Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 450 "Each Performing Their Own Duties"

"A gang system. According to the description, it should be a system that allows me to develop and expand my organization's power, then receive rewards that are fed back to the gang itself." Kiyono Goji directly stated the system he had received.

“That suits you quite well,” Lin Yilin said.

“But I’m currently reorganizing the firm to break away from its original gang-like management, so it’s impossible for me to go back now,” Kiyono said coldly.

This system has contacted the wrong person.

Regardless of his circumstances or his father's situation, Kiyono Kazuji could not possibly accept help from something of unknown origin that was highly likely related to hallucinations.

Lin Yilin looked at Lu Chongming: "What about you? You've already accepted it, haven't you?"

Lu Chongming took a deep breath: "Yes, the situation was quite urgent at the time."

There were no words of blame; Lin Yilin simply inquired about the details of the system, and Lu Chongming explained everything in detail.

After listening, Lin Yilin asked, "Is that energy core with unlimited energy still inside your body?"

"Yes, it's around here." Lu Chongming pointed to his stomach. "But so far I haven't felt any discomfort."

After saying that, he remembered: "Oh, I forgot to check before. It seems that I received some kind of reward after I killed the system owner."

Lu Chongming brought up the system panel.

After he received the newbie gift pack, the first indicator in his taskbar changed to "System Hunting," informing him that he could obtain further rewards by killing other system owners.

At the same time, a second indicator appeared: "Repair the Golden Iron Pot Account". This means that he should slowly rebuild the Golden Iron Pot Account according to the blueprint on the main interface. There will also be a reward for each completed block.

As for what he gained from killing the first system owner, it was the "Infinite Energy Core: Electricity Formula".

You can see that the "Electric Energy" option has been added to the formula loading section below the description of the energy core.

"Using the most direct rewards to incentivize mutual killing is simple and straightforward," Lin Yilin noted on her phone, which was similar to her previous guess.

At this moment, Zheng Fan stood behind Lu Chongming, looking at the panel in front of Lu Chongming with great interest.

"Mr. Illusion?" Lin Yilin asked upon seeing this.

Zheng Fan reached over Lu Chongming's head and touched the system panel.

zizi——

The system panel in front of Lu Chongming suddenly started flashing, and black tree branches spread across the background of the main interface, startling Lu Chongming.

Most importantly, as Zheng Fan interacted with the panel, Lu Chongming saw the outline of that hand gradually become clearer.

He turned his head blankly following the appearance of the silhouette, and then saw the figure that had given him nightmares for a long time.

However, this time what we saw was no longer that eerie figure, but a real human face.

Upon seeing Zheng Fan's face, Lu Chongming couldn't help but sigh inwardly, no wonder Miss Lin Yilin liked this illusion so much.

Zheng Fan had no idea what Lu Chongming was thinking; he was currently experiencing an interaction with something.

Zheng Fan felt a sense of transcendence, like being in a dream, and his mind instantly left reality and returned to the depths of that homeless, dark world.

Previously, there were only trees and a lot of branches there, and other scattered colors, making it seem empty and desolate.

But at this moment, the endless blackness seemed to be stirring, and in fact, many things had been added to the seemingly uniform blackness, making it lively.

As soon as Zheng Fan entered the arena, countless "gazes" from the level of consciousness were cast upon him.

But when Zheng looked back, he immediately withdrew his gaze and fell silent, letting the darkness return to its usual stillness.

Zheng Fan continued to follow his senses and found a massive entity in a dark corner.

It looks like an eye made up of colorful lines, and it seems to remain relatively stable as Zheng Fan approaches.

"Trees, each do your job, don't interfere with my work."

The other party directly transmitted a message to Zheng Fan. "Who are you?" Zheng Fan asked curiously.

"Taking care of an old tree to grow new life is no easy task. Go back to where you came from. There will be a proper dialogue later." After this message was delivered, Zheng Fan was directly bounced away, and his consciousness returned to reality.

Zheng Fan withdrew his hand and blinked.

It seems we've run into a rather formidable guy.

Then, unable to resist, he tried to touch the panel again, but this time he passed right through it and couldn't reach it.

"You're so stingy, you won't even let me touch you now," Zheng Fan said, pouting.

"Mr. Illusion?" Lin Yilin called out again.

Zheng Fan waved his hand and laughed, "No problem, but things are getting interesting. Let's talk about it when we get back." He wondered if he should try other panels.

Just because you say he can't harass you doesn't mean he'll stop? There's no such thing as a free lunch.

As Kiyono Kazuji was making tea, he vaguely sensed a malicious gaze.

The discussion within the system came to a temporary halt, and Lu Chongming prepared to pack up and leave. A year seemed like a long time, but his ambition was to rise to a high position in the local bureau, so that he could force Chunbai to give him the green light.

To be honest, if things went a little more extreme, he really wanted to beat up Chunbai Xuehui, but that was a bit unrealistic, so he decided against it.

……

Zheng Fan and Lin Yilin returned to their own firm from Banmu's firm.

"Was Mr. Illusion just trying to access that system?"

"Yeah, I did."

"Your expression froze and drifted off for two or three seconds. Did you see anything during that time?"

“A large eyeball—no, it can’t be called an eyeball. To be precise, it’s just an eye made up of lines. Those lines all look like illusions, and that eye, just like you guessed, is a highly integrated illusionary realm.” Zheng Fan casually revealed this information.

"Is that all?" Lin Yilin felt there was more to it than that; it was unlikely that Zheng Fan would be so excited if it were just that.

I've encountered the Earthquake Fantasy World before, which is also a highly integrated fantasy world.

According to Zheng Fan, after experiencing it once, he lost interest.

"It seems to know what I am, and its words seem to imply that we are in cahoots," Zheng Fan said, looking up at the distant sunset.

“Is that so…” Lin Yilin followed Zheng Fan’s gaze and said, “It seems that this system event can be understood as a huge conspiracy by the dark world against the white world.”

"Has the situation escalated this much all of a sudden?"

"Because it involves you, Mr. Illusion, it seems very serious," Lin Yilin stated her reasoning.

That's something that's hard to refute.

"But it says 'everyone has their own job,' so this shouldn't concern me. Of course, since it dared to riddle me, I'll have to do something out of personal interest later."

“If everyone does their own job, the problem will be even bigger.” Lin Yilin immediately analyzed more information. “Such a large-scale system event is just one part of a much larger plan. The existence of Mr. Illusion may even directly represent the end of this plan… This is terrible.”

"what happened?"

“I don’t see any chance of winning against Mr. Illusion in the White World. I’ve already considered surrendering,” Lin Yilin said without any burden.

"Hahaha, Binary Girl, what are you surrendering for? If you're going to talk about it, you'll be on my side long ago," Zheng Fan couldn't help but laugh.

"That's true." Lin Yilin chuckled.

"Moreover," Zheng Fan shook his head, nonchalantly, "if they include me in a plan without my personal consent, who knows what the outcome will be?"

(End of this chapter)