Chapter 1: Jiang Bai's Rebirth
It was March. At this season, the sky was supposed to be blue and clear, yet it was now covered densely with black clouds. A gust of wind arrived, causing the tree leaves to lightly sway around. Occasionally, lightning bolts could be seen gliding across the sky above, while a continuous drizzle rained down upon the earth below.
The gloomy weather caused one to feel bad as well. Sitting blankly in front a crude rented house was Jiang Bai. Currently, his emotion was as gloomy as the weather, his heart hurting so much it was as if the raindrops had pierced numerous holes on it.
"What joke is this? Where is this? Planet Aquamarine? Parallel world? Have I transmigrated? What is happening?"
It took Jiang Bai a long time to recover from his daze. He couldn't help but to land a heavy slap on his face. When he confirmed that it actually hurt, he started muttering to himself.
One could not blame Jiang Bai for behaving this way. Anyone would behave like this if they woke up one day and found himself turning younger by ten years and was now on a different world. In fact, an ordinary person might be taking it worst than him. He was already an extremely carefree person. If this was any other person, he would have turned mad from this.
"Aquamarine is a world parallel to Earth, and the planet is rather similar to Earth. Apart from some minor differences, you can totally pretend that this is planet Earth from ten years ago. Congratulations, young man. You struck jackpot. You have transmigrated."
Just as Jiang Bai was busy slapping himself, a voice rang out in his head. This voice sounded like how someone would speak when he was trying hard to "act cool".
"Who are you?"
Jiang Bai was first stunned, but the emotion was immediately replaced by shock.
What in the world was this?
"Me? I am the Great Tyrant System! As for my origin...it doesn't matter if you don't know that. In any case, young man, you struck jackpot! After I brought you here, your life will go through a complete change. Why think so much? Start accumulating prestige and I shall give you endless benefits!"
The voice rang out again, and completely ignoring Jiang Bai's question, it started speaking.
"Great Tyrant? What the hell is that?"
Jiang Bai was stupefied. He fell like his brain was stuck and he couldn't think anymore.
"The Great Tyrant System has come into existence for the sake of cultivating you into a world-shaking great tyrant. The foundation of this system is prestige. By obtaining prestige points, you will be able to get anything you want," the system's voice rang out once again as streams of information started appearing in Jiang Bai's mind. With this, Jiang Bai obtained a basic understanding on the prestige-based system.
Simply put, this was like a game. Jiang Bai would complete missions to gain experience which could be exchanged into things he wanted. It's that simple.
"Jiang Bai, get your ass down here! How's the progress on the task I gave you yesterday?" Right this moment, someone started hollering in the courtyard.
Standing amid the drizzle were three hoodlums dressed in brightly colored clothing. One of them kicked the door of the three-story rented building open. And right after he entered, he yelled while pointing at Jiang Bai who was sitting at the balcony with rusty railings at the third floor.
"Hiss..."
Jiang Bai rubbed his head and dug through his memory before recalling who this person was. The person standing at the middle of the group with his hair dyed yellow was Liu Bin. He was a rather well-known hoodlum in this area, and could be considered an acquaintance of Jiang Bai. Of course, the two weren't exactly close.
The original Jiang Bai of this world had a cowardly disposition who would try his best to avoid fierce fellows like these guys. He planned to just honestly work his security personnel job of a club as he drifted through his dark life. He was also hopeful that he could find a decent wife in the future and live through his simple life in peace.
Jiang Bai and Liu Bin were akin to two separate rivers that would never meet their entire lives. Alas, yesterday, his mother told that incredibly beautiful distant cousin of him to deliver him some clothing. Unfortunately, Liu Bin caught a sight of Jiang Bai's distant cousin. Thus, he came for Jiang Bai yesterday. Without saying anything, he first landed two loud slaps on Jiang Bai's face before demanding that Jiang Bai introduce his incredibly beautiful cousin to him.
Although Jiang Bai was a timid person, he would never do something like that. He did not know this person well, but he was aware that this person wasn't exactly a decent person. How could he subject his cousin to such a fate? Furthermore...even if he actually agreed to do that, it’s not like the distant cousin who was in fact an extremely distant relative would actually agree to that.
