Chapter 125
Yu Zhi’s eyelid twitched violently. He instantly recognized the female voice.
It was the same voice that had announced the official start of the main storyline mission and ordered everyone to complete their tasks.
The same voice that had issued the update notice for the contamination instances.
And the same voice that had announced that everyone could check the progress of instances across the five continents.
Every time it spoke, it was to declare something important.
“Mr. Yu, hello.”
The sweet, humanlike female voice rang out again.
Yu Zhi blinked. Compared to H0516’s mechanical childlike tone, this voice sounded many times more human. Even the name was a proper one—not a string of letters and numbers.
Definitely H0516’s superior.
Yu Zhi said bluntly, “I’m looking for H0516.”
Pandora gave a soft laugh, her tone gentle. “You may speak directly to me. I will provide full-service assistance.”
Yu Zhi raised a brow. “Anything at all?”
“Then start by serving me some universal coins.”
Pandora smiled. “Mr. Yu, I have already learned the cause and effect of the matter from H0516. I am contacting you now so that both parties may resolve the issue efficiently and smoothly.”
“According to my records, eight days ago—on March 27th at 1:20 PM—you and the 6,948 users in your livestream room declared—”
“[Organizations like Meteorite Biotech that not only fail to actively complete their tasks but attempt to withdraw from them deserve condemnation!]
[They have not only separated themselves from humanity but disregarded the safety and future of Earth’s people!]
[Meteorite Biotech is attempting to withdraw from its mission, yet numerous systems remain inactive!]
[Where is the morality? Where is the bottom line? Where is the initiative? Where is the report button?]”
After finishing, a translucent panel popped up before Yu Zhi, playing a video.
It was a high, top-down perspective that captured every detail of him inciting livestream users in this very room to report the company.
Yu Zhi slowly narrowed his eyes. The angle of this video was exactly the same as the one used when Fu Suxi’s completed main mission was publicly released—and the same angle used when showing the contamination scenes across the five continents.
He remembered that during the previous report, H0516 hadn’t reacted immediately.
Yu Zhi cast a casual glance at the air. He was certain there were no surveillance cameras in this room. The system was recording things in its own way.
So the system wasn’t merely monitoring everything happening on Earth—it had been recording from the very beginning?
When the video ended, Pandora continued in her sweet voice:
“Then, sixty-five minutes later, you claimed that you had misunderstood the systemization process and Meteorite Biotech, and you changed your statement, saying they were not being passive toward the mission.”
“May I ask,” she paused slightly, emphasizing each word, “what prompted you to change your mind?”
Yu Zhi countered, “Didn’t H0516 tell you?”
Pandora smiled. “I would prefer to hear it from you personally.”
Yu Zhi’s nerves slowly tightened. Why did she need him to say it again in person? Was H0516’s report insufficient? Was their secretly recorded video insufficient?
Why insist on hearing it from him?
After a moment’s thought, he said calmly, “Because I am wise and resourceful.”
Pandora: “……”
Yu Zhi continued, “I also want to ask you—why did the previous report against Meteorite Biotech succeed? They were clearly following the system’s instructions.”
They were actively creating instances, actively manufacturing contamination sources, conducting research. As for the invitation letter’s line about “Want to withdraw from the mission?”—if he could use that sentence to report them, surely they could justify it too.
If the report succeeded, it meant Meteorite Biotech had indeed done something improperly.
Yu Zhi lifted his gaze toward the void and questioned, “Was it because the number of reports was too large, so you casually punished them?”
“Or was it because the previous reporting incident involved the system itself, so you had to give Meteorite Biotech a taste of consequences?”
Pandora immediately responded, “Our reporting mechanism strictly follows rigorous and transparent principles. We neither show favoritism nor impose arbitrary punishments.”
Yu Zhi gave a soft “oh,” then mused, “So the report succeeded because they exposed something they weren’t supposed to.”
“For example, the fact that they’re creating instances?”
Pandora fell silent briefly.
Hearing no direct response, Yu Zhi grew more certain of his guess.
The fact that Meteorite Biotech was creating instances couldn’t yet be revealed—but Fu Suxi had long known about it…
Yu Zhi’s heart sank bit by bit. It must be that the creation of instances couldn’t yet be exposed to livestream users.
