[Ding!]
[Divine move! The host has just entered the sect, yet a senior within the sect proactively extends a dual cultivation invitation—proof of the host's boundless charm!]
[Reward: 50 spirit stones.]
Even with Lin Yu's extensive experience in reading people, Mo Shangying's sudden "bomb" left him utterly stunned.
Those two short sentences carried an overwhelming amount of information.
First.
Mo Shangying wasn’t just talking big—she really meant it!
Second.
She was calculating the days, pinpointing the most suitable one.
Third.
Even with modern umbrellas being perfectly safe, she still wanted to pick a specific day?
She was planning to go out in the rain without an umbrella!
Truly, she stayed silent until she could drop a bombshell.
Was she really this wild?
Soon.
Mo Shangying deployed a series of formidable methods that left Lin Yu completely at her mercy.
"Tap tap tap… tap tap tap…"
Her fingers flew across the keyboard again in a rapid flurry.
Then she pushed an adjustable monitor stand toward Lin Yu, turning the screen to face him.
"Little Yu, this is the complete usage record of your ID card since the day you registered it."
"The highest frequency was internet cafes, followed by two bank cards. No hotel check-ins."
"So, you’re still a fledgling, right?"
Lin Yu: "…"
Mo Shangying was looking up at Lin Yu, yet he felt as though she had seen straight through him.
How terrifying!
Never provoke a hacker—there are no secrets left!
But to be fair.
At twenty years old, Lin Yu was indeed an untouched fledgling, and he saw no reason to deny it.
He nodded silently.
Mo Shangying: "Just as I thought. I’m a fledgling too."
Lin Yu: "…"
Really?
At first, Lin Yu had believed her.
But seeing how Mo Shangying wasn’t just unbothered but even excitedly planning for a rain-soaked, umbrella-free day… he couldn’t help but doubt her.
Mo Shangying continued with clinical detachment:
"Little Yu, listen carefully to what I’m about to say. I’ll only say it once, and then I need your answer…"
"I’m a single-for-life advocate—at least for now."
"I can’t understand what kind of foolish impulse drives people to date or marry."
"Isn’t it better to live alone? Why invite trouble into your life?"
"So, I won’t fall in love, much less get married."
"After turning twenty, I occasionally browsed some… unusual websites. The content seemed somewhat intriguing?"
"I researched extensively and concluded that this is a normal mindset for adults."
"If the entire process is just leading to that final step, why not skip the preliminaries and go straight to the answer?"
"…"
Lin Yu listened to Mo Shangying’s outrageous speech, his innocent mind thoroughly shaken.
If a woman in her thirties had sat across from him, calmly laying out such thoughts, he would’ve just given a thumbs-up and praised, "Sister, you’ve got life figured out."
But the girl before him was the same age as him—twenty!
At his real twenty, he was still humming "Makka Pakka," wondering which game to play tomorrow or where to grab spicy hotpot.
Meanwhile, she was already mapping out the next few decades of her life?
If this kind of dead-serious discussion about a not-so-serious topic had been with someone their age, like Chi Qingchi, she’d have turned red and scolded him as a "pervert" after just two sentences.
But Mo Shangying spoke as if it were as mundane as "eating," "drinking," or "breathing"—completely unfazed, articulating everything with extreme rationality.
The thoughts inside a genius’s head really were different from normal people’s!
Everything had to be backed by "logic and evidence"…
Mo Shangying stretched out a slender hand, gesturing as she explained:
"Once I confirmed the need for a partner to reach the answer, I set some criteria."
"Your measurements are above the national average, which did surprise me."
"When I first met you, you looked malnourished."
"What have you been eating lately, Little Yu? You’ve grown so much! And your face seems handsomer too?"
"Height, facial features, size, purity, likability… among other detailed criteria, you scored above the passing mark."
"Based on my research from videos, you were just about to attempt a 'fledgling’s first flight,' weren’t you?"
"So, qualified as you are, will you be my partner in this endeavor?"
Something so impulsive and emotional was being presented with Mo Shangying’s trademark extreme rationality.
It left Lin Yu, with his three decades of life experience, completely dumbfounded.
This had nothing to do with charm, affection, or attraction…
Turns out he was just the Chosen One!
Seeing Lin Yu hesitate, Mo Shangying spun in her chair and added:
"Additional notes!"
"Little Yu, you might be an innocent, pure-hearted guy, but don’t mistake this collaboration for romance."
"I know myself too well…"
"After finishing a complex line of code, beating a game, watching an intense soccer match, or binging a great movie—all these supposedly enjoyable things lose their appeal once I’ve done them once."
"Learning to fly as a fledgling will be the same."
"If you think this is dating, I’ll be very, very troubled…"
Lin Yu, listening nearby: "!!!"
Stacked!
Shangying’s buffs were absolutely maxed out!
A maiden on her wedding sedan, a secret between them, rain without an umbrella, no strings attached, no commitments… she was the dream friend incarnate.
Weren’t these the exact lines he’d used on others before?
If karma was going to boomerang back like this, he wouldn’t mind a few more rounds.
"I accept."
Lin Yu answered with ease and certainty.
Mo Shangying flashed her sharp canines: "Really? No take-backs? No second thoughts?"
Lin Yu kept his composure: "No take-backs, no second thoughts. Let’s schedule it for next Thursday. Break the deal, face the wheel."
Mo Shangying: "Hehe, such a vicious vow. It’s settled then—break the deal, face the wheel! But there’s one more condition…"
Lin Yu: "Another one?"
Given Mo Shangying’s unpredictable mind, Lin Yu couldn’t begin to guess what she’d say next.
"Tap tap tap… tap tap tap…"
Mo Shangying’s fingers danced across the keyboard again, moving so fast they blurred.
This time, it took longer than before.
Earlier, Lin Yu had been too focused on Mo Shangying herself to properly examine her setup.
Now, with time to spare, he took a closer look…
Two CPUs, connected to four monitors, mounted on a wide workstation via suspension arms.
A laptop and a tablet sat to the side, both automatically running lines of code and displaying images Lin Yu couldn’t decipher—as if testing something.
Between the blue and yellow LED strips hung what looked like an "electronic fish tank"?
One of the few non-tech decorations on her desk.
"Electronic fish tank" was the best description Lin Yu could come up with, though he wasn’t entirely sure.
The transparent glass structure was perfectly square, with pixelated fish of various colors swimming across it—occasionally, a turtle would even pop up...
Nothing this digital existed on the market.
It was likely the DIY creation of a certain genius girl.
"Alright, the setup is done. Just one last step—this!"
"Lin Yu, look at the screen."
Mo Shangying reminded him.
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
