In a place that was farther than here and closer than there.
The world of systems.
Various systems were watching over the systems that were taking missions. When suddenly on one of the monitors a warning appeared.
"What happens?"
"Whose mission is that?"
"Quick, report to the elder!"
Some systems were alarmed when the warning appeared and some quick witted ones directly reported this situation to its superior.
Swish.
An older system appeared on the scene instantly after receiving the report. It stared at the warning message and asked the one who was responsible for this section.
"What is the situation?"
The one who was responsible for this section was nervous and quickly tried his best to confirm the situation.
Not long after, it said. "Sir, it is a breach."
"A breach?" The elderly system murmured under his breath.
"What is the code for this breach?" It asked.
"It's breach code-4, Sir." The system responsible didn't need to open a manual book to find the code.
Breach was one of many sections in the manual book. While the code four refers to the situation where the world made a counterattack caused by the host that tied with a system.
"Bring me the file of this person, put this to on record and increase the priority level." The elderly system gave an order on how to handle this situation directly.
One second later, the elderly system already left the scene while reading the file about the host that caused breach code-4. It only took one second to finish the file but took another two seconds staring at it.
Then the elderly system put the file away.
"With such a background it's only natural for such a breach to happen." The elderly system sighed.
. . .
Niu Chang took his time to read each paragraph of the instruction manual of his system carefully. It's a lot of information to read but thankfully it was written in a humane way that made it easier to understand.
Feeling grateful that the system manual is not like the programming book or the law book which have many clauses.
He closed his eyes and tried to process the information from the instruction manual.
Five minutes later, Niu Chang opened his eyes and he more or less understood how to use his newly acquired system.
In his understanding, this system only has three important rules.
All living beings are equal.
Respect is essential.
Uninformed person is innocent.
And to summarize these three rules into a more simple form is naturally : "Don't make any karma."
Karma here refers to both good karma and bad karma. The reason why the instruction manual was long was because it explained many things about karma.
For Niu Chang who didn't want to make any problem until he actually became omnipotent and omniscient, such a system naturally suited him the best.
When Niu Chang stood up from his bed and looked around his bedroom, he couldn't help but feel disgusted.
'This lord, no longer need to live in this broken home anymore.'
Now that he has his system, naturally it's time for him to take off. But this doesn't mean he dropped his guard down, it's mainly because of the nature of his system he felt this way.
Feeling disgusted, Niu Chang walked out of his bedroom and made his breakfast which was very plain and tasted poorly.
After finished with his breakfast. Niu Chang packed up his things and started his journey.
Because Niu Chang woke up late, the villagers were already busy with their routine. When they saw Niu Chang who brought a big luggage, a big cloth that contained his daily clothes.
"Hey, Little Chang, did you finally choose to move out?"
One of the aunty said this to Niu Chang.
Niu Chang didn't stop and only gave a nod at that aunty.
The aunty's changed from normal to slightly mad. But when she saw Niu Chang walk away, she only snorted.
"Hum, let's wait until how long can you last in the wilderness."
On his way to exit the village, Niu Chang was greeted by many people but none of them told him to reconsider his action.
Instead many of them said punctual words and gave superficial smiles.
Uncle Zhang who came out from his house was happy and enjoying the morning sunlight.
When he saw two villagers passing in front of his house.
"Oh, Old Zhang, good news for you."
One of them said.
"The kid from Niu family finally chose to leave the village on his own, now you no longer need to take care of him."
The other one said.
Hearing this, the smile on Uncle Zhang's face was stiff. A glint of light flashed in his eyes. Then he asked the two villagers in front of him with a hoarse voice, "in which direction is that boy going?"
The two villagers didn't take any change on Uncle Zhang seriously, and pointed out the north. "He exited the village through the north gate."
Before the other one was able to ask about what Uncle Zhang would do, he saw Uncle Zhang quickly move to chase after Niu Chang.
Watching the running Uncle Zhang, one of the villagers said. "What a weird old man, he didn't have any connection with the Niu family except being a neighbor yet he still cares a lot about the two, sister and brother."
The other one shook his head. "Let him be, maybe he already takes both of them as his family member."
Uncle Zhang running with all of his might chasing after Niu Chang.
Because Niu Chang didn't run or walk fast. Uncle Zhang was able to catch up with him in less than fifteen minutes.
Uncle Zhang continues his chasing and grabs Niu Chang's shoulder. "You little brat. How dare you run away from me!"
Uncle Zhang was out of breath but his grip was strong, his face was ferocious like a hungry beast.
Niu Chang dropped his luggage and turned around, feeling the pain on his left shoulder. He looked at Uncle Zhang.
Looking at Niu Chang's placid face only caused Uncle Zhang's anger to rise another level.
On the other hand, Niu Chang was actually watching the system panel in front of him.
[Ding.]
[Detected the host has established karma with Zhang Ping.]
[Option 1 : Karmic retribution.]
[Option 2 : Resolve the karma by yourself.]
Although the instruction manual mentioned such a thing, it's now clearly mentioned the option that was given to him.
Niu Chang doesn't need to think much about the options, since he already made up his mind. He willed and chose option number two.
In that instant, Niu Chang felt his body suddenly filled with strength that he didn't have before. The grip on his shoulder no longer gave him pain.
Before Uncle Zhang could make any move due to his anger erupting like a volcano, he saw Niu Chang blinked at him and then punched.
Niu Chang's punch was so fast that Uncle Zhang was unable to react. The punch landed on his stomach.
In his heart, Uncle Zhang sneered at such stupid move. But when the punch hit his stomach, he was pushed back and pain spread across his body before finally falling on his back.
Still unable to think what just happened, Uncle Zhang saw Niu Chang approaching him rapidly. He saw Niu Chang's placid face, but now he no longer felt disgusted at such a face but fear.
He saw Niu Chang no longer that dull and introverted boy, but a full fledged warrior. In front of a warrior nothing can cause a ripple in his heart as he feels no fear.
"St-"
Niu Chang kicked Uncle Zhang's chin to stop him from screaming. His kick alone caused Uncle Zhang's teeth to break and his gum to bleed.
Uncle Zhang was unresponsive to his pain due to fear overwhelming his mind.
But before he could do anything, he saw Niu Chang raise his right leg and stomp down. The light on Uncle Zhang's eyes slowly faded.
With one stomp, Niu Chang breaks Uncle Zhang's neck, ending his life.
[Ding.]
[Congratulations to the host for resolving the karma.]
[Acquired 326 karma points.]
Looking at the pop up window from the system, Niu Chang no longer had intention to stomp on Uncle Zhang's broken neck.
The system already gave him confirmation that the karma between him and Uncle has been resolved.
Niu Chang then turned around and walked to his luggage, picked them up and continued to walk away.
'It's not different from how the instruction manual I had read before. As long as I only mind my own business, with the system's help I am invincible!"
'With this system, whether being a monk that isolated himself inside a cave or a normal person who travels the world. There is no difference between them. Invincible!'