Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

The tattered black robe clung tightly to He Lan's body. When He Lan touched the cracked surface of the silver sphere, he couldn't help but let out a hissing sound from his throat.

"...What's wrong? Tell me, don't stay silent, I can feel it..."

He Lan coughed awkwardly twice, trying to hold back his tears, but he couldn't help but let them fall: "I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I shouldn't have let you stay. Go to the next world, and don't come back..."

The cracks in the sky are widening, darkness is swallowing daylight, and the edges of the world are collapsing rapidly at a visible speed.

The silver ball floated in the air, and he had very little energy left. He could barely cut the iron chains that were stuck in He Lan's flesh and bones.

[He Lan, this world is not good to you at all. Neither am I.]

I am not actually a system, nor am I a machine. What makes me what the main system doesn't want are emotions and distractions, and my mission here... is to collect the planet's dwindling energy after your death.

He Lan's eyes trembled, and a tear rolled down his cheek. He stood there stiffly, seemingly not understanding what Yin Qiu had said.

I'm a bad system. The day I came into your life, I was already waiting for you to die.

He Lan's lips parted slightly: "You're not..."

I'm a useless leader too. I've done so much, but accomplished nothing.

"Stop talking!" He Lan's voice was shrill as she waved her hand, scattering the silver ball. "Stop talking! You're not it! You're not it!"

The silver sphere was in disarray, and as it looked up at the sky, a phantom-like, unreal electronic shadow stood in the clouds at the very top.

He also lowered his head to look at the silver ball, his figure as cold and indifferent as an iceberg of the dragon race that never sinks.

Silver Ball stared at the figure for a moment, then gave the last of its energy to He Lan.

【He Lan... I'll see you off to a new world.】

Don't look back.

The energy that had been absorbed into He Lan's body soon healed all his wounds. He Lan was pulled upwards by the soft light. He was stunned for a moment, then suddenly tore off the lines wrapped around his body.

"...I won't go, I won't go! I don't want to go anywhere else, I..."

According to the regulations, you are indeed not allowed to leave.

Another mechanical sound, almost identical to that of the silver ball, rang out in the sky. He Lan's nerves tensed instantly; he felt excruciating pain in his chest and abdomen, and felt immense, unknown pressure descending from above.

Upon seeing this, the silver ball instantly unleashed a high-intensity electric current, flying to He Lan's side and blocking the energy wave pressing down from above.

"...Let him go, he's in the way!"

The electronic shadows overhead remained motionless.

You're the one in the way; you broke the rules.

After he finished speaking, the pressure suddenly increased, and all the energy surrounding He Lan dissipated. He Lan lost her support and fell violently from the sky.

Upon hearing the dull thud of the ball landing, the warning red light on its body grew brighter and brighter.

You damned bastard—

Silver Ball seemed to have been driven to the brink. He turned around, glanced at He Lan, and suddenly activated the self-destruct device on his body, flying towards the dark figure in the sky without looking back.

A few seconds later, a violent explosion rang out in the sky.

"boom--"

He Lan was forced back a few steps by the impact. His mind was in a daze, and in the pure blackness of his vision, he vaguely sensed something falling from the sky above.

“…Tracing Back?” He Lan reached out and groped on the ground. Small pieces of something fell from above and hit his shoulder. Soon he touched the cracked fragments of the system.

The hard, cold touch was not the softness he had previously perceived.

He Lan was somewhat stunned. He quickly picked up several pieces of mechanical debris from the ground, his eyes wide open, and kept shouting, "Su Hui? Su Hui?"

Crisis resolved; uncontrollable elements have been eliminated.

Upon hearing the mechanical voice that was almost identical to the silver ball's tone, He Lan slumped to the ground, his face stiff as he looked up at the sky: "...What did you say?"

The electronic shadowy figure above remained silent; its mission here was complete.

The core device embedded in the silver sphere within the system remained in his hands. He still needed to bring the core back to headquarters to extract the energy previously stored in the silver sphere for secondary use—this could be considered as making the last bit of value out of the silver sphere.

He gave you time to escape, but you missed it.

The electronic shadowy figure stared fixedly at He Lan. Smoke drifted in the air, and he waved his hand to dispel the strange floral scent mixed within it.

Thank you for your cooperation; it saved me unnecessary time and effort.

The tear tracks on He Lan's cheeks had dried. He blinked and murmured, "...You destroyed him, the main system...you ruined him..."

The electronic shadowy figure stood motionless, its reflection of He Lan's dazed, pale face on the screen. He watched silently, sensing a strange emotion quietly brewing within the system.

He felt unwell; the floral scent had dissipated, yet he still inexplicably detected something unusual.

He no longer looked at He Lan's face. This world was about to collapse and perish; there was no need for him to waste any more time here.

"boom--"

The ground trembled again, the city walls below were completely destroyed, and a hundred-foot-tall dragon soared into the sky.

The mournful dragon roar resounded through the sky, piercing everyone's eardrums almost instantly.

The electronic shadowy figure paused, seemingly surprised that He Lan would suddenly go berserk at the last moment. The black dragon's scales opened and closed, its broken horns smashing through the protective shield above, and it charged towards the shadowy figure like a madman.

The dark figure shattered into pieces the instant it was pierced by the dragon's horn, attempting to reassemble on the other side.

He Lan refused to give up. The severed dragon tail swept over him and immediately scattered the fragments that were trying to reunite.

[A dangerous individual has been identified, the target has been locked, and disciplinary action has been taken.]

Several thunderclaps rang out in the sky, and the black dragon darted wildly in the dark clouds. The thunder was dense, and all the electricity struck Helan's dragon body at once.

The scales covering the flesh were torn to dust by repeated electric shocks, and the black dragon screamed in agony. After another dragon roar, He Lan was pierced through the chest by the energy spikes of the main system and thrown down from the sky.

"boom--"

The black dragon fell into the ruins of the castle, its coiled body crushing all the surrounding trees. The humans who couldn't escape in time were also affected; electric current crackled, and they were electrocuted and knocked unconscious the moment they touched He Lan.

"Haha..." He Lan could hardly maintain his dragon form. He was born with a deformity and was now lying on the ground with his upper body in human form, but his lower body was hundreds of meters long, dragging and twisting, covered with scorched cracks and wounds.

"...I will stay because I want to, not to make things convenient for you..."

He Lan clutched the silver sphere fragments tightly in his hand, holding them close to his chest, his eyes bloodshot as he stared fiercely at the sky.

“He’s here, and I’m here too! Remember what you’ve done today, I curse you, you won’t get away with this…”

Dozens of men carrying long guns cautiously peeked out from the nearby woods. Looking at the horrific scene around them, they trembled as they pointed their guns at He Lan.

The sound of a bullet being chambered mingled with the screams of the world. Blood streamed from He Lan's eyes as he looked up at the sky, a mocking smile inexplicably appearing on his lips.

The electronic shadow stared coldly at him. The silver sphere fragments in He Lan's hand were dazzling, and he unconsciously felt a slight electric current emanating from his fingertips.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

The bullet pierced He Lan's skull.

After several gunshots, the Dragon World shattered completely.