Chapter 2 : 100% off!

Clearly, these two systems were at odds with each other.

However, Jiang Ke’er was quite delighted.

The two systems were mindlessly competing, constantly lowering prices to improve the host’s benefits, and in the end, she, the host, was the one who benefited.

Originally, there was only one task available, but now it had turned into double the joy!

Most importantly, the system shop… seemed to actually be free!

Jiang Ke’er opened the villain system shop and took a look, only to see the entire shop filled with “100% off” free tags!

She glanced at the righteous system shop, and it was the same!

But when she carefully examined the contents of the items in the shops, she felt a bit frustrated.

The shops were basically full of small items originally priced at just a few points.

She recalled that the system had mentioned before that her shop level was currently only Level 1, so she could only access Level 1 shops.

It was likely that Level 1 shops could only offer these kinds of items, so even if they were free, the benefits weren’t significant.

But once the shop level increased, the rewards would become much greater.

…And although the items in the shops weren’t very valuable now, they were all genuinely useful.

For example, in the Level 1 Ancient God shop, there were three slots, each containing a magic crystal stone.

From the sparse memories of the little fox demon, she learned that magic crystal stones were something everyone in this world coveted—a type of currency far more precious than spirit stones.

She immediately exchanged all the magic crystal stones, and they went straight into her system inventory, converted into a numerical value in her currency bar.

[The items in the currency bar can be used at any time and don’t take up space in the system inventory,] the righteous system’s loli voice patiently explained, before letting out a mischievous chuckle. [Heh heh heh… Come take a look at our righteous Star Shop! Unlike that flashy, useless trash shop on the other side, everything here is useful to you right now!]

Oh?

With high expectations, Jiang Ke’er began browsing the righteous system’s shop.

It also had three item slots.

The first slot was called “Hemostatic Pill Residue,” the second “Cold-Repelling Pill Residue,” and the third “Fasting Pill Residue.”

Although they were just pill residues with mediocre effects, their names suggested they could indeed address her current problems.

She focused her attention on the pill residues, and item information popped up immediately.

[Hemostatic Pill Residue: F-grade item, grants the user immunity to bleeding status for one hour.]

[Cold-Repelling Pill Residue: F-grade item… grants immunity to frostbite from temperatures above -40°C for one hour.]

[Fasting Pill Residue: F-grade… quickly provides nutrients to sustain life for one hour.]

Jiang Ke’er noticed that the effects of these pill residues were just enough to help her survive for one hour, long enough to hold out until the demon-hunting team arrived.

She hurriedly exchanged for the pills, took them out of her inventory, and stuffed them into her mouth.

A warm current spread through her limbs, making Jiang Ke’er feel much more comfortable.

She could finally relax her tense nerves a little—at least she wouldn’t die before the demon-hunting team arrived.

Though she might still face death when the team showed up, having regained some mobility gave her a sliver of hope!

This couldn’t help but greatly boost Jiang Ke’er’s favorability toward the righteous system.

She thought to herself that the righteous system was indeed more considerate.

However, just as this thought crossed her mind, she heard the two systems arguing again.

[Villain System: How dare you! You secretly changed the shop’s items to win over the host!]

[Righteous System: So what if I did? They’re all items from a Level 1 shop. I just swapped the contents a little—there’s no rule against that! If you’re so great, why don’t you do the same?]

[Villain System: Heh, fine, you wait… Host, have you ever heard of a cheat code?]

Huh? What cheat code?

[Righteous System: Hey, hey, hey! What are you up to?]

[Villain System: Host, listen carefully. If you tap the blank space in the bottom right corner of the righteous system shop interface twice and shout, “JOJO! I’m done being human!” something surprising will happen~]

What?

There’s such a trick?!

Jiang Ke’er hurriedly opened the righteous system’s shop and, following the villain system’s instructions, tapped twice on the blank space in the bottom right corner.

She had always felt that blank space was a bit suspicious, as if something was missing…

So…

“JOJO! I’m done being human!”

Boom—

A thunderous sound exploded in her mind.

To Jiang Ke’er’s astonishment, the blank space in the bottom right corner of the righteous system shop cracked inch by inch, like a wall shattering, revealing a hidden large frame behind it.

At the same time, the little loli voice of the righteous system suddenly turned serious and formal, speaking in a highly mechanical tone: [Congratulations, Host, for discovering the hidden Easter egg in the Righteous Shop—Hidden Shop successfully unlocked.]

[This shop will periodically refresh with random items, featuring one random item of B-grade quality or higher from the Star Arsenal or Star Library.]

[Current item for sale: 《???》 – Original price: 999,999,999 Righteous Points – Discounted price: 0 Righteous Points.]

[Oh no!] As soon as the righteous system’s loli voice snapped out of its rigid system announcement mode, she immediately panicked and hurriedly tried to do something.

Unfortunately, she underestimated Jiang Ke’er’s speed.

[Ding-ling-ling~ Purchase successful~]

Before the righteous system could pull any tricks, Jiang Ke’er had already snatched the 《???》 from the hidden shop at lightning speed!

This was something originally priced at a billion points! Even though its name was just question marks, it was definitely something amazing!

Jiang Ke’er was grinning like an idiot.

[Villain System: A billion, holy crap! Hahaha! So satisfying, absolutely thrilling! Told you to mess around, told you to give it away for free! Go on, try giving stuff away for free again!]

Jiang Ke’er had no idea how the righteous system felt after this wave of freebies, but she was thoroughly enjoying her free haul.

After a brief silence, the righteous system’s loli voice suddenly let out a cold laugh, as if she’d been pushed too far:

[Host, don’t get too excited just yet. There’s something even more thrilling! The villain system has an Easter egg too, in the bottom left corner of the shop… Tap twice and shout, “Hail Hydra!”]

[Hey, what are you doing!] The villain system panicked, realizing it was suddenly unable to move or cancel the free setting.

[Host, hurry up!] the righteous system’s loli voice urged anxiously. [I’m holding her back for you! Quick, grab it!]

“Hail Hydra!!!”

Without hesitation, Jiang Ke’er followed the instructions.

The villain system’s voice immediately turned mechanical: [Congratulations, Host, for discovering the hidden Easter egg in the Villain Shop—Hidden Shop successfully unlocked.]

[…]

[Current item for sale: 《Thief Saint’s Notes》 – Original price: 799,999,999 Villain Points – Discounted price: 0 Villain Points.]

[Ding-ling-ling~ Purchase successful~]

The villain system was dumbfounded.

After this thrilling exchange, both systems fell into complete silence, occasionally interrupted by faint, aggrieved sniffles.

They were probably questioning their entire existence.