103: Chapter 103 The Customer Service Girl Who Shared a Fate with Xel'Naga

“Customer Service Miss, I think we should have a talk.”

Li Yuan returned to the guest room and sat on the bed, with Laya sitting opposite him.

Elia had been called away by Chen Jingyi to discuss some “Talent Synergy Tactical Optimization Plan for the Visiting Season,” leaving only the two of them in the room—along with a certain invisible third party.

After seeing the publicly displayed “Life Divine Energy Crystal” at Holy Brilliance Purity, Li Yuan's mindset underwent a subtle change.

He had previously assumed that this world was just a standard interstellar war setting—humans, Zerg, high-tech weapons, talent awakening; a set of standard sci-fi tropes.

And his system was a completely fictional cheat, just like in countless power-fantasy novels, appearing out of thin air and serving exclusively for the protagonist.

Especially the “life essence” and “energy essence” he absorbed—these things were neither visible nor tangible to others, which further reinforced the realization that “this is my unique cheat.”

But after the last space battle, the fleet's large-scale collection of Zerg corpses led to many soldiers ranking up quickly, and the situation began to feel a bit off.

Now, Holy Brilliance Purity had directly produced a “life essence crystal” and publicly claimed it was related to the origin of the Zerg.

Li Yuan was not stupid.

This meant that his “unique resources” had long been discovered and studied by the most top-tier forces in this world.

“System, show some sincerity.” Li Yuan spoke in his consciousness, his tone calm. “You are currently residing in my body, so you must have something you need from me, your host. Why not tell me what you can?”

Although he spoke lightly, Li Yuan was on high alert internally.

The bei ming core quietly accelerated its rotation within his Energy Center, with the liquid cyclone ready to strike at any moment.

If anything went wrong, he wouldn't mind trying to see if he could use this thing to “squeeze” the system out of his soul—at worst, they would go down together.

Laya looked at Li Yuan with a confused expression. Didn't Master often absorb life essence? Why did he suddenly act like he was facing a great enemy after seeing Holy Brilliance Purity's life essence!

“Eh?” The voice of the 1518 Customer Service Miss rang out in the consciousness space, carrying obvious confusion. “Wh-what's going on? I'm just... borrowing the host to collect some life essence, why does it seem like I'm being treated as an enemy by the host?”

This reaction made Li Yuan pause.

“Creepy uncle, please spare me! I'm really a pure and invincible little customer service agent, I don't know anything... uh, no, I flipped to the wrong guide.” The Customer Service Miss muttered a few words, her voice revealing a sense of panic as if an “inexperienced employee caught red-handed.”

She was silent for a good while, and when she spoke again, her tone had become somewhat aggrieved: “What do you want to know? I just reviewed everything, and it seems like I've been normally fulfilling my customer service duties... I haven't lied to you about anything, have I?”

“First of all,” Li Yuan did not lower his guard, “who are you?”

“The only designated customer service agent for the Light Savior System, 1518 is my lifelong code name.” The answer came quickly, like reciting a standard script. “It really is 1518, I swear, I'm not like Big Sister Dingdang, who only knows how to eat candy and can't even remember her own number!”

“A name! You can't just have a code name, right?”

“Ah, a name, I don't have one for the time being. My divine name hasn't been retrieved yet, so I can't say it now.” This time the answer was a bit vague.

“Divine name?” Li Yuan raised an eyebrow.

“Uh...” The Customer Service Miss's voice clearly stuttered, “Th-that... I didn't say anything!”

Li Yuan and Laya looked at each other. Laya also originated from the system, and she could hear the voice of the Customer Service Miss. Laya blinked and whispered: “Master, she seems... not very good at lying?”

“Seems like it. But she's very good at beating around the bush!” Li Yuan twitched his lips and continued to press in his consciousness, “What is your goal? I know that most of the life essence I absorbed was taken by you.”

“...” Silence. A long silence.

Just when Li Yuan thought the other party was going to play dead, the Customer Service Miss's voice sounded muffled: “Saving up the resurrection progress bar.”

“You're dead?” Li Yuan was genuinely surprised this time. “And, you mentioned a divine name earlier; are there gods in this world?”

He had always thought this was a high-tech world, at most with some metaphysical elements of talent awakening. But now the customer service agent had personally admitted to being a “deity”!

“There used to be, but now they have fallen.” The Customer Service Miss's voice was even more muffled, revealing a sense of “losing face as a deity” frustration. “Um... that's me. I shouldn't have come here!”

“You're collecting life essence to resurrect?” Li Yuan decided to lay his cards on the table. “I saw it; every time energy is transferred, the vast majority of the essence is intercepted by you.”

He paused and added, “Just tell me what you can.”

Now his lifespan could increase infinitely relying on the Intent of the Northern Darkness talent, and his energy reserves had also broken through the charts. Even if he really fell out with the system and lost his double SSS classes, relying solely on the energy resistance and growth potential brought by the Intent of the Northern Darkness, he could still live a prosperous life in human society.

Moreover, the upgrade path was already clear—participate in more interstellar wars, absorb more essence, and the bei ming core would naturally become stronger.

As for the system... since it had used him as its host for so long, it must need something from him. Li Yuan felt that the other party probably wouldn't easily turn against him.

“Sigh... sigh...” The Customer Service Miss had already prepared to be “angrily denounced by the host for exploitation,” but Li Yuan's last sentence suddenly softened.

She was stunned for a few seconds, her voice carrying a hint of uncertainty: “You... aren't angry?”

“Not angry.” Li Yuan said truthfully, “You haven't done anything to me, and getting angry won't solve problems. But I want to know the truth—at least the part that can be known. That way, maybe we can work together better in the future!”

“Actually... there isn't really anything I can't say.” The Customer Service Miss hesitated for a moment, “Besides, I'm not afraid if you're angry; anyway, you can't do anything to me right now, I can't get out, and you can't get in. If you have the ability, come and hit me, bleh bleh bleh~”

Li Yuan: “...” Is this customer service agent's personality getting more and more warped?

“No more fooling around, life essence is actually divine life energy.” The Customer Service Miss confessed, “Once I save up enough life essence, I can reshape my divine body and resurrect.”

“Divine life energy?” Li Yuan grasped the keyword, “Then why would the Zerg have this stuff in their bodies? And... isn't this a technological world?”

“Technological worlds have higher-dimensional races too.” The Customer Service Miss said as if it were obvious.

That was a lot of information.

Li Yuan rubbed his temples: “So you are... a higher-dimensional race? Xel'Naga?”

“What is that thing!” The Customer Service Miss's voice became somewhat nostalgic, “I am just a pitiful, former deity waiting to be resurrected.”

“How did you fall?” Li Yuan asked the most critical question.

“...I was backstabbed.” The Customer Service Miss's voice dropped.

“Did the Zerg do it?”

“No.” The answer came quickly, “There were no Zerg back then.”

“Then who was it?”

The Customer Service Miss was silent for a long time.

So long that Li Yuan thought she wouldn't answer, she then said softly: “My own creations.”

Li Yuan's pupils constricted.

Her own creations? Backstabbing their creator?

Countless settings from sci-fi, mythology, and fantasy works flashed through his mind—Prometheus and humanity? God and the angels? Or...

“So you really are Xel'Naga!!! The big boss we have to fight is Amon!!” Li Yuan blurted out.

“??? What the hell?”