"Ah...I'm here," Jiang Bai answered. Without saying anything else, he lifted a brick and went downstairs.
The past Jiang Bai was extremely timid. But now that a new person was occupying this body, things were no longer the same. The new Jiang Bai might not be a heroic warrior, but he was never one to shrink from a fight. The worst that could happen was death. What was there to fear? Was a person like Liu Bin even worth fearing?
"Boss Bin, I have a plan for your task. Come, let me tell you in detail..." The moment Jiang Bai reached downstairs; he approached the three and smiled before speaking deferentially.
"Hmm? A plan? Heh, kid, you're smart. When the task is done, in the future, I guarantee nobody will dare touch you in this area. Let me tell you..."
The yellow-haired Liu Bin thought Jiang Bai was scared of his threat when he saw how Jiang Bai was behaving. A satisfied smile formed on his face. At the same time, he strode forth toward Jiang Bai in a carefree manner while laughing heartily and patted Jiang Bai's shoulder. He behaved like he would definitely be taking care of Jiang Bai in the future.
"Plan your mother!"
Thud! The brick in Jiang Bai's hand was smashed into Liu Bin's head.
Instantly, blood started pouring out Liu Bin's forehead. As his miserable wail rang out, Jiang Bai's brick landed for the second time.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Jiang Bai slammed his brick down seven times, causing Liu Bin to wail repeatedly. He only stopped when Liu Bin was lying weakly on the ground. He wiped the blood off his arm before shifting his glance to the other two hoodlums that were now completely dazed. He said, "What are you waiting for? Piss off with him! Tell him to look for me at Great World if he's really that amazing. Who the hell does he think he is?"
"Oh..."
The two hoodlums were only in their early twenties, at a similar age with Liu Bin and Jiang Bai. Although they were frequently involved in quarrels and brawls, they were ultimately individuals that only feigned strength while they were in fact weak inside. They were scared of the mighty and would only dare bully the weak. They originally thought that nothing would come out of bullying someone like Jiang Bai. Little had they expected that this Jiang Bai would actually be so ruthless in a fight. He was showing no mercy!
And when they heard Great World...
Holy shit!
So this guy here was someone from Great World? That was a place with quite a reputation in this area. Thus, the two hoodlums lost all their confidence and did not dare say anything. They opened their mouths but no words came out. Finally, they carried Liu Bin and fled. They ran as fast as a rabbit, while their previous ferociousness was nowhere to be seen now.
"Hu."
Jiang Bai heaved a breath of relief when they left.
To speak the truth, this body was truly quite weak. Just the short brawl was enough to cause this body to pant heavily for breath. If the two hoodlums were actually ferocious characters, today would be the end for Jiang Bai.
Nevertheless, this would probably not end after they fled. After all, this was a society with the rule of law. Although Jiang Bai looked like he enjoyed beating Liu Bin up earlier, after the fight, he was still anxious. With his present situation, if Liu Bin decided to go to the police, things would be very troublesome. Of course, hoodlums like Liu Bin wouldn't normally go to the police. But still, there would definitely be a continuation to this. After they found out more about Jiang Bai, they would return for revenge.
"No way, I can't stay here any longer. I need to leave!" Jiang Bai immediately made up his mind.
"Ding dong! First battle, victory! Facing three opponents alone, a perfect feat of acting tough. Young man, congratulations. You have obtained five prestige points."
Just as Jiang Bai made up his mind, the system's voice rang out in his mind.
The system's comment caused Jiang Bai to curse in his heart. Why did the Great Tyrant System sound so annoying when it spoke? And what in the world was that five prestige points? How had he obtained five prestige points when he had only faced three opponents?
It did not take long for Jiang Bai's questions to be answered.
With astonishment, he found that his neighbors, a man and woman in their twenties, were staring at him blankly from their balcony at third floor. When they saw Jiang Bai looking at them, they shrunk their necks by reflex as they quickly nodded before hiding in their home.
