"Detected life form... Binding in progress... Binding successful!"
"What are you?" The sudden electrical sound made Shen Jianxi shake her head, unsure if she was dreaming.
"Ahhh! I bound the wrong person! Oh my god, oh my god, what do I do, what do I do?!" The electrical sound in her head turned into a child's voice, screaming in Shen Jianxi's mind.
"Shut up!" Shen Jianxi felt like her head was about to explode from the screaming. "Speak! What exactly are you."
"I'm not a 'what,' I am the great Scoundrel System 77!" the child's voice said proudly.
"System?" Shen Jianxi hadn't expected something that only existed in novels to be real and for her to encounter it. But...
"What do you mean, 'bound the wrong person'? I think you need to explain that to me."
System 77 suddenly fell silent. After a long pause, it mumbled an explanation, "My originally chosen host was supposed to be the girl standing next to you earlier. The system detected her Scoundrel Index at 75, making her suitable for our tasks. But perhaps you were standing too close, so I... I bound the wrong person."
Shen Jianxi: "Then cancel the binding now."
"Once bound, it cannot be undone unless the host dies or completes all tasks," 77 said, nervously wiping its non-existent face.
Shen Jianxi felt utterly speechless. Who wouldn't be unable to accept being bound by this system and unable to undo it, especially when they were just out walking their dog?
Shen Jianxi's silence made 77 increasingly nervous, the whole light mass in her mind wanting to shrink to atomic size.
"H-host?" the timid child's voice sounded. "Why not try? Maybe you'll find it quite interesting..."
System 77's voice was almost inaudible in Shen Jianxi's increasingly oppressive aura.
Shen Jianxi: "As you say, it seems I have no choice but to refuse."
System 77: "No... no, that's why I'm advising you to accept."
Shen Jianxi was too tired to retort, "So, can I return?"
77: "After completing all tasks, the host can choose to become a professional task-taker, or choose to return. If the host chooses to return to their original world, we will prepare generous compensation."
Shen Jianxi: "Fine... Tell me the specifics."
"Since it's here, I'll accept it" was her usual attitude. Since she couldn't refuse, she might as well accept it.
77: "I will lead the host to various small worlds. In these worlds, a body that best matches the host will be selected. The host doesn't need to fulfill the original owner's wishes, nor worry about OOC issues. We are friendly and democratic, unlike those tyrannical systems. We pursue friendly coexistence with the host, like family..."
"Get to the point!" Hearing that the system had no intention of stopping, Shen Jianxi had to interrupt its rambling.
"Oh..." The stern voice made 77 a bit wronged, and the subsequent words were tinged with defiance.
"The host must conquer the selected children of fortune in various small worlds, increasing their favorability towards the host. When favorability reaches 80 and system-assigned tasks are completed during the conquest, the conquest is successful. Tasks are divided into random tasks and conquest tasks. The former can be skipped, but the latter must be completed. Friendly reminder: 1 favorability point = 0.5 points. Points can be redeemed for items in the system mall. If the target's favorability reaches 100, the points double, but generally, no one can achieve this."
Shen Jianxi was almost dizzy from the long speech, "I roughly understand. Shall we start the mission now?"
77 opened the panel to confirm the host's personal information, and the result was:
[Name: Shen Jianxi
Age: 23
Scoundrel Value: ???
Combat Power: ???
Intelligence Value: ???
Beauty Value: ???
Skills: ???
Family Situation: Parents deceased...]
77 suddenly lost its voice. It seemed that apart from her name, age, and deceased parents, there was nothing else?
77: "..." I don't understand, but I am greatly shocked.
Shen Jianxi: "77?" She didn't understand why there was suddenly no sound in her mind.
Shen Jianxi's voice brought 77 back to its senses. It swallowed a non-existent mouthful of saliva and stammered, "Ah... let's enter the first world now..."