No. 001 Auxiliary System

This upgrade brought quite a few new pieces of furniture: two small side tables, a shoe cabinet, a nightstand, and a larger chest of drawers. It was as if a set of cabinets had been specifically tailored for Cheng Shuili.

However, the more Cheng Shuili looked at them, the more distressed she felt. Sixty energy stones! Was that what the system spent them on? She reined in her emotions and circled the carriage a few more times.

There was now a coffee table in front of the sofa, and the sofa itself had grown significantly larger.

Previously, Su Rui had complained that she couldn't stretch her legs out on the sofa and preferred to sleep on the floor, but now she could finally sleep on the sofa comfortably.

The refrigerator now had an extra shelf in the middle, allowing for more storage.

The furniture she had crafted herself remained unchanged, but the placement of most items was no longer optimal; she would need to find time to rearrange everything.

As Cheng Shuili contemplated where to place these items, she suddenly wore a fierce expression.

Wait, no!

Sixty energy stones! Where on earth did they go?

Even though the energy stones weren't actually consumed, Cheng Shuili felt just as heartbroken for having used the vehicle upgrade core!

This item was even rarer than energy stones.

If this was all there was to such a mediocre upgrade... she would really have to report the system for embezzlement!

Cheng Shuili's brows were tightly furrowed.

Su Rui could tell she wasn't satisfied, though she couldn't quite grasp why.

Su Rui scanned the vehicle, which was clearly twice as large as before. This... wasn't this actually quite good?

What exactly was Cheng Shuili unhappy about?

Cheng Shuili remained silent. After circling the carriage once more and finding nothing else worth mentioning, she sat down on the sofa, feeling helpless.

She felt like a victim who had just been scammed. If this were her previous world, she could have filed a police report; even if the chances of recovery were slim, it would have provided some psychological comfort.

But in this world...

Cheng Shuili suddenly stood up. At that moment, she made a resolution: one day, she would overthrow the system's rule!

Cheng Shuili sat back down on the sofa, fuming, and opened the vehicle upgrade page to check the latest vehicle status.

【Congratulations to player Cheng Shuili, the vehicle upgrade was successful! Current level: 5.】

【Vehicle storage space expanded to 1500kg, maximum speed increased to 100 km/h.】

The storage space had doubled, and the speed had also increased significantly.

And the next upgrade, from level five to level six, required vehicle upgrade material shards...

It was a full 600 pieces! It had directly doubled!

Cheng Shuili lowered her eyes, feeling dejected, when she suddenly heard a slightly unnatural mechanical voice.

【Greetings, player Cheng Shuili!】

Cheng Shuili: "??"

She snapped her head up, searching the panel for quite a while, but couldn't find what was speaking!

【I am the No. 001 auxiliary system, providing free services to you—the first player on the entire server to upgrade your vehicle to level 5!】

Cheng Shuili fell silent again. She thought she knew where those 60 energy stones had gone. She tentatively asked: "Auxiliary system? What can you do?"

The voice suddenly became extremely human-like, shifting from its initial mechanical tone to a natural voice.

【Hehe, just call me 001. I can do so many things! I can intelligently filter suitable trades for you, block useless harassing messages, and even generate attack and insult messages with one click. You will never have to worry about losing a verbal spat again!】

Cheng Shuili: "Sorry, I've never lost one of those."

She forced herself to focus on the other functions, which was when she noticed the trade filtering.

That actually seemed a bit useful.

Cheng Shuili's eyes lit up, and she tentatively asked: "Are there any other functions?"

【Of course! We auxiliary systems can be considered omnipotent! Any mechanical, repetitive, or system-related work can be handled by the great 001 system on your behalf!】

Cheng Shuili's eyes brightened even more. She asked: "Can you help me use the workstation to craft items?"

【I can!】

"Can you help me filter for players suitable for trading based on my specified conditions and automatically complete the trades?"

Cheng Shuili listed several conditions in one breath, intending to test whether this system was truly intelligent.

【I can!】

That answer again.

Cheng Shuili frowned and asked: "Can you control these smart appliances in my vehicle?"

【A piece of cake, Boss!】

That was truly practical!

While it was called an auxiliary system, Cheng Shuili preferred to call it an intelligent butler.

But regarding whether 60 energy stones were worth creating this thing... Cheng Shuili narrowed her eyes. She would have to test it before passing judgment: "Help me block the harassing messages in my private chats."

【Alright, Boss! Blocking complete!】

That fast?

Cheng Shuili, half-doubting, opened her private chats and randomly selected a few to look at. They were indeed all legitimate trade inquiries.

Cheng Shuili now fully trusted the device. She issued her second command: "For those trade inquiries in my private chats, automatically agree to any offering a designated player duel card for 20 game coins or more."

【Completed! A total of 2398 trades were processed, with a total income of 42936 game coins! The game coins have been credited! The current account balance for designated player duel cards is 12594!】

【Would you like to perform other trades, Boss? 001 is at your service!】

Oh no.

This thing was actually quite useful.

She had misunderstood the system.

Cheng Shuili felt not a shred of guilt toward the system; such misunderstandings were ultimately the system's own fault for its usual behavior! If it hadn't acted the way it did, why would Cheng Shuili have ever suspected it with such thoughts?

Exactly.

Cheng Shuili nodded, feeling quite satisfied with this auxiliary system.

She issued a few more commands: "001, pick out all the trades with reasonable prices and agree to them all. For those who sent trade requests but were clearly trying to take advantage of me, or those who wrote long essays after sending a trade request claiming how pitiful they are to try and get freebies, delete their chat boxes directly."

【Understood, Boss!】

There were more messages to process this time, and 001 clearly took longer to complete the task.

However, the amazing thing about the system was that it could handle multiple tasks simultaneously, fulfilling Cheng Shuili's requests while answering her questions.

"Do all level five vehicles have an auxiliary system?"

Cheng Shuili asked the question she was most curious about. She had expected the system to evade the question, but it answered straightforwardly.

【Not all level five vehicles have one. Only the first 100 players on the entire server to upgrade to a level five vehicle will receive an auxiliary system. Our IDs range from 001 to 100, with each ID corresponding to a system. Moreover, the lower the ID number, the more intelligent the auxiliary system the player receives.】

【Boss, what I mean is, 001—which is me—is the most intelligent one!】

Cheng Shuili: "..."

She could tell; it was even praising itself.