As the sun slowly moves westward, a figure is seen beneath a tree in a clearing doing odd actions that normal people won’t easily understand. And that figure is Gen Zhiqiang doing routine stretches, and some radio calisthenics. Slowly getting the feel of his body, he himself don’t know how he knows these actions, but he only feels that this is beneficial to his body.
“Alright, it seems that I’m in a pretty good shape after all. Let’s get down to business now.”, Zhiqiang told himself as he stopped moving and called up his system panel once more. “This says that the inventory can store anything huh… let’s check this out first.”, Walking back up to the tree, Zhiqiang placed one hand on the bark of the tree and made a single thought in his mind, that he wants to store this tree on his inventory.
Surprisingly, a small light blue panel showed up near his hand.
* Store 1x Starblessed Yin-Yang Tree? Y/N
“Hmm. Yes.”, all of a sudden the tree vibrated ever so slightly as some film-like substance wrapped itself on the tree in a second, and once it completely enveloped the tree it suddenly vanished, and so did the tree. “Whoa sh*t.” Zhiqiang softly cursed at the baffling scene he just did.
From where the tree once was, there was only a small crater. Not even the tiniest roots were left. Zhiqiang then summoned his system and opened his inventory to check on it’s contents now.
➢ Inventory
➢All Items - [1x Beginner’s Lucky Pouch]
[1x Nation Map]
[10x Lunchbox] [10x Drinking Water]
[1x Starblessed Yin-Yang tree]
Zhiqiang then curiously tapped on the tree that was a new addition to his items.
Starblessed Yin-Yang Tree
-A tree from a Yin-Yang seed that was nourished in countless nights of starlight energy. Very beneficial to : [Calamity Pursuer Cultivation Stage] [Royal Knight Realm] . Current age : 3000 years.
Owner, this tree is used for cultivation or consumption. But your body is not powerful enough. Shall I put it in the dangerous items section of the Inventory?
Surprised to hear the mechanical voice once more, but happy nonetheless, Zhiqiang replied to it,” Yes please. And can I ask if you have a name? Or shall I just call you system?”
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Task accomplished. There is no record of a name for me in my database, Owner may call me system or whatever he wishes to.
“Then from now on, I’ll call you Xiaoli, since you know everything that I should do to become strong right?” Zhiqiang closed his eyes in satisfaction, apparently satisfied with his naming sense.
Confirmed. From now on as the Owner wishes, I shall be called Xiaoli.
The once mechanical voice turned feminine all of a sudden. This huge transformation startled Zhiqiang a little bit, but he fastly recovered.
“Then Xiaoli, is there a limit to how much I can store in the inventory?”
Based on Owner’s current cultivation, you may store up to ten thousand cubic meters. Upon the advancement of your powers, this space will expand more. You cannot store living beings in the inventory with the exception of plants, herbs, and unhatched beast eggs.
Zhiqiang silently gulped, his memories may be gone, but his knowledge was slowly coming back to him. Ten thousand cubic meters can store hundreds and thousands of gallons of any liquid. Slowly getting ecstatic upon realizing how big his storage space is, light slowly crept on Zhiqiangs eyes.
The survival instincts he had learned through countless years of suffering he can’t remember just yet, and the greed that was instilled in his bones due to poverty and other things he can’t really remember is now kicking in on Zhiqiang’s system.
“Xiaoli, this tree we just got is very valuable am I right?”, Zhiqiang inquired his system once more as a plan was brewing on his head.
Confirming… Yes owner, in this current world the Starblessed Yin-Yang tree is one of the highly valued rare resources for cultivation.
Slowly nodding his head, Zhiqiang opened his inventory and pulled out the [Nation Map] from it.
“Xiaoli, where exactly is our location right now?”, asked Zhiqiang while he was gazing on the map in his hands that were slowly changing. The ink on it was swirling as lines and other colors started forming.
Scanning, Please wait a moment…
The details that were swirling on the map finally stopped, revealing a more detailed version on Zhiqiang’s hands.
Owner, as I concluded from the analysis, we are currently on Mount Ordeals. Near the borders of the cities Rain Lake(雨湖), and Bláir Fossar.
"Mount Ordeals huh.“, Zhiqiang quickly searched in the map in his hands for his current location and was slightly shocked.
He was currently in the middle of five teritorries. And in the map‘s description of the habitants of each area, there seems to be a lot of strong people. But that‘s not good. This place seems to be a treasure hunting ground of those powers.
"It is a crime for weak people to posess treasures.“ Zhiqiang muttered under his breath as his heart raced for inexplicable reasons. Maybe it was fear or anger, but Zhiqiang can‘t put his head on what it is just yet.
"Xiaoli, can stronger people know what I keep inside the inventory?“
Answer. No, nothing in this realm is capable of looking into your inventory except you Owner.
Hmm, so the only way of finding out which is mine is by seeing it on my hands or disappear by my hands. Zhiqiang thought to himself, "It really is simple, but I should never be careless still.“ ,there are lots of strong people with powers I don‘t understand just yet, it never hurts to be careful.
Thinking carefully, between greed for treasures and making sure of his own safety, Zhiqiang was stuck in a dillema... Or not! Realizing his advantage over anyone else there might be in this place, he have Xiaoli! He decided to trust on this mysterious existence but most importantly, he never really trusts anything but himself!
"Xiaoli, you said earlier that I should work to be the strongest person there is right?“
Confirmation, that is the most prioritized goal of the system‘s Owner.
Smiling, albeit in a crooked way, Zhiqiang looked up to the vast sky.
"Xiaoli, let‘s go and do some treasure hunting yeah? I want you to survey the area around me and tell me when there‘s something of worth, are you able to do that?“
Affirmative. Scanning function will be initiated for Owner for 8 hours. Levelling up will allow more of the other functions and enhance the current options available for usage.
Nodding in satisfaction and mentally noting to himself to study more about the other functions from the system later on. "Alright time is not gold Xiaoli, let‘s go!“
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Report on candidate Gen Zhiqiang,
Not much of a shock as predicted earlier was seen from the candidate. But his ability to think and adapt is great indeed. He has named the system Xiaoli thus turning on the female assistant setting. Only a few hours after waking up he has begun to do things that is indeed out of the norm.
End of report.
A smile so beautiful that it seems to contain the stars themselves was showing from underneath the reddish-black light panel. Which afterwards turned into a chuckle which would bring ecstacy to those who might hear it, but sadly there is none.
"Gutsy little guy, you are as entertaining as I expected.“