In 2023, in a high-end residential complex in Beijing, Mu Youyou was sitting on her balcony, sipping coffee and leisurely admiring the moon.
“Beep, beep, beep”—after three sounds, she felt a streak of light rush into her brain, and she fainted.
When she woke up again, Mu Youyou was lying on a bed. As she opened her eyes, she found the surroundings unfamiliar, like rooms she had seen in period dramas on TV. However, the house looked quite new and warmly arranged. She glanced at the calendar on the wall—1974.
“Is this a dream?” Mu Youyou pinched herself.
“Hiss, it hurts!” She touched her face. This wasn’t a dream.
“H-hello…” A childlike voice sounded.
“Who’s there?” Mu Youyou looked around, but saw no one.
“I’m in your consciousness. I’m what novels in your world call a system,” the little boy’s voice sounded again, timidly.
“Explain—why am I here? I was clearly at home enjoying the moon.” Mu Youyou restrained her temper, deciding to understand the situation first.
“I went to find a host who had transmigrated into this world, but… I picked the wrong person and found you instead.”
“Oh, thank you so much!” Mu Youyou’s blood pressure shot up instantly. “You have three seconds—send me back right now!” she practically roared.
“I-I can’t. The moment your soul separated, you couldn’t return,” the boy’s voice sounded like that of a child who had made a mistake.
“……”
“Miss, are you okay?” the system asked cautiously.
“No!”
Inside, Mu Youyou cursed endlessly. Her life had finally turned lucky—she had won a 30 million lottery, just bought a house, and hadn’t even started enjoying it yet. Now everything was gone.
Mu Youyou had grown up in an orphanage. Since high school, she had supported herself through part-time jobs. She was now a second-year graduate student.
That day, she had accompanied a classmate to buy lottery tickets. Having never bought one before, she suddenly felt the urge and bought five identical random picks.
She soon forgot about it. Only after seeing a banner at the lottery shop did she remember, and when she checked the numbers at home, she realized she was the winner.
“Miss, all your assets from that world can be compensated,” the boy’s voice sounded again.
“How will you compensate me?” Mu Youyou raised an eyebrow.
“Miss, close your eyes.”
Half-believing, Mu Youyou closed her eyes. Suddenly, something like an online shopping app appeared in her mind.
“This marketplace lets you buy anything from your previous world. You can also sell items from this world back there. One balance shows all the money you had in that world, which can be withdrawn and converted for use here. The other balance is for money earned from selling items from this world.”
Mu Youyou checked the balance. Aside from the 30 million left after tax from her lottery winnings, there was also over ten thousand yuan she had saved from part-time jobs.
“What’s the conversion rate?” she asked, knowing it wouldn’t be one-to-one.
“Based on market value… 1 to 300,” the boy’s voice grew quieter.
“Why don’t you just rob me?” Mu Youyou was on the verge of exploding.
Then she recalled novels about transmigration into past eras—female protagonists would sell items from their space or system on the black market. That seemed feasible.
“Other transmigrators have spirit springs, planting spaces, storage spaces. And you just give me a useless shopping system where I spend my own money?” Mu Youyou raised an eyebrow. Since she couldn’t go back, she might as well maximize her benefits before accepting this situation.
“Th-this…”
“If there’s nothing else, we might as well perish together. I’m not doing this job,” Mu Youyou said lazily, pretending to give up.
“Waaah, how can you threaten a system?” the boy’s voice carried a sob.
“Stop! Don’t waste time.”
“Miss, just think ‘enter.’”
Mu Youyou did as told. In front of her appeared the house she bought after winning the lottery. But something was different—the projection screen in her room was split into two interfaces: one was the marketplace system, and the other looked like a farming game.
“This is?”
At that moment, her robot vacuum slowly approached.
“What the—what are you?”
“Miss, I don’t have a physical form. To communicate better, I transferred my consciousness into this robot vacuum. Cool, right?” The robot waved its little appendages excitedly.
Mu Youyou’s lips twitched.
“Miss, just like you think—this farm can grow grains, vegetables, and fruits. Most importantly, the well beside it, while it can’t bring people back to life, can strengthen your body and greatly benefit your health.”
“Do you think I lack food?” Mu Youyou looked slightly disdainful. After all, she was a multimillionaire.
“Miss, don’t underestimate it. There are nine plots in total, each one an acre. All crops mature in 72 hours, and harvested grains are automatically processed—threshed and husked,” the robot’s eyes glowed green.
Mu Youyou nodded. That did seem somewhat useful.
“Can I enter this house anytime?” She had bought a 130-square-meter apartment with three bedrooms and a living room.
“This house will now be your storage space.”
Mu Youyou thought deeply. She should ask for more.
“Miss, there’s really nothing else.”
“You said transmigration is risky. I should at least have something to protect myself,” Mu Youyou said, staring at the robot.
“Miss, this… I… this is my first mission, I…” The robot began to stutter.
Mu Youyou could tell there was more. “If I die, wouldn’t you be finished too?”
“F-fine. Miss, this is really the last thing I have.”
“Good, good, good.” Mu Youyou nodded.
At that moment, a dropper appeared above the well, with a white bowl beneath it.
“What is this?”
“This is Marrow-Cleansing Spring, an enhanced version of the well water. Its effects vary from person to person—you’ll have to explore that yourself. And there’s only one drop per month.”
As the robot finished speaking, with a drip, a single drop of liquid fell into the bowl, and then there was no more movement.
“Miss, can we start receiving the original host’s memories now?”
“Wait—can everything from these two systems be taken into the outside world?” Mu Youyou asked.
“Yes. Items from the outside world can be brought into this house, and everything from the house and system can be taken into reality. The house will function just like it did in your original world, and you can enter it anytime.”
“Understood. Let’s receive the original host’s memories.”