Me and My Two Bosses' Systems

"Holy crap, where am I?!"

Just as dawn was breaking, a gasp came from a dimly lit room.

The room was dimly lit, with no lights on, and only the slender silhouette of a girl could be vaguely seen. She sat on the bed, the blanket piled around her slender waist, covering her legs.

The girl gripped the blanket with both hands, turning her head from side to side as she surveyed the dimly lit room, her waist-length black hair swaying back and forth.

Fumbling to turn on a small nightlight, Li Xingyu sat on the bed, looking blankly at the unfamiliar room in the dim, soft light, three question marks slowly appearing in her head.

Who am I? Where am I? What happened?

Suddenly, two voices rang in her mind one after the other.

The first voice was a clear, ethereal, and otherworldly female voice, reminiscent of the pure and holy moon in the heavens: "Hello, Miss Li Xingyu. I am System 005."

The second voice was a clear, gentle, and slightly magnetic male voice, sounding like green bamboo swaying gently in the breeze: "Hello, Miss Li Xingyu. I am System 007."

"Hello...?" Li Xingyu mumbled a question instinctively. Her mind was a complete mess of confusion and bewilderment: 'Huh? A system? Two of them? Have I transmigrated? Or am I dreaming?'

Li Xingyu was a little dazed. She felt like she hadn't woken up yet and was still dreaming. So she reached out, pinched her face, and pulled it away.

"Hi~ It hurts."

The next second, Li Xingyu covered her face, which was slightly red from being pulled, looking completely bewildered.

It hurts, am I dreaming? Did I just hallucinate?

Li Xingyu's mind was a complete mess. Wasn't I just sleeping at home? How did I suddenly end up here? Kidnapping? No, no, no, what's the point?

Could it be?! She's dead?!

"Um...the system?" Li Xingyu called out tentatively.

"I'm here. Is there a problem?" The clear, ethereal female voice, 005, responded to Li Xingyu.

"Ah... I just want to ask, what exactly happened? Why am I here?"

Li Xingyu wondered how she, an ordinary, laid-back college student who didn't smoke, drink, or stay up late, could have suddenly transmigrated. She usually just read novels, wrote novels, practiced her studies, and did crafts.

Yes, based on her years of experience reading novels, when she heard the system appear, she combined it with the unclear surroundings and concluded that she had transmigrated.

After all, if we're talking about anything else, well... she's not made of wood or stone, how could she not feel anything at all?

I just don't know why she time-traveled? Could she really be dead? No way! She didn't do anything wrong!

She didn't stay up late, didn't go out, there was no gas at home, her neighbor's house is fifty meters away, and her doors and windows were closed. She didn't use her phone or computer, didn't eat, didn't fall, didn't greet the author while reading a novel, and didn't read any books with characters whose names she shared. She was just sleeping normally!

How did I end up in this room where I have no idea where I am? And why are there two systems in my head?

Ah ah ah~

Why?

Li Xingyu shook her head, trying to stop herself from overthinking. "Forget it, forget it, stop for now. The more I think about it, the more absurd it gets. I should just listen to what the system has to say."

The ethereal female voice of System 005 gave Li Xingyu the answer.

"Well... the situation is a bit complicated to explain in detail. To put it simply: your soul and the soul of the person in this world have been swapped. She went to your world, and in order to maintain the balance between the worlds, you came to her world. You can also think of it as time travel."

"What the hell is that?"

Li Xingyu thought her ears were broken, otherwise how could she hear such outrageous words? It was so outrageous that it was like the mother of all outrageousness opening the door to outrageousness.

What does it mean to have your souls swapped?

Li Xingyu's mind went blank after hearing 005's words, and she sat motionless on the bed.

The phrase "soul swap" kept echoing in Li Xingyu's mind.

After a while, Li Xingyu finally recovered and asked the system with a sliver of hope, "Then... can it be switched back?"

"Sorry, it can't be changed back." The cold and ethereal female voice of System 005 carried a hint of guilt, but her words were a merciless blow, shattering Li Xingyu's illusions.

After answering Li Xingyu's question, System 005 hesitated, but still didn't say anything.

005 thought to herself, "Never mind, I'll tell her after she understands what happened."

Li Xingyu's mind was immersed in the phrase "It can't be brought back." She felt so sad that she was about to burst into tears.

Li Xingyu kept wailing in her heart: 'My dear grandparents, parents, uncles and aunts, younger brothers and sisters, her novels, her Kaito Kids, her Kuro, her delicious food, her melons, her handsome and adorable older brothers and sisters, her cute kids and pets, all gone, all gone, completely gone.'

