Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!-Chapter 121: System Upgrade and Digging Holes

Chapter 121: Chapter 121: System Upgrade and Digging Holes

Cheng Xiaoxiao nodded, "What’s the deal with the punishment?"

One minute later...

"I just asked the main system, it says... says it’s forbidden to arbitrarily kill mission targets."

Damn!

What the heck! Could the mission targets be those ordinary villagers?

Is there any other host more miserable than me?

Accidentally killed a few more evil-minded people, and got punished for it.

This is absurd, how can anyone survive like this!

"Host, think of the bright side. The moment the mission was completed, my energy value skyrocketed, now it’s at 5087 and still slowly rising!

Ding! The energy value froze at 8850.

The system was overjoyed, its entire body swaying, undulating circles spreading out, tinged with a hint of pink.

"Host, this time we gained 8850 energy, so happy, and with the previous stock, we can finally upgrade to Level Four."

Saying that, it transmitted the energy value to its own health bar.

Watching the skill slot displaying Level Four, one circle after another filling up.

Ding!

System upgrade complete!

Need to know, the energy required for a system upgrade increases by 5 times each level, 100 energy points for Level One, 500 for Level Two, 2500 for Level Three, 12500 for Level Four, 62500 for Level Five, and so on, getting harder the higher it goes.

"Host, now I can scan an area within a 2000-meter radius."

Hahaha!

"Ah! My skill is also back, host, for items within a 10-meter radius of you, as long as they’re not larger than 10 cubic meters, I can lift and move them at will using energy."

In its past life, it was at Level Four when it died, now it’s finally returned to that level.

By then, it can move items to the host’s side, and the host can instantly store them in the warehouse.

"Moving items, is this skill practical?" She’s not a porter.

"Of course it’s practical, in the future, you can take any good stuff you see for yourself."

"Are you telling me to steal?"

"No, host, I just wanted to express..." What did I want to express? Suddenly at a loss for words.

Unable to express it clearly, I’ll have to prove it with actions.

At the moment Dongfang Xu leaped over a hill and paused to gather his breath, a fist-sized stone suddenly appeared in Cheng Xiaoxiao’s hand. Her hand sank, and the stone nearly fell, startling her.

The sudden change startled Dongfang Xu. Seeing the young girl in front of him holding a stone larger than her palm, he didn’t immediately take off but looked at Cheng Xiaoxiao with confusion.

Feeling so embarrassed she wanted to dig a hole to hide, Cheng Xiaoxiao cursed the system like crazy in her heart.

All she could do was put on a smile, trying to come up with some excuse for Dongfang Xu.

At this moment, even with her sharp mind, she couldn’t think of a good excuse right away.

Just awkwardly smiling, she tossed the stone, "Hmm, just a little stone that flew over accidentally, no problem, let’s continue!"

Dongfang Xu steadily looked at the playful girl before him, speaking nonsense without turning red or getting out of breath.

Cheng Xiaoxiao bowed her head, urging again, "We’re almost there, let’s hurry up and go!"

She didn’t dare lift her head to meet Dongfang Xu’s eyes, those sharp eyes seemed to say, "Go on, keep making things up, I believe none of it."

What could Cheng Xiaoxiao do, it was all the system’s fault, why should she take the blame.

The system was also stunned, in the haste it somehow forgot about Dongfang Xu.

"Host, I got too excited and forgot Dongfang Xu was around."

Cheng Xiaoxiao twitched her lips, such a big person, and you could forget, that’s unbelievable, "Quick, take a look at the situation in Qingshan Village first."

The system dared not delay, energy surged forth, now with a 2000-meter range, it could already explore the village’s edge.

Qingshan Village at this moment was tense and foreboding; the whole village, young and old, were driven to the big courtyard at the village front, surrounded by bandits wielding knives and holding torches, surrounding the villagers squatting on the ground in the middle.

Riding a tall horse at the front, the chief didn’t move, surveying everything coldly. Not far away on the ground, the village chief and his eldest son Cheng Jinfu lay in a pool of blood, their fate unknown, alongside about a dozen other men, injured to varying degrees, lying nearby, groaning in pain.

Inside the encircled area, women and children whimpered, watching the beaten, bruised men in the front, afraid to step forward to check on them, angry yet helpless.

Cheng Jinzhao tried several times to rush out but was firmly held down by Cheng Jingo; if he went, it’d be to his death.

With their father and older brother in such a state, he didn’t want his younger brother to act recklessly. Despite his extreme anger, what could he do, with women and children behind, they mustn’t act impulsively.

Sounds of smashing came intermittently from the village, with bandits carrying loot gradually returning.

The bags were packed full, the bandits carrying them grinning from ear to ear, some directly slung bags of rice and flour onto the courtyard ground, forming near piles like small hills.

"Chief, chief, we hit the jackpot this time, who’d have thought this poor village had stored so much grain."

"Indeed!"

Excited Fourth Leader, carrying a bag of unhulled rice, came out, "Big Bro, look, it’s fresh grain, this village actually harvested new rice, incredible."

The chief, named Wei Wenxi, used to be a centurion in the army but betrayed and deserted his comrades during an unwinnable battle, fled with his trusted men, and turned bandit in East Continent.

The good times didn’t last; shortly after, they were pursued by the government, and Wei Wenxi escaped again, leading his band through many places, constantly hiding.

The recent disaster had given him a huge opportunity, leading over two hundred brothers to burn, kill, and plunder, committing all kinds of evil, quickly developing considerable power.

Most people here tonight were his trusted men, all skilled fighters, genuine bandit lineage, killing people like chickens, unlike the mountain bandits left at the camp.

Wei Wenxi’s brows were furrowed, his thumb constantly rubbing the knife handle; something seemed off here.

Logically, with villages destroyed everywhere, the places they’d been were all ruins, desolate and decayed, yet here, ditches were dug for drainage, houses reinforced with pillars, each household even had new grain, it was simply bizarre.

Could they have foreseen the disaster and prepared in advance?

A truly baffling village, there must be something strange, and he had to find out. Situations outside his control made him uneasy.

"Are you sure every household has it?"

"Big Bro, we checked, and no matter how much, every house has it."

Fourth Leader was totally absorbed in the joy of collecting so much new rice, having fresh rice to eat, not noticing anything amiss.

A perceptive underling noticed the issue, coming forward to report, "Reporting to the chief, logically, it wasn’t harvest time when the storm hit, how come every house in this village harvested early, it’s very abnormal."

Wei Wenxi nodded, indeed odd, "Go, bring the village chief here."