Chapter 73 - 75: This Is Xi Yi’s Background Information?

Chapter 73: Chapter 75: This Is Xi Yi’s Background Information?

"I’m sorry, Host. The system encountered some bugs and is still undergoing repairs. As a result, this newcomer, Xi Yi, is currently a pending conquest target."

"Pending?" Su Luoluo froze. "What do you mean, ’pending’?"

"It means that Xi Yi might be a target you need to conquer, or he might not be."

Hearing this, Su Luoluo’s brow furrowed instantly. "But you’re the system! How can you give me such an ambiguous answer?"

"Well... I don’t know either. I’m just as clueless as you are about the correct answer right now. However, according to inside information, this is very likely a new, updated ’blind box’ conquest target."

"What? What did you just say? Even conquest targets are a ’blind box’ now?!"

’This is unbelievable!’

’A conquest system with blind boxes.’

’Is that even necessary?’

’What are they even trying to do?’

"Your system updated, and *this* is the garbage it updated into?"

Su Luoluo couldn’t help but start roasting the unreliable system. "That’s not what you said before. You clearly stated there would be five conquest targets."

"I apologize, Host. The system updated, and there’s nothing I can do to change it. However, I have good news for you. This blind box target isn’t tracked by a conquest value, which means it won’t have a major impact on your current conquests."

"No impact? That’s easy for you to say. Ever heard of the butterfly effect?! Who knows if he’ll cause a negative chain reaction with the others." Su Luoluo wasn’t happy to hear this; instead, her face was filled with anger.

’This is basically a conquest target that’s a total gamble. Xi Yi could be a real target, or he could be a fake one.’

’If I make the wrong move, what am I supposed to do? This could get me killed.’

’For a moment, Su Luoluo suspected this system was trying to send her on a one-way trip.’

’But she had been reborn, which meant she’d already gotten a second chance at life. In that sense, she wasn’t at a loss. She could only take things one step at a time and cherish what she had.’

’It’s just that this crappy system was so damn torturous.’

’And without even knowing his conquest value, it would be even harder to get a read on him.’

’Su Luoluo felt a massive headache coming on.’

’Other people’s conquest journeys were always smooth sailing, with powerful cheats and a supportive system.’

’But when it came to her, nothing was reliable.’

’Unreliable was one thing, but to pull a ridiculous stunt like a ’blind box’ was something else entirely.’

’It was utterly insane, designed to mess with her head.’

But what was done was done, and complaining wouldn’t help. After collecting herself, Su Luoluo asked the system:

"You don’t know if Xi Yi is a conquest target, but you should at least have his background information, right?"

There had been too many unreliable incidents, and Su Luoluo was starting to lose faith in the system.

After speaking, she frowned at it. "Don’t you dare say you don’t know."

"Rest assured, Host. The background information is available. Searching for you now."

Su Luoluo felt a little better after hearing its confident reply.

Blind Box Target: Xi Yi

Beast Age: 20

Height: 193cm

Beastification: Black Bear

Superpower Level: Unknown.

A blue panel appeared before Su Luoluo. She read down the lines of light blue text until her gaze stopped at "Superpower Level," where it froze.

She looked at the system gloomily and said in a dark voice, "Don’t tell me this is all the background information you have?"

"Correct, Host. I have already retrieved the most detailed information on Yi Xi for you."

"Just a name and his Beastification, and you call that ’detailed information’? It doesn’t even say where he’s from." Su Luoluo couldn’t take it anymore and finally exploded.

She had waited patiently for it to provide some useful reference material, but all she got was a pile of useless information.

Combined with her earlier questions, the system was proving to be completely clueless. Su Luoluo felt her good temper for the day completely vanish.

"Please don’t be angry, Host. This is all I can find. The specific background information is currently restricted in the system. It may become available after you trigger a hidden quest."

Su Luoluo: "..."

’What use is this crappy system to me?’

’It can’t help with anything.’

At this point, Su Luoluo was too speechless to even complain about the crappy system anymore. She simply fell silent.

Seeing Su Luoluo was angry, the system tried to curry favor with another reminder. "Host, are you feeling that the skin on your body is a bit sore and inflamed? Friendly reminder, Su Nuannuan did that~"

Su Luoluo glared at it through gritted teeth. "You think I needed you to remind me of that?"

’She’d already figured that out herself.’

Su Luoluo felt that if she kept talking to this crappy system, she would explode from anger.

With a flick of her hand, she instantly dismissed the system.

After chatting with the system for a while, the water had grown considerably colder, and the mask on her body was almost dry.

Su Luoluo used a towel made of beast skin to wipe herself down, washing the pearl powder from her face and body. After changing her clothes, she drained the tub and left the rustic kitchen.

As she walked, she thought, ’How should I handle this person, Xi Yi?’

’Before asking the system, I had already envisioned two possible outcomes and prepared corresponding strategies.’

’If Xi Yi wasn’t a conquest target, I would find an excuse to drive him out of the tribe.’

’He wasn’t a member of the tribe anyway, so Su Yang wouldn’t have much of an objection to kicking him out. At worst, the White Lotus would make a fuss about it, painting me as heartless and cruel.’

’Having survived the Post-apocalypse, Su Luoluo was long immune to such empty accusations.’

’Compared to that, nothing was more precious than my own life.’

’If Xi Yi *was* a conquest target, then things would be even simpler.’

’He has been sticking very close to me lately. All I’d have to do is go with the flow and get together with him.’

’The only thing is, during that process, I would need to carefully manage my interactions with him to avoid angering my other Beastmen. That was why I invited him to eat with us in the first place.’

’But now, with this "blind box" situation, I feel it’s become extremely tricky to handle.’

’My two previously planned strategies are definitely no longer viable.’

’I need to observe Xi Yi more, keeping him at an arm’s length.’

’I can’t get too familiar with him, but I can’t be too distant either.’

’I can’t get too familiar because if I gamble wrong, my five other conquest targets will be doomed.’

’And I can’t be too distant because if he really *is* a target, trying to win him back later would be difficult. After all, a person’s goodwill is finite.’

’The more I think about it,’ Su Luoluo mused, ’the more I feel that this blind box conquest is a real pain!’

Just as she was sighing, a silvery-white figure suddenly appeared before her.

Bathed in the cold white moonlight, he was using a Bone Needle to sew a piece of fish skin.

Perhaps feeling the moonlight wasn’t bright enough, he took out a white Luminous Pearl and placed it beside him.

His cool, detached figure, illuminated by the water-clear light, appeared both sacred and incredibly pure.

Noticing someone watching, he glanced at Su Luoluo.

Su Luoluo met that pair of cold eyes and quickly averted her gaze before walking away.

’I haven’t seen Nantu in a long time. I never expected that he could sew his own clothes.’

’He was making those Fish Skin Clothes for himself, and his craftsmanship looked pretty good.’