Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

It took nearly half an hour for the colorful ball to emerge from the main control room. It gathered its belongings, turned the corner, and prepared to leave.

"stop."

A mechanical voice with undulating sounds came from behind. The colored ball stopped, turned around and looked back: "Coal briquette system, hello."

The coal ball, still wearing a pair of dark sunglasses, approached the colorful ball upon hearing the sound, observed it for a moment, and then asked, "What did the main system just say to you?"

This was top secret, and Caiqiu became alert: "I didn't say anything."

"You didn't say anything, so why have you been inside for so long?" Coal Ball took a few steps closer. "I was just asking out of curiosity, that's all."

The colorful ball floated in the air without answering. Just as it was about to turn and leave, it slightly turned its head and saw the pink ball parked not far away. The colorful ball shone brightly, and the pink ball stared at it menacingly, occupying a passage behind it.

"What do you mean?" The colorful ball clutched its data plate tightly, its voice trembling slightly. "I'm telling you, the main system just gave me a mission, you can't bully me! I...I..."

Coal Ball coldly watched Color Ball. Seeing that Color Ball was about to burst into tears without saying a word, it silently gave Pink Ball a wink.

The pink ball withdrew its light and floated closer to the colorful ball, muttering irritably, "Don't play the victim with me! What did you do to my Crush?! It's my baby! Did you bully it?!"

The colorful ball flashed with light: "What Crush? I don't know anything about it! I just escaped from the post-apocalyptic world, I haven't been exposed to the Crush system..."

"Just trying to survive," Coal Ball said calmly. "You know me?"

The colorful ball stopped sobbing. It cautiously looked at the two spherical systems in front of it and tentatively asked, "...Were you also hit by it?"

Coal ball: "..."

Pink Ball: "Crush hit me to help me grow; it's the most powerful system in the universe!"

Its voice rose as it spoke, and the colorful ball remained silent for a moment before shifting its gaze to the coal ball. Of all their systems, only the coal ball's brain was functioning properly.

"You're looking for me... what happened? Is it hiding its life? Has it been captured?" the colorful ball asked in a low voice. "I still owe it a debt I haven't repaid."

He survived in the apocalypse and helped Shen Yisui, Cheng Jingyi, and to some extent, Caiqiu.

The fact that the colorful ball was able to escape the post-apocalyptic world and survive was largely due to its ability to survive.

But the "Survival of the Fittest" regime is a wanted evil regime that disrupts world order, and the Rainbow Ball had long guessed that it would be captured and destroyed by the main regime one day.

“The situation is still unclear,” Coal Ball said. “I lent it some energy before, and the energy value had been within a stable range, but in the last two days, all the energy inside has suddenly been depleted.”

"I can't sense where it is now. But the last place it appeared was on a desolate planet under the control of the main system."

The colorful ball twitched slightly: "You mean, it was captured by the main system?"

Coal Ball: "I just have a suspicion."

The colorful ball remained silent. After hesitating for more than ten minutes, it whispered, "The leader asked me to check the usable life points in the post-apocalyptic world. I don't know why, but it seems to be in a hurry."

"...Health points?"

"That's right. Besides the apocalypse, there are many other small worlds, and he asked me to test them all."

The coal ball keenly sensed something amiss and asked, "What kinds of small worlds are there? Can you list them out for us?"

After saying that, he seemed worried that the lottery ball might change its mind, so he added, "Don't worry, we'll destroy it immediately after you see it, and we won't let the leader find out."

The colorful ball's body flickered with light, and this time it didn't hesitate much, saying directly, "Okay."

*

"Your spiritual body is an insect."

The doctor, sitting in the main seat, put on his reading glasses. He frowned as he looked at the densely packed numbers on the report, then glanced uncertainly at the young man in front of him.

Adrian's white hair was neatly combed. He slowly adjusted the sleeves of his floral shirt, and raised his eyes in surprise when he heard this: "What kind of bug?"

"Hmm...it looks like a big green caterpillar."

Adrian: “…”

"Are you sure?" Adrian asked suspiciously. "Then what great use would this spiritual body of mine have?"

Adrian is good at fitting into the current ABO world, after all, the Zerg also have spiritual entities.

He originally thought his spiritual body was a winged insect, but it turned out to be just an ordinary large green caterpillar.

The old doctor pondered for a few seconds before speaking, "After you merge with your own spiritual body, it will allow you to crawl on the ground."

