Come to think of it, this noble system in a mascot costume only said I couldn't ask for information, right?
So, if I were to dismantle a statue or something? That should... be perfectly reasonable, right?
Cheng Shuili stared at the statue with glowing eyes. If it weren't for the fact that the space inside the Abyss Ring was too small to fit the entire thing, she would have loved to pack it up and take it away!
Since she couldn't take the whole thing, she would just have to cut it into pieces to take it.
Cheng Shuili did not act rashly. Instead, she first glanced at the system, which had been keeping a close eye on her movements.
It seems doing this quietly is unlikely...
Cheng Shuili was not discouraged. Instead, she asked, "Apart from not being allowed to ask you for information, is there anything else I cannot do?"
The system narrowed its eyes. It realized this human likely wanted to do something, but after running its programs through several rounds of inference and confirming there were no risks, it replied, "There are no other restrictions within my programming."
Oh, I see.
There aren't any now, but there will be... in the future!
Cheng Shuili did not hesitate. Once she confirmed it was feasible, she immediately took action.
She rummaged through her Abyss Ring and eventually found that the best tool for the job was her long blade.
Cheng Shuili felt a bit regretful and decided that the next time she went out, she would bring a full set of tools. It didn't matter if she didn't have a pickaxe or an axe, even a hacksaw blade would have been good.
But for now, she could only use her long blade to hack away.
The moment the long blade appeared in Cheng Shuili's hand, the system immediately issued a warning: "This is a peaceful dungeon, but if a player takes the initiative to attack the system! The system will have the authority to attack the player!"
That was a very fair warning.
The system was quite satisfied with its statement, but it soon noticed that the rank one player before it was glancing at it with a strange look, as if to say, "You think too highly of yourself."
Then, she stood in front of the statue and raised the long blade high...
The system: "!!!"
If it hadn't been for the fact that it wasn't programmed with profanity, a "holy sh*t" would have really slipped out!
Cheng Shuili gripped the hilt of the long blade with both hands, her knuckles turning slightly white from the exertion.
She first took half a step back, pulling her right leg back into a lunge, and the blade carved a cold, silver arc above her head.
The hem of her short-sleeved shirt fluttered with her movements, and the Abyss Ring on her finger flickered in and out of the fluorescent light.
The scene was truly beautiful.
Even as a system, it had to admit it. It would definitely appreciate it and give it a like; it would even post a comment praising this person!
If only this human weren't hacking at a statue!
The system couldn't even react in time. The tip of the blade struck the surface of the mineral, creating dazzling sparks, and it wedged into the interior of the statue as easily as cutting through butter.
The flying debris refracted rainbow-like spots of light in the air, and a few particles grazed Cheng Shuili's cheek, leaving tiny bloodstains on her skin, which appeared pale under the fluorescent glow.
These embellishments did not ruin the beauty of the scene at all; instead, they added a unique charm to Cheng Shuili!
The system, whose programs usually ran in 0.00001 seconds, took a full second to react.
"Stop!" The system's electronic voice carried a rare and immense amount of emotion!
This, this, this...
There was indeed no program or rule stating what to do if a student destroyed a statue.
The system hadn't been sincere about hosting this dungeon in the first place, intentionally shortening the time and randomly setting up the scenes. All of this confirmed that the system hadn't put much effort into drafting the rules.
After all, the entire teaching process was only a little over ten minutes!
Even if a human could cause some trouble, what kind of trouble could they possibly cause?
Or to put it another way, even if the system ran its programs until they smoked, it would never have imagined a human destroying a statue that was clearly a great figure in a teaching dungeon!
Weren't humans supposed to be the most respectful of teachers?
Weren't humans supposed to be the most capable of appreciating the culture expressed through such architecture?
This was their human art! And this human just hacked it down?
Are they crazy?!
The system didn't know if Cheng Shuili was crazy, but today was the first time in its existence it felt what it was like to be "crazy."
In fact, it had already somewhat crashed; otherwise, given the top-tier speed of systems like it, it definitely could have stopped Cheng Shuili just now.
Cheng Shuili turned a deaf ear to the system's attempts to stop her. She pulled the blade horizontally across the statue's knees, and the entire statue crashed to the ground, shattering into a dozen pieces.
Cheng Shuili looked at the shimmering energy crystal fragments all over the floor with satisfaction, picking up the largest piece to weigh it in her hand. The fragments refracted a hazy halo in her palm, making her pupils shine like a galaxy.
To be honest, this scene was also charming, but now was not the time to be sentimental!
"You—" The system let out a sharp, screeching noise: "Do you know what you are doing?!"
Cheng Shuili smiled, showing a mouthful of white teeth. She bent down and slowly collected the energy crystal fragments into her Abyss Ring, answering without looking up: "I know. This statue is too pretty. Is it not allowed for me to take it home to admire?"
The system: "..."
It had never seen such a shameless person!
The lower half of the statue, which was connected to the base, suddenly turned dull, and the entire teaching space suddenly began to tremble violently.
The fluorescent lights on the ceiling began to flicker, and thin cracks appeared on the floor, as if the temporarily constructed dungeon were collapsing.
Cheng Shuili frowned, looked at the system, and complained: "The quality of your dungeon doesn't seem very good."
The system's voice carried a tone of gritted teeth: "Because the statue... is the core energy source maintaining this dungeon!"
This human broke the energy source! And then turned around to blame them for the dungeon's quality!
Damn it!
It really is... just too damn infuriating!
Cheng Shuili blinked innocently: "Oh, well, my apologies."
While she spoke of apologies, she didn't stop her movements, bending down to pick up several more energy crystals and stuffing them into her ring.
The system's programs were on the verge of crashing.
It finally understood why the recruitment notice specifically marked: "Requires a system with strong stress-resistance!"
So this is why!
"Player Cheng Shuili," the system's voice suddenly became cold and mechanical, "Due to your destruction of the teaching dungeon's core facility, the system will impose a penalty on you—"
It paused.
Cheng Shuili guessed something and, feeling unthreatened, stopped picking up stones. She straightened up and looked at the system: "What penalty?"
The system was silent for a moment.
It only then realized that the human's question from earlier was probing something.
That's right, how should it punish her? The program didn't write down any penalty measures at all.
This teaching dungeon was meant to be a formality; who would have thought someone could hack the statue?!
Cheng Shuili looked at the system frozen in place and couldn't help but laugh: "It seems you systems are quite spontaneous too."
That was definitely mockery, right?
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