The system valued the audience’s viewing experience and their tips. It relied on mystery and suspense to attract viewers.
That’s why during Jiang Shengnan’s instance, users knew nothing. But during Yan Yang’s instance, they suddenly understood the truth about instance creation.
—Once the secret was prematurely exposed, the system had no choice but to disclose it to users.
Perhaps it had even apologized or compensated them.
As he was thinking, Pandora’s voice sounded again: “Your question has been recorded. Please await a response.”
Then she added, “Mr. Yu, I must inform you in advance: if your request is granted—that is, if Meteorite Biotech’s mission and rewards are revoked—the contamination source in the instance ‘Raising My Head to Gaze at the Moon’ cannot be resurrected.”
Yu Zhi gave another “oh.”
“I know. You can’t bring the dead back to life.”
Pandora: “……”
After a pause, she continued, “Have you considered that if the mission is revoked, your instance rewards will also disappear?”
Her voice remained sweet, but there was an undercurrent of threat.
Yu Zhi thought for a moment. “If the rewards disappear, compensate me with more money.”
Pandora: “…….”
Yu Zhi curled his lips into a smile that didn’t reach his eyes.
“I suffered moral condemnation because I misunderstood Meteorite Biotech. I was dragged into a contamination instance and suffered physical and mental trauma. And now that I’ve finally completed the mission, you’re planning to take back my rewards.”
“Behind all this—is it the extinction of conscience? The collapse of morality? Or the distortion of system nature?!”
Pandora: “……Mr. Yu, your situation has been recorded.”
“To ensure smooth proceedings, I would like to confirm once more: you are requesting the revocation of Meteorite Biotech’s hidden mission and rewards, with no additional demands. Is that correct?”
Yu Zhi asked, “Can I have additional demands?”
“You may propose them. Implementation will depend on evaluation.”
Yu Zhi considered carefully before speaking. “I want confirmation that Meteorite Biotech truly receives no rewards whatsoever.”
“And that no copies, backups, or replicas of those rewards remain.”
Pandora replied, “Understood. Please wait patiently for a response.”
As her voice faded, a line of text appeared on Yu Zhi’s panel:
[Livestream starting…]
[Livestream Room H310000: Now Live]
[Online Viewers: 7409]
[User “Rebirth: Interstellar Love” wonders why you haven’t washed up.]
[User “World’s Cutest Girl” wonders why you’re standing at the door and tips 20 universal coins.]
[User “Pure Love Warrior” is curious why you haven’t changed clothes and tips 10 universal coins.]
[User “momo” asks if something happened and tips 30 universal coins.]
[User “Ascetic Heart” laments that you are alone.]
The barrage flew rapidly, extremely active.
Yu Zhi smiled gently. “A system calling itself Pandora just shut down my livestream without explanation.”
“If that gave everyone a bad viewing experience, feel free to take it up with Pandora.”
The next second, a familiar mechanical childlike voice sounded in his ear.
“Pandora?”
Before Yu Zhi could speak, H0516 hurriedly asked, “It—it contacted you personally? What did you talk about?”
Hearing the urgency and curiosity in its tone, Yu Zhi raised a brow and glanced at a couple of comments.
[User “Strongest King” questions the truthfulness of your statement.]
[User “Cyber Bodhisattva” is shocked by your words and tips 20 universal coins.]
[User “Rich Young Master” believes you and tips 0.1 universal coins.]
Not only H0516—even the livestream users knew who Pandora was.
After thinking briefly, Yu Zhi said without a trace of guilt, “We talked about revoking Meteorite Biotech’s mission and rewards.”
“Pandora said she would give me—and all the livestream users—a thoroughly satisfactory answer!”
[User “Electronic Wooden Fish” suspects you are lying and does not strike the wooden fish.]
[User “Scarecrow’s Straw” scoffs at your arrogance.]
[User “Simimallo” wonders if you have a hidden identity and tips 20 universal coins.]
H0516 was stunned. “Re-really? It said that?”
Yu Zhi replied, “Didn’t you hear just now?”
H0516 hesitated. “I was handling something else. I wasn’t with you.”
