Chapter 367 - A Salted Fish Never Changes Its Scales

“Skynet, Skynet…”

Fang Ning kept murmuring these words for the past two days.

There was no denying that it would mean a lot to help Heavenly Axiom build up the defense mechanism.

He already had a plan on how to make it happen, but he felt that it was too troublesome…

He thought about throwing the responsibility to Ren Ruofeng and his team…

However, if he was only the main person in charge of the project, would the merit points still only belong to him?

He felt conflicted because of that exact question.

Would Heaven above award him for passing down the work to the others, or would the points be rewarded to Ren Ruofeng and his group after completion?

That was different compared to everything he had faced. Previously, the rewards were prepared for him right after he finished his job without the need of a middleman.

However, he had to reconsider throwing the task to the other party since Heaven might change his mind on who to reward those merit points.

Plus, there was no way for him to seek guidance from Gu Buwei regarding this. Gu Buwei would easily discover his intention with his intelligence.

That would destroy the selfless image that Vigilante A setup and in turn became one that reaped the rewards of others…

“Damn, does Heaven forgive those that don’t believe in them? Looks like I can’t just push this onto someone else. Am I really going back to the old tiring days? Working overtime every night?”

Fang Ning remained indecisive for two days until his laziness and procrastination came looking for him again.

‘Whatever, I’ll come back to this after I’m done enjoying myself two days later.’

Fang Ning went online and searched for older novels that he had completed to reread again.

System Notification: [Your internet connection has been disabled.]

“Heh, is this all you can do?”

System Notification: [Your power supply had been disconnected.]

“What the, can’t you just give me a moment to relax? I’m having a headache trying to solve something and I need the time off to recapture my imagination,” Fang Ning acted like he was really having a headache by rubbing his glabella.

Sir System replied, “You can do that by singing in the Draconic Arcane Realm. Plus, you can kill two birds with one stone with that since your voice can greatly increase the work rate of those hard laborers.”

“I’ll let you win this time. You always try to bully me and suppress my freedom. I dare you to wait until the day I turn my fate around…” Fang Ning threatened him before entering the Draconic Arcane Realm.

Sir System just replied with a soft voice from behind.

“You will still be a salted fish no matter how you turn your fate around…”

Fang Ning almost collapsed as he heard the reply. Fortunately, no one saw him fell.

However, Achilles, the muscular spirit from older Greece, saw him.

He appeared out of nowhere and held onto Fang Ning.

“Sir, are you alright?” He asked.

“Don’t worry. I’m fine, thank you,” Fang Ning stood up.

Achilles smiled before saying, “Sir, I see that the second level of the arena is on the verge of completion. I suggest that we should start our preparation since it would take some time for us to gather enough manpower for the upcoming competition.”

Fang Ning remembered that according to his precious game book, Achilles was a fan of the battle arena. He nodded and replied, “Good then, I will leave that to you. By the way, I remembered that I hired an old guy called Dylan Terry from the Dark Arena last year.

“He was constantly on the move for the past half a year. According to the report compiled by Butler Zheng, he started his own arena company. I will get him and his family to move over soon and you can liaise with him directly on this task.”

Fang Ning suddenly felt sad for himself. He felt that he stupid System never gave him a break even though he worked so hard.

‘This is unreasonable

‘Doesn’t he realize that the reason this arena was set up was for him to get more experience points?

‘Ai, I shouldn’t be so timid. At the end of the day, my body would be the one that benefits from all this.’

Achilles replied happily, “Sir, you really have a great insight into the future and always have a plan ready in foresight. I admire you greatly. I shall draft out a blueprint to be discussed with the man.”

“Alright then, you guys can discuss among yourselves. I will go and have a look at the construction progress. Leave me be.”

“Yes, sir,” Achilles left with excitement.

Even though he had finally put to work a task that had been outstanding for a while, he felt that it had become something minute.

To be honest, the benefit would be too insignificant for Sir System even if the arena was completed.

That was because Sir System would require billions of Experience Points to increase a single level…

However, that idiot would still keep this in his mind.

He was never the System that ignored the insignificant contributions even if he had another option.

Basically, he was as timid as anyone could possibly be.

Fang Ning had another thought as he looked at Achilles leaving joyfully.

Those things that he no longer cared about were possibly things that meant the world for another person…

He felt that the responsibility tasked on him had become heavier.

He had gathered a couple of followers that were earning a living through him.

Plus, he felt fortunate to have such a group of followers that always remained peaceful among themselves and never created any conflicts within the group.

He knew that he had to be the one worrying about all the connections as Sir System would never put his heart in such a thing.

Fang Ning felt more troubled as he thought about these, ‘Oh well, time to relax myself by singing.’

A moment later, screams and cries appeared from the second level of the Draconic Arcane Realm…

No, that was not the voice of Fang Ning. He was not that shameless.

When he sang his demonic iteration of the song of Buddha, every spirit suddenly started crying.

He somehow managed to make a construction site sounded like a farmers’ market.

Something would have already gone wrong if Achilles was not there to overlook the work.

Sir System immediately tried to stop Fang Ning, “Please stop your singing. Your voice is so bad that even spirits cannot handle it…”

Fang Ning stopped his singing after that. He had an idea after letting his steam off from his singing just now.

“Right, I should be the sole planner for this Skynet, years ago… That was in the past. It’s about time for me to be the boss.”

“What is the job scope for a planner?” Sir System asked.

“You will bear the shit that happens while I take all the rewards. It will be your own incompetence if you miss the sales target, and it will have nothing to do with my plan.”

“Oh, seems to me you had your own share of problems previously,” Sir System replied.

“The past is horrible, but I am lucky to have the chance to start all over again. Enough with the talking. Give me back my body. I need to visit Ruofeng.”

System Notification: [The System stopped its control over the Host.]

Fang Ning was satisfied. At least this idiot still obeyed his orders when it came to serious issues.

…

Ren Ruofeng was looking at the mirror in the Truth Department’s headquarters. He felt anxious as he grew more white hair after a few days of missing his medications…

The situation in the country had changed. As the number of Pond-level powerhouses increased, more people had the qualification to shop in the secret online store set up by Butler Zheng.

As such, the supply of their Face Rejuvenating Pills was not enough to compensate the increase in demand. He no longer had enough fortune to compete against other buyers. He also knew that he could no longer drag his payment regardless of how close he was with Butler Zheng.

It was impossible to get rich working in a governmental organization…

As a righteous person, he never had the idea of taking advantage of things he shouldn’t be.

However, his expenses were well over the high salary given out by the Truth Department. Plus, that money also failed to compete with those rich and wealthy Pond-level powerhouses backed by large consortiums.

Those powerhouses chose to stay low profile, but in truth, they had started to grow themselves under the wings of the Venerable Dragon God.

A year later, they had completed their plans and started to get involved in the society so long as it benefitted them.

Ren Ruofeng was looking at the profile of one such powerhouse.

“Pan Liang. Pond-level powerhouse. Evil at his core. The eldest son and heir of the Pan family. His recent movements are rather suspicious…”

This was one of the guys that were finally ready to climb the social ladder after building up his own portfolio.

However, these people had no idea that the Truth Department had laid a trap right above them, ready to stop them whenever they make a move.