sphere and said, "The Commander is waiting for you in the control room at the top. Please hurry and don't keep him waiting."

The colorful ball wanted to ask a few more questions, but the little system clearly didn't know much either. After the election, they needed to quickly return to their workstations to perform their tasks. The little system briefly told the colorful ball the directions and then quickly left its side.

The colorful ball paused for a moment, glanced up at the big data screen above, and followed instructions to fly towards the main control room.

The coal ball was among the last to leave. It overheard the conversation in the system next to it, turned its body, and looked up.

The colorful ball had disappeared from this space.

*

Within a minute, the colored ball knocked on the door of the main control room. The mechanical door had been sensing this, and a green indicator light on top lit up when the colored ball approached.

"Hello, main system."

After the mechanical door opened, Caiqiu finally saw a figure sitting in the control seat.

The man's blond hair was neatly combed, and his facial features were cold and hard. He stared at the data panel in front of him, only turning his gaze to it after hearing the sound of the colored ball.

Upon seeing this, the colored ball froze.

It had never had the opportunity to see the main system before. Legend has it that the main system has no physical form; it exists silently and intangibly in the universe.

But what Caiqiu saw today... was actually a human?

The colorful ball was secretly alarmed and quickly lowered its body, not daring to show its emotions.

"Dad... no, Commander, I'm sorry. My task completion rate this quarter was the lowest, and my performance was very poor. I hope you can give me another chance, and I will continue to work hard."

Tamo lowered his eyes to look at the colorful ball. This little system was much more attached to him than the other systems, and regarded him as a "father" in a kind of kinship relationship.

This surprised Tamo.

After all, when he created these small systems, he never expected them to have self-awareness, nor did he expect them to give him any so-called emotional feedback.

“Colorful Ball, you can try again if you fail. Every system goes through this. You don’t need to blame yourself,” Tamo said.

The ball paused upon hearing the sound, feeling a pang of sadness. It whimpered twice and nodded, saying, "Thank you, Commander."

Tamo looked down at the colorful ball. After a few seconds, he spoke again: "You don't need to carry out any more missions for a while. The program settings for the 'Heartthrob' might not be suitable for you. I will adjust them for you as appropriate."

The colorful ball paused, then said, "...I...I haven't really thought about it yet. I've been using this program for a long time, and although it's encountered some problems recently, it might actually yield results later..."

“There won’t be any results. Your low data speaks for itself.” Tamor interrupted it. “I’ve already selected the appropriate programs and software for you to use, so you don’t need to waste any more time.”

The ball was startled by the cold tone of the main system; it lowered its head and dared not say another word.

"I have something else to entrust to you in the last period of my time."

The colorful ball heard the voice coming from above. It looked at its data board, where two red and black lines intertwined, rapidly displaying the data it had uploaded some time ago.

"The energy values ​​of the post-apocalyptic world you visited were incomplete. Go back there and test them, then compile the usable life values ​​into a table and send it to me."

The colorful ball looked somewhat confused: "...Life points?"

“That’s right, I’ve already embedded the chip for detection into your system. You can just go to the apocalypse to check it out.”

Tamo briefly explained the things to pay attention to, and then informed Caiqiu of all the arrangements.

The colored ball scanned the information line by line, its hesitation evident. Tamer, oblivious, remained calmly seated in the mechanical chair above, continuing with his previous tasks.

The colorful ball looked up at it quietly for a moment, then wisely refrained from asking any further questions.

"Okay, main system. I will return to the apocalypse for testing."

The colored ball opened its path according to the usual procedure.