The System Teaches You How to Be Human

The dazzling light that illuminated the entire immortal’s cave lasted for several hours.

Si Yisi could feel the Heavenly Dao consciousness he had thrown in was actively mobilizing the Heavenly Dao of this Qingmo realm, to drive the demon to its doom.

Screams of agony echoed through the immortal’s cave, with strands of demonic energy spilling out, infecting the beasts that lurked within the cave.

“Tsk.” Lu Weizhi, unwilling and begrudgingly forced to fight alongside Qing Zhi, whipped her blood whip, snapping the necks of the attacking beasts. Blood splattered all over Qing Zhi’s dress.

“Ah—!” Qing Zhi screamed loudly, the sound so piercing that Lu Weizhi’s eardrums almost burst. Without looking, she transformed her arm into the wing of a bird and swiftly batted away a nearby wild beast.

I can’t stand this girl!

Lu Weizhi almost bit through her silver teeth and eagerly looked toward Si Yisi, hoping he would stop this noisy person from producing such demonic sounds.

Si Yisi, with his low emotional intelligence and complete inability to understand a woman’s thoughts, remained oblivious.

He felt Lu Weizhi’s gaze and his scalp tingled, his mind endlessly repeating the thought; trouble, trouble, trouble.

But he had to wait for the demon to be completely wiped out by the small world’s Heavenly Dao. If he’d given it this much of an opportunity and it still couldn’t be solved… Heh.

In the process of the Heavenly Dao of this small world and the demon grappling with each other, Yu Rongcheng, the reborn “male lead,” regained consciousness intermittently.

The black demonic energy clinging to him would peel away halfway, exposing the eerie white bones beneath, giving Yu Rongcheng’s consciousness a chance to awaken. Then the demon would regain the upper hand.

The shrill cries of torment also came from Yu Rongcheng.

He watched helplessly as his flesh dissolved like water, the pain that cut into his soul torturing him so much that he wished he could die immediately.

Yet the demonic energy continued to invade and repair his body relentlessly. Yu Rongcheng couldn’t even summon spiritual energy to fight back. He could only watch helplessly as the vast and powerful Heavenly Dao of the Qingmo realm slowly consumed him.

It was a slow, lingering torment.

Meanwhile, Si Yisi only felt a sense of pleasure. Or rather, it was the lively demeanor that was subconsciously expressed by Si Mobai’s, which was about to awaken within him.

Si Yisi murmured softly to himself, “Just wait a little longer.”

It wasn’t yet time for Si Mobai’s soul to awaken, or else it would be expelled from the body.

Since the demon hadn’t completely dissipated, it meant that the trace of hatred and unwillingness that had caused Si Mobai’s tragedy hadn’t completely vanished either, and Si Yisi’s task hadn’t reached a perfect conclusion.

Si Mobai’s soul was easily soothed by Si Yisi.

From its once lively state, it quieted down, like a calm pool of water.

Si Yisi let Ah Tu happily coil around his finger. He poked the two small, almost invisible spikes on Ah Tu’s head, recalling what it had just done…

Si Yisi actually felt a slight urge to cover his face.

At first, he had expected that solving the demon wouldn’t be so easy, but Ah Tu somehow managed to make a dramatic comeback.

It was as if it had completely locked onto Yu Rongcheng’s reproductive organ, using a lightning attack with pure yang attributes aimed precisely at Yu Rongcheng’s… Yes, exactly what you’re thinking.

Si Yisi couldn’t help but complain, “What kind of sleazy strategy is this?”

Ah Tu obediently coiled around his hand, and after hearing Si Yisi’s words, it crawled up onto his hand and proudly puffed out its chest, hissing, “Sss, sss~”

It made no sense at all.

***

Si Yisi pinched its little horns, watching the struggle nearing its end, then suddenly asked Ah Tu with a serious expression, “Do you want to stay with me, or stay with him, the one inside my body?”

Ah Tu, in essence, was a bug born out of a coincidence. If it chose to stay in the Qingmo realm with Si Mobai, who had regained control of the body, its abilities would certainly be limited.

However, it would also be able to ascend to the upper realm with Si Mobai.

If it chose to stay with Si Yisi, the system did have a marketplace where it could exchange for dragon soul cultivation techniques, but since Si Yisi was logged in as a host, he didn’t have the freedom to use them. He could only exchange them using points.

It would be troublesome, but it did have other advantages.

Si Yisi attempted to send all this information into Ah Tu’s mind.

Ah Tu, in an attempt to please him, lightly bit him; seemingly thinking this was a great way to interact.

“Choose me, hiss once. Choose him, hiss twice.”

As soon as Si Yisi finished speaking, Ah Tu eagerly bit him; bit him hard.

Si Yisi watched as Ah Tu held its broken tooth, looking pitiful, and felt his heart ache. His expression remained completely neutral.

“I understand,” Si Yisi answered.

The system suspected that Ah Tu might not have a brain at all.

However, inevitably, the system’s affection for Ah Tu increased slightly. It began to seriously consider whether it should give Ah Tu a new name once it grew a little.

Maybe…

Tu Baba?

(T/N: Tu Baba = Bald Daddy.)

It would probably be happier with that. After all, being called “daddy” was the current trend.

***

Dozens of hours later, when Lu Weizhi couldn’t help but shout at Si Yisi, “Why aren’t these random creatures attacking you!”

Clearly, all the affection had turned into jealousy.

Si Yisi answered in his mind; Because Si Mobai is the fated male lead, there are special privileges, got it?

Finally, the struggle between the demon and the Heavenly Dao came to an end.

In the final moments before his death, Yu Rongcheng regained his own consciousness. The resentment in his eyes had disappeared, leaving only fear and deep terror.

He scratched the ground with his charred, bone-like hand. “I’m not willing… I was clearly reborn, why…”

The golden core inside him had no chance to resist, completely turning to dust and scattering in the wind.

Yu Rongcheng stared with wide eyes as his body gradually dissipated, turning to ashes and vanishing along with the demon.

At the same time, Si Yisi felt his body loosen, as if some unseen shackles had silently fallen away.

“I’m leaving,” Si Yisi said to Si Mobai’s soul, then reached out to turn Ah Tu into a bow and tie it around his finger. “Leaving, Ah Tu.”

“Sss, sss~” Ah Tu hissed joyfully.

The system panel reappeared before Si Yisi’s eyes. In that instant, the pupil of Si Mobai’s body flooded with countless data streams.

[Do you wish to log out, taking your equipped soul pendant and settling your task points?]

[Yes.]

[—Welcome to log out.]

After Si Yisi and Ah Tu logged out, Si Mobai’s soul once again took control of his body.

He opened his eyes, which gleamed with a warm, lustrous black color, and suddenly, a gentle smile appeared at the corner of his lips.