"Speaking of which, what is this thing?"
Inside the room, Luo Xi stared at a metallic cube placed on the table. Its surface didn’t reveal what material it was made of—though it looked like metal, it felt rubbery to the touch.
This object had appeared alongside the girl. Because it seemed unusual, Luo Xi had brought it back with her.
She had a feeling it wasn’t ordinary.
"Doesn’t seem like a magical artifact." Bai Qianshuang, noticing Luo Xi’s curiosity, extended her spiritual sense to probe the cube’s energy but shook her head slightly.
It was just an ordinary metal block.
No trace of spiritual power whatsoever.
"Magic Cube V3, a highly integrated multifunctional quantum tool." A calm voice suddenly spoke up. To Luo Xi’s surprise, the metallic cube floated into the air, its surface tracing glowing blue lines like a Rubik’s Cube before drifting toward the girl in the white lab coat.
"You’re awake?" Luo Xi and Bai Qianshuang only now realized the girl had regained consciousness. Her eyes were no longer vacant, replaced instead by a lazy, indifferent gaze.
"Mhm." The girl slowly stood up. The floating blue cube suddenly projected a shadow in midair before transforming into a pair of glasses that landed in her hand.
After putting them on, she surveyed her surroundings as if analyzing data. "Coordinates deviated by 0.01%. Didn’t expect the timeline shift to be this severe. The responsible parties deserve execution for this."
Luo Xi listened to the girl’s muttering before hesitantly speaking up. "Um…"
Hearing Luo Xi’s voice, the girl adjusted her glasses, scrutinizing her like a data point. "Hmm, modern human appearance. At least we’re not in an overly archaic era. But these computers… must be ancient relics."
"……" Luo Xi blinked, momentarily at a loss for words.
The girl seemed completely absorbed in her own world, studying everything in the room.
"Oh, hello." Finally, she snapped back to reality and turned her attention to Luo Xi. "I’m Ke Ning."
"Hi…" Luo Xi studied the girl curiously. "What did you mean by all that earlier?"
After hearing Luo Xi explain how she had fallen out of a spatial rift, Ke Ning nodded slightly in understanding.
"As you can see, I don’t belong to this era."
Luo Xi still hadn’t fully processed it, but Bai Qianshuang reacted with surprise. "A powerhouse who crossed the river of time?"
What level of strength would that require?
Yet Bai Qianshuang couldn’t sense any cultivation aura from her.
Was the gap simply too vast?
She remained on guard, ready to whisk Luo Xi away at the first sign of danger.
"‘Powerhouse who crossed the river of time’? An interesting description." Ke Ning replied calmly. "I prefer the title ‘Explorer.’"
Listening to their exchange, Luo Xi felt her head spinning.
What was going on?
"I come from the New Era, year 2098."
"The future?" Luo Xi paused. "You’re from a few decades later?"
"No. To be precise, I’m from several thousand years later. Possibly… even further."
"Wait, isn’t it 2025 now?"
Ke Ning didn’t elaborate, lost in thought. "Hmm… 25. So this cycle is doomed to destruction as well."
Just then, the sound of a door opening interrupted them.
Ye Chuan stepped inside, his eyes immediately landing on Ke Ning.
"Well, look who’s awake?" He hadn’t expected to return and find the girl fully conscious.
Luo Xi had just told him over the phone that she seemed unresponsive.
Ke Ning studied Ye Chuan with the same detached calm. "Hello."
"Are you feeling alright?"
"No discomfort. Perfectly healthy." Ke Ning replied. "Mild cranial vasodilation may cause slight pressure, but nothing significant."
Ye Chuan’s gaze shifted to the floating blue cube beside her. The high-tech gadget piqued his interest.
Oh?
So this new tenant wasn’t from the modern era after all?
"You’re from the future?"
"How’d you guess, Chuan?" Luo Xi had been about to explain but was caught off guard by Ye Chuan’s directness.
"Just a hunch." He grinned.
None of his tenants were normal. At first glance, the girl’s modern outfit had fooled him into thinking she was ordinary. But clearly, she was another anomaly from who-knows-where.
No matter. His rental house was never short on peculiar tenants.
Stay!
All were welcome to stay!
Now that Ke Ning was awake, Ye Chuan could finally see her information.
[New Tenant Discovered: Ke Ning
Origin: New Era 2098
Title: Specially Appointed Professor at the Virtual Particle Physics Lab, Genius Inventor, President of the Interstellar Travel Society
Reason for Arrival: Accidentally transported due to an experiment]
[Tenant Quality: S-Rank]
[Daily Rent Income: $0]
[Chance to Obtain Conceptual-Grade Items]
S-Rank?
Ye Chuan was surprised to encounter another S-Rank tenant. But why zero rent?
Though he wasn’t overly concerned about rental income now, he was curious about these so-called "conceptual-grade items."
At the very least, an S-Rank should be as rare as Lilith.
As Ye Chuan observed Ke Ning, she studied him in return. The two locked eyes—a moment that should have been intense but instead resembled two animals sizing each other up.
"Since you’re from the future, how about staying here for a while?" Ye Chuan offered.
"Taking in a stranger. What’s in it for you?" Ke Ning replied flatly. "I doubt my appearance holds any appeal for you."
Compared to Luo Xi and Bai Qianshuang’s stunning beauty, Ke Ning was merely cute at best.
Her hair was disheveled, and dark circles under her eyes betrayed a chronic lack of sleep.
"If you’re after the value of a future human, temporal laws forbid me from disclosing anything about what’s to come."
"Not the case. My place tends to attract odd individuals. They’ve all become my tenants—you’re no exception."
"So you collect interdimensional guests as a hobby?"
"Not quite, but I’m happy to host." Ye Chuan smiled.
"I do need a place to stay." Ke Ning scrutinized him a moment longer before adding, "But I won’t remain in this world for long."
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
