How To Be A System (Dummy-Proof Edition)

Chapter 62. Persecution Delusion Patient

After shocking both of us, Ren Qingchen continued. "This list of plants are the plants I collected before. Even the names are exactly the same as the words I muttered."

He checked the Four Clawed Branch which is actually called Sweet Chrysanthemum Branch he just purchased, and compared it with the one on his bag. Activating a magical technique, Ren Qingchen glared at every detail engraved on both branches.

Oh no! I quickly guessed what he was trying to do. Actually, all this time I usually create the thing I scanned as it is. At most, I will change its shape slightly. That means, there might be some trace of copying if someone does a detailed inspection!

Just like the branch on his hand. Although compared to the original, the one I created is slightly thicker or thinner at certain places and is bent at different places. But, there will be some parts where the motif on both branches' barks are exactly the same.

As expected, Ren Qingchen immediately found a flaw! There are tiny traces of insect bites that I accidentally copied!

"So, this system also has the power of duplicating things. Although there are some efforts to change its shape. But, there is indeed some trace of similarities." Ren Qingchen slightly nodded his head while continuing to stare at both branches to look for further similarity. "At first, I thought it would open a teleportation formation to give me the item I purchased. But, this ability to create things truly went beyond my expectation! I am starting to believe the refined spirit qi sold in its shop."

Once he is done checking both branches he talks with a faint tone of appreciation while staring at my screen. To be specific, it is the tone people usually use when they see an amazing work of art. "The power of devouring souls, detecting treasures, and duplicating items. What an incredible treasure!"

At this time I can only tremble inside the Consciousness Space.

Mommy, please take me home. This person is so scary. .⁠·⁠´⁠¯⁠`⁠(⁠>⁠▂⁠<⁠)⁠´⁠¯⁠`⁠·⁠.

Ren Qingquan, I am sorry for secretly calling you stupid all this time. I'd rather have Ren Qingquan randomly guessing my secret through sheer luck and instinct, rather than this guy deducting my ability one by one.

Upon seeing Ren Qingchen's detective show, I started to doubt my own intelligence. I thought I have gotten smarter with the help of [Calculate]. But, is it possible that [Calculate] like its name implies, only increases my calculation ability and not my intelligence?

Ren Qingquan, after also being abused by Ren Qingchen's show of intelligence, immediately said to me. 'System, I remember you can also control the subsystems I grant. So, help me watch over Ren Qingquan. Wake me up if something important happens.'

Then he lay on his bed and closed both his eyes, leaving me alone to handle Ren Qingchen.

Returning to Ren Qingchen, he is currently opening the map while searching for beasts and treasures. Within an hour, he already gained another 10 points from killing foundation establishment beasts.

Should I say as expected of a suspected regressor. Doing leapfrog battles against a beast one level above him is a breeze.

At this time, the sun already started to set into the horizon. Seeing the sky that turned darker with each passing second, I saw him open the map to look for suitable shelter.

Fifteen minutes later, he found a suitable place. The place he selected is a small crack on the wall of a not so tall cliff. Nearby, there is a boulder just big enough to close most of the crack.

Pushing the boulder until leaving only an opening he can barely fit, Ren Qingchen went inside the crack. Upon arriving there, I saw him activate a magical technique on his palm. Due to that technique, after placing his palm on that boulder, there is a suction force that helps him grip the boulder.

Thanks to that suction force, he can pull the boulder easily and finally close the crack. Leaving only several extremely small openings for air to circulate.

Pulling a spirit stone and several storage bottles containing unknown liquids and powders from inside his backpack, I saw him mix them together inside an empty jade bottle following a certain composition.

Looking at the mixed thing inside that jade bottle, he nodded before pouring it toward the spirit stone he pulled before. Just like that, the spirit stone starts to glow with faint blue light, barely enough to light up the inside of his crack.

"Now, I have created the insect repelling light, let's test the spirit qi sold by this system." Muttering those words, Ren Qingquan sat in a cross-legged position. Opening the shop panel, he spent 1 point and purchased a trace of spirit qi.

[Do you wish to purchase 1 trace of absorbed spirit qi for 1 point? Yes/No]

"Yes." Once he accepted, the automatic program I placed on him created a trace of absorbed spirit directly to Ren Qingchen's dantian.

Seriously, creating this automatic program with 10 points worth of calculation power is absolutely worth it. It really helped with lessening my burden.

When Ren Qingchen felt the additional trace of absorbed spirit qi in his dantian. I saw him activating several magical techniques consecutively, those techniques are most likely used to inspect the spirit qi I just created. He continued to do that until the spirit qi I created is the only one left.

Opening his eyes, Ren Qingchen frowned. "This trace of spirit qi is clean and doesn't contain any trap. It is in fact too clean to the point of being suspicious."

