If you unexpectedly transmigrated into the world of Lord of the Mysteries, knowing only the title of the book and nothing else, how would you survive?
The following points can be used as reference:
1. The Assassin Beyonder potion is better for self-preservation.
2. If you have savings you want to invest, you can find the famous mine owner Lan'erwusi.
3. When you can't find Lan'erwusi, don't panic; he just went to find new investors. You can try to find his pregnant wife.
4. If you want to develop some hobbies, then buying a telescope to observe the Cosmos is a good choice.
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"What is 'Lord of the Mysteries'? I haven't read it, so why is this video being recommended to me?
Big data these days, sigh."
Chen Yuzhe looked at the video on his phone, muttering to himself. As a university student, the most annoying things for him right now were failing subjects and physical fitness tests, especially the latter. If his physical fitness test score wasn't up to par, he wouldn't even be able to graduate.
He stopped thinking about transmigration ever since middle school.
Besides, even if transmigration was real, how could it possibly be his turn?
Chen Yuzhe had always been unconfident about his luck. As a non-African who couldn't even guess a coin toss correctly, even if there was such a good thing as transmigration in the world, he didn't believe it would be his turn.
Huh! Why do I feel a little dizzy?
Why does my heart suddenly hurt a little too!
With a 'bang', Chen Yuzhe fell directly to the ground, his expression distorted, his hands clutching his heart, struggling in pain.
I'm not going to die suddenly, am I?
No, I'm still young, I can't...
Chen Yuzhe looked at the phone in front of him.
At least... at least let me format my phone!
He struggled to reach out, but halfway through, his arm went limp.
No! My innocence, it can't just...
Ah!
His body curled forward, but after a few movements, he felt his thoughts dissipating, and then he completely went still.
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Loen...
City of Cities... Backlund...
Am I... transmigrated?
Chen Yuzhe pressed his forehead. He felt his head buzzing, and countless complex, fragmented memories flooded his brain. He felt like his head was about to explode.
Looking down at his clothing, which was clearly behind the 21st century, and a hand that obviously wasn't his own, he felt a bit annoyed and panicked.
I just complained a bit, and now I've really transmigrated!
Is this the world of Lord of the Mysteries?
I only watched a video and heard a few words, I don't even know who the protagonist is!
Did I transmigrate as the protagonist?
Uh, Lorne. De Senck, that's the original body's name.
Is the protagonist of Lord of the Mysteries called that name?
After calming down, Chen Yuzhe began to observe his surroundings.
It was a small room, somewhat cluttered, and the decor was very ordinary. From a modern person's perspective, the entire room was extremely vintage.
He was sitting at a desk, which was covered with a large number of bottles and jars and various strange-looking materials.
Out of some strange resonance, Chen Yuzhe knew without thinking that this must be a room belonging to a single person.
If you ask why? It's just a hunch.
At the same time, a strange premonition in his heart told him that this was the world of Lord of the Mysteries.
About a quarter of an hour later, Chen Yuzhe gradually calmed down and began to sort out the current situation.
'Lorne. De Senck, that's the name of my current body.
So he died?
How did he end up in this situation?'
According to the memories in his head, Lorne was a Backlund native from the Kingdom of Luen in the Northern Continent. His father's family had been merchants for generations, while his Mother died of illness shortly after he was born.
Originally, Lorne lived quite affluently, but ever since his Mother passed away, his wealthy merchant father started to become unreliable.
Lorne's father's name was Tarkin. De Senck.
Tarkin first listened to the nonsense of a banker friend, who claimed he could lead him to invest in the industries of the great banker and aristocrat, the Hall family. For this, he didn't hesitate to take out all his cash, and even sold all his family's land in the Rorsted Archipelago, a Loen colony, and even the spice plantations that could generate long-term income.
As a result, he was tricked by that friend. The person played a word game, saying it was a Hall family industry, but the investment was not in Earl Hall's own bank, but in his daughter's fund. The crucial point was that it was a closed-end fund that could not be withdrawn or resold in the short term.
