"Mary, bisakah aku mengambil sistemnya tanpa membunuhnya?" Lex bertanya secara mental saat mengamati Ming Jie.
"Jika sistem belum menyatu dengan jiwanya, seharusnya secara teknis memungkinkan untuk mengekstraknya tanpa membunuhnya. Tapi kau harus memeriksa jiwanya terlebih dahulu."
Sebelum melanjutkan, Lex menggunakan koneksinya ke Inn yang disampaikan melalui kursi untuk memindai perpustakaan Inn. Angkatan pertama teknik telah dikirimkan oleh Infinity Emporium, dan Lex menelusurinya mencari teknik apa pun yang berkaitan dengan jiwa. Meski tidak banyak jumlahnya, itu hanya angka relatif. Dia dengan mudah menemukan cukup banyak yang bisa dia gunakan sekarang jika mempelajarinya, dan lebih banyak lagi yang akan tersedia begitu dia mencapai ranah Golden Core.
Bukan urusan besar jika Lex menyuruh Ming Jie menunggu sebentar sebelum menjawab, tapi pertanyaan yang lebih penting untuk dijawab adalah…
"Asumsikan kita bisa mengekstrak sistemnya. Apa dia akan kembali jadi manusia?"
"Ini… pertanyaan yang tidak mudah kujawab. Tapi berdasarkan nama sistemnya, sistem itu hanya membantunya reinkarnasi jadi Gunung, dan tidak mempertahankannya dalam kondisi itu. Berdasarkan logika itu, meski sistem dicabut, dia seharusnya tetap dalam bentuk saat ini."
"Itu yang aku khawatirkan."
Lex mencapai kesimpulan yang sama sendiri, tapi dia ingin bertanya ke Mary untuk berjaga-jaga dia tahu lebih banyak soal sistem.
Meski sudah dapet jawaban, Lex tidak buru-buru menjawab Ming Jie. Dia mempertimbangkan opsi lain. Hasil risikonya sebelumnya dengan Henali membuatnya enggan ambil tindakan berisiko. Tapi di saat yang sama, hanya dengan ambil risiko dia bisa dapat hadiah maksimal.
"Mary, kalau aku jadikan dia karyawan, bisakah aku jadikan sistemnya anak perusahaan milikku? Lagi pula, akan dia tahu kalau aku punya sistem?"
"Dia jadi karyawan nggak akan berpengaruh apa-apa ke sistemnya. Tapi ada kemungkinan sistemnya akan bereaksi ke sistemmu, kayak sistemmu nampilin pesan error buat pengguna sistem lain. Semua tergantung rating sistemnya. Semakin dekat peringkat sistemnya ke milikmu, semakin besar kemungkinan bereaksi. Faktanya, meski tidak dekat, karena Midnight Inn tidak berfungsi 100%, dan terlihat rusak atau cacat, kemungkinan besar sistemnya akan mendeteksi milikmu. Kalau sistemmu berjalan penuh kapasitas, karena ratingnya tinggi, kebanyakan sistem peringkat lebih rendah nggak akan bisa mendeteksinya sama sekali."
Itu kecewa dan mengkhawatirkan. Kecewa karena Lex benar-benar mau upgrade sistemnya lebih jauh, tapi dia nggak mau urus bisnis membunuh orang tak bersalah. Mengkhawatirkan karena John pengguna sistem dan sudah lama di Inn. Dia nggak tau apakah ide bagus terus menyuruh dia kerja di sini kalau bisa mengancam rahasia Lex sendiri.
Tapi dulu dia harus urus masalah di hadapan. Beberapa saat telah berlalu sejak Ming Jie bertanya, dan dia menunggu dengan cemas.
"Kemungkinan besar," Lex akhirnya menjawab pelan, "meski sistem dicabut, kau akan tetap seperti ini. Itu karena sistem hanya bertanggung jawab mereinkarnasi kau jadi begini, bukan mempertahankau seperti ini."
Ming Jie kecewa karena sepertinya satu-satunya pilihan baginya ikut sistemnya.
"Ikutin sistemmu nggak harus hal buruk," Lex berkata, mengalihkan pembicaraan. Karena dia nggak bisa dapet sistem, dia harus pastiin bangun hubungan supaya bisa awasi Ming Jie.
"Kau cuma harus hati-hati ngearti arah ke mana sistem ngarahin kau. Bisa lebih fleksibel dari yang kelihat. Aku cuma kasih dua nasihat. Pertama, jangan tidak sabar. Aku nggak ragu kau buru-buru jadi lebih kuat buat mencapai tujuanmu, tapi kultivasi bukan jalan yang bisa dilewati sembarangan. Satu kesalahan bisa mahal banget. Kedua, jangan bagikan tahu soal sistemmu ke siapapun. Sistem nggak seumum yang kau kira, dan nggak semua orang akan acuh seperti aku."
"Terima kasih, aku akan simpan nasihat dan bimbinganmu," jawab Ming Jie sambil berdiri. Bahkan dia paham percakapan mereka berakhir. Yang dia butuh sekarang, sebelum ambil keputusan, adalah waktu dan menenangkan diri. Dia butuh emosinya stabil supaya nggak buat keputusan terburu-buru.
Lex teleport dia ke tempat terpencil, meski masih terlihat dari jauh. Lex harus serap semua informasi baru yang baru dia terima dan putuskan cara gunainnya di masa depan. Tapi dulu, dia duduk dan merenung realisasi terbaru.
