Chapter 22: The System's Purpose

Theoretically, Webnovalle, the copyright holder, should have access to the author's personal information.

However, the strange part was when the company tried to retrieve the author's details, they discovered an empty record - a mysterious identity that seemingly appeared out of thin air, with no traceable origin. In other words, this person simply didn't exist!

In fact, for system carriers who can constantly travel between worlds, such operations were quite familiar. Unless they completely left the system, they couldn't permanently stay in one world. During crossovers, the system typically prepared a fake identity for the mission - which became the primary reason they suspected Irene might be the author.

"What does this have to do with us?" the student-uniformed boy asked, looking confused. He opened the book, flipped through a few pages, and immediately followed up, "What if it was written by another system member before?"

"Lance Wenky, do you know why you were bound to the system? Why you entered the system space?" the bespectacled young man suddenly sneered, asking with obvious disdain.

Seeing the boy shake his head blankly, the middle-aged woman in the black robe looked at the team captain. Noticing he wasn't speaking, she quickly continued the explanation:

"This relates to a long-standing rumor about Irene from the earliest system carriers. Although the details are too ancient to verify completely, the basic meaning is clear - entering a world with the angel Cyrae might reveal the entire truth about the system's existence!"

"The system's truth?" Lance Wenky was stunned. He had already read through the book before entering this world and knew exactly who Cyrae was. But if this was related to the system's existence, it was definitely personally relevant to him.

Lance Wenky remembered being possessed by the system during his way to school, forcibly brought into the system space. The system then issued task after task, compelling him to travel with his team through various worlds, gradually becoming stronger through skill learning and combat, occasionally even experiencing conflicts with other teams.

Fortunately, his luck was good. The "Radiance Team" was among the top-tier teams in the system space. Their captain, June Ching, was exceptionally powerful. With the team's seamless cooperation, they rarely suffered casualties during their world-hopping adventures.

However, despite the system's miraculous nature, almost no system carrier understood its logic, principles, how it was created, or the ultimate purpose of gathering so many people into this space. Besides completing assigned tasks, many members dedicate themselves to uncovering the truth. But Lance Wenky, being relatively new, was still caught up in the novelty and hadn't yet found time to investigate deeply.

"Our 'Radiance Team' has gone through countless missions," June Ching suddenly spoke, turning from the window with a rare hint of excitement in his usually cold eyes. "But before this, information about the angel Cyrae was extremely rare across numerous worlds. Until now, only "Ethereal Ascendance: A Journal of Transformation" has detailed her story. This mission might be our closest approach to the truth! If we're lucky, we might find some useful clues and potentially escape the system's constraints, maybe even returning to our original worlds!"

"But as Chu Helm said earlier, this might not be the exact world described in the book. We might end up with no useful information..." the middle-aged woman warned.

The bespectacled young man interrupted immediately: "Don't worry. Despite the slight difference in world names, the background should be fundamentally similar! Moreover, I've already spent points to inquire with the system, and its response clearly confirmed that Cyrae exists in this world!"

"Wait," Lance Wenky interjected, "Didn't the system provide information that we're at a time after Cyrae was sent back to Earth? So how can you say Cyrae exists in this world..."

He trailed off, realizing Chu Helm was suggesting this was a parallel world where different plot lines could occur. So he lowered his hand and asked loudly in front of everyone:

"System, I want to pay 12,000 credits to ask a question about the mission: Are there gods in this world? Specifically like 'Spring'? And I request that all team members can hear the answer!"

"Certainly, there are indeed gods existing in this world!" the system's mechanical voice responded in everyone's mind within seconds.

"Hmm... as expected. Things get interesting now!" Chu Helm adjusted his glasses, breaking the silence after June Ching's prompting.

Chu Helm habitually adjusted his glasses with a finger, and after a moment of silence, urged by June Ching, finally began his analysis.

"The existence of gods in this world actually highly matches our expectations of the system and is very consistent with the system's purpose. However, since this is a group mission, I estimate the task's focus will primarily be centered on itself. The gods' existence can at most be considered the system's assessment of all mission members' capabilities —we probably haven't reached the stage of executing the final mission yet!"

"Hmph, we still haven't gained the system's recognition for our capabilities?"

June Ching immediately complained disdainfully. "Although our first-phase task is to destroy the angels' headquarters at Edenmere, for our team's capabilities, this doesn't seem like a particularly challenging task. As for other teams in the system space, they probably can't pose a significant threat to us right now. What I'm worried about is the system would suddenly issue restrictions at the critical moment, preventing me from eliminating those system members with potential. This would be incredibly frustrating! When will the final mission arrive?"

"Theoretically, it should be soon. But you must first lead us through this mission safely. And even successfully completing the final mission doesn't guarantee we can leave the system!"

The usually cautious Chu Helm rolled his eyes, pulled out a lollipop from somewhere, unwrapped it, and put it in his mouth. Speaking with slightly muffled words, he continued to remind everyone: "Although our ' Radiance Team' is indeed at the top tier in the system space, don't forget the system typically helps balance all teams in group missions. Most likely, other teams have already entered this world. They would most probably build relationships with local people in this world to counteract us. But the result depends on what they can achieve when we meet!"

"Wait a moment! The 'final mission' you mentioned, and the system's purpose—do you already know?"

The always curious Lance Wenky inadvertently caught a key point in their conversation and raised his hand to inquire again.

"Shortly before you arrived in the system space, our team gathered all members' credit points, spending 1,000,000 points to ask the system this question. We were also strictly forbidden from mentioning it to anyone outside our team, with immediate elimination as the consequence. The answer we received was..."

As usual, the middle-aged woman in the black robe answered this question. She took a deep breath and slowly exhaled the final two words:

"Slaying God!"