Servant System

Chapter 4

His gaze focused back on the display, Yunzheng narrowed his eyes and mumbled out loud, "Servant System?"

Before long, Yunzheng realized that there was something that connected itself deep within his cultivated soul. It was a strange feeling, as if an invisible cord was tied into his heart, glabella, and dantian, the three spots where one's soul resided. 

Before he could probe the sensation further, a booming siren appeared and from the intersection, a black sedan was speeding to the opposite lane. However, instead of crashing at the incoming vehicles, the sedan easily went through them like some kind of hologram.

The police cars chasing after them could only move to the right track while they tracked the car from afar. Later on, they went to other intersections and disappeared from sight. 

Meanwhile Yunzheng was rooted on the spot after he watched the event. He turned his gaze to the passerby below, using some of his little bit of energy left to exchange his vision. The expressions of shock or surprise he had expected of them were nowhere to be found, with only some revealing a mildly curious face and others continued their walk.

Those foreboding feelings surged back to him and he couldn't help but feel the urge to investigate his surroundings in more detail. But before all that, there was something he had to take care of first. 

In a lotus position, he closed his eyes and observed himself. Raising his senses to the max, he guided the energy rolling within to flow towards where this intangible link came from. Yet, after five minutes, his senses and energy couldn't find anything. 

At least, he had discovered that the energy drifting in the air, the energy of all life, Qi, was much more faint than in the cultivation world. His Cycle of Nine Stars technique should let him refill all of his energy after only a few moments of breaths. But even when five minutes passed, he had gathered mere trickles. Not to mention, his body was much more out of shape, causing him to be stiff with just this little bit of sitting and using lightened steps. 

A sigh escaped his lips as he stood, gripping his fists. Despite his deep knowledge, his current cultivation had changed back to when he started cultivating.

'Is it even necessary for me to get strong again?'

When such thought entered his mind, he looked at his surroundings and moved once more. Landing on some alleyway, he saw some people gazed at his direction but turning their eyes right after. Yet, another discomforting fact when he saw how they didn't seem that surprised at his action. 

He blends with the crowd and they subconsciously make a distance for him. As he walked, he looked above and saw the vast blue. When he narrowed his eyes and infused some energy, the sun seemed to flicker for the briefest of milliseconds. 

'Fake sky, unknown technology and street, but the same language.' he mused, clenching his teeth and felt the heavy lump in his guts, 'Where am I? Does my family.. Still alive?'

His legs brought him to the public park where several couples and teenagers were hanging out together. Nearby, street vendors selling snacks and junk foods were occupied with the influx of customers in the busy hour. As Yunzheng gave a closer look, the customers only swipe their watch to the small machine owned by the vendor and grab their food after. 

'Different currency as well.'

Shaking his head, Yunzheng went to a wooden bench and sat, listening to the multiple chatter in the background and the noisily vehicles on the road. His Cycle of Nine Stars finally gathered the lost energy he had spent running away from the cemetery. Or at least, that was how the place looked to him and with that clue, it was evident he crawled out of his grave. 

"Profile."

With a soft whisper, he conjured the blue screen in front of him. It shows him the same content just like before when he tried along the way to this park. But now his energy bar had almost been replenished. 

[Name : Tan Yunzheng

Age : 221 years old 

Race : Human 

Class : Cultivator

Status : Healthy 

Energy : 157/160

System : Rank 1

Cultivation : Physical Strengthening cycle, elementary stage

Skills : 

-Cycle of Nine Stars 

-Serpent Cloud Steps 

-Mountain Huahu Palm

-Myriad of World's Formation 

-Three ways of Sword Sutra 

-Indestructible Golden Skin…]

Ignoring the list of his techniques in the Skills section, his attention was focused onto the system and cultivation part. Not only did the display show his current cultivation with such accuracy, but there was a hint for another rank for the system. 

"How To raise the system's rank?" Yunzheng asked, half expecting to not see any reply before the text appeared. 

[The Host could finish the System's tasks to upgrade the System.] 

"Is that so?" he muttered dumbly and looked around if anybody noticed him talking to himself. With a sigh, he prompted up and noted a few goals in his mind. Now, he will achieve the first one. 

'Learn about the world and get some cash.'

He had nothing on him at the moment and with it, came the inconvenience of not being able to buy anything. He turned his head around and saw a young man, looking around early twenties, walking in hurried steps. A scheme crossed and he went to the young man. To borrow the fancy wrist watch everyone has and see if he could access the internet. After all, with technology as advanced as this, there would be no way they wouldn't have an internet. 

That and perhaps a quick direction to the police station. his family have to be something he need to check out the no matter what.