Saat jelasin ke Ming Jie, khususnya saat menyebut segala sesuatunya terjadi atas alasan, meski kau mungkin nggak paham alasannya, pikiran acak muncul ke Lex.
Bagaimana kalau dia dapet sistem bukan sebenernya 'acak' seperti yang kelihatan? Nah, kenyataannya, Lex nggak percaya bahkan satu detik sistem yang bisa menyebabkan teleportasi seantero alam semesta bakal 'terhenti' dan kebetulan jatuh ke dia. Tapi kali ini pemikirannya lebih jauh.
Bagaimana kalau rahasia keluarga dia itu sebabnya sistem jatuh, atau bahkan memilih dia? Ini spekulasi liar, karena dia nggak sangka keluarga dia punya rahasia terlalu besar. Dia bayangin lebih ke arah dia bukan anak kandung mereka dan orang tuanya terpaksa mengadopsi dia atas berbagai alasan atau kayak gitu. Tapi bagaimana kalau bukan?
Dia tau sia-sia tanya Mary, karena dia hanya bakal bilang dia nggak punya wewenang buat tahu. Tapi dia mulai bertanya-tanya comunque.
"Mary, can I take his system without killing him?" Lex asked mentally as he observed Ming Jie.
"If the system has not fused with his soul yet, it should technically be possible to extract it without killing him. But you would have to check his soul for that first."
Before he continued, Lex used his connection to the Inn delivered through the chair to scan the library of the Inn. The first batch of techniques had been delivered by the Infinity Emporium, and Lex looked through them for any and all soul related techniques. Though they were not many in quantity, it was only a relative number. He easily found quite a few he could use right now if he learned them, and even more that would become available to him once he reached the Golden Core realm.
It was not a big deal if Lex had Ming Jie wait a bit before answering him, but the more important question to answer was…
"Assume we can extract the system. Will it turn him back into a human?"
"This… it's not a question that I can easily answer. But based on the name of the system, it only helped him reincarnate as a Mountain, and is not keeping him in that state. Based on that logic, even if the system is removed, he should stay in his current form."
"That's what I feared."
Lex reached the same conclusion on his own, but he wanted to ask Mary anyway in case she knew something more about systems.
Although he had gotten an answer, Lex did not rush to reply to Ming Jie. He was considering the possibility of another option. The result of his previous risk with the Henali had made him reluctant to take risky actions. Yet at the same time, only by taking risks could he get maximum rewards.
"Mary, if I make him my employee, can I make his system a subsidiary of mine? Moreover, will he be able to find out that I have a system?"
"Him becoming an employee will have no effect on his system whatsoever. But there is a chance that his system will have a reaction to your system, the way yours shows error messages apparently for other system users. It all depends on the rating of his system. The closer the systems rank to yours, the more likely it is to have a reaction. In fact, even if it's not close, because the Midnight Inn is not running at 100% functionality, and seems to be broken or damaged, chances are that his system will pick up on yours. If your system were running at full capacity, because of its high rating, most systems of lower ranks wouldn't be able to detect it at all."
That was both disappointing and alarming. It was disappointing because Lex really wanted to upgrade his system further somehow, but he didn't want to get into the business of killing innocent people. It was alarming because John was a system user and had been at the Inn for a long time. He didn't know if it was such a good idea to continue having him work here if it could endanger Lex's own secrets.</novelsnext>
But first he had to deal with the matter at hand. A few moments had passed since Ming Jie asked the question, and he was waiting anxiously for a reply.
"Most likely," Lex finally began to reply slowly, "even if the system is removed, you will stay as you are. That is because the system was only responsible for reincarnating you like this, not keeping you this way."
Ming Jie was disappointed because it seemed like the only possible option for him would be to follow along with his system.
"Going along with your system does not have to be a bad thing," Lex said, changing the conversation. Since he couldn't get the system, he had to make sure to build a relationship so he could keep a tab on Ming Jie.
"You just have to be careful how you interpret the direction it's taking you in. They can be more flexible than they seem. I will only give you two pieces of advice. First, do not be impatient. I don't doubt that you're in a hurry to grow stronger to achieve your goals, but cultivation is not a path that can be tread lightly. A single mistake can cost you immensely. Second, do not share the knowledge of your system with anyone. They are not as common as you may think, and not everyone will be as disinterested as I."
"Thank you, I will keep your advice and your guidance in mind," replied Ming Jie as he stood up. Even he understood that their conversation was at an end. What he needed to do now, before making any decisions, was take some time and calm down. He needed his emotions to stabilize so that he wouldn't make any rash decisions.
Lex teleported him out to a secluded spot, though he was still visible from far and wide. Lex had to absorb all the new information he just received and decide how he would use it in the future. But first, he sat and mused over the recent realization he had.
While explaining things to Ming Jie, in particular when he was mentioning that everything happens for a reason, even if you may not be able to understand the reasons, a random thought occurred to Lex.
What if him getting the system was not as 'random' as it appeared? Well, the truth was, Lex didn't actually believe for even a second that the system which could cause teleportations across the universe would 'stall' and accidentally fall to him. But this time his thoughts went further.
What if the secret his family was keeping was the reason the system had fallen, or perhaps even chosen him? This was wild speculation, for he didn't expect his family to have too large of a secret. He imagined something more along the lines of him not being their actual child and his parents being forced to adopt him for various reasons or something like that. But what if it wasn't?
He knew it was pointless asking Mary, for she would only say he didn't have the authority to know. But he began to wonder nonetheless.
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