Chapter 243
Shen Shuyu didn’t mind either way. At this point, the Luck System had surely guessed everything, and hiding it any longer was meaningless. He gave an “Mn.” “Yeah, that system told me the secondary center of this world is Chi Yanxun. So why are you saying the secondary center is me? How about you two fight it out first?”
The Luck System was speechless. “I can’t beat it.”
If it could, would it be hiding like this?
Shen Shuyu let out a long “Oh.” “True. Then tell me, what on earth is going on here?”
The Luck System didn’t want to talk to Shen Shuyu anymore. Shen Shuyu leaned back in his chair and said, “Come on, tell me, tell me. It’s not like it’s a secret.”
He even sounded a bit like he was taking control of the conversation.
The Luck System didn’t speak, just stood beside him. Shen Shuyu said, “Aren’t you bored? You used to talk so much when you were in my head. Now that Chi Yanxun is controlled by you, you don’t have anyone to chat with or keep you company. I’m probably your only option.”
The Luck System still didn’t open its mouth, because everything Shen Shuyu said was correct.
After using its last resort to control Chi Yanxun, Chi Yanxun’s own consciousness was suppressed. It didn’t dare speak too much to others because it was still getting used to controlling a physical body.
Because the Luck System had repeatedly discarded its core code, and Chi Yanxun didn’t possess an excessive amount of energy, such anomalies appeared in his eye.
But changing bodies would be different.
It had used the tracking code embedded in the blue brooch sent under Chi Yanxun’s name to confirm that the main system had left Shen Shuyu’s body before it dared to act.
It couldn’t afford a third failure.
Shen Shuyu watched its hesitation and slightly loosened the ropes binding him, planning to strike while the Luck System was deep in thought. However, just as he loosened them a fraction, he heard the Luck System say, “You are the secondary center. To be more precise, the original host from five years ago is.”
Shen Shuyu froze. He raised an eyebrow slightly. “Hmm? Then why did the other system say it was Chi Yanxun? Which one of you is telling the truth?”
The Luck System said, “This is a novel world, you should know that, right?”
Shen Shuyu gave an “Mn.” “I know.”
“But in reality, this progression isn’t the original one.”
Not the original progression?
Shen Shuyu felt like he was losing the thread of the conversation.
But the Luck System had clearly plunged into memories of the past. It continued, “The original trajectory of this world was the story of the true and false young masters involving the original host—that is, the current you—and Shen Xili.”
In the original plotline, after Shen Xili entered Amor, he would have been discovered by the Shen family. After all, his face was practically carved from the same mold as Shen Yisi’s.
Shen Xili would be recognized and brought back into the Shen family. Although Shen Shuyu wasn’t their biological son, having been raised by the Shen family for so many years, there were deep emotional ties. But at that time, Shen Xili had just escaped from the interstellar pirates, and he carried the key to the pirates’ vault with him. As a result, the interstellar pirates practically harassed him every few days.
As the false young master, Shen Shuyu was conflicted and lost. He was wondering if he should leave the house, which made him pay close attention to Shen Xili. Trying to care for Shen Xili in his own way, he was naturally the first to discover that Shen Xili was being hunted down.
The two went from initial suspicion and conflict to genuine mutual reliance, eventually becoming true brothers.
Shen Shuyu was stunned. He said, “So you’re saying, from the very beginning, this world wasn’t a romance-driven story but a plot-driven one?”
The Luck System gave an “Mn.”
Shen Shuyu asked again, “Then what about Chi Yanxun? Where did he pop out from?”
He had listened to the whole explanation and hadn’t heard a single mention of Chi Yanxun.
The Luck System said, “Chi Yanxun was a suitor of the original host. He fell in love with the original host at first sight and pursued him fiercely. However, they weren’t a good match, and the original host rejected him. In the true progression, he only took up about three or four chapters, solely to deepen the brotherly bond between Shen Xili and the original host.”
Roughly translated, he was just a tool character written by the author.
Shen Shuyu ran his tongue over his teeth. “And then?”
And then?
Then, while the Luck System was searching for a host, it discovered this world. Not only that, but this book was extremely popular at the time, with high discussion rates. Among them, a particular fanfiction had even higher engagement.
But it was mostly filled with criticism because the fanfiction author couldn’t accept that the two brothers had no feelings for each other besides familial love. Out of love turned to hate, the author completely flipped the characters and the story—creating the exact progression Shen Shuyu had transmigrated into.
At first, the Luck System hadn’t considered this either. It wasn’t until it realized that this altered progression, due to its massive popularity, had accumulated its own energy pool—an energy pool it could absorb.
So it made a prompt decision and chose Shen Shuyu, bringing him into the book. Initially, it wanted to guide him toward the fanfiction’s plotline, but unexpectedly, an accident occurred. It was forced to separate from Shen Shuyu and end up parasitizing Chi Yanxun instead.
Although it always claimed it actively sought out Chi Yanxun, the truth was that for a very long time, it had been calculating this problem.
The final conclusion was that Chi Yanxun’s desire was greater than Shen Shuyu’s, leading to a binding with Chi Yanxun amidst a code malfunction.
But it soon realized that this wasn’t a bad thing.
With its backing, Chi Yanxun truly followed the fanfiction’s path. He obtained all of the Chi family’s resources, amassed a horde of people crazy for him, and even Shen Shuyu fell head over heels for him.
The Luck System felt relieved. So, after the plot developed stably, it had already harvested a massive amount of energy. However, it was still far from what it truly wanted to achieve.
So it did something it now deeply regretted—it left this world.
At the time, it calculated that if one fanfiction’s plot could yield such massive energy, then it could surely do the same in other novel worlds.
The Luck System embarked on a long search period. But its thinking was too naive. Aside from this world, it found no other, and it even managed to deplete most of its accumulated energy.
Left with no choice, it could only return. However, upon trying to re-enter, it was blocked by another force—the power of the main system. It waited a long time before finally finding a chance to slip back in.
But it was too late. For some unknown reason, Chi Yanxun hadn’t fallen in love with Shen Xili, and Shen Xili didn’t love him either. The two even seemed to share a subtle hostility.
It was frantic. Because it had been gone for so long, Chi Yanxun had forgotten its existence. It had to expend some of its energy to help him recover those memories.
At that time, it had assumed the main system was inside Shen Xili’s body. But in the end, it was actually Shen Shuyu.
It was truly one wrong step leading to a thousand wrong steps. Looking at the situation now, the Luck System stared at the person in the chair, twisting Chi Yanxun’s facial expression into something grotesque.
Shen Shuyu didn’t panic at all. He asked, “Then what about Wen Jiafei in the original progression?”
“You don’t need to know that much.” The Luck System had no desire to explain any further, and time was running out.
It moved closer to Shen Shuyu. Shen Shuyu asked, “Then can I ask one last question?”
The Luck System held onto its patience. “Speak.”
Shen Shuyu asked, “You tied me up and brought me here, is it because you want to parasitize me?”
The Luck System said, “Yes.”
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