"Youmi, there's a leader's son who's about the right age. Want me to set you up?"
"My sweet granddaughter, as long as you're happy, nothing else matters!"
"The Xia family... it's almost strange how none of them ever get sick!"
Xia Youmi lay on a cloud, comfortably watching a screen that displayed her entire life.
It felt like a trailer—yet also like the story had already ended.
But she was only twenty-eight!
And now, she'd somehow ended up in this boundless place, forced to watch glimpses of a future that hadn't even happened yet.
She couldn't even fall asleep again.
Here, there was no sleepiness, no hunger, no pain.
Maybe... this was heaven.
Bzzz—
A faint electric buzz sounded.
Xia Youmi turned to look. A smaller screen floated into view, different from the one that had just finished playing the end of her life story.
This one moved—she could even reach through it.
She waited a while longer.
Still no change.
So, she lay back on her cloud.
She'd been trapped here for two or three days.
No visible edges, no angels giving directions.
After a few more boring hours—
Finally,
A gentle melody played from the screen, like a program starting up.
Then a cheerful, bubbly electronic voice rang out:
"Hello!"
"I'm your mission companion for this round, a 100% Positive Emotion System, ID 02-33! I passed 130 assessments and matched with you at a 91.8% compatibility rate—a top-ranking little trooper!"
On the screen, a pair of big cartoon eyes blinked at her. Xia Youmi didn't respond right away.
"You can take your time to ask questions~" the little trooper added playfully.
"Hello."
Xia Youmi gave a polite smile.
"May I ask... what is this place?"
The cartoon eyes on the screen curved into a smiling arc.
"This is the Transit Space."
"A place where hosts stay before and after missions, to rest and recover."
Xia Youmi was still confused and continued:
"What mission? Didn't I just... die?"
The system flickered with static as it patiently explained:
"We invited you here to take part in an Emotion Rehabilitation Program!"
"You'll be randomly dropped into novel worlds and live completely new lives."
"Everything will be real!"
"You didn't die—just got extracted from your original world."
The words made no sense, but Xia Youmi broadened her thinking.
Was this some closed space experiment like in certain games? Or a multiverse mission to collect merit and take revenge?
Years of reading novels helped her imagine possible setups.
Still, the selection seemed strange. How could it be her?
Xia Youmi had led a completely average life.
No thrilling twists, no stunning brilliance.
No betrayals or epic romances, no car crashes—she'd simply passed in her sleep.
And if what she'd watched earlier was truly her future—
Then it was completely flat.
Not a single trace of a "Chosen One."
She didn't even get married by the end.
Not because of trauma or some deliberate avoidance—
But simply because being alone was more comfortable.
"Excuse me... why did you pick me?"
Xia Youmi asked sincerely.
A warm expression appeared on the system screen.
Then a short video clip began playing.
"I come from the year 2222…"
As the system spoke, a world nearly 200 years in the future took shape in her mind.
It all started...
With the unchecked spread of a cold, indifferent emotional state.
In the future, this emotional atmosphere spread like a virus.
Humans became increasingly mechanical. Many emotional needs were taken over by AI.
This triggered a series of phenomena pushing humanity toward extinction.
For example, the "apathy gene" no longer needed to be passed down—society was in danger.
The survival patterns of old humanity were still preserved in books and archives.
But compared to the current crisis, time was running out.
Thus, insightful experts began launching rescue initiatives.
The Human Crisis Department of China and the Bureau of Time-Space Management
After years of research and backtracking through history, they finally selected a unique trajectory case from over a hundred years ago: Comrade Xia Youmi, the protagonist of this story.
From a macro perspective, her life held high reference value.
Though she lived in an era filled with superficiality and emotional intensity, she consistently met life with calm detachment.
Her life path showed:
No dramatic emotional upheavals.
No love, marriage, or children; no deep sorrow or glorious triumph.
She had family in the first half,
Friends in the second half.
She was the textbook example of "muddle through life."
Experts believed—
Such a person could be the seed of the emotional "virus."
Because under its influence, people stopped being proactive.
They didn't care about family's health.
Didn't pursue love.
Didn't chase ambition or fame.
They were even indifferent to death itself!
Even if they'd chosen the wrong person, and Xia Youmi was misunderstood—
In an age where time-space exploration was advanced, sending one person across dimensions wasn't a big deal.
So someone like her,
Even if she couldn't save the future,
Was unanimously chosen for re-education.
Her mindset and behavior were seen as a waste of potential—future generations would point fingers at her life.
Hearing and digesting all this,
Xia Youmi's emotions were evaluated as: 20% skepticism, 10% dazed, and 70% "do whatever you want."
She did put up a bit of resistance.
"Can I say no? I'm just an ordinary person—I cry, I shout, I panic. I'm not really indifferent!"
"Let me go back. I'll find someone and get married right away!"
System: "This journey is irreversible. I'll be with you in the small worlds!"
Youmi: "What can you transform into?"
System: "I'll live in your mind and communicate as consciousness—we'll face everything together!"
Youmi: "…"
After a moment of helpless silence, Xia Youmi changed the subject and asked more about the system.
Turns out—
This outstanding little trooper had defeated many strong competitors to be chosen.
For example:
Its archrival, the Negative Emotion System, the ultra-rare Romance System, the Seven Deadly Sins System (Greed, Rage, Lust, etc.).
All extremely popular in the future.
Seeing that Xia Youmi had accepted her fate, the system's cartoon eyes turned into sparkling stars.
"Ta-da!"
"Can you give me a name?"
"Only after receiving a proper name can we complete our binding. Don't worry! I won't take over anything—all permissions are host-controlled."
"I will be your loyal partner!"
Since things had come to this—
Xia Youmi lay back on her cloud, smiled at the system,
And recalled a couplet:
"Drunken eyes coolly watch the city's chaos.
Mist and waves grow old—who could trouble the one at leisure?" (1)
Who said she wasn't passionate about adventure?
⚠️ Warnings: The female lead is not overpowered! She comes from a simple background, so entering conflict-ridden novel worlds will bring many hardships—but she'll try her best to use her brain!