Chapter 27 - Concretization

"Missing part of the damaged file?"

Du Fei was slightly taken aback by the term the system had used for the first time. Although he didn't know what the unreliable system was up to, he still took a deep breath and quickly responded in his mind, "Input!"

"Beep..."

"Command accepted, system starting input... Detected a 100% match between the input data and the internal damaged file, should the data be combined?"

"Combine!"

"Beep..."

"Data combining... System or new data, should it be read...?"

"Read!"

"Command processing, data loading... Please wait..."

This time, the system didn't give any more prompts, only the cold "beep..." sound kept ringing, indicating that a large amount of data was being processed.

"The missing data for the system is this?" Du Fei slowly came to his senses, his gaze falling on the scroll in his hand. A strange thought suddenly came to his mind... Could it be that the Ice Heart Sutra was originally recorded on this scroll, and his father used some unknown method to transfer all the information to the jade talisman? This method was a bit beyond imagination.

Thinking of this, Du Fei couldn't help but reach for the jade talisman hanging around his neck. But as soon as his hand touched the talisman, he was shaken! The mysterious feeling that used to come when touching the talisman had completely disappeared. Du Fei was almost 100% sure that the talisman was now just an ordinary object!

In other words, the data inside had been read and erased by the system.

"Unless I come to the Du family's martial arts pavilion and touch this scroll, even I wouldn't be able to obtain the complete Ice Heart Sutra... This preparation is quite high-level!"

Although he thought this, Du Fei didn't believe that Du Tian had a similarly unreliable system like his. He probably used other methods, and there should be other ways to integrate the two. But by chance, this unreliable system had already completely solved the original major problem.

"Beep... Data read complete, should it be loaded?"

Just as Du Fei was pondering, the unreliable system asked again, "Load it!"

"Beep... Command accepted, system loading..."

As the electronic sound rang out, Du Fei felt a slight darkness in front of his eyes, and once again found himself in a pitch-black space. In the center of the space, a faintly glowing figure sat cross-legged, forming a mysterious hand seal. As the hand seal changed, the surrounding elemental energy seemed to slowly be drawn into his body.

At the same time, a profound stream of information quickly flowed into Du Fei's mind.

"Fragment of the Ice Heart Sutra, an eighth-grade cultivation technique. In the vast universe, only ice is infinite. All the strong in the world are frozen. If you wish to practice ice, you must first practice your heart. If your heart is as clear as ice, even the sky falling will not shock you..."

After a stream of information like a song, the cultivation method of the Ice Heart Sutra flowed into Du Fei's mind. Although it was the first time Du Fei had come into contact with this technique, by comparing it with the light in front of him, he soon understood the cultivation method of the Ice Heart Sutra.

However, he was still at the seventh level of the Body Tempering stage and couldn't directly cultivate the Ice Heart Sutra. After all, only after reaching the ninth level of Body Tempering and advancing to the ninth-grade Martial Artist could one start cultivating it!

"Today wasn't a complete loss. At least, Xiao Ai can cultivate the Ice Heart Sutra. If outsiders ask, I can just say Father taught her!"

After a moment of thought, Du Fei felt this idea was good. However, he was slightly disappointed that the information stream only contained the cultivation method of the Ice Heart Sutra, and the two or three accompanying martial techniques that should have been included were missing. He didn't know if they were lost or if they were never there in the first place.

After pondering for a moment, Du Fei took a deep breath, preparing to exit the mysterious dark space.

"Beep... Detected missing system file, should it be input?"

Just then, the electronic sound rang out again.

"Missing system file? Not a damaged file? What's going on!" Du Fei frowned and asked softly.

"Beep... Question clear, answer unclear, should the missing system file be input?"

"Sure enough, it's still unreliable." Du Fei sighed, "Input it!"

"Beep... Command accepted, system starting input of missing file..."

"Input successful, system partially repaired, system will restart to activate repair function, should it restart?"

"Yes!"

