When system cheat becomes rampant!-Chapter 633 - 467 The True Unrestrained!

Lady Qiu, despite her extreme loathing for Xiang Beifei, dared not do anything to him.

There were countless civilians around; it was impossible to suppress them all at once. As a UR-level executive, she naturally had to consider her reputation.

But most importantly, she feared Luo Yunxian.

Xiang Beifei couldn't be bothered with Lady Qiu and simply explained the pros and cons of the situation to the civilians.

"Alright, Mr. Xiang Beifei, we'll listen to you!"

"Yes! You saved us all, we'll follow your lead! Whatever you say, we'll do!"

Many people believed in Xiang Beifei without a doubt, after all, it was Xiang Beifei who had saved them, not Lady Qiu.

Xiang Beifei's influence was now very strong, his words reaching deeper into people's hearts than Lady Qiu's ever could!

With a dark expression, Lady Qiu just snorted coldly, turned around, and left, not wanting to stay any longer.

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Soon, the nearby buildings had all been checked, but the deep underground hadn't been completely investigated yet, so before ensuring safety, the System Snail Dwelling could no longer be inhabited.

As for where those homeless residents would be relocated and how they would be compensated afterwards, it was up to the alliance to handle, something unrelated to Xiang Beifei. If the alliance couldn't even manage such matters, then it had no reason to exist.

Xiang Beifei helped those with relatively serious injuries recover, and then, amid a chorus of grateful voices, he and Xu Yang left together.

In a park, Xiang Beifei stopped by a stone table and sat down on a resting stone bench.

"Sit," Xiang Beifei indicated.

Xu Yang, unreserved, sat down on the stone bench opposite Xiang Beifei.

"Now you can explain," said Xiang Beifei.

"What do you want to know?" Xu Yang asked.

"Anything," Xiang Beifei stared at Xu Yang, "like why, when I had just awakened my system, you controlled a mutant dog to test my cultivation?"

Xu Yang's face froze slightly, then he said, "When did you know that mutant dog was mine? I remember not showing you that kind of mutant dog during your lessons."

He was also a very cautious person, having remained undetected at Liangzhou University as a member of the Unrestrained, which said it all. During his lessons with Xiang Beifei, he hid himself very well, trying not to arouse Xiang Beifei's suspicion.

"What do you think?" Xiang Beifei retorted.

Xu Yang was taken aback, then suddenly understood, "You recognized me in the first desolate beast anatomy class?"

Xiang Beifei did not answer, but continued to look at him calmly.

Xu Yang touched his forehead, saying bitterly, "No wonder during the first anatomy class, your words, your questions were so sharp. I should have realized earlier."

During the first class, Xu Yang had planned to let Xiang Beifei share how he had killed the Triangular Thunder Krait, but Xiang Beifei directly led the discussion to probe Xu Yang's abilities, leaving Xu Yang somewhat flustered.

But at that time, Xu Yang simply assumed it was just Xiang Beifei's character, and never thought that a student who had just awakened his system as an N-level could recognize him.

"You knew who I was since the start of school last year, yet you were able to wait for a year, quite patient indeed," Xu Yang couldn't help but say.

"You've been patient enough, hiding out at the school for so many years," Xiang Beifei replied.

Stumped, Xu Yang didn't know what to say for a moment and could only manage a dry laugh.

After a while, he finally said, "I know you're suspicious of my identity, but the real Unrestrained and what you understand about the Unrestrained are different."

When he spoke the word "Unrestrained," his expression became much more solemn.

"The Unrestrained Organization has existed since ancient times; not long after the alliance was established, our organization was also formed. The existence of this organization is to overthrow the alliance's system where 'system rank determines everything'."

Xu Yang was forthright. The Unrestrained was indeed set up to oppose the alliance. It was a fact, with no need for denial.

"Initially, the alliance was established to unite all humans to fight against the desolate beasts. However, the alliance gradually adopted the principle of 'solely system rank matters', allowing people with high-level systems to receive preferential treatment and attain high status regardless of their talent or virtue. Many who were unworthy held positions of power, able to oppress the civilians."

"Judging talents based on system rank, a person's fate is sealed from the age of eighteen when their system awakens. No matter how hard they work in the future, once they're branded with the N, R, or even S rank, they are doomed to obey the orders of high-level Awakeners!"

"System rank decides our status in Jiuzhou, which means our empowering systems serve as shackles, binding each one of us. Low-level Awakeners face discrimination in every aspect, be it finding jobs or living life, subdued by those with high-rank systems."

Xu Yang's tone was also quite indignant. Even as an S-class, one receives preferential treatment in college entrance exams and employment, but when faced with higher-level Awakeners, one still has to bow down reluctantly.

But where there's oppression, there's resistance!

