In the vast universe, a small aircraft was quietly floating in space.
Don't be fooled by the aircraft's small size, its living facilities inside were fully equipped.
This was the temporary residence Kafka, the Stellaron Hunter, had borrowed from Herta Space.
"Silver Wolf?"
Kafka, who was elegantly enjoying her breakfast, looked at Silver Wolf, who walked past her in silence, and instinctively called out her name.
The "Silver Wolf" who had walked up to her own room door turned her head and glanced at her, but didn't respond.
Bang!
"..."
Seeing this, Kafka set down the coffee at her lips, looked toward Silver Wolf's tightly shut door, and slowly frowned.
'What's wrong with Silver Wolf? Who is she sulking with this time?'
'Could it be she challenged Screwllum from the Genius Society again and failed to breach the firewall?'
Kafka felt slightly worried.
Looking at Silver Wolf's room, she muttered, "I hope it won't affect the script."
Elio didn't bring it up, so it should be fine.
———
[Inside the room]
"Silver Wolf" naturally didn't know about Kafka's concern outside, but even if he knew, he wouldn't care.
After all, he wasn't the real Silver Wolf.
He was just an ordinary worker, helping his boss Silver Wolf complete her grand gaming ventures.
"Wow~ Going to the bathroom really clears your head!"
The seated "Silver Wolf" immediately looked at the terminal screen in front of him and spoke.
His fingers began operating across the keyboard, and right after, a phantom-like voice rang in his ear.
["Hey! Levi, don't mess around with my body!"]
The voice was full of anxiety. Listening closely, the phantom voice sounded exactly the same as "Silver Wolf's" voice.
Obviously, the phantom voice was the real Silver Wolf, while the one playing games hard inside the room was the Levi she mentioned.
"Just kidding~"
Even while boosting Silver Wolf's rank, Levi still had the leisure to chat with her.
He tore open the lollipop wrapper beside the keyboard and stuffed it into his mouth.
Facing the empty air before him, he said, "Strawberry flavor, not bad taste~"
["Don't say useless stuff! Since you accepted my job, hurry up and play!"]
"Yes yes yes, the boss's words are absolute."
Levi rolled his eyes, put the lollipop back into his mouth, stared intensely at the screen, and moved his fingers swiftly across the keyboard.
At this moment, Silver Wolf, whose soul had been squeezed into a corner of her own body, was watching everything happening outside.
No matter how she thought about it, she couldn't imagine that she had just posted a simple power-leveling commission online, yet attracted some guy who could take over someone else's body.
But fortunately, this person didn't seem to have bad intentions. He only wanted to complete the power-leveling job, and wasn't plotting anything improper toward her body.
This made Silver Wolf feel slightly relieved.
———
After some time, Levi stretched lazily, stood up from the chair, and with a thought, the screen in front of him shifted to show his room on the Luofu.
The terminal display in front of him was on and was showing the feed from Silver Wolf's room.
Silver Wolf, standing in the middle of her room, came back to her senses and immediately turned off the video. Looking at the pitch-black screen after the connection cut, Levi curled his lips.
'Pretty quick at turning it off, huh.'
He pulled out the Luofu's phone, the Jade Terminal, from his pocket, logged into his account, and sent Silver Wolf a message.
[Levi: Friendship price: ten thousand credits]
Receiving the message, Silver Wolf checked her game account and nodded.
[Stellaron Hunter (Duckboard): Already transferred to your account. If there's another event like this next time, I'll look for you again.]
[Stellaron Hunter (Duckboard): But your ability is pretty interesting. Interested in joining us?]
'Join the Stellaron Hunters?'
Looking at Silver Wolf's invitation, Levi paused briefly and replied, [I'm a good person.]
———
Seeing the latest message, Silver Wolf pouted. "You make it sound like our Stellaron Hunters are bad people."
As if expecting her to say that, Levi sent a bounty poster of the Stellaron Hunters from the IPC right under his "I'm a good person."
Naturally, her bounty poster was there too. Looking at the 5.1-billion-credit bounty on it, Silver Wolf fell silent.
Indeed, to ordinary people, the Stellaron Hunters didn't count as good people.
But that didn't mean they were villains.
I'm not a good person ≠ I am a bad person.
Having formulas really makes solving problems faster.
Ending the chat with Silver Wolf, Levi glanced at the credit deposit notification.
He originally asked for ten thousand credits, but Silver Wolf transferred twenty thousand, with a remark: [First place on the server, nice work!]
Levi didn't have any "extra money isn't mine, return it" type of mindset. If Silver Wolf gave it, he'd accept it with a clear conscience.
At the same time, a cold, mechanical synthetic voice rang in his ear.
[Ding! Commission complete! Client: Silver Wolf!]
[Reward: Hacking Skill!]
"Too bad Ether Editing didn't drop."
But Levi wasn't disappointed. This was his first time using the system, getting something useful was already great.
Suddenly, Levi felt a sting on his arm.
He lowered his head and looked at the purple markings on his arm.
Inside them, the purple energy seemed alive, faintly glowing with an eerie light in sync with his breathing.
Honkai disease.
This was why he had appeared on the Luofu.
If he were in the Honkai world, he could go to Schicksal, or to Anti-Entropy, or even to World Serpent.
But unfortunately, the world he transmigrated into wasn't the Honkai world, but the Star Rail world, which had the Honkai prefix, yet no actual Honkai.
This world didn't even know what Honkai was, so someone afflicted with Honkai disease like him had no cure.
But he didn't want to give up. So he came to the Luofu, hoping to find a way to cure himself here.
Removing his gaze from his arm and looking at the virtual screen in front of him, Levi smiled.
"This proves I came to the Luofu for a reason!"
Maybe it was destiny, but it was indeed after arriving on the Luofu that he awakened his system.
The system had no name, no beginner gift, no self-introduction.
Even its abilities were discovered by himself. That was why, even after awakening the system for a month, this was his first time receiving a reward from it.
To put it simply: accept a commission, complete the commission, receive a reward.
However, the clients of these commissions seemed to have to be people blessed by destiny.
In other words, those so-called four-stars and five-stars in the game.
After accepting their commission, the system would possess their bodies and grant him enormous power boosts.
For example, after possessing Silver Wolf just now, despite barely ever playing the game, Levi could achieve results that even Silver Wolf herself couldn't dream of, only achievable by cheating.
Unfortunately, this boost only worked during possession.
And because this feature resembled a novel he once read, Levi chose a name for his system, 'Grandpa System'.
[Ding!]
After staying up all night completing Silver Wolf's commission, it was now morning.
While tidying his room, Levi heard the sound in his ear and thought another "acquaintance" had ordered a job.
But checking the Jade Terminal, he found no commissions.
He straightened up, looked at the virtual characters appearing before him, and realized this wasn't from his system.
[Welcome to Kiana's Harem Group!]
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