Jiang Bai felt like laughing when he saw how they were behaving. If he remembered correctly, the man was slightly older than him and due to his sturdy body, he had always been very rude toward Jiang Bai, shouting at Jiang Bai whenever he pleased. But after what he saw earlier, it was likely that he would not dare to do that ever again.
"Congratulations, young man. You have successfully gained prestige points, completing the achievement of obtaining a first time experience. As a reward, you are granted one lucky draw attempt. The path of life is long, and the basis of traversing this path is accumulation. When your prestige points reached one thousand points, you would be granted your second lucky draw attempt."
"Lucky draw?" Jiang Bai blanked out. Then, a massive slot machine appeared before him.
That stunned Jiang Bai. Then, he realized that he was the only person that could see this slot machine. He heaved a sigh of relief at that realization. He studied the slot machine and found that it was slightly different than a regular slot machine. It was made up of three slots. There was an arrow at the middle slot pointing to a slot at the side. To the other side was a slot with nine square boxes of different colors.
Three of the boxes were black in color and had nothing written on it. There other six boxes had something written on them, and they were respectively three white boxes, one blue box, and two purple boxes.
On the three white boxes, "RMB 100,000", "one encounter with a beautiful woman", and "ten prestige points" were written respectively. It was clear these were the common rewards. Apart from the RMB 100,000 that caused Jiang Bai's eyes to lit up, he did not care about the other two rewards.
The reward on the blue box was much more interesting: "High-leveled mixed martial arts proficiency". Jiang Bai's eyes lit up when he saw that. That was a good reward! After all, the present him was incredibly weak and frail. Furthermore, in both his past and present lives, apart from his resolute personality, he knew nothing. The incident with Liu Bin would not end just like that. If he could get the blue reward, he would be much safer.
As for one of the purple boxes, a question mark was written on it. Thus, Jiang Bai decided to pretend it did not exist and looked at the other purple box instead. But when his gaze landed on the other purple box, he could no longer shift his gaze away. High-leveled mixed martial arts proficiency? RMB 100,000? No, he had forgotten all of them.
Before his eyes, the following words were written: "One chance to get rich overnight!"
Chapter 1: Jiang Bai's Rebirth
It was March. At this season, the sky was supposed to be blue and clear, yet it was now covered densely with black clouds. A gust of wind arrived, causing the tree leaves to lightly sway around. Occasionally, lightning bolts could be seen gliding across the sky above, while a continuous drizzle rained down upon the earth below.
The gloomy weather caused one to feel bad as well. Sitting blankly in front a crude rented house was Jiang Bai. Currently, his emotion was as gloomy as the weather, his heart hurting so much it was as if the raindrops had pierced numerous holes on it.
"What joke is this? Where is this? Planet Aquamarine? Parallel world? Have I transmigrated? What is happening?"
It took Jiang Bai a long time to recover from his daze. He couldn't help but to land a heavy slap on his face. When he confirmed that it actually hurt, he started muttering to himself.
One could not blame Jiang Bai for behaving this way. Anyone would behave like this if they woke up one day and found himself turning younger by ten years and was now on a different world. In fact, an ordinary person might be taking it worst than him. He was already an extremely carefree person. If this was any other person, he would have turned mad from this.
"Aquamarine is a world parallel to Earth, and the planet is rather similar to Earth. Apart from some minor differences, you can totally pretend that this is planet Earth from ten years ago. Congratulations, young man. You struck jackpot. You have transmigrated."
Just as Jiang Bai was busy slapping himself, a voice rang out in his head. This voice sounded like how someone would speak when he was trying hard to "act cool".
"Who are you?"
Jiang Bai was first stunned, but the emotion was immediately replaced by shock.
What in the world was this?
"Me? I am the Great Tyrant System! As for my origin...it doesn't matter if you don't know that. In any case, young man, you struck jackpot! After I brought you here, your life will go through a complete change. Why think so much? Start accumulating prestige and I shall give you endless benefits!"
The voice rang out again, and completely ignoring Jiang Bai's question, it started speaking.
"Great Tyrant? What the hell is that?"
Jiang Bai was stupefied. He fell like his brain was stuck and he couldn't think anymore.
