Seized by the System

Chapter 203: Dig a Deep Groove First

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The green insect heard him and looked up at Vigilante A with a weird expression.

“You know how strong I am, yet why aren’t you afraid of me?”

Vigilante A replied, “I carry the responsibility to help the people and preserve order and justice. I am one who is only strong when facing the weak and run when facing the strong! Before you eat, have you thought of how not to cause trouble to others, have you thought about how you are going to pay for all this?”

The green insect widened its green eyes and stared at Vigilante A, and its power level increased by a little.

They looked eager to fight.

All the powerhouses that were standing outside were shocked, and everyone was getting ready. That is, some were ready to help diffuse the situation, while the others were ready to run…

Vigilante A remained firm with his righteous look.

Fang Ning was looking from the top of the System Space and thought, ‘You big insect. All you can do is trick all these people that have no idea of your background. You are nothing when it comes to the rules.’

He flipped through his beloved gamebook and read the information displayed in the book.

[Chong Daqing. Sex: Female, Hobbies: Eating, Singing, Age: N/A. Identity: Currently the first insect born in the Spiritual Insects Clan. Previous identity unknown.]

[Alignment: Neutral Righteous]

[Power Level: Pond-level Powerhouse. Description: Previously a Skylake-level powerhouse with no further details. Requires a huge amount of vitality food to recover its energy. Its ability is disguising its power level to during its heyday.]

The green insect stared at him with an angry look, but deep inside it was complaining, ‘My dad lied to me again. He told me before that there are many stupid people in this lower realm.

‘The powerhouses are all trying to protect themselves and acting rationally. They would never try to fight with me just because I am eating too much.

‘I must disguise myself as the strongest in the realm without exposing my own lies, and find the chance to eat as many as I can to regain my true strength.

‘I did everything correctly and perfectly. Everyone is obeying my order and bringing food to me, but at the end why must I face an idiot that is full of righteousness?

‘Most importantly he can simply beat me with his strength… If he was slightly weaker then I would not be afraid of him.’

Great green insect got angry and stared at Vigilante A, ‘Damn you, bastard. I’m not even eating your food, why are you poking your nose where it doesn’t belong?

‘Give me another month to continue eating and recover my energy. I will beat you down in an instant…

‘Whatever. He looks like a good guy. Dad told me not to beat good guys…’

Suddenly, Ren Ruofeng spoke from the outside towards Vigilante A, “Venerable one, we the Truth Department will pay for its meal. Better to avoid fighting, in case something terrible happens.”

Vigilante A replied, “If anyone from the upper realm can just descend and force us to feed them, even with the size of our country, how many of them can we actually feed when they all have such appetite? I have my responsibility and I will never allow anyone to consumes our items for their own benefit just because of how strong they are. These are the rules, and I will uphold them, regardless if the one I face is a God.”

Ren Ruofeng felt ashamed and admired him. With Vigilante A holding the front line, he immediately ordered the newly appointed director of the Special Affairs Department to clear out the surroundings and evacuate everyone within a 5km radius. He was confident that his nets and snares still had the ability to contain their fight in the area and stop it from spreading.

The great green insect realized that it couldn’t overpower Vigilante A, and instead turned towards the waiters and said, “Ask your boss to hurry up and bring me more food. I don’t have any money, but the others do. They will pay for this meal, and we will never owe any money…”

Although it sounded demanding, others realized that it was trying to explain its actions.

They were surprised by what had happened. Vigilante A managed to hold a Lake-level powerhouse with his righteousness and reasoning, to a point where it needed to explain itself… No wonder he wasn’t afraid of those from the Azure Mountain.

Vigilante A heard it and looked at Qiao Zijiang and the rest standing in the restaurant, indicating for them to not move.

He turned back and stared at the green insect and said, “Do you think that if you keep your energy to yourself, that they’d pay for your meal? If you want to eat, you should work for it using your own strength. Earn enough money before you come and eat here, and not through pressuring others. These are the rules. I will not allow anyone bullying others anywhere in China.”

The green insect heard this and remained silent. It stared at the empty plate and thought to itself, ‘If I had my energy since the start, of course I’d work for this, but how am I going to get my power if I don’t eat?

‘Unfortunately, dad already reminded multiple times to never let anyone else know about my disguise. Even more important to not let anyone know that I can only regain my strength through eating.

‘All I wanted was to just fill my stomach and then go earn some money, yet now I have to deal with such righteous idiot who is forcing my back against the wall. Do I really need to tell the truth, what am I supposed to do?’

All the observers were shocked. Vigilante A somehow managed to reason with such a strong monster until it couldn’t fight back. It was no surprise that he never cared about Gu Buwei…

“Yes. That’s right!” Inside the restaurant, a teenage girl recording the event started putting her hands together. Her boyfriend pulled her to stop her from doing anything.

Suddenly, more people started clapping.

They had no idea how strong this monster was, but they could feel that this green insect must be a rare monster just by looking at the number of people in different uniforms, monks, as well as Taoist priests surrounding the restaurant.

They remembered that the hero had the same appetite as the monster, yet every time he came to eat he would pay for himself without asking or pressuring others…

Quite a number of the people hiding outside remained calm, yet deep down they were both angry and shameful. Most of them were actually using the power they gained through cultivation to get to where they were in their respective organizations. All they do was sit there and stare into space while getting paid, yet no one dared to question them.

