"…Yao Ling even specifically came to take him out for a meal today. They must be dating. With Yao Ling around, would he still be willing to be my foil? No, you must find a way to get her out."
"What 'great director'? He's just a name, nothing more. The show is invested by President Song. What reason do we need to remove a mentor? I don't care, you figure it out. Tomorrow during filming, I don't want to see her!"
"What does that have to do with me? I don't care what you think of, just get her out!"
The young man, usually known for his gentle and sunny disposition, was now holding his phone and roaring at the person on the other end. His expression and voice, filled with extreme unwillingness, inferiority, and arrogance, were truly frightening.
He had deliberately chosen a deserted corner to vent his emotions, forgetting about the existence of administrators. There was nothing in this world that could escape his supervision.
He had to ensure fairness for everyone. Those things that transcended others, even privacy, would be exposed.
After accompanying him for a meal, Chong Yan felt a little better.
As they walked him back, Zhu Ling looked at his retreating figure and said with a touch of melancholy, "I feel the need to get a part-time job."
【Why?】
"No one in power, difficult to get things done."
This wasn't a world of constant fighting and killing. No matter how strong her combat skills were, they were useless. Besides, she intended to elevate Chong Yan to godhood, not to sit on the divine throne herself.
In the previous world, she had consistently helped Chong Yan establish his faith, and the results were very pleasing. Chong Yan had accumulated a large amount of merit and faith, and she had also gained several hundred million merit points.
She didn't lack these things. Sometimes, she wished she could give her own merit to him.
But that was clearly impossible.
The system remained silent for a while, then cautiously said, 【Um, Host, there's something I want to tell you.】
"What is it?"
【The Main System, it's in this world.】
Zhu Ling didn't respond.
The system mistook her silence for anger and immediately shifted blame, 【I only found out yesterday. He came to find me, saying he only arrived not long ago. But I think he's lying. When he helped build 002, he must have planned to retire here.】
The main world was in chaos. Perhaps, as some people said, the rules their ancestors set for the main network were no longer suitable for their era. But they lacked the ability to change the situation, so they could only complain, filling the entire world with negativity. The Sudan Novel Network.
Although the main network didn't care about human words, it possessed self-awareness. After thousands of years of serving a group of ungrateful people, working tirelessly only to be met with complaints and attacks, it was natural for it to want to quit.
But…
"Retire?"
【It's just a metaphor. He'll definitely handle tasks more skillfully than 002, after all, he's very experienced.】
"Mm."
【…Host, aren't you angry?】
"Why should I be angry?"
The system dared not mention the past. Back then, the Host had gone mad, almost killing someone. It recalled how its Host could transform into a giant monster and emit flames all over her body. At the time, it had worried if she would unleash a cleansing fire and burn down their entire base.
Speaking of which, if the Host wanted merit points, the previous world was the most suitable.
Due to the influence of the zombie virus, the monsters born from the cross-dimensional aliens and the indigenous animals of that world were numerous and terrifyingly large.
Marine creatures several kilometers long, just hearing about them sent shivers down one's spine.
But the Host's original form seemed to be even larger than those monsters.
The shapeshifted alien that imposter had become was already an earth-shattering behemoth. At that time, it had worried they would all be annihilated. Unexpectedly, when the Host's original form appeared, that monster instantly became a tiny shrimp.
Then it was completely incinerated by a ball of fire.
【It's good that you're not angry. The Main System is also quite helpless. Everything he does is for the people of that world, but very few people are grateful to him. They don't consider that without the Main System, they would have gone extinct long ago.】
Zhu Ling chuckled and said, "Let me tell you a story."
The system listened quietly.
"There was once a female immortal from the Ling Huang tribe who was extremely kind. Once, she passed by a place ravaged by plague. Seeing those people in misery, she cut her wrist and bled to heal them. After they were cured, the villagers there were very grateful to her. They built a temple for her and erected a statue for worship. From then on, whenever that place encountered disaster, they would pray to the female immortal for help. Day after day, year after year. After several generations, one year, the plague struck again. The monarch of their country also fell ill. He issued a bounty, offering a thousand gold pieces to anyone who could save the king. The villagers summoned the female immortal again. It took her several days to arrive, and she was injured. Hearing that they needed her blood, she gave it to them. However, the king's illness had lingered for too long, and drinking the blood did not save him. To claim the bounty, the villagers imprisoned the female immortal, used her flesh to feed the king, and continuously drew her blood until she died. The king was not saved either. Instead of repenting, the villagers thought it a waste to let her flesh and blood go to waste since she was already dead, so they ate all of it."
She finished the story calmly, but the system was terrified.
【Did they eat people?】
"No," Zhu Ling said with a cold gaze, "they ate a god."
Gods were originally beings that humans worshipped and revered. But because of human nature, their increasingly evil human nature, they ate the gods they worshipped and revered.
A favor given in a moment of need could become an enemy when given too much. Even giving one's flesh and blood felt like owing them.
This was the evil of human nature.
The system laughed awkwardly twice, 【Then the Main System is quite lucky to have secured a way out for himself in advance. And he doesn't have a physical body, so he doesn't have to worry about being eaten by others.】
Zhu Ling smiled, "Yes."
After a moment of silence, the system asked, 【Host, where did you hear this story? It sounds quite terrifying.】
"I didn't hear it. I saw it with my own eyes."
【Ah?】 The system seemed very confused.
Zhu Ling, however, had no intention of answering.
Why did she indulge Rong Jin?
Many years ago, she had descended to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation and became the monarch of a kingdom. A plague broke out in her country, and her subjects, for wealth, killed the holy maiden of the Ling Huang tribe and gave her the Ling Huang's blood to drink.
It was this change that caused her tribulation to end prematurely. She witnessed the holy maiden of the Ling Huang tribe being dismembered and devoured by the villagers she had worshipped.
Then, she made Rong Jin a god ahead of schedule and recognized her as her sister.
She knew how soft-hearted and kind she had been in the past. Even after the experience of being devoured by villagers, she was still deceived and had her heart dug out by the pitiable person who was the incarnation of the Eastern Yuan Demon Lord.
She didn't know whether to call her kind or foolish.
This question was answered many years later when she saw Rong Jin, as 'foolish' as ever.