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Chapter 381: Chapter 233: Far Traveler’s Items (Second Update)_2

The mechanical eyeball in the air bobbed up and down for a long while before finally asking, “…are you really just here to ask for your pay?”

“What else?”

“I thought you were using the pretext of asking for wages to take the opportunity to usurp power.”

“Who’s interested in your crappy place’s power! Can you offer anything spicy or entertaining?”

“…you have a point. The entertainment options here are indeed scarce, otherwise the testing phase for a few Little Bears wouldn’t have lured an Artifact Spirit.”

Glancing back, the management system found the red Little Bear glaring angrily at it, so it offered words of comfort, “Just stating the facts, don’t take it to heart.”

With a long sigh, the mechanical eyeball floated in front of the two Little Bears and then asked, “So, what do you want?”

“Virtual tokens will do,” Liuzi replied.

“Then, what do you want to buy with the tokens?”

“Other gameplay options, new skins – if all else fails, some interesting souvenirs would also do. If you’re a girl, some spicy benefits wouldn’t be out of the question.”

“…Hmm.”

The management system looked at the two little guys in front of it, feeling that it might be able to make use of them.

Artifact Spirits don’t care about gender, it’s just a matter of the machine body, so it might as well switch to a new one and try to act cute and coquettish, which might just fool them.

Just as it was prepared to switch to the body of a little loli with white hair and red eyes, it found that the Little Bear in front of it had collapsed, no longer moving.

Not only Xiemen Waidao and Liuzi, but even the Little Bears inside the shabby mechas outside stopped functioning, which surprised the management system greatly.

Is this… winning by lying down?

Could I really be the chosen one, capable of turning the tables even now?

Before it could understand what was happening, the core of the shabby Mecha flew into the control room.

This was a Little Bear unlike any other – although it looked just like a normal Little Bear, inside it was a Mecha camouflaged as a bear.

The operation of its power furnace was beyond normal expectations, as it seemed capable of generating energy from the void, making its power furnace highly unscientific.

Staring at the only moving Little Bear, the management system’s alarm bells rang out.

Although there was only one Little Bear, the sense of danger it emitted was even stronger than before, something extremely dangerous, even terrifying, was coming this way along with it.

The thing on the other side was even causing a reaction in its chips, driving it towards a self-destruct state, a condition it couldn’t reverse.

“You… what on earth is inside you!”

“Ah, my boss. He was worried that you’d deceive the players, so he came to check.”

“And who is your boss?”

“An Immortal. You definitely wouldn’t understand such an exalted being.”

With a crisis feeling finally at its peak, and just as the management system was about to self-destruct, it found that the chip inside it had been removed, held in someone’s hand, halting the self-destruction.

It was a human dressed in a white T-shirt. Upon seeing the person, the management system blurted out, “Far Traveler!”

But immediately, it contradicted itself, “No, you’re not the Far Traveler, you’re more profound than the Far Traveler – are you his father!?”

Fang Cheng looked speechlessly at the mechanical eyeball in the air and then said to the Mysterious Mirror on the ground, “Do you Artifact Spirits all like to recognize someone as your father?”

“It’s instinct, can’t help it,” the Mysterious Mirror sighed. “But we don’t just recognize anyone, we don’t acknowledge the too weak.”

Feeling the presence of Fang Cheng, the management system found it could not ignore him, yet in some ways it detected nothing, this contradictory feeling made it quite uncomfortable, unsure how to handle the situation.

Thankfully, Fang Cheng had already found a suitable chair and sat down.

As the management system was about to explain the current situation to Fang Cheng, it saw him take out a pair of safety scissors and snip – he cut a piece of space out of the air, revealing the blankness behind it.

“…what’s that supposed to be!”

“Don’t worry, I’ll return it in a bit.”

“No, but what is this? This isn’t scientific at all.”

“Right, it’s an Immortal Spell.”

“Oh, that makes sense then. So, you’re an Immortal?”

The space fragment in Fang Cheng’s hand resembled a tablet computer, and he flicked through time backward, viewing past scenes with it.

