After the brief panic at the start, the Wild Wolf gritted his teeth against the pain in his abdomen and continued to reach out, determined to subdue the strangely humiliating unfamiliar man.
Bai E, realizing his attack hadn't been as effective as he had planned, took half a step back, his gaze tinged with contemplation.
Truthfully, Bai E did not place much trust in the voice claiming to be his system.
The thing that truly unsettled him was how this system—the very foundation he had relied on for survival since coming to this world—was now being blatantly called out by someone.
It made him feel like every aspect of himself had been stripped bare, his actions until now nothing more than the laughable movements of a puppet on strings.
But really, what did it matter?
Without the system, would he no longer know how to live?
Without the system, would he be incapable of improving?
As he thought to himself: starting from scratch was nothing to fear.
