【 Mind reading activated. Duration: 10 minutes. 】

Upon hearing that, Chen Xing looked at Zero.

Suddenly, above Zero’s head, lines of text appeared, with a font that was somewhat cute. All of Zero’s inner thoughts were presented to Chen Xing in the form of bullet comments!

• [ Someone as outstanding as him would definitely find a beautiful girl, right? ]
• [ Why am I feeling strange…? ]
• [ Could it be, as Susu said, that I really like him? ]
• [ How is that possible! Zero! You’ve only known each other for a few hours! ]

Chen Xing looked at Zero and suddenly burst into laughter. Her appearance, coupled with the cute font, was a bit comical.

Zero, puzzled, asked, “What’s so funny?”

Chen Xing shook his head, smiled, and remained silent.

• [ Oh my… Does he know that I like him? Or… Does he think I’m the type of girl who falls for anyone? ]
• [ No, I don’t like him. It’s just an illusion! Yes, an illusion! ]

Zero stood still, feeling lost and unsure, while her inner struggle was evident to Chen Xing.

Chen Xing felt very happy. It was the kind of happiness you feel when you like someone and discover that they happen to like you back.

Although he found it hard to believe, within just a few hours, he, who had been single for 17 years, had developed feelings for someone.

But that was the reality. Only women could affect his peak performance.

Except for lolis!

“Having such an adorable wife! Why wouldn’t I want that?”

“Even if she’s not my wife, I want her to be my wife!”

At this moment, thoughts continued to appear above Zero’s head. But Chen Xing no longer needed to look at them. He took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and gathered his courage.

This was his first confession in his life.

“Zero.”

“Yes?”

“Do you want to be my girlfriend?”

“Huh?”

“Whoosh!” In an instant, all the thoughts above Zero’s head disappeared!

Her brain stopped thinking. Her expression froze on the spot, with wide-open eyes and a slightly agape mouth, staring blankly at Chen Xing.

After being frozen for several seconds, Zero’s small face visibly turned red at an astonishing speed. Her cherry-like mouth was slightly open, but she couldn’t utter a word!

“Swish!” Suddenly, a large number of thoughts burst out above Zero’s head. It was as if she was being maliciously spammed.

• [ Oh my…]
• [ He, he, he, he, is confessing? ]
• [ How is that possible! How could he like me? ]
• [ We’ve only known each other for a few hours! ]
• [ This can’t be true, it’s a lie, he’s tricking me! ]
• [ But he wouldn’t trick me, right? ]
• [ I’m so scared! What should I do? ]
• [ Should I… run away? ]
• [ Run away! ] Suddenly, Zero swiftly turned around.

“Squeak, squeak, squeak…” With panicked steps, she ran towards her room.

As she ran, thought continued to appear above her head.

• [ Do I accept or not? ]
• [ Don’t run away! If you run away, you’ll have nothing! ]

Just when Chen Xing was completely dumbfounded.

“Bang!” The door closed heavily.

Zero leaned against the door, gasping for breath. Her face was still flushed.

“System, request to connect with Spirit User: Susu!!!”

【 Connecting…】

【 Connection failed. No response from the other party. 】

• [ Is she asleep? ]
• [ Sob, sob… Susu, what should I do? ]

Outside the door, Chen Xing stood motionless.

“Did I… get rejected?”

【You got rejected, but not completely】

“By the way, who is Susu? Is she her friend?”

The effect of mind reading was still active at this time. Zero was still leaning against the door, and thoughts in form of bullet comments directly passed through the door.

The thoughts floated out one by one:

• [ Should I accept his confession? ]
• [ If I agree just like that… would he think I’m a very casual girl? ]
• [ We’ve only known each other for a short time, and I’ve already fallen for him…]
• [ Susu, wake up quickly! ]
• [ If I don’t accept him, will he be sad? ]

Chen Xing stood by the door, watching the bullet comments passing by. As he watched, he couldn’t help but laugh.

Suddenly… the thoughts disappeared.

The voice of the system sounded:

【Mind-reading skill time has ended, entering cooldown, remaining time: 24 hours.】

“That’s it?” Chen Xing sighed, feeling a bit regretful.

He could have read Zero’s thoughts for a whole day! 10 minutes were simply not enough!

Although Chen Xing was rejected, he was still in a good mood. He believed that Zero would eventually agree to be with him.

Even the system said she was his wife, so how could she escape? He also closed the door to his own room.

Lying on the bed, he found the adult gift package and clicked to open it.

【 Ding~ 】

【Congratulations, host! With the boost of luck, you have obtained a rare hidden reward!】

Chen Xing was delighted. He didn’t expect his luck to be so good. He happened to unlock a hidden reward with a 10% luck boost!

“What reward is it?”

【A collection of Zero’s swimsuit photos!】

???

“Slap!”

A thin booklet landed on Chen Xing’s face. He picked it up and looked at it. The cover was of Zero!

She had a petite figure, wearing a floral pattern swimsuit, standing on the beach, holding a splash of water in her hands, with a smile on her face.

Chen Xing was stunned.

【Is it nice?】

“Are you kidding me? This isn’t appropriate!” After saying that, Chen Xing casually threw the photobook aside.

“Where did you get this?”

【I’m not telling you.】

【 Adult Gift Package: Crystal coins: 50,000, Spirit points: 50,000 】

【 Strength Boost: 5%, total: 15% 】

【 Speed Boost: 5%, total: 15% 】

【 Duration Boost: 20% 】

“What is this Duration Boost!?”

【 Don’t you understand? It’s…】

“Shut up!”

【Goodnight】

The voice of the system disappeared, and the world finally quieted down.

Chen Xing frowned. He felt that something was off in some places. Since coming to this world, the system had become strange. But now, he couldn’t communicate with the system normally.

Chen Xing needed to quickly earn enough evolution points to upgrade the system. To bring San’er back completely.

But in order to earn evolution points, he had to join the Weapon Spirit Association and participate in various activities such as going through evaluations, participating in Ranking Matches, going to forbidden areas etc to earn evolution points.

And then, he could earn evolution points through tasks issued by Chen Xing’s own Super System.

But…

Zero had not bound with him yet, and He Yu had not been killed. When dawn broke, it would be He Yu’s time to die!

Afterward, Chen Xing turned to the side and prepared to rest for a while.

However, he saw the photobook of Zero that he had thrown aside.

“…”

“I’ll just take a look…”

So, he reached out with that sinful hand.