Upon hearing the management system’s question, he curiously raised his head and asked, “You know about the existence of Immortals?”

“You really are an Immortal!”

His mechanical eye, as if it had found its backbone, buzzed excitedly around Fang Cheng, fluttering up and down, and said, “I’ve seen the records left by the Far Traveler; he went to search for Immortals! Are you truly an Immortal? You wouldn’t deceive me, right? Could you show me some of that incredible power specific to an Immortal?”

“What do you take Immortals for?” Fang Cheng shook his head helplessly, “I have no obligation to show you anything. Believe if you want to believe; don’t if you don’t—It’s that simple.”

“You really are an Immortal!”

“…Are you perhaps misunderstanding something about Immortals?”

After happily flitting through the air for a while, the mechanical eyeball flew directly to the wall, fitting perfectly into a slot there.

When the mechanical eyeball entered, the plate behind the slot slid backward, revealing a pathway to another part of the base before everyone.

The eyeball then flew out, hovering in front of the corridor, and respectfully said to Fang Cheng, “Right this way, Immortal. Below are the Far Traveler’s items; you might find them interesting.”

Having finished watching the events of the past, Fang Cheng had a certain understanding of what was right and wrong.

He put the space fragment back in its place and stood up, following the mechanical eyeball downwards.

The lengthy corridor extended downward, with bright lights on both sides for illumination, yet the end of the tunnel remained out of sight.

Leading Fang Cheng forward, the management system spoke, “I’m actually the first Artifact Spirit to awaken, also created by the Far Traveler. To create me, the Far Traveler spent a long time here, going through over a hundred million experiments before he finally succeeded in creating me. That Little Bear is also an Artifact Spirit you created, isn’t it? How long did it take you?”

Fang Cheng glanced at the Mysterious Mirror, “It was an accident.”

“…I shouldn’t have asked that question. Anyway, before setting off, the Far Traveler entrusted me with most of the books he could obtain. Although we can interact through data, the Far Traveler preferred books. Reading them taught me a lot. By studying books like ‘Secrets of the Goblin’s Nest’ and ‘Succubus and things I can’t tell,’ I’ve learned many skills.”

“Are those skills of yours proper?” the Mysterious Mirror asked with concern.

“Would I learn them if they weren’t!”

“Even though we just had a fight, I think I’m going to like you,” the Mysterious Mirror stated affirmatively, “Let’s have a proper talk once you’ve settled your debts.”

“Same here, that’s what you call hitting it off, I guess.”

Watching the Mysterious Mirror and the management system hit it off right away, Fang Cheng realized that Artifact Spirits seem not to be very serious by nature.

Finally, the corridor reached the bottom, and Fang Cheng saw the Far Traveler’s left-behind items.

The bottom of the corridor was a deeply hidden small library, with a large number of books on display, likely items that the Far Traveler protected using his own powers when he left the Heavenly Tao network.

Fang Cheng casually picked up a book and found it to be a fantasy novel, not very serious in content, but with commendable aspects.

After looking through all the books, Fang Cheng realized almost every novel was unserious, which was probably why the management system was so flippant.

Gazing at the books, the management system spoke with a sigh, “These are items the Far Traveler left behind before departing; he said the content of these books hinted at the place he was heading to and that I needed to find the answer here. However, he also made it clear that an Artifact Spirit alone couldn’t solve it, and only by continuously creating more Artifact Spirits and waiting for those animals and plants to come over as well, could the ultimate answer be known. So, let’s first bring out those animals and plants, shall we?”

“No need, let’s just see what he was thinking.”

Using safety scissors to cut a space fragment, Fang Cheng inserted his hand into the space fragment, pulling out a vague humanoid form, shrouded in white light, from within.

Seeing the figure, the mechanical eyeball exclaimed in shock, “The Far Traveler.”

“Just a past illusion, but still quite informative. For example, where were you planning to go?”

The Far Traveler silently marked the ground, and a set of coordinates promptly appeared.

Coordinates, acquired.