In the vast universe, a small spacecraft quietly floated in space.
Don't be fooled by its size, inside, it was fully equipped with everything needed for daily living.
This was a temporary residence borrowed from the Herta Space Station by the Stellaron Hunter, Kafka.
"Silver Wolf?"
Kafka, elegantly enjoying her breakfast, called out instinctively when she saw Silver Wolf walk past without saying a word.
The "Silver Wolf" who had just reached her room door turned her head, glanced at Kafka, and said nothing.
Bang!
"..."
Seeing this, Kafka put down the coffee cup she had been holding and frowned slightly at Silver Wolf's tightly closed door.
'What's wrong with Silver Wolf? Who is she upset with this time?'
'Could it be that she challenged Screwllum from the Genius Society again and failed to break through his firewall?'
Kafka felt a slight twinge of concern.
Staring at Silver Wolf's door, she murmured softly, "I hope it won't affect the script."
Since Elio hadn't mentioned anything, it probably wasn't a big deal.
———
[Inside the Room]
"Silver Wolf" had no idea Kafka was worried outside, but even if he did, he wouldn't care.
After all, he wasn't the real Silver Wolf.
He was just an ordinary guy, a part-time worker helping his boss, Silver Wolf, grind through her gaming business.
"Wah~ Taking a bathroom break really clears the mind!"
The "Silver Wolf" sat down and immediately looked at the terminal screen in front of him.
His fingers tapped rapidly across the keyboard. Soon, a digital voice echoed in his ear.
["Hey! Levi, stop messing around with my body!"]
The voice was filled with anxiety, and if you listened carefully, it sounded exactly like Silver Wolf's own voice.
Obviously, that was the real Silver Wolf speaking, while the person currently gaming hard in her body was Levi.
"Just kidding~"
Even while boosting Silver Wolf's in-game ranking, Levi still had the mood to chat.
He pushed aside the lollipop wrapper by the keyboard and popped the candy into his mouth.
Facing the air in front of him, he said, "Strawberry flavor, nice choice~"
["Cut the crap! You took my job, so hurry up and finish it!"]
"Yes, yes, boss's words are divine decree."
Levi rolled his eyes, put the lollipop back in his mouth, and fixed his gaze on the screen, fingers moving swiftly over the keyboard.
Meanwhile, Silver Wolf, her soul squeezed helplessly into a corner of her own body, watched everything happening outside.
No matter how hard she tried to think, she couldn't figure out how a simple online power-leveling request had attracted this guy, someone capable of possessing other people's bodies.
Fortunately, he didn't seem malicious. He only cared about completing the power-leveling job and hadn't tried to take advantage of her body.
That thought made Silver Wolf feel slightly relieved.
———
[Some Time Later]
Levi stretched lazily and stood up from his chair. With a thought, the scene before his eyes shifted, he was back in his room on the Xianzhou Luofu.
The terminal screen before him was still on, playing a live feed of Silver Wolf's room.
Silver Wolf, standing in the middle of her room, came to her senses and quickly turned off the video.
Watching the display go black, Levi smirked.
"She sure closed that fast."
He took out his Xianzhou-issued phone, his Jade Signal, logged into his account, and sent Silver Wolf a message.
[Levi: 10,000 credits]
After receiving the message, Silver Wolf checked her game account and nodded.
[Silver Wolf: The credits have been transferred to your account. Next time there's this kind of event, I'll call you again.]
[Silver Wolf: By the way, that ability of yours is pretty interesting. Any interest in joining us?]
'Join the Stellaron Hunters?'
Staring at the invitation message, Levi thought for a moment before replying with a few words.
[Levi: I'm a good person]
Seeing that, Silver Wolf muttered, "You make it sound like our Stellaron Hunters are the bad guys."
It was as if Levi knew she'd say that. Immediately below his "I'm a good person" message, he sent an image, a company-issued bounty poster of the Stellaron Hunters.
Naturally, Silver Wolf's own wanted poster was among them.
Looking at the 5.1-billion-credit bounty printed under her name, Silver Wolf was speechless.
'Alright, fine. To the general public, the Stellaron Hunters did look like the bad guys.'
But that didn't mean they were bad.
Not being a good person ≠ being a bad person.
Having logic on your side really speeds up the argument.
After finishing his chat with Silver Wolf, Levi glanced at the payment notification that had just come in.
He had asked for 10,000 credits, but Silver Wolf had sent him 20,000, with a note attached, [Well done, #1 in the server!]
Levi didn't bother with any "extra money doesn't belong to me" moralizing. Since she'd given it, he accepted it happily.
At that moment, a cold, mechanical voice sounded in his ears.
[Ding! Commission complete! Client: Silver Wolf!]
[Reward: Hacking skill!]
"Too bad it didn't drop Aether Editing…"
Still, Levi wasn't disappointed. It was his first time using the system, and getting something useful already felt like a win.
Suddenly, he felt a sting in his arm.
Looking down, he saw purple lines spreading across his skin. The energy pulsing within them seemed alive, glowing faintly with every breath he took.
Honkai disease.
That was the reason he was now on the Luofu.
If this were the Honkai world, he could go to Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, or even World Serpent for help.
But unfortunately, the world he'd crossed into wasn't Honkai Impact, it was Star Rail, a world that had "Honkai" in the name but no actual Honkai.
No one here even knew what "Honkai" was. For someone infected like him, there was no cure.
But he refused to give up. That was why he'd come to the Luofu, to find a way to save himself.
He shifted his gaze from his arm to the floating virtual screen before him and smiled.
'As it turns out, coming to the Luofu was the right move!'
Perhaps it was fate, but it was only after arriving here that his system awakened.
It had no name, no tutorial, no self-introduction.
Even its abilities were something he'd had to figure out by trial and error. That was why, despite awakening it a month ago, this was the first time he'd actually received a reward.
To summarize simply: accept commissions, complete them, and earn rewards.
However, it seemed that the clients had to be those "favored by destiny", the kinds of four- or five-star figures from the game.
When he accepted their commissions, the system would let him possess them, and he'd gain massive power boosts while doing so.
For instance, while he'd been inside Silver Wolf earlier, even though he barely played the game himself, he'd achieved results beyond Silver Wolf's own capabilities, results she could only match by cheating.
Unfortunately, that kind of boost only worked during possession.
Because of how much it resembled something from a novel he'd read, Levi decided to name his system...
The Grandpa System.
———
[Ding!]
After pulling an all-nighter completing Silver Wolf's commission, it was now morning.
As Levi tidied his room, he heard a familiar sound in his ears and assumed another "client" was sending him a job request.
He opened his Jade Signal, but found no new commissions.
Straightening up, he looked at the virtual text floating before him and realized it wasn't projected by his system at all.
[Welcome to the Kiana Harem Group!]
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