When system cheat becomes rampant!

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The one thing Wang Yiying shouldn't have done was to include Xiang Beifei while using her system abilities, resulting in free shipping for everything involved.

When Xiang Beifei grabbed Wang Yiying and caused a scene, the entire street was blocked off completely, and the commotion soon alerted nearby law enforcement officers. They quickly arrived, and after inquiring about the incident, they handcuffed Wang Yiying.

"Ah! It's really Xiang Beifei!"

Among the law enforcement officers, there was an R-grade lady who looked like she just graduated. She was clearly excited when she saw Xiang Beifei because she was one of the 'choices' too!

After dealing with the Wang Yiying issue, she even sneakily asked, "Can I get an autograph? You're so amazing! Lately, our team has been planning to use your cases as training material."

Xiang Beifei hesitated for a moment, then signed for her.

The others were also eagerly surrounding Xiang Beifei, begging for his autograph. Getting an N-grade genius's signature was a huge surprise for the 'choices'!

"All right!"

Xiang Beifei didn't refuse and signed for each of them in turn.

"Xiang Beifei, come buy some pig ribs from our shop next time! I'll give you a 50% discount!"

"I'll give you a 90% discount on spider eggs from my home!"

"You all are so stingy? Xiang Beifei, my store's signature noodles are free for you for a lifetime!"

Many merchants were getting active, all throwing olive branches at Xiang Beifei.

Xiang Beifei touched his forehead, knowing very well what these merchants were up to. If he accepted such offers, later on, they would rightfully use his name to promote their products.

—N-grade genius Xiang Beifei shopped at our store! Our noodles produced a top scorer for the college entrance exam!

Such a deal was a surefire way to profit!

More and more people squeezed in, seeking Xiang Beifei's autograph. He found himself in a bit of a frenzy, realizing that being famous wasn't all that great.

Seeing that things on the street were about to spiral out of control, Xiang Beifei immediately pulled his grandfather through the crowd and then discretely shrouded both himself and his grandfather with Ye Changfeng's "Ronin Sword," turning themselves into two unrecognized ronin.

"Eh? They don't recognize us anymore?"

Xiang Qingde was quite surprised to see that the folks who were just eagerly getting Xiang Beifei's autographs had, in the blink of an eye, no concept of who Xiang Beifei was.

"I used a disguising ability, something one of my teachers at school gave me to prevent being recognized," Xiang Beifei said, not concealing the truth.

Xiang Qingde's eyes lit up, "This thing works great!"

"Yes, next time I'll ask if I can get you one as well," Xiang Beifei said.

He had obtained the Ronin Sword from Ye Changfeng's system, and he figured Ye Changfeng wouldn't mind giving him another one next time.

"That would be great, thanks to you, I'm famous now, too! But being famous can be quite tiring."

Xiang Qingde laughed heartily. Just a short while ago, when too many people couldn't get close enough for Xiang Beifei's autograph, they asked for his, the grandfather's, signature. He agreed generously and began signing, thoroughly enjoying himself.

"Grandpa, it's best to sign less, some things shouldn't be signed so casually," said Xiang Beifei.

"Just one signature, shouldn't be a problem," Qingde asked.

"Still, be cautious. Don't sign names carelessly, and carry out transactions through the official alliance channels to avoid unfair trade practices," Xiang Beifei advised.

In a world governed by systems, signing one's name on a piece of paper might seem trivial, but every individual's system is unique; some people form certain contracts through signatures, thus binding others in specific ways.

For Xiang Beifei, signing autographs was no big deal; it was best if people kept his signature as a keepsake. If anyone dared to misuse his autograph to cause trouble, they were looking for their own demise; Xiaohei would be there to register their delivery package number.

But for Grandpa, an individual without cultivation, signing carelessly carried risks.

For instance, he had just noticed a merchant named Liu Da, who sold livestock meat and owned an [S-grade Intention Selection System]. If customers signed their name, they would then be bound by Liu Da's system.

Liu Da routinely sold his products at very low prices initially to attract customers, demanding that each customer become a member and sign their name.

Once a customer finished signing, they would fall under the influence of his intention system. Next time a customer thought of buying the product, they'd have to return to his store, where he would drastically raise prices for regulars without them noticing.@@novelbin@@

This method was akin to the malpractices of unscrupulous businesses like taxi apps or food delivery services using big data to manipulate loyal customers, with elderly patrons being charged considerably more than new ones, preying on regulars!

Taking advantage of Xiang Beifei's distraction, Liu Da approached Xiang Qingde, who signed without much thought, and Liu Da jubilantly registered Xiang Qingde's signature into his system!

However, a line of text appeared in Liu Da's system:

[You have already registered a customer named Xiang Qingde in September, unable to bind again.]

The system quickly pulled up September's logs:

[September 6th, Xiang Qingde's signature successfully obtained, becomes a designated intention member for your livestock product, and will have to buy from your shop should they require the product in the future.]

[Designated product: Black Goat]

[Assessing Xiang Qingde's purchase intention: The customer will not notice price increases up to ten times the original and will inevitably make a purchase.]

