Chapter 18: The System's Trouble
After Chen Yize had concluded the situation, he didn't continue to speak anymore.
Everyone thought that Chen Yize was just like them.
He could only remain silent because he didn't know what to say. Without any idea, saying anything now was useless and couldn't solve anything.
But the specific reason why Chen Yize had remained silent until now wasn't the same as what they thought.
After Chen Yize had concluded the situation, the system's 'screen' suddenly appeared in front of him, making him stunned.
However, to the outsiders, Chen Yize tried to pretend and make himself look as calm as possible.
[Ding! The system has detected the host's complicated emotion and has decided to issue the host another task.]
[Does the host want to accept it?]
That's right. After Chen Yize had listened to Li Xinyi's description of the situation, the first thing he felt was neither angry nor desperate but... Complicated.
He once thought that by releasing [Choice of Robots], people would surely realize what video games were.
And then, except for a need to go to work, he could relax and lie down at home while playing some of the games developed by others.
However, as it turned out, the more he expected, the more he was disappointed.
Whether they were from the same company or not, people around him only regarded [Choice of Robots] as a novel instead of a video game.
At first, Chen Yize had also tried to figure out what exactly had gone wrong.
In the end, he had also come up with an answer, or his own answer.
People in this world had never come into contact with any video games.
So, after they had come into contact with [Choice of Robots], their first impression could only be something like 'This must be another kind of novel'. Something like that.
And yes, these people could regard [Choice of Robots] as a novel or a video game, and for him, neither was wrong.
For him, both of them were right. It was just a matter of different persons having different opinions.
So, in the end, he finally chose to remain silent about this matter for the time being. And he wouldn't deny these 'people' now.
Of course, these 'people' also included Li Xinyi and his colleagues.
Back to the topic, when the system's 'screen' suddenly appeared and showed him 'this'...
He only felt the 'maliciousness' from the system in front of him, making his mind become alert in an instant.
He would never accept any task from this system again!
He knew. That if he accepted the task, he would be the one who suffered.
The system seemed oblivious to the fact. The fact that Chen Yize didn't want to accept the task and chose to remind him again.
[Does the host want to accept it?]
Of course, the system actually knew what Chen Yize thought. However, at this moment, it chose to pretend, pretend to be ignorant of the fact.
The system knew. Because of the previous task, the host had once forced himself to work hard.
And in the end, the host had put all the blame on the system.
Because of this, the host had complained to the system many times in the past month.
Even though the system chose to remain completely silent during this time, it actually took this time to reflect on its mistake.
Was it too harsh on the host?
And after being complained to by the host many times, the system finally came up with the answer on its own.
Its mistake was to forcibly 'motivate' the host with a kind of task, the task that...
First, it gave a kind of reward that the host didn't want.
And second, it gave a kind of punishment that the host found to be the most unacceptable.
The result was that the host had become resistant to this system. And everything related to it would make the host vigilant.
There was one thing that it had never told the host, that it had an ability to self-learn and self-improve.
That's right. While the host could improve the stats, receive some items, and gain some abilities from the system.
The system also had a responsibility to learn on its own. Learn how to understand humans. Learn how to cooperate with the hosts better. Only through various experiences could a system become a qualified one.
In the system's world, there were many 'seniors' that this system admired and wanted to become like one of them, those truly experienced systems that had cooperated with thousands or even millions of hosts.
And Chen Yize could be regarded as the first host this system had chosen to bind.
Although the system couldn't understand its host very well, it knew that it must do something to ease their relationship.
And the only way the system could think of now was to issue the host with another task that could satisfy him.
While 'sighing' that cooperating with the host wasn't easy, the system finally received a response.
"What if I don't want to accept it?"
Chen Yize chose to ask this question while also revealing his intention to refuse.
[The system can't force the host to accept the task issued by the system. But, the host, why don't you want to accept it?]
At this moment, the system also revealed its intention, the intention to learn more about the host.
"Why? Because I know that accepting a task from you will only make me suffer!"
