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Chapter 3 - 3. Star Wish System

A pale blue holographic interface emerged in Wang Ye's consciousness space. Data streams streaked across the dark background like meteors:

[Star Wish System v1.0 Started]

World Origin Conversion Rate: 0.0007%

Available Skill Slots: 1/100

Absorbed Origin Energy: 0/100

World Module: 0/100

Tasks to be issued:

[Help Grandma Shanxia find the lost tabby cat] (Difficulty: ★)

Reward: 3 points of Origin Energy

[Prevent the playground seesaw from malfunctioning] (Difficulty: ★★)

Reward: 5 points of Origin Energy + Random Module

Xiao Rang shouted in surprise: "Kabuda, are you okay?"

"I don't know, Kabu." The red robot touched his head, and the energy indicator light on his chest returned to pure blue, "The body suddenly got better, Kabu?"

Wang Ye noticed that the last few purple crystals in Kabuda's body were melting. When Xiao Rang's fingers accidentally brushed the glass jar, the system suddenly popped up a prompt: [Detected contact with the adapter, do you want to bind the master-slave contract? ]The hidden words on the page appeared in the sunlight: "When the converter has a reverse flow, the guardian will turn into a devourer."

"I asked you to come and take a look!" Kuranosuke exclaimed downstairs. Everyone ran to the next door and found that Jingui Jiro was pruning the rose bushes with giant pliers-this beetle robot, which has always only known how to do woodworking, was now carefully avoiding the buds that were about to bloom.

Wang Ye's sphere vibrated slightly. In his newly constructed system interface, the green light representing Jingui Jiro was resonating with a certain task module. When his consciousness scanned the task list, he suddenly found that there was an additional note after [Help the mountain grandmother find the lost tabby cat]: (It is recommended to bring an olfactory enhancement module)

The breeze swept through the courtyard, and in the autumn air, Wang Ye caught a faint fishy smell. His energy vision suddenly penetrated the wall and saw the tabby cat curled up under the bushes three hundred meters away-with a trap wrapped around its hind legs.

"Is this the perception of the system?" Wang Ye tried to inject the coordinate information into the task module. The Peace Star in Xiaorang's pocket suddenly became hot. The boy took out the glass jar in confusion and saw that the star map projection automatically pointed to the southeast.

At the same time, in the abandoned garbage dump 20 kilometers away, the cockroach bully was stepping on the deformed cans. The cobra robot who always wanted to do bad things was suddenly dazzled by the purple light - on a piece of metal debris stained with motor oil, the dark purple crystal was flickering strangely in the morning light.

"What kind of new battery is this?" He stretched out his mechanical claws to pick the crystal, but did not notice the outline emerging in the shadow behind him. A hoarse whisper came from behind the pile of rusty steel pipes: "Finally... found the little mouse who stole food..."

When the moonlight compressed the shadow of the garbage dump to a minimum, the cockroach bully had left for half an hour with the purple crystal. At the mechanical knuckles where he just touched the crystal, the fine purple lines were quietly spreading along the circuit board.

"Kabuda Friendship Summoner activated - buzz!"

The next day, Xiao Rang took Kabuda to school. On the way, the red robot, who was eating a pancake, suddenly twitched all over. The antenna on his head "crackled" and sparked electric sparks. The display screen on his chest popped up a pixel-style dialog box:

[Emergency mission! ]

Help the mountain grandmother find the lost tabby cat

Reward: 3 points of original energy

(Attached is a photo of a cat with a birthmark on its butt)

"Kabuda, what is this? It's so weird!?" Kabuda's mechanical palm "banged" on the iron plate of the pancake stall, scaring the boss to pick up a frying pan and pose in a kendo posture.

Xiao Rang leaned on the counter on tiptoe, with the flashing task prompt reflected on his face: "Is this the hidden setting that grandpa gave to Kabuda?"

"Warning! Illegal program invasion! Kabu!" Kabuda suddenly tapped on the spot, and his mechanical feet scraped sparks on the ground, "Starting anti-virus mode - Kabu's whirlwind kick! Kabu!"

"Wait, wait!" Xiao Rang rushed over and hugged the robot's left leg, "This may be the clue that grandpa gave Kabuda to find the Peace Star!"

"Is that so? Kabu!" Kabuda braked suddenly, and the lettuce leaves in the pancake were stuck to Kuranosuke's face by inertia. The display screen that the robot's eyes turned into suddenly popped up a cute emoji: (✪ω✪)

When the six people squatted on the roadside to study the summoner, Kuranosuke also took out the friendship summoner of Jingui Jiro.

"Strange, there is no task display on mine?"

Wang Ye was rolling around in the glass jar with laughter. He had just added a piece of Easter egg code to the system, and now every time a task is released, an outrageous reward description will be randomly generated - who knows how "Taiyaki" is related to the original energy.

