C4 – The System will Hang up

Qi Ning watched the Rubik’s Cube spinning under the light, its ceaseless rotations baffling him.

“Is this some kind of new magical gadget?”

To ease Qi Ning’s academic stress, his father, Qi Zheng, would often bring home entertaining magic props for him to unwind with.

Suddenly, after a few seconds of spinning, the Rubik’s Cube soared towards Qi Ning.

Instinctively, he shut his eyes, bracing for impact, but the anticipated pain never came.

“What happened?” Qi Ning opened his eyes, puzzled.

The Rubik’s Cube had vanished.

Then, at that moment, a strange voice emerged in his mind.

[Ding! System binding successful!]

[Ding! A glitch has been detected in the System. Commencing repairs.]

[Ding! An unexpected error has occurred in the System. Repairs underway.]

Qi Ning gazed at the desk lamp before him, a feeling he couldn’t quite articulate stirring within him.

“System? Idle mode? What’s all this about?” Qi Ning had never delved into online novels, but he’d overheard his classmates mention such things.

Through their discussions, he had picked up quite a bit about these online stories.

“Could this be what they call a ‘system’ in those novels?” Qi Ning wondered, awaiting further instructions.

But after a long wait, nothing else came.

“This isn’t right,” Qi Ning mused, attempting to summon the System as he’d read in some of the novels.

[Qi Ning]

Language: LV9

Mathematics: LV8

English: LV2

Geography: LV5

Politics: LV3

History: LV1

Physics: LV2

Chemistry: LV2

Biology: LV5

Language was his strongest suit, topping out at Level 9. This meant that none of his skills surpassed Level 10.

“What do these skills actually mean?” Qi Ning was still somewhat perplexed.

His system was evidently not like the others.

Since it wasn’t an intelligent system, he had to figure it out bit by bit.

“Let’s just try it.”

With that thought, Qi Ning selected Language.

[Ding! Session complete!]

Immediately after he made his selection, he heard the prompt indicating the session had ended.