Some of them even hoped that the green insect could just get angry and devour Vigilante A, and not let him continue his exhortation…

Wasn’t the reason everyone went through cultivation to overpower normal humans? If they had to work as hard as a normal humans to earn money, then what would be the point of all their training? Where would they even get the time to train?

The normal people that numbered more than they, however, were thankful. They were relieved that in the new era they really needed a righteous powerhouse to stop the world from turning to a dark age…

What happened next was out of everyone’s expectations. After staring at each other for a moment, the green insect backed down and said weekly, “I don’t know how to work for money… I know how to sing though. Can I earn money with that?”

Vigilante A replied, “You can get rich doing that. But, you’ll never get to go on stage with your looks. You will scare your audience away… Follow me. I will give you a chance to get rich.”

Fang Ning thought to himself, ‘You can help the Sir System in its training… How much food you get would depend on your efficiency.’

Everyone was surprised by what was happening inside the restaurant. Vigilante A was so brave, and somehow he managed to force a powerhouse to surrender to him?

Even with his injuries, he was still willing to stand up against the monster. Was he really the kind of hero who would rather die than be humiliated?

Adding onto that, this super powerhouse was actually reasonable?

A moment later, everyone felt that the sense of power that was being emitted previously suddenly turned weaker and disappeared.

Then, the palm-sized green insect flew out behind Vigilante A! In fact, a sense of sincerity permeated her demeanour…

Vigilante A turned and thank the waiters, “Everything is fine now. You guys can return to your work. Clean this up and continue your business.”

Ren Ruofeng was the first to give Vigilante A a fist salute, followed by other powerhouses. Everyone was looking at Vigilante A with admiration.

There would always be a kind of person, that regardless of how badly injured he was he would never fall… And continue to stand up against other powerhouses!

…

Inside the main base of the Truth Department, in the Land of Heritage.

The area was no longer a deserted place, with the restoration works progressing well. Many of the workers from the Truth Department were rushing to clear up the herb plantation area destroyed by the bloodthirsty beasts, as well repairing their defenses. They were almost finished with their work.

Vigilante A entered through the entrance into the base camp.

On his shoulders laid the great green insect. It was obedient and no longer looked full of pride.

The system said to Fang Ning, “Great. I now have this insect as my assistant. Gather those Pond-level monsters in one group. It’s time to gain some Experience Points after I perform my best technique.”

Fang Ning was confused and asked, “Sir, what is your best technique?”

Soon he realized what was the System talking about.

System Notification: [The System consumed 3,000,000 Experience Points to improve the Atmospheric Morality Technique to Master level. This technique has reached its current limit. The System has obtained new effects:]

[Effect one: Morality Envelopment. Current level allows the storage of Morality, up to four times the number of Morality Bars. The current number of Basic Morality Bars is 8. The limit of Morality Bars is 40. Additionally, Xue Ba provides 2, Cang Gongzi provides 2, and Zheng Dao provides 1. Total of 45 bars.]

[Effect two: Buff effects are multiplied when consuming morality. The current increment is 200%.]

[Effect three: New function for the Morality Module. Current techniques are Morality Shelter, Morality Absorption, and Strength in Unity. The System has learned a new martial arts boundary, Atmospheric Morality. Effects: This can be activated once per week. Once activated, all morality bars refilled. Conditions: Ensure that on the System Map, the righteous side is dominating.]

Fang Ning heard this and realized the best technique the System mentioned was throwing money at the problem. ‘How much money does it still have? It should have around 1,770,000,000 Experience Points left.’ (TN: The raw says spending money but Fang Ning was thinking about Experience Points. Experience Points might be the money for Fang Ning and System.)

He asked, “Have you finished spending?”

The System replied, “Be patient.”

Fang Ning immediately heard another System Notification. The Sir System had boosted its newly-learned Heavensward Sword Technique to Master level…

[The System consumed 450,000,000 Experience Points and raised the Heavensward Sword Technique to Master level. The effect is as follows:]

[One: Increase the power of sword styles to 200%.]

[Two: Increase the speed of swords to 120%.]

[Three: Completely integrate all sword styles. The System learned a strong style, Heavensward Godly Sword style. The System comprehended a new martial arts boundary, Body-Sword Unity. Effect: Unite both body and sword equipment. Defense, Offense, and Agility improve significantly. Due to the power of this ability, it will cause too much strain to the user’s body, so this technique can only be used for 30 seconds, and will be on cooldown for a month. The duration and cooldown period can be improved after improving this ability.]

Fang Ning waited patiently without disturbing the System while it was cheating in broad daylight…

After scrolling through the System Notification, he asked, “You still have 1,320,000,000 Experience Points left. Are you still going to spend it?”

The System replied, “I will need to save it. My ability now is enough to deal with them, but the problem is the duration is too short. Without this green insect, I will never be able to rush my Experience Points, and will need to wait until the end of the year.”

Fang Ning thought about something and said, “I think I know how you are going to kill those monsters.”

The System replied, “Eh, I thought Richman Host is an idiot when it came to combat? I haven’t started and you already know?”

Fang Ning was speechless, “I’ve never eaten pork but I’ve seen a pig. I’ve already seen how you work multiple times so I have an idea on what you plan to do. All I have to say is this. A fate match across a thousand miles is drawn by a thread.”

The System said, “You’re scolding me again… But this time you are correct. Since you already know then hurry up and get it done.”

Fang Ning completely understood what Sir System said and replied, “Fine, I will contact the Truth Department now and ask them to find a wide area and dig a deep trench.”