"Spirit of the Heavenly Book, recover the Crested Fire Serpent's body," Zhou Yi commanded, waving his hand. The massive serpent's corpse vanished instantly.
"Phew..." Zhou Yi exhaled deeply, ripping off his tattered, scorched clothing and tossing it aside.
"Spirit of the Heavenly Book, don't you think you owe me an explanation?" Zhou Yi was still seething from the near-death experience. That exchange almost got him killed. What kind of absurd system was this?
"Please calm down, Your Majesty!" The spirit of the Heavenly Book sighed, quickly bowing in apology. "Your Majesty, this matter... is rather complicated."
"Then make it simple," Zhou Yi demanded. Until he understood what went wrong, he couldn't trust the "Supreme Heavenly Book."
"Your Majesty, the prototype of the Supreme Heavenly Book was obtained by the Dao Ancestor from a world beyond this one. It originally belonged to a great demon. After slaying the demon, the Dao Ancestor brought the prototype back to this world."
The spirit of the Heavenly Book bowed and continued, "The Dao Ancestor reforged the prototype into the Supreme Heavenly Book. However... the original owner's racial data wasn't deleted from the system.
As a result, when you exchanged for experience and skills, the system included experiences meant for the demon race. Thus..."
"Is that so?" Zhou Yi was stunned.
The explanation made sense. Even if the Dao Ancestor had reforged it, the system was likely beyond his full understanding, unaware of such intricacies.
So... I was just unlucky?
Zhou Yi was at a loss for words, feeling rather unlucky.
"Has the problem been fixed now? Will there be any more mix-ups like this?" he asked.
"Rest assured, Your Majesty, the system has identified and corrected the error. The host data has been updated, so there won't be any more issues."
The spirit of the Heavenly Book assured Zhou Yi and offered compensation.
"Your Majesty, due to the system error, you've experienced inconvenience. The system has recalibrated and will update all your exchanged experiences and skills for free. Do you agree to the adjustment?"
"Fine," Zhou Yi sighed, shaking his head. "Go ahead."
As soon as he spoke, a cool sensation spread through his mind, recalibrating the exchanged experiences and skills to match his human perspective.
"Adjustment complete."
Moments later, Zhou Yi shook his head and opened his eyes.
Breathing in the fresh scent of the earth, seeing the sunlight filtering through the leaves, and hearing the wind rustling, Zhou Yi felt a newfound familiarity with the forest. Everything felt natural, as if he had personally experienced it all before.
"Okay. At least nothing went wrong this time."
Zhou Yi felt a huge sense of relief, easing the tension he had been carrying.
"Of course nothing went wrong this time. Zhou Yi, I swear, no tricks," Li Yu muttered, relieved that Zhou Yi had accepted the adjustments. Finally, he could maintain his reputation as an honest businessman.
Alright, if Zhou Yi knew the truth, he'd probably curse Li Yu out.
Selling such faulty goods and calling himself honest? Integrity? Your integrity is on the floor!
Fortunately, none of that happened.
"Let's continue hunting and gathering herbs."
Feeling confident in the recalibrated skills, Zhou Yi's frustration faded. With proficient jungle survival and stealth skills, Zhou Yi quickly immersed himself in the task of leveling up.
"Alright, at least I managed to get through that," Li Yu muttered, his face flushed with embarrassment. "System, ensure all future extractions are based on human perspectives. Most future hosts will be human."
"Command received."
The system's monotonous voice was as dull as ever. Li Yu had grown used to it.
"Zhou Yi is leveling up swiftly. My task here is... wait?"
Realization struck Li Yu. "System, my task was to create and sell a system. I've given the system to Zhou Yi, and he's paid with the Bodhi tree. The task should be complete, right?"
"Initial task complete. Submit task?"
"Seriously? I completed the task, and there's no notification? I have to submit it manually? That's ridiculous!"
Li Yu was stunned. This system's intelligence was too low. A quality control issue with the experience extraction, no task completion prompt—this system lacked any real intelligence.
However, if the system did have high intelligence... possessing such power with high intelligence could be dangerous. What if one day, the system decided to take control?
The thought sent a shiver down Li Yu's spine. Low intelligence was safer. Actually, no intelligence was even better.
"Submit task!"
With the task complete, it was time to submit it.
"Initial task completed. User permissions upgraded."
"Permissions?"
Hearing "permissions," Li Yu remembered his user data showed only level one access.
"System, what does permission mean?"
"Permissions determine the user's control over the system. Higher permissions unlock more system functions. With sufficient permissions, users can create their own system rules."
"So, that's what permissions mean?"
Li Yu nodded, satisfied. "Creating my own rules? Nice, very nice."
The idea of setting his own rules delighted Li Yu. Following someone else's rules was never as satisfying as making his own.
"With level two permissions, what functions do I have?"
"New system function: Open Mall Dimension. You can designate a location to create a mall dimension."
"A mall dimension? A space entirely under my control? This is..."
Li Yu was overjoyed. The system came through this time, no tricks!
"How large is this space?"
"With level two permissions, you can create a mall space with a radius of twenty kilometers."
"A radius of twenty kilometers? That's forty square kilometers! Not bad, not bad!"
Li Yu couldn't help but laugh. Finally, a function worth getting excited about.
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The Master of All-Heavens Systems
Ciencia Ficción"Lord of the Heavens System" tells the story of a young man named Li Yu who becomes the sole system supplier in countless worlds. The novel begins with sixteen-year-old Li Yu, distinguished by his unique short haircut, sitting in the courtyard of th...