What the fuck? Why are you complaining when the spirit qi I sold is clean? Can't you trust other humans? I mean, can't you trust this system? Did you get duped real hard in your previous life to the point of paranoia?

Wait a moment, maybe he indeed got duped in his previous life. Don't those regressor MCs usually get betrayed by their lover/ friend/ family at an important moment and die?

At last, Ren Qingchen managed to overcome his persecutory delusion and used the spirit qi he purchased from me to cultivate.

While looking at Ren Qingchen diligently cultivating, I fell into a daze. To be honest, except for that extremely scary deduction ability of his, often muttering to himself, and the persecutory delusion he just shows. He is exactly the kind of host I seek. Similar to those xianxia MC I read, he is incredibly diligent, not so silly, and has a broad range of knowledge from god knows where.

Although working together with Ren Qingquan also has its own benefits like his nonsensically high luck and the weird ideas he often has. But, his random actions are seriously bad for my nonexistent heart. I am afraid he might suddenly die if I get too immersed in an experiment one day.

The whole night passes with Ren Qingchen cultivating and Ren Qingquan sleeping. Now, I have nothing to do and got a bit bored.

Remembering the way Ren Qingchen mixed things together to create that insect repelling light. My hand got itchy and I also wanted to try experimenting on it.

After looking around my panel, I saw the space with 2x the time I got previously. This is probably the most suitable place I have to experiment. Because when inside my own [Storage] space, [Transfer] got a massive price discount. Which is why when Ren Qingquan wished to modify his metal, I required him to store it inside [Storage]. I still don't know how this discount works though.

Creating the ingredients I secretly scanned Ren Qingchen when he previously created that insect repelling light. I mirrored the steps he do, using [Transfer] to teleport items from one place to another, I mixed it all while activating [Scan] to detect what is happening.

Once they are mixed together, I sensed no change on the items. That is until I introduced the mud like finished product to a recently created spirit stone.

That spirit stone caused some reaction to that finished product. The initially mud-like thing started to absorb the spirit qi stored inside the spirit stone.

To be more precise, after mixing several liquid-like substances, they actually have the ability to absorb spirit qi inside the stone. Then, the spirit qi are sent to the dust like material that make up the mud like finished product. Upon being contaminated by spirit qi, those small dust reacted and released light and a faint smell. From what Ren Qingchen called it, that smell probably has the effect of repelling insects.

Looking at this magical scene, I can only scream, long live xianxia style chemistry!

With the success of my first trial, I got encouraged and tried to mix the items I already scanned. With several trial and errors, I feel my understanding of material's reaction to spirit qi steadily increases.

When morning arrived, I sighed. Except for a pill that can barely be called a success, all of my experiments ended in failure. In total, I spent close to 200 energy.

As for my successful pill, I called it the Fart Pill. Because after being mixed with a sufficient amount of spirit qi either from spirit stone, someone's absorbed spirit qi, or even the ambient spirit qi. The pill will disperse into mist within a minute. From that mist, [Scan] detected an unholy level of disgusting smell. In terms of a human's sense of smell, that smell is equal to fermented shit mixed with some vomit and a mass graveyard's worth of rotting corpses.

After selling my masterpiece at the shop, I must find a way to throw out the result of my experiment. Right now, the 1 square meter space with 2x speed is filled with trash and the smell coming from Fart Pill.

Checking on Ren Qingquan, I found him still sleeping like a baby.

Pulling the disgusting mess which is the result of my experiment, I spent 1 energy and attached one of them with [Devour]. Next, before the smell from Fart Pill could disperse, I quickly used [Transfer] and buried it a kilometer below Divination Peak.

Activating the [Devour] on them, a space crack soon opened and swallowed all of those messy things. With this, the trace of my crime is gone for good.

Just in time, when the crack closed. Ren Qingchen who previously meditated inside his small crack finally stood up. Stretching his body, he placed both of his palms to the boulder and pushed it.

*Rumble*

Following the rumbling sound and several falling dust, an opening he can barely pass through appeared.

"I have checked the absorbed spirit sold by the system and there is indeed no trap left on it. Maybe, I can indeed trust this light screen calling itself a system." Ren Qingchen muttered as he opened the system shop. Placing his hand above the screen selling refined spirit qi. "Now then, let's try the most important item sold."

When he pressed it, the automatic program I left detected his input.

[Do you wish to purchase 1 trace of refined spirit qi for 1 point? Yes/No]

Ren Qingchen pressed on yes while feeling a bit nervous. I even saw some beads of sweat on his forehead. Soon, a trace of refined spirit qi is added to his dantian.

I saw him close his eyes and once again used several weird means to detect it. Even with only a trace of spirit qi inside his dantian, he is still capable of doing several different methods to test my refined spirit qi.

Then, I saw him sigh in relief after he finished examining that spirit qi.

"So, is this system truly here to help me?"

Yes! Yes! I am here to frickin help you. So, enough of your suspicion and start working!