Adrian: “…”

The expressions of the people standing behind him were somewhat subtle upon hearing this. Adrian suddenly stood up, grabbed his test report, pushed open the door, and strode out.

"He's a quack! He doesn't know anything and yet he keeps talking nonsense. What crawl? The Zerg aren't that useless!" Adrian complained to the person next to him as he walked.

Pei Du chuckled and said, "Adrian, you're lucky you even have a spiritual body. Brother Yu has nothing."

Shen Yu: "..."

Shen Yu's test report showed that his mental world was a blank, and he had no spiritual body.

Shen Yu remained silent: "I don't need a spiritual body."

Upon seeing this, Shen Yi lowered his eyes. His current body had all its organs intact, which could effectively help him see the things around him during this period of time.

"It's okay, brother, I can protect you," Shen Yi said.

Although his spiritual body was just a small snowflake.

Pei Du is the only one among them who can use his spiritual body to transform into a beast and generate combat power. As for how much combat power he can generate, let's leave that aside for now.

After all, his spiritual form was a black fox cub that hadn't been weaned yet.

Thinking of their current situation, Shen Yu couldn't help but sigh: "Let's go to the palace first. We'll only be safe once we see His Majesty."

“That makes sense.” Adrian stroked his chin. “But how do we get in? People like us don’t even qualify to enter through the gate.”

Shen Yu frowned and said, "If we can't get through the main gate, we'll find a chance to sneak in. It won't be difficult to knock out a few guards."

“Hmm…that makes a lot of sense.” Adrian nodded again. “I’m just an insect, I definitely can’t beat the guards, so I’ll leave this difficult task to you.”

"..."

They didn't say anything more.

Seeing that the people around him had fallen silent, Pei Du shrugged after a moment and said, "I'll go fight."

“Alright.” Shen Yu decisively moved on to the next topic. “I’ve already planned the route to the palace. We’ll split into two groups. When His Majesty hears that he’s injured, we’ll have someone pretend to be a doctor and sneak in…”

"Don't go through all that trouble, I have a way to get you in." As they were discussing this, a smiling voice suddenly came from the side.

Shen Yu turned around and saw a middle-aged man in a black trench coat walking towards them from not far away.

Shen Yu observed the newcomer's appearance for a moment and then asked, "Who are you?"

"Qi Mohan." The man who walked up to them threw a wanted poster into their hands. His eyes darkened as he spoke, "Arrest me, and you can go see him as meritorious officials."

"Tell me the reason." Pei Du put away the wanted poster and slightly raised his chin. "Walking into a trap...why?"

Qi Mohan smiled and said, "There's no reason. Gouqie Tousheng and I are good friends. Now that his whereabouts are unknown, I should help him as much as possible."

Pei Du narrowed his eyes: "Really? You two are very familiar?"

“Of course,” Qi Mohan said. “I’m a system like it, and when it left, it specifically told me to help you as much as possible.”

Pei Du scanned the contents of the wanted poster again. Qi Mohan was a henchman of the former mermaid king Tamo. After Tamo disappeared, Qi Mohan had been listed as a key target for arrest.

But he also knew that surviving by any means was a system-related matter, and it must indeed be closely related to surviving by any means...

“Alright.” Pei Du pondered for a moment and then said, “Your suggestion sounds very good. It’s just that there are too many of us, and it wouldn’t be good to go together and arouse suspicion.”

Qi Mohan laughed: "So you're coming with me first?"

“No.” Pei Du took a step back and pushed Adrian out from behind him. “He will go with you.”

Adrian: “…”

Pei Du was very shrewd. Adrian was the so-called Zerg Emperor in his Zerg world, so he couldn't possibly be unintelligent. On the contrary, he was especially good at scheming.

After entering the palace and facing the Mermaid King Zhou Yanshu, Adrian will also have his own set of arguments to convince Zhou Yanshu.

The worst-case scenario is that Adrian fails and is ultimately executed by Zhou Yanshu. At that point, Pei Du can still activate Plan B to rescue him.

As for now—they still need to be most wary of Qi Mohan.

They didn't know whether this suddenly appearing system was friend or foe, so they decided to be cautious.

Adrian stared at Qi Mohan for a long time, then paused before saying, "Yes, I'll go with you, but let's make it clear beforehand that I'll choose the handcuffs and other items that will be used to detain you; you have no choice."

Qi Mohan didn't care at all. He said, "It's fine, do whatever you want."