Chapter 62

Chapter 25: Sigh, System…

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No response.

After waiting a few seconds, Yuan Xiaoling spoke again, “System?”

[Please state your request.]

Seems like it was “daydreaming”. Looks like the system also wanted to use its own formulaic thinking to try and solve this question.

It’s only been two weeks since the rebirth, with four or five tasks completed, so why are there exactly 37 pages of reward records.

Even the most powerful rewards can’t handle this.

“System, do you remember what you told me on the first day? You said reality seemed to have problems.” Yuan Xiaoling carefully chose her words: “Maybe, actually there’s no problem. Maybe… we came here ten years ago.”

[That’s impossible, Host. Ten years ago, your body was only eight years old. Even in your previous life, you were just 14, in middle school.]

“Age can change, time as well. If you see time as a line, then we might indeed have come to this world ten years ago.”

Yuan Xiaoling flipped through the record page by page while speaking:

[Year XX33, Month X Day X, Task Completed, Reward: Cheeky Charm (makes people want to be cheeky towards you)]

[Year XX32, Month X Day X, Task Completed, Reward: Lemonade Constitution.]

[Year XX31, Month X Day X, Task Completed, Reward: Never Gain Weight.]

[Year XX25, Month X Day X, Task Completed, Reward: Milk-white Snowflakes.]

[Year XX24, Month X Day X, Task Completed, Reward: Flower-like Body Fragrance.]

There seem to be some strange rewards, but one can tell that these might all belong to one’s own body.

“Ten years ago, we came to this world and started our lives as antagonist ladies, doing many tasks… although the rewards weren’t great.”

[Ding Dong, reminder to the Host, the reward system produces rewards according to rules. In situations without danger, lower rewards are normal.]

“We’ll discuss that later, let me continue. In short, we’ve been in this world for ten years, followed the plot for ten years, did tasks for ten years, and then one day, looking at the records, it was June 1st, ten years later.”

Yuan Xiaoling remembered that scene and clapped her hands: “Bai Ling died.”

Pausing slightly, she continued: “Then the female lead was reborn. Under this powerful force of rebirth, everything returned to the state ten years ago, including our memories… except for the rewards from the tasks I did during those ten years. How strange.”

Forget about the cheeky charm, ask Bai Ling about strawberry kisses and lemonade, floral fragrance can be smelled by oneself. Slim waist, Dabeitu, and white legs… they’re all there.

Could it be that I originally had these, so resetting didn’t matter?

Then wasn’t my previous life wasted!

[Ding Dong, the system’s rewards are based on rule power, even if the state is reset, it cannot be changed.]

“Alright, then everything makes sense.”

Yuan Xiaoling silently gazed out the window; the pine trees planted by the school sprouted new buds, fresh green under the sunlight. She looked at them, lost in thought.

Although in her past life, she was already an adult of 24 years old, having experienced death, rebirth, crossing worlds, transformations, and tasks, accumulating rich experience and battle-hardened skills. But encountering the situation of “being part of the loop of rebirth and time reset,” she couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.

Even the system remained silent at this moment, quietly waiting for her to figure it out.

Ten minutes later, the leaves of the new sprouts outside the window swayed in the wind, and Yuan Xiaoling finally moved.

“I knew it! I knew why I became like this!” The blonde-haired maiden slapped the bedsheet, “All because of the system!”

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“I mean, how could I, a tough guy, become such a busty girl and change my personality like this. Being soft is one thing, but turning into a girly little thing,” Yuan Xiaoling indignantly, “is due to ten years of training.”

Doing girly tasks for ten years, mocking others every day with those big buns. Time can change a person, becoming like this now is understandable.

Sigh, system.

[Ding Dong, reminder to the Host, the system only releases the ultimate goal of the task, not interfering with the method of completing the task. What you do is up to the Host.]

“Don’t make distinctions so clearly, losing the competition… cough, I turned out like this, definitely everyone has their share of blame.”

Yuan Xiaoling lay back on the bed, taking out her mobile phone to send messages to Bai Ling, muttering to herself: “By the way, why did I have these flashes of memory?”

[Ningning: Bai Ling, what did you do after I fell asleep last night?]

[Bai Ling: Helped you cover up properly.]

[Ningning: Definitely more than that, right?]

After half a minute, another reply came.

[Bai Ling: Kissed you a bit.]

Yuan Xiaoling thought, hah, I knew it, surely you did something else, sneakily kissing me… wait, a bit?

How long did you kiss me!

Ningning was furious, grabbing her phone and typing furiously, demanding to severely question Bai Ling about one issue—

[Ningning: Sweet? What flavor?]

[Bai Ling: Very sweet, strawberry flavor.]

“System, see, I was right, this was our last task reward from the last cycle… I really have to say, the reward is too stingy.”

What’s the use of a strawberry-flavored kiss reward?

[Ding Dong, according to the host’s analysis, if true, then the last task: mocking the dying heroine, judged both task difficulty and danger level as the lowest. Getting this reward means it’s the lowest tier of reward.]

When someone is about to die, they don’t have the ability to deal with you on the spot, nor can they retaliate afterward, so the reward will naturally be the lowest tier.

“Not dangerous? Not dangerous enough to get pressed down on a chair with mugwort when I arrived?”

[Ding Dong, the heroine holding grudges is her business, the rules will only judge based on current conditions.]

Cutting wood for a boat, tsk.

Yuan Xiaoling ignored it, pretending not to hear, and continued messaging Bai Ling.

[Ningning: Then… what flavor is the spring water?]

[Bai Ling: Don’t know, I wouldn’t drink that stuff.]

First denied outright, then sent another reply after two minutes.

[Bai Ling: Lemon flavor, sweet and refreshing.]

Sure enough, it matched another reward in the record, ironclad evidence.

Yuan Xiaoling thought for a moment, previous memory flashes all happened after being overwhelmed, indicating it must be related. Last night’s memory was the clearest and most complete, so it’s also related to the kisses.

“Must I lose consciousness each time? The cost is too high… whatever, I’ll try when doing the weekly task next time.”

The blonde beauty got dressed and got out of bed. Future matters can be discussed later, past matters can be discussed later too, now she needs to go eat.

Eat first, then think.

In the classroom of the Physical Education Department, Bai Ling openly played with her mobile phone, the teacher wouldn’t care even if they saw.

As soon as the blonde beauty messaged her, she asked two embarrassing questions, the first one was okay, but the second… even Bai Ling felt somewhat uneasy.

But at that time, she was merely testing Yuan Xiaoling’s spiritual power intensity, which was a legitimate reason.

After replying, Yuan Xiaoling didn’t send any more messages, Bai Ling held the phone, hesitating whether to remind her to get up and eat.

Buzz buzz, a new message came.

[Student Level XX23 PE Class 7 Mu Ron Han (via group ‘Tianhai University Family’): Bai Ling classmate, I would like to apologize. Would you be free tomorrow afternoon to meet at Tianhai Grand Restaurant to make amends?]

Oh? Someone’s calling in reinforcements?