Ok so what if Wan Yi was his system before? I'm pretty sure the ML was the guy who completed all his mission, returned to his og world, driven by madness by his power which was also confirmed 'mind reading. His soul was scattered all over the world so it does make sense.
Point was, if Wan Yi could be his system before. The cat told him "there was a senior system before who tried to leave the system and become a human. Although the final outcome was unclear and that's why systems don't take human forms anymore".
Newest chapter we saw the ML who was the commander guy saying "it's a success, knew there was still a chance", maybe the commander tried to make him into a human before??? The Wan Yi in his lifetime said he also wanted to stay with him I mean IDK IMAGINE THO