Seized by the System

“As an ordinary person who has been identified as having no cultivation qualifications, you’ll never be able to obtain immortality by cultivation. If you were given a lifespan of five hundred years in exchange for never having any descendants, would you agree or refuse?”

The link to the question circulated rapidly on the Internet. Every minute, every second, someone clicked on the link and cast a vote on one of the two different options.

The number of supporters and opposers changed at every moment.

In a city on the west coast of the United States, on the top floor of a skyscraper, Room 314.

The room was lavishly decorated with a huge ceiling-to-floor screen, on which numbers rapidly jumped.

A young man with long hair and a shawl reclined on a tiger skin sofa and looked at the screen in front of him, a ruminating smile appearing on his lips.

“So this is the extent of human greed.”

“Haha, Sir Yun, most of the voters are mediocre people who are unworthy of enjoying the grace of Vitality. To keep them is a waste of cultivation resources.” An elderly man wearing old robes standing beside him chimed in.

“Heaven cares for the welfare of every living thing. It’s better to let them die out voluntarily.” The young man shook his head and said, “Rushing indiscriminately into action and bearing arms is not what my school advocates.”

Hearing this, Ling Yunzi immediately sneered inwardly. ‘What a hypocrite, you obviously share my opinion. You don’t want to let those mediocre people continue to live and waste cultivation resources, but you insist on putting a high-sounding and pompous persona.’

He naturally did not express that and agreed instead, “Sir Yun is indeed benevolent to be so considerate of these mediocre people. However, it’s alright if this five-hundred-year lifespan is given to a few dozen people, but if it’s given to a few billion instead, won’t it be hard to achieve?”

“Haha, Master Ling Yunzi, do you know what the essence of time is?” Sir Yun smiled faintly.

“Ah, various things like hourglasses to measure time, the changes in the positions of the stars, the rise of the sun and fall of the moon… All these are time, right?” While Ling Yunzi said this, his heart never stopped scheming.

“Haha, Master’s words a little off, but the people here can see clearly… There’s no such thing as time in this world, only matter and movement. Time is just something that people produced for their life’s convenience. In other words, it’s closely related to people’s perceptions. With Master’s endowment, I believe you understand now?” Sir Yun laughed again.

“Oh…” Ling Yunzi was stunned, but suddenly came to a realization and praised, “As expected of a Heavenly Treasured Child, to have such methods. I’m in awe!”

“Haha, well said, well said. I’m just a newcomer. I’ll still have to rely on a senior like you to rush about for many matters.”

“I dare not asked, but it was my wish to do so.” Ling Yunzi immediately nodded heavily.

However, in his heart, he said, ‘If you actually get along with that person, I’ll write my name backward.’

Sir Yun smiled lightly and stood up, walking towards the floor-to-ceiling window. Bending over to look, he saw the people and cars below swarm in a never-ending flow.

He shook his head in a compassionate manner, “Sigh, most living beings live in suffering. If they can be freed early, everyone would benefit.”

“Yes, this also counts as their contribution to future generations. Everyone will remember them in the future.” Ling Yunzi also laughed.

…

“The Alliance of Order sent an emergency notice saying that a large number of people mysteriously committed suicide in North America, characterized by their undamaged bodies. They have no external injuries but died suddenly. What all the victims had in common was they all clicked on an option through a website before their death…” Zheng Dao nervously reported to Fang Ning.

“Sounds like it’s the work of an evil devil? Such a thing is pretty rare.” Fang Ning told the System after listening.

“Yeah, I often encountered these weird matters when I first started out, but after my reputation started to grow, these matters happened lesser and lesser. This is all due to my efforts in cleaning up the world, but no one has ever awarded me an extra penny. It really breaks my System heart!” Sir System said miserably.

“Cut the crap. You’ve never declared the money for acting heroically before. Even overseas, you let Zheng Dao go through the procedures.” Fang Ning said speechlessly.

“Ah, is that so? Just take it as me exaggerating a little. However, compared to my work, the reward really is too little.”

“I’ve told you many times, don’t just focus on money. You won’t be able to earn money like that.” Fang Ning lectured again, “The problem now is to find the origin of this matter.”

“That’s easy, just call the yellow dog.” Sir System said disdainfully.

“The yellow dog is making preparations for the Academy of Vitality. That’s more important,” Fang Ning rejected, “I think this matter is strange, We should find an expert to do it.”

“Aren’t you an expert?” The System said plausibly.

“Uh, I, I can’t.” Fang Ning would be scared to death when watching horror films. ‘Wouldn’t asking me to investigate this strange source be the same as asking for my life?’

He immediately refused, “What if I get affected as well? Won’t that be completely unlucky? We need to find an immunization for this matter as well as someone who’s good at investigating.”

“We already have someone, isn’t Robert perfect for this?” The System had a brilliant idea and dug out a moldy name card.

“Haha, he really is perfect. He’s both a former spy from the SBI and familiar with the local environment. He also has Morality Protection, so he’s completely suitable. Even a fool occasionally hits on a good idea.” Fang Ning sighed deeply.

“You’re covertly scolding me again…” The System was very dissatisfied.

“You could tell?” Fang Ning felt guilty and quickly changed the subject, “Hurry up and call Robert. Ask him where he is.”

…

Robert investigated this sudden and terrible accident with his former partner, Black Guy Jim.

The other party had given him a knife in the ribs in the past, confirming the Chinese proverb… ‘best friends had to put themselves on the line for each other¹ , but he still decided to forgive him.

That was because he was only doing what he was ordered to. Now, they had a common goal to fight once more for America’s rise.

This was tolerance.

“This seems to be some kind of euthanasia? Their brains sent out signals of their own death, and their entire body really died.” Holding a crystal ball, Jim looked at the corpses littering the floor of a villa.

In the past, a massacre like this would definitely have caused a stir in the entire country and even shock the entire world.

However, now, it would only grab a small headline on the local tabloids.

That was because there were too many.

Robert crouched down and closed the eyelids of a white woman on the ground.

Her dilated pupils seemed to be saying something. They seemed to carry some regret, beauty, and perhaps even some disbelief.

“I’ve already investigated. Before they died, they all logged onto this mysterious website and submitted a positive answer to this question.”

“Damn, looks like it’s using the Internet as an intermediary to spread extraordinary power and commit evil deeds.” Jim said hatefully.

A family of five died just like that. Their icy cold bodies were a reminder to everyone.

Even if there was a pharos shining in the sky, under it is still a dark place.