Just after seeing Shen Sangsang off, Feng Zexuan hadn’t even had time to sigh in relief—
when the light screen before her suddenly exploded with a boom!
Blinding golden light nearly burst out of the screen itself, so bright she could barely keep her eyes open.
A gigantic line of golden text rimmed with diamond-like sparkles arrogantly occupied her entire field of vision.
【Ding! Received transferred points from former host Shen Sangsang: 118,000 points.】
Feng Zexuan’s brain froze for a moment.
She counted the zeros with her fingers.
One zero, two zeros, three zeros…
Converted at a hundred-to-one ratio, that became 11.8 million gossip points!
Adding the 1.5 million she earned from being a “hired thug”…
That made a grand total of—
13.3 million gossip points!
【I’m rich… This time I’m truly, completely, absolutely filthy rich!!!】
Feng Zexuan rubbed her hands excitedly on the spot, feeling like bubbles of happiness were about to drown her.
This fortune was enough for her to laze around until the end of time!
Back then, she couldn’t even save up a fraction of this amount after eating gossip for an entire year!
She swiftly transferred the astronomical sum into her personal account. Looking at the long glittering string of zeros in the balance, her grin stretched all the way to her ears.
“Workers work, workers have souls, and the joy of working is just this pure!”
Humming cheerfully, Feng Zexuan happily swiped around the control panel, wanting to see if there were any more “money-delivering” side jobs like this.
But the instant she opened the “Mission Center,” the light screen suddenly crackled with a bzzt and went completely black.
Feng Zexuan froze.
Crashed?
The next second, right in the center of the pitch-black screen, a cartoon figure slowly appeared.
It was a chubby little creature covered in caramel-colored fur, with a duck-like flat bill and a pair of tiny webbed wings clumsily flapping behind it.
It looked adorably silly—almost stupidly cute.
Curious, Feng Zexuan reached out and poked the little creature on the screen.
【A new kind of virus? Or some system-update screen pet?】
【Looks pretty… unique.】
The caramel-colored platypus didn’t react to her touch.
It simply floated there, quietly staring at her with its pitch-black bead-like eyes.
Despite its harmless cartoon appearance, Feng Zexuan felt as though her very soul had just been scanned through.
Just as she was starting to suspect it was some new Trojan virus, a deep, magnetic male voice echoed throughout the space, forming an extreme contrast with the silly appearance:
“Greetings, Host of System No. 083084119, Feng Zexuan.”
“I am the Main God of the System Realm, Juan Xing.”
Feng Zexuan blinked.
【The Main God? Looks… like that?】
【Well, I guess the aesthetics of higher dimensions are truly terrifying.】
Juan Xing seemed not to hear her inner complaints as he continued in his authoritative voice:
“Your performance in this trial was exceptional.”
“Whether in efficiency and quality of mission completion, or your… innovative way of forcibly turning tragedies into comedies, you far surpass every employed system under my command.”
A hint of admiration appeared in those bead-like eyes.
“Would you be willing to sign a contract with me and become a professional system?”
“You would gain the ability to travel through countless minor worlds, experience colorful lives, and even…”
“Obtain immortality.”
Immortality?
Feng Zexuan’s heart skipped violently.
Eternal youth, everlasting life—who could resist that temptation?
But she calmed down almost immediately.
“What would happen to me after becoming a system? Could I still go home? Back to my original world?”
Juan Xing flapped his tiny wings once and answered honestly:
“After officially taking the position, you will obtain an entirely new system body and reside permanently in the Flower Realm. You will no longer be able to return to your original world in human form.”
The moment Feng Zexuan heard that, the spark that had just ignited in her heart went poof and died.
She shook her head decisively.
“No. I refuse.”
Immortality might be wonderful, but if the price was never seeing her family again and becoming a lonely monster living for thousands of years, then she wanted no part of it.
Juan Xing seemed somewhat surprised by her decisiveness, a trace of regret surfacing in his bead-like eyes.
After all, such a high-potential “talent” was exceedingly rare.
His bead-like eyes rotated thoughtfully before he tossed out another olive branch.
“Then… would you consider part-time work?”
“You can live normally in your own world most of the time. And whenever you feel bored, you can take on a mission and visit another world for fun.”
Seeing hesitation appear in Feng Zexuan’s eyes, he immediately sweetened the offer:
“Or, when your natural lifespan ends, you may officially join then. A mere hundred years of human life is but the blink of an eye to beings like us.”
As soon as he finished speaking, two glowing documents materialized above the control panel.
【Part-Time Invitation Letter】 and 【Pre-Employment Qualification Certificate】.
Feng Zexuan picked up the invitation letter.
The terms were practically tailor-made for her!
During missions, time in the small worlds flowed differently from reality. Upon returning, she would still arrive at the exact moment she had left.
The mission rewards were generous—gossip points,积分, rare treasures, everything imaginable.
Wasn’t this basically the perfect paid-slacking side hustle?!
As for the 【Pre-Employment Qualification Certificate】, it was practically an immortality insurance policy for her future.
Too perfect!
Suddenly, she thought of something.
Her eyes gleamed slyly as she smiled at the platypus on the screen.
“If I agree, could Lord Main God fulfill one tiny little request for me too?”
And thus began her “sales pitch.”
“Lord Main God, look—
My father is the Vice Censor-in-Chief, the ancestor of logic itself!
My brother is the newly crowned third-place scholar, smarter than anyone alive!
My mother manages the household flawlessly—a master of management science!
Our whole family is basically a ready-made superstar team of potential stocks custom-built for the system world!
Sign us all together—buy one, get three free! Guaranteed profit, zero loss!”
Juan Xing fell silent.
The platypus on the screen even forgot to flap its wings.
It rapidly pulled up the files on Feng Zexuan’s family members. A few seconds later, it finally spoke slowly:
“…Your family truly are one-in-ten-thousand talents. I can make an exception and grant them pre-employment qualifications.”
A glimmer of a businessman’s cunning flashed through its bead-like eyes.
“But I never make deals at a loss.”
“In exchange, you and your family must prioritize completing three future ‘Special-Class’ missions for me. No matter how dangerous the missions are, refusal will not be permitted.”
Recently, the birth rate of the new generation of systems in the Flower Realm had continued to decline. Juan Xing had been worrying over the lack of promising recruits.
Feng Zexuan’s family was practically a top-tier team delivered straight to his doorstep.
As his words fell, three identical 【Pre-Employment Qualification Certificates】 condensed from starlight and quietly floated above the control panel.
Feng Zexuan was overjoyed inside!
She felt that the most profitable deal she had ever made in her entire life was this very transaction!
From now on, their whole family could stay together forever!
Her brother would never have to fear painful separation again!
“Deal!”
She solemnly stored away all four certificates and accepted the Main God’s invitation.
With business concluded, she shook the annoying vine bracelet around her wrist.
By now, the flower bud on the vine had already turned pure white when she completed the mission.
“Um… Lord Main God, could you help me remove this thing?”
Juan Xing glanced at it.
With a single thought, the flower bud on the bracelet instantly bloomed into a vivid pink flower. Then, with a snap, the bracelet loosened automatically and dissolved into countless points of starlight.
“It’s done.”
Juan Xing’s voice remained calm and steady.
“So now, would you like to continue looking around here, or return first?”
“Return! Right now!”
Feng Zexuan didn’t want to stay even one extra second.
【Such huge good news must be told to my father, mother, and brother immediately, face-to-face! They deserve to be happy too!】
Juan Xing’s deep magnetic voice echoed once more.
“As you wish.”
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