Chapter 1: Slaying the Xiao Motian Blood Crow at the Start
“There are always a few times in one’s life when one feels they’ve seen the gates of heaven open. I waited seventeen years, and at my lowest point, the gates finally opened.”
Lin Li looked at the back of his classmate in front and murmured with emotion.
“Do you also have a lion hidden in your eyes?” His deskmate, Bai Bufan, turned to look at the suddenly deranged Lin Li and retorted, “Lu Mingli, can you use a quarter of your lifespan to get me a girlfriend? Someone like Jiu De Maiyi would be fine.
If that’s too much to ask, then don’t exchange anything at all—no other meaning, I just want to waste your lifespan.”
“Bu Fan, a tragic thick barrier has already separated us,” Lin Li turned to look at Bai Bufan, his eyes devoid of lions, but filled with a high and mighty pity.
Bai Bufan rolled his eyes, cupped his hands, and said, “Lord Treant, you may continue your madness. I haven’t memorized the English words for tomorrow’s class yet, so I need to cram. Farewell.”
“Foot fetishist, how disgusting.” Lin Li shook his head with a hint of disdain.
Bai Bufan, who had already turned his head, took three seconds to realize that he was the one being cursed, and sharply turned back:
“Is cramming also considered a foot fetish?! You apologize to that idiom! Also, what’s wrong with a foot fetish, you apologize to Arknights players! Finally, apologize to me for wasting another minute of my precious life!”
“No apology, I prefer Azur Lane.”
“I’m very interested in having a vigorous debate about our XPs with you, but definitely not during self-study tonight. Wait until I survive tomorrow’s English class, and you will pay the price for your ignorance.” Bai Bufan sneered, then turned his head directly and immersed himself in his English textbook.
Lin Li also took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, suppressing the excitement in his heart.
He wasn’t suddenly going crazy.
Just now, he had activated the System, and this was a heartfelt sentiment.
Such a thing had truly happened to him.
This was a System that could lead him to the Peak of his life, and after observing the reactions of others just now, he confirmed that at least in this classroom, only he had activated it.
Lin Li was now both nervous and excited. If it weren’t for being in a crowded classroom, he probably wouldn’t be able to resist reaching down and humming softly.
After the banter with his deskmate, his mood had calmed down somewhat, and Lin Li officially began to check his System.
“【Loading 99%...】”
It hadn’t finished loading yet, and Lin Li was so excited he wished he could sing and dance while waiting.
Twenty minutes later, the progress hadn’t changed.
Lin Li waited excitedly.
Forty minutes later, no change.
Lin Li waited with a frown.
Sixty minutes later.
Lin Li entered a sage mode, waiting with a peaceful smile, having seen through the Mortal World.
All four great voids, Amitabha, no worldly desires.
Your mom—
“【Binding complete.】”
“【Congratulations on successfully binding the God Ascension System. This System will guide and assist your growth, helping you gradually mature and become supreme in this unfamiliar world!】”
Your mom is in good health.
Just kidding, this old monk is returning to secular life first.
Good, very ambitious! That’s how it should be!
What’s wrong with waiting a bit longer? Good things should be like this.
It’s like some things originally cost 33.9 yuan, but after a discount, they cost 32.9 yuan. Does this mean the merchant is stingy? This clearly proves it’s a good thing if it can only be discounted by one yuan.
A long loading time means it contains many things, its value is comparable to the fingers of the Laughing Chef Little Fu Gui.
It couldn’t possibly be a bug, could it? What a joke.
The illusory screen in front of him turned into the initial UI.
It was very simple: 【Panel】, 【Shop】, 【Warehouse】, 【Tasks】.
Click 【Panel】.
“【Name: Lin Li】”
“【Age: 17】”
“【Physique: None】”
“【Passive Abilities: None】”
“【Active Abilities: None】”
“【system currency: None】”
A very simple introduction, and the content was a straightforward blank.
The System probably didn’t include conventional abilities. Lin Li, after all, had some specialties, or perhaps these specialties weren’t recognized.
However, this didn’t discourage Lin Li; it even made him more excited—if none of his abilities were recognized, did that mean only superpowers could be included?
Didn’t that prove the System would grant him superpowers?
Connecting it with the System’s initial phrase “become supreme,” he could become a superhuman in the modern world!
For Lin Li, this was better than Systems that gave money or power.
Click 【Shop】.
“【Unlocks after accumulating 300 system currency.】”
It seemed this door couldn’t be opened from this side for now. Lin Li then clicked 【Warehouse】.
As expected, it was empty, but Lin Li still felt a bit regretful, as he had held onto the thought that the System would give him a novice gift pack or something.
It’s okay, having a System is already great, Lin Li comforted himself.
It seemed that getting something for nothing wasn’t the System’s main purpose. Lin Li focused his attention on 【Tasks】, praying that the tasks given by the System wouldn’t be too difficult.
“【Upon first entering the Immortal Cultivation World, even a mortal body should have lofty aspirations. Eliminate all demons and monsters in the world, starting now!】”
“【Task triggered!】”
“【Task One: Kill ten Xiao Motian Blood Crows that frequently appear around your village, attacking and hunting villagers.】”
“【Reward: Physique improvement: Spiritual Qi absorption speed increased by 100%; system currency * 50.】”
“…”
Lin Li crossed his hands and placed them under his nose.
Silence.
No, no, it’s nine-tenths wrong, even ten-tenths wrong.
Lin Li patted Bai Bufan’s shoulder. When he looked over, Lin Li asked sincerely:
“Bu Fan, I have a friend who just downloaded a game. For the novice task, the System told him to kill ten Xiao Motian Blood Crows, but he has no idea where these things are. What should he do?”