"The Great Tyrant System has come into existence for the sake of cultivating you into a world-shaking great tyrant. The foundation of this system is prestige. By obtaining prestige points, you will be able to get anything you want," the system's voice rang out once again as streams of information started appearing in Jiang Bai's mind. With this, Jiang Bai obtained a basic understanding on the prestige-based system.
Simply put, this was like a game. Jiang Bai would complete missions to gain experience which could be exchanged into things he wanted. It's that simple.
"Jiang Bai, get your ass down here! How's the progress on the task I gave you yesterday?" Right this moment, someone started hollering in the courtyard.
Standing amid the drizzle were three hoodlums dressed in brightly colored clothing. One of them kicked the door of the three-story rented building open. And right after he entered, he yelled while pointing at Jiang Bai who was sitting at the balcony with rusty railings at the third floor.
"Hiss..."
Jiang Bai rubbed his head and dug through his memory before recalling who this person was. The person standing at the middle of the group with his hair dyed yellow was Liu Bin. He was a rather well-known hoodlum in this area, and could be considered an acquaintance of Jiang Bai. Of course, the two weren't exactly close.
The original Jiang Bai of this world had a cowardly disposition who would try his best to avoid fierce fellows like these guys. He planned to just honestly work his security personnel job of a club as he drifted through his dark life. He was also hopeful that he could find a decent wife in the future and live through his simple life in peace.
Jiang Bai and Liu Bin were akin to two separate rivers that would never meet their entire lives. Alas, yesterday, his mother told that incredibly beautiful distant cousin of him to deliver him some clothing. Unfortunately, Liu Bin caught a sight of Jiang Bai's distant cousin. Thus, he came for Jiang Bai yesterday. Without saying anything, he first landed two loud slaps on Jiang Bai's face before demanding that Jiang Bai introduce his incredibly beautiful cousin to him.
Although Jiang Bai was a timid person, he would never do something like that. He did not know this person well, but he was aware that this person wasn't exactly a decent person. How could he subject his cousin to such a fate? Furthermore...even if he actually agreed to do that, it’s not like the distant cousin who was in fact an extremely distant relative would actually agree to that.
"Ah...I'm here," Jiang Bai answered. Without saying anything else, he lifted a brick and went downstairs.
The past Jiang Bai was extremely timid. But now that a new person was occupying this body, things were no longer the same. The new Jiang Bai might not be a heroic warrior, but he was never one to shrink from a fight. The worst that could happen was death. What was there to fear? Was a person like Liu Bin even worth fearing?
"Boss Bin, I have a plan for your task. Come, let me tell you in detail..." The moment Jiang Bai reached downstairs; he approached the three and smiled before speaking deferentially.
"Hmm? A plan? Heh, kid, you're smart. When the task is done, in the future, I guarantee nobody will dare touch you in this area. Let me tell you..."
The yellow-haired Liu Bin thought Jiang Bai was scared of his threat when he saw how Jiang Bai was behaving. A satisfied smile formed on his face. At the same time, he strode forth toward Jiang Bai in a carefree manner while laughing heartily and patted Jiang Bai's shoulder. He behaved like he would definitely be taking care of Jiang Bai in the future.
"Plan your mother!"
Thud! The brick in Jiang Bai's hand was smashed into Liu Bin's head.
Instantly, blood started pouring out Liu Bin's forehead. As his miserable wail rang out, Jiang Bai's brick landed for the second time.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Jiang Bai slammed his brick down seven times, causing Liu Bin to wail repeatedly. He only stopped when Liu Bin was lying weakly on the ground. He wiped the blood off his arm before shifting his glance to the other two hoodlums that were now completely dazed. He said, "What are you waiting for? Piss off with him! Tell him to look for me at Great World if he's really that amazing. Who the hell does he think he is?"
"Oh..."
The two hoodlums were only in their early twenties, at a similar age with Liu Bin and Jiang Bai. Although they were frequently involved in quarrels and brawls, they were ultimately individuals that only feigned strength while they were in fact weak inside. They were scared of the mighty and would only dare bully the weak. They originally thought that nothing would come out of bullying someone like Jiang Bai. Little had they expected that this Jiang Bai would actually be so ruthless in a fight. He was showing no mercy!
