The System Teaches You How to Be Human

Logging out wasn’t a particularly long process.

Si Yisi reformed his body amidst the rush of data, with Ah Tu, tied into a bow, still around his fingertip.

His gaze swept across the flowing data. Due to the different speeds of the flow, Si Yisi saw Si Mobai’s subsequent experiences, who had regained control of his body.

After everything, Si Mobai seemed to have truly taken Si Yisi’s advice to heart.

He went alone to the mortal realm to experience life, measuring every inch of land there with his own feet.

When he returned, Si Mobai shed his title as the candidate for the sect leader of Jinghua Sect and earned the true recognition of his master.

Qing Zhi, Lu Weizhi, and the rest of the “confidantes” still gave Si Mobai a lot of trouble, but Si Yisi saw that in the end, he managed to clarify everything and handle it all well.

Si Mobai successfully ascended to immortality at the age of a thousand, accompanied by colorful clouds and his life’s spiritual sword, which had already developed a sword spirit.

When Si Yisi noticed that Si Mobai had named the sword spirit ‘Ah Tu,’ even the system couldn’t help but chuckle.

Si Yisi also saw the moment of Si Mobai’s ascension, when a small orb of white light emerged from him and fed back into the Qingmo realm, making the world even more solid.

Similarly, the small world gave Si Yisi a pleasant surprise. It gifted him a small thread of white light, representing the “Heart of Beginning.”

As Si Yisi reached the boundary of this small world, another scene unfolded before him; something that hadn’t been in Si Mobai’s memories from his past life.

The image revealed Lu Weizhi.

She had underestimated the demon’s abilities and had come to the Luoxian Mountain Range to block Qing Zhi, but she had second thoughts because of the demon’s disgusting scheming.

She fled with the unconscious Qing Zhi, only to be killed by the demon on the spot.

No wonder… In the previous life, it was around this time that Lu Weizhi disappeared without a trace.

***

[Log out complete.]

[Starting settlement of System 414… Host performance—]

Si Yisi found himself standing back in the system platform. Ah Tu, having suddenly arrived in an unfamiliar environment, couldn’t help but fly around in circles beside Si Yisi.

System 2333, Chi Chun, had also just completed a task and leaped out of the transmission tunnel.

“Scared, scared, scared me to death!” Chi Chun immediately rushed towards Si Yisi as soon as he saw him, expressing his frustration, “Ah Si, you’re out too! You have no idea how awful my task was!”

Seeing his state, Si Yisi knew exactly what was coming. Sure enough…

Chi Chun stood before Si Yisi, hugging his arms and shaking uncontrollably. “This task actually had ghosts, and my host is also afraid of them! What’s going on? I’m sure this time I’ll barely passed the task evaluation!”

Task evaluations were divided into five ratings. A, B, C, D, and E. D was the passing line, and the points accumulated from each rating were 1000, 500, 200, 100, and… 1, respectively.

Si Yisi… his evaluations in the past were always E, the lowest rank. His total points were pitifully only 30 or 40, and he had to squeeze into a small house with Chi Chun.

Si Yisi stared at Chi Chun with his dark, unblinking eyes, which startled Chi Chun.

“Ah, I forgot—sorry, Ah Si,” Chi Chun quickly changed the subject, “Hey, what’s this?”

He pointed at Ah Tu, instinctively trying to grab it.

Ah Tu bared its teeth at him and lunged straight for his neck.

…Crunch! Its teeth shattered again.

Chi Chun grabbed Ah Tu’s small body. “A snake?… Ah, no, a little dragon? Why is it so bald?”

“That’s why it’s called Ah Tu,” Si Yisi, unusually, spoke up this time, instead of silently listening to his complaints.

“Good name!” Chi Chun agreed. “Hey, my evaluation’s out.”

At that moment, only the two of them were on the system platform. It was currently peak overtime season for the system, and a bunch of systems were working desperately, hoping to rest after their shifts.

The task wristband Chi Chun took off displayed a light screen. [System 2333, Rating: D]

Si Yisi’s wristband lit up a little slower, but Chi Chun, with sharp eyes, noticed it too.

Chi Chun, rubbing his hands and stamping his feet, looked more nervous than Si Yisi.

He even muttered under his breath, “System 414, Rating—A!”

“My God, A!” Chi Chun looked at Si Yisi with admiration, threw Ah Tu aside, and rushed over to hug Si Yisi tightly. “Ah Si, you’re going to make a comeback!”

Si Yisi nodded, agreeing. “So, I don’t need a host.”

After all, they were too weak.

Chi Chun immediately became worried again. He glanced at Si Yisi and whispered a reminder, “Don’t mess up the small world, okay? Please don’t break it.”

Si Yisi: “…”

He felt like he couldn’t answer that question.

Break what? Wasn’t it still up to whether the small world was stable or not?

Chi Chun misunderstood the look in his eyes and patted his chest, saying loudly, “It’s fine. If something happens, I, your friend, will take the responsibility!”

