The old woman looked completely embarrassed. No, you...
Fang Zhiyi nodded repeatedly. I know the rules. Come on, let's go to my house to get the money!
The man who had walked over quickly reached out to help his old mother up, looking at Fang Zhiyi with uncertainty.
Let's go! Let's pull off another one! Fang Zhiyi was clearly a bit excited, the kind of excitement one gets from running into an old acquaintance.
For a moment, the two of them almost thought Fang Zhiyi was part of their gang.
No, no, forget it. I'll just sit here for a while longer. You go on home first, child. The old woman plopped back down on her rear.
Why?
The man sighed. Kid, no one tries to scam the same family twice. Besides, you don't even have any money... Just hurry up and leave.
Fang Zhiyi frowned. Are you looking down on me or my family?
No, no, no! You're so young, why are you trying to help people up? Hurry up and go to school!
I insist on helping you up.
Hey? Hey? The old woman was shocked. What kind of brat spends all day trying to help old ladies up for no reason?
They weren't stupid. Once was enough. If they did it again, not only would the police get suspicious, but if that fat guy crushed them solidly one more time, they'd be dead!
And so, the three of them started pulling and tugging at each other on the street.
Eventually, the old woman grabbed her son and ran away as fast as she could. However, they didn't expect that as soon as they changed locations, this kid would follow them like a lingering ghost.
For an entire day, Fang Zhiyi trailed behind them, absolutely determined to help the old woman up, while the old woman was absolutely determined not to let him.
We were wrong, okay? We quit! We're going back to our hometown tomorrow! The man was on the verge of tears. What kind of world was this? Who falls for a scam once and then rushes back for a second time?
Taking advantage of a moment when Fang Zhiyi wasn't paying attention, he dragged his old mother into a taxi and fled.
Fang Zhiyi felt a bit disappointed. Don't they say strangers the first time, friends the second? I was hoping they could scam some more and split the cut with me.
Little Hei commented, You're really dreaming.
What else can I do? How am I supposed to face the apocalypse without a single dime? Thinking of those mutants, Fang Zhiyi still felt a bit of dread. With their speed and power, even he couldn't guarantee his survival.
I'll just have to think of something, Fang Zhiyi sighed.
Fang Zhiyi didn't cause any trouble that day, nor did he even go home for dinner. It wasn't until the evening that Fang Jianshu found out Fang Zhiyi had eaten at a restaurant outside their residential complex using his name.
This infuriated him, but when he turned his head, he saw Fang Zhiyi holding a white porcelain cup. With a slight squeeze, cracks appeared on the cup, and then it shattered all over the floor.
Would those mutants survive this kind of blow?
Little Hei thought for a moment and nodded. This apocalypse is more terrifying than any before. Localized damage won't be enough to kill them.
Fang Jianshu didn't know what Fang Zhiyi was thinking. He just stared at the cup crushed by bare hands. Hesitantly, he picked one up himself and squeezed with all his might, but the cup didn't budge.
Alarm bells rang in Fang Jianshu's mind.
He hadn't paid attention to his eldest son for far too long. When did he become so terrifying?
Was he really possessed?
Aside from his apprehension, Fang Chengci was completely terrified of Fang Zhiyi. When Fang Zhiyi barged straight into his room and started rummaging around, he didn't dare utter a single word.
Fang Zhiyi was also a bit surprised. The money this guy had lying around was much more than his entire net worth!
The original owner of this body really was treated like a stray.
The Fang family fell into a bizarre atmosphere. The previously lawless Fang Chengci became much more well-behaved, while Fang Zhiyi started acting recklessly, looking exactly as if he had been possessed by his younger brother.
But the Fang parents couldn't do anything about him. As soon as he stepped out the door, he reverted to being that polite, good child. The neighbors and the shop owners at the complex gate all liked him.
The most crucial thing was that he kept taking things outside under Fang Jianshu's name. With just a few words, he could make people sympathize with his situation. Everyone knew the Fang family played favorites, but they hadn't expected it to be this bad. Even if Fang Jianshu tried to explain, all he got were eye rolls from the crowd.
Sometimes people are just like that; they only want to believe what they want to believe, Fang Zhiyi shook his head. Of course, you can't blame me... I didn't have a choice.
He was only doing a few things now: farming goodwill outside, beating up Fang Chengci at home, and occasionally doing some good deeds, like bringing a mother and daughter who had been swindled out of their money home for dinner, or taking beggars home to make his parents give them money.
Over time, Fang Jianshu couldn't take it anymore.
Take it! Let me tell you, this is all the money you get! Sign this agreement right now!
He threw down a severance agreement to cut off their father-son relationship, which already had his signature on it.
Originally, he had planned to make Fang Zhiyi work for a few more years to support his younger brother, but now, it seemed this Fang Zhiyi had turned into a chaotic demon. If he let him continue wreaking havoc, the Fang family would be ruined!
Even though Mother Fang objected, he resolutely made the decision.
Fang Zhiyi cheerfully signed his name, while Fang Jianshu gnashed his teeth. Don't you regret this later! You won't get a single piece of this house in the future!
Fang Zhiyi knew the score perfectly well. I'm afraid you never planned to give me a single piece from the very beginning, right? Stop pretending.
Before Fang Jianshu could speak, he dragged his luggage out of his room and swaggered away.
Of course, when faced with the neighbors' inquiries, Fang Zhiyi sadly revealed the fact that he had been kicked out of his home.
This completely ruined the Fang family's reputation.
That guy has been reborn! Little Hei suddenly perked up.
Fang Zhiyi smiled. The timing is quite perfect...
Ah! Ah! Flailing his arms wildly, Meng Bufan suddenly sat up in bed, his entire face heavily contorted. But when he saw the scene before him, he instantly froze on the spot.
The terrifying mutants were gone. Was he... in his own room?
He instinctively picked up his phone to check. When he saw the time on the screen, Meng Bufan's eyes instantly widened.
After a long while, he began to laugh maniacally.
I've been reborn! I've been reborn!!!
The neighbors downstairs were badly startled.
What crazy fit is that kid upstairs throwing again?
I don't know, ignore him. He doesn't even have a proper job. I heard he just stays home watching cartoons all day.
His brain must be rotting from watching all that.
After his ecstasy subsided, Meng Bufan forced himself to calm down. He tried hard to recall the exact time the apocalypse arrived in his past life, then picked up a calendar and circled that day heavily with a red pen.
There are still three months, he muttered to himself. Thinking of his experiences in the apocalypse, Meng Bufan grew a bit excited. You all look down on me? Hmph, this time I'll let you know who the real Chosen One is.
He often read various novels and watched anime; whoever gets to be reborn is definitely the main character!
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
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!
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."
] [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!"