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This meant that the next time Xiang Qingde wanted to buy black goats, his first thought would be to visit Liu Da's shop, where Liu Da would quote a price ten times the norm. Xiang Qingde, bound by Liu Da's system, wouldn't be able to refuse this inflated price.

Different people are assessed different prices based on their willingness to pay; for some, it's five times the normal rate, and for others even ten times!

This depends on the target's system and strength.

For Awakeners of the same cultivation as an S-rank, the price evaluation can only accept about a two-fold increase. For R-rank it's about five to six times, and for N-rank, it can reach up to ten times the price; they must purchase no matter what.

In other words, once they've signed, next time Liu Da can significantly inflate his prices based on this assessed willingness to pay. As long as he stays within this multiple, customers are sure to buy.

Liu Da, in essence, was forcing old customers who had signed to engage in transactions, particularly exploiting N-rank customers since once signed and bound, they find it difficult to resist the influence of his system.

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"Grandpa, have you ever been to Liu's Livestock Meat Shop to buy black goats before?" Xiang Beifei asked, pointing to Liu Da's store.

Xiang Qingde glanced at Liu Da's shop, reflected for a moment, then nodded and said, "Oh, I have been there. I went twice. The first time I bought from him because it was cheap and I even signed up for a membership. The second time I went back, I discovered that the prices had doubled! It was outrageous, even higher than the market price, so I left and opted for another shop instead."

Xiang Beifei looked at his grandfather in surprise: "You stopped buying the second time you found the price had doubled?"

"Of course, why would I buy if the price went up? There was another shop with cheaper options, and the quality wasn't bad either. Naturally, I compared prices among different stores. I'm not senile yet!"

Xiang Qingde looked at Xiang Beifei puzzled, feeling that his grandson had asked a redundant question.

Xiang Beifei: "..."

But you were bound, Grandfather!

Normally, Liu Da's evaluation of the old man's willingness to pay would be ten times, meaning within a ten-fold price increase, the old man shouldn't be able to refuse and was obliged to buy.

But why didn't the old man want to buy when Liu Da had only doubled the price?

Unless—Liu Da's system had no effect on Grandfather?

Xiang Beifei was quite astonished!

He then turned his gaze back to his grandfather's system interface. The snowflake interface was very conspicuous, with no words at all, not even showing a name or system rank.

From what Xiang Beifei knew about systems, there were only two possibilities for negating the abilities of another system: either having a higher cultivation than the other or having a superior system talent.

Higher-ranked systems do have a suppressive effect on lower-ranked ones. Although higher-ranked Awakeners can still be included in the tasks of those with lower ranks, compulsory or predatory abilities cannot be enforced.

Take Ma Ziqian, for instance; he possesses an [SR-level Godspeed Guardian System]. When he moves faster than Cheng Xin'an, who is at SSR-level, the task information will notify him that he is faster than Cheng Xin'an. There is no way for Cheng Xin'an's SSR Vast Righteous Qi System to stop this.

However, if he were to try absorbing Cheng Xin'an's speed using the [Relative Speed] ability, it would largely be ineffective, even though Ma Ziqian's cultivation is on par with Cheng Xin'an's.

That's because Ma Ziqian is SR, and cannot use his SR system's speed to influence an SSR's speed.

And the same should be true for Liu Da's S-level system.

It would be effective against N-rank and R-rank Awakeners as well as Awakeners of S-rank with a lower cultivation than his. His [S-rank Willingness to Pay System] had evidently assessed Xiang Qingde as an unwieldy N-rank, setting the price up to ten times higher.

That being the case, Grandfather was unaffected by Liu Da's system—was it an error in Liu Da's system's assessment?

Could it be that Grandfather was an Awakener above S-rank?

Xiang Beifei became even more astonished.

Come to think of it, he couldn't recall his grandfather ever being influenced by someone else's system abilities.

Just earlier, Wang Yiying used the [Confuse Truth With Falsehood] system ability to advertise to all customers, and many were convinced by Wang Yiying's words, believing he really had a close relationship with Xiang Beifei.

If Grandfather's system talent were only N-rank, theoretically, he should have been influenced too, embracing Wang Yiying's deception as true and not standing out to refute him.

Yet, Grandfather had angrily stood up to confront him, even nearly flipping Wang Yiying's stall over.

He was utterly immune to the [Confuse Truth With Falsehood]!

"This is strange."

Xiang Beifei's mind was flooded with questions. What on earth was the level of his grandfather's system?

"Strange what?" Xiang Qingde inquired.

"Nothing. It's just great that Grandpa can discern right from wrong," Xiang Beifei replied.

"Well then, let's go; we still have to do our shopping. I'll take you to the shop I usually visit. You might not believe it, but Grandpa is an old hand at purchasing. It could serve as a reference for your social practice."

Xiang Qingde cheerfully walked ahead with hands clasped behind his back, signaling Xiang Beifei to follow.

Xiang Beifei watched his grandfather's slender figure with curiosity, an honest and simple old man who led a frugal life and was optimistic and open-minded, not at all appearing to be a pretender.

Could it be that he really was like the Pioneer Stone had said, having forgotten that he was a martial artist?

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Lost in thought, Xiang Beifei suddenly realized his grandfather was about to vanish around the corner of the street, and he swiftly snapped back to reality and hurried after him.