And when they heard Great World...
Holy shit!
So this guy here was someone from Great World? That was a place with quite a reputation in this area. Thus, the two hoodlums lost all their confidence and did not dare say anything. They opened their mouths but no words came out. Finally, they carried Liu Bin and fled. They ran as fast as a rabbit, while their previous ferociousness was nowhere to be seen now.
"Hu."
Jiang Bai heaved a breath of relief when they left.
To speak the truth, this body was truly quite weak. Just the short brawl was enough to cause this body to pant heavily for breath. If the two hoodlums were actually ferocious characters, today would be the end for Jiang Bai.
Nevertheless, this would probably not end after they fled. After all, this was a society with the rule of law. Although Jiang Bai looked like he enjoyed beating Liu Bin up earlier, after the fight, he was still anxious. With his present situation, if Liu Bin decided to go to the police, things would be very troublesome. Of course, hoodlums like Liu Bin wouldn't normally go to the police. But still, there would definitely be a continuation to this. After they found out more about Jiang Bai, they would return for revenge.
"No way, I can't stay here any longer. I need to leave!" Jiang Bai immediately made up his mind.
"Ding dong! First battle, victory! Facing three opponents alone, a perfect feat of acting tough. Young man, congratulations. You have obtained five prestige points."
Just as Jiang Bai made up his mind, the system's voice rang out in his mind.
The system's comment caused Jiang Bai to curse in his heart. Why did the Great Tyrant System sound so annoying when it spoke? And what in the world was that five prestige points? How had he obtained five prestige points when he had only faced three opponents?
It did not take long for Jiang Bai's questions to be answered.
With astonishment, he found that his neighbors, a man and woman in their twenties, were staring at him blankly from their balcony at third floor. When they saw Jiang Bai looking at them, they shrunk their necks by reflex as they quickly nodded before hiding in their home.
Jiang Bai felt like laughing when he saw how they were behaving. If he remembered correctly, the man was slightly older than him and due to his sturdy body, he had always been very rude toward Jiang Bai, shouting at Jiang Bai whenever he pleased. But after what he saw earlier, it was likely that he would not dare to do that ever again.
"Congratulations, young man. You have successfully gained prestige points, completing the achievement of obtaining a first time experience. As a reward, you are granted one lucky draw attempt. The path of life is long, and the basis of traversing this path is accumulation. When your prestige points reached one thousand points, you would be granted your second lucky draw attempt."
"Lucky draw?" Jiang Bai blanked out. Then, a massive slot machine appeared before him.
That stunned Jiang Bai. Then, he realized that he was the only person that could see this slot machine. He heaved a sigh of relief at that realization. He studied the slot machine and found that it was slightly different than a regular slot machine. It was made up of three slots. There was an arrow at the middle slot pointing to a slot at the side. To the other side was a slot with nine square boxes of different colors.
Three of the boxes were black in color and had nothing written on it. There other six boxes had something written on them, and they were respectively three white boxes, one blue box, and two purple boxes.
On the three white boxes, "RMB 100,000", "one encounter with a beautiful woman", and "ten prestige points" were written respectively. It was clear these were the common rewards. Apart from the RMB 100,000 that caused Jiang Bai's eyes to lit up, he did not care about the other two rewards.
The reward on the blue box was much more interesting: "High-leveled mixed martial arts proficiency". Jiang Bai's eyes lit up when he saw that. That was a good reward! After all, the present him was incredibly weak and frail. Furthermore, in both his past and present lives, apart from his resolute personality, he knew nothing. The incident with Liu Bin would not end just like that. If he could get the blue reward, he would be much safer.
As for one of the purple boxes, a question mark was written on it. Thus, Jiang Bai decided to pretend it did not exist and looked at the other purple box instead. But when his gaze landed on the other purple box, he could no longer shift his gaze away. High-leveled mixed martial arts proficiency? RMB 100,000? No, he had forgotten all of them.
Before his eyes, the following words were written: "One chance to get rich overnight!"