Li Xingyu was deeply nostalgic for her family and 'harem' members, completely oblivious to the woman's hesitant tone.

At this moment, the clear and gentle voice of System 007, which had not responded to Li Xingyu earlier, rang softly in Li Xingyu's mind with a hint of apology.

"Sorry, host, I didn't respond to you just now. I went to organize your memories and relevant information about this world. Would you like to receive them now?"

Li Xingyu's attention was drawn back by 007's pleasant voice, which perfectly shifted the focus: "Ah? Oh~ It's okay, no need to apologize, your voice is really nice. Hehe."

"Oh, right, you just said you went to organize her memories and related information?" Li Xingyu's attention was diverted by 007's voice, but then she realized what he meant.

"Thank you for your compliment. Yes, would you like to receive it now?" 007 asked Li Xingyu gently once again.

Li Xingyu's next reaction was: "Can we talk this over? Can you two stop addressing me as 'you'? Just say 'you' directly, or call me by my name. Don't use honorifics. I feel uncomfortable with it."

Li Xingyu was initially pleased to hear two pleasant voices, but the moment the honorific "you" was uttered, she felt uneasy. She was just an ordinary female college student; she couldn't bear such a respectful address, she didn't deserve it.

The only time she would accept being addressed as "you" was during announcements at various transportation hubs and on public transport.

Then Li Xingyu noticed what 005 was saying. She still didn't know what this world was like, or how things were back home. What was this soul swap all about?

She is completely clueless now and knows nothing at all.

Thinking of home, Li Xingyu felt a little down, but the most important thing was to find out what had happened. She patted her face to calm herself down, and then said, "Accept it."

007 replied to Li Xingyu, "Okay."

As soon as the male voice finished speaking, memories that did not originally belong to Li Xingyu and some information about this world appeared in her mind.

Before this, Li Xingyu had been silently marveling at how nice the system sounded, but that was just a fleeting thought. Now she was sitting on the bed with her eyes closed, immersed in 'her' memories and the information 007 had compiled.

Li Xingyu first received some information about this world compiled by 007.

This is a magical and fantastical world, similar to the background of some novels that Li Xingyu had read before.

The general environment of this world is somewhat similar to the interstellar world in the novel.

There are many, many planets with highly advanced technology and comprehensive laws, as well as various races. The average lifespan here is over 300 years, and 300 years is considered adulthood...

Up to this point, Li Xingyu was incredibly excited. For her, coming from the 21st century, these were things that only existed in novels and imaginations. She was still wondering why 'she' wanted to leave this world so much, until she continued receiving data…

The male-to-female ratio in this world is an absurd 80:1, and the law in this world is polyandry.

The food and entertainment aspects of this world are like they've divorced from the world itself; they're not so much developed as they're desolate.

The food consisted of strangely flavored nutrient pastes and liquids. The kitchen, utensils, and seasonings were quite complete, but for some reason, there were no proper dishes or staple foods.

In terms of entertainment, the variety and content are pitifully limited. The selection of songs, literature, films, and online and offline games is heartbreakingly monotonous.

There are reasons for all of this. Long, long ago, when the technology here was already developing in interstellar space, a kind of strange beast appeared. They had no intelligence, only the instinct to plunder and eat.

No one knows how they appeared, but these suddenly appearing monsters brought a near-destructive catastrophe to the world.

At that time, there was no comprehensive communication between the various races in the world.

At that time, apart from the human race, which was developing rapidly and communicating with all other races, most other races focused only on their own development and, apart from some trade, hardly communicated with more than ten other races.

Even though the world's scientific level has long supported interplanetary travel, many races and interstellar people only travel between their own race's main planet and its satellite planets.

In the early days of the appearance of alien beasts, apart from humans and some naturally powerful races who, while ensuring their own safety, lent a helping hand to some interstellar races that were not good at fighting, almost every other race fought on its own.

They are probably used to fighting alone when disasters happened in the past, and since no major events have occurred since they established diplomatic relations with the Terrans, the collective consciousness in interstellar space is still relatively weak.

Although some powerful races would not be indifferent to the lives of other races, the communication and exchanges between the various races remained as stagnant as a pool of still water, without any progress.

In the middle of the war, when the interstellar people and the alien beasts were locked in a stalemate, a considerable number of the alien beasts evolved to become even more powerful. They still lacked intelligence, but their destructive power became even greater.

Although various races have become stronger, casualties have gradually increased, and the defenses of some races are on the verge of collapse.

Although each race has its own unique abilities and racial advantages, in the face of the protracted monster disaster, apart from a few races with strong combat power, the other races are no longer able to resist alone.