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the target of the face-slapping was a system host.
at the end of that arc, MC basically steals the system and names it Shaohua iirc, and the loneliness of the MC's eternal worldhopping lessened a bit; not going to lie, I get a little bit happy for the Xu Zifan whenever he and Shaohua interact. Sure our repeat-widower MC gets a new family or finds a new love sometimes in the next world, but eventually he'd have to leave them behind and continue living while his loved ones die. In the light of that, having Shaohua is really good, even though its a mechanical system thats still learning and doesn't really have much of a will of its own.
kinda like how a lonely child collects stuffed toys to replace the friends they don't have, you know, but better because the system can actually respond unlike a teddy bear lmao. God I should really work on my social withdrawal smh.
[collapse]other than that, yeah. This is a really nice read. Admittedly I took long-ass breaks and sometimes skipped a few arcs because they were a bit dragging but its not bad, and as someone who can't fall in love, the fact that a lover isn't Xu Zifan's be all end all is very nice. He's determined and hard-working and loves to learn, and is also faithful to whoever he chooses to spend his life in that world with, and if he doesn't find anyone he likes or just can't even think about a relationship Spoilerlike in the beast world arc where its all men and men that can't transform are the "females" and can even get pregnant (sign of the cross for our steel-straight MC lolololol. Kinda mean but its absolutely hilarious how stressed he is during this arc; feels great to see a novel protag work hard to avoid misunderstandings like I do daily lmao)
[collapse] he just stays single. His views on love are very realistic, and I like how he always lives his life to the fullest in every world and spends a lot of time to move on in the void each and every time.