This caused Tarkin, as a businessman, to suddenly lose a large amount of liquid capital, making many businesses that normally operated unable to continue, and he was suddenly on the verge of bankruptcy.
Unwilling to accept investment failure, he still didn't give up. To obtain funds, he sold several properties his family owned in the North District of Backlund, the capital.
Subsequently, he started new investments and was again encouraged by a factory owner friend to invest in many newly opened arms factories.
But the problem was that he had not done any market research. Currently, the demand for arms was not high, and those factories would not make money in the short term.
Finally, unwilling to fail again, he invested all his remaining funds into the grain market, hoping to seize the opportunity to make a fortune from the gradually rising grain prices.
However, due to the previous collapse of his capital chain, he already owed the bank a large sum of money.
As a result, those grains were also repossessed by the bank as collateral. Although the rising grain prices successfully covered the bank's debt, if he had waited longer, that batch of grain would certainly have earned more. Tarkin, feeling that he had lost out, suffered a huge mental blow.
The original body's father was inherently impatient for success. After a series of investment failures, he no longer had the capital to make a comeback in a short period, coupled with his already poor health.
Overwhelmed by anxiety, he—died.
Thinking of this, Chen Yuzhe also felt very speechless.
Investing in so many military factories, was he trying to be an arms dealer?
Why take such big steps?
And they were all long-term investments. The current market demand was not good, and wanting to see returns in the short term would require a world war.
The key was that he also sold all those immovable properties. Houses in the capital, it goes without saying, were very valuable, and there was also a large amount of land in the colony. For them to depreciate, the capital would have to be militarily invaded, or the colony would have to become independent.
But now, with the Kingdom of Luen prospering, those things were impossible to imagine. The value of those sold properties could only increase.
So Lorne's standard of living plummeted from that of a rich young master to that of an ordinary citizen.
In fact, even now, his situation was not too bad. But the trouble was that the original body also inherited his father's personality.
For the sake of what he called a comeback, he also started gambling. Only, he gambled on mysticism.
The original body accidentally learned of the existence of supernatural powers, and for this, he didn't hesitate to give up the opportunity to study at a business university.
Instead, he studied Hermes, as well as some Giant and Elvish, forgetting to eat and sleep.
Then, with incredibly good luck, he bought a Beyonder potion formula and squandered all his family's wealth to gather the materials.
As a result, he fainted from overwork and extreme excitement.
And then Chen Yuzhe transmigrated.
After recalling all this, Chen Yuzhe just wanted to say that one should not be a gambler.
Beyonder?
It seems to be the term for people who possess Beyonder abilities after consuming a Beyonder potion.
Chen Yuzhe carefully recalled the words that suddenly appeared in his mind.
After a moment of thought, he glanced at the newspaper on the desk titled "The Corn Law" to be officially abolished next month. The date on the newspaper was May 27, 1349.
"Sigh!" Realizing that he might not be able to return home in a short time, Chen Yuzhe sighed.
"It seems that from now on, I am Lorne. De Senck."
As for whether he was the protagonist of the original novel, Lorne also had a premonition in his heart that he was definitely not the protagonist of the original novel.
He also didn't think the original protagonist would have such a dramatic beginning as his.
Thinking of this, he felt inexplicably dejected.
"What kind of transmigration is this, not transmigrating as the protagonist?"
Looking up at the messy materials on the desk, Lorne remembered the name of the Beyonder potion formula he bought: 'Monster'.
Beyonder potions should be the source of Beyonder powers in this world, and the name of the Beyonder potion should correspond to the Beyonder profession. It's just that Lorne really didn't like the name 'Monster' for a profession; it didn't sound like a good thing.
But since he had transmigrated, not having Beyonder powers seemed unreasonable.
'That's right, Assassin, it was mentioned in the video I watched earlier.'
'Perhaps I can choose Assassin.' Lorne's eyes lit up slightly, suddenly remembering something.