Chapter 166: The Art of Finishing Meng Liang (III)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Jiang Pengji listened to the countdown without a care in the world.

“Xunmei, if you hear anything from me tonight, don’t investigate.”

Xunmei sat outside Jiang Pengji’s door. Beside her was a pile of bedding that was used by the maids to keep warm on their night watch. When she heard Jiang Pengji’s orders, she was surprised, but agreed.

“I understand. Please don’t worry.”

The System was very humane and had given Jiang Pengji a three minute window to prepare herself. She cooly removed her outerwear and left herself clad in just her white innerwear. She sat on top of her bedding and calmly waited for the System’s punishment.

“Three, two, one! Exacting punishment!” After the System’s countdown, a strange burst of power enveloped Jiang Pengji. Every part of her muscle felt like it was going through a blender.

Jiang Pengji fell back on to the bedding from the immense pain. Her heartbeat accelerated and it felt as though it was about to beat out of her throat. Her blood ran white hot and felt like it was about to ooze out of her pores. Within two or three breaths, the area she was lying in was soaked with her sweat.

The System’s punishment was on a different level from what she had gone through in her training. In terms of cruelty, the System’s punishment was normal compared to the federation’s training. When she compared the two against each other, however, she knew she would rather go through the training again.

She had overestimated herself and forgotten that her current body was just an ordinary girl from the past.

Liu Lanting had not gone through the training she had, and women from that era were obviously much weaker than the women from Jiang Pengji’s own era. Such pain on Liu Lanting’s body was nothing to Jiang Pengji’s old body. Even with Liu Lanting’s 31 Strength Fusion, her body was still that of a regular person. It could not be compared to even an elite soldier.

Jiang Pengji was in an awkward position; her mental state was calm but she was physically drained. Her face was spasming a little from the pain and her lips were pulled into an odd smile that seemed taunting.

She had no idea how the System graded its electric shocks, but after experiencing it for herself, she was clear headed. The level five shock was right on her body’s threshold. If it were a level six, she might die.

When the punishment started, the System coldly observed Jiang Pengji. It was expecting her to beg for forgiveness.

Why could she not cooperate with it? They would both benefit from it.

As a System, it was sure that if it disregarded Jiang Pengji’s temperament, there was nothing wrong with her.

For a System, a foolish host was easy to control, but it was tiring as well since it would become the host’s nanny. It had to calculate every step for the host. Technically, every System craved a host who was smart and not easy to control.

Jiang Pengji belonged to neither category. She was smart and adaptive with a drawback. She was egoistical and refused to be controlled or dictated by others.

A host who refused to listen to the System’s calculations was worse than a brainless one.

At that moment, Liu Lanting’s body was on the brink of collapse. If it were not for Jiang Pengji’s consciousness and sheer stubbornness, her body might have done just that.

An elite soldier’s training depended on outside forces in order to stimulate their muscle growth.

Heh. Even though the weird power surge caused her to suffer, the benefit she would gain later would be worth it.

The System would not let her die. If she did, it would suffer heavy losses. If it did not want her to die, she would not suffer much.

She knew what the System wanted to do with the punishment: listen to it and complete the quests, then she would not need to suffer.

Heh! How unfortunate! Jiang Pengji was pigheaded!

The System watched on coldly without a hint of anxiousness.

Liu Xi’s body data was being monitored, and even though it was on the brink of collapse, it was still alive.

Three minutes was not long, but the pain Jiang Pengji was going through right then felt like years.

The first minute, Liu Xi’s data was in the red, which showed that the body was approaching dangerous levels. After that minute, the System was still not anxious and discovered that the red numbers had gradually lost their dangerous color.

By the time it discovered that something was amiss, the red had turned to orange. It was still in the danger zone.

What’s going on? The System was dumbfounded.

Thirty seconds later, the orange turned yellow. The danger level dropped again!

Before the System could figure out what was going on, the three minute punishment was up. Jiang Pengji starfished out on the bed and her chest rose and fell rapidly with each breath.

“Three minutes have passed?” Jiang Pengji’s voice was husky.

The System lightly confirmed.

“Three minutes… That’s… disappointingly short…”

The System thought Jiang Pengji was taunting it and could not help but say, “Immediate quests are automatically sent out and not something I would purposely do. The time limit, number of quests, and even the content is not something I can control. Your taunts will only affect the System’s positivity, which would affect our future cooperation.”

Jiang Pengji was exhausted, but she had a radiant smile.

“Nope! I don’t mean that!” Jiang Pengji’s smile grew brighter.

“What do you mean?”

“Take a look at my stats.” Jiang Pengji held in her laughter.