Is the System Down

"What do you mean 'here or not here'? Where else should I be?"

An Yi felt a bit baffled and asked.

Chen Bing coughed for a moment, raised his hand to check the time, and said hurriedly, "There's no time. I'll save you next time. An Yi, you're on your own."

As he spoke, Chen Bing stumbled and ran out.

"Wait, what are you talking about? Your injuries..."

An Yi barely shouted a couple of words and was just about to chase after him.

But he found that Chen Bing had already disappeared from sight. His speed was terrifyingly fast.

Fang Jueming asked in confusion, "What's going on with Brother Bing..."

"It's a bit bizarre..."

An Yi looked at the slowly drying bloodstains on the ground and said in a deep voice.

Fang Jueming followed his gaze and couldn't help but stare blankly for a moment.

Because the bloodstains on the ground seemed to have evaporated, gradually fading away until they disappeared.

As if they had never been there in the first place.

"What, what's going on here?" Fang Jueming was also stunned.

That person just now...

"Could it be that he wasn't Brother Chen?" Fang Jueming asked doubtfully.

An Yi shook his head and pondered, "He is Chen Bing, but..."

"Why are you calling me?"

Right at that moment, Chen Bing pushed up his black-framed glasses and appeared at the entrance of the mall.

"Didn't you just run towards the east?"

An Yi was somewhat astonished.

He had clearly watched Chen Bing head east. Who would have thought that the moment he turned his head, the guy vanished, and now, he had reappeared in the west.

"What was with all that blood on you just now?" An Yi frowned and asked.

The current Chen Bing was perfectly clean, without the slightest trace of blood.

"What blood? Are you sleepwalking?"

Chen Bing pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose and pulled over a young man who was sound asleep. "The two of us came here together. Bai Xiu can vouch for me."

Bai Xiu groggily opened his eyes and yawned, "Vouch for what?"

An Yi pinched his chin, feeling a chilling terror as he thought about it.

What was going on?

Could it be... that the guy earlier was a fake?

It didn't seem like it! Or maybe the one right in front of him was the fake!

"When was the first time we met?" An Yi asked warily.

Chen Bing didn't even have to think about it before answering, "July 1st!"

"I knew there was something wrong with you! The first time we met was definitely not July 1st!"

An Yi immediately took two steps back.

It was back on July 31st, the night the Law Enforcement Bureau was attacked, when they met for the first time.

The answer has been revealed, folks!

This guy is a fake!

"Just you wait!"

Chen Bing took out a notebook and flipped a page. "August 1st, 9:00 PM. You swiped four packets of crispy noodles, a bundle of sausages, and a large bottle of iced black tea from the downstairs supermarket. 10:00 PM. You jerked off twice while watching Hatano-sensei's videos..."

"Stop! Stop making things up!"

An Yi looked furious!

He was the sect master of the Asura Sect, in charge of tens of thousands of martial artists, and the owner of a Lamborghini Veneno. How could he possibly do such filthy things?

"Although he is fabricating facts, the look in his eyes cannot deceive anyone. Clearly, he is the real Chen Bing."

An Yi said solemnly and seriously.

"What real or fake? What are you talking about?" Chen Bing asked suspiciously.

Fang Jueming's face turned pale. "Just now, Brother Chen, you appeared. You were covered in blood and full of injuries."

"I just appeared?"

Chen Bing's usually unruffled eyes finally showed a look of shock.

Did another version of him exist in this world?

Impossible. That was too absurd!

If An Yi was lying, he would consider it normal behavior. After all, this guy rarely spoke the truth.

But Fang Jueming chimed in as well, which clearly meant the issue wasn't that simple. This kid wouldn't lie.

An Yi frowned tightly, his expression turning serious.

He had felt that today was a bit strange, as if it had repeated many times.

"Then is there another me?" Bai Xiu asked curiously.

An Yi said slowly, "It's really hard to say."

After pondering for a long time without any results, the four of them decided to stop thinking about it for now.

They treated it like a saved game and decided to forget about this matter for the time being.

"Weren't you two in the imperial capital? Why did you come here?" An Yi asked strangely.

Bai Xiu said with lifeless eyes, "It's because of the Hundred Ghosts Sect. They've been making a huge fuss lately and wiped out the Five Poisons Sect."

"Wiped out?"

An Yi was slightly shocked.

Xue Ming had only been dead for a few days, and the Five Poisons Sect was already annihilated.

The efficiency of the Hundred Ghosts Sect was truly... outstanding!

Chen Bing said leisurely, "Although the Five Poisons Sect is an evil sect, it is still within the territory of Great Xia. For the Hundred Ghosts Sect to make such a move silently is truly somewhat terrifying. Now, the Daoist Alliance is gathering martial artists from all over the world to hold a meeting."

"When does it start?" An Yi asked.

"Tomorrow!" Chen Bing said slowly.

As he spoke, Chen Bing also felt something was wrong.

It seemed like it had been tomorrow a long time ago.

"Let's get something to eat. I'm starving to death," Bai Xiu said flatly.

"The sun must be rising from the west. Are you not sleepy anymore?" An Yi was somewhat incredulous.

Although Bai Xiu still had those lifeless dead-fish eyes, he clearly no longer looked like he was about to fall asleep at any moment like before.

"It's very strange. It seems like I've had enough sleep."

Bai Xiu subconsciously checked the sleep time on his system panel and couldn't help but freeze.

In just one day, he had actually slept off three years' worth of time!

"This, this..."

Bai Xiu was also shocked.

This wasn't scientific at all!

Right at that moment, the sound of the system echoed in An Yi's mind.

"Ding! Main Quest: Endless Reincarnation! Quest Reward: Evil Points +100! Asura Godhead x1!"

It's actually a main quest?

An Yi pondered slightly.

The first piece of the Asura Godhead was from Zhang Fan turning to the dark side.

The second piece was from Fang Jueming taking him as his master.

The third piece was from completing Bai Xiu's abandoned young master quest.

The fourth piece was from Lin Chen, the Wolf King's revenge, conquering Heaven, completing the quest.

The fifth piece was from unlocking the mystery of Shangguan Qianqian's background.

Now, the sixth piece. Judging from the main quest, it was obvious that he had to start with Chen Bing!

"Where is the quest prompt? What are the quest details?"

An Yi raised his eyebrows, full of doubts.

This was unexpectedly abnormal!

Although this low-class system had a limited level of education, it would at least give him a concise prompt.

But now, there wasn't a single damn prompt. How was he supposed to complete the quest!

"Ding! System warning!"

"Ding! System warning!"

"Ding! System warning!"

After three consecutive notification sounds.

The system went completely silent, and the control panel in his mind simply shut off.

"Hey, hey, are you there! System?"

An Yi shouted at the top of his lungs a couple of times.

There was no response at all.

Did the system die?

An Yi raised his eyebrows slightly.

A system warning. What exactly was it warning about?!

At the top of the Jiangbei City Mall.

An illusory figure emerged, standing on the roof, letting the fierce wind blow his rustling clothes.

He was clearly standing right there, but it was as if everyone was completely blind to his existence.

He looked up at the sky.

At this moment, the drifting clouds stopped, and everyone on the street came to a halt.

Then, the clouds moved backward, and the digital time on the screens along the commercial street began to rewind frantically...