"Missing part of a damaged file?"

Hearing the system utter this phrase for the first time, Du Fei was slightly taken aback. Although he was uncertain about what this unreliable system intended to do, he still took a deep breath and quickly responded in his mind, "Input!"

"Beep—"

"Command accepted, system inputting— Detected 100% compatibility rate between input data and the internal damaged file. Merge data?"

"Merge!"

"Beep—"

"Data merging in progress— New data detected in the system. Read data?"

"Read!"

"Command processing, loading data— Please wait—"

This time, the system didn't provide any further prompts, only the cold "beep—" sound kept echoing, indicating that a large amount of data was being processed.

"Is this item the system's missing data?" Coming back to his senses, Du Fei's gaze settled on the scroll in his hand, a bizarre thought suddenly emerging in his mind...

Could it be that the Ice Heart Technique was initially recorded on this scroll, but for some reason, his father had transferred all the information from here to the jade pendant using some unimaginable method?

With that thought, Du Fei couldn't help but reach for the jade pendant hanging around his neck. However, the moment his hand touched the pendant, his whole body shuddered!

The mysterious sensation that originally came from the jade pendant upon contact had disappeared without a trace. Du Fei was almost entirely certain that the pendant had become nothing more than an ordinary object!

In other words, after the data was read by the system, it was also erased from within the pendant.

"Without entering the Du Family's Martial Cultivation Pavilion and coming into contact with this scroll, even I wouldn't have been able to obtain the complete version of the Ice Heart Technique... Such foresight is truly impressive!"

That's what he thought, but Du Fei didn't believe that Du Tian, like himself, had such an unreliable system. Most likely, he used some other method, and there should be another way to integrate the two. However, by a stroke of luck, this unreliable system seemed to have completely resolved what was once a massive problem.

"Beep— Data reading completed. Do you wish to start loading?"

Just as Du Fei was pondering, the unreliable system posed another question.

"Load it!"

"Beep— Command accepted, system loading—"

With the electronic sound echoing, Du Fei felt a brief darkness before his eyes, and once again found himself in a pitch-black space. In the center of the space, there was an illusory figure seated cross-legged, its hands forming a mysterious seal. As the seal morphed, the surrounding Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi seemed to be slowly drawn into its body.

At the same time, a stream of profound information rapidly flowed into Du Fei's mind.

"Ice Heart Technique's fragment, an eighth-grade cultivation method. In the vast expanse of Heaven and Earth, only ice is boundless. Among the powerhouses in the world, none can resist the cold. If you wish to cultivate ice, you must first cultivate the heart. When the heart is as clear as ice, you shall remain unshaken even if the heavens fall—"

After this ballad-like flow of mysterious information, what entered Du Fei's mind next was the cultivation method of the Ice Heart Technique. Although this was Du Fei's first encounter with this technique, by observing the figure in front of him, he soon gained some understanding of how to practice the Ice Heart Technique.

However, at this moment, he was still at the seventh level of body forging and couldn't immediately cultivate the Ice Heart Technique. After all, only upon reaching the ninth level of body forging and attempting to break through to the Ninth-grade Martial Artist could one start the cultivation!

"Today wasn't entirely fruitless. At the very least, I can let Little Ai practice the Ice Heart Technique. If outsiders ask about it, I can just say it was taught by her father!"

After pondering for a brief moment, Du Fei felt that this idea was not bad. However, he felt a slight regret. The information only contained the cultivation method of the Ice Heart Technique, and the two or three accompanying martial techniques that should have been present were missing. He wasn't sure if they had been lost or never existed in the first place.

After thinking for a moment, Du Fei took a shallow breath, preparing to exit this mysterious, dark space.

"Beep— Missing system file detected. Do you wish to input?"

At that moment, the electronic sound suddenly echoed again.

"Missing system file? Isn't it a damaged file? What's going on?" Du Fei furrowed his brows, voicing his question.

"Beep— Question understood, answer unclear. Do you wish to input the missing system file?"

"It really is unreliable." Du Fei sighed, "Input it!"

"Beep— Command accepted. The system is starting to input the missing file—"

"Input successful. The system has successfully repaired some functions. The system will restart to activate the repaired functions. Do you wish to restart?"