Chen Yize also lost his patience to continue 'speaking' at this moment. And he released all of his grievances with a raise of his 'voice' in his mind.
"But... The host! The system can guarantee that this task can certainly satisfy the host."
The system also found out that the situation wasn't good. The host's emotions seemed to fluctuate a lot. It immediately decided to open the 'voice function' that would allow the host to hear the system's voice in his mind.
Obviously, Chen Yize seemed stunned for a moment because of the system's voice he heard in his mind.
The voice the system chose was a kind of cute voice that one of its seniors had suggested before.
The senior once said this voice was very suitable for acting cute, although the system didn't know what 'acting cute' meant.
So, the senior answered the system in the most easy-to-understand way at that time that 'acting cute' was very suitable when you want to beg, please, or calm down the host.
And indeed, Chen Yize did calm down a little after hearing this kind of voice from the system.
"How can you prove it?" Chen Yize asked, still feeling skeptical.
"I can show the host the specific content of the task," the system answered.
And then, the task's content was indeed shown before Chen Yize.
[Task requirements: The host must make at least 20,000 people realize what the video games were. (No time limit)]
[Rewards: 50,000 yuan. (It will enter the host's account.)]
[Punishments: None.]
After Chen Yize had finished reading the content, the first thing he asked the system was:
"Can't you give me more money?"
When Chen Yize saw the reward this time, how furious he was before was how humble he was now.
For the current him, Nothing could satisfy him more than giving him money!
The system seemed to hear a begging tone from Chen Yize's question, but it was completely unmoved by this kind of request.
[No.]
The system seemed to return to its previous self and use the text on the screen to express itself.
Before this task had come into being, the system had indeed worked hard a lot.
After studying the host for a long time, the system finally confirmed one thing. Currently, what the host wanted the most was undoubtedly money.
The system had paid a lot to ease their relationship by giving the host a task with neither time limit nor punishment.
So, this was already the best the system could give, and it couldn't bear to give more than that.
"It's a pity." Chen Yize thought in his mind before finally deciding to accept the task.
"By the way. Next time, you better show the contents in advance before asking me whether I want to accept them." Chen Yize thought it was better to remind the system about this.
[Why?] The system asked.
"Because... Forget it. You won't understand even if I tell you. Just knowing it is enough," Chen Yize replied and chose to end the 'conversation' this way.
And so, Chen Yize finally spoke something out after a long silence.
"You know? It's actually not wrong to call [Choice of Robots] another kind of novel. And maybe, someone may call it another kind of app as well. But, I still prefer to call it... a kind of video game."
Chen Yize decided to start the conversation in this way, although it sounded somewhat off-topic.
Indeed, everyone here was stunned because Chen Yize mentioned this matter out of nowhere, which made them somewhat unprepared.
"Why did you mention this all of a sud..." Zhou Wei was the one who responded first, although he didn't have a chance to finish his question.
"What do you mean?" After hearing what Chen Yize had said, Li Xinyi questioned him first.
"You will know soon." Saying this, Chen Yize smiled mysteriously at everyone present. Then, he suddenly stood up from his seat.
Somehow, he had always enjoyed showing off and acting pretentious.
"Where are you going?" Li Xinyi frowned, feeling a bit dissatisfied. "We haven't ended the meeting yet."
Chen Yize immediately sat back, speechless, while feeling a bit embarrassed.
However, he still tried to act as self-righteous as possible.
"Anything else? If not, can I leave?" Chen Yize asked while making his sound seem annoyed.
"Before, I also thought I would end today's meeting here." Li Xinyi responded to Chen Yize with a smile. And this smile could be called the first 'sincere' smile Li Xinyi had today.
"But your words have somewhat interested me. So, please continue to stay and explain." Saying this, Li Xinyi smiled meaningfully and gave Chen Yize the right to speak.
'Damn it!', Chen Yize thought.
Without being able to leave, Chen Yize 'snorted' in his heart, opened his laptop, and presented to everyone the two files he had prepared before.
These file names were [Pong] and [Breakout].
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