"Look at this birthmark!" Sayuri suddenly pointed at the photo and exclaimed, "Does it look like the space pirate mark shown on TV the day before yesterday?"

Xiaorang adjusted his crooked glasses and looked carefully. The brown markings on the cat's right buttocks formed a skull pattern. Kuranosuke silently took out his mobile phone and searched "Cat butt cosmic conspiracy theory", and the result popped up a screen full of cat litter ads.

"A-choo!"

Kabuda's sneeze scared the sparrows on the telephone poles and they collectively posed in the famous scene of "a thousand birds flying together". The red robot was lying at the entrance of the sewer at this moment, with its round metal buttocks stuck on the manhole cover and swaying back and forth, and its two tentacles kept turning like radar antennas.

"Are you sure this is the 'olfactory enhancement module'?" Kuranosuke pinched his nose and took three steps back. "From 20 minutes ago, this guy has called the garbage dump curry rice and mistook the fire hydrant for an ice cream truck. Now he actually said that there is a smell of takoyaki in the sewer!" Xiaorang scratched his head awkwardly: "That's what the friendship summoner prompts..." "Maybe it's because this is a dog nose module?" Sayuri squatted down and poked Kabuda's hot metal shell. "Look at how much his movements are like the neighbor's Shiba Inu Taro." Wang Ye, who was trapped in the glass jar, suddenly received a system prompt: [The adapter's IQ fluctuations were detected. Do you want to start the fool tutorial? ] He gritted his teeth and chose "Yes", and the interface automatically popped up a pink bubble dialog box: "Dear~ The mission target is 32 meters northwest~" With a "bang", Kabuda took off with the manhole cover and drew a perfect parabola in the air. When the red robot crashed into the bushes with a bang, it startled two wild cats on a date, one of which was limping on its hind legs.

"Found it!" The six-member team was about to cheer when they saw the tabby cat yelling at Kabuda with its fur standing up, smashing the "Friendly Cat Snacks Gift Pack" held by the robot with one claw.

"Good little kitty, we are here..."

"Snap!"

The barbed cat claws left three shiny scratches on Kabuda's face. When the robot covered the display screen and sang "Tears Behind Bars", its back knocked open the rusty trap mechanism. The twenty-pound iron clamp "clicked" and accurately bit Kabuda's metal butt.

"Ahhh my butt! Kabu!" Kabuda ran wildly in the woods holding the iron clamp, "It hurts! It hurts! My butt is going to break! Kabu!"

At the same time, at the door of a convenience store five kilometers away, the cockroach bully was posing in front of the vending machine. His newly installed purple mechanical claw flashed an ominous light, and "Bully 2.0" was scribbled on the back with a marker.

"Tremble, mortals!" He thrust the mechanical claw into the coin slot, "This machine will soon..."

"Ding--Please put in 100 yen."

"Boss, it seems not possible..." Scorpion Lai Lai said weakly from behind.

"Ding--Please put in 100 yen."

A passing office worker silently put a coin into his mechanical claw. In the electronic eyes of "Bully 2.0" that had frozen, the can of coffee fell out of the take-out port with a "bang".

"Nowadays, robots begging are so hardcore?" The office worker shook his head and walked away.

In the courtyard of Koenji's house, Kame Jiro was bandaging a tabby cat with a giant clamp. The two-meter-tall combat robot was like holding fragile items at this moment, and even the breathing valve was set to silent mode. The cat master licked his dark green shell, and immediately corroded a small pit on the metal surface.

"Is this normal?" Kuranosuke looked at the smoking shell in horror.

"The pH value of cat saliva is between 6.5-7.5." Jingui Jiro's electronic voice was inexplicably proud, "It means she is very healthy. A real man should treat the kitten silently!"

Wang Ye's system interface suddenly popped up a prompt: [Task completed! Reward has been issued, 3 points of source energy, random module extraction...]

A slot machine-like device suddenly popped up above Kabuda's head, and the three rollers rotated rapidly and stopped at [Language Module Maid Cafe Edition]. The red robot held his face with both hands and twisted it into a twist: "Master~ Do you want to try my special meow latte~"

"Grandpa's notebook is glowing!" Xiaorang suddenly pointed to the attic and exclaimed. In the sun, a new star map emerged on the stone slab, and Dr. Kouenji's notes exploded like fireworks:

[Warning! When the Peace Star begins to issue tasks, it means that the converter has developed independent consciousness! Repeat! This is not a drill! ]

Wang Ye's sphere was suddenly sucked into the vortex of the star map. In a trance, he saw thirteen Peace Stars strung into a necklace, which was worn on the neck of a cartoon cat wearing white gloves. The cat grinned at him: "It's decided to be you, meow~"

"Pah!"

Xiao Rang slapped the glass jar: "Why is this Peace Star shining?"

At this moment, deep in the garbage dump, the cockroach bully was dancing with twenty cans of coffee he had stolen.

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