"Yes!"

At this point, Du Fei couldn't continue to complain and could only calmly give the command.

"Command accepted. Restarting—"

"Beep—"

Afterwards, Du Fei felt a brief darkness before his eyes, followed immediately by a faint light that appeared in his vision.

This time, the previously pitch-black space became incredibly clear, allowing Du Fei to clearly see that this space was just a square room of several tens of square meters. In the center of the room, a spherical object floated in mid-air. The sphere was divided by dashed lines into many small squares. Some of these squares were slightly illuminated, but the majority were pitch black.

Directly below the sphere was a circular stone platform. On top of the platform, an illusory, naked figure flickered slightly. It seemed to sense Du Fei's gaze, showing a faint smile. Subsequently, the figure gradually became clearer.

"Uh—"

Staring at the now-clear figure before him, Du Fei was momentarily speechless. After a while, he exhaled and asked, "What are you?"

Standing atop the platform completely naked was a young girl who was tilting her head adorably. Her empty eyes seemed to shift slightly, and after a moment, she softly spoke.

"Due to the input of the system's missing parts, some system functions have returned to normal. The system has materialized based on the master's preferences. If the master has other requirements, please give the command."

"Materialized based on the master's preferences..." Du Fei rolled his eyes, "Even if it's based on my preferences, put on some clothes. Also, can you change that lifeless voice?"

"Command accepted. System starting to run—"

With an abrupt sound, the figure on the platform blurred for a moment. When it became clear again, the illusory figure was now dressed in a sailor suit that Du Fei admired in his previous life. The vacant eyes seemed to shift slightly, then the figure acted shyly, "Ma...Master... Whatever order you give, I... I will accept..."

The voice was incredibly sweet, so much so that it made one's bones go soft. If only those eyes weren't so empty...

Speechless, Du Fei stared at the figure in front of him for a moment and finally sighed. "You should revert to your previous way of speaking."

"Alright, now answer my questions. What is this system, why is it in my possession, and in what manner does it exist?"

Though the now-normal figure was dressed in a sailor suit, it responded with its usual electronic tone.

"Question accepted! A system is a system. Its presence in the master's hands is purely coincidental. The system exists within the master's conscious space. Every time the master enters, he does so in a spiritual form, undetectable to others."

"So, what are the functions of this system?"

"Medical program, data reading program, data entry program!"

Unable to complain about this response, Du Fei sighed again, saying, "Then, what are missing system files? How was it miraculously found, enabling you to recover so many functions?"

"Beep— Command accepted!"

"System files can be missing in various ways. This time, they are believed to reside within the jade pendant on the master which simply went unnoticed before. The system believes that if more such jade pendants can be found, it should be possible to repair many of the system's deficiencies. As the master has seen, these dark sections represent the lost programs." After answering in a voice that left no room for retort, the figure pointed towards the sphere above its head.

"So that's how it works. The lit-up areas are the existing data, and the dark areas represent the missing files... Luckily, I've traveled across worlds. If I were a native, I'd probably be clueless!" Du Fei commented sarcastically, then inhaled slightly. Regarding the origin of this system, he didn't want to inquire further. If his guess was right, unless he managed to find all the missing files, he wouldn't be able to understand what this system was all about.

"One last question. Do you have a name?" Facing the figure in front of him, Du Fei asked casually.

"System Code 254448. If the master requires it, you can assign a name."

"Well, since you're all white and clean, I'll call you Little Bai. Other names are too bothersome. From now on, the system will be officially renamed as Little Bai!"

"Beep— Master's understanding is incorrect. The system remains the system. Little Bai is only one of the main programs within the system—"

"Uh..." Du Fei slapped his forehead. After a moment, he seemed to understand. He guessed Little Bai was probably some kind of intelligent program within the system, designed to assist him in understanding and operating other programs.

After pondering for a short while, Du Fei felt there were no more questions. He dusted off his hands and swiftly exited the program.

Within the faintly illuminated mental space, Little Bai on the platform watched the place where Du Fei's mental body disappeared. A hint of human-like emotion seemed to flash in its eyes, but in an instant, it became void again...

Meanwhile, the previously empty space also began to undergo some changes.