At this point, Du Fei couldn't continue to complain and could only calmly give the order.

"Command accepted, restarting..."

"Beep..."

Subsequently, Du Fei felt a slight darkness in front of his eyes, and then a faint light appeared in his field of vision.

This time, the originally pitch-black space became incredibly clear, allowing Du Fei to see very clearly that the space was a square room of several dozen square meters. In the center of the room, a spherical object floated in the air, divided into many small squares by dotted lines. Some squares were faintly glowing, but most were pitch black.

Directly below the sphere was a round stone platform. On the platform, a faint, naked figure was flickering. Sensing Du Fei's gaze, the figure seemed to smile, and then her form gradually became clearer.

"Uh..."

Looking at the now clearly visible figure, Du Fei was speechless. After a moment, he exhaled and said, "What are you?"

Standing on the platform, the naked girl with an empty gaze seemed to turn her eyes slightly and then spoke softly.

"Due to the input of the missing part, some system functions have been restored. The system has been concretized according to the owner's preferences. If the owner has other requirements, please give orders."

"Concretized according to the owner's preferences..." Du Fei rolled his eyes, "Even if it's my preference, could you at least put on some clothes? And this lifeless voice, can it be changed?"

"Command accepted, system starting operation..."

As the stiff voice rang out, the figure on the platform became blurry for a moment and then became clear again. This time, the figure was wearing a sailor uniform that Du Fei had quite liked in his previous life. Her empty eyes seemed to turn, and then she made a shy expression: "M... Master... No matter what command you give, I... I will accept it..."

Her voice was incredibly sweet, making one's bones feel soft, but if it weren't for her overly empty gaze... "..." Staring speechlessly at the figure in front of him for a moment, Du Fei sighed, "You should go back to your previous way of speaking."

"Alright, now answer my question. What exactly is this system, why is it in my hands, and in what form does it exist?"

The figure, now wearing a sailor uniform, answered in the usual electronic voice.

"Question accepted! The system is the system, existing in the owner's hands purely by chance. The system exists in the owner's consciousness space. Each time the owner enters, it is in the form of a spiritual body, and outsiders cannot detect it."

"Then what is the function of the system!"

"Medical program, data reading program, data input program!"

Du Fei couldn't help but sigh at this answer, "Then, what is the missing file of the system, and how did it suddenly appear, allowing you to restore so many functions?"

"Beep... Command accepted!"

"The missing file of the system can exist in various forms, but this time it was in the jade talisman on the owner's body, which was not previously detected. The system believes that if more similar jade talismans are found, many missing parts of the system can be repaired. As the owner can see, these dark parts are the missing programs of the system." The figure pointed to the sphere above her head with a voice that couldn't be criticized.

"Ah, I see. The bright parts are the data that already exists, and the dark parts are the missing files... Fortunately, I'm a穿越者, otherwise, a native would probably not understand!" Du Fei self-criticized, took a deep breath, and didn't want to ask more about the origin of the system. If his guess was correct, unless he found all the missing files, he wouldn't know what this system was.

"Last question, do you have a name?" Du Fei asked the figure in front of him.

"System code 254448. If the owner has a need, it can be automatically named."

"Uh, you look so fair and clean, let's call you Xiao Bai. Other names are too troublesome. So, the system will officially be renamed Xiao Bai!"

"Beep... Owner's understanding is incorrect. The system is still the system, Xiao Bai is just one of the main programs in the system..."

"Uh..." Du Fei patted his head and understood after a moment. He guessed that Xiao Bai was probably a kind of intelligent program in the system, assisting him in understanding and operating the system.

After pondering for a moment, Du Fei felt there were no problems and clapped his hands, quickly exiting the program.

In the slightly glowing mental space, Xiao Bai on the platform watched the place where Du Fei's spiritual body disappeared, her eyes flashing with a hint of human emotion, but instantly becoming void again... And in the originally empty space, some changes slowly began to occur.

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End of Chapter 27