Chapter 141: Activation

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However, Fan Bei quickly realized that if the host refused to act recklessly, what should be done? Well, then it would have to be enforced by force. As for the host, losing one or two lives wouldn’t matter much; after all, the system itself wouldn’t fail. Of course, it also depended on the host’s level of growth. A character painstakingly cultivated couldn’t just be allowed to die casually, since retraining one from scratch was extremely difficult. Therefore, early-stage characters had to be carefully selected.

With this in mind, he continued to study the system options within The Father of Systems. Many useful options had already been developed, but there were still numerous potentials waiting to be tapped. He pondered for a moment and found an option called “System Skill Tree” that he wanted to activate. Clearly, activating this option would allow the host to view their own skill tree, thereby organizing their abilities into a coherent system, which would greatly aid the host’s later development. It would also benefit Fan Bei, since although he couldn’t bind to the system himself, he could at least glimpse the host’s development path and use it as a reference.

However, a sudden prompt appeared in the book, which disappointed him but also confirmed his previous suspicions: “No suitable reference target currently available. This option cannot be activated.” Activating the shop or system space hadn’t triggered this message before. It was obvious this change was due to Lin Zhongqing having driven away the mysterious manor’s owner. That person’s strength was rather weak, but they came from a prestigious background and carried with them a systematized body of mysterious knowledge. Now that the opponent was gone, The Father of Systems no longer had a subject to observe, and thus could not crystallize new system function options.

Every advantage has its disadvantage. Driving away a villain was certainly a relief, but the learning subject was lost as well. It seemed that in the future, he would still need to find a world with a powerful figure to stay in to evolve this book further. With this thought, Fan Bei’s mind suddenly stirred, and he turned to check the Good Person System page. Although Lang Sheng’s and Da Bai’s systems had regressed, that was only superficial; their essence remained unchanged.

Lang Sheng had just been chosen and sent to a so-called fairy tale world, which appeared to be rife with swindlers. That world already had a strong figure residing there, far more powerful than the exiled criminal. It seemed it was time to reactivate the “Skill Exchange” module for him.

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At that very moment, where Lang Sheng was located…

“Damn, I can’t resort to force. How am I supposed to deal with these con artists?” Lang Sheng looked at the arrival of the weekly payday and realized, after careful calculation, that he had somehow become one of the so-called “white-collar” workers. Food expenses, tool wear and tear, lodging fees... after all the deductions, not only did he receive no salary, but he also had to pay out of pocket. Being a white-collar worker was even worse than his former second-in-command position! At least back then, the second-in-command just let funds circulate and made people work for free, but never to the extent that people had to owe money after finishing work.

He swung his massive fist and punched the mine wall, which immediately reverberated with a buzzing sound. At that moment, a coworker returned and, seeing this, was surprised. “Why don’t you collect your wages? They used to pay us once a year, but later we realized that was no good—many people had accidents before payday—so we all went on strike and finally secured weekly pay.”

“If I had any wages to collect, would I not go?” Lang Sheng said bitterly.

“Oh, I get it. You’re new here and don’t understand the rules. You can’t accept their food and lodging; we all cook for ourselves. Also, you have to take good care of your tools and not break them, or else they’ll really screw you over,” the coworker kindly advised.

“This world’s survival is truly a miracle...” Lang Sheng muttered, “Is there no place to report this?”

“There is, but everything is strictly according to contracts. If you can’t outplay their contracts and give them a handle in advance, how can you report them?” the coworker shook his head.

Lang Sheng thought about the cramped quarters where the coworker lived—truly a cramped space, with more than a dozen people squeezed into one tent. “Damn, I did better in the apocalypse! Could it be that running away to a peaceful world actually left me worse off?”

He felt frustrated but, upon reflection, it seemed that was indeed the case. If the apocalypse hadn’t happened, someone like him, who only knew how to fight bravely, would at best become a security captain—or more likely, just get kicked out. In a world where intelligence trumped brute strength, he indeed couldn’t come up with a solution. His mental attributes were maxed out, and while his pain tolerance had significantly improved, his mind didn’t feel any sharper.

As he struggled with this, his bracelet suddenly warmed again, and a familiar prompt sound made him ecstatic: “Detected true heart of kindness in host. Good Person System reactivated. Skill Exchange module now open to host.”

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“Can exchange skills again? Master Tong, then help me exchange for a skill that suits my current situation, please,” he said, trying to be clever.

“Well, you can now pay 1000 mental points to exchange for: ‘How a Top Lawyer is Trained,’ ‘Eloquence and One Thousand and One Nights,’ ‘The Origin of Innate Human Fists,’ ‘The Origin and Function of Blue Light’...” the system replied.

“Damn, alright then. It turns out I’m quite farsighted—reading truly changes destiny.”

“Exchange all of them for me.”

Lang Sheng still had some mental cores left in his system space and decided on the spot.

Fan Bei, spying on this, was moved. It seemed the exchange for these technical books was quite cheap. At the beginning, before the “Skill Exchange” module was available, he had to go through great trouble to purchase them from various places. Now, it seemed unnecessary; as long as the knowledge existed in this world, he could obtain it at the lowest cost. It made sense—these things might be heavily guarded from a human perspective, but not for the system.

Wait, Fan Bei thought of a question. Since Lang Sheng’s skill exchange could still be used, why couldn’t his own The Father of Systems find a reference target? In theory, it could indirectly connect to that world through the Good Person System and contact the powerful figure there. He reflected, and the book gave the answer.

It seemed after evolving from common to rare, this book’s abilities had significantly improved. “The host’s ability is too low to observe the highest existence in the current world.”

Indeed. Judging by the skill exchange, the previous mysterious manor owner wasn’t very strong—if they couldn’t even protect their own skills, how could they be called a strong person? It looked like to activate the new system skill tree option, Lang Sheng would have to increase his strength first.

With this thought, Fan Bei didn’t waste time and calmly continued cultivating himself. Now that the clouds had lifted above his head, he could finally indulge himself. After all, on this Earth, the true master was actually him.

The pinnacle.