"Host, don't worry. If anyone dies, everything in the world will continue as usual."
"What about you?" Xia Qingtian continued to ask. "Will you disappear, or will you find another host?"
"..." The system fell silent for a moment, then replied with a smile, "The system doesn't know either~"
"What happened to being all-knowing?" Xia Qingtian narrowed her eyes slightly, her tone laced with disdain. "Your so-called omniscience has more loopholes than the Atlantic Ocean!"
"Hmm..." The system was somewhat displeased but couldn't deny it.
It also didn't know if it could find what it was looking for there.
Xia Qingtian was taking a gamble, and so was the system.
Sighing deeply, Xia Qingtian smiled, "If that's the case, there's nothing more to fear."
"The host's courage is commendable." The system, uncharacteristically, expressed sincere admiration for Xia Qingtian.
This was not the first time it had signed a contract and accumulated energy by helping people change their fates. Previously, it had accumulated energy bit by bit to qualify for tribulation.
However, it was struck by lightning and fell into that well. After painstakingly choosing a method of "breaking the old to establish the new," it signed a contract with Xia Qingtian, helping her to be reborn and change her fate, while also continuing to accumulate power.
Who knew that recently, its perception of its former power had become increasingly evident?
It had thought it was weakened due to serious injuries from the lightning tribulation, but now it seemed that was not the only reason.
The lightning tribulation back then must have scattered it.
If its guess was correct, a part of it should be here.
When Xia Qingtian met Xiang Xueyuan before, it sensed an emotion that was dangerous, captivating, making one want to approach yet also feel a bit uneasy. It wasn't because Xiang Xueyuan himself was particularly dangerous, but because it sensed its own power within him.
Whether it could find the scattered part of its power depended on this occasion.
It hoped Xia Qingtian would succeed, but according to Xia Qingtian's current destiny guidance, the survival rate for this battle was less than fifty percent.
However, even so, it was willing to gamble with Xia Qingtian.
After all, among all the hosts with whom it had reached numerous contracts, Xia Qingtian was the most special one.
Therefore...
"Next, let's see what useful things are in the department store!" Xia Qingtian let out a short laugh. "As for me... I hate fighting battles without any certainty the most! Heh, heh heh heh..."
Hearing Xia Qingtian let out a villain-like laugh, the system's heart couldn't help but clench.
So... it should be able to trust Xia Qingtian... right!
...
While Xia Qingtian was busy, Gu Yaoyang was not idle either.
After so many failures, it was finally this step. This time, he absolutely had to prevent that event from happening.
He didn't want to wake up again in a burning building the moment he opened his eyes.
The most critical thing was, if he woke up again and the Xia Qingtian he met wasn't the current Xia Qingtian, what would he do...
Just thinking about such a thing made him feel a sense of dread.
Time ticked by, and the gap in the curtains shifted from complete darkness to allowing light to penetrate.
"Hoo..." Gu Yaoyang exhaled a long breath, his fingertips rapidly tapping on the computer keyboard. With a final press of the enter key, a look of relief finally appeared on his brow. "Done."
He got up, walked to the adjacent room, pushed open the door, went to the bedside, and kicked Bai Yuqi, who was fast asleep clutching a pillow. "Get up!"
"Huh?" Bai Yuqi, woken by the kick, looked at Gu Yaoyang with blurry eyes. "What's up? Did they break in? Are we escaping?"
"No," Gu Yaoyang said. "I've decrypted the central signal of their ship. Now your ship's signal can be calibrated and input, which will allow us to avoid their surveillance and successfully dock."
"What the heck, I thought something serious happened!" Bai Yuqi was so angry he felt like killing someone. "Could this wait until I woke up properly! We haven't even passed the high seas yet! What are you doing?"
"To prevent them from changing the signal values at the last minute, get it done as soon as possible." Gu Yaoyang tossed a laptop to Bai Yuqi.
"Can't you just decrypt it again if they change the signal?" Bai Yuqi said sleepily. "You're the number one hacker, aren't you afraid of such a small problem?"
Gu Yaoyang didn't respond but raised an eyebrow, his expression cold.
Did Bai Yuqi's words even sound human?
"Alright, alright, I'll calibrate it now." Bai Yuqi knew his previous words were a bit out of line, so he yawned, opened the laptop, logged into the ship's internal control system, and began to calibrate.
He casually glanced at the time displayed at the bottom of the computer screen and saw it was only 5:20. Bai Yuqi felt even more aggrieved.
He was so sleepy...
No human rights...
"I'm going back to sleep for a bit. After calibrating, keep an eye on the signal transcoding. If the other side changes the signal, you adjust accordingly in time, don't get discovered by the other party." Gu Yaoyang had stayed up all night, and his head felt stuffy and uncomfortable now, with a slight ache under his eyes. "If you can't even do this small task properly, you can go back to the Bai family and face your death at the end of the year."
"Holy crap, our childhood friendship, and you're making me face death in the Bai family at year-end over such a trivial matter?" Bai Yuqi couldn't believe his ears.
"Don't worry, for the sake of our past friendship, I'll help you collect your corpse." After saying that, Gu Yaoyang turned and left. He really needed to get some rest.
"You're really my nemesis..." Bai Yuqi murmured, slapping his cheeks to wake himself up more, and then continued to stare at the computer screen.
Actually, this task wasn't difficult. Gu Yaoyang had already prepared the program. He just needed to monitor its execution, grant authorization at the appropriate time, and when new information modification instructions appeared in the source code, he would just need to follow them.
It was just that being suddenly woken up early in the morning to do this was truly torturous.
He was so sleepy, no human rights...
At the same time, Xia Qingyu had already woken up from her sleep.
She hadn't slept well the previous night.
She had been thinking about how to successfully transmit the message without being discovered.
After all, the pearl that Lei Xirui had given her had been taken away by Tarik, and it was possible that both Lei Xirui's and her every move would be monitored by Tarik today.
She couldn't take such a risk, and she couldn't implicate Lei Xirui.
How could she convey what she wanted to say without them finding out?
Xia Qingyu raised her hand to her forehead, the fatigue in her eyes unabated.
At breakfast time, Xia Qingyu was the first to appear at the dining table. As usual, she took her seat at yesterday's spot.
The servants prepared the food and coffee.
Double milk, no sugar.
This was her usual way of drinking it. Just as she brought the prepared coffee to her lips, Xia Qingyu remembered that Tarik had said yesterday that Xiang Xueyuan had the same habit. Xia Qingyu then added more milk.
The coffee in the cup instantly lost much of its intended flavor, tasting more like a beverage.
It wasn't good.