Yu Zhi didn’t care where it had been. Tugging at his stiff, blood-soaked clothes, he walked inside. “I’m going to shower. We’ll talk later.”
“End the stream.”
After closing the livestream, H0516 persisted, “Did Pandora really say it would give you a satisfactory answer?”
Yu Zhi paused mid-step. Casually, he replied, “It told me to wait patiently for a response.”
H0516: “???”
“Wait patiently for a response” and “give you a satisfactory answer”—weren’t those completely different?!
It couldn’t believe it. “You—you actually dare to fabricate Pandora’s words?!”
Yu Zhi pulled clean clothes and a towel from the wardrobe and headed to the bathroom. “Once it handles Meteorite Biotech, won’t that be a satisfactory answer?”
H0516 froze for a moment, catching his implication. “Wait—how can you be sure Pandora will help you revoke their mission and rewards?”
Yu Zhi asked lightly, “You think it will help me?”
“Of course not.”
Yu Zhi’s eyes flickered. “Exactly. If it won’t help me, is it going to help Meteorite Biotech?”
H0516 immediately defended, “It won’t help either of you! It’s Pandora!”
After speaking, it sensed it might’ve said something wrong, replayed its words, but found no obvious mistake.
Yu Zhi said calmly, “If it helps no one, then it will handle things according to objective facts.”
“First of all, the entire incident began with Meteorite Biotech’s invitation letter. If they hadn’t sent that to me, none of this would have happened.”
“They dragged your systems into mass reporting, increased your workload, and even affected the livestream users’ viewing experience.”
H0516’s first instinct: That makes sense.
Then it realized—wait! The root cause wasn’t the invitation letter. It was Yu Zhi reporting it!
He was mixing up cause and effect!
It hesitated. “What if your analysis is wrong?”
Yu Zhi smiled, eyes curved. “Want to bet?”
H0516: “???”
Yu Zhi said, “If Meteorite Biotech’s mission and rewards are revoked, you give me 5,000 universal coins.”
“If not, I give you 5,000.”
H0516 felt tempted. If it won, it could earn 5,000 coins and mock him mercilessly.
But what if it lost?
Yu Zhi raised the stakes. “And we include our previous contract.”
“If you win, the clause about checking whether I’m contaminated at all times is void.”
“Not just void—if something happens, I’ll help you report other systems.”
Now H0516 was truly tempted. Not just because of the contract—but because if it were voided, it wouldn’t have to serve as Yu Zhi’s 24-hour personal customer service anymore!
It! H0516! Could finally ignore him completely!
It declared decisively, “Bet!”
Yu Zhi pulled out paper and pen from [My Items] and quickly drafted a betting contract. “Sign.”
After H0516 signed, Yu Zhi folded the contract away with satisfaction.
There was actually one more crucial reason he hadn’t told H0516—
Pandora had never directly answered the real reason Meteorite Biotech’s report had succeeded.
Pandora didn’t want him to keep digging.
“I’m going to shower. Don’t peek.”
H0516: “…Please actively complete your mission.”
Yu Zhi stripped and turned on the shower.
Warm water washed over his exhausted body. His mind grew clearer, sharper.
The livestream users could be set aside for now. He needed to analyze both the system and Fu Suxi.
On the system’s side, Pandora personally intervening meant the matter was even bigger than he had anticipated.
Meteorite creating instances was tied to something more important—and that something was imminent. That’s why Pandora contacted him within an hour of the report.
On Fu Suxi’s side—he knew many things. He knew the company intended to contaminate everyone. He knew Meteorite cooperated with the system. He knew what the system was doing. Yet he wasn’t moving against Meteorite or the mole for now.
Instead, he kept probing Yu Zhi and escalating conflict between ordinary people and the Bureau.
The matter Fu Suxi truly wanted to handle was tied to the creation of instances.
He suspected Yu Zhi had ties to the system—which meant the issue wasn’t just about the system. It was tightly connected to ordinary people and the Bureau as well.
Something extremely important.
Something about to happen.
Yu Zhi wiped the water from his face and suddenly opened his eyes wide.
Four words surfaced in his mind.
The main storyline mission.
It was related to the next main storyline mission.