“Tell him to ask the nearby NPCs,” Bai Bufan shrugged.
“Hmm…”
As expected of a good brother, their thoughts were the same.
“My friend just tried that option, and the NPCs don’t seem to know either.” Lin Li’s expression once again approached sage mode, emotionless.
“Then it’s a disgusting forced map exploration game. Your friend better hope the map isn’t too big,” Bai Bufan waved his hand and said.
The map shouldn’t be too big, only 510 million square kilometers, and that’s without counting the outer space DLC.
Lin Li’s gaze remained fixed on the System.
Actually, it wasn’t entirely without guidance. The task also said that the Blood Crow, or whatever it was, appeared “around the village.”
Lin Li was at school, a county-level key high school, which had nothing to do with a village.
“…”
Lin Li felt he had to face something; he couldn’t deceive himself any longer.
His gaze was fixed on “first entering the Immortal Cultivation World” and the phrase “in this unfamiliar world” from the System’s initial message.
Looking out the window, the classroom was on the second floor, with no particular scenery. It was as usual, with no Spiritual Qi revival.
It was just the ordinary world he had lived in for seventeen years.
“Heh—” Lin Li took a deep breath.
Could it be…
That he missed a Transmigration step?
The more Lin Li thought about it, the more he felt this was the case.
Where in this day and age were there creatures that dared to frequently appear and hunt humans? Any creature with guts would have been shot down by humans wielding truth long ago.
It’s just…
If he didn’t Transmigrate, this task shouldn’t be completable, right?
If it couldn’t be completed, the Shop couldn’t be activated, and the rewards couldn’t be claimed…
Then what was this System for?!
No, when he got senile, he could call it up anytime to check his age and name.
His children would no longer fear their grandpa forgetting their names. Wow, he really was a Genius!
Suddenly, it wasn’t… it was even more f*cking upsetting.
Lin Li clicked through all the System interfaces but couldn’t find a Transmigration option.
“System bro?”
“Customer service?”
“After-sales?”
“…”
“Dad?”
“If you don’t reply, I’m sending Earth’s coordinates to the Trisolarans!”
Lin Li tried many methods, and he finally confirmed one thing—this System wasn’t alive.
What kind of backward, incompetent System was this? Couldn’t it even have an artificial intelligence?
Was the loading failure just now really due to a bug?
Silence, incredibly painful silence.
“Bu Fan, do you know which road nearby has more dump trucks?” Lin Li turned his head mechanically.
Transmigration might still be possible now.
“How would I know that? What are you going to do?” Bai Bufan was puzzled.
“I want to film a video. The content is me hiding in the bushes, and when a dump truck drives by, I suddenly appear in front of it and scare it. It seems there aren’t any bloggers doing this kind of content on the internet, so I should become famous.” Lin Li said with a miserable smile.
“…”
“Are you talking about the ‘fire’ of cremation?” Bai Bufan gave a thumbs-up, then looked at his deskmate with a mix of amusement and curiosity: “What’s wrong with you? You look constipated.”
“I’ve collapsed,” Lin Li said truthfully.
“Nothing is insurmountable. Go home tonight and pray to the derivatives. Everything will be fine after you derive it all,” Bai Bufan comforted him perfunctorily, as from his perspective, Lin Li had suddenly changed like this within an hour, which meant it wasn’t a big deal.
It was probably those few days every month that men experience.
“You won’t understand me, this kind of collapse where I’m only one dump truck away from reaching the Peak of my life.” Lin Li sighed.
The System was right in front of him, yet it couldn’t function.
“No, I should understand you. I’ve also collapsed before, and it was recently.” Bai Bufan’s expression became weathered, and a melancholic, low aura emanated from his body: “Last weekend, I finally found a movie I really liked, but just as I was about to reach the Peak, the internet lagged, and the screen froze on the male lead’s eyeless face.
I gambled everything, used all my strength, but couldn’t hold on. It misfired.
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!!!
Even now, I’m still so unwilling! That arrogant and damned guy, I’ll never forgive him in this life!”
Given that it was still self-study evening, Bai Bufan lightly pounded the desk with his fist, his face slightly contorted.
“…”
It had to be said that Bai Bufan was truly a Genius at comforting people. Lin Li suddenly realized he wasn’t feeling so collapsed anymore.
Sigh, anyway, what he lost was only what he had just gained. Roughly speaking, he had only been toyed with for two hours.
Lin Li couldn’t possibly gamble on a dump truck making him Transmigrate; that would be too foolish.
However, after such a huge up and down, it was unrealistic for him to calm down and study again. He decided to do nothing, clear his mind, and wait for school to end.
A good night’s sleep should make everything a little better.
However, an inconsiderate mosquito flew over with its annoying buzzing sound and landed on Lin Li’s hand.
The classroom was on the second floor, and there were always many mosquitoes and insects in the summer.
I’m already so sad, and you’re still sucking my blood here?
Wouldn’t it be better if you went to suck Bai Bufan’s blood?
If it were just now, he might have been willing to treat all the mosquitoes present to a drink, paid for by him, to share his joy. But now, this was unbearable, absolutely unbearable!
Lin Li kept his left hand still, made a fake scratching motion with his right hand, then, with lightning speed—
“Slap!”
A corpse lay in his palm. Since it hadn’t sucked much blood, there were no bloodstains.
Lin Li, who was about to ask the person in front for a tissue to wipe his hand, paused.
“【Killed Xiao Motian Blood Crow (1/10).】”
Eh?!?