"Many lower-level Awakeners are not content with their destinies being decided by the system at the age of eighteen. They long for more choice, to break free from the shackles the system's ranking has placed on them, to truly shape their own destinies by themselves, and not be oppressed by the system's ranking for a lifetime!"

"Unrestrained, unfettered. What you understand as Unrestrained is being free from the Alliance's restraints, wanting to stand apart from the Alliance—but real Unrestrained means being free from the system's restraints, wanting to be a free human being!"

Xu Yang paused for a moment, a spark seeming to light up in his eyes, "That's the origin of Unrestrained!"

His voice was filled with an indescribable resolve, his creed, as well as the goal he was still trying to achieve to this day.

Although this goal seemed very faint, he still harbored zeal, defied convention, and sought for that glimmer of hope in the darkness.

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"However, it seems your situation in Unrestrained isn't very optimistic now," Xiang Beifei commented.

"Unrestrained has nothing to do with those desolate beasts; even if we want to overthrow the system-centric regime of the Alliance, we always remember that we are human and wouldn't do anything that would destroy humanity," Xu Yang explained.

"You want to overthrow the Alliance, but were you overthrown by Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage first?" Xiang Beifei raised an eyebrow.

Xu Yang's expression showed a bit of embarrassment.

"It's a tragedy; our organization encountered an unexpected incident," Xu Yang sighed. "You must have heard about Jialuoluo, right?"

The legendary supreme hacker, an UR-level Supreme Awakener, who could completely control all of Jiuzhou's technology with his hacking skills. Any electrical device that could be powered on could be controlled by him.

He was a person who gave the Alliance a massive headache!

However, according to the rumors outside, Jialuoluo was later defeated by the Alliance's super AI "God." But it's not completely fair to say that Jialuoluo was unjustly defeated; after all, behind "God," this AI, were many UR-level Awakeners. Jialuoluo was essentially defeated by over a dozen UR-level Awakeners of the same realm.

"And then?" Xiang Beifei asked.

"Thirteen years ago, Jialuoluo was the leader of the Unrestrained Organization. Actually, what the Alliance presented as a noble battle between hackers wasn't so mystical. At that time, he simply chose to do something, but it was precisely that thing that led to his disappearance."

"What thing?" Xiang Beifei inquired.

"Back then, my rank wasn't high enough to know what it was," Xu Yang shook his head. "That matter was very important to him, so he went for it, breaking into the Archives Building and confronting the so-called AI. What exactly happened, no one knows, but it was certainly not some ultimate showdown of hackers as the Alliance embellished. That so-called AI 'God' couldn't possibly defeat him." freeωebnovēl.c૦m

"You are not him; how can you be so sure of that?"

"Because his system ability was specially designed to counter any technology; AI was practically mentally disabled in front of him. The battle, in fact, was quite a mess for 'God.' The reason is simple: all the data 'God' was guarding was transmitted out. I still have all the backup data of the Alliance here, and we're well acquainted with many of the Alliance's top echelons."

Xu Yang was quite proud when mentioning this.

This notion Xiang Beifei could agree with because if that artificial intelligence blockhead God had been victorious, it wouldn't have lost those data.

"But after Jialuoluo was gone, he never came back. This left our organization headless, forcing us to lie low temporarily. The Alliance seized this opportunity to save face by claiming 'God' had defeated Jialuoluo. After all, history is written by those in power; whatever they say is right," Xu Yang said.

"What the world knows about Unrestrained seems to be that we'll stoop to any evil for our goals, murder, arson, and such, but in fact, that's not the case. Our organization has strict rules; we're just people who don't want to be bound by the system's ranking, hence the name 'Unrestrained.' It doesn't mean we're going to kill and set fires; that would be totally meaningless," Xu Yang said calmly.

"With Jialuoluo's disappearance, didn't you consider finding a replacement? Does your organization only have one UR-level Awakener? Is that not a bit pathetic?" Xiang Beifei questioned.

"If you were a UR-level System Awakener, would you give up your Lofty system ranking and join an organization dedicated to overthrowing that very system ranking?" Xu Yang retorted.

TThose who could become UR-level System Awakeners were the highest echelons of society, commanding wind and rain at will. Not everyone was like Jialuoluo, willing to forsake their UR-level status for the sake of being a free person.

"So there are no other UR-levels?"

"No UR doesn't mean we don't have Heavenly Connection realm experts. We had two Heavenly Connection experts at that time. But the problem is that in Jialuoluo's last order, he didn't instruct one of these two to become the leader. Instead, he directed us to find someone else as our new leader—a surprise for us, since that person wasn't even a member of Unrestrained, just an outsider."

Xu Yang still found this matter puzzling.

Xiang Beifei slightly frowned.

"Who is that person?"

"Xiang Tianxing."