The Master of His Fate

The Wiles of the System

It all happened during the Jin Lan City Arc before he was accused in accordance with the original work's storyline and the System's desired plotline...

"Stupid System"

After Liu Qingge had left to capture the Sowers that plagued the city, from the second floor of the weapon shop's inner courtyard, Shen Yuan paced around his room as he berated and complained at the ominous pings of the System, and at the nonsensical points it was giving out of nowhere.

[Protagonist satisfaction points +20]

[Protagonist satisfaction points +10]

[Protagonist satisfaction points +10]

and so on...

"System, what's up with all these points, ah?" Shen Yuan snapped at the System. "Why are you giving me all these points, and how am I receiving them when I'm not even doing anything here!?"

I mean, don't get me wrong. I don't mind free goods, but I need to know the reason why I'm receiving this free stuff!

Having this new updated System which took away all his accumulated points of about 10,000+ from his Day 1 to this day —the day he met Luo Binghe, post liberated from the Endless Abyss— and then suddenly gave him points at random was giving him ominous vibes. He was aware that the System is an adroit and deceitful entity, and he learned later the hard way that every bit of suspicious task and activity it displayed led to suffering in later events.

So far, the total number of points it has given has suspiciously reached nine hundred.

He used to complain in his early days of transmigrating in PIDW about receiving fewer points or the lack of points he was being rewarded from the random and difficult side quests the System would work him on. He used to work for such a big number, or more like he was forced and threatened to clear the side quests for him to receive a similar amount of reward. And now... Now, he is complaining about receiving such a big number without even lifting a finger! All of it is within half a shichen!

[Protagonist satisfaction points +25]

"System! Answer me! If you don't tell me what all these points are, where all these are coming from, I'm rating you zero stars! And I'm going to make my transmigrator friend give you a rating of zero stars too!"

[Points received are according to Protagonist's satisfaction]

Upon hearing this, Shen Qingqiu facepalmed as he sat before the low table in his room with subconscious grace. He buried his face in his palms, grunting in frustration at the System's stupid common sense.

Being a poser for many years throughout his transmigration, and having plenty of experience, even in this ruffled state, one would still portray this scene as a sad yet poetic and elegant picture of an immortal scholar, looming a depressing yet refined display of emotions in a single painting of just him sitting in a lotus position, alone in a dark lit room, hunched over a cup of tea on the low table, hands covering his face, and bangs framing the rest of his features as a touch of drama —or in other words, an angst painting...

[Making the villain more three-dimensional by crafting a dramatic image, B-Points +100]

"What is wrong with you, System!?" Shen Qingqiu grumbled, extremely cringed and irritated by the new point notification. "You updated without even giving advance notice, and without informing me what you updated, ah!? And now you're acting up and full of bugs! I demand a new patch this instant!"

Really, ever since the System updated into this absurd major patch, it has been acting faulty and cunningly granting him these suspicious points here and there. It has been vexing him!