The cramped cabin reeked with a nauseating stench.
Li Qingyuan covered his nose with his hand, feeling frustrated and regretful.
He should have brought a mask, or even a bottle of air freshener!
The smell was like a burst sewer pipe in an apartment building, left to fester under the scorching sun.
It was practically a chemical weapon, complete with a potent venomous effect.
Where the hell was he?
With only nine and a half minutes of system protection left, he had to endure the eye-watering stench and start looking around.
The small cabin was less than ten square meters, without even a window.
If not for the flickering light bulb overhead, he would have thought he was in a coffin.
Countless items of daily life were piled haphazardly around, and the floor was covered with things like straw and cotton wadding.
The nauseating stench emanated from these items.
'Did I get teleported to a garbage dump?' Li Qingyuan wanted to leave this unbearable place, but the system's protection time hadn't run out yet, so he had to stay and endure the stench.
Fortunately, the teleportation came with a brief memory download, allowing him to understand his current situation.
The system had assigned him the identity of a Qing Dynasty merchant, traveling by ship to America to do business.
He had originally bought a third-class ticket, but the snobbish crew members had relegated him to the lower-level crew quarters.
In this era, being Chinese meant being inherently inferior, and discrimination was the norm.
This cabin was smaller than an average kitchen, yet it was crammed with nine Chinese people, without even a window for ventilation, making the environment imaginable.
Before coming, he had briefly reviewed the plot and historical facts about the Titanic, remembering that there were indeed eight Chinese laborers on board at the time.
However, the cabin was now empty, suggesting they had all gone to work.
In this era, Chinese people were a discriminated class worldwide, hardly better off than black slave laborers.
The fact that he, a paying customer, was thrown into the hold showed the plight of the Chinese.
A hot-blooded young man might be preparing to strive for the rise of XX, but as a middle-aged man with a psychological age close to forty, Li Qingyuan thought it was better to be cautious.
After all, this was just a story world, and besides, he didn't have the strength to make waves.
He should check what the system's task was and try to get some rewards.
'System, open my attribute panel!'
In the short ten minutes since transmigrating, he had experienced arriving in the Marvel world, encountering a loli-like Scarlet Witch, activating his personal system, and being teleported to a story world.
He had been so busy collecting supplies that he hadn't even had time to blink.
Only now did he have time to examine his attribute panel.
'Name: Li Qingyuan.
Race: Male Earthling.
Strength: 4 (5)
Agility: 5 (5)
Constitution: 5 (5)
Spirit: 8 (5)
Skills: None!'
A concise attribute panel, without any random comments or complaints.
It showed that his system was a genuine, original product, not one of those flashy fakes parading around with the system name.
His strength was slightly lower than normal, but considering that he was only eighteen and still had room to develop, it was clear that his predecessor had focused on physical exercise.
As for why his spirit was so much higher than normal, it must have been because of the fusion of the predecessor's soul.
Two people's mental power was naturally stronger than one person's.
However, the empty skill bar was truly speechless.
He had been struggling in society for more than ten years, yet he hadn't even managed to acquire a single skill?
"I don't know what point the story has reached now.
My current identity is really a bit difficult!" He stroked his chin and began to consider carefully.
As for the stench in the air?
He had gotten used to it after a few minutes.
After all, life is like that, when you are here, you should feel at ease.
James Cameron's "Titanic" was a true adaptation based on historical events.
The main overview of the entire movie was that a noble lady, Rose, who was about to go bankrupt, and her fiancé, Carl, took a boat together to New York to prepare for their wedding, while the male lead, Jack, a poor boy, also boarded the ship with the dream of getting rich and making a fortune in America.
During the voyage, the heroine Rose suffered from a literary disease and felt that she was not living the life she wanted, and at this time, the male lead Jack took advantage of the situation, and let the male second Jack happily take a green hat on his head in a confused situation.
Of course, in the final stage, the hero and heroine were separated forever because of the shipwreck, which gained a lot of people's tears.
The first time he watched this movie, he was only a teenager, and at that time he only felt that the love between the hero and heroine was touching, but later, as he grew older, Li Qingyuan realized.
Isn't this the same as Aunt Qiong Yao's view of love?
What did the tragic male second do wrong?
People are sitting at home and hats come from the sky, and by the way, they are blackened into a despicable, shameless and greedy villain?
'Protection time is up, now start releasing the main quest.'
Just as he began to carefully consider the plot and consider where he should start, the system prompt suddenly sounded in his mind.
Is it an escape mission or a rescue mission?
'Main Quest: The world line has deviated, SW626 iceberg melted halfway due to global climate issues, please sink the Titanic cruise ship in the original sea area on the evening of the fourth day to restore the world line.
Task Reward: One free attribute point, Beginner Bomb Specialization.
Task Failure: Forced entry into "Godzilla 2. King of the Monsters" plot, one-on-one with Red Lotus Godzilla.'
I...
A mouthful of old blood choked in his throat and almost suffocated him, Li Qingyuan carefully observed the main task in front of him, this damn system is playing with him?
Why on earth, he was asked to blow up the ship?
'System, this task is not good, right?
It's easy to make people feel like I'm a villain, right?'
Because of his first haggling experience, he felt that his attached sand sculpture system seemed to be quite talkative.
We don't ask for much, just change the task to escape, okay?
If it really doesn't work, go pick up Rose!
'The world line of this story world has been changed, in order to prevent the collapse of the entire world, the Titanic must sink in the original sea area.'
The system was unmoved and said stubbornly.