Seized by the System

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The crowd erupted in talks, expressing their dissatisfaction with the difference in treatment.

At this moment, the Duke of Cloud Fog City gave everyone a Hold Fist salute, bowed deeply, and said in a solemn voice, "I apologize greatly to all of my respected guests here. A small matter came up at home just now and obstructed me from welcoming all of you on time. I've let you waited for too long! I, Yun Hui, apologize to everyone here and hope that there are no hard feelings."

"No, it's alright. The guests should always listen to the host. If something came up, how could we blame the host…" replied some people politely.

The crowd exchanged furtive glances and started mumbling to each other.

His statement that something happened must be true. Otherwise, it was not acceptable for him to leave his guests hanging as the organizer of the Great Wall Summit.

Even if the Duke of Cloud Fog City could not make it himself, there should be servants to serve on his behalf.

It seemed like there was a certain severity to the incident that hindered the organizer's mood to serve his guests.

Was their trouble solved just on time with Vigilante A's arrival? It was suspiciously coincidental…

No, it should be said that Vigilante A's arrival brought hopes of solving the problem that they rushed to welcome him. Perhaps, it was then that they remembered there was an ongoing meeting…

Everyone who could attend the meeting was cream of the crop; best of the best. Soon, all of them started to wonder.

What could have possibly happened to cause a magnate like the Duke of Cloud Fog City to overlook an important event like the "Great Wall Summit"?

Did it involve the foundation of his nation?

That would be even more fascinating now. The Great Wall Summit's initial purpose was to integrate the defensive forces in China against various threats that gradually increased in severity since the Era of Vitality.

Now, the organizer of the meeting encountered a threat first. The meeting was held at the right time…

While the crowd busied themselves with assumptions and wild guesses, Vigilante A left with the Duke of Cloud Fog City. Finally, staff members started to lead the crowd at the lake away in a similar direction.

…

Fang Ning walked beside Yun Hui, who led Fang Ning to an apparently different direction than the rest of the crowd.

However, Fang Ning was not the least worried about this because Yun Hui's little green dot was still blinking on the map.

As long as the dot remained green, Fang Ning did not have to worry about getting harmed by him.

It was a useful function since it was always difficult to determine who were his allies.

Failing to differentiate your friends and enemies meant death.

Now, Fang Ning no longer had to worry about this problem.

Therefore he followed behind Yun Hui relaxedly. Their path was full of twists and turns across mountains until they walked into a secret cave. Throughout the whole journey, he did not say a word.

This situation translated to something else completely in Yun Hui's eyes.

As the leader of a nation, he understood the extent of trust Fang Ning placed in him. If he was in Fang Ning's shoes, he definitely would not follow others into unfamiliar territory easily.

In the cave, a few simple facilities lied scattered about-computer, projector, screen… It was a complete set. Obviously, it was a small remote control centre.

"Venerable one, I've received urgent messages from the plantation caretakers all over the world just now. They said many rare medicinal herbs are having problems growing after spring. This year, we're very likely to have a lean crop," said Yun Hui calmly.

Then, he instructed a staff member to turn on the computer to project the relevant data on the big screen.

Suddenly, a global map appeared on the big screen. It was filled with flashing green lights mixed with a lot of red dots. It was rather terrifying.

At first glance, Fang Ning thought it was the System who connected the System Map to the screen…

"These red dots represent the places where problems have arisen. Now they encompass more than one-third of the regions where the Vitality Herbs are having trouble growing…"

After hearing this, Fang Ning finally understood the reason Yun Hui no longer intended to preside over the "Great Wall" Summit.

The foundation of Cloud Fog City lied in its cultivation of Vitality Herbs. This was the reason they managed to win over Vigilante A and support all the powerful people in order to maintain their huge territory.

Compared to a meeting ordered by the Truth Department, they certainly had to give priority to the problem that shook their foundation. It did not matter if the meeting was held a few days earlier or a few days late.

If the problem with these herbs dragged on for even a few days, it would have cost them an irreparable loss.

If not resolved immediately, the seemingly huge Cloud Fog City might fall apart within a year.

This was not a wild guess. Historically, many powerful organizations collapsed in a short amount of time all because a problem rose in its foundation.

"What is the general cause of the problem?" asked Fang Ning. He already had an inkling as to what that might be.

"We still can't analyze it. The soil composition hasn't changed; the temperature is normal; the humidity is normal; the concentration of Vitality hasn't decreased and increased instead. We haven't found any problems with light either…" Yunhui was quite distressed.

He remembered the staff's reporting process that was laden with anxiety and shook his head discreetly.

"There isn't a problem with light? That can't be right. The sun seems rather problematic these days. Think about it, has there been any changes with sunlight?" Fang Ning mentioned the System's discovery unceremoniously, making it his own.

This naturally triggered a certain idiot's dissatisfaction.

"Rich guy, you just stole my discovery like this, yet you still won't pay me," said the System resentfully.

"I earned the stolen information, why should I pay up? Moreover, didn't you say that you saw that with my Khorium Ore Dog Eyes?" said Fang Ning frankly.

"…" The System was speechless. After all, it was the one who replaced the evolved version of "Spirit Gaze" as Fang Ning's "Khorium Ore Dog Eyes".

"Hiss…" Yun Hui was startled after hearing that. He immediately said to the staff beside him, "Hurry up and go check whether there's been a problem with light these few days."

A staff member received the order and hurried away even though he disagreed with it internally.

They had utilized all their tools. If there was truly a problem with sunlight, they would have realized it long ago.

Even if Vigilante A had great power, was he familiar with Science?

However, after a dozen minutes had passed, the staff member returned with a surprising report, "Duke, after analyzing the data for the past few days, we found that there is indeed a problem. Some components in sunlight are undergoing dramatic changes… Even though the impact of it is minimal for common living beings, for the delicate Vitality crops, it's sufficient to render them infertile."

"Truly, the Venerable One is really observant. Thanks to your Dragon eyes, you discovered the root of this problem. Otherwise, the foundation of our Cloud Fog City would have been ruined." Yunhui was very moved. Then, he waved his hand and someone immediately presented a tray with a stack of documents on it that was obviously prepared beforehand."

"A little gift. I pray that the Venerable One doesn't turn it down."

System Notification: [The System entered the host's body.]

Then, the things on the tray disappeared. Fang Ning was accustomed to it. Without moving, he said very calmly, "MMP."

"I wonder if the Venerable One has a solution to this?" asked Yun Hui earnestly with a hopeful tone.

System Notification: [The System retreated from host's body.]

"Damn it…" said Fang Ning calmly to the System. "In the future, if anyone dares to say that both your emotional and intelligence quotient are equally high, I'll fight them to death."

"Uh, listen to yourself. Am I not distributing work accordingly here? You're embarrassed to accept gifts, so I accepted it on your behalf; If I can't solve the problem, I'll pass the problem to you, of course," said the System while feigning innocence.

"Brother, you're the worst…" said Fang Ning finally and ended the conversation with the System.

He still needed to worry about answering Yun Hui's question.

It was a tricky problem.

Now that he accepted his money, he was obligated to solve it.

"Take a look at this. See if you can mimic the components of sunlight and plant them with artificial sunlight…"

"This… The cost will be too great…" said the staff instinctively. "The scale of our plantation is extremely huge. A plantation measuring tens of thousands of acres is common. To depend on artificial sunlight completely…"

"Uh, you may collaborate with the Underground Greater Rats in this. Their electricity is cheap, so all of their planted crops are grown with artificial sunlight." Fang Ning suddenly had a bright idea and pushed the responsibility to someone else.