No,Bad system

(host has gained enough awareness of situation)

(system will now introduce itself)

"what the-"

(congragulations to host for being chosen to weild the ultimate power system)

"wait wha-"

(the system will ensure that the host survives and grows stronger than anyone else in the world)

"hold on for a moment"

(the system will now scan the hosts current state so that it may-

"STOP" Ding jie shouted

the words on the blue floating slate like object in front of his eyes stopped appearing, along with the voice narrating all the words shut up

jie sighed and pinched his nose

"ok so, first of all, No, you will not scan my body"

(but-)

"secondly, until you answer who made you or what your purpose aside from your main directive is then I will not discuss any further matters with you"

(but host, you have not reached that level of qualification yet, my directives prevent me from-)

"then you and I will speak no further"

perhaps some people would have called jie an idiot, afterall this system was seemingly made with skill beyond this world, and it also promised power to him, and while yes jie would say they were correct, he would also admonish them for lacking any common sense

'power is but a tool, and the one who gains it runs the risk of being someone else's tool, a great quote from some book I can't remember that I read in my last life, and it fits in perfectly with this situation, afterall who know why this thing wants me to become stronger, maybe it's a very complex soul contract and once I use it I'll have to obey some overlord, or maybe it's like a leech and will take some power from me and funnel it to someone else, who knows, all that's certain is that I cannot use this system'

(host is overthinking this systems purpose, it is just to-)

'wait you can read my thoughts?!'

(this system was created with the purpose of-)

'no,no shut up, don't try to justify it, you are connected to my head, actually I think I got why you exist, you exist to just siphon information out of my head like old man.... what was his name again?'

with those thoughts jue scratched his head trying to remember his past life

'the great pheonix flowers grow in... where was it?, the secret of the divine world was...what?'

he tried remembering anything from his past life but it was blurry, save fir a few key points

'i can't remember much from my past life, was it due to that passageway my soul just travelled through?'

(hosts memories are currently being kept by system as to-)

'IM SORRY WHAT!!!' jie shouted in his head

(as I was explaining-)

'nononono, give them back right now or I swear on my cultivation I will obliterate you'

(system must ask the host how he plans to do that)

'simple'

jie once more entered a meditative state, but rather than focus on his qi he focused on a different area, his soul

a smirk appeared on his face

'I will be gracious and let you leave unscathed if you just return my memories'

(leaving you is impossible for a multitude of reasons, and no I shall not return your memories just yet, so hear me out, to get them back you must-)

(system error detected)

(anylisation commencing)

(link with host is being interefered)

'what about now?' he thought smirking

(WHAT DID HOST DO???!?!?)

'it's simple really, you existed even when I didn't have my body, so naturally you must be tethered to my soul, and once a person observes their soul, the connections that have been established towards it become clear, all that I did was find the connection to you' he thought smirking triumphantly

(.....)

(system is recalculating and readjusting multiple things, please wait)

still smirking jie just sat paitently

(system has decided to give back the hosts memories on the condition that it will not be blamed for anything that happens while host is recovering memories)

'like I even need to think about that'

(memory restoration beginning)

jie suddenly fell forward only being supported by his weak arms

his head felt like it was splitting open

a few seconds into the memory recovery he collapsed into a deep slumber, which only offset the restoration pain by a little

and soon jie was lost in a world of his memories