Ling An opened his eyes once more and looked around.
So this is the System Space?
As Ling An pondered, the System’s voice rang out.
[Trial mission settlement as follows:]
1.Completed the world survival mission: +5 points
2.Completed the original host’s wish (to seize everything from the female lead): +2 points
3.World male lead’s affection at 100%: +20 points
4.Absorbed Heavenly Dao Energy in excess of quota: System bonus of 50 points
A total of 77 points earned from the trial mission has been deposited into the host’s account.
Beep, a piercing mechanical sound rang out.
The System spoke again: [The Store has been updated. Would the host like to spend 70 points to unlock the Shop?]
Hearing this, Ling An was utterly speechless.
The System had already said it, what else could he do but agree?
He silently grumbled to himself about this black-hearted System.
Before he could even finish complaining, a blue System Panel appeared before him.
The System Panel had only three crude buttons: Points, Unlock, and Store.
He opened the Store, and after a quick glance, Ling An was already tempted by several of the items.
As expected of a System whether it was things from ancient times, the future, the modern era, or other worlds, anything he wanted to find, he could find.
It was just a pity…
Looking at his single-digit point balance, Ling An felt a wave of disappointment.
Looks like he’d have to do more missions.
With that thought, Ling An pressed the Unlock button.
The moment he pressed it, Ling An felt a familiar sensation of weightlessness.
His vision blurred, and he arrived in another world.
The original host’s memories came flooding in. His wish was to survive the apocalypse and never go hungry in it.
The original host was born into the family of a super-wealthy merchant in City C.
His parents were away on business year-round, and the number of times they came home could be counted on one hand.
The original host was raised from childhood by nannies and servants.
Growing up in this loveless yet pampered environment, the original host became lawless from a young age, with an arrogant and domineering personality even as a small child he was constantly getting into fights.
His ruthlessness was also famous. His parents had finally managed to squeeze the original host into the best middle school in all of City S, No. 7 Middle School.
But who would have thought the male lead, with his habit of fighting, would turn this school long known as a civilized campus into complete chaos, even making the local news headlines.
The school had no choice but to expel the original host, and his parents were deeply disappointed in him.
They decided that once he graduated from high school, they would send him abroad to study.
And so the original host transferred from the city’s best high school to an ordinary one, No. 13 High School.
After finally getting the original host through school, his parents immediately sent him abroad.
He had only been living it up overseas for a mere four years when the apocalypse arrived.
Everything after that in the original host’s life was a struggle for survival.
Until ten years into the apocalypse, when the original host had already been tortured by it beyond recognition, he finally heard on the radio that scientists had developed an antibody that could fight the virus.
And that scientist turned out to be Jiang Shu his college roommate from back then.
As for why he remembered him so clearly.
Back then, because the original host’s parents still wanted him to attend college in the country, the original host was furious.
So he beat Jiang Shu half to death, and it was for this reason that the original host was expelled. That was how he smoothly got to go abroad.
So the original host still had some impression of Jiang Shu.
Because of the antibody’s existence, order was restored within just a couple of years after the apocalypse.
Although things weren’t as good as before the apocalypse, they were still much better than during it.
The original owner had also gone through countless hardships before finally returning home.
Upon returning, he heard a piece of new news.
Jiang Shu had stolen the antibody and claimed it as his own; the true hero of the apocalypse was Lv Mingyi.
Jiang Shu had refused the state’s commendation, demanding only the death of his former classmate.
Jiang Shu was the developer of the apocalypse virus…
For a time, damaging rumors about Jiang Shu flew everywhere.
So the survivors of the apocalypse were filled with fury, all wanting to kill Jiang Shu.
But Jiang Shu mysteriously disappeared, and people gradually forgot about the matter.
However, after less than two years of peaceful days, an even stronger batch of zombie viruses struck again.
This time, the original owner didn’t escape either, he caught the virus and died on the spot.
The original owner’s memories ended abruptly here.
Ling An slowly came back to his senses, then asked in confusion, “System, is the mission for this world only the original owner’s memories and nothing else?”
[Yes, Host. Normally, every world only comes with the original owner’s memories.]
[But trial missions are the exception. To help the Host better complete the mission, we will give you God’s-eye-view memories and plot information.]
That made sense, but why had my cultivation dropped back to the first layer of Qi Refining?
Ling An was completely baffled. He had worked so hard to cultivate to the sixth layer of Qi Refining in the last world, how had he suddenly become a freshly-broken-through first layer again?
[Host, you just transmigrated over. The original owner’s body can’t keep up with your Spiritual Power. If we didn’t weaken your Spiritual Power,]
[then the moment you arrived, the original owner’s body would have burst apart.]
Ling An thought for a while and decided the System had a point.
“Then next time I do a mission, if I come over in my true body, will my cultivation be restored?”
[Yes, Host.]
Hearing this satisfactory answer, Ling An felt much more at ease. As long as it could be restored, that was fine.
Ling An came back to himself. He was currently in a car heading home.
He had just come back from fooling around outside, and his cheap parents were already waiting for him at home.
They were planning to discuss with him about staying in the country.
When he arrived home, a servant pushed open the living room door, and Ling An saw this world’s parents.
Ling Cheng looked at this good-for-nothing son and let out a deep sigh.
He had intended to lecture him, but the moment he met Ling An’s eyes, he lost his nerve.
In the end, the lecture never came out. After all, this was his only son, and the way he’d turned out was partly the parents’ responsibility too.
Ling Cheng sighed heavily and laid out the arrangements for Ling An.
“Tomorrow, go to school and get settled in first. It’s not so bad here in the country.”
“Study for one year first. If it really doesn’t work out, I’ll send you abroad again, and then you can be as carefree as you like.”
“But if you dare refuse, your mother and I will never care about you again. You won’t get a single cent, and you won’t be my son, Ling Cheng’s, anymore.”
With that, Ling Cheng left with the silent cheap mother.
Ling An also silently went upstairs.
It was too late now, he should sleep. Sleep time must not be delayed. The System really should have let him transmigrate over a bit earlier.
With that thought, Ling An quickly washed up and dove into bed, falling asleep the moment his head hit the pillow.
He had sweet dreams all night, sleeping until he woke up naturally.
After washing up and getting dressed, he headed off to school.
Ling An’s luggage had long since been delivered to the dormitory everything was prepared, just waiting for him to move in.
Ling An felt nothing about this, but everyone at C University had already exploded with excitement.
“What?! That psycho from the news is transferring to our school?”
“No way, he’s actually transferring here? What did we ever do to deserve this?”
“I wonder who’d win in a fight between him and Brother Ming Zhou. Is he going to be the new top dog at C University?”
“Maybe. Honestly, it’d be cool if he became the boss, I’ve always looked up to him.”
“Get lost! You looking to die? Brother Ming Zhou is the one and only boss of C University.”