My 100th Rebirth a day before the Apocalypse novel Chapter 199

"What the fuck?!" Kisha exclaimed, jumping to her feet after seeing the system notification. It was unusually detailed this time, showing rewards and punishments in advance, even though she hadn’t upgraded her system yet.

Upon seeing the requirements, Kisha found it quite helpful as she wouldn’t have to figure things out on her own. However, the punishment outweighed the rewards by more than double, and the demand itself seemed unreasonable. Completing the mission within just 15 days with such high expectations seemed impossible, no matter how efficiently she tilled the land and planted.

Seeing Kisha’s frustration and her eyes turning red with anger, Duke rushed to her side. "What happened? Are you okay?" Everyone turned their attention to them, wondering why Kisha, who had been happily planting with everyone just moments before, suddenly seemed so agitated.

Kisha wanted to voice her complaint, but she found herself at a loss for words. The mission seemed completely unreasonable, like an attempt to unfairly deplete her points and stats. The threat of a system downgrade only added to her frustration.

"008!" She shouted in her mind. "What’s going on with this?" She immediately questioned 008 angrily.

"Host, I’m not sure. I was just as surprised as you and am already investigating," replied 008, its voice trembling with anger. A flurry of codes flew across the system interface as 008 searched for clues. It was unprecedented for a system mission to be this detailed, which was helpful because they didn’t have to guess what was required to meet the mission’s demands—it was all clearly outlined.

But now the problem lay in the unreasonable demand. If before Kisha didn’t know how she would die for failing to meet the mission’s requirements, now she could see it clearly but felt powerless to do anything about it. Both of them were frustrated with this sudden change.

It felt like another form of torture—putting in your best effort, yet deep down knowing exactly how it would end because you couldn’t meet the requirement.

"Host, I’m being blocked! I can’t find anything," 008’s distressed and crying voice echoed in Kisha’s mind. She pursed her lips in frustration; she couldn’t vent her anger on 008, especially since even 008 couldn’t explain what was happening and was facing a downgrade despite barely reaching level 1.

She exhaled deeply, regulating her breathing to calm herself down. Realizing there was no immediate answer, she understood that no amount of anger or berating would change the situation. "008," she called out calmly.

"Y-yes, Host?" 008 responded, its voice barely audible between sobs of frustration. It seemed as if the Constellation overseeing it harbored a dislike, always guiding 008 and its host toward potential destruction.

"Initiate a system upgrade, now."

"Yes?!" 008 choked on its sobs, momentarily taken aback.

"System upgrade. I’ll figure out a solution in the meantime while you upgrade," Kisha ordered firmly.

[System upgrade to level 2 authorization]

[Cost: 5,000 points]

[Accept] or [Decline]