“It’s a pity. We’re all wanted now, so I can’t go back to my old job. But even in town, it shouldn’t be a big problem. Let me think.” Fang Zhiyi placed a heavy emphasis on the word “wanted.”
The Zhang family members all looked a bit awkward. They hadn’t expected that beating someone up would cause such a mess. They had originally planned to see if they could extort some money from that Fang family, but now that seemed impossible.
Over the next few days, Fang Zhiyi went into full-blown con-artist mode. He suddenly understood why bosses loved holding meetings for no reason; the feeling of talking absolute nonsense was truly wonderful!
“So, if we can align the granularity of the merchants in this town, we can achieve our goal.”
“We need to form a vertical matrix to perfect the operational results I’m aiming for.”
Forget the Zhang family—even Fang Zhiyi didn’t understand what he was saying. But he was having a blast, especially seeing the dazed and bewildered expressions on Zhang Daming and Wang Ling’s faces. It made him feel even better.
Fang Zhizu, on the other hand, was having a miserable time. After being allowed to lie down for just one day, he was kicked by Zhang Xiong the very next morning and forced to start working early—feeding chickens, sweeping the floor, doing laundry...
Every time he saw his older brother gesticulating wildly while “giving directions,” the hatred in his heart intensified.
“I predict that if what I’ve said can be realized, then it will definitely realize my goal.” Fang Zhiyi nodded with satisfaction after finishing his stream of nonsense.
Wang Ling blanked for a moment. “Son, how much money can you make from that?”
Fang Zhiyi shook his head. “I’m not sure yet. I need to go to town first to conduct market research and see if there are any suitable positions.”
Wang Ling breathed a sigh of relief. She wasn't someone who fell for empty promises easily, but she didn’t dare offend Fang Zhiyi for the time being. After all, she was counting on him to make money, wasn't she? Since he had finally decided to go, she had to show some support.
“Then, when are you going? Tomorrow? Mom will cook something nice for you tomorrow.”
Fang Zhiyi nodded, but his gaze shifted toward Fang Zhizu, who was grumbling as he worked.
It was a bit strange. This kid was definitely no pushover; there was no way a single beating from Zhang Daming had broken his spirit.
Fang Zhizu looked back at him at that moment, his eyes filled with hatred. But when he heard them discussing Fang Zhiyi’s trip to town, his eyes lit up.
He could go too! As long as he could leave this dump and get back to his adoptive parents, he’d have everything he wanted again!
That night, he sought out Fang Zhiyi, using his usual tricks, though now he had an extra card to play.
“Brother, look at what Dad did to my body...” He was almost in tears, and this time, it wasn't an act.
Fang Zhiyi raised an eyebrow. “What’s the big deal about your biological father giving you a beating?”
“He’s a biological father in name only!” Fang Zhizu almost jumped up, but quickly lowered his voice. “Brother, take me back with you. I want to go back to the Fangs. You’ve protected me since we were kids; you can’t just watch me suffer, can you?” He even tried to act spoiled.
The original owner of the body had indulged him time and again precisely because of this behavior.
Fang Zhiyi leaned back comfortably. “So now you remember those two ‘old fogies’ and ‘human traffickers’?”
Fang Zhizu didn’t react to those labels. “At least the Fangs didn't make me work. If I’d known this place was such a dump, I never would have come back!”
Fang Zhiyi frowned. “How can you say that? No matter how bad they are, they’re still our biological parents. This attitude of yours won’t do.”
“You...” Fang Zhizu was nearly exploding with rage. You're only saying that because you aren't the one getting beaten!
But then a voice rang out from behind him. “Just as I thought—an ungrateful little wolf cub! I should have strangled you the moment you were born!”
He turned around in terror and saw Zhang Daming’s fierce face. His biological mother’s expression was just as ugly. “Beat him! Break his legs! If I hadn't given birth to you, would you even be here to whine?”
“Fang Zhiyi! You!” Fang Zhizu finally realized that Fang Zhiyi had set him up on purpose.
But it was too late. The Zhang couple started swinging.
“Hey, hey! I have to get up early tomorrow!” Fang Zhiyi complained.
Wang Ling’s face changed instantly. “It’s my fault for not being more considerate. Husband, drag him outside!”
Zhang Daming paused and glanced at Fang Zhiyi with some dissatisfaction, but thinking of the money, he followed his wife's lead.
Fang Zhizu’s screams lasted half the night. Fang Zhiyi slept soundly.
Early the next morning, after finishing his meal, he held out his hand to Wang Ling. “Give me some travel money.”
“Travel money?” Wang Ling was stunned.
“Yeah,” Fang Zhiyi said naturally. “I need to take the bus to town to find a job, I need to eat, and I might even have to buy some gifts for people.”
“Where’s... where’s your money?” Wang Ling had been obsessing over this for a long time but had been too afraid of annoying him to ask.
“My money? When you guys beat that person up and we all ran away, my bank accounts were frozen.” Fang Zhiyi sounded a bit mournful. “I had a lot of money saved up. I was planning to use it to renovate the house when I came home...”
Wang Ling pursed her lips. With a pained expression, she reached into her clothes, pulled out some cash, and counted out two bills for him.
Fang Zhiyi didn’t complain about the small amount. He took the money and left.
“Mom, aren't you afraid he'll run away and never come back?” Zhang Xiong asked only after Fang Zhiyi had disappeared from sight.
Wang Ling wore a calculating look. “How could he? His things are all here, and where could he possibly go? Since we’re wanted, he’s implicated too!” Sensing her eldest son’s recent unhappiness, she coaxed him, “Don’t worry, you’ll always be my favorite. He’s just there to make money for you. Once he finds a job and starts earning, I’ll take control of the finances. He’ll have to listen to me then. I’m his mother, after all!”
Zhang Xiong thought about it for a moment. He wasn't the brightest, but hearing Wang Ling’s words brought a smile to his face.
Zhang Daming’s angry shouting echoed from inside the house again. “A fever? Why didn't it just kill you? If you keep faking it, I’ll beat you again!”
In his heart, Fang Zhizu loathed this entire family, especially Fang Zhiyi. He couldn't understand how he had suddenly fallen to such a state.
I will have my revenge! Fire burned in Fang Zhizu’s eyes. But a moment later, a belt lashed across his body. He trembled all over and submissively went back to work.
Fang Zhiyi hummed a little tune as he left the village. He hitched a ride on an ox cart, then a motorcycle, and then a bus... arriving in town by noon.
But he had no intention of looking for a job. Instead, he started wandering around, grabbing a bite here and watching the crowds there. Honestly, the prices here were quite low.
“Little Hei, I have a question,” Fang Zhiyi asked while munching on a popsicle.
“Hmm?”
“We’ve barely encountered any other task-takers in the last few worlds. Why do you think that is?”
Little Hei shook its head. “Who knows? Isn't it better to have some peace and quiet? Even if it means fewer snacks for me.”
As they were talking, someone suddenly brushed past Fang Zhiyi.
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?"
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