Although Si Yisi felt a bit moved, he thought it was better not to jinx it… right?

Ah Tu, crying pitifully, nestled into Si Yisi’s hair. Si Yisi gave it a half-hearted pat of reassurance and prepared to get to work on the task.

This time, the main character of the task didn’t even encounter a ghost.

Si Yisi didn’t even have a chance to ask anything before he was thrown into the task world.

***

“Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen, are you awake?” a girl in white clothes desperately shook the original body that Si Yisi had possessed. “How did we end up in such a place…”

Si Yisi was shaken awake by her.

He was now in a sealed small room, where seven or eight people stood. The scene was chaotic, to say the least.

The memories of the original owner arrived slowly, and Si Yisi finally understood why the small world had been so eager to throw him into this situation.

The original owner, Shen Chen, was an 18-year-old ordinary high school student. He wasn’t good at talking, and he had particularly sensitive tear ducts. He also didn’t know how to refuse others.

He had been dragged around shopping by his cousin. After his cousin scanned a QR code for a claw machine to try her luck, they suddenly ended up in a sealed small room.

That was where Shen Chen’s nightmare began.

He and his cousin were forced into an escape game where they had to avoid being hunted by monsters within a limited time. If they failed, they would gradually be assimilated into the escape game, living a fate worse than death.

Shen Chen, being thin and not very good at communicating, was quickly rejected and pushed to the margins by other players in the escape game.

However, Si Yisi noticed something else. Each time the game took place, the players who weren’t in teams were always different. How did the other players come to the conclusion that Shen Chen was useless and would only slow them down?

Unless someone was secretly spreading that idea.

But Shen Chen wasn’t completely useless. Although he was excluded, he still, like a hamster, slowly gathered many essential items and survived several rounds of the escape game.

What he didn’t realize was that the one person he could rely on, his cousin, who occasionally borrowed his items, secretly despised and looked down on him. This condescending disdain pushed Shen Chen to the brink.

During one round of the escape game, as Shen Chen was being chased by monsters, he used an item, only to find that it was ineffective—no, it had been replaced!

His dear cousin stood to the side, watching him struggle to survive, playing with Shen Chen’s real item, wearing a mocking smile.

She was leaning against a man; not a man, but a ghostly figure of a man.

“Don’t worry, Xi Xi, this is my territory. No ghost will harm you,” the male ghost said.

“Mm,” Chen Mengxi replied with a smile, then turned to wear a superior expression. “I’ve always thought you were so annoying, cousin. Always crying, always useless. I have to take care of your feelings and treat you better.”

She sighed, making it sound as if she genuinely cared. “I have no choice… So, goodbye. No, farewell.”

Shen Chen was “killed” by the monsters and was eventually assimilated into one, mindlessly being controlled by his “dear cousin” and her ghostly boyfriend.

During the rare moments of clarity, he finally seized the chance, driven by his obsession, to summon Si Yisi.

***

Si Yisi: “…”

He searched through his memories but couldn’t find any sign of the small world’s involvement. It was purely Shen Chen’s obsession that had become powerful enough to generate a task.

What is this?

Was I assigned a thankless task?

Si Yisi didn’t really care about gratitude or whatever. The key thing was…

Si Yisi opened his eyes and saw his cousin, Chen Mengxi.

Chen Mengxi wasn’t particularly remarkable, but she gave off a very comfortable and soft impression. At this moment, she slightly furrowed her delicate brows, and there was no sign of pretension in her expression.

Five words could best describe her; she knew how to act.

Si Yisi didn’t care if her face was pleasant to look at; After all, it was just two eyes, a nose, and a mouth.

He simply thought; This is troublesome.

Especially after meeting Lu Weizhi; Tsk.

However, Shen Chen’s cousin, Chen Mengxi, and her ghostly boyfriend did spark some interest in Si Yisi.

“Cousin…” Si Yisi said softly, playing the role well. His current appearance made him seem rather uncoordinated.

A burly man stood in the middle of the room. He was the first to wake up, and from Shen Chen’s memories, Si Yisi knew this man was a seasoned player who had survived two rounds of the escape game.

The burly player silently watched the newcomers in the room, who were still in disbelief, shouting, and cursing for a while. He then stepped forward, drawing everyone’s attention.

“Shut the hell up! If you want to live, listen to me!” The burly player wore a stern face, clearly impatient.

Chen Mengxi and Si Yisi both turned to look at the man.

His voice was truly loud, deafening, and in the enclosed room, it was amplified several times.

Si Yisi felt a warmth rise in his eyes, and then tears uncontrollably streamed down his face.

Si Yisi: “…”

Oh right, why did Shen Chen cry so much? Because he was born with particularly sensitive tear ducts. A tiny bit of stimulation was enough to make his tears flow like a river.

System 414, Si Yisi, immediately wanted to quit right then and there!